Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-09-01

public from I. J. Mackoyi Mongrcl
Alderman and politician. and brothor
OF DIR. Albcr' g. Mackey who was
lotcly removed from the Collectorship
Of the Port of Charleston, S G. The
Monarel member OF Congress from
the Charleston district, G. G. Bowen,
was instrumental in getting DR.. Mack
ey tarncd out, and a war between the
factions 10 That city has ensued, AL
dcrman Mackey, after defending HIM
self against certain charges brought
by Bowcn, carries the war into Africa
in the following stylef
eBut how stands IL with G. c.
Bowen, whose name, by civil fiction,
now bears the prefix Honorable r
lie is Now England man, born and
reared in Rhode Island, near the very
altar of liberty. He entered the Con
federatc army as lieutenant of cav
airy, and after an ignomlnious career
OF two years, he was cashiercd (as
can show by the official record before
mel for the crime Of forgery 1t is
also true that | was indicted with
General Walker on the charge of vio-
lating tho neutrality laws of the Uni
ted States, but | have yet to learn
that this fact could detract from my
standing as gentleman. lmmedi-
atoly after my trial and acquittal on
that charge, | was appointed by the
authorities at Washington as Exam.
iner of the United States Surveys for
Kansas and Nebraska | was not a
clerk, but the Examiner Of Accounts,
in the Frcedmcn's Bureau, and in that
capacity / became acquainted with
tho evidence on which e. c. Bowen
was arrested and committed to prison
BY General Sickles. on the charge Of
stealing money from the freedmen.
1t is true that | was Private Secretary
to Governor Scott, the same gallant
soldier and worthy gentleman whose
duty it became. as assistant commits
sioncr of the Freedmcn's Bureau Of
South Carolina, 10 have Bowen arrest
ed for stealing, and to make him,
through the military authorities, dis
gorge n large amount Of his ill.gottcn
gains. 1t is true that ] am "well.
known in Texas" In the summer Of
1865. as acting United States provost
marshall over twenty counties Of that
State, arrested many criminals, some
of whom were arrested for the crime
of murder, after fair and impartial
trial, on far less evidence than that
adduced to prove that c. c. Bowen
murdered Colonel White, by the hands
of hired assassin, in his bedroom at
Georgetown, S, c., in November, 1864,
for which bloody deed he escaped
punishment, through the flight Of his
accomplice, after full confession.
He was confined in prison here on
that charge, and was released at the
general Jail delivery made by the
United States forces on their entry
/ into Charleston, in 1865. This dark
but truthful story OF Bowen's crimes
is not inconsistent with his ante-war
record. lie came to this city in 1859
as tho head of a band of the lowest
class OF gamblers, and soon signaized
his advent by stealing valuable set
Of faro checks from an establishment
in this city, which checks be sold in
New York, where they were recover.
cd by the owner, together with the
wriltcn proof of Bowen's guilt. This
60. ' -. rrnra hs- a "rinnd of s~tt
ncsscs." Tho municipal authorities
Of this city have been very frequently
appealed to during the last month by
his wife at Louisville, whom he has
abandoned, although worthy woman,
to aid her in securing a support from
him, while he is living in open infamy
with another 10 this city. Bowen
charges that "preside over so called
Union Leagues, where, for n fee OF
fifty dollars, he puts through resolu.
tons to slander good Republicans -
1t is true that am President of the
Union League Of Charleston, the same
League that subscribed money, earned
by the hard hands of laboring men
who chiefly composed it, TO feed Bow
ems putativc children in this city in
1867, while he was imprisoned in Cas-
tie Pinckney on the charge Of stealing
IA charge which the members of the
League wero led to be untrue from his
plausible representations ofinnoecncc.
The resolutions to which Bowen refers
were passed to dcnounco the proposed
appointment Of his friend, G. W. Clark,
as collector of this port, and to stig-
matizc the political treachery of Sena-
tor +. a. Sawyer and G. G. Bowen
Surely it did not require "a fec Of s50'
to induce me TO support such rcsolu.
tions. 1t is worthy of note, that us
Senator Sawyer, who is now Bowers
bosom friend and co eonspirator, was
Changed by Bowen, on 6ata, N July,
1865, with having committed the crime
of perjury in taking the iron-clad oath
"a charge which is true. | have thus
briefly glanced at the criminal history
Of this "llonorable Representative
from South Carolina" 1t is to be
hoped that justice will yet overtakc
him,
"And put in every honest hand a whip
To lash the rascal naked through the world.
1T. J. MAcKEY.
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