The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-05

from Tue fllhltIphh Ledger
Fraudspcrvade every walk in business,
from that pursued by the highest and
honorable To the lowest There is scarce
y day that we are not called upon TO
chronicle some attempt TO obtain others
property or means without COnsidera.
ton. The exposure Of the big frauds on
the New York City Treasury had hardly
reached the eliminating point when out
pops new villainics scarcely less enormous
In amount on our own State Treasury
the accusations Of fraud in each case run.
ming into hundreds Of thousands and per.
mps millions Following closely on the
heels Of these comes the report OF tho
open and Infamous proposal to bride the
New Orleans City Councils to the passage
Of an ordinance leasing the city water
works 10 a company for twenty-five years,
and authorizing the mortgage Of the
works for two millions Of dollars. The
advantage OF this lease TO the schemers
may be inferred from the fact that brides
were offered to individual members as
high as hundred thousand dollars.
And these but form links in the
series almost endless, each sue.
ceedlng day presenting Il new de.
VeI0pment. What is not the least Ia
inevitable Of the ugly and vicious features
Of these disgraceiul and discreditable oc.
CurrenCes Is the fact that the channel BY
which these alleged crimes are to be pun.
ished have been so corrupted that remedy
or redress Is scarcely hoped for. The
derellcllons seem patent enough, but the
prescribed and usual modes Of reaching
them, II Is feared, have been choked oil
ny making the instruments Of the law
pdF'Ictps crimiHiS with the more open
operators Of the frauds. Are the tax.
payers OF New York to get back the i'm.
mense sum OF money believed TO have
been improperly distracted from theil
Clly Treasury, or are the parties who alb
stracted and withhold hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars from our State Treasury
to he compelled TO disgorge, md then L
be properly punished? An old LAWYER
who once praCticed In Indiana, says no
and relates this anecdOte Of his expert
ence: He had q client who was charged
with stealing from a neighbOr a slaught
cred hog. He was indicted, charged, ant
plead not guilty. The witnesses vert
called, and the evidence being of the
most positive and conclusive character of
the defendants guilt, his lawyer felt com
strained to advise him to plead guilty be.
fore giving the case to the Jury, and thus
challenge the Clemency of Tie court in the
measure of punishment. But no, he
would not listen to II, and insisted that
his counsel should make his talk 10 The
jury, which he did, aner: the old rule
when your case is without palliaiion mr.
excuse, abuse the counsel OF yonr onnn.
nent This through with, the jnry retired
10 deliberate on verdict, and after dine
time came into court, and, to the amaze.
ment Of the defendants lawyer, with a
verdict Of not guilty. Curious to know
the means whereby such result could
have been reached, he whispered the in.
quiry into his clients ear, and was, in the
most business like manner imaginable, in.
formed by that prudent individual, that
"sleSn Of The jurors had some Of The .hog."
What are the defrauded taxpayers in
New York or in Pennsylvania to hopeY