The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-06
CHICAGO.


ney General of the State, recommending
the indictment Of Lieutenant General
Sheridan and others, as being concerned
in the killing of Colonel Grosvenor, is
published this morning. The letter
recapitulates the facts, showing that
Grosvenor was shot by young Treat
who had been enlisted in the mill:
tary service, under authority ofGeneral
Sheridan, and was under orders when
he fred upon Grosvenor. 1t goes on to
deny the right of General Sheridan to
raise troops IN that way, as IN conflict
with the laws of Illinois, which would
in that case be suspended and nullifed.
1t characteriIes Sheridan's orders as
null and void. The letter concludes
thus:
If these conclusions are correct,
think you will preceive that it is now
the duty of the Governor, Attorney
General and all other officers Of the
State to exert themselves to see that
the laws are enforced against all parties
concerned in these illegal and danger
Gus acts. 1t is not necessary in deter
mining upon the line of duty to be
adopted, to inquire whether the Mayor
ofChicago, Lieutenant General Sheri-
dan, Frank Sherman and his associates
and supposed subordiates, who were
agents by which the death of
Thomas Grosvenor was produced, in
assuming a power they did not possess,
and that while free government endures,
cannot be conferred upon them, were in
fuenced by proper or improper motives
or purposes. They assumed suspen-
sion of the operations of the Constitu-
ton and laws of the State, and substi-
tuted in its stead the law of military
force to be defined and applied by them
selves; they, by these lawless acts,
attacked and insulted the dignity, and
by their example weakened public con-
fdence in the Constitution and laws,
and in an attempt Of forced usurpation
and lawless authority, they have sacri-
feed the life of peaceable citizen.
Animated by these convictions, and
confident in the belief that the State Of
Illinois, acting through its proper de-
partments, is most capable of protecting
her own people and enforcing the dig
nifty and authority of its own laws, | re-
quest that you, in conjunction with the
States Attorney of the Seventh Judicial
Circuit, will bring all the facts before
the Grand Jury of Cook county, in order
that all persons concerned in the unlaw
full killing of Thomas Grosvener may
be brought to speedy trial.
ISigned1 JOHN NJ. PALMER.
Astonishing revelations are made this
morning of the operations Of Alderman
G. C. P. Holden in the use oil. the Relief
Funds. As Holden is President of the
City Council and a candidate for Mayor,
on the hummer ticket, additional pi-
auancy is given to the matter. lmme-
diately after the fire relief society was
formed, of which Holden was made
Treasurer. The composition Of this
society not being satisfactory to the
committees from Cincinnati, Louisville,
Indianapolis, St. Louis and other cities
then here, Mayor Mason dissolved it,
and directed that everything should be
turned over to the old relief society, an
institution under the coptrol of ciizens
of integrity and regularly incorporated.
This was satisfactory to the committees
of other cities, out was not to some OF
the aldermen, and they refused to re-
cocnize the new arrangement. This
unpleasantness was mentioned In these
DISPATCHES at the time. 1t now trans
pires that Holden, while acting Treas
urer, secured at least $4,000 Of the
Relief Funds and considerable supplies,
which he refused to give up when a
reouisition was made on him by the
proper authorities. 1t is now alleged
that this money is now being used by
Holden to secure his election as Mayor
and very damaging evidence is pro-
duced in substantiation OF this charge:
Among other things, Holden has caused
to be sent to the regular committee a
livery stable bill, amounting to two
hundred and forty dollars. Payment
has been refused, and the committee
gives notice that no carriages were
needed in the work of relief. TO what
purpose the beuevolence Of the country
might have been put, but for the
prompt action in forcing out the pun
msrs' NAV now be seen from this specl-
men. The public may rest assured
that the work of the relief is now IN IN
good hands, and this man Holden will
be held to a strict accountability.
CHICAGO, November 5.-The Board
of Public Works decided upon ageneral
nlan of the new Court House. 1t will
cover the entire Court House square,
the fronts extending to the sidewalk
around the entire block, having large
court in the centre of the block.
The Governor is preparing bis mes
sage to-day, which will be read before the
adjourned meeting of the General AS,
sembly, which assemblies at Springfield
on the 18th inst, in which the contro,
versv between himself and the United
States authorities, together with all the
correspondence between the Governor
Mayos Mason and the others Will
occdpy considerable space.
The Mayor has issued a proclamsa,, .,
ton recommending the closing OF all
business houses on election day, and
prohibiting the sale Of liquor.
The Tribune OF this morning has the
following: A.. h..