New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-18
IN EXAMPLE FOR HENRY CLEWS TO
FOLLOW

Somehow n great many knaves get on
the Grant Republican State Central Com
mittees. We seldom find anything to COM
mend in their conduct, but we are free to say
that Henry p. FarrOw, the present United States
District-Attorney for the State of Georgia.
and Chairman Of the Republican State Central
Committee, has set an example which de-
serves to be extensively followed. Mr.. FarrOw,
having been indicted on two separate charges
of felony and Withholding money belonging
:" to the State of Georgia" has actually paid
into the Treasury of said State the sum OF
three hundred dollars which the Treasurer and
Controller General receipt for as Restitution
"money.n We have a notion that, with the
aid of proper proceedings in the courts, Henry
Clews of the Grant State Executive Commit
tee, and fiscal agent of the United States Gov
eminent in London, vice Barring Brothers dis
placed probably, as being less patriotic and
responsible might be persuaded to follow Mr.
Farrow's example.
Mr. Clews it will be remembered, was
financial agent Of the State of Georgia. He
and the absconded et-bagger, Gov. Bull
lock, and Bullocks other partner i'll crime,
Hannibal j. Kimball, were interested In
developing" the railroad system of Georgia
They had found an old railroad, from which
the iron had been removed during the
war, and none of them were slow TO
see the possibilities of the situation.
They saw that by appropriate legislation, by
addition, division, and silence" to quote the
expressive words of the Chairman OF Grants
Pennsylvania Committee, and by bold and
strong stealing at the end, the Brunswick and
Albany Railroad might be made of as much
money value to them as the New Courthouse
has been to Tweed and his gang. The neces-
sary legislation was prepared in New-York and
pushed through the negro and scalawag Legis-
lature by bribery. The sum of $25,OO0 mile
was voted out of the State Treasury to do
work which should not have cost $4,000,
even had it been thoroughly done. But 1t was
not thoroughly done. The railroad was not
safe for a train to pass over when the ras-
cally contractors left it. Henry Clews had
been promised share in the contractors
profits, so he said nothing. Not only this, but
just before the thief, Bullock, absconded it
was found that there had been an over-issue
of bonds, amounting to 100000, represented
by nothing in the shape of railroad. Where
upon anu hlulDdll luVih-
selves out of the country. Clews remained to
protect the business interests.
We beg the reader to understand that we
are not making random charges. This whole
matter of the Brunswick and Albany robbery
has been thoroughly investigated by Com
mittee of the Georgia Legislature. 1t is shown
by the sworn testimony of several witnesses
and by a letter written by Mr.. Clews himself,
that he knew, from the son of the State
Treasurer, and from others equally trustwor-
thy, that the bonds he was selling were fraudu-
lent and it is plain from his own limplng afli-
davits that he knew he was dealing with scoun-
drels when he associated himself with Bull
lock and Kimball. He knew that the
laws which were put through the Georgia
Legislature by bribery, and as it is further
charged at Clews's instigation, were devised to
facilitate robbery. The second of these acts
deprived the State Treasurer of n trust which
rightfully belonged to him, because he was an
honest man and would not sign bonds for
miles of railroad which existed only in the
imaginations of Clews's deluded customers
Where is his defensef What little he has to
say in mitigation of the sentence which u
jury Of American citizens may subject BIN To-,