New-York tribune., 1872-09-28

Jomea L. Merriam. brOthernlaw of All inc Sul'Ss' -
Assistant Assessor OF Internsi Rev@iue and fgenpy
ceocd one of the Board OF County Commissioner lhe
Town or r77aseon donTaius, should think aocm loYo
iphhb and ihe people thnkihey have the di'e"'o
of nepoism here pretty badly
MARSHAL. oABROw's LEGISLATORS.
Grautsm In North Carolina mcaus Tho fastening upon
M pcope not only the very worst class OF men Us Fed
eral officers hut forcing them TO accept The same men
as their representatives at Raleigh, aud TO administer
their county and municipal affairs. Take THIS county OF
Beaufor for Instance II eecs one representative, anu
forms part OF district which sends two Senators to
R,leish Thc Conservative candidates men OF the
very highest character, against whom no word of
reproach has ever been spoken One Of them as Chair
man OF the House Judiciary Committee In The last Log
aturc was largely Instrumental in exposing Tho irauds
by which tho sta, lad been robbed o $1,000 Ool Inc
Administration nominated for tho Senate first The rev
John b. Rcspess Collector OF the Port here, aud Sanl
tor in the infamous Legislature OF 1880 lie isa per
son OF the very lowest charactcr having b,cn gny ~
the grossost immnralltics both IN Raleigh, newborn
and at this place. His vote was always ready
whenever IAttlcnc'd desired 60 put tmoneh
million dollar sob. The second candidate Tor tho
Senate was Hiram T. Stley, Assessor OF InteTha Rove
nue. man whose reputation for honesty was hot soou
even before nc went to Raleigh IN 1868, 70 help double
the State debt for the benefit Of few thieves Iho
Radical candidate for The House was Samuel Coi'o-
Two years ago this man was Mayor ot Inc town anu
er o0co President Of the Board OF Township IinSlee|
That Board levied unheardof taxes upon the people ol
the town, voted themselves Fat salaries, ana spent
almost nothing upon the s'roets or wharyos Finally
ben obopt 10 go ont of Office Corson madc proposi-
on 10 the other members Of the Board that 40 shoched
be moral sepsc OF one OF them that he voluntarily APP
peared before the Judge Of Probate ana mado an
affidavit washing his hands Of the whole bdsine's,
Corson's plan was simply toleyy an additional tax oi
5000 the town. trump ~ set OF accounts 10 cover
It, and divide the money among the men'heI5 OF u'
Board have tho affidavit and the statements IN
it have never been denied.
CORRUPTION rETTV DCT uNiyrnsNL
or course the honest people OF tlis county u Io!i 20
themselves wOuld not have elected such precious Scou
drcls Ms these and SO Grants u. s. Marshal was teht
here TO force them into submission In regard 10 tho
means he took from what have learned within tAo
mast dav or two am convinced the half has not been
told This very afternoon learned that wen known
merchant whose store is the main street oi ls lONh
was ntrusted by C1rrow with 81 800 just before inc
election with Instructions 10 lend IL oni Judclo''h III
small sums where t would bc likely 20 help the ladicA
cause ono Thousand dollars Of this money be borrowed
of the gentleman who dsburscd Il for him. Born ana
raised in this county he knows every mans price Zen
dollars which he distributed among % negroes at Noih
Creek precinct less sure to secure thr woes
than lent TO farmer whose note for that amount
was due and sure TO be protested unless ne ictcFeu '
from some source
know that the corruption prnetcci IN 'Oi' county
has been petty in its nature whom compared Win INC
gigantic swindcs that have been elsewhere perpcACu
but they accomplished their object and put set OF
thieves into oice instead OF homes, men ana believe
that tho state Of things which / have described as
twisting bcrc tho evidence that this decentralization Is
not confined to Washington and Ncw-Nork hui extends
even to the petty officials represent the Government
in thc remotcst corner OF the Republic, is stronger
argument for change than the corup; management OF
the Ncw-Yorl Custom-nouso or the Nhewa'hns pro
,,cnsities of the senate.