The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-07

Schuyler either Immediately forgot ~,
remarkable circumstance, nor nav m, sne
regard to the peculiar Nesbittfs in, uuua
ton OF secrecy, for he offered 70 rsoS.
TO Mrs. Schuyler that the matter NV s.se
talked about on their subseo,""aass
tourney across the continent" Cam !.
be that Deacon Bross was also taLan y ~
as q partner of the "dead secret >" ~
Now here Ia a very suspicious coral
ton OF circumstances. Nesbitt. A.
man to whom the invention 81 ~ ~
dead secret" is impaired. is b;msae
dead. Did he keep that mysterious c;t.
of a thousand dollar. greenback es
Schuyler secret from all the meuhoso
of his family! Did he saw notb;ns
about it to his cashier Did he ca,ss
1t to be charged vaguely to "expenss
account, under wrong date, and in
disguised manner? Did Ike take nav
ticular pains to exclude all clue TO N.
fact from every soul but himself D;d
he do all these strange things in ords,
that, after he should depart from tb;s
world of rascality, and the recipient o.
his bounty, who was almost q stranger
to him, should be caught in the act ~
corruption and bribe-taking, that forget.
full recipient should call back to his
treacherous memory the story in lis
minutest details-ercept the date-and
notify his enemies that the defunct Nas.
bitt had carefully provided that all ev;.
dence of the truth or falsehood of IN.
story, instead of true one. were q
clumsily devised fiction. It is most
strange and unbelievable that. after the
surprise occasioned by the receipt Of
81 900 bank note from a man who was
"almost stranger to him." who added
to the strangeness of his proceeding the
injunction Of the utmost secrecy. and
made it look still more strange by the
voluntary information that he had kent
it secret even from his family; and at.
ter the incontinent violation of the in.
junction Of secrecy by advertising
the fact and reading the letter to his
family. and after talking about it on his
journey with the good Deacon Bross
" across the continent" it is not only
strange but utterly incredible that the
whole marvellous occurrence, in general
and in detail, after exciting the Colfax
mind for the space of two or three
months, should then pass totally out Of
the Colfax memory, insomuch that the
Colfax tongue should swear upon the
holy evangelists that the man Colfay
received no such addition to his income
in the month of June, 1868, and would
not have receivedit without remembering
1t very positively. 1t is, indeed, quite
as strange as that the Colfax memory
should be unable to recall the receipt OF
a Credit Mobilier dividend of 1920
on the Goth of June, 1868, and sec
ond Credit Mobilier dividend in Janu-
AIRY, 1869!
So far as it purports to show that the
81 200 in currency which Colfax deposit
ed in Jay Cookies bank on the I'D OF
June was not the same 81 200 which was
paid by the Sergeant-at-Arms on the
21st of June, upon Cakes Ames check
delivered to Schuyler Colfax on the Goth
of June, this romantic yarn is the weak.
est and silliest invention that the fallen
angel of South Bend has yet tried his
hand at. What if the story of the
"dead secret" of the singular Nesbitt
and his gift of $1,000 to aid the Vice
Presidential candidate in corrupting the
election in Indiana be true The story
avoids any attempt to be specific as to
dates, though marvelously so as to de.
tails of no possible Importance. The
domestic drama of the "dead secret"
may have transpired before or after the
receipt by Schuyler Of his first Credit
Divided. And he may have
put the mysterious 81, 900 bank not in
his deposit Of 81 300 in July, or he may
have transmitted it in draft to his
friend Connor, who was calling for
money to help the "cause" Of the an
yelic Schuyler in Indiana. Schuyler
has utterly failed to put in particle Of
evidence discrediting or even tending to
liscredit the very positive evidence OF
his guilt, which was before sufficient
10 convict him before any honest jury,is
rendered still more absolutely conclusive
BY the discovery that he received Sec
md Credit Mobilier dividend six
months after he received the dividend
If 1920.
Colfax, adieu You whom profess
,ional politicians have pointed to as an
,xemplar of all the virtues you whom
'ome weak-minded people have deemed
In angel, and some sentimental idola-
ors have exalted to the highest niche in
he pantheon of modern heathenism;
ron, sir, have turned out to be bride.
aker, a perjurer, and a scoundrel. Vate.
Chicago Times.
Severe, but True.