Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-07-17

plundererS who are Systematically robbihg the
people of their hard earnings, and refillng
their own already plethoric purses with tax
payers money, suppose for Il moment that they
will stop our denunciations of their iniquities,
we tell them now that it can only be done by
gag in our mouth irons on our wrists,
sassinatiOn-for any one of which, facts teach
US that our villian-enemieS are ready.
The New York Express after abiding to the
significant quickness with which Ex-Governor
Shepherd followed up the passage of the Poland
bill by an attempt to cause the indictment in
Washington of Mr.. Dana, says:
If the grand jury find true bill against Mr..
Dana, an effort will be made to take him to
Washington for trial, as in the case of Mr. Buell.,
correspondent of the Detroit Free Press, charg-
ed with Gbeling Senator Chandler. We be-
lieve that, with all the ill-intent of Senator
Carpenter and others, it will not be in the power
OF any court to drag citizen from any State
to the federal government, there to be tried for
a libel published in this city. Where the pub
LEGATION is made there the offtnSe must be tri
ed. The courts of the District of Columbia
cannot reach an otfense committed in New
York. The exercise of any such jurisdiction
by District is in violation of that clause of
the Constitution which provides ''that an &C
cused shall in all cases enjoy the right to II
speedy and impartial trial before a jury
where the crime shall have been committed,
which district shall have been previously as
certained by law"
The New York Times publishes the following
special dispatch:
THE CASE OF MR.. CHARLES A. DANA-FINAL &C
TIoN NOT YET TAKEN BY THE GRAND JURY.
'WAsHINGroN, July 1.-THE Grand Jury
has been in session another day without taking
final action upon the case of Charles \. Dana,
who is presented before them for indictment -
The principal reason why such action has not
been had is that the entire time of the jury has
been occu led with the hearing of the evidence
in the matter of the safe burglary, under
the prosecution of Special Assistant In ted
States Attorney-General, 4. G.. Riddles
Opinions differ widely as to the probable result
of the action of the Grand Jury regarding Mr..
Dana. Many of those who should be we'll adj
vised maintain that he will certainly be indict-
ed Others are of contrary opinion. 1t is
known that the indictment, As il is drawn, Is
not based upon general attaks of The Sun news
papers on the late District Government, but is
based upon special charges made by that news
paper against Mr.. Shepherd personally. One
of these, il is understood. is the recent charge
that Shepherd has an interest in the Columbia
Bank Note Company in this city, and has been
engaged in scandalous and corrupt lobby prac-
tees in the interest of that concern
The Sun adds Now we have TO say, con-
corning the above, that if We had never said in
reference to this man Shepherd any thing worse
than that he had IN interest in some bank or
bank note company, We have an idea that he
would have stood better than he does to-day"
The latest reports from Washington are
that the Grand Jury have such serious
doubts as to the legal propriety Of indict
ing man in Washington for an alleged
libel in New York that action in accord
ance with the wishes OF Mr.. Shepherd is
highly improbable"