, 1875-12-15

The now Congress is little moro than q
week old, and already the champion inycsti-
gator has appeared. LuTrnEL1 Of California
is lo hight, nnl Of courso be is rock.rootcd
md mountain -buttresscd Bourbon. There is
nothing small or mean about LuTTREL1. He
is going into the wholesale business, and is
prepared to make "Rome howl" The
American Eagle will have to scream now II he
has never screamed before, and pluck ont all
his tail-feathers in mn agony Of despnir. Says
IurTaEIl of California, tho investigator:
democrats Of the House, each Of these
points covers wrong to be exposed and
checked Tho people demand truth ut yonr
hands. They will sustain you in unveiling it."
And then the ruthless Lur7nEI1 Of Califurnia
commences to remove tho veil from the fifty
Investigations which he proposes to naake,-
a veil denser, moro mysterious, and consider
ably inreer than the one KnoRAssAN wore.
Tho negligent telegraph has not yet given lie
the details of these fifty Investigations which
aro to cause such con,1notion in tho breast
Of tho American Eagle and shatter tho last
lingering reliance no have in official integrity.
It only gives us glimpse of few. It owl
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md lot uH down easily. The few which are
given, however, oro gigantic, overpoworing,
stunning, bewildering. They take tho
breath away and leave the render dazed.
First comes BE1KNAp, Secretary Of War.
LurThRL1 Of California wants him inyesti-
gated for carrying OF cannon, guns, md
blundcrbusses, war-horses, iacks, aud mules,
tents, overcoats, and blankets, jerked beef,
harl-tael, md pea coffee, and other material
Of war to the value Of $500, ,000, 900, for
which money 10 has nover made account !!
No wonder our army Is q little, Btarveling
| one. Theso millions would not only pur-
chase all the ar-nnterial in the country, but
also the whole army,--Colonels, DTigadier-
Generals, Major-Gencrala, Lieutenant Gen.
orals, mud General, with West Point, all the
frontier forts, and the militia Of the country,
including the First Illinois Regiment, thrown
in. It is high time that rapacious robber,
that greedy son Of bIARs and BE1LoNA,
who Rnartls tho Star-Spaug1ed banner and
awos the eifeto uonnrchiea Of Europe, was
stopped in his ftlrtivo career. II not checked
lle will carry off tho American Eagle himself
and sell him to come foreign power. But
l3ELKaAr il not nlone in his stealing. Lur.
rnE1l Of California boldly alleges that OH,
jolly sea-dog md son Of NkrruNE who pre-
sides over our navy has coolly walked away
with siO,000, 900 worth OF monitors, sloops
Of war, tugs, anchors, lockers, chains, aut
ballast, aud sold them ut the old junk
storoH No hore VIC are, liable at AM
moment to be involved In war will
tho bloody Don ALFONSO or some ollie
Spanish Don, aud when we get ready to go tt
work, find ourselves without either army o
nayy, both having been stolen and sold 10
$50, GOO, ,OO0-in whirh millions the Secre
tarics Of the War mud Eavy arc now rolling
over and over. LurTnELL OF California alst
takes high moral ground. lie wants q com
,aittce to Investigate whether the appropria
. tons for internal improvement are not u1l
, lurlnining public morality. This is impo1
I tant, and the investigation ought to b
thorough. The public IL yearniny to kno'
ii the improvements In the Calumet Hive
| may not after all be at the bottom Of tn
dreadful condition Of things in OIL
, City Government; il TIC location c
, new lighthouses Is not luring o
untold Thousands to destruction It til
, building of new ct,stom-h houses and pos
offices ia not oEsettiug the labors Of on
/ Young Mems Christian Associations; and
y now railroads, Indian reservations, package
, OF soets, and improvements Of dams an
: tlallca are not preventing missionary labor
IL Who knows that the settling Of The Chicag
. Government buildings may not be accoun