New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-18

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MY0PIC.
That means near-sighted. an optical in
trinity with which our neighbor of the
Pic is especially afflicted. It keeps man
at the masthead to signal all the move
ments against Marsh. Marah is the
cynosure to which the distant vision is
directed and the political lens adjusted.
Sings out from the crosstrees Wilson. the
lookout:
A member Of the firm of Durfee T. Peck,
post traders, will testify before tho Clymer
committee tomorrow that the firm were 20
customed for years to send assessments to
Washington through Bsbcock's brother,
living in Kansas, and that they we're com.
PEELED to pay in order to keep the trader
ships.
It 10 believed Kilbourn will confess - to
the real estate pool tomorrow, having been
advised thereto by his council, Jerry Black.
This is intensely instructive. and in
striking contrast with the velvety terms
in which the same paper speaks Of home
offenders. Here is how q near-sighted
neighbor treats the events occurring
under its nose. There is . probability
that we are on the eve Of an investigation
into charges Of revenue robberies before
which the disgraceful stealings of Secre-
tafies and sutlers will appear insignificant.
Gilkers, witness, has emulated Marsh
in Withdrawing beyond the jurisdiction of
the court, and upon somewhat the same
reasoning alleged by the Democracy
against the Republicans. The wife Of
Gilkers-
Was told Wednesday in the Customhouse,
BY wbleky man, that if Gilkers ever came
up with his testimony he would be beaten
worse than ever, and perhaps killed. She
says he is afraid to obey the summons Of the
jury.
Gilkers, however, subsequently ap-
peared before the grand jury and "testi-
fed in . whisky case" when the grand
jury examined - party from Indianspo-
lis" Then there
Was presentment against . party now
for conspiracy in . cotton claim case.
Next
The grand jury retired and summoned
General A. L. Lee - Q witness In . cotton
claims cass.
In all these cases our neighbor is 80
near-sighted as not to recognize one Of
these offenders. "a whisky man" is one
alias, 80 party" in a cotton claim case
and "witness in cotton claim case ARE
the paraphrases by which persons whose
names must have been before the record,
and must have been Us we'll known as
that Of the witness Lee, whose name is
given. Not one word Of editorial comment
appears in this ''independent" journal
upon a domestic reproach cast upon
persons among us. Column after
column exposes Babcock, rejoices
over Belknap. applauds Clymer or pur-
sues Marsh, but those who are under
trial within gunshot of the sanctum are
merely recognized as ''cases," 'parties"
or whisky men. The anonymous in
dicted seem 80 confident Of their ability
to meet the government that, like Bob
Sawyer's boy, whose leg was to be ampu-
tated, they become impatient and
threaten to tell their ma if the operation
does not begin Immediately. Here is
how the Picayune shouts to the govern
ment to go on with their rat-killing:
The question is beginning to be asked on
all sides, why do not the government Off
GERS proceed to the trial of the persons
against whom charges have been preferred
by the grand jurys At least thirty indict-
ments have been recorded on the files of
the United States Circuit Court, and the
term is drawing to q close. Still the inves-
tigation is being carried forward and daily
additions are made to the names Of cases
to be tried.
Is it that the United States district at
torney ia waiting tor the work Of indictment
to be completed. or does he dislike gong
to trial without the assistance of the legal
lights who are to be sent to his aids
We apprehend that these ''at least
thirty indictments" will find the govern
ment in ample time, and the PicayAne
may find itself compelled to turn its
myopic vision from the snow fields and fir
forests of Canada to the sour mash and
fictitious bales of the "cases" and 'par-