, 1876-10-17
THE MOTH THAT CORRUPTED.


It waa tho celebrated Investigating Com
mittee presided over by HESTER CLY.trn
that hit upon the exaot spot where tho moth
corrupted nnd the thieves broke III md ssolo.
They struck upon 1t when they let daylight
into the moth-e1torminntor bureau of the
War Department. That Investigation, 1t was
mysteriousfy announced, was to oxtorminase
Whole hosts Of Republican corr1lptionists.
Tho further the Committee investigated, tho
more corruption did they uneartl.. It was
established that tho moth.exterminator did
not cxterm!nato the moth, and that, notwith-
standing, the consuming moth had pretty
much the run Of tho entire Olothing.supply
Department Of the War Office aud revelel
in tho ruins Of blue uniforms. It WIS Co.
tabliBhcd also that tho 1noth-cxterminato
that wouldn't extor1ninnte moths waa sup
piled at price TINT would havo made It
cheaper to hava thrown awny the uniforms
to bo preserved than to havo sprinkled them
with tho extcr1ninator. It was further
established that tho contract by which
ss403, ,B75 was paid for tho externinator from
h1arch, 1872, to August, 1874, Ind been OBJ
timed by bribery. And thereon Mr.. CLY-
MEn's Committee, with awful circumstance,
prepared to catch tho bribe-takers. They
went down little further aftcr tho moth
That corrupted, and they canght one of
them, tho brbe-taker, ind, one nnd all,
they hove heavy sigh whom they discovered
I was not u Republican, but that eminent
Journalistic rofor1ner, DosN P1ArT, whose
share Of tho steal waa exactly S29,084. H.
deed, 80 intont were they upon catching a
Republican in 1t that they dug down to tho
bottom Of this moth-corrupting steal, and
who did they find but the great Democratic
VAR Gonsral, who was to have put down the
Rebellion aud preserved slavery, and brought
back the erring sisterhood with Shepherds
crook, AZ it wero,-GEoaoR u. MoCLKL1AN.
And they investigated TO more aud with
bated breath they hasteued to bury the
1noth-corruption all, and to nod 1t over, and
to foe from the spot. But, despite that, tho
fatal facts got ont. The following letter
from dEonog A. Cow1xs L Co., the moth.
oxtorminator contractors, disposaa OF that
pct Democ1atio lituo boy In blue about as
effeotua!ly NJ over did aaring tlan,o Of the
Auttoring motl that therein plunged head
long:
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 3. 1872.-Ta Gen. G<orgs
II. AcC9t!'an. -Ssw York: Fur ltd In consldeta.
tion Ut tim suni Ut ST. Tho receipt Of which II hu1p
by acknowledged, wo ngrGo 10 pay yuH 4 per cent
0f any snlllb which May be pala 10 u by tie War
Department OF huun!teu States OUT uf ths future
appropriations by Congress for tho preservation OF
array c,othsng und cqulRage BY our psucesa.
ukanuE 4. CuwLEs .S Co.
and upon that contract alr. CLyAEn's
Committee, In spite of their efforts not to
lind out, elected tho fact that MCCLELLAN
received in four separate checks from
CowLEa j. Go. $4,87i. How muuh more he
received the Committee t!isarastly avoided
dlnllng out By incontiuanuy abandoning their
pursuit Of tle moth TINT corrupted. Having
singsl the wings Of DoNa PlArG, after having
singed those ot poor pENp1Egos, upon
scorching a1oOLE11As, Mr. CLyugh's Com.
mittee went ont Of the Notwithstanding
business IN which thoy wontlrously outdid
the original oth-cxtorminatols.