The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
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Radical Rebels in the Govern
ment Employ.

ment Employ.
The special correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Enquirer, writing from
Washington under date of the Goth
ult., says:
The subsidized Radical press, as
er cross-rOad orators, continue to
raise terrible howl and endeavor to
fire the loyal Northern heart with the
false declaration that the Democratic
party is Influenced and controlled by
those who, in the late war, were in
rebellion against the Union, when the
fact is, from the close Of the war to the
present time, the Republican party,
with General Grant ut the head, has
not only recognized, but officially
ordered Union soldiers to stand aside
and give lucrative places to open and
notorious rebels of the most diahOn.
Orable and pusillanimous stripe. The
records, and documents on file in the
Department show the disgraceful fact
that VIM. II, Chapman was Lieuten-
ant Colonel of Colouel John S. Mos.
by's guerrillas, and is now Special
Agent in the Postoffice Department at
s. day. His brother, Sam. F. Chap
man, was Captain OF Company E. same
command, and is now q Postal Car
Clerk, receiving $l,4OO per annum
running between Washington and
Richmond. This man, w. II. Chap.
man, is the one who tied Union
soldier to q tree, severed from his per-
son his privates, aud then placed them
in his victims mouth. He also assist
ed in the hanging Of the elk Union
| soldiers belonging to the Sixth Michi-
gan Cavalry. The atrocious facts
were reported to Postmaster Jewell
aud he dismissed him, but Grant made
Jewell reinstate him, which was the
direct cause of Jewell leaving the
Cabinet These facts can not be sue.
cessfully denied, as the evidence is on
file i'm the War Department. The In
fuence in these cases is Grant and
Mosby. Elias Griswold. appointed by
Grant. through the influence ofMosby,
to an 81 800 clerkship in the Treasury
Department August "a, 1876. He was
Major and Assistant Adjutant- G ener-
al on General John III. Winaer's staff,
and was in charge Of Andersonvil:e
Prison.pens during the war, aud also
in charge Of Castle Thunder and To.
baccO Ware house at the close OF the
war. John G.. Hester was Second
Lieutenant on the rebel ram Alabama
aud j. now . Special Agent in the
Depastnent of Justice, through the
influence OF Senator Morton and Col
onel Mosby. Miss Jackson, whose
father killed young Ellsworth at the
Marshall House, in Alexandria, in
1861, is now nine hundred dollar
clerk in the Treasury Department
through the influence of Presi.
dent Grant aud Colonel Mosby
Mrs. Mumford, whose husband cut
down the Stars and Stripes in New
Orleans, is now in the Treasury De-
partment at 81, 200 per snnum. through
the influence of Senator Morton and
Colonel Mosby. VIM. M. Cstlin,- Ma
jor and Quartermaster in an Alabams
Regiment, is now in the GeneralLand
Office, receiving $1,000 per annum
through the influence of General Bah
cock and President Grant. Marcy
Adison, Sergeant in the famout
Black Horse Cavalry, is now . clerk
at 81. 400 per annum 10 the Surgeon.
Generals Office. the influence of Col.
onel Mosby and General Grant. Miss
Mosby. a sister of Cololel j. S. Mosby
is 81 200 clerk in the Patent Office.
through the influence of Colonel Mos.
by and General Grant. Thomas Y
Mosby, q brother of Colonel j. Mosby,
was q bushwhacker during the war
was appointed by General Grant, on
the 18th dav Of August, q Gauger il
the Fifth Virginia District, through
the influence of Colonel MOsby.
There are now twenty-seven o
Mosby's guerrillas in the Government
Department, including nine more il
the Navy Yard.
1t was for asking Hart to tell hi
audience this fact that Col. Cotter il
denounced for attempting to break III
a Radical meeting.