Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-10-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER:
" WASHINGTON, ID. c., }
Octobe- IL, 1876. ,
TIE Jos Up.


publicans have of cleciing thei!' CALI
didate next month. The South comes
up solid support of Tilden. Even
South Carolina, which was conceded
to the Republicans, a few mouths ago,
will, under the astute leadership OF
General Wade Hampton, cast It's vote
for the Democratic ticket. The l3S
votes south of Masons and Dixon's
Line, which are sure for Tilden and
Hendricks, are positive capital to
start upon. All the votes we need
FROM the North TO elect cur man are
Al. And those we will sure y get
-35 of them from New York. Any
phisolophical student of history knows
that whenever q numerical minority
has been united, it has ultimately
prevailed against disunlted majority.
The South is united The North Is
not. And it would be miraculous If,
having 23l votes, tie North would
not cast the small number of them
necessary to help the South to eect
The Democratic Candidate.
WILL HARRINGTON "soUEAL?"
Richard, commonly known as
"Dick" Harrington, formerly Assist
ant District Attorney here, aud who
has been indicted for conspiring t"
break open his own safe, has, as is
generally known, surrendered, and
will stand trial. Dick" said Mr
Riddle, assistant counsel for the Gov
crnment in the late trial Of Gen. Bah
cock and Lawyer Sommrrville, Of
New York, who were indicted as par
ties to the conspiracy, was q bright
boy, bu, be was poor. He could not
afford to eXpend any money to carry
out this uefarious scheme. He had
none to spenl. Gentlemen, somebody
was behind him in this transaction.
Some one insliga,ed him to do this
decd. Some one gave him the mon
ey to consumate it," Well. Dick has
finally surrendered and the question
is, in detective parlance, "WiIl he
squeal?" Enough testimony was
elected at the trial of Babcock aud
SommerviIle TO convict him Of being
the mao who gave Instructions to the
burglars, or rather to the chief OF The
Government secret service. as to
when and how his safe should be
opened. Harrington must do one
of two things-he must either stand
trial, trusting to the inability OF the
government to convict him on the teS-
timony of such rascals as Whitley
and Ncttleship baveprOved themselves
to be, or be must turn States EVIL
dence." Now, it is possible be might
have "burgled" his own safe without
previous consultation with Gov. Shep'
herd, whose counsel before a Con
rressional committee he was at that
time; but the general impression III
Washington is that the chief conspir'
ator has not yet been unearthed. a
few years ago, Harrington was bril-
liant fellow, an eloquent advocate
and, in the opinion of those who kne"
him, a rising young man. He Wa:
Of a couvivial turn, however. and i
soon came to be remarked that Dick
Harrington was going down hill
On losing his position as assistant
district attorney, he became quite reck
less. drank more heavily, than usual
paid little attention to his persona
appearance, and finally left Washing
ton for parts unknown. There arr
many who think be will be acquitted
notwithstanding the character of tn
J evindence /; for Dick was popular, ant
. Washington juries are peculiar.
COL. MosBY AS A LAWYER.
Col. John A. Mosby, styled b.
some the Francis Marion of the grea
rebellion, by others a nurderous bust
wacker, who put out his shinsle as
LAWYER in this city several month
since. has not yet especially dlstif
guished himself before the Distric
: bar. The fact is, his clients, as YET
C are few !; the impression seeming I
4 exist among litigious people that tb
Colonel, while be may have been
successful bushwacker, does not o.
o cupy q place in the front rank of tb
legal profession. But his law pra
tice S, ems to be a secondary conside
}, alton with him. He is thorough
absorbed 10 politics. and can be foun
d almost any day discussing the situ
r, ton with Zach Chandler. Chairma
n of the National Republican Goa
. mittee, Judge Edmunds. its Secretsr.
:; or some one else who is running Il
b. political machinery Of the Republics
>. party. Mosby is now a social al
political noneptity in bis native Stat
Virginia; and. having cast his /
with the Republican party, he is e
deavoring to make the best OF Il
Is situation. Notwithstanding the ii
% favor with which be is regarded
II Virginia there are hundreds amor
q the Conservatives (the word dem
" crat" is not much used 10 that State
ne who, while Numerically opposed
le him in politics, and in reality execr'
% ing his apostasy, are quite willing
o. humbly solirit his kind Offices in c
q, tanning for themselves or their frien
ID positions under Grants adminis,l
y ton. 1t is due to Mosby to say tn
"a while understanding the feeling wi
e' which be is regarded by these S
same people. be makes no distinct
between them and Republicans, a
a. that many q Virginia Conservati
d. holding Office under the Administ
o. ton to-day owes bis good fortune
re M.La Ian.