The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-03-25
The Old Story Repeated

nistration.
When Secor Robinson paid
$93.OOO to Secor, iii the teeth Of
the law, "a present to Il lad, ;"
valued t $4,000, was said to
have been delivered beforehand.
When George II. Williams was
Attorney General, very beauti-
full, stylish, and celebrated wo-
man, of grea; distinction and in-
fuence in Washington, employed
Il clerk in the Department of Jus
tice, so called, to make out fraud
ulent vouchers by means Of
which she obtained mon"y from
,he Treasury Of the United States
fov her private use.
When George Ii. Williams.
Attorney-General OF the United
States, interpoSel appeals TO the
Supreme Court against the pay
ment of certain cotton claims
which had been decided by the
Court of Claims in favor of the
claimants, lerse sums of money
were paid to a very beautiful
woman whcreupOn those appeals
were Withdrawn and the claims
paid. NJ. Gazawav B. Lamar,
who had obtained such a judge
ment in the court OF Gains for
the sum of 10000, or there
abours, told us that he had been
invited to pay $4,000 in this
way and shortly atterward the
appta! III Lamar's case was with
drawn, and he got bis money.
When this same George II.
Williams was, not long afterwaru
nominated by President Grant
to be Chief Justice of the United
States, it was the fascination
which Il beautiful woman iounu
means 10 exercise over the mlnd
OF President Grant which secured
that nomination tor Williams.
When anonymous letters ad-
dressed 10 various ladies ot the
Cabinet. making Statements of
d very unpleasant character. We're
traced by de ecuveS to the Il
thor>hip of a certain beautiful wo
man, the protection OF the Pre-
>ident was no longer omnlpotent
aaG Mr.. u illiatnS WAS at last tb
!istd to resign bis office us Al
toruey Il neral. He had been re-
tanned, Notwithstanding the in
mehae ansl mul;itorm corruption
and stealing of which lie was
guilty. were veil known to hanl-
ilton Fish, George NJ. Robinson,
William w. Belknap. Colulnons
D-lano. aud Ulysses S. Grant !;
but he had TO so on the detection
of those anonymous letters aud
this beautiful woman and the AT
torney General as well, stepped
down and out from the g.Ories
and delights of the mos: elevated
circle of >hoddy lite in Washing
ton. They did not, however, pass
away from Grants constant atftc
tions tor with the expulsion OF
Bristow and the resolution in his
Cabinet which he so zealously
contemplated until lightning
struck INN few days ago, Viii
liams was to have been restored
to power as Acknowledgement.
Tue part which another heauti
ful and noted woman has played
in this drama of corruption has
been much commented uuUn by
the the press Of late ;and her sc
durtiye feminine charms have
evidently doue much t" soften
he public Indignation toward her
! vices.
And now it seems that it was
"a present worth $1,000 to "the
first lady OF the United States"
which secured for Gen. Rufus In
gals The immense chances that
| belong to the control OF the Quar-
! termhster Generals Office.
! This is the old, old story over
again. Wherever there is mischief
the women are pretty sure to be
in it /; and the men, with charac
teriStic meannesSs, try to put Oft
upon them as much of the blame
as possible.
| How TO CURE SCRATCHES IN
! HORSES. - First cleanse he
heels well from all dirt and other
foreign matter with strong suds
made by means of carbolic soap
and warm water. This done, dry
| the parts we'll and be careful to
remove all the soapy matter
thoroughly from the sore in or
der to prevent the collection of
dirt. Then dress the heels with a
lotion composed of carbolic acid,
one part; cold water, forty parts,
three times Il day. In one-quar-
ter of an hour after using the 10
tion, rub over the diseased
surface with glycerine, and keep
the partS supple with it. Give