The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-06-08

a moment, he sees the cloud-built castle
of his hopes shattered and blown to the
winds like "the aift fabric of q vision"
He knows (tio one better the story writ
ten out of his own hand against himself,
which those letters contain, and the feat
that comes upon him causes the Republi-
can Hope of to-day to 80
or Hfs KNEES TO A POOR CLERK,
who holds these letters in his keeping.
1t is sorry sight to see the would-be
Cesar of yesterday pleading, in the name
of wife and children, of blighted reputa-
ton and all else man holds dear, to be
allowed to escape from his own record,
in his own autograph. One cannot help
a feeling of pity at renowned career
thus untimely cut short by tslo.dc-se.
Even physical suicide was intimated, as
last resort, if Mulligan's statement can be
credited. Blaine contradicts him there
so positively, that he may be granted the
benefit of the doubt; but there is so much
consistency in Mulligan's story, and it is
so we'll fortified by written and circum-
stantia,,. evidence, that the country will
be more than half convinced by it, espe-
cialIy in view of the remarkable manner
in which Blaine got possession of the let
ters on his pledged word of honor that LIE
would return them, and then forfeited his
pledge by forcibly detaining them. 1t
must be acknowledged that, legally,
Blaine is right in asserting that these let.
ters are the property of the writer and
receiver only, and not of any third party !;
but, in this case Fisher, the receiver, gave
the letters to Mulligan, his confidential
clerk, to vindicate himself, if his testimo-
ny should be impugned and, as Fishers
agent, Mulligan lawfully held them.
About the immortality of disclosing the
SECRETS OF PRIVATE CORREsPoN-
DENCE"
there should be no question, where it is,
not only private, but for honest purposes; ;
but business correspondence about rail-
road lands, and especially from Con-
gresham about bonds of subsidized rail-
roads, can hardly be called private. A
man may, if he chooses, gush into costa
cies over a newly-born babe, in letter
to friend showing that he has put the
F. S. & L. R. bonds "where they would
do the most good" amongst certain prom
inent parties. The private illusions
could not protect the public and official
ones from scrutiny.
JACOB THOMPSON,
formerly Secretary of the Interior under
Buchanan, has come to Washington upon
seeing a statement in the papers that
Zach. Chandler, the present Secretary of
that Department, had said that, if Bel
KNAPP was impeachable, so was Jacob
Thompson, for stealing 500, 900 worth of
land belonging to the Indian Trust Fund,
in 1S6O-61. Thompson has come all the
way from Mississippi and L. @. G. La
mar, NJ. c., and Senator-elect from that
State, has carried letter from Thompson
to Zach. Chandler, stating, in effect, that
he, Thompson, is tired of being olassed
with rogues, especially such as have won
name and fame in the Republican party
and that he is ready for any investigation
or impeachment that can be had
Thompson says he wants his record, as it
stands, to be made known; and that if
the country is not already aware that
Republican Investigating Committee has
fully exonerated him, it is probably be-
cause the wild stories of the war have not
yet ceased to engross the attention of the
people.