The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-04
Correspondence or the star.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1877.
| The Committee to investigate the
origin and cause Of the late fire at tue
Patent Office is still busy at work, bu
is not ready to eport.
| THE GRAyEsT APPREHENsIoNs
are lelt that their report will occasion
| further investigation in a new line
which will blacken the repu alton, o.
prominent persons worse than the
smoke has tarnished the white marble
| Of the burnt building. In plain EngIist
the belief is rapidly gaining ground, tha
persons who nave plundered the Govern.
ment saw no way to escape the Peniten.
tiary other than 10 destroy the record et
evidences OF their guilt, which the
Patent Office contained, and so set it on
fire to destroy the books and papers
Everybody is anxlOusly awaiting the re.
port OF the Committee.
The attention of Hon. John Sherman
has lately been called to the question
whether ,here was not danger Ola
RAID ON THE VAULTS
OF the treasury being made, bV organ.
lied robbers. Such bold and auddcious
crimes are being daily committed. even
TO the Wrecking OF railroad trains for
plunder, that it has suggested d the Loss;
6llity OF lot Of robbers, well armat
and led, making dash some night at
the Treasury, when, il successful. tAey
would scoop in their booty by tue hum
dI eds of millions, and commit the great
est burglary OF tile world.
The vaults are guarded, it Is true bv
armed men, but these guards are ali
manned and crippled soldiers, brave and
worthy men nquestionably, but scarce
ly able TO cope with their number of
aDle'Dodieu ROBBERS armed to the teeth
and desperate. la view OF the possible.
tues OF dangerous assaults, and In order
10 make tne guard u"questionubly
rolg, the Secretary Will SOON transfer
the crippled soldiers to oLher bertns
and put on duty we'll disciplined boIv
OF suitable men. The Secretary NAV he
unduly nervous, but an ounce of mr.,
ventlon Is better than a thousand pounds
OF cure.
THE RECENT FORGERIES
at the Interior Department by Mr.. c4D,d.
ridge, as exposed on Saturday, are still
talked about in departmental circles.
LII IL 5alu tudI MI oCnuf z, when tuIa
OF the clerks crimes and Informed thai
there was "a woman at the bottom of i,
heaved a deep sigh and said "Oi course
Ii is most always s0-and has been since
Adams day" IL is not thought the
amount OF money which Goodridge OBJ
tanned is very large, and che bungIing
way he managed his .peculations SHOW
him to be a young hand in crime, He
| aves an interesting young family and
a lovely wife to mourn his lntidelty and
subsequent crime against the law. for
which the penitentlary will claim him
Tor years. 1t ts said that Secretary
Schurz is considerably do yncast by The
constant succession OF iniquities ana
frauds that a. being uneartned in and
about his Department. elrexistanre
does not speak well for the Reputation
OF his predecessor. We may add thai
the lorser, mas been held in
$12 900 bail iu three charges, with ten
more uuheard as yet.
Randall and Sammy Cox have de-
ferred their visit until the 9th, when the
fun will begin. Quite a sprInkliug OF
Southern Senators and members have
already arrived and gone into winter
quarters. CINCINNATI.