The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-05-03
ON. H-ash.mGton Letler.

PLANTING-MARTHA HA " WASHINGTON : POt'
TRAIT, ETC.
4 WASHINGTON, D. c., April %, 1873.
1t is expected that movement will be
made in the House looking to an investi-
CATION of the electoral fraud. II viii Ger
taiuly be made as soon as all the ammuni-
tion is in Beside the investigation of the
Florida fraud, il is expected that there viii
be made public afidavits going to show that
the vote of Louisiana was also frauduiently
counted for Hayes and Wheeler. 1t is said
, that it can be established that Governor
Noyes made arrangements and gave pledg-
es when in Florida in behalf of Hayes,
which the latter sanctioned, and, if SO, it
proves that NOyes acted with the consent
Of and in connivance with Hayes.
/ REVIEWING HIS OWN ACTION.
/ Time and circumstances have cooled the
partisan zeal which erstwhile animated
Judge McLin and clOuded bis conscience,
and now he is able to review his own action
with something like the estimation in which
it has been held by dispassiouate people
from the beginning. He gives in plain,
ample phraseology a description of the
feelings and impulses which were inspired
in the Republicans of the South by the
representatives of their reckless and crimi-
nal but shTewd co partners Of the North.
1t is a terrible arTaignment of that school
of political philosophy, or rather of sophis-
try, whose fundamental principle is hate,
and whose sole object has been the perpe-
'tration of power for the basest ends. Nat
uraiiy, a man of Mr.. McLin's feelings, and
in his situation, listened to the men he de-
scribes, and allowed himself to be guided
by their sinister councils. Having thus
eased bis conscience as to the general as
poets of his derelction, ne explains the de-
tailed process Of the whole foul work, which
is the only really valuable part of the con-
feSsi0n, So far as the public interests are
concerned. The details are clear, full and
beyond the possibility of question or of
cavii in their remoTseless particularly of
names, figures and localities. 1t is COM
plete document, giving an explanation of
the motives which induced him to commit
or connive at the frauds which gave the
vote Of Florida to Hayes. From the very
beginning of his confession, in reGting the
considerations which influenced him to
perverJ the expression of the popular will
for the benefit of the Republican party,
down to his explanation of the motives
which induced linn TO sin, and the descrip-
tiOn of the revolving details Of the frauds
themselves, leaves nothing to De supplied
and admits of no dOd lying.
Judge NcLiu's confession, with The ter
riblo affdavits he has made, proves beyond
all cavil that the Radical majority Of the
Electoral Commission EHelD that the goods
were stolen and that Mr.. Hayes EHe0 lie
was receiving stolen goods. Mr.. Hayes
now sits in the White House the undis-
guised and unquestioned receiver of stolen
goods.
I UNEARTUTNG RAsCALITY.
On Thursday last L. 4. Fisher, mail
+ contractor in Illinois, acknowledged before
the House Postal Committee that in one
instance he was overpaid $4,000, by one
o. O'Brien, pay clerk in the Sixth Auditors
Office. He also admitted to having loaned
/ money to O 8Tien. 1t seems that i was
customary for the Post Office Department
to give contractors orders on the local
pOstmaste"s for money they had on hand.
L ISher acknowledges be collected money
from the pOstmasters on these orders, and
the postmaSters forwarded the orders 20 the
/ department rs vouchers to show That they
/ had settled, but the amounts were never
charged against Fisher, who would after
/ ward call on the Department and collect
the full amount Of his contract, so that all
/ he collected on the orders was clear steal
. from the government. The system of
pOcketing AL collections from postmasters
was applied generally TO O'Brien, but of
. course to make it work number of clerks
aud book-keepers bad to be in collision and
share the swag, Mr.. Waddell, chairman
. of the committee, is a good investigator.
No man who appears before his committee
can avoid telling the truth, unless he lies
outright He puts verv pointed questions
I to witnesses, and his rigid cross -eXamina-
tions are unearthing startling frauds in the
Post Office Department.
sHAD PLANTING.
About GOO, 600 young shad were planted
in the Potomac river this week from the
United States steamer Lookout. The Uni
ted States Fish Commissioners have been
engaged in collecting shad eggs at Alber-
marie Sound, from which place the vessel
left for this city with the Ferguson hatch
ing machine, by the aid Of which the hatch
ing process consumes only from three to
five days, and by the time the vessel reach
cd Washington the young were about three
inches long. Cans containing the young
shad are let down over the sides of the yes
sci and their contents allowed to escape
Planting was commenced aud continued at
intervals all the way up the river. The
vessel started with 500 900 shad eggs, but
fresh supply of water at Norfolk was in
troduced into the Matching machine. and
owing to some deleterious matter in the
water number of the eggs were destroyed.
PREPARE TO ENTER.
Let those who propose to pass through
the valley of bankruptcy prepare to enter
now. The House by a very decisive vote
of 2O3 yeas to 80 nays has passed the Senate
bill repeating the bankruptcy law. The
law having done all the harm it could. is
now wiped of the statute books when it
could best serve the honest but unfortu-
nate, business men of the country. 4 very
interesting lot of officials in the shape Of
Registers in Bankruptcy, who managed to
fob the bulk OF all the material that came
before them, viii now be thrown upon the
country in helpless condition, to add
further TO the general depression.
COMFORTING NEWS.
1t will be comforting to the American
people to learn that there is one Christian
member of the 45th Congress. Mr. Alex
; ander II. Stephens accepts cordially the
great doctrines of revelation on the tes;i-
mony of is Divine Author" He further
"believes in state Of future rewards and
, punishments" This indeed is ioyful in
; telligence. 1t was generally feared that
since Bob lngersOll and Harry Beecber had
Knocked the bottom out of the bottomless
pit that Congressman had become reckless
of consequences but it is cohsoling to
know that thero is at least one, if not more
of our national Legislators who consider
salvation n all LII,