The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-25

We do not wish TO dwell upon this episode.
Not vet have the memories OF that bitter
time grown 80 dim that we can recall them
with composure. Enough that the mills OF
the gods, though they ground more SLOWLY
than usual III our case are beginning to grind
exceedingly fine, and the yindcatton OF eternal
Justice ID ours at last. We have served our
term of probation, we have passed through
the dark valley and emerged into the sun
light and the day. And, better than all. along
with the material Joy Of our deliverance there
comes to US now little by little, moral vin-
dication In the Disgrace apd exposure when
constantly overtake those old oppressofs anu
despollers. We have already chronlcled
dozen or 80 of these-not obtained through
the medium Of political prosecution not Oh
tanned under the auspices OF political enc
mics; but plain, nnmistakable, ugly, unre-
deemed exposures about which there can Dc
neither doubt nor discussion. One by one the
regulations OF the old gang are put under the
terrible light OF truth, one by one their dis
gulses arei torn away and they stand con-
fessed to the world as the thieves and Villains
we have always charged them with being.
And now comes Seelye-Ed Edgar Seelye-the
specioue, 30 stepped In turpltude and hate.
Our readers may not remember Seelye to any
great extent III his original capacity here,
when he was a pogtofIce detective, and where
he won some cheap notice by convlctinH an
occasional negro post-boy OF trivial mai
feasance. 1t was as u deputy marshal, carry
Ing out the policy Of Grants most vindlctive
Attorney General and acting under the IN
SEPARATION OF Packard In 1874 Is, that beelye
| first became widely and odousy known.
| Never before In the history OF Radical perse-
cutlon had there been Isuoh enthusiastic,
such Jealous infamy displayed as by Seelye.
Not even Dog Merrill's previously unap-
proachable performances could compare with
Seelyes. lilo was the champion sleuth- hound,
the incompatible tyrant, the peerless brute
OF all that bitter period. 1t Is enough 70
| make the coolest heart beat hard and fast Ia
wrath to think how he used to drag Innocent
men from their desolate homes, and to put
whole communities under his booted heel In
the day of his power and his vengeance We
denounced him then for what he was-a COW
ard and d tiend; yet he remained high In the
favor of tho Custom II ouse and the Cabinet
and laughed at our impotent complaints
But what ID lie now2 Where now are the
name and standing Of that specimen lieuten,
ant? There la placard going the rounds Of
the police headquarters from one end OF tht
country to the other, surmounted by rather
nattering woodcut Of the well-rememberet
Seelye, and reading thus:
REWARD.
4 - EDGAR sEELYE,
purser OF the steamship Crescent City. OF thu
| Pacific Mail Steamship Company. dtsap oearet
on Thursday September4s with about ton thou
sand dollars In gold: was last seen Mt the cor
ner of Washington and Liberty streets. Ne.v
York city. going toward the. river. Tho !golt
had been mostly exchanged for Bank OF Eng
land notes and some greenbacka. He carried |
new black leather valise and had supplied MIN
self with London smoke and ordinary, spec
4 feet. weight. about 1870 pounds: horid com
plexion, sores on forehead. eyes blush. grey
4 good address. Had on dark clothing and darl
soft hat. Information that Will lead to his dis
pAny Hair Of head dark and spare; imperial
} reddish brown.
New York city September 0. 1870.
II ID the same. Another picture OF one 0
Lousianas Republican rulers is hanging II
the rogue's gallery. Another eminent pollti
cal missionary has taken to his heels to es
cape the ponitentiary and to live abroad upol
the money he has stolen. Give US but time
wait just long enough for the evolution o
thieves and criminals to be made perfect, ant
not many Of the old faces viii De III tssfnR no
many OF the old gang will be denied plac
In the chronicle 81 contemporaneouS vlllainy