The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-11

In connection with this will probably be In
vestiRated n charge OF forgery and fraud, In
sending 10 Scotland, to the person alleged
to DO his former wife, paper falsely pur-
porting TO be the acceptance OF his rcslgna-
tion in the army
Perhaps before this trial is concluded, the
court will have assembled that Is to ex-
anime the severe accusations Of charlatanry,
'ncompctcncy, immortality, and iniquity of
various sorts mado against Gen. HAzES,
O .oncl of the Sixth Infantry, by Gen. STAN
LEY and publicly reiterated by him for
years At the conclusion Of this trial, or
bcft@e will begin the civil suit prepared by
Gcl dAzEN against Gen. STANLEY, who IS
Colohcl of the Twcnty-sccond Infantry, ON
the charge Of SANDER
Tho order OF arrest Is still running against
Lieut.. T1FFANY OF the Eleventh Infantry,
who deserted short time since in Montana,
on account OF threatened disclosures Of his
forgcrics of pay accounts; for he is said to
have sold in Bismarck bogus pay orders,
losing the proceeds at faro. II he should be-
captured aud tried for dcscrtion. forgery,
and theft, IL may also come out who won
the money Of him. This young gentle
man entered the Confederate army during
the war; and deserted that, and naturally
secured an appointment from the HAYES
Administration TO a service which IL over
crowded; but as an adept at dcscrtion he IS
not likely to be caught, though he might,
perhaps. rely on being pardoncd after con-
viction by the same power that appointed
him.
The result Of the Frrz JONI PORTER trW
must soon be reached; and it cannot be
that all sides will go scot free there, for the
Issue was drawn too sharply between the
personal conduct and soldicrly capacity of
PORTER ON the one side, aud Of McDowELL
and POPE on tho otncr to avoid doing dam
ago to somebody.
While the PORTER trial was going on,
Lieut. MAXWELL Of the Twentieth Infantry
was tried and convicted by court martial, in
Texas, of selling his pay account three
times over, to three different persons, in
three successive months. This gentleman
had been in the employ Of the Treasury
Department. and had visited Florida dur
ing the progress Of the electoral count
there. He thought he had done Mr. HAYES
some service, and in June, 1877, was APP
pointed TO the army. lie began his opera
lions on inc pay accounts before ycOl
had elapsed and is now serving a two years
sentence in the Kansas State penitcntiary.
Tho navy, however, may he less interested
in these cases than in trials more nearly
concerning their own service, such as the
one which has just resulted in dismssing
from the navy Licut.-Commander KELLs,
and the suit brought by Mr. WETMoRE
against Admiral PORTER ON the charge OF
alternating the affections Of the formers
wife, aud causing TO be paid to her money
belonging To hun.
Remarkable as is this conjunction OF cases,
1t would be a great mistake 10 argue from
1t that the army and the navy arc worse ofll
cercd than the civil service. The fact is that
the army and navy couragcously invcsti-
gate and act ON charges, whore in like cir
cumstanccs gang OF political retaincrs
bushes them up; and when. by some cXccp-
ton, Il Custom House or Post Office or Re-
turning Board scandal is made public. it
often discloses not ono or two but n whole
nest OF dcinquents and a complete network
Of fraud