The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-09

ons: The Grand Jury of the County of Phil
th -ir oaths and affrInations, that certain Off
GERS connected with the United States Bank
have been gu ity of gross violation If the
law. colludins togeth n TO defraud those stock
holders VINO had trusted their property to be
preserved by them, and that there is good
ground to warrBnt a prosecution of such per-
sons for criminal offenses, which the Grand
Jury do now present to the court, and ask that
the AttOrney-Cieneral be directed to send up
for the action of the grand jury bills of indict-
ment against Nicholas Biddle, Samuel Jaudon.
John Andrews, and others TO the Grand Jury
unknown for a conspiracy to defraud the
stockholders of the Bank of the United States
OF sums of. etc.
10. Bills of Indictment have been found
against Nicholas Bdddle, Samuel Jaudnn and
John Andrews, according TO the preseL 6ment
of the Grand Jury; and bench warrants issued
which have been executed upon them-
III. Examination of NicllOtds Bidd c and 9th
eTs before Recorder VtsUr.-Y eSterday after
noon the crowd and excitement in and about
the court room where tae examination was to
take place was even greater than the day be-
fore. The courtroom doors were Kept closed
up to within few minutes of four O'Clock, the
crowd outside blocking up every avenue lead
ing to the room. When the doors were thrown
open it was Immediately filed TO overtowing.
At four The Recorder took his seat, and, an
nouncng that he was ready to proceed, the de-
PENDANTS were called, and severally answered
to their names, etc.
10. on Tuesday. the 18th, examination of
Nicholas Biddle and Others was continu ed and
concluded. and the Recorder ordered that
drews, Samuel Jaudon and Joseph Cowperth-
waite each enter into separate recOgnizance
with two or more sufficient sureties, in the
sum of $4,000 for their appearance at the
| present session of the Court of General Seq
sions for the City and County of Philadelphia
to answer the crime of which they thus stand
l5. Nicholas Biddle and those indicted
with him have been carried upon writS Of
hdbsds corpus before the Judges Barton, Con-
rad and Doran, and discharged from the Gus
tody of the Sheriff.
former officers of the Bank of the United
States have been brought to a close. To get
rid of the charges against them without trial
of the facts against them before a jury, they
had themselves surrendered d by their bail, and
sued out writs OF hdbedS corplLs for the release
of their persons. The opinions of the Judges,
| the proceedings having been concluded, were
delivered yesterday The opinions of Judges
| Barton and Conrad were for their discharge;
| that Of Judge Doran WAS unfavorable. They
were accordingly discharged. The indigna-
| ton of the community is intense against this
| escape from the indictments without jury
| trials
| tory to the consideration of the associated
! banks of the present time, and to their official
| friends in high places. 1t presents lesson on
the mutations of human affairs, which they
cannot with safety disregard,
| ." He that hasteth to be rich hath IN evil eye
| and considereth not that poverty shall come
| upon him.
| Sir the country needs financial peace, sta
bility AID security, and for these great bless
1
| and persistent claim of credit has long been
made in favor of the Republican party on ac-
count of its financial policy. Instead of being
| the best, as SO often and SO falsely asserted,
| that policy has been the worst ever known in
| American history. Whether judged by its
motives to enrich and aggrandize the few at
| the expense of the many, or by the vast aggre-
| gate of business bankruptcy, and the revolt
| ing details of human suffering, or by the fe-
versh, unstable condition in which it has at
| all times kept the trade and industry of the
| country when it was unchecked whether
| judged by any or all of these undisputed facts
| of history the policy of the party now in pow
| er, on the subject of money, has been full of
| evil to the American people, and evil only, and
| that continually.
| do not believe that the people, the work
| ing, business, taX-paying people of any State
| or section, will tolerate the continuance of
| that system of spasmodc efforts, cOnvulsive
| starts and periodical raids upon Congress
| which has marked the last eighteen or nine
| teen years, in the interest of great financial
| corporations, and to the disturbance and de-
| struction of all other interests Against the
present paroXysm of greed on the part of cor
pOrate and consolidated banking capital de-
manding through one of the departments OF
| the Government the disgrace and the over
throw of silver money, invoke the judgment
| and cooperation of all the busy multitudeS OF
industrious men and women throughout all
this broad, progressive land. 1 make my ap
peal to these classes in no spirit of party, bllt
for the sake of their own prosperity, now
| threatened for the sake of their bright homes
and firesides, over which the clouds are again
gathering and for the sake of their children
| whose future would protect from peril and
| disaster,