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BLEEP IT BEFORE THE LEG1&
LATTJRE.
SrATH or NEBRABKA , \
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I , J. 0. Robberta , on my oath say
'that I make the following statomen
of footi upon my roost solemn oath
God Almighty bearing mo witness
that the eamo ia true , M folio m to
wit :
When 1 was In the legislature
Nebraska ft member of the ICth BOB
Ion , from the 61st district , E 0.
Onrncs , at the time the lioutonan
tforernorof the state oamo to mo an
told mo that John M. Thuraton sen
hlm-to mo with the proposition that i :
I would turn in nnd help the railrcm
oompanios and use my influence ani
power an a legislator and member o
the railroad committee that ho
through and for said companies
would giro mo $5,000 ( fire thousan
dollars ) . That ho tried and insisto
there and then to hare mo go to either
or Thuraton or Church Howes' room
and get part of said money. I nls
state upon my oath that I refused to
go to said room and refused to taki
said money or any par
thereof , and that ho ( Carnoi
' aid to mo that If I refused to take i
I would always regret it , for tha
4 when I wont homo I would bo abased
by thu ragged asaca anyway , and tha
if I accepted it I c < uld lot them go ,
and bo independent , and have a nlc
home and bo well fixed.
I also swear that I neror accepted
one dollar from any source , or in any
way from any railroad company sine
I waa elected , or in my wholn life , except
copt u foe of fD.00 ( fire dollar * ) tha
was paid the Robberts & Steele lavr
firm in 1877 for lethal services rendered
thi.ni , mid that I norer received any
favor from any railroad company , ox
wpt a i raveling pans for myself and
wile. 80 help mo God.
J. 0. ROBIIIIITS.
Subicribod in my prosuuco and
ewora to before mo , this February
27th , 1882. L. G. BBIIUBOW ,
Notary Publie.
The people of Nebraska demand
from the legislature now In sesson m
" vindication of It * own Integrity. They
Iv"
demand that thu senate shall iufllot the
aaverest penalty under It * authority
upon tha presiding officer , who has
acted aa the paid tool and corrnp-
tioulit of the corporations , violated
his sacred trust and haa used his high
oftloa OB a moans for debauching the
sworn jrepresontatlros of tha peopU
of this state. There must be no era-
Ion or shirking on the part of the
legislature. Th * honso of repre * Bt
atirea owes it to Itself to purga lUelf
of a member who is prored to tiara
boon * prime factor in this Infamous
conspiracy against the people of No-
bra ka , and who through his entire
politic * ! course has boon a consistent
appor of the corporations.
aolemuly declare *
John H. Thurstoo , who thinks hla
r' Hpbtlusi character aa at parliauteutnry
It attorney ought to bo proof agaiuat
mioh oulritgeouft charges.
ItI
Till Masmwbusotts house of ropro-
I s-inU T04 hau pusaud u bill to prevent
discrimination in freight sntei on rail
roads And this is in the homo of
( Jli.iilc-8 Fntnoti Adami.
I
Alusio foitivaU are quite in order
in various plficos throughout thn
oouutry , and Ni'brmku'rf state capital ;
imiiiiitoj to furnish some
iuvo4ti ( { tifm muiic during thu prodtmt
i of Uio
Tim Chicago Tribune calls ntteu-
tiou to the fnort'UEo of political asan's.
Vitlim Uio past twenty-flvo
ip ) < J isltiimn that ninco the Or-
Mm M&hftk exploded nndor the car-
risi-o | ijJgN p It-oil III. twunly-fivo
y § M aj | | u-ii Amcriciui prcaidunta , a
Iluwfwx cinr , a 1'iruviun prt-aidont , n
Spanish dictator -luiiorul ( Print nnd
two British cabinet officers Iwve bi > oi |
murdered in cold blood , inory other
European auviwiKii ehot at lit luast
once , Sweden i-xoejited , to wiy noth
ing of A eultaii of Turkey and a
viceroy of India , both ot which voio
nlior mtnasBiimtiijii in
> v
. % : * '
uuiCJ il-Jiaclo uiiu piulmuf UliUUHOfS ,
that responsible leadorahip and fair
representation have given place to
boas rule nnd packed caucussos and
conventions ; that wealth and influence -
fluonco are corruptly used to
perpetuate flagrant political and
economic nbonos , and that nar
row and arbitrary machine methods
have supplanted representative gov
ernment and flourish in brazen de
fiance of an enlightened public senti
ment , The revolt against bonsmn is
spreading with n rapidity which it
significant of the looseness with which
party lines hold together the mass of
roters. In Pennsylvania the hostility
to the rule of the Camorons has devel
oped into a mighty uprising led by A
United States senator and comprising
the best blood of the republican
party. In Now York there are
ominous mutterings of a > coin
ing storm which threatens to
wreck the machine politicians of both
parties , while in half a acoro of other
states the signs of the tiaics point tea
a coming movement of the indepon-
onts which will disregard all party
platforms and base its.hupusof success
on honest methods in politics operat
ing through the free and unrestrained
roico of the people.
The issue between the people and
the bossoa is forcing itself upon the
roters of Nebraska. There is a grow
ing feeling throughout the stnto that
popular sentiment upon questions of
DubUo policy haa boon suppressed long
finougii , and that the time is nearly at
hand for the overthrow of the corrupt
and unropublicaii methods which have
boon used for yuara past to register
the docroea of the monopolies and ( ill
our offices with the hired tools
of the corporations. Every coun
ty in Nebraska has felt the
degrading influences rf the
railroad ring. Caucuses have boon
packed , conventions maniupulated ,
and ballot boxes eluded by the hire
lings of the monopolies , Our legis-
laturn lias been debauched by their
attorneys. The stale capitol has been
filled with their creatures , Every avo-
jiuo through wllicE the popular voice
has Bought to express its will in favor
of an honest and efficient government
has been blocked by monopoly influ
ence or closed by corporation briben ,
The press hasbuen cajoled with gold or
silenced * nth threats. Men of rising
influence have boon purchased with
fuvora or drawn into the employ of
thu railroads. Merchants have been
bulldozed into inactivity , while
whole communities have been virtually
disfranchised by IUPUIIS of political
methods which would' have disgraced
a South Carolina election. No
town or rillago haa been too
small to escape the blighting politi
cal method * of the monopolies.
No man of local influence but has
been forced to moot their .corrupting
advances. , With a political machine ,
bvckad by enormous wealth , wrung
from the prodnaora of the west , uid
lupperted by conscienceless managers ,
our party organisations hare been cap
tured by the railroad rlngstors who
hare suppressed public aantimoui
through the' platforms , and forced dis
reputable nominees down tha throati
of the poople. ,
Itishlghtlma that halt should b.
Klod on behalf of the people of Ne
braska to thMo political railroad
bo se * . If houttt gorenmint cannot
bo secured within party lines be-
uust party ; ' machinery completely \
andei the control rf the monopolies
loma other method for the political en
franchisement of the state must be
idoptcd. A fair vote and a free bal
lot are demanded by the voters of the
itato aud will be secured. Profuse
platform professions mean nothing ,
Candidates wtyh records are needed ,
ind if such candidate * cannot h
placed In regntar nomination by rea-
ion of corrupt monopoly obstruction
the posplo will find means to ecoaro
their services through other channels.
YJMNOU is out with a doleful pro-
ilstion for the we&tlier for the bilunco
) ( the year , Last year the crops were .
ihorted by long droutlui and parching
iroathcr , aud now Vtmtiur , * * It ho
rranted to brood a fHinlnu , or keep up >
4gh prices , comes forward to injure
.nosa of the pri'DAtityuar with utorniH , )
ind cold , nnd frost. Last year thu
lountry Imd not rain enough , and now ,
f any f/tilh is to bo put in this vtoathor
our , the country is to bo deluged with
valor. Ho makes no luaa than five
trodictions concerning the mini- >
nor and autumn of 1882 , all >
if which ho doubtless oxpeola
0 HOO uccomplitihod. The aunimur
1 to vary from cool to cold , and will
le jjonerally wot. There limy bu it
aw periods of intonno heat , but those
ro to form uxcupllons to the general
ulo , The eeanon will bu marked by [
real precipitation and 11 luuggitim of
tuioaphcro. Tiiin last will bo caused
y the reeking condition of the earth
.id the long continuance nf clouded
Ly , The roaultmll booxtreinu sultri-
oa3 , heavy weather , and tliundir and fi
H cotMiutit shower bath by the weather
clt-rk. In September Western Cm-
ad a and the western nnd southern
BeoHotis of the United Statc-s Are to
bo visited by htmvy ruins and fl lodi.
Pretty much the name sort of thing is
to bo kept up through October , varied
by early cold and snow falls , N v m-
her is to usher in the winter , nnd Van-
nor threatens that it will bo a winter
likely tit be momornbla on recount of
its rxceptionably ht-avy snow ttorras
and cxtn-melv cold weather. The
whole northern hemisphere is to bo
tr6atd to this sort of weather. Out
Vennor , the ill-omened prophet , is not
content to force all these upon 1882 ,
but he must tiouds jump still farther
into thu future and proclaim that the
present year will only typify the year
which is to follow. 11 o nay * : "Tho
approaching season will probably be
the first o' a couple of wet summers ,
and , a * 1882 is , so is 1883 likely * °
bo. "
If the Vote of ono member of the
legislature is worth $5,000 to the mon
opolies how mnch will it cost to pre
vent the enactment of measures de
fining and prohibiting oxoossiro
charges on the railroads in Nebraska ?
An attorney and a lieutenant-gov
ernor and a member of the house of
representatives combine to bribe an
Influential member of the legislature.
Given the amount of sanctimonious
ohoek of the attorney , the brason au
dacity of the member , required the
sum necessary to induce the lieuten
ant governor to violate his oath and
prove traitor to his trust.
Two railroada desire to combine to
prevent obstructive legislation and
contribute V ) a common f uud to bo dis
tributed judiciously among legislators
fur a purpose. What is the proportionate
tionate mm which each ought to pay
towards a bribe of $5,000 offered to
the chairman of the committee of rail
roads for his vote and influence ?
THE LAW ON BRIBERY.
The statutes of this state provide
for the punishment of bribers and
bribe takers in the following language ,
which can bo found in sections 175
and 170 of the criminal code , page
C93 of the compiled statutes of Ne
braska :
Sio. 175. If nny person shall di
rectly or indirectly give any sum or
sums of money , or any other briba ,
present or reward , or any prom
ise , contract , obligation or securi
ty , for thu pnymunt of any
money , present or rewards , or any
other thing to nny judge , justice of
the peace , xhenfT , corunur , clerk , con
stable , jailer , prosecuting attorney ,
member of thu legislative .lasombly , or
other officer , < ; itier ) ministerial or ju
dicial , but etich fees us nre allowed by
law , with intent to induce or influence
such ollicur t ? appoint or vote for any
person for ollice , or to cxecuto uny of
the powers in him vested , or pnrform
any duty of him required with par
tiality or favor or otherwise than la
requmiJ by law , or in consideration
that auch officer hath appointed
or voted for any person for office or
exercised any power in him , vested
or performed any duty of him re
quired , with partiality or favor , or
otherwise contrary to law , the person
so giving , aud the officer so receiving
any money bribe , present , reward ,
promlie , contract , obligation , or se
curity , with intent or for the pur
pose or consideration aforesaid , ahall
be deemed guilty of bribery and ahall
be pnnishod by confinement in tke
penitentiary not less than one year
nor more that five year * .
810. 170. Every person who ahall
offer or attempt to brib any member
of the legislative asaembly , judge ,
jastioa of the peace , horiff , coroner ,
clerk constable , jailer , prosecuting at
torney , or other ministerial or judicial
officer , in any of the oas i mentioned
in the last protedlng Motion , and
every member of the Je&talatlv * as
sembly , jidge , jostle * of th * peace ,
iherlff , coroner , clerk , oonstablo , jaile * ,
pro e atingattorneyor other minister
ial or judicial officer , who ahall propose
or agree to receive a bribe in any of
the cases mentioned in the laid pre-
uediiig section , shall be Guod in a sum
uot exceeding five hundred dollars ,
nor IOM thau three hundred dollars.
This law ia now hanging over the
bead of K , 0. Cams , who haa boon
forced by the expoHure * of Til a Bus
to demand an inveotlgatiou of his
bold aud audacious veunhty on buh&lf
) t thu railroad monopolies of this
itate. There ought to bu no difficulty
In securing its prompt application to
.hia corrupt tool of thu corporations
rrho hui prostituted his ofiico to do-
3 tioh our legislature and atmpu the
ud of the corporations ,
Tun bill to muko the dupnrtmont
f nxricultnro MI uxueiitivo depart-
nont and to change the title of thu
iommiaalnnor to secretary of njjricul-
u ro line punted the houeo of ropro-
luuUtivnti , ThoHGimtu ought promptly
o eit down tin this echomo , whose
1 > joct ia to provide u few moro
IHoen and additional and uncalled for
mtronagt * . The business of the de-
mrtment of agriculture. Is in no sense
iiooutivu. It coiibiatH chiefly in the
Dithering nnd diaHuininnting of infor-
imtioti , and in supplying the coiutitu-
nU of congressmen with fancy gar-
en aeedo , and the presidential man-
„
ion with cut tlowerti , It ought to ro. w
ii'iin ' just wIntro it ia us a fancy ap Ri
endure to the government , useful in "
mny respects , bnt by no means noc-
Huary to thu constitutional ccopa nnd
unctions of the government , I tc
tlo Ground ,
Popo' Blnndor * Charged 17p to
FiU John Porter.
( Romlnlsences from the Field by tha
Editor of tha Omaha Bee. )
On the first day of July , 1802 , I
entered the city of Washington under
orders from llijor Eokorts , superin
tendent of the United States military
telegraph , department of the Potnmnc ,
to report for duty nt the nnvy yard ,
then under command of Admiral Dahl-
gren. I had come all the way from
West Virginia , whora I had accom
panied General Fremont as army tel
egrapher , through his disastrous cam
paign against Stonewall Jackaon. My
duties at the navy yard were very
light and monotonoua. I had boon
down south through the exciting
scenes of the opening drama of the
rebellion , aud my tctlve temperament
demanded moro stirring work than
could bo had in the Bonding nnd re
ceiving of dispatches between the navy
department and the admiral's headquarter -
quarter * . Justthon all Washington was
agog over the advent of "the great
warrior from the west1 who had
whipped itoauregard near Corinth ,
and boasted that ho had nearly bagged
tha whole southwestern rebel army.
A now department had been created
for him and a magnificently tqnipped
and disciplined army of nearly 60,000
men was placed at his disposal. Ho
assumed command with a bombastic
proclamation announcing his determi
nation to move on to Richmond by
the shortest rout * , and promised to
keep his headquarters in the saddle
ntil the confederate cipital had
capitulated. I wan anxious to bo a
peisonul witness of the fall of Richmond
mend , and applied at th * war ofiico to
k"5 detailed to accompany Gumr-U
Pope.
Oil the 24th of July.l was ordered
to report to the general at Warronton ,
which point 1 reached a few days be
fore the battle'of Oodar Mountain. I
accompanied the general to the Itspi-
dan and was with him on that brilliant
retreat from the Rapidan to the Rip-
p iliaaockin , which the whole army tell
back twenty miles in ono night , tak
ing with it safely all its supplies , bag-
KHg * , and several wounded men
who were in the hospital
at Gulpepur. After the army
had fallen back , Gen. Popa was
reinforced by four divisions , number
ing some 25,000 , men , who had been
detiched from General McCltllan's
army on the Peninsula. These troop *
had come by way of Frodricksburg
and among them were the divisions of
Generals Hooker , Kearney , Mnrroll ,
Bikes and Fiti John Porter. A few
days before General Pope had taken
up his headquarters at Warronton
Junction , , where ho was ffhon Jackaon
made his famous raid , Jeb Stuart
made a dush with his Black ilorso
cavalry and captured a number of xtafT
officers and all the staff baggage at
Catlett'a Station. Unfortunately my
bnggago went with the rest and with it
it diary of the details of the campaign
up to that time , which contained somu
interesting reminiscences.
On thu 26th of August , while Gen-
aral Pope was at Warronton Junction ,
planning a buttle with Lee , which waste
to bo fought on the plains near Wav-
rentou , the telegraph operator at
Manaasa * announced that a large
body of rebel troops was coming in
ind he vould soon be obliged to da-
Damp. I wa * at the instrument when
thi * dispatch wa received and
teen after tha wlr "went
opou"lhat 1 * , the circuit was broken
ud communication with Washington
out off. Up to this time we had sup
posed that the body of Longstreet'a
ind Jackson's armies were in our
Front on'the ' other side of the Rappa-
bannock. A constant artillery , bom-
bardmeut had been kept p aoros * the
river and in the neighborhood of the
ford * aud the imprtaaion wa * that
irhlle McOlellan wa * evacuating the
Penincofji ; Lee' * whole army WM
pushing forward and trying to ere *
.he river that separated a * and to
ioroo an engagement before MoOlelUn'a
irmy could make a jnnotlon with
Pope. It was a little after noon of
he 26th when General Pope was notl-
iud thronghau orderly that the enemy
ra * coming in at Mauaasa * , and that
ro were out oil from , communication
vith Washington. About 8 o'clock
ihat tweuicg Ool. Smith * f Pope's
itaC came into the office to inquire
thether the Hue WM still open , and
rhuo 1 answered yes he said ,
'Wo ahall have to send out
i reoonnoUauco to-night towards
HAIIHUIM to aoo what's the
natter and one of you will have to ac-
lompany it and telegraph what you
ind out. " It WM nearly midnight
Then I 'was ordered to accompany a
"
- of infantry numbering"about
100 uion that hud been detailed to ro-
Kinuoitro. Up to that day railroad
lommunication had been unintcrrnpt-
id butweun Washington and Wiir-
entoti Junction , but on that diiy no
rain Uad arrived anil the report
cached headquarters that the trains
tad boon fired into and ditched alonij
ho rod , The troops ordered upon
his midnight reconnoisanco was the
loronty-thlrd Now York volunteers ,
omumnded by a captain , and they
i-oro put upon the only train then at
Viirrunton Junction , consisting of
: mr lint and two box csra. It wad ono
'clock a. m , , of th" " 7th before wo
ot htartud. The night was pitch
ark and the train was compelled to
love very slowly in momentary ox-
eotation of being fired into nnd
itched , llefore daylight wo reached
10 neighborhood ot the bridge
ear Brutal station , which
u found on firo. A
rent firu wu also raging at Manaasas ,
lumiuatniK the eaitorn heavens , I
i ado an fclljrt to communicatu by
ire with headquarters , but failed t
> UHe the opewtor. At dawn a bat-
try of rebel artillery came in sight
about 80,000 men , was at Manatsas.
On our arrival wo proceeded to the
telegraph ofiico where General Pope
was holding a council of war. Among
those present wcro Generals Pope ,
Reno , McDowell , Haintzolman , Fitz
John Porter and others. Giui , Pope
asked the commanding officer to
report. He did BO eiving a full ac
count of what wo had soon and also
tolling that the conductor who was
with him reported that about 30,000
men of nil arms wcro nt
Manassas. General Pope dismissed
the officer contemptuously with the
remark "Pshaw , it's nothing but an
other cavalry raid like that at Cat-
lotts. " About 11 a. m.'of the 27th
and not at seven as stated by Ropes
in his army undot Pope , General
[ looker's division advanced towards
Bristow whore they had a brisk fight
with Ewoll's divisionwhom th y finally
dislodged. Now for the first time
General Pope was forced to admit that
Jackson's whole army had gotten be
tween him and Washington , llad ho
acted promptly when notified by the
military telegraph corps that the rebels
were coming into Hnnassas ho could
have prevented Longstmot from making -
ing a junction with Jackson's army
which might have boon defeated and
captured. Pope's dilatory and vacil-
aiing movements gave Jackson a
chance to take up a commanding po
sition , destroy $2 000,000 worth of
stores after supplying his hungry and
ragged confod s with provisions ,
clothes and munitions. On the 27th
File John Porter was directed to start
at 1 o'clock the next morning from
Warronton Junction to be at Bristow
at daylight. Gen. Porter , however ,
did not more forward until daylight
on the morning of the 28th , and his
failure to obey the order strictly is
the only foundation which Gen. Pope
h. d for having him court-martialed
Gen. Porter gives as hia reason for
not marching at 1 o'clock as he was
directed , that it was a very dark
night arid it would have boon impos
Bible , owing to the poor roads nnc
their obstruction by immense wagnt
trains , to move his army forward dur <
ing the night without scattering
them. This ia literally true , I paasec *
through that wagon train on hnrsa
back the same day on which Gen , Porter
tor marched forward , and it took me
moro than six hours to make my way
through. As far ai the eye could
reach the country was covered with
wagons ; the wagon masters and team
sters , terror-stricken over the move
ments of Stonewall Jackson , who was
now between them and our army ,
were trying to pass each other , yoll.
ing , cursing , howling like demons and
blockading the roads in their mad
haste. Ik was a perfect babel of con
fusion. It would have been utterly
impossible for any largo body of
troops to make their way
through thousands of teams on
that very dark night without
breaking ranks and Bcattoring along
in every direction , nnd there is no
doubt that Gon. Porter made a grea
dual better time by starting at day
light thnn by attempting to march at
one o'clock.
Cn the evening of the 28th the army
fonght what was known as the battle
f Guinsville , in which aevorul divis
ions on each aide were engageo , with
no very great auccc.es. During thif
battle General King and Genera
Rickettn , two commanders of divis
ions , who were posted in thu neigh
borhood of Thoroughfare Gap , with
the view of keeping Longstrttet put ,
retreated abtuptly from their positions
and left the Gap uncovered. This
blnnder enabled Loo's army to make m
junction with Jackson on the nux
day , and made Pope's defeat on tin
two succeeding days almost a curtain
ty. Kiup and Ricketta , who wore
oertaloly more culpable than Portal
eoald hare boon , sat on the conrtfmar
tlal which tried and cashiered Porter ,
General Pope IB eminently a man o ;
great promises , and although his armj
wa * badly disorganised , and there was
natly no order in anything daring
that erentful campaign , yet Pope was
confident that he would bag
Jackson , and I remember tht
dispatch we transmitted to Washington
the night before the second battle of
Ball 'Run , in which h said ha was
inre oi bagging tha whole army. My
own impression at tha tlmq wM that
we were on a wild gooaa chain , trampIng -
Ing from ono corner of the Ma'iassas
battle gronnd without any definite
object , and Adjutant General Ruggles ,
through whom the orders wore issued ,
WM as Ignorant of what wua coming
next or any plan of action M I was
when telegraphing the dispatcher
From HanMsas. Daring the two sue
: ocding days , the 20th aud 30th of
August , the second buttle of Bull
Run was fought. I had intablwhud a
temporary telegraph office at Muu-
uwas , and from there all the dis
patches to Washington wuro trans-
raitted. There were throe memboiB
jf the military telegraph corps on tlio
{ round , myself , J. 11. Nichols , now
i real stuto dealer at Denver and
I'M nurd Conway , who died near Salt
Lilo souiu years ago. Conway and
Nichols did u great d > al of foraging ,
ind loft mo to do mrmt of
IIH work BO that nourlyerery dispatch
httt was uent by Pope from the Hold
i-waed through my hauili. Theuo
lisputchca were first exultant over a
romondous rictory and finally made
oluctant admission that wo were
> adly beaten. The last dispatches
, f ter the battle were sent out of a box
ar I found on the trick two milt's
Mannssss station. All that I
aw and heard then and there con-
inccd mo that Pope had made u
eriea of blunders which brought dis-
stor upon our army. That was the
pinion of aomo of the best ofticera on
ho ground at the time. I was or-
ercd back to the war department on
ho 1st of September , where I ro-
mined for nearly a year. During
ritz John Portor'a court-martial 1
rns present every day. Much of the
antimony given there was vindictive
nd fitlse. Col. Smitli , for instance ,
lie otlicor that sent mo out on the
mlnight reconnoiseanco , testified that
u delivered ono ot the orders of Pope
> Gen. Porter , whom ho regarded at
i mignt nave ueen able to
give Borne important evidence touch
ing the campaign , I wns not called
upon to testify , nnd us n member of
the military telegraph corps , I did not
deem it proper to volunteer. Had I
been requested to testify , I might
have thrown some light on disputed
questions concerning the transmission
of telegraphic orders nnd dispatches ,
although , of course , I could
not divulge the content ! of dispatches
that passed through ray hands.
Two months ago during my visit to
Washington I called upon General
Ruggloa , Pope's adjutant general in
the Tirginin campaign nnd now assist
ant adjutant general in the war de
partment , and compared notes with
him about the campaign. General
Ruggloa had lived in Omaha n number
of years , as adjnUnt general of the
Department of the Platte , but I had
never ventured to question him on
this point because I had supposed ho
wns personally too partial to Pope.
I found General Huggles oven
more decided in opinion than I have
boon these many years. He said
most emphatically that Pope had
lost his head and nil was
confusion and disorder during the two
days and furthermore that Fitz John
Porter was utterly blameless of the
charge that had boon laid against
him. Ho had exoraisod the discretion
that others had exercised at the same
time and at one or two points actually
checked the advance of the rebels and
saved a largo portion of the army. In
conversation with President Arthur on
the same subject during my stay at
Washington , the president said that
General Rugglea had told him pretty
much the same thing nearly four
yean before , so that the change of
views recently expressed by Grant
does not entirely influence the presi
dent , who seems to have taken an in
terest in the Porter case years before
ho had any thought of exorcising any
authority in the matter. „
I have been a republican ainco that
party nominated General Fremont as
its atandard bearer on the free neil
platform , but I am firmly convinced
by personal observation thnt General
Pope himself ia largely , if not wholly
responsible for che disaster that over
took his army nt the second battle of
Bull Run. It was a serious blunder
on on < > side and good generalship on
the other. Had Pope acted promptly
when first notified that the rebels were
in his rear at M-inasaaa ho could have
gained nearly a whole day , nnd headed
Stonewall Jackson off with a fair pros
pect of whipping him and capturing
his army. To dispatch infantry
mounted on flat cars on a reconnois-
sance is the height of imbecility , es
pecially if hoiboljoyed they were .to
check a cavalry raid. Every subse
quent maneuvro made the first blun
der worse , and the end was only the
outcome of an ill considered and poor
ly conducted campaign , for which
Fitz John Porter wnt made the scape
goat. E. ROSBWATEK ,
Fomnd nt Last-
Whit every one nhould huve , nnd never
be without , in THOMAS' ECLKCTRIO OIL. It
in thorough nint.wafo in its elfectx , pro
ducing the most wondrous cureH _ of rlieu-
matiHii neuralgia , burn" , bruises , aiid
wounda of every kind.
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mil-Jot City Clerk.
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will bj recalrj until > o'clock p. n. on luid > y ,
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liid muit bv arccupiiiloj b/attOO bond , 'Ihu
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Uj order of the County Commlnloreri ,
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