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DOOKS. STVTIOWHY,'
I Pl'tiir." Krames. Mouid-
: and MisccVian'Mius Goods.
fE ?-0E TO OrlDEPi.
Oregon City, Orejron.
.M the Post Offlee, Main street, east
lde. novl,75 Ar.
CM KXKT-IIT,
camiv, onr.r.ox.
P'l ysici v x v x thv ( i i r
.!X'sorip,ions 'r-'u'ly tilled at shor
nnnc'' Ja7.-tf.
LuU;t;itio Savicr & Co.
O rotors City,
Kprorist:,ntly on hand tor sal- Klnur.
Mii, hn-s, .:r.,n and Chlckon V ed. Parti.-i
"ureHii-inc tee,j ,IIS) furnisti itie;ck.
J- H- SHEPARB,
Hoot and Shoe Store,
line door north of Ack riuati rtros
n.vts and shoes made mid repaired as
ch"apas thj cheapest.
Nov. 1, l!75.1f
MILLE3, CHURCH &C0.,
1AY THE HKiHEST PRICE FOR
WHK VT, at all times, at the
Oregon City Mills,
And have on hand
FEED and FLOUR
r8;11' at markot rates. Parties desiring
feed, must furnish sacks. novlLtf
TO FRUIT-GROWERS.
rpHK ALDKX FRUIT PRESERVING
Company of Oregon City will par the
orPl5HEST MXET PRICE
aSVfohcpTnaUt tG PUF-
U D. C. LATOURETTE,
'"OS. CHARMAX, Secretary reSident'
Or'?0ttClty, July 2S. ISTS -tf
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
I Concluded.
THE NATrKALIZATION ZJiVfS
In former messages I hare called
attention of Congress to the necessity
of legislation with regard to fraudu
lent natnralization, aad to the sub
ject of expatriation, and election of
nationality. T.ue number of persons
of foreign birth seeking a home in
the United States, and the ease and
fidelity with which the honest emi
grant may, after the lapse of a rea
sonable time, become possessed of
ail tne privileges of citizenship of the
United States and frequent occasion
wuicu mauce sucu adopted citizens
toffreturn to the country of their birth.
render the subject of naturalization
and the safe guards which experience
has proved necessary for the protec
tion of the honest naturalized citi
zens of paramount importance. The
very simplicity iu the requirements
of law on this .question afiord uni
formity in the proceedings and rec
ords of the various courts, and in
the forms of the certificate of natura
lization issued, afford a constant
source of difficulty. I suggest no
additional requirements to the ac
quisition of citizenship beyond
tloe now existing; but I invite the
earnest attention of Congress to the
necessity and wisdom of some pro
vision regarding the uniformity in
the records and certificates, and pro
viding agaiust the frauds that fre
quently take place, and for the va
cating of the record of naturalization
obtained in fraud. These provisions
are needed in aid and for the protec
tion of honest citizens of fcreign
birt.li. For want of this he is mad j
to suffer not unfreqiiently. The
United States has insisted upon the
right of expatriation, aud has ob
tained, after a Ions: struggle, an ad
mission of the principle contended
for by ucqnie-scenee therein on the
part of many foreign powers, and by
the conclusions of treaties on that
subject. It is, however, but justice
to the government to which such
naturalized citizens have formerly
owned allegiance, as well as to the
United States that certain fixed and
definite rules should be adopted gov
erning such cases, providing how ex
patriation may be aecouqdislied.
While emigrants in large numbers
become citizens of the United States,
it also is true that persons, both na
tive bom and naturalized, once citi
zens of the United States, either by
formal acts or as the etlet of a series
of facts and circumstances, abandon
their citizenship and cease to by en
titled to the protection of ihe United
States, but continue, on convenient
occasions, to assert a claim to pro
tection. In the absence of provision on
these questions, I again invite your
attent on to the necessity of legisla
tion concerning the marriages of
American citizens contracted abroad
and concerning the status of Ameri
can women " who marry foreigners,
and of children born of American
parents in foreign countries. The
delicate anil complicated questions
f ontinnally occurring with reference
to naturalization expatriation and
the seatns of such persons as I have
above referred to; should induce yon
to earnestly direct your attention to
the subject.
In like manner, I repeat my recom
mendation that some means be pro
vided for the hearing and determin
ation of the jnst and existing claims
of aliens npon the government of the
United States within a reasonable
limitation of such as may hereafter
arise. Under exis.in: provisions of
law the otirt of .claims may in cer
tain cases be resorted to by our al
iens, bnt the absence of any general
provisions governing all sneh cases
and the want of tribunals skilled in
the disposition of sdeh cases upon
recognized, fixed and settled princi
ples, either provide no remedy in
many deserving cases or compels a
consideration of such claims by Con
gress or the next executive depart
ments of the government. It is be
lieved that other erovernments are in
advance of the United States upon
this question, and that '-he practice
now adopted is entirely unsatisfac
tory. ADMISSION OF COLOKADO.
Congress, by an act approved the
3d of March, 875, authorized the iu
haln'fantsof the Territory of Colorado
to form a State government with the
name of the State of Colorado, and
therein provided for the admission
of said .Slate, when formed, into the
Union upon an equal footing with
the original State. A constitution
hating been adopted and received by
the people of that State, and the act
ing Governor having certified tome
the facttt as provided by said act, to
gether with a copy of sneh constitu
tion and ordinances, a provided for
in said act, and the provisions of
such act of Congress having been
duly complied with. I issued a proc
lamation upon the lstof August, 187C,
a copy of which is hereto annexed.
KErop.T OF THE SEC'KETAIJT OF WAR.
The re ort of the Secretary of War
shows that the army has been active
ly employed during the vear in sub
duing, at the request of "the Indian
Bateau, certain wild bands of the
bionx Indian nation and in preserv
ing peace at the South during the
election.
The commission constituted mder
the act of July 24. 1876, to consider
and report on the whole subject of
reform and reorganization of the ar
my in August last, has called a large
mass of statistics and opinions bear
ing on the subject before it. These
are now under consideration, and
that spirit is progressing. I am ad
vised by tht president of the com
mission that it will be impracticable
to comply with the clause of the act
requiring the report to be preserted
thrnnrrli m f i C.rn rrrcco nn C, ,
day of this session, as there has not '
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DEC 15, 1876.
yet been time for that matnrA di;K
eration which the importance of the
subject demands. Therefore I ask
the time of making a report be ex
tended to the 29th day of Januarv
1877. In accordance with the reso
lution of August 15, 1S76, the army
regulations prepared under act of
March 1, 1875, have not been pro
mulgated, but are held until after
the report of the above named com
mission shall have been received and
acted upon. By the act of August
15, 1876, the cavalry force of the
army was increased by 1,500 men,
with a proviso that they should be
discharged on the expiration of the
hostilities. On this authority the
cavalry regiments have been strength
ened, and a portion of them are now
in the field pursuing the remnants of
the Indians with whom they have
been engaged during the summer.
The estimates of the war dent, are
made npon the basis of the number
of men authorized by law, and their
equipments as shown by years of ex
perience, and also with the purpose,
on the part of the bureau officers, to
provide for all contingenees that may
arise during the time for which the
estimates are made, exclusive of the
engineer's estimates, presented in ac
cordance with acts of Congress call
ing for surveys and estimates for
improvements at various localities.
The estimates now presented are
about six millions in excess of the
appropriations for the years 1874,
1875 and 187G. This increase is ask
ed in order to provide for the in
creased cavalry force, should their
services be necessary b prosecute
economical work upon important
public buildings, to provide for arm
ament of fortifications and manufac
ture of small arms, and to replenish
the working stock in the supply de
partment. The appropriations for
these last named have for the pa t
ten years been so distributed that
the accumulations in store will be
entirely exhausted during the'pres-
ent year, and it will be necessary to
at once begin to replenish them.
1 invite your special attention to
the following recommendations of
the Secretary of War:
First That the claims under the
act of July 4, 1864. for supplies taken
by the army during the war, be reis
sued from the office of the Quarter
master and Commissary Generals,
and transferred to the claims com
missioners, lhese claims are of pre
cisely similar nature to those now
before the southern claims commis
sion, and the war department bu
reaus have not the clerical force for
their examination nor the proper
machinery for investigating the loy-
altv oi the claimants.
Second That Congress sanction
the scheme of an annuity fund for
tie benefit of the families of deceased
'fleers, and that it also provide for
the permanent organization of the
regular service, both of which were
recommended in my last annual
message.
Third That the manufacturing
operations of the ordinauce, be con
centrated at an armory, and that the
remaining be sold and the proceeds
applied to this object by the ordi
nance department.
K1VER AXD HARl$OR IMPROVEMETS.
The appropriation for river and
harbor improvements for the present
vear was $3,000,000. With my ap
proval, the Secretary of War direct
ed that of this amount 2.000,000
should be expended, and no works
should be begun and none prosecut
ed which were not of national im
portance. Subsequently this amount
was increased to J?2.237,fi00. ariJ
works are now progressing on this
basis. The improvements of the
South Pass of the Mississippi river
under James li. Fads and his associ
ates is progressing favorably. At
the present time there is a channel
of 20 3-10 feet iu depth between the
jetties of the mouth of the pass and
lSJj ieet at the head of the pass.
Neither channel, however, has the
width required before payments can
be made by the United States. A
commission of engineer officers is
now examining these works, and
their re torts' will be pre-ended as
soon as received.
THE NAVY.
The renoit as the Secretary of the
Navy shows that branch of service
to be in a condition as effective as it
is possible to keep it with the means
appropriated to the' department. It
is, of course, impossible to rival the
costly and progressive establish
ments of great Euroexn powers,
with the old material i f o ;: navy
to which no increase I. a.- b-en au
thorized since the
eight small cruiser
war.
brsilt
the
fly
lie
:;;e
. ;d
the itluce of others whn
to decay; yet the mo-r !
that was possible Willi
command, and by s r!,
building some of our n!
durable material, and ..-.:.; ..";ng.
repairing aud refitting our m u:t r
fleet, the navy has been gradually so
brought upthat though, if it does
not maintain its relative position with
the progressive navies of the world,
it is now in condition more power
ful and effective than it has ever
been in time of peace. The complete
repairs of our five heavy iron clads
are only delayed on account of the
inadequacy of the appropriations
made last year for working the
bureaus of the department which
were actnally less in amount than
those made before the war, notwith
standing the greatly enhanced price
of labor and material, and the in
crease in cost of naval service grow
ing out of the universal use, and
great expense of the steam machinery
necessary for these repairs. It
shonld be provided for at once so
they may be completed without
further unnecessary delay and ex
pense; when this done all the
atrength that there is in the navy
will be developed and useful to its
1
full capacity, and all will be power
ful for the purpose of defense, and
also for offensive action, should ne
cessity for that arise within a reason
able distance from our shores, and
ine lact that our navy is not more
modern and powerful than it is has
been made a cat . of complaint
against the Secretary of the Navy by
persons wiio at the same time crit
icise and complain of his endeavors
to bring the navy that we have, to
its best and most efficient condition
lut the good sense of the country
will understand that it is really to
his practical action that we have at
this time any effective naval force at
command.
rOSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
The report of the postmaster gen
eral shows the excess of expendi
tures, excluding expenditure on ac
count oi me previous year, over re
ceipts f:r the fiscal vear ending June
30th, 1879, to be 84451,988 CO. Esti
mated expenditures for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1878, are 36,
823,432 43. Estimated revenue for
the same period, 830,642, 165, leaving
an estimated excess of expenditure
to be appropriated as a a deficiency
of 5,078,267 43. The postmaster
general, like his predecessor, is con
vinced that a change in the basis of
adjusting the salaries of postmasters
of the fourth class is necessary for
the good of the service as well as for
the interest of the Government, and
urgently recommends that the com
pensation of the class of postmasters
above mentioned be based on the
business of their respective offices, as
ascertained by the sworn returns of
the stamps cancelled.
A few postmasters in the Southern
States have expressed great appre
hension of their personal safety on
account of their connection with the
postal service, a d have especially
reqnested that these reports of ap
prehending danger should not be
made public, lest it should result
in the loss of their lives; but no pos
itive testimony of interference has
been submitted, except in the case of
a small messenger at Spartanburg, in
South Carolina, who reported that
he had been violently driven away
while in charge of the mailsm ac
count, of tiis political affiliations.
The assistant superintendent of the
railway mail sevico investigated this
case, and reported that the messen
ger had disappeared from his post,
leaving his works to be performed
by a substitute. The Postmaster
General flunks this case is sufficiently
suggestive to justify him in recom
mending that a severe punishment
should be provided for the offenses
of assaulting at.y person in charge of
the mails, or of retarding or other
wise obstructing them by threats of
personal injury.
A very gratifying result is present
ed in the fact oljthe'deficieney of this
department, during the last fiscal
year, was reduced to 84.0S1.790 IS,
as against 86,169,938 88 of the pre
ceding year. The difference can be
traced to the large increase of its or
dinary receipts. which greatly exceed
the estimates therefor, and a slight
decrease in its expenditures. The
ordinary receipts of the Postoflice
Department for the seven past fiscal
years, have increase 1 at an average rate
of over 8 per cent. per annum, while
the increase of expenditures for tho
same period has been about 5 per
cent, per'annum, and the decrease of
deficiency in the revenues has been
at the rate of nearly 2 per cent, per
annum.
DEPARTMENT OF Aor.ICUL.TCRE.
The report of Agriculture accom
panying this message, will be found
one of great interest, marking, as it
does, the great progress in the last
century in variety of products of tho
soil, increased knowledge and skill
in the labor of producing, saving
-and manufacturing the same to pre
pare them for the use of man, in
the improvement of machinery to
aid th- agriculturalist in his labors,
and acknowledge of scientific subjects
necessary to a through system of
economy in agricultural produc
tions, namely, chemistry, botany,
entomology, etc. A study of this
report by those interested in agri
culture and deriving their susten
ance from it, will render it of value
in pointing out those articles which
must sell, therefore, for less than the
cost of production, and those which
command a profit over cost of pro
duction because ihere is not an over
production. I call special attention
to the need of the department for a
new gallary for the reception of the
exhibits returned from the Centen
nial exhibition, including exhibits
donated by many foreign nations,
as , to t e recommendations of the
Commissioner of Agricultue general-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The reports of the district Com
missioners and the board of health are
Just received, too late to read them
and to make recommendations there
on, and are herewith submitted.
THE CENTENNIAL. EXHIBITION.
The International Exhibition, held
in Philadelphia this year, iu com
memoration of the one hundredth
anniversary of American Indepen
dence, has proven a great success
and will no doubt be of enduring ad
vantage to the country. It has
shown the great progress in the arts,
sciences and mechanical skill made
in a single century, and demon
strates that we are but little behind
the older nations in any one branch,
while in some we scarcely have q
rival. It has served to not only
bring people and products of skiil
and labor from all parts of the world
together, in bringing together peo
ple from all sections of our own
country, which must prove a great
benefit'in he information imparted
and tho pride of country engendered.
It has been suggested by scientists
interested in and connected with the I
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
Smithsonian Institute, in a commu
nication herewith submitted, that
the Government exhibit be removed
to the capital and a suitable building
erected or purchased for its accom
modation as a permanent exhibit. I
earnestly recommend it, and believ
ing that Congress would second this
view, I directed that all government
exhibits at the Centennial Exhibi
tion shauld remain where they are,
except such as might be injured by
remaining in a building not intend
ed as a protection from inclement
weather,- or such as may be wanted
by the department furnishing them,
until the question of a permanent ex
hibition is acted upon. Although
the moneys appropriated by Con
gress to enable the participation of
the several executive departments
in the international exhibition of
1S76 were not sufficient to carry on
the undertaking to the full extent at
first contemplated, it gives me pleas
ure to refer to the very efficient and
creditable manner in which these
several departments, to provide an
exhibition on the part of the govern
ment, have d scharged their duties
with the funds placed at their com
mand, without a precedent to guide
them in the preparation of such a
display. The success of their labors
was amply attested by the sustained
attendance which the contents of the
government building attracted dur
ing the period of the exhibition from
both foreign and native people. 1
am strongly impressed witn tne
value of the collection made by the
government for the purposes of he
Exhibition, illustrating as it does
the general resources of the country,
and statistics aud practical evidence
of our growth as a nation in the uses
of the mercantile arts and the appli
cation of applied science in the ad
ministration of the affairs of the
government. Many nations have
voluntarily contributed their ex
hibits to the United States to ip
crease the interest in any permanent
exhibition Congress may provide.
For this act of generosity they
should receive tho thanks
of the people. and I respect
fully suggest that a resolution of
Congress to that effect be adopted.
CHOOSING THE PRESIDENT.
The attention of Congress cannot
be too earnestly called to the neces
sity of throwing some greater safe
guard over the method of choosing
and declaring the election of a Presi
dent. Under tho present system,
there seems to be no provided reme-
ly for contesting the election in any
one State. The remedy is partly, no
doubt, iu the enlightenment of elec
tors.
The compulsory support of the
free school and the disfranchisement
of all who cannot read and
write the English language, after a
fixed probation, won'-1 meet my
hasty approval. I would not make
this apply, however, to those al
ready voters, but I would to all he-
coming so after the expiration of the
probation fixed upon. Foreigners
coming to the country to become
citizens, who are educated in their
own languages, would acqurie the
requisite knowledge of ours during
the necessary residence to gain nat
uralization. " If they did not take
enough interest in our language to
acquire sufficient knowledge of it to
enable them to study the institutions
and laws of the country intelligently.
I would not confer upon them the
right to make our laws nor to select
those who do.
SAN DOMINGO.
I append to this message, for con
venient reference, a synopsis ot ad
ministrative events, and of all recom
mendations to Congress maie by me
during the last seven years. Time
may show some of these recommen
dations not to have been wisely cou
ceived, but I believe the larger part
will be no discredit to the adminis
tration. One of these recommenda
tions met with the united opposition
of one political party in the Senate,
and with a strong opposition from
the other, namely: The treaty for the
annexation of Santa Domingo to the
United States, to which I shall espe
cially refer, maintaining as I do that
if my views had been concurred in,
the country would be in a more pros
perous condition to-day, both polit
ically and financially. Santa Do
mingo is fertile, and on its soil may
be grown jnst those tropical products
of which the United States use so
much and which are produced or
prepared for the market now by
slave labor almost exclusively, name
ly: Sugar, coffee, dyewood, mahog
any, tropical' fruits, tobacco, etc.
About seventy-five per cent, of the
exports of Cuba are consumed in the
United States, a large percentage of
the exports of Brazil also find the
same market. These are paid almost
exclusively in coin, legislation, par
ticularly in Cuba, being unfavorable
to a mutual exchange of products of
each country. Flour shipped from
the Mississippi river to Havana can
pass bv the very entrance to the city
on its wav to a port in Spain; it then
pays a duty, is fixed up into articles
to be re-exported, transferred to a
Spanish vessel and brought back al
most to the point of starting, paying
a second dutv, and still leaving a
profit over what would be received
by direct shipment. All that is pro
duced in Cuba could be produced in
Santa Domingo. Being a part of
the United States, the commerce be
tween the Island and mainland would
be free. There would be no export
duties on these shipments nor import
duties on those coming here. There
would be no import duties upon the
supplies, machinery, etc , going from
the States; the effect that would have
been produced upon Cuban com
merce, with these advent ages to a
revival, is observable at a glance.
The Cuban question would have been
settled lonrr ago in favor of free Cu-
ba; hundreds
of
American vessels
"ar,"-rjr.x. -
F
would now be advantageously used
in transporting the valuable woods
and other products of the &oil of the
Island to a market, and in carryin
supplies and emigrants to it. The
Island is bnt Fparcely settled, while
it has an area sufficient for the profit
able employment of several millions
of people. The soil would soon have
fallen into the hands of U.S. capi
talists. The products are so valuable
to commerce that emigration there
would have been encouraged, the
emancipated race of the South would
have found toere a congenial home
where their civil rights would not
be disputed, and where their labor
Mould be much sought after, and the
poorest among them conld have
found the means to go. Thus, in
cases of great oppression and cruelty
i such as has been practiced upon
them in many places within the past
eleven years, whole communities
would- have sought refuge in Santa
Domingo. I do not suppose the
whole race would have gone, nor is
it desirable that they should go.
Their labor is desirable and indis
pensable, almost, where they now
are; bnt the possession of the terri
tory would have left the negro mas
ter of the situation, by enabling him
to demand his rights at home on pain
of seeuriug them elsewhere. I do
not present these views now as a rec
ommendation of the renewal of the
subject, of annexatian, but I i-efer to
it to vindicate my previous action in
regard to it.
FAREWELL..
With the present Congress my offi
cial life terminates. It is not proba
ble that public affairs will ever again
receive attention from me. further
than as a citizen of the republic, al
ways taking a deep interest in the
honor, integrity and prosperity of
the whole land.
(Sigued) U. S. Grant.
Executive Mansion, Dec. 5, 1876
Temperance.
loung Watkms, ot Virginia, came
north to visit his maternal uncle,
Col. John Martindale, a very worthy
man, in the vicinity of Boston, who
was at the head of the Temperance
party there, and never allowed any
of the intoxicating fluid to be kept
on the premises, or drank by any
one in his employ.
John was a grent favorite with the
fineLe and -all the family, fronrthe
parlor to the coach-house.
His visit had been anticipated with
pleasure, and everybody was dispos
ed to make the most of him.
Aftar breakfast, before the Colonel
went into town, as was his daily
practice, he asked John into the li
brarv, aud said to him:
"We are all temperance folks here;
but I keep a little brandy here for
mv own use take a drop before you
ride."
John took a thimbleful, and the
Colonel went off. No sooner was he
gone, tlian Mrs. Martindale. seeing
John on the piazza, beckoned him to
come in, and, leading him to her
boudoir, remarked very good-naturedly:
"You see, John, we are all very
strict temperence folk;. The Colonel
never drinks and lets no one else;
but I keep a little for my dyspepsia.
Would yon drink something before
you go out ?"
So John took a glass of brandy,
and the Colonel's wife joined him in
the same.
John strolled out to the carriage
house and thought he would take
one of the Colonel's saddle-horses
and run over the country a while.
As soon as the coachman saw him,
he touched his hat and said:
"Beg your pardon, master John,
but maybe you would like to taste a
drop of liquor this cool morning.
The Colonel is so hard on us we have
to kape it all snug; but I have some
that can't be bate."
So John took a drink with the
coachman, and gave him a quarter
for his politeness; but by this time
he was so nearly drunk that he had
to postpone his ride till the nxt
da-. John said that the worst place
for liquor that he ever was in was
Colonel Martindale's, and he had to
shorten his visit and hasten home to
keep out of the way of temptation.
The Salem Mercury of the 2d has
the following:
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Secretary of State's office on
November 29th, incorporating the
lhiUi-lla Publishing Company of
Portland. The names of the incor
porators are: I). II. Stearns, W. S.
Chapman D. S. Hendee. We are
not informed further 'of the inten
tions of the new company, but
presume it to be a revival of the old
Bulletin newspaper in connection
with the Evening Bee, and that it
means uncompromising war on the
Oretj'iinau and its Senatorial aspira
tions, by the "Mitchell" wing of the
llepublicans in this State.
Rural Arkausas was being in
structed by a panorama of the Holy
land, recently, enlivened by sparring
matches between the scenes by two
eminent bruisers, until, one evening,
one of the pugilists was knocked
clear through the ruins of Solomon'
temple and took refuge behind the
Sea of Galilee, just as his adversary's
foot went through that sheet of wa
ter, after which the moral show went
into drv-dock for repairs.
In every local community there is
an awful nice class of people whose
sole business i3 to go about repre
hending gossip and scandal mongers.
Their heavenly wish is to pass by
the fradties of their fellow men with
charity accompanied by an insinuat
ing smile and a critical shrug that
are more critical than real scandal.
After all, open mouthed Thermites is
more admirable than piously leering
Iago.
NO. 8.
Tlie
Lincoln Monument Outrage.
The Knll Story of the Affair. o
The naTraMve of the attempt to
steal the body of Lincoln, election
night, as divulged by the detectives
after the capture of the
criminals has removed tl.e
necessity of silence, shows it to have
been the work of a band of Ci.ioago
counterfeiters, who plotted in hopo
of securing a largo ransom and a5.-o
the pardon of one of their pal?, who
is in the Illinois state prison for 3
term of 10 years. The scheme wur
discovered by an agent of the Uni'.cd
States secret service, who had work
ed into the confidence of the g:u ::
for the purpose of discovering a
counterfeiter who had passed quan
tities of bail money in the city.
After this man, Hughes by mm.e,
had been arrested and released on
bail, the detective continued his as
sociation with them for general re
sults, and was invited, about the mid
dle of October, to join Hughes and a
man named Mullins, the keeper
of the saloon where they made their
head-quarters, in rifling the grave of
a wealthy citizen of Kenosha. This
offer Detective lyrrell and .Ldruer
Washburn suspect., d to be merely a
feeler, and their subordinate de
clined to go into it, and the others,
being satisfied from his conduct that
he was "all right," unfolded their
plan for stealing the body of Lin
coln, which, thev hoped, would en
able them to "obtain 820 ,000 to
8300,000 and also secure the release
of their partner, Ben Boyd, from
Joliet. This Boyd was one of the
four most expert engravers of coun
terfeit money in the country, whose
labors had produced among others
the plates of the Massachusetts 5 s,
which had been used for the New
Bediord,Northampton and Westfield
Hampden banks. These men hadQ
all been of mutual benefit to each
other and to the associates of each,
but they had all been captured, con
victed and imprisoned, so that those
who had made a living from their la
bors were getting into desperate
straits.
The scheme was at once reveah (;
to Leonard Swett and Robert Li::
coin, and the stool-pigeon, .o--;
name is given as Swegies, was
to keep up the part he was !. inl
and to go on with the plan, thut 1; ...
men might finally be captured :'.
convicting proof. Swegies, accord
ingly, joined with the conspirator
in arranging the details, and secured
their confidence so thoroughlyjtha! in
was able to modfy their' pia:i.s to
suit his own, and kept his superiors
informed of every stej. A contrac
tor of Chicago who is not yet arrest
ed," and whose name is not given, v. as
originally one of the schemers, In
was to remain at Chicago, and the'
extent to which Swegies was relief
upon' is shown by his success ir.
introducing one of his own kind ;
be a member of the party, but V.-.-fourth
man did not accomiauv the
others to Springfield.
The three went to the state capir-d.
the day before the election, niovi:; '
the date of the attempt forward
fortnight, to take advantage ot t '.
excitement of that day, as the pie
ence or strangers on tne street
would be less noticeable, and the.
guardians of the monument might
be occupied with other things than
their regular duties. Washburn,
Tyrrell and two others, detectives
were also on hand, and were kept
well informed of the progress of
matters, and were promptly on hand
and concealed in another part of the
monument before the would-be
body-snatchers arrived. The per-
feetionjof the villains' arrangements
would be admiraable, if they had
not. been of such an outrageous
nature. The clews were fixed by
which their agent was to be able to
prove his authority to negotiate for
the ransom, the team was supposed
to be at hand in charge of the fourth
man by which the leaden casket was
to be taken to a bridge aud sunk, if
the water was deep enough to hide it,
otherwise to be buried on the bank.
and a bag was provided in which the
body was to be doubled up and car
ried off if the casket proved too
heavy for the men to handle.
The way in which the attempt fail
ed has already been related. The
party were allowed to go cn with
their work until all was in readiness
for the casket to be taken out. when
Swegies went out nominally to call
his friends, but really to g ve words
to the officers in their hiding-place.
Hughes and Mullins, for greater
safety, had withdrawn from the
vault, and retreated behind a tree, so
that they could have escaped, even
if tho accidental discharge of a re
volver had not given prematura
warning of the approach of the de
tectives. The two criminals made
their way on foot for 60 miles before
Mullins dared take the cars for
Chicago. He was there joined by
Swegies and his friends, who des
troyed whatever suspicions he may
have had, induced him to send for
Hughes and put the detectives on
their track until they were captured
together.
The crime these men attempted is
almost new in police records, and im
itators will doubtless be found iu
many places throughout the country.
Notwithstanding the dastardly char
acter of the attempt, it seems
that
the only pnishment provided by
the
state of Illinois is a simple tiita
hll 1
imnrisonment for one vear in
county jail, .as the conspirators as
certained before proceeding witTj.
their plans.
SheXow, Charles, dear, do K.
sincere and tell the truth for once in
your life; don't you wve Danv just
little bit?" He "Well, Mary, I
can't sav exactly that I love the little
l.cfrrror "bnt I've a sort of sneaking
respect for him for his father's sake."
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