THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1870.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 80, 19 August 1870, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1870.

I® the first news ©f the robbery from the camp at Civile caused, a fur ox e of excitement, we have ik> hesitation' inasserting that the report of the recovery of the-lost tspatfure," 'almost : in its entirety,. has created feelings of surprise and excitement.a htindredfold intense. A report, we believe in the main correct, appeared as an extra oa Tuesday last,, since- which time no . fresh- particulars . are Jto -hand. We : confessourutterinahility to understand .the' principle upon? which , the thief acted in revealing'to- the police the ; ; whereabouts of the treasure—the obtainiag of wihicU' must have -ocijaSsibnod Mm no s/oaU; . 0 f■ apprehension- . ganger. .!li,tnay. be: that: when he ; existed atronjji suspicion agflinsfc him 4 : which,riu> ddabty 'GonseiMis 1 ' guilt- ! mitg- * nified into ptpof—hebe^me;. alarmed: fipr, his- safety, 1 khd essayed to. inake the '|e|* eou^lai?; and;. revealing his cachet, , and betraying nis partner in secure j nor,'a pardon, and the grotnis^ii^ewardsIt may be r however r '£hat better feelings ; voice, of conscience made4feseif too forcibly heard 'to be dia- ' an( i that consequently the confession, was—so to use the . word — unintentional: Be* that as* it may," it • .appears to us that the unfortunate man. ha» pinfeed 1 himself bayonet boM tfie ? hdpe of pardon or the expectation of reward.. t. brought against him.are proofs-supplied - by- the police, and the - confession., an ! revelations made Mrete'- not' made iititilhe wasiftiUy that the/know- ) /ledge in the* pofes&ssjjpn : of the ."police would'render atP fiiriljfer;: . a.hcT "p.oAieealajent : useless and fuMe. think evieln it the report raised by hita as. to the iifcomplici|;y jqf a, of'Jhe; police force be" true, t'liat he- can himself be - regarded in the light accomplice when he and no other was- the absolute f thiet. . hi>\vevep, we • holxf' that KV-nnie k himself unable to advertised or exp.ect j b.t&e iexepCßse oi'tlie <> €r{?vternibr s pi*eroga--1 t ti.ve ;j ot pardon. :n his- favor* are far , >li»m saying taut tae'reacard-sliould not W.distributed apj-oportionatcfly- &ra'o4i- : - ; " • those-wIIO wereinst+U'fofeiital'r'i-'dls <s4ver--4~ing first clue,; 'add .by diligence land ftbleto 'au^6lT ;i t;ie'. ! % in^ ! lihkay ■1 «iMthe r^covejy; ; ' s tl%e- 3 treasure.-. '.%iPaise.^ i-3 the l «payment-' 1 ; j reward |toigly against any like . confip, deuce beirig lelt and. » Wnkt rewards 1 ahoulci a ' similar occur ronee .take* pUce; : - ,; We trust,' therefore, that the present extraordinary sucdass; may *not be t inlishe 1 ;( by any paltry or 'considerations on the part of either Government ; or bankf). - 1 ' "_J__ 1 It woulvl jippear, ( afe ; from the-: first arrival of the detective-? at Clyde a ; general opinion prevailed 'among the , police force that some one conneic-tedwith ""the camp must have committed, or asin committing, the robbery. . can well 'imagine the despair of good ahd |>rav« men at discovering the ; las- . ot the treasure entrusted to-them for sat e keepuvj;, but 'We cannot attempt to' ~ realise their feelings when, - though conscious Qt'. theirown integrity and innocence, could n >t fail to observe I'jfc.hat outside world lbokcd upon,thebfcwith doub^distrust, and suspicion. I But we will not attempt"tkj .the ! joy that'miiist have..been iat the ' heart i of eatrh of these men when they heard • theigiad: news of the detection of the : robber and the recovery of the 1 treasure 'T^ho^'iiig,jas they ; did most convinentire > innocence of dn/ other charge than, perhaps, that of ne- ; gld'ct. True, a member of the. .police, ■ 'iorce is or : woii|4>t presrEt appear to ; be implicated in the latfe, jobbery;.' ami ' though to some extent this. cast 1 !.a reflection upoe the : force in general, r T&tiil f it must be remembered all, humanity-4-even : policemendte falli-' able, and open, and lktbFe : tor yield' to temptation. Better, far betterTtowever, : the guilt b^ 1 traced home one officer, than that- other ,ai\d ( cent men should fie under, even the slightest stigma or suspicion. ' in conclusion, while trusting that the recent event will open the eyes of the _ Government to the necessity of making

-j r ;i better provision for the safe custody of the treasure entrusted- to them- for escort, not only'while in the different ; camps, but also while in-actual transitu,.. ;we cannot refrain from congratulating" : the bank.3 upon the recovery of theirtreasure —the public upon-the 1 of the police generally, by whom the-&* thief has been- detected and.the treasurerecovered—and thfe'" police themselves; ; upon the persistent zeal" and energy:, J which' they haye f displayed in the prose- * cution. of 3,11 important and difficult . duty. "