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Show Sneaked Away. On Wednesday morning United j States Marsh! Maxwell boarded the train. nnd wa-, whirl d w iy to the t-iist. iiiu uiicuiiuu Was to keep hie purpose and destination a st cret, iu i uider thai he would have a belier iopportunity for working, and iii)0i- ( j ble bridginc over the broad chasm j I which was about to engulf h'm; it ! w,is therefore given out by his friends ; cd those who knew of his going, that he had g..ne to Beaver. He is bouud for Was Hilton with the hope of 1 udjnstu.g i:U disordered afi'iir-, and of b.iving his official head. Since the t commencement of the investigations 'inlu the n. arii.al's official accounts, and the damaging publications which havd resulted iherefonii, General Maxwell has exhibited weakness in a remarkable degree. At limes he has put on a bold face, but the faint heart was plainly discernible. His 'frequent and desponding utterance lias been, "I guess they'll get away with me," meaning that lie expected to be removed from office. Notwithstanding Notwith-standing his bravado expression that he desired a thorough investigation which would certainly establish his hourly, and show his hands were free1 oi corruption, his own statements andj explanations have been even more convincing against him than the showings uf the grand jury or newspaper news-paper expose'. He lias two or three times published statements in which he established no fact, except, perhaps, per-haps, that he did not understand what he was trying to explain, or he did not wish others to understand it. His assertions have been contradictory, con-tradictory, and some of them 6quarely opposite to the known facts. He has shown entirely too much tremulousnesa in the matter for an innocent man, and thia last move, ot sneaking oil" too Washington, also tells strongly against him. If the charges against biin were untrue, he could allbrd to meet his accusers fairly and equarely and without the sign of fear upon his face. If he is guiltless he need not seek to steal a march on his defamers. While Marshal Maxwell has been and is the avowed enemy of the Herald, this journal has treated him fairly and even generously. We have ofl'ered our columns to him, and have cheerfully cheer-fully published his statements, in the hope that he could clear his skirts. But every move made by him has! sunk him deeper in the mire; every j step has been in the wrong direction; and now we cannot but express the belief that there is more in these charges of misfeasance and official corruption in the marshal's office than has beon even charged. We have reason for believing that the marshal's mar-shal's account with the department of justice does not balance by several thousand dollars; and it is this un-eveness un-eveness that he has gone to adjust. His intention is to have his estimate for court expenses in 1S7G allowed, and enough of the Eum transferred to his overdrawn Washington account to square the same. The uufortunate and suffering creditors in Utah are not to be taken into consideration. They may whistle, while the marshal ia tightening his head upon his shoulders. But with alt his truckling and trickery there is little prospect of the success of his purpose; aud his going to Washington will ouly wear thinner the cord which suspends the guillotine guillo-tine over his neck. If his explanations explana-tions there are as intelligible as those here, they will bo taken as the strongest evidence that he is a completely com-pletely muddled as to a thorough understanding of the internal work-' iugs of his office, as the afiairs connected con-nected therewith are mixed, and government will see the necessity of filling his place with a man more competent, if not more honest. |