, 1863-02-10
EnTrOW SPECULATION I'M
TTaE WEST.


THE VEST.
United states Officers Trading Contra
Tue accompanying documents hare been
receiyed in Washington from persons OF the
highest character, connected with the army
in the Southwest They arc introduced BY
the following statement, dated Helena, Ark,
Jan. IS, 1868: .....
While In Memphis procured q document,
n cnpy Of which enclose, marked "a" l
lhrn went on to Helena. determined to follow
m the case Of Col. Hoyey, OF Illinois.
search # o e pat ~o nnP of e
les, marked 'tB'' and &C"
Gen, German camc to Helena the LIST OF |
December, to take command Of this post. He |
forbade Ill persons going outside OF the lines
days it WIS said that he was going to establish
a military post at Friar's Point, at the mouth |
Of tue White River. He, with Ills escort,
went down the river 4 number Of |
times, for that purpose it vas said, but the
ton. ' Thc White Cloud is tic BOAT tie General
used for himself and staff, but the
steamer Evansville got the most cotton. They
always had Large stock Of whisky, salt, qui-
nine, and other contraband articles, on board
going down; spent number Of days
several times 10 sec what they carried. By
and by Gen. German issued an order that no
one should 70 Oh board without permit.
This cut me of but kept look out. On
the 25th day Of December, Gen. Gornaan with
the White Cloud, and the 29th Wisconsin
infantry, on the Evansville, started down the
river 10 establish a military post. They
stopped at Friar's Point. The General ap-
pointed q Lieutenant, Provost Marshal. The
soldiers, With Government teams, we're order
cd by the Provost Marshal to draw cotton to
the boats. The Colonel Of the 2ath reulon-
strnted against having his soldiers do that
kind OF duty, and sent FL officer to the Gene
eral to ask What right the Provost Marshal
had to take 4 company 81 hls men against
| By an order putting the Colonel under arrest,
| his sword taken from him, and he sent a pris..
| oner to Helena, to await further orders, nll Of
which WAS accordingly DONE,
The soldiers we're there about two weeks.
| They collected good deal Of cotton. The
greater part Of it was paid for in contr.band
goods. When they returned the Evansville
| had lis bales md 45 bags Of cotton, valued at
| 1000. The captain of the boat said part
of the cotton belonged to him. The Govern
tncnt paid the crcw and furnished tucl for the
boat,
1 inquired If the Government had no agent
to attend to such business, and WAS Informed
that T. II. Teat1nan Of Cincinnati, now In
Memphis, was special agent Of the Treasury
| Department. sent him notice to come down.
Before lie arrived, Gen. Gormnn had ordered
the cotton to be put On the Government
| wharf.boat, Some Of the Government stores
hid to be put outside to get the cotton in.
Mr. Yeat1uan seized the cotton and put a man
in possession Of it; but the man Is Il cotton
| 1o%n md 7 Stlr m rn1ffHpurn In hi
Integrity Since Air. Teatman left, the cotton
, lag been put OH i steamboat. The Government
is paying the toat SIS per dsy, and using it te
store cotton.
On the 1o,h dayof January. Gen: German
gave verbal permit toa man living in Missis
eip1I to take co!ored men In Arkansas and carr
, tlicm out Of the State. The General told tht
Lcgrocs to 70, aud ordered the captain OF d
! steamboat IN the United States service, (th'
boat being owned by the United States) t
: take them from Arkansas to Mississippi with
out pay. It was done.
Let me say in coucluefon, the soldiers Of th
Eorthwcst did not cnlist to steal cotton TO
officers, nor to return fugitive slaves to thci
! traitor masters, nor to be abused and dis
= = graced if they refuse to perform such unsol
: dierly and inhunan duty. No wonder the
: desert by hundreds. If the Government vii
i not correct these cvi}s, it deserves to be lei
y y without IN army, to be swept from, the t:c
/ Of the earth BY the tatterdcmalion infantry {
| 1G1. D4f1S.
J The following are the statements to whic
It CA.]
d HELESA, Arkhnsas, Sept s7tl, 1862.
); Gen. Steele, Commanding Army Of the sonthwes
Il Helena, Ark:
J. GErEnAL: Two transactions Of a very singul
; and grave character have come to MY knowledg
s. | which feel 1t my duty to make known TO 70
..r teeted, its honor indicated and the guilty pa
!. to September eth, 1862. sixteen negroes we
5 taken from planter living about twelve miles
II. low Laconla. Mies., and carried to the encau'
c, tcert. abont seven miles below Helena. Ark.
hy the 2ith or s5th of September these sixteen 7
C. grocs were placed on >! board thc Govelnme nm
~ changed for forty ba1et Of cotton. by this ext
OF or!i:ary proceeding. this cotton became the p
!sth5 WAS II aS t
lis this matter be thoroughly investigated, and IT It
w. proved that Col: Hovsy effected Or eonnived
~ from the eervico Of the United States, and bra
IT, cd with the intuy OF the crime before the lA1nt
.rc 'Anothcr a1Eair OF lees hcinoue nature, but
u.s. justiHable upon any principle Of justice and rig
Of to is ess ssc oSeE &
sm n9 eert from Col. Hoyey's camp to Friar,s Poi
ny Miss, about azc miles from camp, and occnr
airy, Infantry end artillery, startled from q pe
at Immediately cpposi'c the c,eamrnieLt on the
tG1 ~ suv w. - tu n,ies fron, thc r;Ser lo
az 81 ,,:.s of cotton fcr,. scizcd. nIarcs IN dove
ny. mtnt waeone md hn1lyjl to the river bank. nr
L. inr ou tlte evening Of Sept y. The troops at
pn- ar'e Point marched mp the bank OF tke river
tO- arrived about the snnie Tine; llese w pa!e
cotton Wc1e arked SentsacIe re tar "
no ?. a. nMn "e,h ~ tIa rch.i ,Sar fS
1crtcd Nv snn,, arrnt Of the Confederate States
ofT seized.
nv Il private Individual. hamea ufant think
ann tered 10 Ee!l Tue Gott9n o. , ty,ss -
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