Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-04-09
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ST. Louis that three of Gen. Curtis staff are
implicated in the buying OF cotton, aud
that they admit the fact. One OF the Mis-
sissppi river correspondents gives a hu'
morous account of this cotton business
The cotton mania, or as it IS more
generally termed, cotlon-on the-brain, still
RACES with unahate force. A large pro
portion OF the thousands here suffering
with the disease, experience no rehef
few, however, have been more fortunate,
and are now rapidly oouvalescing. For
instance, there are live gentlemen at Lake
Providence, who, having been very low
with cotton-on the-brain, are now getting
along finely. There is much cotton IN that
region unpioked, aud TO secure 1t, many
gentlemen have labored assiduously. =
They came down, looked over the ground
offered to prepare it for shipment, giving
ample security for the faithful performances
Of their duty, for one-half the crop, Au
thoraies were obdurate, however until
there appeared another party, Messcs.
Wagey and KeIsy. Messrs, Wagley and
Kelay came prepared for a campaign
They brought many good reasons why
thew should have the contract, in the shape
of demIohns Of old rye, baskets of Held
sleek, and queerly bottled logic known as
6 Morning Call, "Plantation Bitters" and
"Bourbon Cocktails" With these rea-
sons they soon got into mess with some
high officials; little later, and the same
logic had convinced everybody that they
were precisely the men to gather that cot
| ton, and furthermore that Such eloquent
reasoners needed to give bat little more
than nominal security for the performance
of this gigantic contract. And now Messrs.
Wagley and Kelsy are hard at work
they have four hundred negroes picking
! they have the use of government teams
| and meu to do all their transportation
! If bale of cotton turns up within fifty
miles, that has hoof loose land it is as
tonishng how many such there are) it is
at once taken to their mill and re-pressed
at the rate of one half for the government
in short, the gentlemen bid fair torecov-
! er from cotton-on the brain, and ENJOY a
long life made happy by the possession,
each. of half dozen millions of dollars,
| San artist of one of the New York il
lustrated papers ia slowly recovering from
one of these attacks. He was very low,
when, in one of his wanderings, he hap.
| pened to find a resident citizen with 9
| large amount of cotton, which he wished
to take north, sell; and remain there until
the close Of the war. Artist undertook to
negotiate the atfair-got out the papers
obtained the required permission, and foI
! his disintpresteiness he pockets the snug
hrle sum Of $4,000 Mr. Vaughn, s
gentleman from Kentucky, was
taken dangerously i'll with cotton on-the
BRAIN, aud iourneyed hitherward for his
health. He found two young ladies-tht
Misses Boswith-nieces of a major gen
eral. who has lately enjoyed intimate
relations with the Gar of all the Rus
sias.
They have 2l6 bales of cotton-so Mr.
Vaughn said--and he wished to get tn
cotton and the Young ladies North. Au
thorities were lenient, and CALAMITY CAV
MIR. Vaughn permission to ship to Mem
phis at Government expense, blank bale
of cotton. Since getting. bis carte blanch
Mr.. Vaughn has no idea exact how man,
bales of cotton the Misses Boswith have
lit is certainly much more than he at frs
supposed=-in fact, he should not wonde
f, in getting it all together, it Is foun'
that instead Of TWO hundred and sixteen
they have two Or three THOUSAND bales.
am happy to say that the crisis Of Nj
vanghn's disease is passed, and that h
appears much, very much better"