The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-12-22


81 The New J ork 7ribBne ssys; :" The milcsgs
q Congress ~ W no rnesns che grca,e.t arnong
the robterie~ % which the country i subject
Ell; yet its one ofihe greatest AMI mott bare
faced" fFHfrfF
Again. frfcnd send- "a. = Communication
asking n veteran soldiers dId not re-enlist, in
great numbers, without being credited, and
were not then sold around.to..s aTi0'is counties,
for enormous suns Of money mentioning a
case or two where some sixty o. eighty thou
sand dollar. passed through some bank. etc.
AMI wants 70 know who got those sums OF
money. lie thinks the~e matters should De
locked into, and We incline % that opinion.
But u will not, probably he done. unless some
one turns Stats evidence and unrael- these
matter-. Every day We are learning how
essiy official corruption can conceal itself in
one party a. we'll a. smother. Again. the Co
lumbus Crisis says the reason why Repub-
licans are for holding the southern States rs
foreign conquered territory j. because they
have purchased conhscated Sea Island cotton
lands IN the south. which they can only hold
for the life Of the owner, II the states are held
10 BE- In the Union and under the Constitution.
The Crisis says:
IL i the district Of country where this par
tieular article Of cotton il grown, that Messrs.
" ade and his abolition associates In the sen
ate and House q Representatives, have sought
\ 70 engross, by purchases at the sales Of con-
fiscated property. With II, they can command
any price they please In the markets II the
l world for Sea Island cotton, they having a
monopoly Of the article. No one believes
that the sales OF these confseated estates will
So In a
sion Of the day passes away, and judges again
decide litigated questions by the lights Of the
4 Constitution, and Of former decisions. The
longer the South i KEEP. out OF the Union, the
longer will these Congressional Cotton Kings
| be enabled 10 hold their ill-gotten gains and 10
double their money hundred fold. by the
monopoly they have OF The Sea Bland cotton.
i We will give only one more Of these instances
Of yillaihy Of the thieving party to-day. II is
the following:
MISSING COTTON.
When General Curtis occupied Helena, In
1862. his army captured twenty three hundred
bales Of cotton belonging "a General Pillow,
then In the rebel service. These were conhs-
Gated. and. - was supposed, turned over %
the officers Of the United states Treasury.
since General Pillow obtained his pardon,
I however. II has been ascertained that instead
of the Government receiving the benefit Of this
operation, II il suspected that IL was reserved
f0r the Use Of General Curtis, n no return wa.
ever made Of il. General Pillow, we under
stand. has instituted proceedings against Gen
ernl Curtis for the missing cotton, or its equiv
alent In currency Memphis Daily CONNER
cioi.
IL has been well understood in this stat,
and throughout the country that General Cur
lis went to Helena a bankrupt, and retired
from there millionaire. IL Is equally wei
understood that not content with rObbng in
ldivieiIals and the Government out of all TIA,
IeottOn he could lay his hands on, he seized al
the Government camels he could find an,
: transported them to his farm ON the Dies Moinc
river. II quite as well known that Govern
lment discovered the cames and ordered then
from Iowa 10 II. Louis, and that the militar,
commission ordered 10 investigate his ease. a
the head Of which was General Mcdowell
found him guilty Of cotton and camel plumber
ing, but through the conniyancc Of the author
tiles nj Washington, the report was suppressed
: We rejoice 10 know that day of reckonin,
, II at hand. and we trust that Curtis aud nj
others who have betrayed their trust, by rob
= bang individuals or the government of proper
~. will be pursued. tried. con victed and pun
ished for their crimes
Curtis obtained his position In the army b,
favOritism and has been screened 10y fayOrit
| ism. such men n he aud Ben. Butler ough
r o. be made 10 disgorge their ill-gOtton gains
and we trust the parties interested will
neither compound with them or let up in thei
: pursuit Of them until they have dearly pal,
for their treachery.-Io,ca Statesman.