The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Elections in Virginia.
A GREAT COTTON sWINDLE.
Seizure of Spencer Rifles.
Appointments by the President-Mus'
tering Out Of Col0red Troops.
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NEW YORK, october IL.
The Herald's Richmond correspondent
says the following order has been issued :
All district, sub-district and post cou-
manders in this department will take ef-
ficient means to prevent any interference
by the officers and men of their COM
| mands with the elections, which will
| take place on the 18th instant. To this
end, they will, on the day of the election,
remove all troops from the polling places
and suffer no officer or man to approach
them, except in cases of disturbances OF
the peace, when, if absolutely necessary,
military force may be used to quell the
same
By commad of Major-Gen'l A. H. TER
RY.
The Times special says great cotton
case or more properly a great cotton
swindle has been unearthed at Augusta'
Georgia 1t involves nearly twelve thou
sand bales of cotton, of the value of
about g., ,000, 900, and the names Of sew
eral prominent military officers are mys-
teriOusly mixed mp in the affair. The
volume of facts concerning the transac-
tion is very great but briefly are as fol-
lows: During the rebel occupation of
Georgia three parties named Thomas 5.
Metcalf, VIM. A. Beall and Jeremiah
Beall, became the joint owners of nine
thousand seven hundred and ninety-fOur
bales Of cotton, variously stored at Eufa-
liza, Alabama. Albany and Dausen, Geor-
gia. One of the parties, Metcalf, owned
four thousand bales in his own account,
which the rebel General Hill, at Augusta,
burned in the street. In damaged con-
dition, Metcalf give person named Geo.
Schley one-third of the cotton to rebale
it and put it in order. This cotton Met
calf sold in July last through Schley to
John Gorsed, of Philadelphia. The de
PENDANTS in the case, Gorsed and Schley,
also claim that Metcalf sold them nine
thousand seven hundred bales owned
jointly by himself and two Bealls This
Metcalf denied at first, claiming that he
only gave the price it could be bought at
on certain day for cash, twenty cents
per pound. Here begins the interest in
the case. Gorsed and Schley, it appears,
then went at work upon the military
authorities and manipulated the matter
so as to get certain orders from Generals
Grossrener and Steadman. which fright
ened Metcalf, who is an old man, into an
agreement to sell the cotton for 500, 900.
The Bealls, however, opposed the sale
and applied for an injunction. The
President hearing of this and other cases
of interference on the part of the mill
tary authorities in civil affairs has issued
an order which in caustic terms prevent
such interference hereafter.
The Herald's special says information
has been received here, Washington, that
six hundred Spencer rifles in boxes were
seized by the Canadian authorities at
Niagara City yesterday. The contents of
the boxes wore accidently discovered in
overhauling the railroad freight The au
thorities report it case of Fenian SNUG
Cling. 1t is we'll known that combina-
tions exist in several of the principal
cities of the country for the purchase of
guns from discharged soldiers, many of
whom on leaving the service avail them
selves of the privilege of purchasing
their guns at greatly reduced prices
Secretary Seward will not attempt to
break up the traffic.
The President this morning made the
following appointments: D. r. Hender-
son, collector of Internal Revenue for
the Sd district, State of Ohio; VIM L
Price, collector of Internal Revenue for
the 9th district, State of Missouri; Mont
gomery Masses, collector of Internal Rev.
enue for the lst district, State of South
Carolina; Jas. s. Gibbs. collector of In
ternal Revenue for the Sd district, State
of South Carolina.
There is misapprehension as to the
orders mastering out colored troops All
United States colored troops which are
credited to no State are to be forthwith
discharged; those colored volunteers
credited in quotas of States, will be mus
tered out only as the exigencies of the
service may warrant.
The 9Th United States cavalry is order
ed to Gen. Sherman.
The Tribune's special says it is estima-
ted that the Wirz trial will cost the gov
ernment at least 100000.
Colonel Moore. late Surgeon General of
the rebel array, is here, and will appear
before the Wirz military court as wit
ness for the defence