Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-16
[Fr N he MAc6-s-Chsek Press, ,,Radisal.l
~ Frauds by Officers.

Wehave not continued, as we proposed,
our articles on this subject, having been as 11
Tsured from Washington that the,charges 1s
were being investigated by the Senate COM
mittee. But as the time approaches for an
adjournment of Cohgress and the Wit
nesses we know of have not been summons y
ed, we are inclined to believe that the whole,
so-called Investigation is sham. We are
of the belief that no Investigation in the
Senate. worthy the name, 1will be had, so 3 D
long as John Sherman remains in that body,
John Sherman, is The mouth-piece OF the
manufacturers and National banks, and as
such, is a tSwer. a We are OF the opinionyo
that he has'gonIland sufficient reasons. i,oto
Since our latest articles, the Springfield y,
Massachusetts, Republican and Chicago Re-
publican, have taken up the subject. Ham
mer away, gentlemen, zee klaos0 that it is a.,
We We copy copy from the Springfield tMassachu-
settsl Republican: 't54 n
@WHoLEsALE ROBBERY OF, THE GOVERN
MENT.-Several attempts have been made in ,
Congress to secure a, full investigations Of
the immense frauds upon the GoVernmentYi
committed by its agents in the South, dnr-1I
ing and since the war; but for some reason, ,,f
Congress is not disposed to overhaul this
matter although the Government has lost,
bv these gigantic frauds and stealings,st
| from five hundred to a thousand million doll
! lars But they cannot be wholly covered
up. In Alabama Judge Busteed has sue
| ceeded in getting together grand juryif
disposed to make a searching investigation
| of the robberies in that section; and, in
| deed, the people generally will be inclined
| to aid IN tne enforcement OF justice, as they
| have been robbed, in the aggregate, TO a q
larger extent than the Government The.
grand Jury for the United States District
| Cont of Southern Alabama made pre-
sentiment on the subject few weeks since
that should attract general attention,-
| They state that there were, 10000 bales
| cotton belonging to the Confederate Cow
ernmentin Alabama at the close of hewars9a
which the treasury agents of the United
| States were ordered to collector the benefit
| of the Government; that these agents at
Mobile, @. A.-Dexter and Jas. NJ TomehyaR
did collect and ship large partOf this cot-i,
ton, but scarcely 25,000 bales of 1t were COM.
signed to the Government, and these were
| charged with such extorttonate expenses
| that the treasury realized very little from
them, OF the large balance, part was
fraudulently released TO pretended owners,
upon affidavits known to be false, the treas$t
ury agents sharing largelyib the proeee6s;f
another part was sold directly by the
agents, who pocketed the entire proceeds
| In addition to this stealing from the Cow
eminent, the agents seized q great deal, of
cotton that.was private property, and when,
| it was so proved, they would not restore it
unless the owners would sell It to S. C.Ogst
| den i& Co. for less than halt price. Other
fGrand Jury say that the 1wIlliul abseneet
and ,coneealment of witnesses prevented
the conviction of one OF these agents iu'a
preVi6ustfiaI, but that they are convinced
of the facts, aud that every effort will be-
made to procure a, thorough investigation
of the frauds Tomeny isnow under heavy
bonds for trial" I shph9lio snA .aTssV
The Ch5cd5o Republican processes to- haved
private information about these cotton
| frauds in Alabama, aud states positively
that the Treasury agents implicated afoi
sustained by theirsuperiors in the dHreas-h
ppyl Departments that, in fact the center,
pc tbis MAGNIFICENT s operation is In the
| In fact the @Co.,y I'M BRe firm ofiinS. Oh
Ogden & Co.." consists mainlyoo of SILENT
partners in the, Executive Department Of
| the Government. ITheseare startling state
idents! Itisifot likely they would bUmadet
| if there were not some foundation foFthem,
! The agents ofthea aswindlers at Washington
who have operated In, the South may pos.
| sibiy Get their deserts there through th6b
UNITED States Courts, unless they escapes
with1 theirdill-. l-.gottenns sboety But ~ thed
pripcipals are housed in the Treasury De-
partment at Washington, they may hold
their p1undef with impunity unless Como
gress does its duty in theeasel lt mustnOt,
| fail to do it, The facts are certain TO come
| out, and the people will pass Judgment tib-o
Ion theIninJ Those dt!i0 permit on e0nniyghtl
these crimesclh not scapenthesrespohsilo
bilitvsaWadEmoj 0wi bne ,gnotelsas nsibrI
rs. MORGAN sarrtHi,a' I, d .coipgs / Amefican
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