The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-12

init himself even BY assoc;n zion NTH An Sti,a
Mayor of New York and the gentleman
from the granite hills. One Isn;e1a not az
,ar out Of the WY in saying that the rather
ing OF these politicians indicates the begin
n 2 OF q strong movement in the East in
iayor OF Pendleton, with the understanding
mat the west will come up to the mark and
support English. a ticket thus made up
would be sufficiently kangaroo 10 be Demo-
cratic, as Mr.. Pendleton favors regulation.
and Dir. English has upward Of 800 900
invested in Government bonds, a n
Feast Butler Am New Orleans--Testi
nony ON Oath as to How he Made
Money.
Bennett has brought to light sonle-of the
testimony taken in New Orleans by James
I. Brady, Esq, of New York, and General
Smith. Read the following specimens:
George HONEYWELL, examined MAY S, 1865,
states that on the 18th Of September, 1862.
General Butler compelled him to sell to
him the steamer Nassau for $3l $3.50 in cur
rent funds; he called it s2s, 900 in green
backs; ne gave me his check on the Citi-
zens Bank for $751; 1860, equal to s2s,O0O in
united States Treasury notes. here Of
Tered to charter her to the Government for
S5O day, and if that was too much, they
might have had her for $40. He (Butler)
SAID ne was going to send her on perilous
errand, and could not charter her; General
Butler sold the steamer few days after
wards for $4,000 in greenbacks he after
wards chartered her to the Government for
$3.50 day-$l0,5O0 month; I saw the
check for the first months charter. pages
1889
Butler thus charged the Government $3.50
q day for vessel which the lawful owner
had offered to it for $50 a day-the differ:
ence in one month amounting to $4,000
Is it any wonder that he is rich?
Mr.. B. F. Smith, examined 9th of Feb
ruary, 1865: A resident of New Orleans
for twenty-five years was there when Gene
raj Butler arrived; that he was interested
with Colonel A. ]. Butler, brother of Gene
raj Butler, in carrying goods across the lake,
consisting Of salt, quinine, shoes, corn, gro
ceries, and liquors, which went mostly into
the hands of the rebels, as Colonel Butler
well knew; he (witness) received one-third
Of the profits realized upon them. The
witness was asked, DO you believe that
General Butler knew about this trade ;"
Answer" Yes, sir told him he asked
me the question, and $4,000 worth went
after that -; General Butler had informed
him that no more goods should 60 out
unless cotton returned; went to the
rebel thorities-General Lowell; re-
turned, and told him .(Butler) what
General Lowell had said; had no diff
Guilty in getting in or out; had five or six
schooners chartered Colonel Butler got
everything fixed up; French, Provost Mar
shal-General under Butler, signed the
passes that after his interview with the
rebel General he reported progress to Gene
raj Butler and Colonel Butler, and that the
cotton came in and the goods went out value
of the goods between $4,000 and Sl3, 900:
1876 bales of cotton at 45c. pound; Colonel
Butler did not give him $500 the rebel
party offered the witness $40, 900 for his in
terest in the thing. States further: Does
not know what his claim was against But
Ter, but that he was to have one-third OF
the net proceeds paid ten cents pound for
the cotton and got forty-fye cents, amount
ing to about $50, 900; made about 200 per
cent. on the goods; salt sold at $50 sack
! illatc uuout ecfchtJ INV PEI CcHt. upou thc
cotton. Witness further says that he was
a rebel at the time, and did not take the
oath until after these transactions.
w. w. Watson, examined March ], 1865,
states that the witness (Smith) did n great
deal of business during General Buffers adj
ministration. At the time he saw Smith the
business was not carried on very well, and
Smith told General Butler that he would
retire; says he has no doubt he filled out
the Generals passes in written form; saw
his book and his passes that were not signed
by. the General, but that General Butler
filled the passes up. Witness proceeds
He (Smith) cleared three vessels from
here New Orleans) to Matamoras, among
which was the Mary Davis. When Admi-
raj Farragut was informed Of it, he sent
gunboat and took the supercargo (Reed),
General Buffers brother-in-law. Farragut
took his pass and went up to the General
with it, and asked him if it was his hand
writing to which the General replied,
"That is A. J.'s handwriting" ~. But
Ter was then arrested and paroled, and after
wards taken up by q picket and brought to
New Orleans; and having given secu-
rity in 100000 bond, finally ran away.
The permits Colonel Butler made out
contained great variety of articles,
and instanced one to man named
Long to take n vessel of about eighty
tons to Mobile laden with provisions, &c.
He was to bring back the money belonging
to the Merchants Bank. Colonel Butler
and Mr.. French made out the list of medi-
cines and assisted in getting the medicines
to send by this vessel +; says that he has
reason to suppose that General Butler was
interested in these operations, but did not
know the fact, but gives rs reason that
they had no money until General Butler
got 1920, 900 out of the city treasury, and
that he saw the first thousand dollars count
ed out on the table in Colonel Buffers Of
fee. General Butler, General Shepley,
and Duer, gave an order to deliver this
money to A. J. Butler, and it passed into
his hands; did not see the money used, but
A. J. Butler asked him to pass $4,000 to
planter on the coast, which he refused to
do; states further that A. j. Butler was
engaged in removing crops from planta-
tons to the city; the boat used was
guarded by from twenty-five to nifty
soldiers; the boat would return to the
CITY with 700 or 500 hogsheads of SUI
gar, and he understood that this sugar
was seized and sent to New York through
the hands of "A. j. Butler, and the pro.
ceeds of the cargo passed into the hands OF
A. J. Butler & Co., or their agents the
boats employed were the Iberville, Laurel
Hill, the Empire Parish, and the Lleuten-