Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-07
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CErom the New York World.l
TheaGrant Cotton Speculatfon.

10 YllglA1a A--- w = : .--.-- ----- . 80
| T.,on ~. N..vo-, WAL,
rns,ss...s.S 20 .S,osso,s y s.,sscs.,s,,o,, CHI
Q. c. =, 80 L..,,gji gt a,.,,,JiJ III .,
GSS snm5I;ea9 nansr ssei. bas oa.saS
- nl.notion mh;o o1aors canano1
Gr,st. g. Ie sn,ss,I;.;t1, :, 1tta .ottsS sSsan
,a.;,ss .s eJsspap crant .n az IL ~ SatSlS
fSs Is.ssr sntsreS into an enragemenpt
I; . G;ns.;n,8at; an, b,, wb;cb he st;n,,s
49,. ~ ..a IL ';aa,Sss.a a. 80 49, a. w hapa "a
$3.50 sstsss = G II Sa,sa.al az : Grsnt - ,,rc,,; &c
Jas.om @ sno.,ie.;en @ w;.bfn S;. ro;i;ts...
1;nss His ;nflnence was reck onad sne.
fs;sr.4t-efsss;,Ja' g. Lace, o. Is ~ 80 i
fourth Of the profits, although hesuppli-
ed no capital and neurred NO risk. That
4e penormeI MS psi' mrstI 81 eIe Son.rast rs
Swoln et 70 " In ni'nsen W nll.s nicn nsa5
ne engaged 70 procure at MS son neau-
auuaarteerrss5 was actua]fy. d, ,nroenredse ami
tb1 Goo for tis nsnoyt
which he nromised to obtain iat
the same headouarters. Cotton wassac-
tually.I bought, shipped and Sold. 7 On
tbe face of the i action. .gg as9 estatedd
and sworn ID bvs Grants father. Il
looks as tifi General Grant coonnniived o niilv at at
and ,iabetted the. 9sueenlation. n tt does
not seehn1 easy to- give any other reason
yhy.Jesse Grants services should be
deemed valuable, or why he should have
claimed large share of the profits fof
having 2fend cred them His own ac-
count of the speculation may be seen in
the ,subioinede petition by, which he com
menced his suit against Mack Brothers,
his partnersa We find it and the other
documents in the Csincinnati Enquirer,
which has had them copied from the rec-
ords1 of the Superior Court of Cincin-
natl .iassjs 9aii1 i1
60. I,.,,uu.o.1a
hH sUtsna oooMi or HSiH4sf'y S.NS'NNAii'
h o' cp9Ni >psHiai''5S1 = SU11'i U0JI
;t3dSesse M srsne n ;tsif if2s77l-Iha.s- Il =
Harpap Mack; Henry Mack. ) Petition. '.s. i IN
as a1 Mack V Brofhsrs; other; 20 e ' HsiI KGCJ
The plaintiff states that on or about
the sixth day, of December, A. D., 1852,
he entered into an agreement with the
defendants for the purpose of partner
ship purchases of cotton in the Military
Department commanded by u. S. Grant,
the conditions of said agreement being
as follows: .ssli:s on .10sf .liIg 81 s36i
Defendants wore ware "a f,iHrn;sb ali tba
,,onev HAT MIGHT he reon;red in the
said business, and the necessary number
of mon to nnrcbase and shin the COTTON
IT. ho;no .IIowod Sse.vven nopr can't n,ar nar
onnnn for The money, 40 aemnloyed d,Ir;no mo
tho time IL was necessarily nsed T-PJa;S,
.:ac, ,,,;tL ~ j 80
furnished as aforesaid by the defendants.
to the beadouarters Of General : Grant
and procure a permit for them to nur.
chase cotton. secure Transportation and
such other facilities as might be
Consistent with the usapes and interests
of -tbe1 artn,vi = The defand ants were- 70
bav,s tbsS cotton Tins nnrcbased .sb;nned
;mamnSea mnSead;atelv 70 New York and sold! and
tba not nroSts Of, sales =, aftor dadnct;ng
from f5a gross ,nroceeds the, nscessar1
nsasYnf bIn,Iviinos fra;obt and saline
1pent tbo wonas of the mon fnrn;sbad
81 Taforeso;drh he tbo, dofan5. ,,ts, G,,,ora -
% hs a;x;5aa am ma,a tbs ,,srtisss ? IN the 81 nro.
,,or.;on of t5@g 1fonrfjb 81 be j defandan.s
"a one -fourtl, 4o tbo rlo;nt;tf tj,o nj. IN
.:@ y ~ a1aat ho;ns I'LL c. aur -.
..DLi1Lc ~. - LcSl1 c. : oDtA..SSI - L., ,:ypGi
1,Ea Ga iyfs a, su. - 70
~ onea snd sa;shfuliw csrr;eJ ont man nns
H.; T.; sS ,s,t I .nd .gsr AZ II afand & ,t.s
go O. f.,,,.ohssS.,e .ot.o,, ~ ts.as5,s
ey -. '.o ~ PS NJ vi " o - - ,
Concerned Concerned but I'D defendants ',bava broken
said bayreement 5in this that thew
bavoas i,,ttsrlv0i fa;laa ana raf,isad
to rreSnbder7 Sbdeerr7Ito to jplaintiiff anv account
of Observation-Disclosures. = or, or tn nav
o1or 81 hin, ahv nort;on of his sbars IL
i.,;s;rS itro,,,S Ar so,naEJ Il
~ cod aooo,n+ enj ~ y,rnentT rSh ,.va -,
haonssasat hs : n. ~. 49, by tho r;l.;n-
t;a Plaintiff saws that under said con-
tr1cfb 1sFge aT3SEnf Of cotton was lnnI,,r MIR.
ohaSaJ as m m.nv ,as tbbrreesa 1bnnndr rad bajes
or mors st an syerasa cost IF from f;ftv,
to fftv.fonr centsl ne, ,,f,,,nds and which
was sola IN New Y6rk al osneh nricesJ as
to o,et nroG M nnf III 0Oo or over
Th.s'aw.ot ,,,,r,bor- of bo1.s~.,.n,.ho a. % 4
7tba ,,,.sc;ss ,nr;cs1 of sucI, nnrcb basa and
tba atfsYaeti smofSt iof Iexpenses and of
nrocaeds of 9s5aIe. he is nnable to state.
tbe account9 eco of the same. being in the
nosssssion ,of Tie defendants. who refuse
to furnish a statement of it, But the.
amount purchased. and the n net profits
realized. are ,I not less, than as above sta
ted while the same NAV and probably
wilpexceed the amounts before Stated,
pla;,,ttl ;,,ttl l.. that 7. a. ...ornt ., ms III bo
n'.a-4 lpsiNs s..a' r.. -
.asen uss@ee 'tat | than aaesn%.n4 an .ne oe,eI
"rSs,sd am ae - ,N ~ s over - b;m sne5 ~ 20
onn. .ssnps ~ = bo found Inc o to I'm fro,n
them 'nnfsrtIa asrssmsnt1 bereinbafora
sat fortb' '1a,i5 tbst an isncb otber, ordstr.S.