The south-western., 1868-10-21
Who Got the Forty Thousand /?

Who Got the Forty Thousand
A suit is going on in New York which throws some
light upon one Of those nice little jobs of which so
many have been hatched by those noble representa-
tves OF Northern enterprise and morality, commonly
called carpetbaggers, who are employing the legisa-
tive power of Louisiana effectively to advance the
higher cvisation of the North in this
Our readers have doubtless not forgotten our exposure
of the infamous lottery grant to some New 1ork gam
bIers and policy dealers which Gov. Warmoth, after
declaring his disapprova thereof permitted to become
law when he could have defeated it. They will re-
member those little negotiable instruments issued to
the members of the Legislature and by them thrown on
the market which indicated the value OF votes III that
body The price not very large but there were
whispers that large needed to overcome
greater impeachment than the consciences OF individual
members of the Legislature offered
Much curiosity was felt and manifested to ascertain
the exact figures Of this reserve. We in fair way
to crafty their curiosity through the developments in
the suit now going in New York before Judge Car
dozo, in which John Morrissey is plaintiff and Il. +.
Simmons ct. ais. are defendants.
1t appears Shat the defendants had combined to de-
fraud the plaintiff Of certain shares which he had ac-
quired in certain legislative grants OF lottery rights III
the States of Kentucky, Delaware, Georgia and Mis-
souri,, by creating new combination founded upon
a fresh, and new, and very valuable grant from the
State of Louisiana. The defendants, Simmons and
o."e's' n''u'S WY ' 5','"'' an ), :, 5 r t au l ),
dollars to get grant from the State OF Louisiana and
not willing to share any portion OF the profits with
the lUsty McTrissey, who hereupOn and ventates
te va l ~ w. Ds p tio w
-, =: i:I,4; ,I ,o aor,f,, o,n
, ~ s; 9t1ral o1 ,II noa
than in this suit, to Louisiana belongs the credit Of
having resuSctatad system which had been eXtingush
ed all the Union, and That some body or bodies in
i So +,r,' 0 AVA '~ tL L ~
oFo 81 III 'l'*t oepah
iie que7I1U "nlo.i Interest: Us al ""o sot 'io
@4o'oV: me grant III q"eSIoh ca'ne from TIE hes
sa'ufe, ana II became law py Tie eAtraoruaFy SELL
aohF6atloh ana iellehcF OF 'naI moral anu NllSai'
young 'il, "o'. " armour, "'o ''cci'ied h',lse d.
e'hi'"a'cY "Sa'No1 NY lth'horan'Y VI an lo',e,ie
ana St'noNS Sch.'eS a" 'he it'. Nr. 0uSSIS I'll" u
an taPS as ""I'!'ieS, "'' WIFI Ae l',""6e"te w.
ware ms own palIiou'r "'lty seems 10 nave SWALLOW
ed tins form OF human "lckedne5s
Ahd thus simmons q Co got lheiF grant, OF "hcl
oohh ho[isSey Chains HIS snare, o"' WHO Sot the io'
thoHSand uoIiafS referred 10 IN the pieadih@s anu
proofs: mat IS lhe great question "hicn we suonit
TO the mVesgatlon OF tat asSemoage OF lhcorruptl-
ole ana highy moral PATRIOTS VINO tolu hl9n leStVal
On Dryades street. In. y. llineS
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Rr;aadier (3ener11 in the REGULAR ermv bv President
Johnson is in command of the military district, in
clndnS IeXoS Is accepted mere as Sufficient reason
o' ,Ie "oc'nSo " o':II'' d. a. "'''u
Most rnEaa acconnt, from arn,v officers to friends
bere state that the country in the vcinages of Mar
shall and Shreveport overrun by robbers and that
an 'ne Io1os "ls ' +o
apie alWeu pouleS' 1A'0o '""C Iee"ot0i lp'''o 'ie
ornn,ont WAGONS Io,ded With snnnins o5cnIv The
commanding officer at Sulphur Springs Texas post
garrisoned by small company OF the 10th infantry,
,1u seM' sNt.eso ~. r. 1r" r,I L ~
which was surrounded would 5e slaughtered A com.
pany Of the 18th and fifty picked men beside had just
started to reinforce him. Another letter from reliable
military sources adds that when the wagon train was
captured the kuAlux ireebooters not only burned the
wagons but murdered the drivers, all OF whom were
colored men. The comments Oh these facts in mill
tary circles are anything but complimentary to Gen
Rousseau. Army officers OF every grade who are cog
nlsan OF the facts say that their comrades have been
joopardsed by bis violent political prcjudceS IN favor
Of Seymour and Blair, which have induced him to
withhold information regarding the actual condlton OF
affairs in his eom!nand
The Times and its correspondent well aware that
Con PonpSoon .os IN commend of tno da,orto,o,+ IF
>, :,
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1t is very well known that Gen. Reynolds ldical OF
the deepest die, was in command OF Texas and that
ho uos tho ono ros,o,s;tlo s,cb r,o1i;o,s roo,or-
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'a'onS Sno" '"e a'il''S oi 'ne haucal press 'eh'
Rousseau, though Democrat has abstalned from pol
tics since he has been in this department. while Gen
RnvnoI1. ncvcr lets an occasion sin whom ho c,n mt
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THE hEANEsr YET.-The people Of North Carolina
generally much dsSused at attack upon the
women of that State in the Raleigh Standard, edited
bv the scaIawag Holden borns Goyarnor t. is a.
n02 Wv h'e"'i ''''S " 'e 'ol'e"' ou We give ~ a.
some of cur exchanges do, IRON sense OF duty"
"Dut wherever else YOU work don't forget to work
lasted a wear if it hadn't been for the women One
good rebel woman is worth A dozen rebel men. &c
alter Ihe women, theh; lhey VIII MAKE 'ne'f nus.
oauoS anu 'e'F 'crefs Si'oT of "f"' anu ooh"A UNI"