Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-02-12

and DIR. Sloan. pocketed 1924 A, and
only disgorged after the Introduction of
the resolution by the Legislature calling
for the correspondence. This correspon-
dence we promise. will be interesting, and
we shall comment on it when given. This
historical resume of facts we deemed essen
tial to full understanding of the whole
transaction.
Daily Journal oh.
A. y. Jones of the Firm OF Jones d to-,
Cotton Brokers'
We publish to day in full the correspon-
dence exposing the transaction of Mr.. A.
J. Jones and Dr. Sloan in their detected
scheme to defraud the State, and it is no.
cessary only to sum up the case.
These two officials, one the Treasurer of
the State, the other Senator of the State,
whose duty it was to protect the money in
terest of North Carolina, we see by these
letters Iwere together in New York de-
frauding the State. Sloan's Office expired
on the 2Sth of December, 1865. and Oh
the Doth of December, he sells to A. J.
Jones & Co., thirty seven bales of cotton
after he WAS informed that ~! cents per
pound was offered for it, at 5,062 Sd,
which was soid The same dny for 81, 2S6 81,
whereby Jones Il Co. pocketed, and the
State Lost, s., 224 ii. Sloan comes to Raj
eigh and files Al account in which the
State is credited for S5,062, So, and set
ties with Treasurer BATTLE accordingly.
No intimation is made to Mr. BATTLE that
Jones holds s., 224 Il, to which the State
is entitled.
When Governor WORTH finds out all
about this transaction, more than a month
after wards. then the parties pretend the
trade had been rescinded before they left
New York If this pretense had the least
shadow of truth in it, why was not the
money paid when Sloan returned Why
was no explanation made until the facts
we're otherwise discovered IF the pre-
tended contract, as to the cotton IN t,'tuastu,
was rescinded, why was $500 paid to Jones,
in advance of its receipt, by Swepson,
Mendenhall & Co., and why Was thia fact
suppressed by all the parties for months !?
It was the confession extorted from crimi-
mails after detection.
1t will be seen by reference to Mr.. Bat
els receipt that A. J. Jones disgorged
the So, 224 A on the 9Th of March, 1866,
which was after the introduction of the
resolution in the General Assembly calling
for the correspondence, which is published
elsewhere.
For want of time there was no legislative
action in this case, but we have heard and
have no doubt of the fact, that in Swepson,
Mendenhall & CO.. subsequent report Of
the sales of cotton on the way to them, but
not received when Jones and Sloan were
in New York, being about one hundred
bales, which Sloan had contracted to sell
to Jones, which trade both the parties in
their letters to the Governor, certify had
been REsCINDED, tie State ,cas charged foe
hundred dollars, sum alleged to have been
advanced to Jones on account of this
cotton which was to arrive, for which they
had taken Jones note. Mr.. BATTLE has
informed us that he made demand on
Swepson, Mendenhall & %. and Jones for
this money. Jones promised to pay it as
soon as he visited Raleigh, about the
middle of December, 1866. Before he
came to Raleigh, Mr. Swepson paid it, with
interest, to Mr.. BATTLE, protesting that it
ought to come out of Jones, saying he in
tended to claim it of him.
We have thus exposed this beautiful
scheme of jones II Co. to defraud the
State, aud how they were thwarted after
the first fruits of their crime were in their
possession. The senior member of the
cotton specializing firm of Jones & Co. de-
sires again to go into the service of the
State rs one of its Senators. His history
would seem to point him out especially as
fitted for seat in the present Legislature,
but we will not believe that the good
people of Bladen aud Columbus will again
trust him with their confidence. He has
shown himself entirely unworthy of it,
and undeserviug the support Of honest
men anywhere
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, I
Raleigh, March It'll, 1866. (
To the honorable. The House Of Commons
OF the General assembly Of North Carolina
In compliance with your resolution re-
quiring the Governor and Public Treasurer
"to send to the Legislature the correspon-
dencc and papers of Cyrus p MendenhalI
and others on the subject of the cotton be-
longing to the State I herewith send
copies of the correspondence to which it is
supposed your resolution has reference,
numbered according to date:
No. l, Letter from CyrusP P. Mendenhal.
No. 2, Letter from myself to G. W.
Swepson.
No. -, No answer has been received.
No. 3, Letter from myself to A. j. Jones'
No. 4, Answer of A. j. Jones.
No. 5. LETTER from myself to DIR Vim