The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-24
THE BAYONET.
How Grants Interests are Looked
After I'm New Orleans.
co--o.~oodanca New York Sun

NEW ORLEANS, august lo'-lne men
who, backed by Grants bayonets, are
fighting Yarmouth, are most notorious
scalawags and scoundrels holding Office
through the favor Of the President.
Yarmouth represents, with but few
exceptions, the mass Of the Republican
party in the State outside OF the office
holders. 1t has been understood,
though he denies it, that he was op,
posed to Grants denomination, and that
he would favor the election OF delegates
to the National Republican Convention
pledged to the nomination OF Horace
Greeley or some other pioneer Of the
great Republican party. Taking al.
vantage OF this report, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Dunn alarmed Grants relatives
in office here, and began to shove him.
self into Warmouth's gubernatorial
shoes. Brother-in-lsw Casey pledged
the office.holders to the support OF
Dunn's aspirations, and Dunn in return
agreed to send Grant delegates to the
Republican National Convention. Such
is the story, and there appears TO be no
doubt OF its truth. Accordingly, Dunn
and the Grant relatives went to work to
secure the delegates to the State Con-
vention. They packed primaries, cot,
toned TO the negroes, and clustered
about the welfare Of the party, but all to
no purpose. The blacks stood by War
mouth, and two-thirds Of the delegates
were elected in his interest.
The office-holders and Dunn foreseen
this event. As last resort, brother.in-
law Casey and others were sent to Long
Branch to confer with the great Useless.
They came back cooked and primed.
As Marshal Packard said, they had
the highest authority" for what they
were about to do. They went to work
to lay out Yarmouth. They called
the convention in the custom'house,
used postmaster and the postoffice as
agents in the distribution OF entrance
tickets, and finally, when the Yarmouth
delegates appeared at the door OF the
hall, tickets in hand, clamoring for ad'
mission. cleared out the whole party at
the point of the bayonet. That is the
whole story clean. Grant could have
done nothing without Dunn, aud Dunn
could have done nothing without Grant.
And now for the parties who were con-
cerned in this conspiracy.
Oscar j. Dunn is a negro, who was
born in Hayti. He is Lieutenant Gov
ernor of the State. Before that he was
Civil Engineer. lie is the smartest
black man in the country. If he was
shut up in a dark room with Fred.
Douglass, he would eat Fred. up before
daybreak. lie ought TO be member
Of Grants Military Ring. lie is ten
times as smart as Rufe ingalls,, and
fourteen times rs smart as General
Babcock.
Another one OF the Grant conspira'
tors is a fellow named Hardy. He is
supposed TO be clerk in the custom
house, and is known to bc scalawag
OF the first water.
No. 3 Of the Grant crowd is an old
fraud named Grimes. Grimes is a car
pet-Lagger from the North. lie started
in Louisiana as a travelling preacher.
Finding it didn't pay, he went into the
bricklaying business. His bricklaying
was as bad as his preaching He never
laid bricks for man more than once.
Once always satisfied his employer.
His reputation spread, and he was
obliged 10 give up bricklaying and be.
come president Of the police jury for
the parish of Lafourche. lie likes the
office, for it enables him to disburse all
the funds in the parish for its local ad'
ministration, such as keeping roads in
repair, improvements, &c. lie likes it
better than preaching, and finds that it
pays better than laying bricks in the hot
sun at 10 dollars a day.
Another'of the party il one Rodrl-
guez a Haytian mulstto, who is a very
troublesome character, always raising
the devil at the wrong time and in the
wrong place.
Another is q mulatto named Joubert.
He always had a government teat in
his mouth, and az his mouth is large
his power OF suction is immense. He
is now Collector of Internal Revenue
in the First Congress District.
Thomas Ong, another Of the gang, is
a runaway rebel. Hebecame notorious
bv organizing a negro riot in 81. Ber'
nard in 1868. His fingers are long,
and he knows how to use them. lie Is
the Appraiser Of Customs in this city
S. B. Packard, who declares that he
had the highest authority for the use
Of the troops, is United States Marshal
He is an migrate who has been pamper
ed aud fed by Yarmouth, and now
throws the Governor off because ht
thinks he can make more out OF Grant.
He pretends to he a great friend to the
colored men, but Of all his deputies but
one is a negro and he is president OF a
big black club in this city. He is ops
OF the gang who wanted to rob the city
OF $2jO,O00 for paving ST. Charles av,
enue. Yarmouth says he was offered
$50. 900 to sign the bill, but he refused
! it, and vetoed the measure. Since then
Packard has been his bitter opponent
Another lovely member OF the Great
gang is J. E. Parker. Of Jefferson parish
He Is an Assessor Of Internal Revenue
He is one OF the sweetest scented hs
man beings that ever hauled govern
ment money.
Charles w. Lowell 10 Grants post
master. He took the place OF Taliaierro
who was caught stealing and wa.
kicked out Lowell was one Of the
leading conspirators in the great Ship
| Island canal swindle. Yarmouth say'
that he was offered $5OO,OOo IN ths