New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-08-01
The Men Who Are at Work for
Greeley.

Ethan Allen, of Greeley's Managing Com
mittee in this city, dispatched, few DAYS
ago, Messrs. Wood and Blumenberg to North
Carolina to assist in ballot-box stuffiing and
other election frauds. We learn that great
Indignation has been created in North Caro-
lima by this shameless proceeding, as the
character of the two agents is we'll known.
Rudolph Blumenberg and w. p. Wood, a
worthy couple, who have just been dispatched
to Raleigh, North Carolina, on some business
for the Liberal Republican Committee, merit
some degree of attention, fit be only to show
what class of men are found among "Hon-
est" Horace's followers and active partisans.
The first of this precious pair, Rudolph Blu
menberg, was formerly the partner of Cor
don, the notorious slave-trader, who was
hanged near this city in the first year of
President Lincoln's administration. Blumen-
berg endeavOred to procure GOrdon's release
on bail, and offered himself as surety, swear
ing he was worth property to a large amount.
As this property existed only in his magma
ton, Blumenberg was arrested for perjury,
tried, convicted, and sentenced to five years
imprisonment. This was in 1861. He Law
for one year in Ludlow-street Jail was trans
ferred to Auburn, and after staying there
another year, offered to turn States evidence
against his former comrades in the slave
trade. His offer was accepted, and he was
pardoned out. The information he gave re-
lated to the secret code of signals in use by
the slavers when off the coast of Africa, in
their communications with the trading posts
along the shore. 1t was transmitted by the
United States Government to the various
European Governments which maintained
vessels of war for the pursose of watching
slavers on the African coast.
After being released from prison Blumen-
berg went to Baltimore, and there, by deal
ing in substitutes and less creditable means
of making money, managed to accumulate
some 100000. With this money he went to
Mexico with Macmillan. The reverses OF
the latter involved him in common ruin. He
again returned to Baltimore, and, by some
underhand influence, contrived to get the ap-
pOintment of United States storc-kceper, at
Grabenherst's distillery in that city. After
holding this office for some time he resigned
under pressure; and then used the infOrma-
ton he had obtained to black mail the other
distillers in Baltimore. He did this with
more or less success for some time and, as
one firm after another refused to comply with
Unsuitable eXtOrtions, he informed on them
to the Government, and had their establish
ments seized.
In the latter work, the ex-Chief of the Uni
ted States Secret Service, w. Z. Wood, had
some share, or at least used some informa-
ton he had in such manner that the Govern
ment agreed to give him portion of the re-
ward for the seizures. The last of these was
recently made, and Wood took as his reward
money, $4,000; Blumenberg, as moiety,
1880.
These men recently came to New York
with their money for the purpose of buying
up stolen registered bonds, many of which
are af1oat in this city. 1t is stated in the
most positive manner that the Liberal Re.
publican managers have promised that, in the
event OF Greeley being successful in his
Presidential aspirations, these stolen and al
tered bonds shall be redeemed, or new ones
registered in place of them. Hence the
speculation of the worthy pair. What is the
precise object of their visit to North Carroll.
ma is probably known only to those whose
orders these worthless are acting under, but,
from the character of the men, it may readily
be surmised it is no honest one.-Nep York
Times.