Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-10

pect for remaining at Cincinnati; inclcses
letter received April 10, 1858, from ii. u.
Cooke, Of the firm of j. Cooke & Co., bank
ers, Washington, d. c., and advises Allen
to show the letter TO Gov. Dennison, and
explain to him that what is wanted is the
removal of Capt. Dickerson from Cincin-
natl, and to urge the Governor to proceed
at once to Washington, at the expense o.
Hurt and Allen, and see If he can't have
the matter arranged as desired; HURT urges
Allen TO 90 to Washington, and promises
that while he is absent he (Hurtt) will fill
his Place at Columbus.
That he, Capt. HURT, A. Q. NJ, CORES
ponded with one A. d. Cooke, formerly as
sociate editor of the Ohio State Journal,
and now Of the firm of Jaw Cooke d Co,
favors of said Cooke, and such other parties
as he Cooke could interest, to have him
(Hurtt) stationed at Cincinnati, o., and be
charged with the making of heavy disburse-
ments of the government funds, assuring
said Cooke that if he (Hurtt) succeeded in
his plan, it would be all right for him
(Hurtt), and Cooke also, and IN his CORE
spofidence proceeded to advise said Cooke
as to what card he considered the best one
to pull, and if he can't get one thing, adj
vises him as to his next preference, and
says if he can't get exactly what he would
prefer and his friends want, he can still
make it very good for them, better than to
have him (Hurtt) driven from Cincinnati.
He goes on to explain how he and Capt.
Moulton, A. Q. NJ, must be assigned to
duty, and Capt. Dickerson, A. Q. NJ, be
sent off from Cincinnati. Moulton, he
thinks, will buy Aliens interest in the Ohio
State Journal, and he is anxious to have
him do so. He also advises Cooke as 10
what purchases for the government he
(Hurtt) will have to make, not only to
meet the demands Of the Department of
the Ohio, but also very extensive purchases
for the Department of the Cumberland,
detailing to said Cooke some of the ar
ticles and amounts he would have TO pur-
chase, and states that in the midst Of this
business he has not forgotten his future,
and he tells Cooke that if he will send a
man to him he can do well, certain; goes
on to inform said Cooke how much his
friends are in his vouchers enough to ruin
them; says that his purchases trouble him
only on account of the advanced prices
caused by the poor market for vouchers.
That he (Hurtt) has now nearly 100000,
and will soon have much more out. He
also tells Cooke that his (Hurtt's) promo
ton by brevet, if only to Major, would be
of incalculable advantage TO him in his
projects. He says if he can't be promoted,
he would like to be transferred to the regu-
lar army to get the position he wants; out
side of this he don't care a snap for the
regular army, as he is volunteer officer
in every sense of the word. Says he must
get Dickerson's place, and that he
Cooker knows the importance of such a
change to his (Hurtt's) friends, and they
can decide the amount and kind of
pressure to use. Said Cooke replies to
HURT that he notes what HURT says about
purchases; he sends out George 5. Scott,
with whom HURT can deal freely, and il
will be all right. His brother, Pitt Cooke,
will 60 out if he can. Geo. Scott will do
as well, if equally as reliable in Hurts
opinion as he is in his (CoOke's.) Cooke
also promises to do all he can for HURT,
and informs him how he is progressing with
certain parties who are endeavoring to in
fuence the authorities at Washington to
have HURT promoted, or assigned to duty as
he desires. Cooke also info ms HURT that
he had seen Dunan, who desired that he or
HURT should be informed when he Cooker
received the account Of Stone & Baker for
$3.50, and that Dunan told him that he
would send TO him Cooke a check for the
amount, and that the account should be re-
tanned for Hurts voucher, and he Cook
accordingly notifies HURT Of the receipt of
the account referred TO, and that he will
hold the voucher subject 10 Hurts order.
Such is brief statement of some of the
points in the HURT and Cooke cOrTespOn-
dence. Said George. ). Scott, referred
to, came TO Cincinnati with a letter
of introduction to Capt. HURT,
from said II. ID. Cooke, and
at once entered into his speculations, he
representing in such .speculations Jay
Cooke Il Co., bankers, Washington, d. c.;
w. d. Colt Il Co., bankers, Washington,
d. c., V. VIM. Hunter 81 CO., bankers,
Philadelphia, Pa. Scott is received and
taken into the most intimate relations by
Capt HURT, begins his sales to govern
ment through Capt. HURT, Assistant Quar-
termaSter, and the purchases of his (Hurtt's)
outstanding vouchers and certificate checks.
Accompanying depositions of Scott and
others will explain how the purchases were
made from him by Capt. HURT. Scott
depOses that his sales to government
through Capt. HURT amounted to between
100000 and $4,000, and that his pur-
chases of Hurts vouchers and certificate
checks amounted to between $780, and
100000. He (Scott) was advised by
HURT as to what parties held his best
vouchers, and on Hurts advice he bought,
he (Scott) enjoying advantages over other
parties for gaining information that en-
abled him to decide what vouchers were
out and best TO purchase, and nearly all
of the vouchers he bought were very soon
paid-partly in certificate checks of in
debtedness and partly in cash on the or
ders of Capt HURT. Scott also purchased
of Willard Il Bros, of Chicago, 100000
bushels of forage (corn and oats) on joint
account of himself and HURT, of which
one half was for HURT. In SCOTS pur-
chases ofvouchers and certificate checks, he
represented jay Cooke & Co, Washington,
ID. c., VIM. Hunter & Co., and J. w. C..
Smith, of Philadelphia, Pa. At one time,
said Scott, Vim. Hunter, ir., & CO., Capt.
HURT, and others contemplated entering
into a cotton speculation, but the scheme
was abandoned. HURT and Scott and
others contemplated specializing in sales of
suffers goods, and Hurt Il Scott sent one
d. j. Manley, a clerk of Capt. HURT,
down to Memphis TO examine into and re-
port on the expediency of such an enter
prise, and on said Manley's report the pro-
iect was abandoned. Said Scott, while
dealing with the government through Capt.
HURT, loaned to Capt. HURT on private ac-
count between $1,000 and $1,000, Of which
amount Capt. HURT owed Scott on the
26th of August, 1868, (since Hurts
arrest), about $500. Said Scott deposes
that, while dealing with Capt.
HURT for the government, he
was requested by Capt. HURT
to use his influence to have Capt. Dicker-
son removed from Cincinnati, and his place
secured to Capt. HURT, that he might be
charged with making heavy disbursements
of public funds. Said Scott further deposes
that Pitt Cooke purchased grain in Chicago
and shipped thesame to Vim. Harvey & Co.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, and asked him (Scott) to
collect the money when the grain was sold,
which he did. Some of said grain, he can't
say how much, was sold to Capt. HURT for
government service. The following letters
will throw additional light on this subject,
and show the relations which existed be-
tween Capt. Hurt, Geo. S. Scott, Pitt Cooke,
and VIM. Hunter, Jr.; and it will be seen
that in one letter alone Capt. HURT inform
ed said Scott of the anticipated purchase for
government of 100000 bushels OF grain,
and Il, 900 tons of hay. and he urges Scott