The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-03-27
grain and fOrage, 50 that they could

grain and forage, so that they could
control the market.
ONE OF THE AGENTS OF THE COOKIES.
was fellow named George S. Scott,
who in time was dropped, whereup-
on he preached, and thus General
Burnside came into possession of
the principal facts, and at once or
dered Major Nathan H.McLean, one
of his assistant Adjutant- Generals,
to take possession of Hurts Office,
books, papers, &c, and thoroughly
examine into the affairs of the Quar-
termasters Department. This was
done, and Major Mclean reported |
the facts as he found them. The |
whole plot was revealed in the cor
respondence of HURT with his col
leagues in ViLainy and reported to
Gen. Burnside. The arrest of Hurtt
then followed, and he was ordered
to be tried by court martial. This
would have insured the conviction
and punishment of all concerned in
his lascalities; but this couldn't be
afforded at this critical period. A
United States Senator, the Christian
bankers, who were the financial
agents of the Government and the
friends of Secretary Chase, could not
be dragged down to fellons' cells
without sending q shock to the
hearts of the people which might
paralyze and dishearten the best and
the truest.
SECRETARY STANTON WAS FURIOUS
and at first vowed that great and lit
tie Williams should suffer alike; but
as in many other cases, he in cool
er moments resolved to temporize
for the present and leave to the fu-
ture the punishment Of these great
crimes against the nations life
Mclean was ordered to the Pacific
coast, Dickerson died in a lunatic
asylum, and Hurtt got off with a
light sentence. John Sherman was
made Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee of the Senate, and the Cookies
continued to rob the country. Now
ten years later, the truth is coming
out and justice is to be done to the
living and the dead. Mclean is now
in the employ of the Erie Railroad
under Mr.. Watson, who as Assistant
Secretary of war knew how badly he
had been treated. Before Dicker-
son left the army he wrote a pam
phlet
MAKING KNOWN THE CONSPIRACY
against him and the country, and
actually published ten copies of the
same. They were suppressed, how
ever, and have been seen only by a
few of his most intiment friends. A
copy OF this pamphlet was sent to
Gen. Meigs, who placed it on file in
the Quartermaster- Generals office.
1t will be sent to the House along
with the rest of the papers in the
case In this pamphlet Dickerson
makes direct charge againstWilson,
which is sustained by letters written
by Wilson to him. He declares that
Wilson demanded of him for GER
tain New England men contracts for
clothing, DC, which he refused, where
upon Wilson wrote him saying that
he would see that he was never pro-
moted, and threatened his removal.
many other equally astounding de-
velopments will be made by the pub
lication of all the documents relating
to the case on file in the War De-
partment. The Secretary of War
has given assurance that nothing
shall be withheld, and Gen. Meigs
declares that he will see to it that
justice, though tardy, shall now be
done the memory of his friend, Capt.
Dickerson.--N Y. San.