The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
How a False Dispatch Concerning the
Presidents Message was Sent
to Europe.
Appropriation for the Restoration Of the
Mississippi Levees Expected.
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Especial to Courier Journal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The bogus dispatc
sent to Europe by Reuters Press Agency, an
used there and in New York for stock jobbin
purposes, is much talked of here, and create
no little interest in political circles. An al
tempt has been made to explain the discre
pancy between the message and the dispatch
BY an interview between the President ant
the Washington agent of the Associated Press
but this version of the affair is not accepted
by welLinformed persons
The agent of the Associated Press is no
suspected of any intentional deception, bu
seems to have been rather the victim O
shrewder and less scrupulous persons. In thu
first place, the idea of getting up an author
lied synopsis of the Presidents annual mes
sage, is wholly new and unprecedented. Some
years ago President Grant, in his anxiety tc
evince respect for Congress, determined not
to let his message be even printed in advance,
for fear lest copy might find its way to the
press beforoC Congress should receive it. On
this occasion, a regular synopsis of the docu-
ment seems to have been prepared, apparently
by some one who had ample opportunity to
see the original, and this synopsis finds its
way by the general Press Association to New
York and other points.
could have been done, but for the special
paragraph relating to Spanish affairs. At
New York the parties manipulating the affair
seem to have been still more bold and au-
daciOus in their operations, and managed to
get into the Reuter- dispatches the warlike
paragraph about Spain, which threw the
whole stock market into a fever and fiutter,
with opportunities for millions to the middle
aged friends of the President who put up the
job, and their moneyed allies who were in the
secret The belief here is that the whole
affair was engineered by the ring, which, of
all others, has the greatest influence with Grant,
and has had ever since he entered the White
House-the same ring which upheld the
profigacy and plundering of the District
government, the spoliation and confscation
of Louisiana, and which procured the veto of
the currency bill Of the last session. The
Republican party is doomed and Grant is
doomed, but this ring, it is agreed by all,
will be rich enough to retire by the 4th Of
March, 1877.
THU ANNEXATION OF CUBA.
The pc sibility of u change of policy in re-
spect to Cuban affairs is also much discussed
It is certain that fight has been going on for
some time on the Cuban question between
Secretary Fish on the one hand, who prefers
moderate coupsels, and on the other the ring
Gen. Rufus Ingalls,, of Network,
Gen. Babcock, Private Secretary to the Presi-
dent, and James Casey, Collector of New Or
leans.
This trio are understood to favor sharp
and aggressive policy toward Spain, and to
while Mr.. Fish wishes to get along smoothly
and preserve the public peace. The Presi-
lent has leaned alternately to each wing or
action, but has generally allowed Mr.. Fish to
shape his positive action. Mr.. Fish has in
listed that it was ungenerous to the Spanish
epublic to press the Madrid government on
he Vrginius question; but since the repub- |
ic has been overthrown it is conceded that he |
will be forced to adopt more energetic style |
# reclamation in that case, and also for the |
estoration of the enlarged or sequestered |
states Of the Americans who are planting in |
Tuba. The attainment Of these two objects |
would be far from satisfying the Cuban ring, |
heir object being war and annexation. It is |
bought that they would be glad to get rid of |
Secretary Fish. but it is not likely that he |
,olicy OF intervention in the pending civil |
var in the island.
THE MISSISSIPPI LEvEEs.
The Congressman from the Southwest are
cry sanguine that they will secure an appro-
riation of 81, SOC, 900 in order to restore the |
evees in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missis-
ippi.
THE ALABAMA INVESTIGATION.
The Alabama outrage committee is not fur
ishing acceptable contributions to the Re-
ublican cause. 1t appears that the princi-
pal intimidation in force there is that en-
loyed against Democratic negroes, who are
cling turned out of church for voting the
emocratic ticket. These negro churches in
le South are manipulated by carpet-baggers.