The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-02-17
FrCmOnt'S Railroad.
TIE MEMPHIS AND ELL PAso RAIL
RoAE FRAUD.

WA>nlNGToH, February 1.-The
exposure of tho Memphis and Il
Passo railroad corruption contained
IN the New York San to-day, has ex
cited much interest among congress.
t"en and others here. 1t has been
we'll known here for long time tina,
the stock aud bon0s Of this fraudulent
o' rnorAtion had found their way,intc
the possession OF members OF the
forty first congress. a bill to in.
copo ate tho Memphis aud lei Paso
railroad pas ed the house of repre-
sentativcs in 1869, and was pending
IN the senate when congrass adjourn
ed that year. During the following
year General Fremont and his friends
were here distributing freely wha
purported to be the stock and bonds
OF this corporation, which never oou d
have. any value unless congress should
pass the bill and give the company
tho land grant for which they ask led.
1t was i'll May, 1869, just after the
adjournment Of congress, that +. O.
mont and his friends put their fraud =
uicnt securities afloat on the pari
boursc, and received subsc,iptions
to the amount of $4,000, 900. Baron
Bollcau, Fremont's brothcr.iu la W
died in prison for the crime,
and Fremont himself risks the same
fate should he ever rcappcir in
France. La 1870 Memphis aud El
Pano was in such bad odor that it
w"ssimpossible to get the bill through
~ new company, named the Trans.
continental, WIS formed and charter.
ed, and finally all the interests were
merged into the Texas aud Paciti,
company. Of tho Memphis and El
Paso, it Is enou9hh to say that it was
the holdcst and the biggest attempt
ever made to procure Il charter f. ON
congress by corrupt means. Had tho
bill passed congress and the road
been built, members Of congrt ss
would have real zed large forlunes
IN pay ment Of their support of it.
Th, humber interested in that way
is put by old mcmhcrs ut fifty or
Sky. The twI members of the
house whose letters, printed in
the Sun. show that they were among
t must vigo! Gus and most literally
paid supporters Of the scheme
Morton &. ]lunter and j. =. G..
Shanks-"te bo:h republicans from
Indiana the latter Is the chairman
OF the committee or Indian affairs
and served on Fremon;'s staff during
the war. Hunter was also in tae
army, and is man Of small calibre
Richard G. Mccormick, who received
4Oo shares, is the present delegate
in congress from Arizona. Winfield
Scott Smith, who got 400 shares is
the correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, Boston Traveller and
other uaperS. General S. p. Ileint
z:lm,n is well known for his military
record. There is great huttering of
members here tonight as to future
revelations. Among tho,e who will
be badly COMPROMISED, it IL said, is
Gen. Schenck. our minister to Eng
land, who claimed, W hen the Texas
Pacific was Il ally chartered, that the
promises made to him by Fremont
aud his friends, should bo made
good in the gift OF lands alons tie
route.
~ Massachusetts, village, there
ole three churches, the ministers oc
each bearing the name of Wright.
One lives III the upper part Of the
town, one in the lower and the third
at the mills so the people have de.
nominated their spiritual guides a.,
"upri5nt,' "DD snrIgh+," aad "Mlll
wright"
nc shan OF Persia as given Herr
Falkcnhageu, II Russian subject, n
concession to construct railway
from Tabiiz to the Rnssi,n frontier.
If this line is carried out, 1t will be
extended to Till 5, and become the
first railway connecting Asia anu
Europe.
When you hear q man say the
world owes him ii living, DONE leave
any movable articles, particularly
any bank bills, lying around loose.
The StatesvilIe On. c. LandmaIl X
tells. Of n colorcd WOMAN in that
town who gave birth to a colorcd
child with white hands. BY George
that's odd
Up to the latest advccs there had
been 20,501 persons arrested in Paris
for participation in the insurrcction
oi the commune.
a Rochester flirt had an offer OF
marriage ono evening, aud rushing tt
the hall she called up stairs "Moth
er! am | engaged to anybody
now 7"
Now, Children said a school in.
spoctor who loves all men p 4
little girl, not six years old, evident.
ly not quito we'll up in catechism
answered quickly, All women =
The radical papers call Andy
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