Glasgow Courier. — 1863-02-05 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

CRYING EVIL.—The people are really tired and sick of hearing and reading of official dishonesty. The last case (aside from the yet unsubstantiated rumours touching General Butler's Staff) is that of Major Isaac N. Cook, paymaster to General Grant's army, who "fell in" with gamblers and "lost" in all 253,000 dols, out of the large amounts with which he was entrusted to pay the soldiers, most of whom, with their families, were really suffering from want of money which had been due to them for months. Cook "fell in" with the gamblers (acquaintances, too) at Columbus, got drunk with them, then played and lost 30,000 dols.; next went with "the party to Cleveland," played and lost 25,000 more; then at Columbus several days; then several weeks at Cincinnati, losing 53,000 dole.; then at Louisville, heavily; and lastly at Cairo. At that place he was arrested by order of Major M`Dowell (who had been despatched to find him), while he was playing with five gamblers, and 72,160 dole. were at that time recovered from them. The Cincinnati papers say that the Government will require the gamblers to disgorge the 253,000 dols.; and if they refuse will hand them over to General Grant for his disposal. The last accounts are that the army authorities have already recovered what was lost in that city, and released the gamblers, and the Military Committee have gone to Louisville, &c., to recover more. These particulars do not materially affect the affair. Boston Commercial Bulletin. PLUNDSR OF A BRITISH SHlP—Despatches have been received at Lloyd's from the Foreign Office, announcing the capture of the British ship Martha and Emily, and murder of the commander by the natives near Formosa. In a letter dated Lokau, Formosa, Nov. 19, from the chief officer, Mr Jacob Thompson, to the British Consul at Amoy, the writer says :—" The vessel struck on the extensive shoal stretching out southward of Lokau, on the Bth of Nov.' at 2 A.M., and on the following morning Captain Carter was shot dead by the natives, who surrounded the vessel to the number of several hundreds. Be was looking over the rail at the time, and fell immediately. We were unable to resist the pirates, the vessel lying over so much that the large guns could not be worked. The crbw (Malays) were driven ashore, myself and the second officer made prisoners, and condemned to death on the ensuing morning. Our Chinese supercargo, finding out where we were, managed to effect our escape, and we all fled to this place, where we met with the kindest treatment from the Mandarin, who has given us both food and lodging. Our former capturers, the plunderers of the ship, are from the mountains here; they call themselves rebels, and have repeatedly asked me if I thought the Endish would send a gunboat to punish them. There is a, report of six men belonging to a foreign barque being held prisoners by them about 10 miles south of the scene of our disaster. I have seen the mainmast and part of the rigging—apparently a ship of 600 tone. We are expecting a large junk to sail from this in four or five days, and the Mandarin has promised us a passage, but should this reach you we shall anxiously look for some assistance, as well for ourselves as for our fellow-countrymen among the rebels'. We are, in all, 22 men—myself and two mates, cook and steward, Serang Tindel, nine seamen, six passengers, and the owner of the cargo." The English Consul at Amoy has been solicited to send one of her Majesty's gunboats to the spot. The ship and cargo ate toportAft to be *Well,