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The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1864., [Electronic resource] 6 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
Attempt to bribe the Confederate naval officers. C. A. Cuthbert was examined before Confederate Commissioner A. H. Sands on yesterday on the charge of attempting to bribe three officers of the Confederate Navy. It seems that last February Cuthbert, who is a Canadian, came to this country from, Nassau, N. P., for the purposeCuthbert, who is a Canadian, came to this country from, Nassau, N. P., for the purpose of selling the Confederate Government two vessels, which be represented as suitable for cruisers.--Leaving the vessels at Nassau, he brought plans and specifications descriptive of them. He asked £90,000 sterling each for the vessels. The Secretary of the Navy appointed a board of five naval officers, among whom were Major Wm. vernment should buy the vessels at the price fixed. The board reported that the price was excessive, and that the vessels should not be purchased, and thereupon Cuthbert left the city on his way back to Nassau via Wilmington. Not getting off in the steamer he expected, he was detained in Wilmington, and from that place, on the 1
The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], The prospect for Baltimore. (search)
The Bribery case. --Subsequently to the examination before Commissioner A. H. Sands of C. A. Cuthbert, on the charge of offering bribes to three officers of the Confederate Navy, it appearing that he had made similar overtures to Lieutenant Minor, the Commissioner had him brought back and examined on this charge. He was sent on in this case also, and bail for his appearance before the Confederate Court fixed at $200,000.