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The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], Five hundred dollars reward. (search)
ent. A singular circumstance connected with General Butler's cotton speculations has come to light. It seems that the chief of General Shepley's staff, G. H. Johnston, resigned several months since, to enter, as Butler's chief agent, into the business of buying cotton from the rebels in North Carolina. He remained at this Norfolk. A few days ago the Military Commission, instituted by General Grant to investigate the proceedings of General Butler relative to cotton, got wind of Mr. Johnston. He heard that they would call upon him soon; but not intending to be outdone by them, he drew all his money from the bank and decamped in the Baltimore boat.iously waited here. The Commission has proven that Butler received two-fifths of all cotton brought here, his brother-in-law one-fifth, and middle-men, of which Johnston was one, two-fifths, the Government getting but one-half of that which was rightfully due it. You may expect even more astounding revelations than these. Ra