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The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Yankee spy system — a Characteristic History of the Excursion of a gentleman. (search)
, rebel commissioner to Brussels, and a character well known in our country. The party alighted at the "Hotel d' Angleterre," taking a suite of rooms, where they remained for some days.--During their stay, there appeared to be but few persons among our citizens of any notoriety calling on them. In fact, about the only persons were Baron Erlanger, of rebel-loan notoriety, his relations, and a few others, perhaps not exceeding half a dozen all told. I heard of ex-United States Consul-General Ricker, who is a New Orleans man; Mr. Kollisch, editor of the Deux Mondes, a French secession organ, being seen often at the hotel inquiring for Mason's rooms. In addition to these, were a few " 'old clothes' Jew bankers," as we call them, who are in Erlanger's interest, and supposed to be employed to "crack up"Erlanger's $15,000,000 rebel loan, and to advocate the cause of the South generally. They are, however, men of little account or influence in this moneyed city, and all they can do wil