The Baltimore American of this morning contains my report in
relation to the ironclads and Du Pont. A synopsis, very brief, has been sent
out by the agent of the news papers, but the Press only to a limited extent
publishes even the megre abstract. I
believe the N.Y. Tribune does not publish it or take any notice of it.
Du Pont and his satellites have been busy, and Greeley and others take such a
partisan, personal view of all questions that no honest or fair treatment can
be expected of them in a case like this. Without ever looking at facts, Greeley
has always vigorously indorsed Du Pont and had his flings at the Navy
Department.
Gold is reported at 190 to-day; that is, it requires one hundred and
ninety dollars of Treasury notes, Chase's standard, to buy one hundred dollars
in gold, paper has so depreciated.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 —
December 31, 1866, p. 11-2
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