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Domestic News
June 5, 1843
Lynchburg Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
A rumor circulates in New Orleans that the Mexican Government paid a large bribe to Texas President Sam Houston through the editor of a prominent local newspaper. Mail confirming the rumor was sent to Charleston on the steamship New York on Monday evening, with anxious anticipation for news from Texas.
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ASTOUNDING RUMOR
For a week past a busy rumor has been whispered about in this city that a large sum drawn by the Mexican Government in favor of Sam Houston, President of Texas, for bribery, has been paid to the editor of one of the most prominent newspapers in New Orleans!
We learn further, that by the steamship New York, which sailed on Monday evening for Charleston with mail of such a character was transmitted to it which will leave scarcely the shadow of a doubt upon the minds of the people there, of the truth of the rumor, which was only whispered here. The next news from Texas will be most anxiously expected, and may be fraught with intense interest
New Orleans Bee
For a week past a busy rumor has been whispered about in this city that a large sum drawn by the Mexican Government in favor of Sam Houston, President of Texas, for bribery, has been paid to the editor of one of the most prominent newspapers in New Orleans!
We learn further, that by the steamship New York, which sailed on Monday evening for Charleston with mail of such a character was transmitted to it which will leave scarcely the shadow of a doubt upon the minds of the people there, of the truth of the rumor, which was only whispered here. The next news from Texas will be most anxiously expected, and may be fraught with intense interest
New Orleans Bee
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Sam Houston
Mexican Bribery
New Orleans Rumor
Texas President
Steamship New York
What entities or persons were involved?
Sam Houston
Where did it happen?
New Orleans
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New Orleans
Event Date
For A Week Past; Monday Evening
Key Persons
Sam Houston
Event Details
Rumor that Mexican Government paid large bribery sum to Sam Houston via editor of prominent New Orleans newspaper; confirming mail sent to Charleston on steamship New York; next Texas news anxiously awaited.