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The Lambertville Press
Lambertville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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In New Orleans on April 3, subordinate officers of the Knights of the Golden Cross denounced leader General Bickley as an impostor. Roughly 1,500 men joined promising funded expedition and land grants to aid Mexico's President Juarez, but no real actions occurred.
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-New Orleans, April 3 -
The subordinate officers of the Knights of the Golden Cross, have published a card denouncing General Bickley, the commander-in-chief of the order, as an impostor.
About 1,500 men have been enrolled here under the representation that there was plenty of money to fit out an expedition to assist President Juarez in Mexico, where promises of land grants etc., had induced many to join but there was no evidence yet of any bona fide movements.
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New Orleans
Event Date
April 3
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no bona fide movements; 1,500 men enrolled under false pretenses
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Subordinate officers of the Knights of the Golden Cross published a card denouncing General Bickley, the commander-in-chief, as an impostor. About 1,500 men enrolled in New Orleans based on representations of ample funding and promises of land grants for an expedition to assist President Juarez in Mexico.