Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-19
From the Connecticut M1rror.

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suru.--Ths accountant OF the War De-
parlment, being enquired ofby the COM
mitter, relative TO The purchase of horses
from Frederick Sandhagen, makes the fol-
loving statement on oath -:
No. 1. :. In answer to your enquiry rela-
tive TO the purchase of horses from Frede
rick Sandhagen,I observed on the examina-
ton of the accounts Of Abraham D. Abra-
hams, military agent at New Orleans, that
in May, 1909, general tpilkinson directed
to be purchased, and approved isr payment,
to Frederick Sandhagen, the sum OF $500
for FIVE horses, purchased from him, one
of which is stated TO be for the light ar,ille-
nv. 2'his created some surprise. that more
horses should be purchased atNew Orleans,
in addition to the artillery horses that were
cent down che river with the light artillery,
when hay was at $40 per ton, and oats at
ST per bushel. The charge tor the horses
was ther1fore suspended Til captain Peter
arrived, who was enqulred OF respecting
the horses purchased. he stated that the 5
horses, bought from Sandhagen were part OF
IL horses bought by major Morrison OF
Kentucky for gen. Wilkinson: thar the &C.
neral had ordered him captain Peser) when
hz was abou, to descend the Ohio, 20 stop
in the river TO take on board his boats, the
horses purchased for the general by raajor
Morrison. He &C ordingly received eleven
horses and that by so doing, be was de-
tanned sevc, al aays eOtth three or four hun
drrd men, at a considerable rmpehce to the
L. Sates That finally, they were taken on
board the bu0iic boats, and until their ar
rsvu q! Ne1Q Orleans, acre supparted out
of The puJhc forage, OF which inere was a
great deal lad in TOR the use OF the horses
B. longing TO the llgh, artillery Frat upon
reaching New Orleans, lhe horses were de-
livered up as the private property OF the
general that the FIVE sod 10 the u S.
were charged AT an extravagant high price
and that +, cdrrics Sandhagcn WA formerly
an old hack driver in this city, and was at
the time Of selling the Aorges, servant 10
pea, Wilkinson, and not likely to be own
er Of horses.
6 also found, that the Il horses, before
anv pare had becn sold 10 the o.. States, had
been spt aud shod at the pubic expence.
All O! which / communicated to MIR. Eus-
It's, the secretary OF war, who immediately
wrote on 10 Ne Is, Orleans. and ordered all
the horses sold 1hss could BE- done without.
There was accordingly upwards OF twenty
sold, and only Jour retained Tor the use OF
the army"
Tac following is the in.errogasory pat to
tt,,c ~.
mIttee, and his answer on both
No. g =" Mterrogatory IL What do YOU
know relative 10 gea Wilkinson OBTAINING
the troops at Lou'5vilir, in the winter ii
1909; for the purpose of receiving qoan-
,i,y Of horses belonging to gen. Wilkinson?
/" dnszper. a detachment CONSISTING of
six companies, embarked on boatd o. about
twenty Kentucky boats, arrived AT Louis
VILE. in the morning Of the 27sh of Feb.
and continued there til TIC evening of the
sa,h, waiting the arrival Of major Morri-
son. with gen. W,ikinson's horses, about 9
or 10 in nu.nber. THIS delay was by the
order Of general Wilkinson. Ties horses
were the privats properly Of gen. Wni;,n-
son, and were jea and taken care q at pub
lie exbeace, I'LL our arrival al New Or, ans,
which was the latter part of March; also,
that blbAc Boa: was provided Tor the ac-
COMMUNICATION of SAID torses, a, an expence
of not less than one hundred dollars. On
our arrival ii, New OIeans, the SAID horses
were delivered 10 the order Of CD. Parksr.
About the month OF May, Of the same year,
four of the same horses were purchased by
Abraham D. Abrahams, military agent at
New Orleans, for the use Of the u States !;
tina, three of them were very Indifferent
No. 5. Copies of accounts from the War
Department.
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