Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1842-04-26

Musketo bars 100 90
Carving 20 90
Diving 10 90
Mess beef 1876 90
Omnibus Tickets 0 rs
Carriage hire at different times So ,25
Refreshments 25 90
Port wine 90 25
Oysters 5 so
Hard ware 1929 90
What's that! Silver ,catches, omnibus tickets,
port wine and oysters oharged government by men
sent to pull snags of the mouth Of the Mississp-
p that's singular enough. 1t is usually expected
that hired men will pay Their own private bills we
believe; but men hired by government seem to have
enjoved great many extra privileges for some IL
years privous to $780, and that is probably the rea
son why the ex-pary have many warm and zeal
Gus supporters. Certainly not at liberty to
attribute their great zeal to dsinterested patriotic,
honorable motives, for many of the loudest among
them have turned out to be the veriest scoundlels
unhung. 1t cant possibly be that those men of tai
ent, and discernment, and judgment who took the
lead in advocating Mr. Van Buren's sub-treasury,
hard currency standing army, and no-tariff notions
were impelled to their arduous and persevering la
Dor by honest motives, because such men are too
well informed TO believe such doclrine-it must be
they do Hjbr the fat pay and for the peculiar pripi
leges such services obtain. That IS i, exactly.
THE FLohrpA WAR too, Qfom beginning to end
an unrighteous and barbarous business aliogether)
tile Florida War, has long been great pay office
Tor political servcesthe duties OF the officers,
great extent merely nominal, their emoluments GER
tain and liberal The comnitte have investigated
this business, and here is lew Of the items reported
take The e as samples, too
For purchasing 1913 oxen SeI7O 90
" pay OF agt IN purchasing oxen 1850 90
" delivering SAID oxen, &c 1887 30
Making l2ls7 90
Oxen, it seems, were very cheap and of course
must have been very plenty. They were bought a,
about ninety two and half dollars yoke which
stood government(as above stately at SOTO for 90
yoke. This would have done very we'll and had
government only employed some smart business
man at s l,5O day, Sc. him on horse, and given
him dozen dollars to bear his expenses, he would
most likely have made all these purchases and driv-
en- the oxen in at Fort White in fornRlght, cost
ing for this agency perhaps 40 10 so dollars or, a.
bout fifty cents yoke for this agency. They didn't
go about it in this manner at ALL but set some body
at the business who werea extravagant as they
pleased to be and charge what they had mind =
so, instead OF its costing half dollar yoke to con.
tract for these oxen and drive them TO Fort White,
government was called upon for the moderate sum %
three thousand Seventeen dollars ten cents-or about
thirty and a half dollars per yoke A pretty heavy
commission, this. How would the drovers make it,
ii they hired agents to buy up cattle at this rate
Few AGRICULTURAL CHARGES.
Sowing 100 acres TO timothy seed at % 90
per acre $49s 90
Fencing and sowing 500 acres at IL dol
lars per acre $500 90
Clearing, fencing and blowing 500 acres
Ofpraire land at $ll so per acre $50 90
Purchasing IS horses at $l75 each 1875 90
" 296 acres of land $4,000 90
| In the removal of the Indians the committee say
they have discovered that the spirit OF extravaganza
tent as III evesy other branch of the service.
The committee have ascertaned that within FIVE
years from the outbreak of hostilites in that terrific
ny, there have been employed in the transportation
: service seven hundred and thirty seven steamboats,
! briggs AID and schooners. Many Of them have been
employed al per diem pay until the price Of their
hire has quadrupled the sum at which originally
they could have b6en pure hased.
After having pursued a course Of prodigality like
this for series of years. and retired from power at
time when the full Tide of con. e4uences of their
mal-admnistratiOn rolling down upon the coun-
Itry-whenils treasure exhausted, credit depre-
ciated and an overwhelming national debt pressing
it, which debt was created by them an bequeathed
to the Whigs-afler all this, thew have the unmatch-
impudence 10 rail abuse upon the Wings and endea-
vor to hold them responsible for all, We repeat a.
gain-''WHO is it that h0ue baHkrUptsS the natiOn