Washington telegraph., 1845-01-15

lie and otherwise, for some seven or
eight years. After the Regimen, arrived
al Fort Gibson, the Quarter Master, by or
der OF Col. Vose, Chen in command } made
a purchase of several Wagons and teams.
which had te be paid for ont of the reqnis:-
tons, and l think there were some twelve
or fourteen teams employed, as well as my
recollection serves me. can speak most
confidently of the fact filat Captain Collins
was IN ;he hasi. OF ~ Lax tlle business aud
accouiifs of The Reg n.enl TT Gov. CONWAY.
My impression was then. end still is, that
the last requisiton of nf,een thousand dol
ars wou.d very lit e more than pay the de.
mands upon it. n.eriel i, fiom The pre-
vious amount OF expense incurred.
Respectfully, f
WIN. FIELD.
To TIE JUDICIARY CoMMrrrEE IN THE SENATE.
FouacHE, August 18th, I5il.
GOVERNOR JAMES >. CONWAY:
SIR-At your request, of yesterday, |
furnish you wIth an extract of account cur
rem; a-so extracts from abstracts of Clnarier
Nasiers $ stores, Comm.s sarles stores, IN
cldentaI expenses, and Observation-Disclosures
the whole amount OF MONIES disbursed By
me as Qnarler Master of the Regiment oil
Arkansas volunteers raised al the instance
OF General Games in 1885, 10 be twelve
thousand nine hundred AMI thiriy-iive dol.
iars an1 seyeaty Two cents: [5l2 .93o II
the names of The various persons te whom
4 pad the money--.he amJunt pad to
eacn, and date oi each payment.
commenced furnishing forage, proyi-
/ S.An AN "A 4.
ieedtng mea ami aDfses, an Transportation
&c. &C., about the 9lh August, 1886, and
ceased 40 furnish iUf them me 18th sept.
lo3o--at 4east any eXpe.4ses that 1 PAID
mat &C Ied subsequently Were very s.naH;
al al eteats, my connection WIN the
itegIsnent OF NO.dnleers ceased the 18th
9ep,enoer, 1885. And 4 furnished, as
above stated, iOr on.y seven companies,
Nh!-e .hey marched ~ Iort Iowson.
Dy a s.ae.neHt thai nave seel IN the
hands .. youIse.f made by lia,or Fled,
here were Ddr O.her COMPANIES, with
winch had nJ,h.ag u DO. 4 knew there
"eTe several o-her co.npaa,es, Dut did noI
Anow tle nu-lOe:. Now, Il the furnishing
o. seven companies lltIe more THAN a
iiionsh ana Transporting, ti'es'a - a-vse low
son cost neary tnir.eea thousand dollars,
these o.her Tour companies ms. have cost
tne uoyern:icn-. say seven thousand dJl-
4afs To reacn- Tot UIbSon, Dy or about the
4ast VI september; aud that ,hcy did cost
tilat. or about that sam To Ieach lo.t Glib
SON do con ..dcntil De .ieye; tor IN making
pdrcnases, ana niring services when I was
ea5aged an the DIs.ness, ! used every en-
uedro, 10 ecUnDm:se winch iay IN NV power,
AMI the route ,raseAei by the four cUinpa-
n.es, was N least as expensive as thai tray-
el ed Oy the seven companies.
Inc subsistence oil men and forage for
horses aher arriving at their destinations
I (rOn Iowson am rod Gibson) and the
subsequent re.noyai o. the seven companies
from rou IOwSOn tU Fort Gibson, which
removal 4 have always understood was at
tended with very heavy expense, from
The various facts that such removal was
made IN the dead oi winter, when the waters
were high aud the roads bad, through a very
mountainOus broken country, and that Il
spdrse.y sedied indian country, where pro-
I Visions, forage. teams, AMI assistInce, anl
every tnfig inat mai 10 be purchased. came
Il. tue mJst exoroi;aat prices: 1 say, the
/ expense incdrred tor substance an1 rage.
aiid the removal last before recLel 4, must
maze Deen very heavy. icain IiIat Ihsriy-
ave tnousapi 'i0Lars WAS IEe anJdn tara
/ ished Dy the GoveTlmcni for that service.
| (sea Thousand To Gov. rtIiton AMI twenty
ave thousand TO yoursef); and considering
tlat pad odt nearly thirteen THOUSAND dI
rag tne snort pcfaoa was III the service -
tik.ng snio account the he. four companies
mat had nothing do wnh, the expenses
i
IlcIrred IN marching them 10 Fort Gibson,
'ne expenses wniie 4ying III fort Towson
and HiOson, and rem jvai oi the scven COM
| panics icom rorf IowsOn to Fort Gibson
may say thai 4 an surprised Ii The m me !,
ld,nlsned by the Government (s35 uJJ,
pAld The expenses.
II was a fact, tina; about the years 1896
and 1887. Capt. K. ID. &. Collins was pro
'er1.aiiy popular IN Arkansas, So that every
| body rePvsed the most unlimited confidence
in liIn. The Government rcp5Scd such
consiGciice in hun, that he was in. rlIstci
with ttle disbursement (l am toid) OF many
hundred thousand dollars. That you should
en,rust him with the paying Out of some
iiiteen OF twenty thousand dollars, WIS
/ perfectly IN keeping with the feelings Of
every D"dy. And The above conc. .u-lons ;
." - S'o" hi'Ss C' islcHt.ls tiitt uC ulu aipiN
tne money you entrusted with him in whole.
or very neariy so, To the plrpose for which
1t was Designed. rr
From subsequent disclosures touching
the Negligent habits of Capi. Co Inns. II Is
reasonable 10 suppose thai he may have
paid oat great portion oil tnat money,
wlthout taking any evidence OF such pay
ments; or, If he dad take receipts from line
10 Tune, that ihey were from Time to time
lost. OF so misplaced, tina, they could not be