The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-20

the whole case Is tbs; y ifsnsacuon oeiwSeh tms
as s ssa ssss z % a no
d! .1D. soDs Necessary TRs 10 man was
sKsnuckisn h went Missour and there be entered
into ths sirvcs Of the United States mounted man
Hi. company was carried to New Orleans. Al New Or
leans be was sspsssssd from his horse The COMPANY
went on board one vessel, and the horse board Of
that moment He trusts his horse in the hands Of the
government which reported by an od1cer whose
nam: d9ea n9t DOW occur 70 ms and that ocss %
his authority, and that he was separated from his horse
without authority ~ far as he knows and be asks thal
he q paid 10 some way tor ms p 1tvay for s
Nj fSS ri i 1 sppssbsud . stranger
that company bad stolen the horse IRON that private and
cold him to the quartemaser general the soldier would
have claim upon the government Tor bis price, but he
would have upon the person who stole re noEss Nov
pay from he officer think The case Is very clear, and
'iySS cps A. the bill may Be
and then will cab for reading Of the report i is
thought to be matter OF much consequence do not
remember the facts with particular minueness
Mr.. UNbERWoob. Lst il be disposed Of finally
Mr DAVIS, Of Mississippi. Being specially called
upon b. the senator from Missouri, Mr. ArcHIsoH.
nothing Of the facts Of the case, otherwise than they
havA been stated by the senator from Kentucky II this
horse purchased BY the quarermaste general it can
mases returns OF that period from whom the horse was
purchased. and 10 whom the money was paid. II the
horse was lost acGa IN inc ssryics then the clam Is
senator from Kentucky has presented The question Of
the senator from Missouri refers another case
That cannot be done. The soldier must receive the
money himself, and sign his name opposite the amount
NJ he he than
TO receive the money into his hands. He has no
right st any time to receive the money. or to give
III. UNDERWOOD. The report is very short, and
il the Senate will indulge me- will read it. that they
can 10 ill the facts The Committee Of Claims report
10 The II. q Of ns 3 ,s 80.
Odutt was private In Captain W. @ Polards company
raised in Missouri and mustered into service ia 'hs
e. Of 1857, n New Orlcans Ofuu was separated from
ohsaa hs h October and r., s,riysd !. lamp. Bay
arrived al Tampa Bay on the 18th Of the month.
You perceive that Odutt sailed before the horse, and
reached Tampa Bay before his horse reached there
On the soth of the month--hye days after the
rival Of bis horse Tampa Bay-Otfuu was discharged,
dismoun.ed Upon the roll Of the Missouri yolun-
The IS it h:
.ppears from the deposition Of Captain Pollard that
termasisr Major bran who paid $50 Pollard oi the
and sold whou, his consent that he authorized
said Pollard to sell said receive pay for her and
ad % n1i ss s Ninety the value
Of the marc when mustered into service.
There are the facts. The man separated from his
sea, ana proved afterwards that she arrived at
Tampa Bay, and was sold for the Of the government
By this man Pollard !" and he without knowledge
mounted man. The government took possession Of the
property. separated him from his propery and the CUES
hon now 10, whether he shall hunt up this Pollard
for this $50, or whether the government,
ported horse died at sea-" shall make good That is
MT WALKER. really do not wonder that the sena-
tor from Kentucky has been conendinR for ten years for
the pay in this case and should not wonder il should
government will be called upon 10 pay for ali horses
stolen promiscuously and generally for if the report
makes out snything makes out that il is palpabls
y to his own use. Now if the Congress is going to pay
for such case as this, may as we'll set the precedent
MI UNDERWOOD would ask the senator from
Wisconsin il the government did not take possession OF
his property. and transport it from New Orleans. and
whether it was NOT the duty OF the government, when
they reached Florida with the properly to put the man in
Possession Of the property' He mounted man, and,
according 70 law, bound to furnish his own horse
tAs - OF the government 70 separate him from his
property; the government takes possession OF it, and
esn1s him in ship and the horse in the other Il
The time they landed IN Florida Whose fault was 'i
that il not done Clearly the fault OF the govern
msnt. II the government had restored the property TO
O6utt and then the captain had forcibly taken the
property and sold it, it would then make the that
the gentleman 10 have in his mind But the fault
lies IN the government separating the mounted from
his horse-putting one ship and upon
anothsr-geting them separted, and then allowing this
property to b the property OF the general government,
without restoring 10 the from whom il taken
IL the fault Of the government in the start and there
fore the goye uH should pay for il
Mr. WALKER II seem that the senator from Ken
lucky 10 arguing from hypothesis, the report does
NOT show the case to be 40.
Several SEnAroRs, lin their seats) Certainly il does.
Mr. UNDERWOOD. II does precisely show it and
I will read il again. il necessary
Mr.. WALKER. | heard II read But there too
much lsft 70 inference in that report There ale
CATION tai this captain has been called upon pay
that. being called upon. he has refused to pay Bot over
and above Ill, the report shows, ii il shows anything.
fraud by Individual upon another, and the effort 10
cover il up BY false minute upon the records. Now,
another The government cannot be responsible for
hatcannot hold itself responsible for endorse every
frand OF shis kind. Il f9GlUF
Mr.. DAVIS Of mississippi think il il due 10 this
case. the senator from Kentucky has put upon an en-
1ely different footing say that the gave 20
the senator from Missouri has application TO this Case
~ now explained BY the from Kentucky. This
man, being soldier under the order OF the government
wss separated from his horse, and his captain vio
lation 81 I'll right, committed which do not know
hardly how 70 characterize, unless say he stole the
rom Kentucky establahes that fact 10 very clear that
the hes al te soldier who owned the horse viola
ted " tAe snptain who had separated hun from his
hoena ffnnwk An4tninlv moi nd Law in