The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-24

hesitation before the notary public Of which you speak
seems have been the lth day OF October 1884 and
what you term Authorization by the district Judge
which follows the Of the notary appears 10 be dated
the Ilih Of August, 1854.
Now sir these Aeoapeaisn neighbors do not tell the
truth about the number OF they necessarily guessed
what number Of bushels Of wheat each would yield
and they prodigiousy oyerstaed the value Of wheat per
bushel To make up this false estimate they assumed that
the field contained 900 that each yielded th
ty bushels OF wheat; that each bushel weighed sixty
pounds and that every pound worth twenty cents
The harvesting, threshng, cleaning, and carrying The
wheat TO the nearest market town are in this fair estimate
nothng Accordingly the wheat Is estimated 70
be worth twelve dollars per bushei standing on the
ground
OF the surveyor generals Office in California states that
by actual measurement that large wheat field contains
74s acres and not 1900, as yon have stated An exam
naton Of the california Farmer of the l5th OF June
1854 shows that wheat worth at San Francisco at
that date from three theeand- three-quarters cents
per pound. Cut down your 800 10 74s cut down the
price OF wheat a rational and reasonable rate; make
suitable allowance for harvesting, threshing, and carry
ing il 10 market and what the uasorpesed wkea IN
thai feld eorth do not ask casualties caused by rains
aught else to be counted and what difference appears
between facts and prepared statements gotup for purpose
Suppose the T4s to have yielded thirty bushels TO the
suppose the unharvested wheat worth four cents
pound, being than wheat would bring after harvest
at San Francisco estimate each bushe at sixty pounds
this would make bushel worth 50 40 and the crop
T4s would yield 22440 bushels of wheat which,
81 40 per bushel would amount to S53s56 That sir in
my Judgment is an over-estmate and yet TO make me
appear to the people Of the country and especially to this
community oppressive for suspending disaowing Mr.
Beaes accounts for in opinion proper aud
eessary have endeavorcd to make them believe that
that field of wheat worth the immense OF S6o4,-
000l Other items in that statement still rdicu
ous For instance the 800 acres Of corn valued at $780,
400 dwinded by the statement OF Col RANSOM TO dimen-
sons at which the crop is estimated at 200 bushels this at
three cents per pound and the bushe at your weight
48 pounds being 81 "A per bushel for growing
The field makes the 200 bushels worth taco hundred and egh
freight dollars instead of your estimate of SSo400 Your
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2oacres and your 40oacre barley field to 202 sub
ect in each TO corresponding reduction in quantity
| and price.
Sir is that $9sl sls for 100000? Take the data from
the Office of the surveyor general which have given
and let see how you possibly show pf material
products one-haf of your same 100000 instead OF
three times much Sir, Barnnm played so bold
humbug of upon the people as your scandalou state
of The quantity and value Of these material prod
uctsa large body of them, as stated by you are seen
to be " etAerialp
How sir does it happen that all of your mistakes
my expense and in favor ofyour riends wish you would
hereafter be more careful
Now, sir, permit me to suggest to you that Mr. Beale
should feel himself under obligations for exposing
this statement of yours, and showing that it is not true
for by his property returns accompanying bis accounts he
charges himself with about 100000 pounds less OF wheat
about $4,000 pounds less Of corn, and about 100000
pounds less of barley 1.-THE figures under the in
each case) than the statement parade from sixteen
convenient neghbors to the place say nothing other
deficiencies in his property return from your statement
Suppose were to admit your statement the quantity
that for wheat barley and alone Mr. Beae must be
charged for not less than pounds not brought
his property return which at 20 cents pound the value
stated in your voucher would amount to S282 600 with
which, if your statement be taken true he
sary be charged at the treasury
In view of your statement by the light of facts
do think the President ought to be very severely
buked for not directing TO violate human law and
apply your Bible rule TO transactions in countries
and fast as California and Kansas In his hesitation TO
dispense with receipts and vouchers" cannot you
some for dealing ndrly with the scrupes of
officer who hesatos to adopt your reading of the good
book confess from some things have heard that your
necessities be great and might be most pleasantly
leved perhaps II but for brief period the usual guards
and checks OF the treasury were suspended.
The false statement upon which have been comment
ing expressly concocted, and by you ostentaously
brought forward, expressly to injure me- you well
know Fortunately am enabled to SHAY it at once; but
1t might not have been so. But If that voucher was
forwarded to the government here how yon by and
what right have you to the originate"
Kind reader muudes ofaccounts gotten up against
the government and the Indians exaggerated ard swell
len in their dimensions this statement Of Col Benons
often more and not unrequenty without any merit
When passing on such, what would you have do 2
Should credit the stories Of the claimants their agents.
and allow their accounts to avoid their hatred and abuse
have ceased to allow myself be surprised anything
whatever since have seen in almost all the walks
OF life making or sanconing extraordinary attempts to
obtain the money and property of the and the
Indians and while sometimes feel that | cannot
cPate with confidence the success of resistance to wrong
yet have resolved to sterny oppose and within my Of
fetal sphere rebuke all impropreties Then evil comes
let it come; if good, shall be uuteignedly thankful
But sir, pray you pardon this depression 1t may be
your humor to try to tighten your responsibility by hav
ing put forth to inure such dsgracefu statement by
pleading that you before uttered claborateypre
pared statement expressly got up for the benefit Of Mr.
Beale by you; and that you under obligations to
speak word for him" this occasion cone of his
friends If So allow me TO arrest you in advance You
sir grossly deceived the people Of Missouri in regular
public and published speeches, different occasions, in
relation to Mr.. Beae the bases Of which ntrns-
caly false and Well calculated deceive the state
ment from the "coenient neighbors of the place. In
those speeches you made detailed and otentaous state
ments in favor of Mr. Bele prvaie company and then
stated the economy of its outfit for expedition
the plains in contrast to the extravaganza of the West
Pointers After paradng the economy of the 'private
company you said by way of reproach the adminsra
ton ut is certainly suggestive Of many conclusions
they not government party, do equip public
psnse, did not graduate at West Point and do
break dorm under the transportation of what is called in
the vernacnlar of the West) belly timber lGreat APP
pause You then add to increase the of praise
due to them, hey not government party, but pr
vate company clearly teaching that party
was fitted out economically.
Now sir shortly after that time you fit to quarrel
with through your presses parsans and instruments
in Missouri publicly because able to thwart you and
did thwart you in your vigorous efforts TO break down the
Indian intercourse laws and crowd settlers into the Indian
country before hare purchased them land secured
their assent to settlements there in accordance with the
provision of the law Of the March before passed upon
the motion Of Major Phelps, q your State Being
cry with me, upon your motion was called upon for my
account Of personal expeuses"item by item you asked
for. Item by item gave for my expenses 1t is printed
in the public documents, and unlike many Of your
counts, mine defy investigation Upon them you were UNI
able to make assault after you got them.
Well sir, from that item by item you have
had an opportunity to compare my charges for travelling