Daily American organ., 1856-09-08
Hon. f. B. BARTLETT.
From the Albany Statesman

| From the Albany Statesman.
Fremont's DishOnesty Proven--The Crush
ing Effect OF Republicans Evidence
the Governments. gssr -
| writer in the New York Evening Post. cor
rects statement made in that journal, that the
claims in California under John O. Fremont have
been all paid, and says that very large portion of
these claims so far as the bona yJfde claimants are
concerned, remain unsettled to this date. II ap-
pears therefore, that those accounts only In which
| Fremont was personally interested, have been
hqudated; or, at all events, that the honest cred
| itors OF the Government are creditors still
But very important fact creeps out through
this correspondence. 1t proves the grossly fraud
ulent character of Fremont's claims made against
the Government in 1884, beyond cavil. II is
evidence, direct and conclusive, and coming, as It
does, through a Republican channel, is all the
| more important and convincing. We have no
| doubt that the Evening Post would have suppress
ed the letter. had the point it involves been under
stood before publication. But Ii is fortunate that
it was not and that the justice of at least one of
the "gross personal assaults" that have been
made upon Mr.. Fremont, is established by such
uninpeacbabe testimony The following is an
extract from the correspondence of the Evening
Post: Eht 81
Under these circumstances Mr. Weller of Cali
fornia, on the 18th Of February, 1856 introduced
in the Senate a joint resolution authorizing and
u
tain cases, verified copies Of original papers fled
before the Board for the examination of claims
contracted in California under 1t. Col. Fremont
This was referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs and reported back to the Senate the next
day without amendment Since that time nothing
has been heard of the resolution II is probably
on the table Of the House. If il has ever been in
| troduced there. The prices charged for horses
and mules taken by Fremont were, for horses $50,
| and for mules $50. But the Board have reduced
these amounts to $50 and $50, perhaps, by way of
setof to nearly ten years Of delay In payment
Even these sums the claimants are unable to get 10
| Now, here is the point. The prices charged for
| horses and mules taken by Fremont were, for
| horses $50, and for mules $50. Thus speaks one
who is probably claimant himself, and who knows
| the prices charged. Let our readers thoroughly
understand US. This correspondents Of the Even
| ming Post, writing from California, and aigning
himself A Californian and Republican, distinctly
states that all that was charged for horses taken
by Fremont was eighty dollars each, and for mules
fifty dollars. OF course, thoie who flrnshed them
took care to charge enough, when the uncertainty
of the time for which credit to be given was 80
well understood and this writer who Is one Of the
creditors testies that the price $50 for horses
and $50 for mules aliarsrs4 esf 4gs,-
But what did John 9. Fremont claim from the
Government in 1884, when he received pay
ment for the horses and mules furnished him by
| Vallejoa He claimed for horses one hundred
and thirty dollars or fifty dollars per horse more
| than he had been charged; and for mules, one
hundred dollars, or, again, fifty dollars more than
he had been charged The "per centagen he
had fixed upon in bis own mind appears to have
| been defnite--ffty dollars for each BEAST The
| Government was to be swindled by exact rule
| Here are the amounts presented by him to
the Board of Claims, and certified to by him on
! his honor" e uar.esa.st et4..t
| For the following property, taken from the
ranches and stores of Salvador Vallejo by the troops
urder the command Of Captain J. O.. Fremont, in
the months Of June, July, and August, A. D., one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six ts ..5.,..
To two hundred head of frst-quality
horses, at one hundred and thirty dol
lars each $4,000
To two hundred and forty head Of second. i @
quality horses, at one hundred dollars @
each : se- r-,u- $4,000
each -8'- 1T 1900
To four rifles, at one hundred dollars each 400
To one rihe at two hundred dollars 200
To two pair of pistols, at one hundred dol
lars each 400
| To ten Mares at eighty dollars each 500
| Total 1881
The same "per ntage" was doubtless levied
on the /" saddles" and "rifes" and pistols ss on
the horses and mules Who ever heard of saddles
| at $l00-rifes at 5000 each--and pistols at 4l00
pair-except John O. Fremont But the Board
were aware of the fraudulent nature Of the claim,
and allowed IL at Sll,700, disallowing sal 400 in
this single account Did our readers ever hear
OF a more stupendous attempt at swindle a
Here is another of Fremont's claims"
For mpplies furnished United States troops IN
der command Of Col. John c.. Frsanonf,
| l84T. ...s.
January 5--To 3S mules, at 300 $500
To 20 mares, at $50 I,OoO
| To 10 horses, at 800 $500
| To 35 cows, (milch,) at $50 900
To 100 fanegas corn, at ss 800
| ..h u- To so beans, at rs 24o
| To saddles, at $50 l20
| Total -$l4,010 ]
! This again was allowed by the Board at s4,oS5
only; ss,e75 being disaTlowed as fraudulent.
! And here is yet another b . ,s4.r.