, 1859-05-20

| Iitory have not &c u Cqla H'"Te" " '"e ~
esa,c. with SOM Of the ctzlEs Of Oregon, in ii!
way e public doenmsntS
The Third Auditor, Repor', on the war del
Of this Territory and that Of Oregon, is anon
the most important documents to the people 0
this T,ritory OF any that could have been sent
For the benefit Of the public quote from sai,
Report, showing some Of the strongest ground
Of the Report adverse to the war debt. Speak
ing OF the numerous instances where officers wcr
receiving double pay, first as officers Of the Ter.
litory, and next reported as entiuId 10 Iay foI
services as ollic,rs IN the war, TIC Auditor Gays
"For this force Of Kiss Than an average OF $40
men al any one time, there were tie following
stall oiiiceIs: one Adjutant-Gencial (liiton, the
surveyor. General of the Government, at a salary
vi $3jUU) with the rank of igdaieT.Genera,
reported pay to the amOu.t IN add't'C', %
Sf,Sl5 o."
''of the number, Tilton, Adjutant General
Shaw, Asst Adjutaui- General, fitEIugb, etc. ETC.,
eight in all, weie al the same Iinc in tue service
d the United S'atvs, at various salaries OF from
5000 TO Sl0Go per nnnun, they ncverthclcssaT,
reported by the Comm ssioners for their pay ia
addIttn, a,cOrii"g " army rates, agrveaOiy to
their respI Ictive rates.
"Tne ,asl Vi tne troops were discharged on the
l7lh OF October, 1856, only three da, before
tic Commissioners commenced their examination
Of the claims styled by tho Act Uf Congress 0l
,ao 18TH of the preceding August as growing oul
u the late Indian war; yet Gin. IitOn, the chid
Of the stat, is continued IN service and r'pjrted
iOr pay uatil the S0th Of the fhlowing June,
1851; QuarteFmaster-GeneTa Mnler until the
S0lh Of september o. the same year" &c.
"As has been repeatedly mentioned in these
remai As the last two COM anies Of the troops ol
ne Territory were discharged on tho lin Of
Octobsr, 1896. The commissioners appointed
ander the act Of Congyss to examine these
claims met at Portland, lOregon) organized, and
coinlnsnced their dulies On the sOlh Of lhe salne
uonth, with 4 secretary aud clerk, and ey,ry-
Thing necessary for tne prosecution of tier
,abors. Yet OuartermasteT- General Miller is
scpOrted by the same commissioners ia service
AZ $I.ol8 per da5 70 September, 1857, or for
agariy wilo,c car after the discharge Vi every
solder IN service. Tais migat b. supposed To-
aAys been abundAnty ll6eral, pecuniati,y, 70 GsI.
.hillcr, as it gave nHn, ia addition IO ills pay
waist the troops were ~ service, over s., ,oJU.
dis present claim shows, however, that ne was
liut satisfied. On The lOlh Of October. 1857, the
c lnliissiongrs r,po ted 20 the Secretary II Mar
an examination d all the claims OF 10 b T,rr-
tries, excerpt as loows; 'rlers ART, dou,tle &
10 souls limited cxscnt Irregular and uns.e.-
tainod aims growing out Vi the late yoluatee,
s.ryics whch have not Cosne 70 the nltice OF q 0
couimissi1ne but such will be found n onsl
erab.e. Under an order pi Cos. McAu.iil, oi
he same date as the report Of the coallniss0n.rs
Gen. Miaer proceeds 70 Charge for his services as
luariernaster neral al 81 .S3 per day from the
LIST Of October, 1867, 70 Tie lin d February,
1858, one Luudrsd and thirty -four days, $l,O4v.
and for Office rent So, which Is approved by the
commissioners in iu, notwithstanding the en-
doTsement upon the voucher by Gov. AcMihn,
that Gsn. l.ller was msmbor d. the Legislature
sixty days Of the above time; and think TIA;
sisO should be deduetsd. Under the same al.
h0rily, he again CHARGES at the SANE rate for his
rviser foni the l1th Of February to the LIST OF
sept, 1855. Two h indrrd and oredays mski 8
sl.b7s 80, and Cor the rent Of Office e292 so, MAJ
lag ait1g, lneI e2,v70 ~ al Of wnieli. approved
Dy the commits <onerE in fall.
And what equivalent did Gen. Miller render
inr the above large sum for nearly whole years
@ryieey Why, some small abstracts, with only
twcnty-six vouchers all told, amour ING. excic-
live Of his own pay, &C., to only St.sGl 20, be-
.iil,s the amount lir drew from Ilc unitd States
y the sane tins his pay as mcInber of the
Territorial I. eislatnre, as shown BY the rsmaFks
IF Coy. Mcllullen." N 5.8
The Report from which the above extracts are
sken isll into my hands BY the m rest accident.
It did MT reach this Trrisory under the frank
= TIE Dslsense, a have any q. tily Of speecacs
uron the acquisition Of caba, and on a variety
Of other Kindred subjects, Of Lttle or no imme-
date iniers, 70 our people. +.
Il might be interesting to the people to know
Why one, and, IN fact, the only action taken BY
Congress OF the Dupartmentsupont tbs war claims
during the last two years should have been stu
diously Kept away from public view, esrcc:aly y
whenitwoull have cost the Deleg to iolhing but
the trouble and time of writing bis fnrl, 10 oiavs
given i a hir circulation. Itappears that the
Military Committee Of the House Of Reptesenta-
tivcs ref red the report Of the commissioners ior
examination 70 The Third Auditor Of ths Treasury
Department. He makes on il report Il seventy
seven pagcs The Delegate from this Territory
makes speech upon tho same, on Feb 2ist,
1859, containing two quotations one Of Eve lines
and one Of eleven, from said report, and that
speech mas been sent 70 this Territory BY cart
loads and. for aught that appears in that speech,
the Delegate occupies the position Of man fight
ing shadow. i s ~ 4
The people Of this Territory arc not furnished
with the means Of knowing upon what grounds
The Auditor made his objections, or to what he
objected. The portions Of the report quoted ase
only two out Of seventy-seyen pages; but they
serve to illustrate the subject nearly as well as
Il eo,il.i have betn illnefrat,d Nv p,ocf