Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-09-23

sIAa and blight. | beliege many OF It's de-
Fssed aehsrents, including most Of ihose have
nit, ID be pure minded, well-meaniag people;
a0 nor believe chat SIormons generally de-
isah ID pluadel or murder, though the testi-
assny ID the Mountain Meadows, Parrish, and
c@ of two ether cases, Is certainly staggering.
81 ! concur entireiy IL the conviction Of the
a7sly, snat there is no use in its retention here
aaaeF existing orders and circumstances, and
siN three or four companies of dragons would
aHsEcr every purpose OF this large aud costly
IsgneentTatlon u Of troops. The Army would cost
iess almost anywhere else, aud could not any~
| where be less useful.
suspicion that il is kept here to ansEsr
pFlTate pacuniary ends Is widely entertained
rc. 1t is known tltat vast sums have been
l4Aae out Of Its transportation by favored coz
tyseto7s. Take single instance already ao-
tafious: TWenty tho cents per pound Is paid
sa the transportation Of all provisions muni-
lllns, &c, from Lea3eaworth to this point.-~.
Ide great contractors were allowed this for
transporting this yeal's supply Of -four. By a
little dextere1s management at Washington.
taeg were next allowed 10 furnish the -four
aegc, being paid their twenty two cents per
pound for transportation, IN addition 10 the
Prime cost on tho Missouri. as Utah las q
betteF soil for growing wheat than almost any
talag else, they had 20 d'fisnlty in sab-le.tiDg
tAIs contract st Segsg cepts per pound net, ma
slng . clear profit OF 10000 Oh the contract,
4itaant rlsking dollar or lifsing a fnger.-
Ss seoarse, expect contractors u bareaiu fer
ssen4selyes, not for the government. but some
soay is wei PAID Tor taxing care of the pablic' S
Interest Il such matters. Has be done his
aala
Again: Pursuant 10 a reoeat order from WASH
iagton, the Assistapt Qaarternaster-(5ene. n
hers IS now selling BY auction some Two Thoa-
sand AQles- about Two taifds Of all The Gov
efpmens oaas IN this Iorritory. These mules
agst %II5 each, aud are worth to-day Sl25 to
SI50. I attended tho sale fer aa hour or so
iaia EoEaaooa; the range Of prices was from $50
% ll5: tue average Of sue 100 algeady sold
about SO. Had these mules been taken to
5shfornia and there properly advertised and
t0eg goslld ssge bro2gat nearly e0s.; even
- s4sapea8ogsa gey asass A4ge sela af 81 least
100000 more than here, where therc fs rrac-
tieallg 10 demand and 10 competition for such
an inmeGse herd; aud, after every MorQlon wdo
csa raise . bua2ged dollars or ever shall have
aappiied himssl; With sDan OF mules for lalf
tAeig galQe, one or two spectators viii maze
Is much as they please, while the dead loss TO
the People viii be at least S52a0 000. Nobody
here has recommended tic sale os tdese uules:
they were being herdea, under ,ho care Of de-
taehmsnts Of the Army, u no cost but for herds
man, aud they could hare been kout through
next Winter lu secluded mountain valleys at
cost Of about $40 per head; whereas, the Army
eau never move without purchasiae al equal
aunIber; 9ad they caD neither be bought bcrc
nor brought here Tor $3.50, ,003 more thaa these
animals are now fetching. Soms594g's 10 terest
IS subserve1 By this SALE bus il IS certainly not
that Of the Army nor Of the People. Tie or
der IS to soil seven hundred wagons IS veil,
but these you'd not bJing $50 each. while they
cost al least 9l3O, aud could rot b. replaced
when wanted even for that, while the Army can
not move without them, and keeping them costs
absolutely nothing. WHO issues such orders
az this, and Tor whose bene6t2
Look al another feature Of this transaction
There is at this moment ? large amount due 10
officers aud soldiers Of 5a.s Army as Jay, IN
sums Of $40 80 $500 eaea. Aln7 of ;hcse to
whom this mgney is due would very much Ike
to take nn.e4 IN part Paymeat, either 10 use
while bore, to sell again, og 70 bear theal aad
their baggage tc California, og back to i5e
aIissoari on ti9 approaching expiration OF th5iG
terms Of ealistneEE. IN many instances, two
soldiers you'd doubtless club to buy mule On
which 10 pack their blankets, &c., Whenever
their time is out. Hundreds Of mules would
thus have been bought, and tie proceeds OF she
sale coDsideEaly augmented, If tie Government,
by its funetionaries, had consented 70 receive
It's own honest debts in payment. But 40 on
solne ridiculous pratenso VI ill-blood between
the Pay and thu Subsistence bugeaux Of the
WaI Department, this IS refused-it would be
too much trouble 70 take certificates Of soldiers,
pay actually due III payment for these mules
SO the officers aud soldiers uusl purchase Of
speculators at double price or 60 without, and
the mules be sold for fac less TRAN they woula
have brought If those who must have tbcia had
been enabled to BID directly for them. Two or
three speeuIators reap harvest here 1t the
sore cost Of the soldiers aud the Treasury.
But il viii be said that Forage is dear ia
Utah. Il would suffice TO answer that idle
mules obtain if, save in Wintor,only growing ca
the Public Lands, which may as weli be eaten
10 part by Government mules as all by those of
the Mormon squatters. But let Us see hoD it
costs SO much. There has recently been re-
eeiyed here thirty thousand bushels OF corn
FROM the States at u net cost, including trals-
portation, Of $4,000, or over Sll per bush
q. No requistion was ever made fos this
Coru, which could have been bought here, de-
Iiyerod, for 81 per bushel, or 100000 in all.
The dead loss to the Treasury IN ihis Corn IS
S2S0, ,0Q0, even svpposing that the service re-
ouirt.d it at all Somebody makes good thing
OF wasnalag .his Corn from tbs ,IssoHfi at
over SO per bushel. Who believes that said
somebody has not influential aud thrifty con
noctious inside Of the War Department
will NOT pursue this exposition Congress
may.
--Let me now give sample of Rotrench-
mens in 'Aa =phlie service in tLis quaTtog