, 1859-05-20

arge pai !, and SON. g '1.m at the >ar,s i:n
d pay from the v'rrmen'. ali the ca ms oi
l.n for hard srivi Il anl these for supI lies fur
shed are cast intosu picion.
have heard much tax among few strikers
in this Territory as to the suprrior way and man.
in which the business transactions of The w:r
ere carried On, over that Of Oregon, and csPe-
'ialy Of the very superior style of the Quarter.
master General. Yt the Auditor finds tst
SINE of the sub. Quaitrrmast rs were better bu.
mess men than the General, and the commits.
toner's find that the apsrs maie ont in Oregon
sere mort rgu'ar than the papers Of the QGar.
6. .rnaStcr in this Territory.
The suit has been that on this report Of the
Third Auditor the who,e clIim is again rcfrred
IN the same officer, who is to report to the Ious,
If ReIrest natives by ,hc first Monday in d, ccm.
Der next, giving the amounts due each company
and indiv dual engaged in such service, u,ider
certain rules prescribed by the House, the sub.
stance Of which rules may b.. briefly stat d.
LIST. Noperson entitled to pay unless called into
service. 'F a.
I'd. Volunteers are to be allowed the same pas
with equal grades Of the army, with two dollars
per month extra. rat arr -..aa wr
81. No person shall 6e paid IN more than on.
eapacity or .yor the sanle time.
4th. No person shall be paid beyond tho period
Of Ge.u.lserviee. aaT.n
As sal before, I. I. Stevens made speech
IN the Auditors Report, with the very extensive
quotations uf sixteen lnes, in which the Quar-,
termlster Central is spoken Of as a man uf re.
marka6ie ability, IF he m,ant his ability to sigh
vouchers for gool salary, ! think 50 too) aud
apparently speaks Of the Indian war; but il
would app,af from the same document that there
was lite " no war in which he (the said Steven)
did not play the hero. ! have yet to learn that
10 was in any bitte during the whole war. =
Il is one rlmarkabe Characteristic Of that gen.
eman, tat his personal dtsire for srleaggran-
diz.mcnt Is so overwhelming as to compel or
induce him to be cternally seating tho two FIRST
initials OF bis nanls. 10 hear him IN public
speech rem nds me Of one SteLbins, who was
elected an ensign of q company VI militia IN one
Of The Eastern States. Highly elated with Ills
sudden elevation from the rank and file, he rushei
t, q old empty barrd lying near by, and, placing
his mouth to the bungholc, exclaimed IN a loud
tone, "Easign stebbinsi Ensign stcbbi.isli'
then turning to tho company, remarked that it
sounded well. 4 ~
lrgret that your space will not enable me to
give more Of this Report, or even tho whole OF
it. regret still more that the people had no
opportunity to sec ami reflect upon its contents,
be orc tae ulcoiing Of the Dsmocratic Convention.
tsat ~ might better jugs whether it would
be policy to H. truct their delegates 10 vote f6r
one for Delegate to Congress- who, by his acts.
has dam ged tho pros. ects Of the war claim, or
whether 10 would not have been better to nouli-
nate some man who could defend the laWfu and
wcll-earned claims Of the volunteers, withou,
being compelled to defend every irregular act in
order 70 dcf.nd himself s.iE s,5l ttt SRA
Co not sec upon what ground he can Claim 4
D N nation, and. Il b ets the noliination, upon
what ground, p .uliai {, hansse he can claim his
sleetoa. lie has doae litsrally nothing during
the two years fas'. The commission 70 audit the
ar claim were appointed undsr an act passed
August 18th, 1856, b.fore hix election. y sai
Soany adsantags that may spsing from the re-
port nf tho commissioners is not cue to any x
ertions Of his The Appropriation for the wagon
road from Fort Benton to walla-waIa was pro.
cursd principally through tie ex .r.ion Of Senator
Ricr, of Minnesota gi 1sp r
YET if the people sta'l, on careful considers
ton Of all thsis intefs SIS al stake, tikM, e,urs
Ia Congress and at the Departments, ia riga. 4 10
some Of the appointments made in this TdrtIry
under his special recommended, n, is such as to
justify the belief that Stevyns Is the man to try
whore be has most sgnaly failed, ! am content.
had one desire, at least, 70 let The people know
tnt one very important source Of information as
to thc action Of Congress upon their great st in
tsrest at stake, had for some purpose been kept
from their view. II the people. " Ii this knowl-
. 60 before their eyas desire % sacrifice thsir
legitimate audtnpollant interests for the sake Of
giving double pay to some. and bonus Of near
three thousani dollars to anolhs', for services
nev.rrspdsrsd, the res oaslbii.y rests xith tacm
and not with me. 1ns i.-'sgla. eas-s
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