Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-09-14

ney into the pOitial arena.
Democratic Retrenchme1t-The Nor
MOI War.
When the full history of the populations
and frauds committed by the pets of the
Democratic party. and winked at by the
Administration shall be fully laid bare, the
public will be astOnished. Government
favHritcs have swindled the Treasury in the
most outrageous manner, and are doing it
now, with the most unblushing impotence.
Mr.. Greedy, in his letters from Salt Lake,
says 10000 bushels of corn have been re-
ceived from the States, at a nett cost,
including transportation, of s34O,0O0 or
over Sll, per busheL. 1t could have been
bought in Utah, for 50. per bushel, or
SEQ, coo in all. The loss on this corn is
s2SO,0o0.
Government pays its favorites % cents
per pound for transpOrtaling provisions
from LeavenwOrth to Camp Floyd, making
each barrel of -four cost abont 500. But
the contractors do not bring -four from the
States, but buy it Of the Mormons at SIS,
per barrel, and the [. S. soldiers cat Utah
-four, while the Government is paying S4+
per barrel, foe its pretended transporta-
ton.
The contractors also sub-let the trans
portation contract at serea cents per pound,
and thus pocket the snug little sum Of
$4,000.
Another nice operation has been made
in mules. Some 1000 Of these animals
for which Government paid S1E5, each,
were sold a short time since since at auc-
ton, at Salt Lake City, bringing about
s8S. each. Mr. Greedy says, had they
been taken TO California. or LcavcnwoTth,
they would have brought at least $780,
600, more than in Utuh.
Greely estimates the dead loss to the
people in the mule business at 100000
as the army cannot leave Brigham Yonng 5
kingdom without purchasing the mules
back at Mormon prices.
Commenting on these facts, the San
dusky Register says The above items are
given as mere Illustrations Of the manner
in which the treasury has been bled by
army swindlers who are the tavorities Of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cover of crush
inc the Mormon rebellion. This army Of
about three thousand men still remain in
Utah. They are Of no earthly use there
They perform no service. They are quar-
tered at Camp Floyd, about forty miles
from Salt Lake City. The cost of estab-
fishing the post was about 100000, and
the cost of maintaining the army is estimat-
ed fire million dollars per daRuma! The
people can see by these facts where their
money goes. VIII they longer permit it to
remain at the mercy of the vultures, who
swarm about every accessible avenue to the
Treasury?
Democratic retrenchment, about which
the stumpers Of the party, and Its presses
have the GOODNESS to talk, Is thus illustrated
by an extract from one of Mr.. Greeley $
letters
The mail from Missouri to Salt Lake has
hitherto been carried week. in good 8 mule
wagons, the contract time being twenty two
days. The Importance of frequent and reg
ular communication with headquarters, at
last so long as a large army is retained
here at a heavy extra cost, and because Of
some presumed public necessity, is evident.
Yet the new Postmaster General has cut
down the Mail Service. on this important
central route from weekly to semi-monthly.
But the contractors. who are obliged to run
their stages weekly because of their passen-
ger business, and because they have to tcep
their stock and pay their men whether they
work or play, find that they cannot carry
the Mail every other week 50 chcaply as
they can every week. For instance; y
mail from the States now consists Of twelve
to sixteen heavy sacks (most Of them filled
with franked documents,) weighing as many
hundred pounds. Double this, and no six
mule team would draw it at the requisite
pace, and no baggage wagon stand the jerks
and jolts Of an unmade road; 90 they say.
Please let US carry the Mail weekly, though
you only pay us for carrying it semi-month-
But no! this is strictly forbidden.
the Postmaster at Salt Lake has express
orders to rcfuseit and of course he
St. Joseph also. And thus all this cen
trail region. embracing at least a dozen i'm
portant MILITARY posts and countless Indi
an Agencies, is reduced to semi-monthly
mail service. thrugh the contractor would
gladly make it weekly at the same price.