Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-09-23
CAMP FLOYD, Aug, 6

In my last promised to give you some of the
particulars of the manner in which the great mule
sale was conducted. After the arrival Of Mr. Holli-
day and the development of the fraud perpetrated
upon the Government by the contract for the fur
nishing of -four to the army in Utah, it was wills
pered around that developments would be made in
few days that would startle still more than the
-four contract.
At length an advertisement appeared in the col
umns of the Valley Tan, announcing the sale at
public auction of two thousand more mules. This,
may be supposed, set the people of the Territory
ON the q,a rice, and many good dollar that had
lain for years hidden from the light of day was
brought forth for the purpose of purchasing teams.
As the day of sale approached, rumois were thick
that Mr.. Holiday was to be the purchaser of the
mules. An order had been received from the Sec
rotary of War to the Quartermaster General of this
department stating that Mr.. Holidays notes were
to be received cash for all purchases that he
might make. The auctioneer, it is said, received
secret instructions to 'knock down all mules to
Mr.. II. when they had reached certain figure. So
strictly was the rule enforced that much remark
was made by outsiders, and one of the auctoneers
refused to have any further connection with the
matter. Upon these terms Mr.. Holiday became
the purchaser of over one thousand mules, valued
at about $l75,000 but for which he gave his notes
to the value of about 100000. These mules could
have been sold to residents of this Territory for
CttSU, lot Ine sum HlSI out IL. gets tlem
on credit at little more than half their value.
| have authority for stating that Mr.. II. has a
contract to supply the Government at Fort Dallas,
| in Oregon, with one thousand mules, at his own
price. Now many thousand dollars could have
been saved had the Government sent these mules to
that point on its own book Twenty herders would
have delivered them at that point at a small cost
just the that it would cost them at this post
but no, they must sell them at q reduced price to
Mr.. Holiday, and let him drive them there and sell
them back to the Government at a large advance
Would it not have been fully as well to have given
Mr. Holiday sixty hundred thousand dollars ia
drive them to Oregon at once? Even this would
have saved the Government several thousand dol.
lars paid as auctioneers fees Could | get at The
bottom of this trick, it would cause the people Of
the entire country to open their eyes and raise the
voice en- masse against so fragrant an outrage.
| have still another fraud to expose and now en-
gagged in hunting up facts. II will be called the
'beef swnde.n Holiday & Co., are again the
lucky fellows that are destined to grow fat and sau
cy by sucking the Utah teat.
After these things are fully exposed shall turn
my attention to things nearer home, and rake
certain Colonel and a certain Captain cover tn
Goals" have now in my possessionacts Suiiicen
to cause them both to be removed, and as hav
commenced to use the knout, shall CONTINUE I'll
every rascally proceeding in this part of the
try is exposed. NJ. O.. g.