Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-21

The reports of Adjutant- General Thomas and
the Congressional Investigating Committee
heaping all sorts of charges against Fremont,
turn out to be bogus or big lies in the main.-
The N. Y. Tribune saws it is authorized to state
that what purported to be the substance of the
testimony taken before the Congressional Com
mite in st. Louis, published in the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, is false; that it was neither the
substance of the Committees report, nor in
any manner authorized or countenanced by the
Committee. No report had yet been agreed
Upon by the Committee, and no person whatev-
er, outside of the Committee and its Clerks, has
had access to the testimony. Both testimony
and report will be laid before the House of
Representatives at an early day. after the meet
ing of Congress. So much for the Eng,irc's
bearing false witness. @-t E.
The hearsay statements and charges touch
ing Gen. Fremont embraced in the private re-
poft of Gen. Thomas and digracefully made
public by ..the authority in the Tribune. has
called out pointed contradictions Of The most of
its statements rejecting on Fremont s admins
tratien ofthe Western Department. Several of
these we have published. The ST. Louis papers
contain others equally explicit and decided
Among others, Mr.. A. B. Ogden. the Architect
of the Benton Barracks, asserts that the docu-
ment of Thomas contans"a series of misstate-
ments and lies" regarding the barracks; John
M Krum declares that he never applied for a
government contract, was never interested in
one, and had nothing to do with presenting a
service of plate to Mrs. McKInstry; Thomas
Kennedy, agenl of Mr.. Brant gives The names
of some thirty individuals who occupied rooms
on army business in the house used as Fremont's s
headquarters. by way of disposing of the alle-
cation that it was rented at $500 year for
the use of three persons; Major Kapner. who su-
permitted the construction of the Notifications
above st. Louis, exposed the exaggerated state
ments regarcing the cost of the works. which
he energetically denounces as "lies." E. W.
Fox declares that he never had any contract for
picket pins or camp kettles, that these articles
purchased of the firn of which he is member
were of the best quality, and that the story in
the report that he purchased for the Govern
-ment saddles rejected by Gen. Mckinstry is
ian infamous and unqualified lie;" and last of
all, correspondent Of the Democrat winds up
the matter so far as the report was designed to
injure Gen. Fremont, by showing that, whether
Gen. McKinstry was implicated in the alleged
frauds or not. Gen. Fremont bad nothing to do
with his appointment, had no control over him
and was not responsible. Gen. McKinstry was
appointed at Washington Quartermaster Gener-
al of the Western Department, and was in the
discharge of his duties at St. Louis long before
Gen. Fremont was sent therel .sasa51 aI
Such is shown to be the official report of Ad-
jutant General Thomas. Taken in connection
with its disclosures regarding Kentucky, it has
been aptly characterized as having been drawn
upon the extraordinary principle Of commune
eating facts to the Confederate Government and
fctions to our own. ..-H srl1s-a1l- l-.,I