M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-06-20
who are The PIundercrs.
The Crisis gives US the following

The CriSts gives us the following:
We are getting litle nearer the
facts each day. AS the public docu.
ments are as yet a sealed book, we
must only rely upon the evidence as it
leaks out little by little.
The following treads pretty closely
on some ones heels and we shall ere
long "bag the game" Some one
must have been in the secrets Of the
Executive Department to have made
the grab at the expense Of this limo,
cent Cincinnatian. This accounts for
lawyerS about town becoming taiI0rS
and Shoemaksrs, and State officers
going into partnerships to furnish
ready made clothing. Let us have a
little more light Who turned tinner9
That is the question. Who was IN
his cupsl Well this is a very nice
business:
.. From the Cincinnati Gazette.
The Way the State Goose is Plucked-
Pint Cups of Extraordinary Capacity.
When the State began fitting out its
soldiers for the campaign, manuhc.
turer Of this city, aware that certain
articles in his line would be required
for the outfit, and desirous more to
keep his usual laborers employed than
to make any great profit out Of the
state, sent to the military department
at Columbus samples Of several avti
cles Of his manufacture, with prices
annexed at which he would furnish
them in any quantity. lie received
an acknowledgement of the articles
and polite assurance thatthey would
have due attention. -
These articles were Us follows
Camp kettles, three in a nest, witch
the maker offered at one dollar and
forty cents a nest. The cups at three
and one.half cents each. Tin Plates
at three and one.half cents each.
A short time after, the same manu-.
facturer received an order from some
Columbus gentlemen to manufacture
for them 100 or 500 nests of the
camp kettles, 10000 tn cups, and
10000 tin plates, at his specified pri.
ces, which order of cour5e was readily
accepted.
What makes the thing particularly
interesting, is the factswhich has been
ascertained from the apchives at @.
lumbus. that these articles have been
contracted for by the State, at three
dollars nest for the camp kettles,
seven cents each for the tin cups, and
seven cents each for the tin plates.
BY this nice operation some patri
otic gentlemen put into their pockets
a small margin of 100 on each nest
of camp kettles, amounting to the sum
Of S12, 800, which, with the majority
Of the people of Ohio, would be regar'
ded as a handsome accumulation for
tho labor Of a life time.
On the tin cups and plates the con.
tractor contented himself with mar
gin of one hundred per cent. The
profit Of the broker between the man.
uiacture and the State, on the tin
cups, will be 81 cents each, amount
ing to S455, which is pretty well foI
80 inconsiderate a trife" as pint cups
The success of the State in the pint
cup business is further illustrated by
the fact that the standing retail plict
is five cents.
A person of a commercial turn Of
mind will discover, upon accurate cal.
culation, that the tin plates yield the
same margin as the cups, to the 60.
between. We think that a candid
world will be compelled to admit that
these kettles, plates and pint cups
have exhibited a wonderful carrying
capacity.
AbOlitionist Set Out. 90
|. N. Spear, and Abolitiohist