East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-11-12

AL the facts arN CIRCUMSTANCES oil all CON
tracts and agrecpeItsA although made,
and all such eontrae Us and agreed cnts|
het ca.ter TO bcSmade. prior to the final
report OF tl,e conmhttee, 10y or win any
t.department of-fhe Government, IN aay-
wise connected with, or growing out on
the operations Of the Government IN
suppressing the rebellion against its con-
tstitutcd authoritys- -
" Resohed, That the said committee be
authorized 10 vt (dhr1tg ne recess ID
Congress, at such times and places as
may be deemed proper.
The .otber repl ationsi authorize the
empldStit0tl Of a stcnogapbetl and d.
reefs the Sergeant at rms of the House
TO attend the Strings OF tho committee;
serve all sdbpchas, ray all owimess fees
ana necessary expenses Of the committee.
I lfgWing an abstract Of the testi-
mony, wlhchis 50 voluhineus, we pro.
pose OILY 20 give a part bearing on the
4 different leads of fraud, as summed mp
: in tile committees report The entire
testimony has been sent to Washington
TO be laid before CongressD at its next
: session. The synopsis we publish is a
faithful abstract Of the evidence before
the committee, although many OF the
minor details have been omitted. 5000 '-'
rhe first act of fraud was the prescn-
tation to Mrs, Btigadjer-G General McKins-
try, on the 20tl day Of September, Of a
> complete sett Of silver service, Of the
Jenny Lind pattern, which service cost
5000 and upward, and being the finest
ever made in the West, took the premi
um at the State Agricultural Fair held
at st. Louis This service was present
ed by parties exclusively interested in
!. Government contracts, among whom,
: were Major Selover, Lconidas Haskell,
: John NJ. Crnu, T.. l.. Beard, Of Califor-
MIA, and others. Gen. McKinstry was
I QuarterinaSter General of the Western
!, Department by appointment eff Major
, General John q. FREMONT, and as such
y Qnartcrmaster General, controlled the
horse and mule contracts, building Of
h barracks, and all supplies and purchases
appertaining to that Department. The
committee in their report say "Tht
> frauds in the Quartermaster'S Depart
!, ment arc numerous and have been clear
c " proven, and extend through all bran
i ches of his control and supervision"
! In relation to the purchase Of horses =
the second act of iraud-the testimony
is extensive as to the various species 0
h imposition practised, the % old EngHsl
!, jockey tricks" as they are called, being
v in this case Of the lesser magnitude. 4
q party contracts to furnish / 700 head o
If horses, at Sis, SO pcrhead, to the govern
v mcnt, through the Quartermaster TIL
contractors agent, who is approved b,
" the Quartermaster, has charge OF tn
y field where the contractors horses are t
y be passed upon. a countrynan, having
\. horses to sell to the Government, pay
SO entrance fee to the field, where hi
horses are examined, and upon the pay
:. ment of another fee 0 1910, they arc rec
commended to the contractor, who Pun
chases the same at tho very lowest fg
ure, which, throughout the entire Ell
r dence, never exceeded SIS and 500 pc
head. The contractor. takes his purcha
!. ses to tho Inspector, who is, also REIN
It bursed by a fee, which amount is compu
! ted according to the, value Of the animal
The contractor, on obtaining certiii
> cate from tie Inspector, demands tn
> money OF the Quartermaster, who pay
i the SAME, when the Jo9S for said pay
l. ment is guaranteed. The evidence dis
= closes several such schemes, and man,
:; other ways in which horses and mule
were obtained. The testimony also shows
: that the horses in majority OF instances
: are Of the most inferior kind, and hav,
l. broken down or fell dead on the road.-.
!, Around the depots where horses wer
I, kept thus purchased, numerous dead cal
! casses have been found. Omnibus AN
8 stage horses have been trotted out, g ful
u a Of bran and peppered.n u by, contractors
- who received Sll5 and S130 for esc
Is horse they furnished. One Of the recen
'e reports Of Boards of Survey will suific
Y in giving the character of horses Go,
~ eminent furnished to regiments upo
" tile requisiton of the commanding off
= Ger. Other similar reports the commit
g tee have on fiei:, si.ssral s7iynIaIG q
Il assdi CAMP SULLIVAN, WARSAW, }o
y. sqcl5vsb qmaO ctober21, 1861. g.
5f TO COL I'm Bishop: Do salii.Eri bal SO
n The Undersigned having been sum
% noned as Board of Survey, to cxamu
:. and inspectthe condition of the horse
~ forwarded to this regiment from S,
= Louis, and arcportdtho result to- you
. headquarters, would respectfully repor
that we have examined said horses an
"a find about seventy.six (76,) fit for eel
80 vice, five t5,) dead, aud three ,hupdre
N and thirty $500 understood, under an
. averaged, stiae,l, ringboned, blind, sapv
"a ined, and mcua5iy unfit for any publ
"A service, said horses beiag part Of tn
-. Missouri contract Very respectfully, p
n tSighed,l DAVID MCKEE, Major, 'o'
~ n19l.on io oiis Gro. RooKwEbE, Capt,
81 80 haa 7s2aJous scnss, Lieutenant
'' This committee have also in cvidenc
DO that U. s. District Attorney Jones wa
at associated with Messrs. Thompson an
be Bowen in the purchase of horses an,
id mules, theft contract being at s119,5
" each horse Raven sold ont 10 Thorn