Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-15

One By ONE the calumnies of Adjutant
rhomsss Report made up TO destroy Free
moDt--aTe being refuted; so that General
Fremont, when be comes to take up the web
Of villiany himself, will only ueed to collect
these denials of Tbomas's Own witnesses -
We have already given ,he full history Of the
mean lies about the guns and the blankets.-
The pontoon bridge at Paducsh proves to have
been at least as safe and economical of tIfe
as the edwards Ferry scows, which d7oagnsd
those who trusted 10 them. OF the 'palatial
mansion, the St Louis Democrat CT Monday
says Prffs5urg Dtspatch.
"The $4,000 for the Brant Mansion IS re-
ferred TO as piece of extravaganza. The
house is very conmodious, contaiCing about
twenty four rooms, half of which are occupied
as officers quarters. 1t is ascertaned that
the regular allowance for quarters TO the Off
GERS who were 10 this house, amounts to So,
GOO, showing after all that the occupancy of
the house was simply aa economy. of $500 to
the Government
And from the same paper We copy tue fol-
loving direct refutaticn of two other grand
lies in Thomas's infamous report;
MAJOR sELovER IN ANSWER TO ADJUTANT
GENERAL THOMAS.
st. Louis, Mo, Nov 2, 186I-To Briga-
der General l.. Thomas, Adjutant General
United States Army--Sir: | have just read
your official report on tho condition of the
Western Department, dated October Il, 1861,
directed TO the Secretary of War, 10 which
find reference is made to myself, as follows:
seen Hunter stated to me that he bad just
received written report from one of his Coll
onels, informing him that but twenty out of
hundred of his guns would 60 off. These
were the guns procured by Gen. Fremont in
Europe. will here state that Gen. Sherman,
at Louisville, made to me a similar complaint
of the great inferiority of these European
arms. lie had given the men orders 10 file
down the nipples. ln conversation with Col.
Swords, Assistant Quartermastrr General al
Louisville, just from California, be stated that
Mr. Selovar, who was in Europe with Gen.
Fremont, wrote TO some friend 10 Sanfrancsco
that bis share of the profits of the purchase
of these arms were $50, ,00G"
If the above statement of yours is true, as
coming from Col. Swords, then he tCol. 81
has been guilty OF circulating base aud ma
ligDant falsehood have uever made dol
lar, directly or indirectly, out of any arms CIR
derod or purchased by Gen. Fremont in Eu-
rope; nor have / ever written to any friend,
in Cllifarnia or elsswhers, that had made, or
expected to make, dollar 10 any manner,
shape, or form, ou, of such purchase.
am amsz5d, sir, tha, you should make to
tho Secretary of War au official report based
on vague information, and without positive ev-
dence of the facts Very respectfully,
Your obd't servant A. A. SELOVER.
ST. Louis, Nov. 4, 1e6l.-L. Thomas
sfdjt. Gen. Washington, D.. C.-SIR: l see
10 your report, published n the New York
Tribune of October 20th, Paragraph in the
following words
"By Direction of Gen. Meigs, advertise
ments we're published for proposals to furnish
grain and hay, aud con tracts wcrs subsequent
y made for specific snms-twenty eight cents
per hushel for corn, thirty cents for oats, aud
$l7 81 per too for bay. Iu face Of this,
other party in St. Louis, BAirt, or Bard &
Palaer Palmer being of the old firm in Cali
fornia, Palmer, Cook s. Co, Gen. Fremont's
agents in that State,) were directed TO send to
Jeferaon city, where hay aud and corn sbound
as fast as possible, 100000 bushels Of oats,
with corresponding amount of hay, at thirty
three cents per bushel for the grain, and $40
per ton for hay" tSee voucher No.
Tue fdcfs are these: Ga the 29th of Au
gust received reqaisitiou from j. M'Kins-
try, Qlartermaster, as follows: "Please ur-
nish QIsrtermaster's Department 100000
bushels oats TO. La pursuance thereof