The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-16


The first act Of fraud wa the presentation TO
Mrs. B,igadicr-Gcncral Mrkinstry on the 10Th
Vi September Of "a complete set Of silver scr-
vice of tho Jenny Lind pattern, which service
cost 1000 and upward, and being the finest
ever made MT the West, took the premium at
the State Agricultural Fair held in st. Louis.
This service was presented 10y parties cNClu-
iv,ly Interested in government contracts,
among whom were Major Sclovcr, Lcoui las
llask III, John VI. Crum, f. l.. licnrl, OF Cali
iorna, and Otlcrs. General MckinStry was
Quart, rmasicr- General oi the Western depart
mont by appointment OfJ G. Fremont, aud ~
such Quartermastof-Gon,ra controlled tho
horse and mule contracts, building Of barracks,
aud al supplies aud purchases nppcrtaning TO
tina. department The committee In their re-
tort .iy, "Iho frauds In contracts In the Quar-
tcrmastrr's Department are numerous, AMI
have leon clearly proven, and extend through
all branches Ot hi control and supervision"
II does not appear that General Fremont il
held sponsihlc for this service of plate.
PURCHASE ~ HORSES.
The testimony shows that the horses pur-
chased for the army, in minority oI instances,
are Ol The most inferior kind, AMI have broken
Down or fell dead un the road, Around the de-
pots where horses were kept, thus purchased,
numerous dead Carcasscs have been found. Om-
nihus aud stage horses have been trottcd ou,
full Of bran and peppered, by contractors,
furnished. One of tho recent reports Of Boards
Of Survey will suffice in giving the character
of hur.cs government furnished TO re- ,inents
uron the rcquisitiOn of their commanding o Nj
GERS. Other similar reports the committee have
ca hlc
"CAMr Sullivan, WARSAW,
October n, 1861.
"7o Colonel william Bishop!
The undersigned having been summoned, aS
"A Board Of Survey, 10 examine and inspect tho
condition Of horses forwarded to this regiment
from s.. Louis and report the result to your
headquarters, would respectfully report that We
have examined said horses, AMI find scvcnty-siN
(1G) iii for icricc five % dcal, anl three hun
drrd and thirty (33O) uulcrsizc'l, under aud
ovcr-a.cd, stiilod, riug-hOned, blind, spawned,
and inrrIiie, unit for any public service, Said
horses rcing part Of the Missouri contract.
VERY respectable,
"DAvID NJ, KrE, Major
"GEuRGE ROCkWELI, Captain,
"JOnS SCHEE, Lieutenant
Tie committee aso have In evidence that tho
United States District Attorney Jones was lssO-
cated with Thompson and Bowen in tho pur-
chase Of horses and mules, their contract being
AT SllJ 80 each hursr Bowen sold out TO
ThomI ton and Jones Tor $1,000, payable in
bauka lc funds. Thompson went to NJ Kinslry
for payments on horses Thompson and Jones hal
furnished, and was told that another party
was interested in this horse uFiness, and unless
the & 900 in gold was deducted by Thompson
and Jones, none Of the money coull be- paid"
The $1,000 Was kept by Mckln-tn, and tho
remaiId der paid over ~ Thompson and JOnca.
NAY.
The committee have testimony Of over half a
million ofdollars sunk in hay contracts. The
quartcnnaster paid Sl7 30 per ton for hay in
bales which on examination Is found to be pra'-
tie gTa.s, and hay Of a very poor quality. Tho
costs O, transportation between ST. Louis AMI
Scdalia is about * ncr ton, or i2j per ton de-
liycrcd at Sedalia. The committee haze accu-
INITIATIVE evidence that fresh hay from the
stacks and in abundance along the entire route
to Warsaw, can be obtained at 50 to IS per ton.
TIIE ~. Louis FoRrIFICATGuNs.
On the 18th Of August Colonel Ilassendeubcl,
by order Of General Fremont engineered and
| surveyed the points within tue limits ot 81.
l Louis for the erection of eleven forts. Under
| Major II + suporintcudonce five were built di-
/ rccily for the government, without any inter-
1 ycning cont rn,tOr The wages Of tho laborcrs
/ we're sixty cents each per day, and the cost Of
I each fertilization not Ia exceed 80 900. On the
| 25lh NJ September when Gen. Fremont knew
l that the forts, completed cost $1,000 each,
| QuaucmaSter Mcklustly per order ot General
1 Fremont made a contract with +. l.. beard, OF
California, to build six additional forts for the
i governments similar in all respects to the five
l constructed by Colonel llassendeubel.
i Tie total cost Of the Fix Notifications figures
| upward az 900, 900, upon which Mr.. Beard has
l received Sl7O,0 600. An additional payment OF
l an order for 900, 600 from General Fremont was
l topped by the Secretary Of War IN st. louis.
| The evidence SETS forth, that, notwithstanding
Il Beard has received already three times the ORR
final cost Of the works, the laborers are clamO-
l rous at the Government offices for their pay.
The items Of the cost of forts, a. proven by
other forts built, and the evidence OF master
mechanics, put the figures, viz. ten cents per
cubic yard for excavations and embankments
] puddlod earth, 10 cents paving &c., 40 conts
cisterns, &C., 3 cents lumber and timber, 800
sbO per thousand feet; fascines and breastworks
86aS40; roofing, t2aS2 60i and total cost o.
] six fortifcahons not over eco, 900, The con
tract for fortifcations was drawn up per order q