, 1861-11-06

;: found Ut for Gezs3ee-A hiEMhlch implies
svind1e On Tho Qoveznme,Iof 1t least 45o0eosl
cAnr SULLIVAN, wAns4w, oceober n; 161t..*
70 Col VIM. BraHoR.-The u1z2aIsagnsdf
having been summoned, IL Board pk8uFYe8S /
to e1Imine and tnepect tle eondit34A oE f4e |
hsnes Forwarded 70 this regiment ftoan eaaat i
Louis and report the result to your hsadqsae: i
teri, would respectfully report that No ha11
examined said hosbes and find seveut14fxC76 4
ft for service. i've % dead, and three Aundfe4 |
and thirty $500 underlined, under and over
s&sa s:;S Al pE6one 9 med aS: na '%g.Tas % .sd .ad
horses bang put Of he Missouri Il eonta.et
Very respectfully, Il
(slgned] DAVID MCKEE, MEjor.
G1oRaE RoCKWE1L, Captain.
JOHN scHEE, Lieutenant.
ALI n THE RING.
Of. the hundreds Of persons from Illinois
snd Missouri, who intent only upon business
profits, have been to ct. Louis to sell horses,
mules or beef cattle, none have succeeded
without feeling some Of that California gang
whom Gen. Fremont has collected about him.
The common price asked has been 10 each
for the animals Of the horse kind called for by
the orders obtained. ,Selouer-a Major and ar
old partner Of Fremont, is In the habit, when
an application is rejected, Of taking the arm
Of the applicant and saying: IT can fix this
| " fe1 You. am an old friend Of Fremont. I
was with him in Europe. Twas his partner.
81 know him well. I have influence with
"him- Now 1 must have something for my
"eervices. Give me SIC, 600 and you can have
"an order for ], GOO horses, and no more shall
| "be saidr' Who authorizes Major Se1oger
10 do this, We know net. That such Is his
practice, and no man has had any luck in
selling horses or mules who did not submit
to his terms, the testimony before the Com.
mittee will show. When the Major WAS out Of
| the way some other one Of the gang was sure
to supply his place. ~
ITEMS BEARING On THE ABOVE.
Mr. Robbins, Of Detroit, swears that be Of
fired SIC, 600 for an order for GOO horses, bnt
$4,000 Was asked. ". s. Gutnee, Of this city,
| was asked SO GOO for a 1000 horse order; not
! choosing to deal In that way, he declined. Sam.
t BueImaster, Of Alton, paid 81, 600 for an order
for 500 horses, and made money by the pur-
chase. We mention these as proofs only.
ORDERS FOE GALE.
/ Orders for horses, mules, and all the sup.
plies Of the Quartermaster's department in
| st. Louis, have for long time been articles of
commerce, bargain and sale in st. Louis. Got
t out Of Fremont-We know not how-they
have been the means Of enriching gang Of
scpundrels the like Of whom never came from
I California
| OTHER MATTERS.
In the other supplies outside Of horses aad
mults-in clothing for the soldiers, arms,
blankets, wagons, harness, shoes, Medicines
ever1thing-the rule stated above has pre-.
vailed. Cases like this are frequent Samples
of shoes are exhibited at $13 per dozen. They
are summari1y and unceremoniousIy rejected.
Before the exhibitor gets back to his store,
one cf the gang at his heels, buys all the
shoes, say 1900 pairs at the price above named
and before night the Government drays are
sent to his store, the shoes loaded On and
taken up to the Government warehouse and
paid for at $24 per dozen! We do not know
who makes the odd 50 per dozen. Certainly
the soldiers do not. 80 Of the blankets to
keep OUT boys warm-fraud presided at their
purchase, inspection and distribution. In
one case Capt. Turnley, Asst. Q. u. tried to
arrest the swindle, but was defeated, aud as
consequence Of his interference, sent of to
the interior where his scruples would not in.
ts11upt the "regular progress Of business!"
From the greatest to the smallest thing, the
gsng and their confede1ates have exactel trib-
ute. Wooden rules for Engineers, charged
at Ten prices, picket pins for cavalry horses at
three prlcee,-from these things IN along tn
battery harness and wagons BY the hundred.
the s1inaling has all the while been active
aud successful The cavalry equipments,
furnished bv Con5is Wooley & ca. of this c;tv
had ten dollars tech added 10 their nrice he
fvre the Government eot them-not fnr tha
benefit cf the Icuse by which thev were made
but for the prcdt Of the eonfederates. into
whose hands they went. and bv whom thev
, werc sc1d to 1}ncl. Sam. Tn every th;oo that
the Ccmmitteeinyestigate this dishonesty and
,, robbery were discovered. We could nile Incl.
dent upon incident, proof upon proof. fae5
mon fact, but the above will snffice Tn tht
= o1,inion Of the Committee. not half of thf
: MANY millions snent bv Fremont has enursd
to the benefit Of the Goyernrnent--thef fa1anc;
! has gone into the pockets Of the garg BY waou
!, he Is surrounded. One house alone in St
Louis whose services they have h4d occasion
r to use, has had dealings with Fremont ans
d the Quartermasttr to the amount Of near,
;. one million Of dollars, the profits on whi:;
d we're full $4G0,o00. A fair business for thrc
s months!
T. TIE PURCHASE oF ARMS.
e Our readers haEe all heard Of the generosity
It foresight, and patriotism Of Gen. Fremont i
F. the purchase Of arms in Europe, where he wa
% when the war broke out. He never bought
:. gun es far as the Committee can ascertain
ke When ne got to st. Louis a lot Of rejecte
j. Austrian Muskete, (needle-primers unknow
d to our ee1vice) followed him. They WEI
t. thirty thousand in number, and were impor
e, ed at cost Of 1926 or $2.75. They fe
ra into the hands Of one Of the "gang," IN
IN were sold to our General at $3.50. Sent
il Cincinnati to be riAed and altered to pe1cu
,t sion caps, at $465 each, they are now wort
+. just $3.50 Per cord, or the price of old iro,
a. Thousands Of them are lying about St. Lon
Id worthless, and Qt Cairo in the boxes in wbic
il, they were packed--the soldiers refusing t
> use them.
Ie A let Of rejected Halls carbines. sold h
our Government as unfit for nse, were bouc1
by Gen: Fremont from one Of the I" gapg,' .
T. see eack-a transaction that afforded prof
Of it is said Of $4,000 nett. The rule of actlo
d, in these two cases, has extended to all ctht
il arms and equipments furnished the denar