Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-07
Army Contract rands.

There is no doubt that great frauds are perpe-
traied On the Government in every department
of supply, as well at the East, in and about
Washington, as in Missouri. Indeed. it is sur
missed that this great cry about Missouri con-
tracts has been fsised to cover UP much more
gross frauds elsewhere. That readers may un-
derstand a little of what is goipg on under the
War Department administration outside OF Mis-
sOuri. We string together several extracts from
our exchanges Of single day. With regard to
the purchase of horses, the illinois Springfield
Ne have heard that Col Barrett's .Frontier
Cavalry" is to be supplied with broken down
hacks from the East. What object, other than
10 give some fayoriie job, can there be in SEND.
ing horses from the East TO Illinois. for the use
Of her yolunteersl Better horses and cheaper
by 20 per cent. can be had here. and The trans
poitition saved beside. Why not let the vol
unteer cavalry furnish their own horses. as has
been done hitherto in this State. to be apprais-
ed by a Government agent. There can be moth
ing but downright robbery at the bottom of this
horse performance. The call upon Pennsylva-
mia just now is for men. Illinois, certainly can
do without her horses. ! ;,lai aa sia a5s.ts .
The indianapolis Journal thus remarks on the
same SUBJECT: ..4.! yaas1 ID iitw fn9u
q Horses are purchased in Pennsylvania at
$l35 each, to be sent to Illinois, where better
horses can be had at an average of S95 TO $l05.
Horses purchased in the West by Government
arr. found 10 be go worthless on their arrival at
Pittsburgh that Ioriy of them are killed 10 save
tie cost Of traasportati m. Big prices have been
paid for old nurse frames that wOuli not make
decent buzzard bait. We heard Of one horse
in this vicinity that was bought by sharp deal :
or fur sJ5. and in about an hour was sold to the
Goyprnnent for S9O. - 80 :. l.-,-.i I -'l-
Tb.s. s,,,em.n,s arc fnIlv corrobora,ed nv
Clcaoo noners' cf ali poliiical persuasions.S
Ths TsI,;i,.l,, Tr;6,,o Tins sneaks amt. -
TIN, cvid,nce of wicked collusion between
horss con,racsor. sn,fhorse ipsnec,ors some-
where in peunsvlvapia. are too piaring to admit
of donbt that tbcv show forth the actual facts.
The horses sent here from Pittsburgh locals
carried tn Newcastlel purchased at SI35. are
M, worth nj an average. in this market, S65
each They are a sorry lot Of small, old. abused
no,sed upon soldiers anywhere. The contractor
Who bought them and ihe inspector who passed
them should be tried by drumhead court mar
tial and shot: and until a few examples are made
of such men, this scondrelism which mounts
our brave lads On spawned and wheezy old
hacks, bought at figures which should command
the very choicest ANNALS in the country, will
not be arrested. We hear now from Springfield
that the horses for Col. Barretts cavalry Tor the
plains-a service in which the choicest steedS
are reouired-are also TO be sent forward from
Pittsburgh. and that they are duplicates of the
crowbaiis that have come here for Col Brackett
Ii Mr. Cameron now that his hands are in
Western affairs, will stop at Pittsburgh on his
his way home, and find out where the viii
lany is. his visit 10 the West will not te in vain.
CINCINNATI has been great army horse mar
ket ever since the war began. The Commercial
thus tells Low the Government agents have
..made a nice Thing of it," e... .
We are informed that more than twenty thou
sand Of the thirty thousand horses purchased
Tor the U. S. in this market, were in the first
place bought by agent, and cost from sixty five
10 ninety dollars per head, 1t would be inter-
esting 10 know how great an advance they were
sold 10 the govern naent. The probability is.
that Uncle Sam, who has always been blind
man in horse trade, did not at any rate pay
much less and probably paid more than one
hundred dollars per horse. The advance in
price of The horses during the passage through
the hands of the spcculaiors was OF course SO
much clear gain. The sum realized can hardly
be less than a quarter Of u million OF dollars.
So much for horse frauds-now for n little
insight into frauds in horse feed. A single
Transaction given by the Washington Dispatch
OF Oct, 22d, may be taken as a specimen brick. "
1t SAYS: - a.- +r sr..-.-s haI,.,,.ci {
contractor brought here S,UUU bags OF OaS
containing Two bushels each. Before delivered
,hev became watcr.soaked on the wharf
and were,rri,eled. They were thcn sold TO a
nrivate individual; at 25 eta. prr bag. He dried
Them again. put them in bags and sold them to
the government at As els. per bushel This is
one among the many speculations around us.
Here /, p,,rarr,Dh from the Cincinnati Com
,,,e,c;al on tbe 26Ib' in regard 10 -four oppera.
,iops and stealing generally in that vicinity:
The amount OF Sealing that is going on in
this vicinity. in the business of furnishing the
army TRANSPORTATION and supplies. is positively
nwfHI, The other dny n yery LARGE lot of -four
was shipped from this point 10 W cstern Virgin
ia tor the army. 1t was the amount of sixteen
hundred barrels. as we are informed, condemn
and sent back. Ii it would not be impudent,
We nigh, INQUIRE wby the -four was notipspec-
ted here and who laid the c.t Of TRANSPORTATION?
One Of The Individuals Implicated in this
1onr Transaction. was. we learn. oneof the loud.
est adyocates in The Merehanls' Exchange for
a commi,,ee of investipaIron into the army
frauds which are SO dsrepu,abie and disas.
trons- - -
TShe .rn,v :. fr.nJs IN pounsvIvan;a have becn
nnnarail.l.d Snmr time avn, Gov Cnrtin in
r.l,.,ns. Il, tho o,,,crv nm ,b s',tpct of frauds
hv f,h,. ,..o,,I. of 'TennsvIyania' apmipted a
tracts. Tie Commission has reported, and the
pI pdIrrs OF The government and The soldiers would
Nh Tho