New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-29

such hoses those could DOT De boagf do usiiee uat
be could 80 4moDs he farmers Of illinois ard Wisconsin
acd buy them TO- $50 head 10 said he would get In
specof appointed told him tina. he might do, but taat
would have nothing 20 DO with ID that would not mix up
MY With such transactions bad been ,opg on mere
10 got appointed who was 30 oafelacsa IN Is
bsuess transactions that he WA discharged In week OF ten
O. What Is the nsue Of the who had the contract
A. Dr. Farrer one Of the respectable cEens here.
He sot two coprscis in Washingtou. On the t he
commenced to bay but Major MeKinsry tire" every GIN
Guilty in the way Of inspection lie bought % or 20 hoses al
hrs and went " the MAJ get them osIsced The Ma.
or told the inspector 70 90 aud Inspect ARTILLERY hoftes nc
went again with good artillery horses and the Msor tod the
aud inspect caysly horse. lie ie 40 osus
master of Alton Tor COO understood and think tht
there many difficulties thrown IN the "eJ Of Due.
on hand now ByrEmasrr got man point. inspector
who best Of all that have been appointed. Al
The mule contracts managed in The way have an
that as hgb as Ia have been paid for OF
The mules but slis so ba. been the ruling price -.
Examination BIZ Mr steele.-o Did you SEQ great many
| Of there horess which s'Ie plsedI
A Yes Sir thousands II them.
q What was their aveia9e value IN the nafket here =
Many oihem were, to my certain kos"egde' puiohsel
/ for from 465 TO s85.
O. Taking them whole, what they worth on an
A. 0ue Aurdrei dollars would be very large price for
@ would the Government have had soy difficulty 10 OBJ
tsOiug these same bor.r, by proper management up'n us
A None whs,ever. Thousand. OF them could be bought
Tor that price There nothing In tn way Of tie 1oyer
neut procuring those animals of the who brought them
in Hherc had been re-psc able man appointed y .peo
the respectable O lilupls
sin could sud had thsir horses ipspeeted ne
horses could have been bought at Their real value u VIC
tanners would have gone home satisfied win the ooseIH
ent IL would have been doing hin Justice ~
lnsny Of tAem in from Illinois aud lowe Tor 81
snt r1cs pt through record hauds This secondhand ou
ihs,s shuts out respectable c'@ns a1d mary o.
Who csuy here o., large bill Of expene, wee Obliged 10 sr
FOR what they could get But whatever they sold ss the
Government wac obliged 10 p,y l9 ior the horse'.
O. Did not the Government pay $50 or many Of these
no artillery horse'. wtcn you considered worth not
moro thon %i0Ul
Q Wlen Jon aid that the average value Of these hcr.e.
passed nd went into the artillery '>Tyic-l
eec, bought here or the lat Regiment exclusively at
From your tusuc,, you acquainted with the value
A. am doacr il all domestic animals AID have been fo
What wa. lie ayersse value OF the mules FOR which the
A. To best evidence can give Of .hs. e. 20 relate trans
action Charles Y. Cbouean got contract 70 furnish tie
Government h go mules He req este ue 70 tase an IN
tee.t IN the with him and purchase the mules he
knoa that knew the whole country and many o the
faruefs ook interest IA tho contact and went up TO
lie ssckyards AID EXAMINED the slock 10 them saw
ra hundred animals which bad been brought IN om various
points BY various parties but they were not such animals
s,,ssd Fer :, mel ns. were to ,epse a M .,cood
ciss called sw1g mules III; aBd for lead mules rVv
b1rslt 20 Sfirm FOR 900 They were spec b very
mnD VII did justice btt~sen snd The Coy
hive oiec ed hid in'Iected them SELF They were
ra,.sd the inspector as 10 wheel u 'wug and % lad
O. want to know whether the mule, you turned IN at
osr pcrs good those received By the Govern
consider that the poores, mule ps',ed for lead
would be equ, 70 The average OF 200 OF 800 n9ls' ~e1
have been s0d t. tho Government here think ihe mules
fuui,hd TO the Government were at least - hssj sa'ins
scarcely ny mules such put IN wheel mules were At
hr.t boushi by the 6ovsrnmeDt
q Have 800 fg.nl;,d The eootf is.
a. woas .s.re hsre been ssy dfseuly IN the
L . tfs.H Al
A. could have olght any amount oi them' oay live ne
O lathe Co,ohaneht purchasing large number Of mules
a Ic.upot ,,y EXCEPT fron report pndeand that Col
Singleton up Quilcy III has contract 10 buy thousand
! q. Wth shom did be male the con 81
A. supPge the QuaeTmaster heIoi that Is what he
l. d, you lnov. or have you been reliably Informed q
any made Of 10 get thee inspectors 70 Peas hTte.
earuo .ay further than that the men Of such I.
olsss ~ yoG could not tel wins, they would do.
q DO you what became % th,so horses alter they
wsfo io,Te ed snd r,eessd b1 the Government , 49,,
CITY. s5So Of isss voied "a L. coz &c; eouTs5. 20 ttsp
GrIrJs to uai or stable. 1 % snd % cents pea day.
q ant know n many Of ihose horses died before
A. To-. horses branded Immediately ard taken ont
aud pu into tie neld and icy. aud psses., 30 teai the
parties that sold thrm did not know What became Of them
Col L' came in aer beng oui eight dJ' uo1 service
~b scsebty odd houes condemned and desfdet seventy
ouni horses IN exchange foT them from the 10 charge
the Governments hofs-s lot. Dsnies tod that lh
Ellis saed there lI9m morning I'll night iLsi he hsd 'nen
uou u lead To s0horses thai moy o. the men ere
drunk DRUM that they could not tide home ihe horses
stayed all ttat Day and Ell that night ard oil tho next
day hout food water The Ia charge fno
seni horses woald gys him the hor.es lihoJ proper
requiton Bills tae Al 'So.e the whole Day ard Dan
horses. cane sway u the evening and Lid "as heb get
ting such o. has a. ooud noe upon e hof' vas not
cus since ou a. the bsrscks gpon the St Chsrs road and
~ AZ there told that tn horscs dying the rate Of
nonl four TO day There many young houes ou
Indiana CIueifnst aud oLe point. upon the railroad which
were brought In durr the wea'hcs OF JAY aud August
Th.y pscket yer closely upon The Gers ard upon being
al. n them cold Tie druplf and
rop,r being aken ofthrm ihns many Of them died
the horses have been very badly handled number Of
sd no fod accept what they barsed eeI and
they lad ea'en up swht, pine plank fence.
A Irsiy cannot say ,hrt the greatest f.ull wa' In
buYing moro stock than wanted AZ The time four times
nsny apparently were required. There certainly IN
ad ABOUT the eiy great lumber now probably two or three
q. you Of no use the Government has for these
hoTsel
@ DO Jon know Of horse. being "a the city which
have been plrchs'ed for sey, raj week.
several months know that Daniels had hive hundred
hey &c, dea'ed snd die ple,iy fast .,.-.,,,
cannot cay but there have been out the S. Chsl.es
road 's biacts full Ps,'ed there day before yesterday
q Ha. Dahie, been connected with the government in
l. Is sir Buying horses got to be sperect rssa here
Dry DDS rnerchsl. dealing ho'es quit their
waea tho farmers coming TO- and would hail them Want 10
yolr horses Z" Yes ,r" How much viii you ts.e %
n, apy would be xI5 OF ESQ scccIdug to tho quats
And they would buy the horses price ssTeed provided
they pass inspection These tnd buyers under
would from the government $lg for cavalry and lSy for
O DO ,on know anything Of the supply Of beef The
A. Lave direct knowledge OF the, matter This man. C.
NJ Esrd Furnished TIE bie tho hrs, three mouth. for the
sdyertisnont foriproIo ais made. and msu from
Jsrs IT, Castle down attending the ineres of
The iinoi. regiment and he came 20 ne get noIustion