Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-12-29

Corruption in the Army--The hepoft
. OF the Van Wyck Congressional
COMMITTEE.
The New York Ezpress, In speaking Of the
report of the Van wyck Congressional Com
mittee, says:
While we, of New York, were plying the
poor, plucked, picked goose, Uncle Sam, N st.
Louis, as IL almost always the case, the
Greeks" were here, in New York city, under
our own eyes, by our own doors. The steamer
Cataline was bought by the collusion OF Gov.
ernment agent, with promise TO pay $oU,VUU
for her in the case OF loss, for 6,0OO the orig
inal cost Mr.. Cummings, of the World news
paper, had $2,000,000 on hand, Of which he
spends $3.50, 900 without any proper vouchers
$50 900 OF which are said to BIO In the hands OF
R. M Blatchford, vouched for. Cattle are
bought for Washington at cents per pound,
live weight, but sublet to Wilson u Allerton OF
New York for 81, the profits on which 70 the
original contractors were $50. .266 II, while vii
son & Allerton made profit, at W cents, OF
from $4,000 to $1,000! James L Dayton, Of
Ill Nassau street, an agent Of the Government,
buys of John o. Taylor, of New York, ak
horses, o top buggy, and two sets OF harness, Tor
1870, but only four horses are handed over to the
Government for those $970, and no top buggy, no
harness! The engraving Of the Treasury notes
here turns out to be 0 Job. The steamer Stars
and Stripes, which cost the New Haven Pro-
peller Company 35,0U0, is sold to Mr.. Geo. D.
Morgan, by the President of that Company,
Mr.. G. s. Bushnell, for $5500O, and the Com
pany gives him (B) commission for making
the sale of $4,000, while Morgan has ~ per
cent as bis commission on the purchase -
Mr.. Geo. D. Morgan's commissions have already
been near $l00,000 and are daily increasing
Old Austrian rejected muskets, invoiced here
at 81 to $2.40, we're sold here for Fremont's ar
my at Sc GU. They could not be used, for they
were good for nothing for our army. The Hall
carbines sold by the Ordnance Bureau, costing
here 81 80 or 81 rs. were sold to one Simon
Stevens for the 81 so or 81 rs, who sold the en-
lire lot for Fremont's army, at $22 each. I'm
mense army supplies, both In the army and
navy, have been purchased privately, under con
tract express or implied, without any competi'
tion being invited. A vast amount of supplies
have been bought upon what is called requisi-
ton. Major Eaton and Colonel Tompkins, of
the United States Army, in this city, have been
practically superseded in their purchases here,
by Mr.. Alexander Cummings, Of the World.
The Secretary Of War having authorized Cum
mngs and Governor Morgan to make all neces-
sary arrangements for the transportation Of
troops, ETC., the Governor bequeathed the extra
ordinary power to his brother, George D. Nor
gan-but Cummings was the real man. Mr..
Cummings buys shoes Of Benedict g. Hall here,
who lend him money from time to time, for
So 20 pair, worth sl.9O to 50, but If pegged,
only 81 .25 pair. The ubiquitous World edit
or, Cummings, purchases coal in Philadelphia,
when there ia an officer Of the Government
there "A QuarteImaster and Commissary.-
There are other purchases Of bis-linen pants
($l7, ,220 ,000)-strsw hats-($4. las. .69), arti-
Oles never provided for the army-with ale and
porter, and tongues, etc., etc.
But-enough! Enough Column after col
umn is filled with evidence and detail on these
points! The Rev. Sidney A. Corey, clergy
man residing in Thirty-seventh street, near
Fifth Avenue, "was in the horse contracts of
the Secretary Of War" Corey resold part of
his contract for bonus of $500, to parties who
have gone West to purchase horses to fill
II, etc.
But enough! Enough! Enough.