The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-09

wickedly and ne'dloe-lN. the TACT that we
must shattcr the Idol tiat We lo'lishly reared
is the mos. Painful 'p in,trl vi h the af-
fair. But our duty to on lear country bids us
speak ami God knows With what sincerity and
singlcncss Of purpose these words are recorded.
Tie subjects on which these gentlemen OBJ
tanned information arc efully classified. First
in order is LroN and MUIIIGAN.' The Tri-
bune shows, even more concluslvely than did
Adjuiant- General TnoNAss report, tht. both
these officers might have been reinforced had
not General PHEMoNT been first inaccessible to-
the messengers sent to him from both generals
asking for aid, and secondly Indifferent to the
needs and the fate of those two ali INT officers.
With respect to the Californian employed
about General FnENoNr's person. the disclosures
are most dana ting. All the contracts appear
TO be engrosscd by them, at enormous rates
We APPEND fcw extracts which ous ht to satisfy
the most skcptical.
Mr.. Beard u Californian, hal the c,ntrac, for
building the Notifications at st. Louis. Hero
are some of the terms of the contract, which do
cument the editors of the Chicago TriJgae hid
handled and read
For excavations, (thc ground is yellow loan,
| with not pebble in it, 40 cents per cubic yard
w
For cmlankincnt,- dirt thrown with the
shovel out Of the trenches, and that only fifty
| five cents per yard--cxcavaton' and cmlank
mcnis amounting to 81 per yard. The testi-
| mOny Of practical men is that 10 to 20 cents
| would have been a rcmunerativc price.
For all puldlcd earth, 30 cents per yard.
| The work was done for fraction more THAI
| cents
For ,odling the slopes and the sol walls on
the scaiT, II 80 per square yata-worih 20
| cents.
For f,scines--Lundles Of twiss bound mp like
a sheaf Of whcat-S1 per cubic foot. They were
| worth Io--ihly, 10 cents.
For lumber-squafc timber reduced 10 board
| measure and plank--thcse are the figures,
| SlOO per one thousand feet This includes, in
| the words Of the contract, stuff for officers
| quarters, soldiers barracks, sewers, &C., &c. 1t
| is worth there sl2 to ~ per one thousand.
But IN this connection, the Csterns in the
| ear hworks for a supply Of water for some i'm
| possiblc siege, afford the richest item. They
| are irartcd for at twenty-five cents per cubic
| gallon of two hundred and thirty -one inches.
| a cistcrn holding ten thousand gallons, we'll
| bricked w, ccmcnted and finished for the
| pump costs here $50 to $40. Each one oftheso
military cstcrns, Of like capacity has cost a.
| 900
| Other Caliloninns had contracts for horses.
| Our Chicago contemporary thus describes their
mole Of operation.
| OF these back stair men would, say today,
| impurtunc the General for an Ordur-( nOthing
was advertised for--that would not DO OF
| course y for b. 600 horses ut any figure, ranging
from n - to 100 dollars according to the SER
| vice for which the animals were intended
| Next DAY another order for 900 would be got,
| aud ne 1t lay "A third order for 600. The usual
mchod was this To offer these orders for sale,
at prices like thcse-ior AN order for 1000
horses S2O 900; for 200, always SlO,OOO ior
| 300 not less than $4,000. But when buyer
were not plenty at these figures, the contractors
themselves commonly would undertake to pro-
cue the animals. And right here new phases
| Of rlscaity are opened.
One mana californian OF coursc-haying al
| order Of 900 horses sends his clerk, or sccrc'
tary rather (all these villains have secretaries .
| tu The country to make contracts for what he
| wants. This underling or sub-scoundrel goe'
| all about and among the farmers, makes con
| tracts signed with the name OF his employer a
| principal, by himself agent, for horses a
' | Sll9 ID, cash. liy and 10y the horses begin 4
come in from the farmers ia Missouri and lllinoi
Y | in lots from 10 to 20, and IA high 100, til
J. owners having their contracts in their pockets
n | Looking up the principal III the bargain, y
lc | seems to know nothing about the matter at all
| His agent, he says, has exceeded his powers; j
| i, not now buying horses; the government wi
take no horses. The agent pleads not guilty; i
IN did not mean 10 do wrong lac is sorry he can
help it. The result is that the farmers, OWN
l. for h.rscs that they have bought at SllO cacl
l. | with the apparent certainty Of selling a
| r.
= | Sly ~ are comptled' altet ,eeuhE lh.lr an
mails Tor week or more To sen AZ any price tha
a., the contractors may ENe-aAy gov 10 ~ eact
The horses are turned oyer TO the soNerhlnel
~ 5ll' ~ apiece YIN "hoih 'he tohira'uc
d divides the roitS OF the transaction we do nc
r say; -c....-..., ,,.......-. - ,,-..
II Uhe 81 the 'oy'InlnTn, i''i',to'" " ."'1
So, ~ p nG;",,' &" H. l,,r,, ~, A., L;s J,ty
I's 49, :, 81 L' -, an ,n = 90
a ~ u' I ~ ','V Nv, 80 -. ,., Lr,,,,,h, !
l. H's JAM u'us ,"" - "' iI;' ~, Ca
= IN o,'v i's''i.v iny Inn ,,i,s 81 g.
''is "','', H. -, "a th,,,',L a.. ar
houiS Nv III VIZ 'DI, ,'''a in"
v 6oo", a1I"u t''. ~, I,,, go, m. n,,no,
- az "' oa,hj, NO 80 a,
,or La,. H. 'oT,n a,,,,,t If some cent racto,
- III ~; - T;roc,h, f,or, Cnn Fremont
l. o,es aro,,nJ and CTR aio cach for the reject
is cd anim,Is They are boupht. re-inspccted' an
+, TUNED over to Uncle Sam at Sll9 IL to sl5
il each -. - ,
o ,,hn,h 40 ,,,,,,J h,s bo s"' saiJ
d Our readers have all heard of the generosity
:, foresight, and patriotism of General fremon
Is III tne pui.nhSc VI ur'hs IN EIioPoi mn1 49,
ut n r,,n as G,r as III, committees can nscertair
r When he got to ST. Louis lot of rejected Au'
lis TRAN mnskIls, h,Sul' primers UNI hown 70 on
n and in number, and We're Imported at a cost
81 % or az 20. They fell into the hands Of o.
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