Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-11-23

over age, stlned, rlhgboned, blind, spay-
ined, and tncu'gaM unfit for any public
service, said horses being q pare Of the
Missouri contract.
Very respectfully,
DAVID MCkEE, MAJOR,
GEORGE ROCKWELL, Captain,
JOHN SCHEE, Lieutenant.
The committee also have in evidence
that United States District Attorney Jones
was associate with Messrs. Thompson and
Bowen in the purchase Of horses and mules
their contract being at SlIg.5O each horse.
Bowen sold out to Thompson and Jones
for So 900 payable in bankablc funds --
Thompson went to Mckinstry for pay.
ments on horses MessEs. Thompson and
Jones had furnished, and was told thai.
'another party vas interested in this horse
business, and unless the $4,000 10 gold
was deducted by Messrs. Thompson and
Jones none Of tide money could be paid "
The $1,000 was kept by McKinstry, and
the remainder paid over to Thompson and
Jones.
Under his head ii fraad, the committee
have testimony ofoyer half million of
dollars sunk in pay contracts The quar-.
'ermastcr paid $3.50 per ton for hay in
bales, which on examination is found to be
prairie grass, and hay ofycry poor quality
The cost oftrangpo.!ation between st. Lou.
is and 5cdolia is about So peg ton, or S25
per ton delivered a; Sedalia. The COM
mittee have aoeunulaliye evidence that
fresh hay from the stacks, aui in abund-
suce along the cntire rgut 10 Warsaw, can
be obtained 4, seas psy ton,
IN Government. wagons lie evidence
SLOWS tia. large 2umbers axe here with.
cut any owners, until after they have been
pressed mo the scryioa, and then the
builders present ther claims, y majority
ot ,hoso wagons are unf. f-t sariioo.
Iho axles, reach, holsters, sp9kes, hubs,
&2 are fcuud 70 ave hen cra-kcd, and
:he cracks Sled with leather and putty,
and pa.u!cd ever Where she fraud was pat.
tens. Several of ,Ae wagons we're cen.
Gcmu2d The committee will report that
a humber Of the wagons thus received by
the On artermustor aud his agent have bro
ken down before the army had proc 'rded
lar, and that all the wagons will be use
less artcr low weeLs service.
Tbs third act of fraud i. the building of
fortiGcati1no as -. I.cris On the 18th Of
August, Colonel lIassondeubel, by order
Of General Fremont, engineered and sur.
vcyod the points within the limits of St.
Louis for the erection ot eleven az forts.
Uuaer Major is supcgiutendcnce a!e o.
were built directly for the Government,
without any intervening contractor The
wages Of the labOregs were 30 cts each per
day, and the cost Of each forGicaticp not
20 exceed $4,000 On the ?5th Of Sep.
tember, when General Fremont knew that
the forts, completed, cost $4,000 each,
Quartermas.er Mchinstry, peg order Of
General Fremont, made contract with
I L. Beard, cf California, to build SIX
forts for he Government, SINH
lar, in al respect, to tho five cousIructod
BY Colonel Hasseudeubol agrceing to
pay 80 cents per cubic yard for ell exca.
yations, 50 cents per cubic yard for the
same dirt excayated upon the bank of the
fort and forming tie embankMent for all /.
puddIed earth 80 cents per cubic yard
paving walks with brick or stone, floors or
blOck-houses, &C., 81 per square yard
for cistrens, 25 cents per cubic gallon Of !
23l inches, arched with brick, crown and .
lumber for magazines, block
houses and quarters for officers and troops,
sewers, &c, the lumber and timber to be
measured in the building, 500 per 900
'eet for facines and breast works requi.
,ed on the work, 81 per cubic foot, and
'or roofing all the buildings with three ply l
roofs s4 GO per square of 100 superficial
feet. The total cost of the SIX fortifca.
ions figures upwards Of 100000, upon
which Mr.. Beard has received $4,000.
An additional payment of an order fer
100000 from General Fremont was stop
ped by the Secretary Of War when in St.
Louis, The evidence sets forth, that not
wittstanding Beard has received already
hrce times the original cost of the works,
Le labogers are clamorous at the Govern
nent Offices for their pay. The Items of
he cost of forts, as proven by other forts
quilt, and the evidence of master mcchan.
cs, put the figure, viz lOc per cubic
yard for excavations and ombankments
1uddlad earth SOC paving, &c, zoe els