Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-15

hunt M least thrN NtO "lluullnN NNNiN
ur mcn are complaining NilhuW Nusl
tNusr Tho complaint hhyo become nc
general that rhat M Frat acre mere in'
- anuations against men Who ne
D. iohbing have nov assumed the thapo
or bold charges, which must bc met or q
fearful responsibility viii rest somewhere,
. The correspondent Of the pitlsburR Di'
d Jui.l writing from Camp Scott, opens O
= hrondidc on the commissaiat there, 10y
declaring that the provisions furnished
are uotW 20 cat Tho Same paper contains
tho following significant advertisement
~O nLNNkErs WANrID.-oging, "a
~ tho miserable quality " tho half blankets
- furnished ut Harrisburg, The "wsshington in.
fantry' No. !, Company A, 18th Regiment, are
suffering from cold nt nights in their quarters.
, Any good blankets left at the dispatch Office,
will be forwarded at once for their relief my6.
! Il is openly asserted that the price paid
for each is tor full, Gick blanket, and
not for half horse blank cts, through which
. the sun could shine! We copy the follow
8 ing from the Eesnipg Jo,gnal of Monday {;
/, "Ls hcrcHo money We regret to hear
that those who are now employed vt 'the
Girard secalled on the ,cashior, on
: Saturday, tor tEeir wages, and received
} only smGll portion OF them. How is
, this ? What is the cause? Has the appro-
priation .oftiye hundred thousand dollars
made by the Legislature, been exhausted
in II proper manner
"If so, then we call Oh the members at
this extra session to make Immediately a
proper ppropriation-one sufficient to
meet all emergencies, so that the great
and patriotic State OF PennsN lvania may
not be di.graCed 10y having her sons and
daughters oftoil, who have families de
pendent OH them, turned away, with but
q pittance of their hard earnings. IL is
the duty of our State 10 see to it, nct on
ly that our brave volunteers are properly
clothed and fed, but also that the men
and women who are laboring by night and
day, for meagre pay, are paid promptly"
"ls there no money!" That is a very
significant question, and it appears there
is not, otherwise the hotel keepers would
be paid for furnishing subsistence to the
troops, and the operatives at the Girard
House paid their wages in full. 1t there
fore looks very much as if exorbltqnt pri-
,Ges had Eeen paid, or some jobbing done
TO disburSe the State appropriation in
three weeks. Let US have u fair, impartial
investigation, without respect to perSops
for this is q question in which the people
at large are interested. The following,
from an Ohio paper, shows that jobbing is
not confined TO this State:
Makmg Il Idy.-"The gentlemen wLo
have the contracts for suLsSting the vol
Gnteers OF .he State, VIII doubtless soon
make L Sum sufficient to retire on. The
rations in the regular United States Army
are commuted at thirty cents per day for
each soldier. the contractors in our State
recei. e MY and .irty cents per day for each
man, While the rations furnished our vol
unteers are of much inferior quality TO
those furnished the regular army.
The miserable food which has been
dealt out to our volunteers at Columbus,
/ it is said, does not cost the contractors
ftt5cn cents a day. The nunILer now atCol-
uni US is about 5000. The profits, there
fore, per day, must be about Sd .0QQ. Ibis
is patriotism with a,vengeanoe -.
! 1t appears that the General Gov ern>
ment, too, is being pIundered by uncon-
scionablc spectators. We find the follow
ing floating among the items in our eI-
change papers:
. 4 large .Spec,Ir'ion.--"W see it stated in
several papers that George Law and others
have Obtained a contract from the Gov
ernment tor supplying the newly raised
army with twenty thousand beeTes at
eight cents per p0und live Meight.-equal
to fourteen cents per pound when slaught-
cred. By the operation the contractors
expect to realize nett profit of S6O0, 900
This is one of the ways the Government
is pundercd, and the Treasury depleted
A few individuals are making princely
fortunes at the expense of TIE tax pay ers
of the country"
This is too tad. 1t is an abuse which
calls for correction, Immediate and un-
conditional. The people of HennSylHa>
MIA, with a unanimity unparalleled il the
annals of patriotism, are imposing upon
themselves onerous taxation, and are will
ling that the Legislature shall exhaust all
the resources Of the State TO assert the
supremacy Of the Government, but they
wild not stand unprincipled men enrich
ing themselves at a time like this ut their
expense.
We are at a loss how to stigmatize men
who, at this particular juncture, would
take advantage ofnatriotiSm To plunder.
They might with great propriety be class
ed among those who, on the day of gen
elal resurrection, would despoil cofiins of
their silver plates.
ARMY CIoTHIsG The eomplnints lin ne.
gard to the clothing furnished the SOL
diers Is becoming general, and in some in
stances are very pointed. The camp
Scott correspondent of the Lancaster Er-
! press makes the following statements
"While on the subject OF supplies, let
me call your rat+ention, and hope through
you the attention Of the proper authors
ties, TO the character of clothing which
has been furnished the soldiers. The
2antaloons are made of unsponged army
gray cassinet 'Those who pat them ON
two inches too long two weeks ago. now
hnd them that many inches to Short,
and those who remembered the neat fits
worn III civilian days, 'Sud attempted the
introduction of such customs in the army,
contemplate daily the rapid march the
lower tuck is making on the knee Joint
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