New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-12
THE ARMY SUPPLY CONTRACTS.
RESPONSES FROM VARIOUS PARTIES MILL
GATED GY THE CONGRESSIONAL INVEsTi-
/, COMMITTEE.
THE SILVER SERVICE.

GhliNh iOhAAli Atst.
THE SILVER SERVICE.
To tie Edi,oys of The Mi,os,i Des.ocyaL
Nou publ-htd this morning Il communication
taken from Tie CmcUHCtl IHfHTcr) with ihe
following heading: Another Important Document
The Congressional Investigating Committee ald
their Authority"
Tie followiig z extract from that communication |
detirc 10 notices
The fret ret Of faud was the presentation 10 Mr. Bg
Gen iusr on the lOo Of srpober ala complete set ~
silver crvice Of the Jenny Lnd Ta. rn. wich Fey, c
% ODO upward snd beng nade ~ me ', e.
took the cmium q, the Stale Agil, ninbI lIi Isu ~
Louie. 1hl se,yice prseI'ei ~ par's e1cu'iysy
iutescd in G0yruIner coni'acis, snors whom ~ei- ~
seioyef Leoudas Haskell J.hu ". hmm, H. i, beaid 81
California hud ohers Gen. McKins'ry Nss Sat-fils.t
Gene al Of tho Nueu, De- arimer bb hpl'lnui'' - -
Cen John C. Fremont t,i a. .u'a , ~ bsrgskg
srS :" ~ CS1ep IN their Tcpot ssy: The frauds
i'm rrr I'm dc Cusleru tors rsrar -eIt arc uurieso1.
nad have been dearly Wo'cn a'e s1'eA'ea 'n''"S- 90
b-llcA,s of hi, control ard super'i'ior.'"
The paragraph in with my name is ment,oneo
above 10 ar es r,lges to me, is mingaed idife-
hood. never applied ior any Government contract,
and have never i0en interested IN one cituer ohec
or indirectly. And as TO the pre- eniaioa oil 5eI
vice Of silver pate 10 hlrr. MeEinstry never hid
auytlirg 10 do with it, and in iaer never heard la
such an occurrence took lace unlil retd IL this
morning in Tie publication mentioned above :,
| lave 10 acquaintance with Messis. Haskeli ana
Beard, aud never, to nay knowledge, saw either oi
them. | have a slight acquaintance Win MAI se'-
over but never exchanged dozen Wo,Is In LIN
in my lie. JOHN IL AhVA'
81 IsIi,. Wednesday. Nov c iael.
THE rALATIAL MANSION on MRS. cot. BRANr.
the fourth so' Of aud is tho house rent t!si In the
psl.ia man on OF slr Col Bsnt cousin OF AiI. los 10
fIenout, rented ocn fremon .Gr LeaSlnar,ts o.
Of 900 per aunum' Report Of .tsAiing Colee-
TIE Committee have omitted some names aod
some facts belonging TO tie headquarters on CIou.
teau avenue, wlicbI will supply 10 them now, and
should most willingly have done 90 before lad Deeh
apllel TO-. .t.
residence When Gen. Fremont found tie uneess-
ing demands Ou lis tine, Iuired Nofk 10 he carried
or by night ~ well day. It was ,sfary III oiaef
10 etolouze time to have some Of the oiAcea under
le sare root The two lower stories are hle-lTooi,
aud are lied as follows: ,
Batmrnt-Room 10 lett four desks end tables,
used by Col. tidla, Lieut.. j. W. Savage, ar. riii
- Camp, NuleLharct.
Room T. night five desks and tables, used by 4.
NJ Davis 4. Q. 81; NJ. \. Buchanan, clerk Mr.
Dudley, clerk; Col. j. G. Woods, George Mcguire
clerk; Sir Bray. B X. Plumley.
Setord room TO lett, one desk, used by Major
DO5sBeinier.
second room to right, Telegraph oEce, eight desf'
operators or clerks at rayl The operaors also nave
tlis for n seeping-room. ..
/ HaL-Ore lorg dosk for u.e OF oficers visiting
\ Headquarters, to wtite upon.
Ityst Ho0r-Oue room 70 left four desks, Col
Eaton, Military Secretary Mr. Edward White, hr.
second room, to left two table,, Gen. Asboth ard
clerks Col. Albert sud clerks.
Large room % right, one long table Tor mars ara
charts ore long table ior arranging laIeis' Two
tables for secrctglics. This room Is occupied BY
Gen. Fremont ar BE oiice.
On the two upIer floors are the quarters Of Gen.
Ere ront, Gen. AsDotl, Col. Woods, Capt. DAVIS,
Ore room is used for Quartermastefs stores, and
kept guarded
TLere L. also s,aiing on tie 10: for eight horses,
aId accommodation iOI ihe necessary peEsons having
charge Of tlote aud OF the house.
lave confined myslh 70 giving only tie names
of persons officially occupying re house. OF tfef
dHfios will only say that TIC daily GycfHgc of PER-
sons coming 10 headquarters es certainly not nld-.
one hundred and hayi uany times from Two 10 i've
hundred Sundays eyteItcd.
There are other points aud other facts in oonnoc-
ton with these Headquarters which arc not uc,cs-
eary 10 iut1ide on the public but which would re-
feet no discredit on either tie owner or tbe occu-
pants. Nha Is tod j. enough 10 dfproyo 'ho state
ment Of The Committee, thai It WAS rented for the
tween the QraiteI1laster and mysen, and based On
the amy regulations governing such lease;
mos. KENNEDY.
Agent and Attorney fJr Mn. J. y. BTsri
ABOUT THE aTSTOS BARRACKS.
Sr. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov 6, 1861.
Editor, Missouri DcaoTaL
There appears In tie columns Of TIE DrU ocr1t
this morning, under the head Of " Important nocu-
ment ;" series Of msstatements and les in relation
to the Benton Barracks, and The building Of tbs
came, which 1t is nay purpose to examine IN de-
tailed report upon said barracks therefore esk
that public opinion nny be suspended in relation
thereto until said report Gun be prepared from bills
and vouchers now in my possession.
Architect end surerintendcrt BeSten BsIii.oka
THE yoRTIFICATIOEs.
Sr. LOUIS, Noy 6, 1861.
Editor Hsouyi Democrat
Allow ne to correct some misstatements contained
10 ba nf fla (iarqreg.iQual Comm
published in your paper Of yesterday, from Tie CA
ciHHoh Enquirer.
The report states, under the heading Of " The
Third Act of FIaud:" "Under Major ll.'s superin.
tendence, five lot the forts were built directly for
tie Government, without any intervening con
tractor" This Major IL. mus, lie myself, Enoe these
five specified forts were built under my eupeIntend
ence ''The wages Of laborers were sixty cents
each per day, and the cost of each forti6caton not
to exceed $40, 900" Two lies in one breath. The
laborers received seventy-hye cents each per day
and ninety cents each per night. Oneifth Of these
wages has been paid, iour-flths are still unpaid, and
the hbOIers suffering in consequence OF their
welloaIned pay beng withheld from themi and
there was no amount whatever specified &c TO what
the cost should not exceed.
On the 2jth September when Gen Fremont rsu that the
fsrts completed cost $1,000 each" &c.
Two other lies again in one sentence. On the 18th
of September the forts were not completed. and
Gen, Fremont did not know the cost which he does
not know even ut present, and could not know il,
~ 10 accounts bad been sent in, or have Jet been
delivered.
also beg leave to state that II is impossible that
this report coald have emaneted from The Congres-
siousl Committee, since testified TO the COMMITTEE,
during their stay here, in regard to nil facts con.
nected with the building Of tho forts. aud the above
Insertions are all in open contradiction to the stue-
ments made by myself before tie Committee.
FRANZ hRAPPAER, Major Con.d's EDs'I Corps.
TEST-PBs, CAMP KEIILEs, AND CAVALRY SADDLES.
ST. LOUIS, wednesday, Nov. G, lt6l.
Editou M,s0pri Democrat
In your morning issne Of this date, find the fol-
lowing charges, puIporting TO come from tho Con-
oressionaI Investigating Committee" htely In ses-