The weekly sun., 1862-02-15
THE WEEKLY SUN.
SATURDAY. FEpRlARY IS, 1859.
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Preach In,erNe.pe"'
Tur ovid.no.A arc multiplying that Lou
N.ro,,o, vi,h bis usval rcticenee, aud deeply
v.iI.I ni.ns Of public policy, oontemplstes IN
,.,,.n,;o, IN our affairs ere We shall have th
oop0tur ity Of striking 'hOte blows a. the rsbsl
rhich long mon his of prepIrs'ioo were neete
10 make effective. And il is With rtofoun
anxiety that the foreign intelligence which !
published today, and which forrshaiows the IN
terferetcs which is TO come. wih be receive
by our fe,ders, for they, a. We sre wei
aware that no succe~es over th9 reue" VII
ch.,ss IN. pi.ns which European policy may
S,.,.,. AItbough blow follow blow with the
,,,,o., r.pioity for the next tSo months, and
,h. r,bel forces be driven TO the Verg- Of psace,
n intsrvention be the sch,me of the French
Emperor for regaining foothold upon this
Continent, come other preteNt will not be want
ing for q var with the Northern states
Yet ls, both France nad England beware.
Favorable /. may setm tho da, and hour for
the division Ct our country, whoee Advancement
has long bcen loobcd upon by them With jeal'
orsy, tbsre l. dep Of energy sud dosrera ion
in the twenty millions Of our Northern people
of which the, have kpo~u nothing. Our wu
With the rebels has exhibited bat trhing prcpa.
rS,,op,. compared With thai deadly effort witch
rill le arcu, ID from the length 70 the broadth
Of tbislArd. II France and Euelsnd one or both,
sbAl step TO the w,ck,du.ss Of an unealoi for
inteifsiotce with ui at he r-ossut ume lhey
NAV do 50. but bit'er ~ill bo the conflict which
follevs. Their toFtrs e injur' to Us " II 10
imm.nse bu'. even Il 10 other na'ion com-s TO
u;SiJ. witch can hardy he possible, that in
Jury vii not f,ll upon us alone.
Afer years ct CO. H,c', /, may ee, tho toS'rue-
ton Of our omos, ana ,hs ma 1al lus O. mo lov,
property and the bes, in tres,s e mankind, On
tbs pArt tf the ba'iots which orgaSs ia the
strpgple We Vet believe in the THU nph Of right
over n ieht, tho defel' Of Il toly couspi'acies 20
overthrow our Na'ion, AID the hC'l sl'ingitiou
Of th.i ii ter Rebellion ~hich has brought this
momsLicas conf c., IN probability, before Us.
Report of the Van Wyck IGyestigatinx
COs.mi.tco
This Conn itiee ha. male a report to Con
c7ess. con.is irg of volume oi LOO psgse,
bat Announces itelf ia session, aud that II Will
BE- cccuJied some time lnpLer in tho exposure o.
advantages Oh anod over tho g vsinnedt hy
ooatrac'cts. It will o. good service If continued
&c the close &C the var.
In reference to cattle the committee ntl
that thore is much -vidrncs Of gtUss iLi-mal.
sgsment and cilpable rul s.n-ss in making
contracts, together With q reckless imprvt.
deroe Of the means Of the Govcfansnt. Evl.
dercs srs's OF large coutrac for c,ulo having
been made ~ithout suV advertisement 'or ia ,
or any ,fIcrt being made 10y tbs agents Of To,
Government to satify ,han elves whether thu
price 20 DO paid w,s oSofbi,an', or even oXtor
tionA;o. Cat 10 were furI i7hcd at pflcos re!
pound, live weight, very liule, If any below
the retail prices for the moat In any Of The
markets Of the country, and the contractors,
without themselves 10 n shirg a single beef ,C
the Government IN d. large sums Of money b!
sub-letlirg the contrac 10 other PATHS, Wit
assumed all the rrsro ,i,ilry al al the iisks
and still made in profits nolrly as large sums Al
tho original contractors Such w.s the ci,a il
contracts with SIsLEN, TYLgE. LAuGHMAr
ard DYER for ten thous,n1 head of cattl"
moro or less, at cents per pound, liy
weight, d,liver.d in w Washington, and 5N cent
delivered /. Uarri,burgh. This contract Va
sub-let TO WILLIAMS & ArLpRTo>s, ~ No'
York, at GlI cents per pound, delivered a
Washington, and cents per pound deliyere
at IlsusburGh.
Upon this CONTACT SrRLEY & Co. made profit
amounting 10 s32, 2Gs and one Of tho parti'
interested with WILLIAMS and ALLEgIoS AZ
mitted, under examination, that their prof
amounted TO S25 600 or s26, 900.
In reference to the purchase Of horses al
wagons in New York, the Committee compla
ofgr,A irregularities. Men claiming 10 be
the employ Of the Government by and wi
the eS idsut convent and cullus on Of some Of t
oiiic IA Of rcEimen's, have committed the N
shamele frauds and populations upon indiv
uals a. d the Government
From the testimony Of JOHN o. TAILOR
New Yoik, taken September Gth, last past,
appears that Col. RIKRR, Quartermaster iAT
and Su,ler lsAACs, OF tho Anderson Lluav
and It. Col. KILrArRIcK, OF the Ira liar
Light Cavtlry, arc implicated In those trans
tiOns which bring upon the service dishor
and upon the parties concerned di'grace.
II appears from the evidence Of said TAYI
that man, claiming 10 be an agent Of the
vernment, and who was buying horses for
Anderson Zouaves, by the name Of AUGUR, "
one JAMES l.. DAYTON, Of Ne. Ill Ma
street, New York, also claiming to be an ag
of tho Government, bought Of said TAYLOR
horses, Akp buggy and two sets Of harne
for the sum Of 900. These parties presen
a requisitioA upon the Government, signed
l,, a.
QuArtermAster, (YArEs, } for 1870, to pay
four horses, and for a more definite explanat
portion Of the testimony OF Mr.. TAYLOR
herewith submitted.
''But there were only four horses mentioned
stead Of siS and nothing said about the carri
and harness; but the prlce paid upon the
horses equsl ~ THAI of the six horses and
the other property sOll-S97O. said that w
not do: that tue Government would not pay sue
price for the horses that understood thsy were
ILg only about $is5 and this hill makes them W.
over SS6h esch." lie repliel, "NeyeI mind, the
msnt has the privilege of buying what they W
II themselves, and they want this property
Afterwards understood tHat Au0UR TOD the I
wagon and one horse hr lis own use, and
JAMHs l. DANTOS l. * another horse, or at ],
that II was delivered At his stable, and the Il
four horses tbc QuNtermasteT Of the rrgiu
came 10 my stable AMI gut.'
1t further appears from the testimony of NJ
cELLUs RANDALL and ISAAC MIX, Jr., b
dealers in carriages in the City of New "
that similar transaction was attempted v
them by the same parties, but the honest
these men was an oyerma'ch for the tempta
to plunder. They testify that AuGER and d
,.ou, k.J klanL ranuisitinna aud rapeinta &