Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-07

GRAPHIC sKEIcH OF THk CORRECTION or THE coSrRAc
TORS.
The Civil Appropriation Bill bsing up for discussion
before the Lincoln Congress, Mr. Dawes, OF Asssaenu
setts made spssch from which We make an extract
"rhsre are eghty.three giments Of Cavalry oday
one thousand strong II takes two hundred and nifty
thousand dollars to put of these regiments on foot
before II moves Twenty million Of dollars have thus
zen expended these cavalry regiments before they
left the encampmens where they we're mustered into
service and hundreds upon hundreds OF these horses
have been condemned and sent back TO Epra, ana 70
Annapolis and to this city to spend the winter Any
day hundreds OF them be seen round this city chair
ed TO trees where they left to sarve TO death
Gangs of two hundred horses in various places have
been thus left to die and rot till the COMMITTEES on the
District of Columbia have called for measure Of egs-
Ia ion to protect the city from the danger 10 % appfe
hended from these horse Golgoihas
An Ex-Governor of one State offered 10 an ex.Judge
of another Safe five thousand dollars to get him per.
mission 10 raise one Of these regiments OF cavalry, and
when the ex Judge brought back the commission the e.
Governor takes it bis room at the hotel while anoth,r
Murderer sits at the key hole watching like maslln
while he inside counts up forty thousand dollars prem
n, the horsts and calculates twenty thousand dolars
more upon the accourements aud on the other details
of furnishing these regiments In addition 70 Inc arms
in the hands OF the elk hundred thousand soldiers in the
fed there are numerous outstanding contracts, Haus
with DTyate llQSlGutls--EOJ upOu
LOT made with the knowledge Of the public, but mede
nv ex.members OF Congress- who know no more OF me
difference between class of arms and another ta
doss Methodist Minister There outstanding '7'p'
tracts for the manufacture Of Springfield muskes, he
first one of which cannot be delivered in six M ,nths
from this day. There contract for the supply OF one
million aud ninety thousand muskets at twentyeght dol
lars apiece when the quality of muskets is manu-.
featured at Sprng6tll for thirteen and half
apiece, and an ,I-nember Of Congres Is nov
in Massachusetts,, trying to get machinery made
made nv which he will be able to manufacture,
in some six mouths hence, at twenty-one dollars a.
ri ,ce those r ID musk manufactured te'1sy In that
armory for thifteen dollars and half. Providence be-
fore six month"; will dispose OF this war; or = will dis
p,se of u.s. Not Of these muskets thus contracted
for will be Of the slightest service In this emergency or
before Providence whether for good or for evil will
dispose Of il. ask my friends from the North and
Northwest how they expect TO benefit US by al aimory
At Chicago at Rock Island and at Qlincy, when million
and ninety thousand mUskets will, according TO this
contract thrown upon the country and that aier the
var il over and at such enormous price, in ADDITION
10 other outstan dng contracts for the manufacture
some time hence OF two hv1dEed and seyentyHo thou
sand field rifles Besides these, there are seventy
five thousand FIVE hundred and iorty-three sets a hsr
ness to be delivered by and at the cost OF one million
nine hundred and seventyeigh thousand four hundred
| and forty.sig dollars.
| have not time to enumerse all these contracts,
Ehen We approp: ted at the last session oil CoGsres
Tor this purpose twenty millions OF dollars thirty-seven
millions and thousand dollars had bsen already
pledged to contractors-not for the purchase OF arms
for the men ia the field not TO protect them in lighting
| their counrys battles in this great emergency ana
peril but tor some future USE Tor some future occasion
o. TO meet some present need Of the contractors don't
| know which at this moment. And not oaly the apPn =
paoa of the last session has been exhausted but sew.
enteen millions put upon IT, The riot OF the ls'n oil
.pril 10 Blmore op .ned this ball. and on the 2lst Of
LprL in the city OF New York, there was organized
sjrpI of plunderers OF the Treasury. Two millions
do lars we're entrusted to poor, unfortunate, honest
4 entirely incompetent editor OF aper IN New fork,
I'd G.sueuse In the manner he could. SraghtHsH
ths seuL man began To purchase linen pantaloon-,
straw has London porter dried h'rrings and such like
provisions for the army, till be expended IN this way
three hundred and ninety thousand dollars OF the none
| a d then got scared and quiz. Laughter. There Is
an appropriation also for the supply OF wood to the
army The 10 pledged the pay OF seven dol
ars cord flr all the wood delivered To the .reut
commando wood coll 'cted after the labor oil the SOL
dfr themselves bad cut down the trees to clear the
ground for their batteries and then Ibis contractor en-
poys the rny wagons TO draw 1t TO the several camps
I'd he has no further trouble than 20 draw his seven
lars cord leaving toe government TO draw the Wooc
! Laughter Il cos.s two millions OF dollars every day
90 support the army in the field. hundred millions oil
dos have thus been expended since we met on the ~
day of Dec mber and all that time the army has been
What the expenditure will increase 10 when
the grea day shall arrive when eyes shall be glad
| tened with a 81 b. OF the ara In mot1, l do not
know Another hundred millions will 60 With the nun
drsdSm more Lave enumerated. Another hpnoied NIL
lions may DO adied these before the n OF March
What il may cost to pu, down the rebellion care very
little provided always that it is put down sfectually
But sir fl.h without works Is dead and am fee TO
c,uiess that my faith sometimes fails mel mean my
filth in men, net my filth in the cause. When the his
~ oil these times shall be written, Il will be qaes'
ion upon whom the guilt will rest most heaviy-upon
him has conspred TO destroy, or upon him who has
| proved incompetent to preserve the nstutioLs be-
| qlea,hei 10 US by our f,lhefs
10 wonder tina. the public treasury tremb!es and
s,aggers ike afro vi too great burtheu up III
him. strong mau in an ar-exhausted receiver is no;
more helpless to-day than Is the treasury OF tue govern
nent beneath the eIhausing process to which Il s sub
eted The mighty monarch OF the Tor st himself may
hold ut bay the 6ecest, mghies OF MS foes while tie
vile cur coming up behind him, and opening biz iargs,
gives him a fatal wound; and although be may struggle
on boldly sud yalilnuy the life blood is silently tricklus
from his and he is at last forced TO lose his grasp
and he grows faint alters and dies Toe treasury
noes Issued ia the face Of these immense outlaws with
ont revenue from custom houses from land ses, nom
any source shltevGr begnrog TO TALL 10 the market
already have they begun TO sell at six per cent discount
a. the tables of the moneychspgers at the very time
too tha we uCre exhibit the singular specac OF irauc
aad of struggle with the Committee OF Ways an
Means itssl In erdeAvor to Hi up and sus ain { q
government OF the country Already h. sutler--t At
curse of the camp-is following the psymsster, az he
slark follows the chip buying up for four dollars cry
five dollars O! the wages Of the SCI iiers paid 10 the ~
treasury uOes hsYe desire TO hasten the mover IL
of the srmy or to crtcise the conduct OF its les dFs
but in view OF the supendous drafts upon the treasury
must say that ioSg for tho DAY Of striking tho blow
which will bring this rebellion TO an erd SKY day
logger Of this stae Of things will bring about RESULT
one Rly or another, Il s impossible that the tIessury
OF the United States can meet ard continue meet
this state Of things six dsys longer and gnomnous
peace must be submitted to- unless 10 1t that the
edit OF the country is sustained AID sustained too by
the convc ion going forth from this ball - t. ope
OF the country that will treat os tr1i not only
those WHO SIRE bold and manly enough 10 aet Us iice
to face in the field Of strife but all those sso WHO
clAndestiuely stesthy suck the If blood rom
in the mighty struggle. Whatever measure may ems.
nate from the Committee Of Ways and Means 10 meet
and retrieve this of things they will bu fall Ike
dead bal upon The pablo, unless they give the