The Placer herald., 1862-01-11
John G. Fremont.

COuu lClliOul.
"Ihe Great Pathfinder" the embodiment
OF Free Speech Free Press and Free Kanl
sas," this little god of the Abolitonists, has
descended from his pedestal of greatness,
and been relieved of all military duties.
That $4,000 house, where he kept Senators
and members of Congress kicking their feet
in the vestibules for days waiting for "llis
llighness" to get time to see them, has ia
ded away like Aaddin's palace That ter,
rible body guard, composed of fierce Hun
garian and German warriors, with fearful
moustaches, and "that statf"swith its "musi-
cal director" and secretaries, have all sunk
into insignificance. We miss, too, those
ilamngs teegraphic dispatches which an.
nounced like Barnums show bills what
grand things we might expect to be perform
ed. All have gone, land military affairs in
Missouri will be reduced to dull and prosaic
details. The "army correspondent" will no
longer telegraph. :pnils" of the command
ING General, and we shall miss those startI
hing sensation stories of ,"muUny," of clay
ING down arms" &c, if Fremont were re-
moved.
Bat the public are relieved of those thea
trical performances, Uncle Sans Treasury
promises to be exempted from serious drafts
We give a briet abstract of the report of
the Congressional Investigating Committee
in regard to Fremonts affairs, and the Chi
cago Tribune, lately "a strong admirer OF
remont, SAYS the half has not been told |;
seems that Gen. +. was surrounded by lot
of his old California associates, generally
reputed to be the most successful swindlers
on the continent. These men had access tc
him when no one else could got it. They
commenced operations by presenting Mrs
McKnstry, wife Of Brigadier Gen. MclIin8
try and Quarterlnaster General Of the Wes-
tern Department, with liver service cost
inc $4,000. Then the frauds commenced.
Out of All horses furnished in one o;, only
7G We're found fit for use, five were deod, and
the balance SHHed, riRpb0nei, Spa0ined or
otherwise unfit for service! Hay was pur
cha,ed at $l7 80 per tun, and it was poor
quality OF prairie grass at that, while ii could
have been had for 15 or 81 per tun Six
tortificatons that ought to have cost only
100000 were contracted for at 100000,
and $4,000 has actually been paid on
on them. In the erection of the barracks
around st. Louis similar frauds are found,
and altogether the evidence of corruption in
Fremont's department beats all specimens
of the kind yet reported. Even his most
intimate friends give him up, and though
Fremont himself has not yet uttered a woid
III self defen,e, there are very few who be
eve he will be able to clear up the trans
actions complai1ed of. A certain Major Sc.
lover, a California patriot, seems to be men
toned as chief of the lobby, ami as no one
doubts that Seoyer & Co., are great patriI
OTIS and grea' friends of the negro, everybody
is waiting with anxiety for the explanations
of Messrs Seover & Co. 1t is possible per
haps, tLat a proper explanation of the con
duct Of these brave warriors may be found
in the fact that being SO deeply involved in
the contemplation of the wrongs OF Sambo,
they forget all about the interests of white
men who have to pay all the taxes and foot
all the bills. Knowing that darkeydom
was ''groanng in chains and slavery" they
did not think that any white men were so
penurous as to count the expense of so
grand and benevolent an undertaking as
they proposed Hence they quite forgot
those little rules of economy which usually
guide people in the more worldly af1nrs OF
life. The experiment., however perhaps is
all for the best. We now know that mag
niticent future our holy Abolition leaders OF
the Beecher Cheever, Sumner and Greeley
stripe would bring upon us. We can esti
mate almost to fraction the cost of get
ting Sambo into the position Of "gemman
Of leisure" and if it be thought advisable
to do it, we DO not doubt that Selover & Co.,
would engage to perform it by contract.
Long live Selover & Co.
". Y. Caucasian.