The weekly sun., 1862-02-15

CeREY e200 cash In hand, and was to give him
sns-bslf Of the prodts. After purchasing II
horses, Lieut.. Colonel X KLrArRtcK sppsared,
> vi h one CHAsE. who was said to belong TO the
. Ira Harris Light Cavalry, TO insptct thom.
CuAsE took TAYLOR aside and said, Unloss
you win give me 81 piece for each horee, I
will rot psss q horse" TAYLOR paid the s2
each, but according TO his relation % the cAse,
was 70 utterly disgustsd that he gavo the con.
tr,ct back to tho said CoRKr. lie Afterwards
learr cd thst he (CoREr) resold the sams 70, a
bonus of $500 to parties who had gone West to
purchase horses TO III It.
The Committee refer 10 tho purchases for ths
Navy Department, made by GeoRoE d. NOR.
oAN, and recite facts which have already bcsu
laid before the public, to which they add the
s'atement that Mfr. MoRGAS had never had the
slightest eNpei-nce in tho new and responsible
duuies which he was called upon TO disthSr,ge,
either In the naval service, the building or bay
irg and selling Of ships, or 10 any pursui, call.
ing for kno sledge Of their construction, cana
city, or value, never having spent an hour in
ei'hcr, ard the evidence indicating that Mr..
MORGAN was engaged in the Wholesale grocery
buNn,ss The Department itself .eemod 10 have
40 little cob1lepce in the ability o. Mr.. NJ pR-
oAy 10 judge the quality and fitness of the ati-
cles he was constituted 40 Q agent to buy, that
| II eHproesy onjoinsd upon him to rely In these
particulars upon the judgment Of three gentle.
mon Of Posiu in the Navy, who we're detailed
for tho sp'cibl service tf protec ing ths Govern
ment ron mistakes in this regard by the nav
az ont thus consti ut.d. For everything which
entered into tho fitness or proprioty Of the pur
-. h.. r.. 1 IL
The svid nee was abundant before the Com
mite iha II Il had been necessary 10 obtain
the s.ryi'es tf aty gentleman outside ct the
Navy itself these gentleman, combining from
eSporierce ard education the kooW ledge most
cs,cul,',l to it them for this duty Independent
Of outside aid, cruld have beon sccu od without
the tlirhtest difficulty, for salary not exceed |
ing -itCO for the year.
In io'trBce to the steamer Stars aud Siicts |
which vas ,old TO Tho government thr ugh |
Mr.. MoEoAN for $50 0Oo, ami wtc1 purchase
wss particular commended by the Sec e;sry
| a TIE Navy as illustrative tf the vision, eli
CLERGY ard economy Of the arrangement With
MoRGAN, tho Committee give the tes'i nony Of
II, W. BENrDic one oftLc Directors tf tho New
Haven Prpelor Company, which owned the
vesi ol, who sta's that shs WIS built for A?5.
tOC that her sale for $50 600 was arranged by
{. $. BrsuNIfI tho President Of the ,rpA.
~; that a.tor tho sale BUSHNELL attempts d
to chargo the Company $4,000 for seW the
boat, viii, h was resi- led 10y tn. Directors, but
upon BrsuSrLL ropresen ing that he hAt been
,hlig,d to pay fer certain itHucnce in Wa.h.
| ir,ton 70 ,fFoCt he sale tho Directors all od
pusnNFLL * coo AZ eompsnsston. This /
fllosei ~ tho testimony of BusuSErL him
self. who expressly denies having pail ary SUN
whatov,r st Washington for influence in eject
| I'M, tho sale, and states that the only exp4n-eA
incurred by him were "a per cont co nms
sion on ths sAlo 20 GEoHcE d. MoSuAS,
(fl31J) and his travelling expenses ior ons trip
| to Wuhirpton.
la further roForonco to tho purchases Of
horses al d mule, Tho Committee stato that
matters were 50 arranged that it was impossible
for the original owners to sell either hor.os or
mules diIcctly to tha Govern nent, but all such
salos were made by certain middle mon and go
, betweens who it appears alone could got any
, tcrses or mulos taken by tho Quartermas or
: Department. Tho maximum price fixed % b'
' paid by to Government for ordinary cavalry
/, horses and for males was sil9 and that appear
4 ( TO have J,,n the sum paid by the GovernI en
for 6veiy cavalry horse and every muo pur
3, chased in Mssoufi. The maximum price 70
a ARTILLERY horses was sljO
The prices paid by these go-bctwsen to tn
a original owners or tho legitimate dealers, i'm
modatoly representing the original owner.
ID ranged from ss5 TO SlCj, 5lOs AMI sll0 fC
in cavalry horses aud mule, and :i25 for artller
IN hors,s. The difference between these and III
IN | prices paid by the Government--that is 5ll
hs | for cavalry horscs and for nules, ard :l50 e
"a, artillery horscs--went into tn, pockets of Il
ia. favored go brtweens.
There wss alec fraud in branding horses. +,
Of instance, a horse would be bought AMI brand,
il as a cavalry horse, to be put in to the GoSorl
~ ment at :l19, AMI when the back of the sell
es was turr cd, another brand would be put on hi
rs by the inspector as an artillery horse, to DO p
ac- In at s1jO The Government being thus d
,or frsuded out % the difference between sll9 al
S1J0 on each horse. Among those engaged
or these peculiar horse transactions, one JAM
10 MIL maintains standing of precuioui pr
the eminonce.
i b The Investigation was extcnIlsd, with sinil
sau rssults TO tho pu'chaGo of arms and various su
pnt plies for the War and Navy Departments, Il
six contracts for which were given out without il
IS, viting that competition from the puolic whi,
ed the law requires ard by which the swindlir
nd devices above referred 70 are usually defeat d..
VI" Later from Havana.
lor Dispatches ftcm Vera Cruz, to the 18Th ult