St. Mary's beacon., 1862-01-23

tered into the service. SIS. 200, besides
more than an additional 81 900 to trans
port shem from Pennsylvania to Louis
vile. where they we're condemned and
cast of. ,,f
Mr.. MalHery Un.. Ky.). asked What
regiment those horses belonged to, and
who furnished thcus. -...I.,lI' -
Nr. Dawes-They belonged to Col.
Wlllianw regiment q eavalrys md they
wers parei,ascd ii Psnnsyi yiyania, from ffoil-
which State they were forwarded to Lou
isvilae. where they were condemned.
There are S3 regiments Of cavalry to-day.
1000 strong. Ii takes S25O. 900 to put
one OF these regiments on foot before j.
moves: Twenty millions of dollars had
thus been expended on these cavalry
regiments before they left the encamp-
ment where thy were mustered into
service, aud hundreds of these horses
have been co Idcmned and sent back to
Elmira. aud to Annapolis, and to this
city, to spend the winter. Any day
hundreds, Of them can be seen round
this city, chained to trees, where they
were left to starvc to death. Gangs Of
two hundred horses, in various places,
have been thus left to die aud rot, till the
Committee ON the District Of Columbia
have called for q mcasure of Legislation
t" protect the city from the danger to be
apprehended from these horse Golgothas
An Ex-Governor of one State offered TO
an cxJulge Of another State s., 900 to
get him permission to raise one Of these
regiments Of cavalry. and when thc cx-
Judge brought back the commission, the
ex-Governor takes it to his room at the
hotel. while another plundcrcr sits at the
key hole watching like a ma>tiff while he
inside counts up $4,000 profit on the
horses, ami calculates $40. 900 more upon
the accoutrements. sn6 OH the other de-
tails Of furnishing these regiments.
In addition to the arms in the hands of
the GOO, 600 soldiers in the field. there are
numerous outstanding contracts, made
with private iniividuals--n"t made upon
advertisement, hot made with the knowl-
edge of the public. but maIc 6y cx-mcm-
bcrs Of Congress. who knew no more Of
the difference between one class Of arms
an.l another than does Methodist minis
Ter. There are outstanding contracts for
the manufacture of Springfield muskets,
tho first one of which cannot be delivered
in six months from this day. There is a
contract for the supply Of one million aud
ninety thousand mu:kets. at twcnty-cight
dollars apissc. when the same quality of
muskcts are manufactured at Springfield
for thirtecn-and-a-h half apiece; and an cx-
member Of Congress is now in Massachu-
srtts. trying to get machinery made by
which hc will be able to manufacture in
some six months hence. at twcnty-onc dol
lars apiece, those rifled muskets manufac-
tured to-day in that ainory for thirteen
dollars and a-half. Providence, before
six months. will dispose of this war. or
lie will dispose Of us. Not one Of those
muskcts, thus contracted for, will be Of
the slightest service in this emergency,
"r before tn. Providence Of God. whe:hcr
for good or evil, will dispose of it. / ak
my friends from the North and North
West how they expect to benefit by nh
armory at Chicago. at Rock Island, and
at Quincy. whsn 1902 900 muskets will.
according to this contract. be thrown upon
the country, aud that after tho war is over aud
at such an enormous price. in addition to
other outstanding contracts for the manu-
facturc, some time hence, If 272. 900
Enfield rifles? Besides. there are 75..
543 sets Of harness, to b. delivered BY
and-by. at the cost Of Sl,97s.446. I
have not time to enumeratc all these con-
tracts. When VIC appropriated at the
last session of C"ngrcss. for this purpose.
$50. .OOO. 900. thirty seven millions aud
some thousand dollars had been already
pledged to cOntractors-not for the pur-
chase Of arms iur the men in field, not
to protect them in lighting their coun-
try's battles in this great emergency aud
peril, but for some future use, for some
future occasion, or to meet some present
nctd Of the contractors, [ don't know
which ut this moment And not only
the appropriation Of last session has teen
exhausted. but S17, ,000. 900 put upon it.
The riot Of the 10Th Of April. in Bal,i-
more, opened this hall. aud on tue 2lst
Of April, in the city Of New York. there
Was OFSautSta Coi 70 Va t'u""ctcts w tuS
Treasury. Two millions Of dollars were
intrustcd to poor, unfortunate. honcst.
but entirely incompetent editor of paper
in New York. to dispense it in the best
manner he could. Straightway this gen
tlcman began to purchase linen panta-
looms. straw hats. London porter. dried
hcrrinss. aud such like provisions for
the army. tin he expended in this way
$500. 900 Of the money. aud then he got
scared and quit. daughter.
There is an appropriation. als". for the
supply of wood to the army This c"n-
tractor is pl.xiged the payment Of 81 .
cord for all the wood delivered to the diff
f.rcnt commands-wood collected after
the labor Of the soldiers themselves bad
cut down the trees to clear the ground for
their batteries; an,i then this contractor
employs the Amy wagons to draw II to
the several caups. aud he has no further
trouble than to draw bis 81 for cord.
leaving tue Government " draw the wood,