Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-01-17
De.rauding the Government.

De.rauding the Government.
From the commencement Of war. il has
,rlruci a, thoush ell the .cosntrrl. 10 era.
ton bad hs!n le, loose upon toe Federal
GJy,rumsn, PROM he lay ,ha, Aiam "a.
lri,su out of the garden Of Eden down TO
,hi, lay, ,vinl!iug AMI cheating have never
bccn carried on by wa5lo-ale 10 such an cI
.cnt a. within TIE las, Few months. wber.
ever c1nirac; vas % - mad, Cor rroti.
.i-n.. arms, ammunition. o. clothing. lus,
10 that locality would turn up horde OF
hlbcry spectators. greedy ior rluntsr.
rad, % rhra, - stc,i. ja.I ~ Circumstances
souf -.cm % avn Md " 80 ts,na
matter - irlia,r,ncy - thcss ,hiav". rho
az, a. ,,rd. TrlN'd.i thy couli cheat
rNsy Navc ,;o,d r-.iy - crab d,r-.,ly GOT
Ot tie r-yasnry, OF b.. hey c'ud not get
,he'r grc~iy g.; toto TIE puhlic er'h IN this
vay. then they have male shi'', and
p,ur--iuplu a., so'i. r,-trfr.g ius ih5n
N their cloth--. shoe and ra'ions.
I, bas ben very much a. senator Ne
saith remarked the other Law, in the Sen.
ate. that " We have an army Of hall = mil
Ion Sighting to rebels. and another army
maxim: var On to NIioti Tra-ury '
TIE ulrsi feature OF ne ~hcle case 3. found
in rhs fact that in many eases government
oGlia'. AMI oscrr, In the army have been
engaged directly IN these conspi'Aeis. 70 ie-
fraud The government. had IL Dot been ~
ihi.. Ne thin, never c5uli have been car.
RED o, - the cI,S0i il hA.. AMI tie alarm.
nc extent in which ibis elias. % rer-on,
have Engaged in thee frauds, az! The mons.
ir0u. sun. they have lhgs p,lIeryI 'r'm the
Treasury. make /; al,no.; miracle ,ha, he
ftsrsl government, "a, 40, secom, complete
Is bankrur;ei
Our attention "a. ten called % ih'..uh-
yet ~ rsldin: t'e 'rT. u mate :, ihc loase
e Representatives. Dec -, !Sij, ~ Mr.
Tn.hrurn. ~ iilir a.. from he special
eIumi''.- rai-da tt.c ey,r.--,s,rn 20 ..cH.
sulirs 1,1 tie tact. ana ,.ryumsaps-. can.
re-'., v,tt r.v.ruusat c.nra.r- ,r''.r,e
rIsu', rs elr-H,,s. Save 's'i ,leir
eth. ,a W,.a.r.'.n o.. M Yrs. Baton.
~ E.s.rs Sc i..i. C,irr. Cw, -,
~ U...t.-.. s.iir ,-s,s ..rus,iu -.
tru.. .'Hr,-v.r t..a.,ri u.s- ana
cIa- I'd tva lur.!r 8, Iry s,- witness
They save ,Hsrsrt rl,h.ps hgt ter actual
r-r.t... hr iss.r Ar,r, IT,, rp rt
max. tn 30; arrA'hr: development. We
have neither time mr. space {, refer on'y %
few case. reported ~ ,hi. committee IN
ons ia.unes, referred % ~ The committee
steamer VI. chartered IN Ssw Yrrk o
run three month. f.r tie .ln Il $40 600
per mouth. Tie testimony shows Der real
worth - have been about slsooo. and to
81 anI mis Ter entire. would amount To
about : 500 Ter mluJh. leaving 'he osu
srs ll5l capital inya,aen, Vt SO 0O0 tie
uus li,'le sum Of -sh' thousand dollar,
Pr mouth ne, profit
In another ca.s, two ve-.e!. were par-
eha.sd a, Ns~ B-disri by W. II S,aIbgsE.
. ro'-ruuen, se'n,. lie paid Cor sane
g. 500. AID BY vay OF fraudulent transfers.
be charged and received from the govern.
usn; Sii,'oo a. ~a' r.ld in addition,
tv- Ter gsu, commission uTun 81, jn0, and
?lc p-r cent 6r a4vsn,iog toe money.
TIE .rir. uPln sl4.ain.sioa were found
totally urEt i,r .-r,,cc.
90 Nay la,, The secretary Of the Navy
dc ar.-i Cammeilr- Brec.s. oftse Brl0k-
lyu Suy Y,ri. from hi. Ss-u,y Gun.
tractor ! = ,y-.cI, Zoe - United States, and
srrtr..t ec, GsJ. u. M,rsan. Of Nr~
Yrs. .pvcial TREND. - make these par
ehs.-.. ltappsar, from the evidence that
Mors,n lad ~ saSvleis- q ibi. kind Of
business. ani that shrewd sharper- had no
oitbcultg Whatever IN deirasdins the gov I
eminent through hin. Aspne Of hi. pur. Z
ehascs he bought the ,es~sl +" Stars and
Strip So sh,ca COS, the o~nsr. Sj5,G0O. T
49, stN-A - hs4 'AFhtN hANt1s eh'Ff W.
Ger from the Cuitsi Ststs-. $4,000 net, he .
(Morg,n) paid for {, sjj.OO0. From tie
testimony Of ihi. sane Morgan hinsel', {,
sppgar. th.s he Received Tor seven u.ks'i
seryicss. precious TO tho 9Th day ~ Ssp,sn. /
bsr lat. the enormous sun Q, INV one
fA0,sr-d frs iunI, I end d.hiy.fo,v doi!er. !
And ., further appears, from other ,e.,i
nony. that oo-y>foSf nan could have been I
employed fOr tia. business az . e1mpepsa !
ton NJ, exceeding Eve thousand dollar. Ter
snnun.
In purchasing arm. for the Government.
agent. hare gone into . regular system OF
gambling. and traded 90 them ios' as hrOs' I
.r would in .,oek. Take single case
contained in the repor, 81 the committee.
10 th- mouth % June last. Arthur NJ East .
man purchased of TIE Ordnance Bureau I
5ico uan'. carhj-s. az 50 80 zach. AZ. +
srr g, alteration. eO.uus ''0u % cts 7
" s - ,aeb. he .Old them toA govern