The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-01-31

Mr.. DAWES They belonged 10 Col. Williams
regiment OF cavalry, and they were purchased
in Pennsylvania, from which stale they were
forwarded to Louisville, where they were con-
deInnrd, There are eighy-lhree regiments of
cavalry to-day, one thousand strong. II takes
two hundred aad fifty thousand dollars 10 put
one OF these regiments on foot before il nl5g,.s.
Twenty million Of dollars have thus been ex-
prndrd on these cavalry regiments brfore they
leg he encamptnent' wher- they were mus er
"a lnto ser ice, and hundreds and hundreds Of
these horses have been condemned aud sent back
to Elnira, and 10 Annapolis, aud 10 this CITY,
to spend the woler. Any day hundreds OF
them can b. s-en round this city, chained 10
troes, whore they wpre left to starve tazlrath.
Gangs oi two hundred horses, in varilugN4lces,
have been thus left To die and rot, tll ihe Com
mltee on the District of Columbia have called
TOR measure OF legislation 10 protect the CITY
from The danger 10 be apprehende,l from th.sr
borsA Golgothas. Au exG1verncr of one s. ale
offered an ex-Judge of another State Ave thou
sand dollars to get hIm PERMISSION to raise one
OF these regiments OF cavalry, and when the
exJudge brought back the COMMISSION the ex-
Governor takes 1t TO his room al the hotel, while
another plunderer sits at the key-hola watching
thousand dollars profit on the horses, aud calcu-
late twenty thousand dollars more upon tie ac-
coulfements and on the other details of fui nsh-
ing these regiments. In addition 10 the arms
10 the hands oi six hundred thousand soldiers
in the field, there are numerous outstanding con-
tracts, made with private individuals-not made
upon advertisement, not made with the knowl-
edge OF the public, cut made by eX-members Of
Congress, who knew no more Of the difference
between one class Of arms and another than
does Methodist minister. There are ontstand
ing contracts for the manufacture OF Springfield
muskets, .he first one OF which cannot BE- de-
Tweed in six months from this day. There is
a contract for the supply of one million and
ninety muskes. al tweutyeight dollars apiece,
when the same quality 0! nuskeis are maod-
faclnred at Springfield for thirieea ana half
apiece; aud an ex member Of Congress is now in
Massachusetts, trying 10 get machinery made by
which he Will BE- able in six months henc-, 10
furnish at q dollars apiece, those riaed maskets
manufactured to-day IN that aimory for thirteen
dollars and halt. Providence, before six
months, will dispose Of this war, or He will
dispose Of US. Not one OF those muskets thus
contracted for will be Of the slightest service in
this emergency, or before the providence OF God
whether f,r good or fer evil Will dispose Of it.
| ask my frienus from the North aad North
west how they expect to benefit BY an ar,nory
at Chicago, at Rock Island, and at Quincy,
when a milliJn and nnrty-two thousand mus
kets will, according 10 this contract, be- thrown
upon the country, and that after the war is over,
aud at such an enornous price, Ia adiition 10
ther outstanding contracts for the manufacture,
s1metime hence, Of two hundred and sesentl-
two thousand Enield ria-s Besides these are
seventv-tiye th. usand five hundred aad ofty-
three sets Of harness, to be delivered by and by,
al the cost OF Que million niae bandred aud
sevenly-elgbt thousand fur hundred aud forty
six dollars. have not time 10 enumerate all
these contracts. When We appropriated, at The
las; session oI Congress, for this purpose, TWEEN
~ millions oil collars, lbiry-seven millions aud
some thousand dollars had been atrpady lledg-
ed 10 contractors = not iog the purchase ot arms
tog the men in the field, nor TO protect them III
fghtiag :helr country's battles IN this great e.
Iner gency anG peril, but Tor some future use,
| fo some future occasion, or 10 Ireet some pres
enl need of lhe contractors, don't know which
at thus moment. And not only the approprla-
ton OF last session has been exhausted, bnt sew
enleen millions put u.on II. The riot oil the
18th OF April 10 Baltimore opened tins bali,
and oa the st OF April, in the city of New
I York, there was olganzrd corps OF Plnndef-
ers Of the Treasury. Two millions of dollars
were cntfuslsd to poor, unfortunate, honest,
Du, entirely Incompetent editor OF paper IN
| New Yolk, 10 dispense il in The best manner he
could. Stralghtway this gentleman began 10
purchase linen rantaloons, straw hats, London
porter, dried herrin5s, aud such like provisions
fof the army, till he expended in this way three
hundred and ninety thousand dollars OF the no
ney, aud then he got scared and OUT. tLangn-
teri i There is an appropriation, aiso, Tor the
supply OF wood 10 the army. THIS contractor
is pledged The payment OF seven dollars cord
for all the wood delivered to The different com
/ maids wood collected after the labor OF the
soldiers themselves had cut down the trees 10
clear the ground Tor the batteries; and then tins
contractor employs the army wagons to draw II
to tue several camps, aud he has no further
trouble than 10 draw his seven dollars for a
cord, leaving the government TO draw The wood
| iLaug lit costs two millions OF dollars
every day to support the army in the field. A
| huudred millions OF dollars have thus been .x-
pended since we met on the 22d day OF De-
cember, and all that time the army has been in
repose. What the expenditure will increase
| 10 when that great day shall arrive when our
/ eyes shall be gladdened with sight OF the ar
my in motion, do not know Another hun
dred millions will go with The hundreds more
have enumerated Another hundred millions
i may be added to those before the 4th OF March
! What il may cost 10 pui down the rebellion J
care very llle, provided, always, that II BE- pn'
down eiectual!y. But, sir, faltn wthot works
| is dead, and am free TO confess That ny iauh
sometimes fails me, mean my iaih "a men,
not my faith in the cause. Wpen Tue history
of these times shall be written, it Will be a