The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-25
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uenerai Fremonts command the commi
tee found that the most astounding and
unblushlng frauds bad been perpetrated
The original owners of horses or mules
would not be permitted to sell direct tc
the government. The sales were made by
90 oetweens. The maximum price OF cav
airy horses and mules allowed by the
government was Sll9 for Brtillery Sl50-
those maximum prices were paid In every
instance, though the cavalry horses and
mules were purchased from their original
owners at from $S5 to $ll0, and the artiI-
lery horses at 1925. The difference went
into the pockets of the go between The
I favored individual who had authority to
buy, either inspected the horses himself
or appointed his own Inspector Among
the artists engaged in these transactions
was one Jim Neil who paid for the horses
himself, was the purchaser and inspector
OF horses, and he branded them himself"
Another man named Brady, a friend of
the Quar:ermasters, shared $40, 600 as his
protite with one Elleard, who presented a
carriage and horses to Mrs Fremont 1t
turt.'er appears from the evidence that
Governor Barstow. Of Wisconsin. went 10
st Louis to obtain colonelcy, for which
he was to pay s., 900 to the Tycoon" for
the purchase of thousand horses for his
regiment. 1t was regular game 10 con-
dem whole lot of mules, and then turn
round and buy them OF at a reduced price
and than turn them in to the government
Inc California gang Of patrious were six
In number, who lowered like sharks a5out
the headquarters They were t. L. Beard,
A ). Se!oycr, Jos Palmer, j. g. Woods,
y. C. Worth, and Leonidas Haskell. The
who was so highly favored with authority
10 purchase horses itwas no wonder that
q 'o".a o. .iicGFs .,e, at ar'a~' aPpo-nicd
Io,,;s fro,,rd !. ~ 8, c. - -
and $50 undersized. under and over ace
stified, rngboned, blind, spawned, and in,
curaoiy uhht 10Y afy pno.ic service
anon, ,ho 49,, ~ ,'' .,a.,y 'i.ss - Tg'
III. ,ova-,,.,,a,,t L. ,,.;.,u"I e. -.
and oats. never bourbt or sold such
voucher, wera ;.s,1ad In otf., 80. W,
inferior bIanl,a,s rurcr.,sed - rror1 81 II
to 81 Il vere ,,.;a f,,, IT ,b, - IS tr,r,,
81 3-to s3S5 In w, VI -. 81. cf
Gen Fremont a5o05 co,,,iar1,,cJ ,Sor,b.
less ,nusk..ts ,yera nurcb,sed a. cr.t cf
SI6f t.,o ur;,i-b hirII 49,, - .,l,I
: 4op Halls ..,rojlinas lii j., IL o,d.
r,nca Da,,ar,,n..n, a. ,,,.f, Co. .,.,.;,., =,
So 50 each yera ar;atyy,rds b,,,.,Lt Lv
Ero,,.r.'s -. a. c,,., rsat,
SucL .r. tn. ;,,bs :, lii CO., rra,oep,
ard his ftfe,ol. woe ..,,,,.,o.d I,,rir,, tho
last fall Al! other ioJs are but ba-atclIes
compared with them. Who can doubt
that the proclamation lie Issued va, to
cover up and divert attention from these
beautiful transactions?
As connected with The same suIi.ct. but
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COMMITTEE VIZ ''u'' d portion 0! d Speech
recently made IN the Lower House OF
Congress, by Mr. DAVIS, of Mass, group
inc tocethar ! r,y teIIin.r fact. a. IN The
e','e0S - 'iNN '''''Ni '-"s N'-''' ~
tefi-ed The CONDUCT OF tie war under The
i:ii..Ntsscr-zciIr-ui fScfefafy Cameron:
There are ei4hiy three regiments Of
cavalry TO day, cicu one thousand strong
l. take sa:l5o,o00 70 pat one Of these resi-
nlents on foot before II can move. Twenty
millions Of dollars have thus been expcnd
cd Oh these cavalry regiments before they
le!t the eucampncA.s where they were
mustered into service. And hundreds
and thousands of these horses haze been
condemned and sent back TO ElEnira and
TO Annapolis and 10 this city to spend the
winter. ANY day hundreds OF them can
be seen around tie city Of Washington,
chained 10 trees. whore they were lett 10
starye 10 death. Gangs OF iwo hundred
horses have been thus left 10 die, till the
Committee on the District Of Columbia
have called for measure OF legislation 10
protect the city from the danger to be
apprchendcd from this horse Col jgotha.
Besides the contract for these horses, there
are Others for all the details OF furnishing
these regiments, in addition 10 the arms
IN the hands of the GUOUGO soldiers in the
field; numerous outstanding contracts
made with private lndIvlduals,-not made
upon adyertIseineutS-nOt made with the
knowledge of He publIc-but made by
ex-members of Congress, who know no
more of the difference between one class
Of arms and another than does 4 MetLo-
dist minister.
There are outstanding contracts Tor the
manufacture OF Springfield muskets' the
first one OF which cannot be Delivered IN
SIX months from this da,s. There Is a
contract for the supply oi one million and
ninety thousand muskets, at S2S apiece
And an ex member OF Congress Is now Ia
Massachusetts, trying to get machinery
made by which he VIII be able to manu-
facture III some SIX months hence, at 81
apiece, those rifle muskets manufactured
to-day in that armory for $500 Provi-
dence, before SIX months VIII disl'ose oi
this war, or He Will dispose OF Us Not
one Oh those mushets thus contracted lor
will be OF the slightest service III TINS
emergency, or before the pfoVidence Oh
God. whether Tor good or ior EVIL, VIII
dispose OF 1T lie would ask his friends
from the North and Northwest how ihey
expect to benefit by an aimory at Chicaso'