The New York herald., 1862-02-09

tho secretary appoint Weed
70 carry his wishes TO the different bureaus. NJ.
Smith understood that le Was to pay Mr. Weed Ave
per cent. Nr. Latin also testified that his powdeo
nrm demurret 10 paying Mr.. Woei i've per centr
tht Mr.. Weed gave them authority TO max;
one thousand barrels OF powder but they prefer ed hav
ig the authority directly the government He also
testhes that the patriot Dwyer who ngu cd the cattle
contract IN May or June, at Washington told him il he
would gvo ave cent no would sell all the powder he
could make, but lalin declined Favorites obtain con
tracts when frequently they have not the pecunary
sources to fulfil he and not manufacturers Of the art
ces to be delivered. Tie professional politician the
retired exmember OF Congress, who has large contract
which requires much machinery and great mechanical
ingenuity, evidently takes it speculation takes it to
enrich himself 10 extort from the pockets Of honest
industry takes t0 sub let TO skul Manufacturers at
reduced prices. The departments which give contracts
shefAcifes for executing them are rcpshensibIs and
deserve severe What Is there for an
honest department 10 pension this gang of middle men
All the gosen gain found in their pockets Is so much
stolen from tho Treasury Even in tho Treasury Depart
meAt-pure and upright as believe the Secretary TO
be-what business man could Justify, or who, in
his own transactions, would allow that con
tract Of half million expenditure should
te competed for By only two nrms. who could combine
and untes 1t answer to say that the work is done
IS chsaply before Tho spirit OF the law has been
violated and the millionaire enriched. Besides, the pro-
ducts OF all departments OF labor are cheapsnsd BY the
stagnaton Of business In this matter OF the bank note
contract a. in some others underlngs eontrol<he ans
" Ss So
on ie and whose shall be gaddensd by the eyes Of the
Secretary Tho soldier who borne down BY disease and
punish with DEATH while the miscreant who holds his
festival at this carnival OF blood rides In his carriage,
treat with deerentia respect DO you say government
cannot Danish treason and punish ermo? On che 4th day
OF July 1850, at Occoquan, Va, Mr. Underwood raised
names Of Lincoln and Hamlin. Jackson, the slayer
of Ellsworth with about forty men, cut it down,
tore up the Stars and Stripes, and carried the
this day in the employ OF the government In this CITY,
The aborng men who testify against officials are remov
cd hQa haun l,I,tuv fha
ment worthy better place. s 1t possible that this
mcnstrous system OF wrong extending from the Atlantic
not ho s,nnsd ar bactsSs If hat hs 10 batter
dsband armies and let the ogarchs OF South rule
and reign over us This committee has been in session
for months government officials must be aware OF it's
power Of examination; still At the commencement OF this
session. inspectors Of horses coludng with con-
tractors superntendenrs rejoicing in the title Of cap
tans selling government horses to private citizens,
taking diseased and worthless horses from the commons
branding them in the service Of the United States
city butchers buying meat from government sup
plies. Your government retains in this capital, IN
81 honor and ana %iS our snd
minds " th rebellion. Your departments are dsncned
to hear charges Of treason or corruption they would
rather ostrace those who furnish tho truth than
move the reasonable and guilty offenders. am not
harsh; only speak what, standing In the mighty ana
august presence Of stirring times contemplating bleed
thus to speak terms OF warning and admoniton to an
administration which aided to elect to whose principles
Of trbuation and must be carried safely through
tho wilderness beyond. But have right 10 ask and
beseech in the OF commercs crippled, labor
lyzed hnsncss disturbed and treasury empty, in the
name or that gallant army OF five hundred thousand men
who this day On tho tented field waiting 70
country loved through drs and blood, 70 lay down and
die that nation may live-in the os fvs hundred
thousand hsarthsones made dreary by the loved
awayof the vacant chairs around the evening res Of
the thrice Ave hundred thousand friends, anxously
looking. fearfuy expecting tremhlinSly hoping that
this sha remove treason tho capital
men are in arms against the rebels but twenty mil
lions against the Of plunderng leechss
That twenty million will be N arms against US and
drivea the money changers Of old from the temple.
Ma. xolcAxs AGENCY IN PyRcHANsa vss.1s.
Since this report has been submitted TO the House,
Mr. George D. Morgan has prepared elaborate paper
showing the benefits Of his agency, and relies upon the
fact that nearly every instance hs paid less Price than
the asked We test the strength Of his posi-
ton the Stars and Stripes To build her cost $50 oo0
by charter the realized SIS 900 from govern
$5 o00-Gve thousand than they asked but $40 900
more than she cost. While with the Potomska
and wams the s'1'S M ss ns
hs asked $so8oo. Thii sssms the reverse Of the
proposition The Onward was offered to private parties
SCI 900 These are not the only Instance the com
mittee win show BY q further examination, 70 which
n arg 1ytsS hs sns s
In all the relations Of private life honest himself and who
would not farhng from the Treasury seeks jus
=
past were imposed upon by impositions the regular
ofcsrs; and hc employs an agent with no salary, yet
snt maEu1 hs interest," against or the num-
Der OF vessels bought and tho highest price paid nets
him ths most money. For the credit Of the govern.
only right to Mr.. Morgans skill, experience and
shrewdness, but we have right TO the benefit OF
that ruling feeling with many business msn-.ha. a:
Mr. Morgan honest. Grant IT, Mr.. Morgan is fond Of
money, or he would not he could not consent to take
am hlnt, kas tS~>u sAA
him in about five months man who 10 thus greedy Of
gain evidently 10 jealous Of his own than his couu
ry's interests Besides the Secretary needs the
tive ingenuity and business capacity, which admits Of
high order, why not employ and give him fair remune
rave salary other men are employer He says this
$50 900 taken from the pockets OF tho sellers Not
so; Mr. Morgan always notified them they must pay him
two half per cent the purchase that they
cent thereto. Mr. Morgan possesses the business abi
ty which the Secretary claims and which do not doubt
he certainly could have obtained all the vessels at the
price he did, less tho two and a half per cent Who
doubts ir Why should not the sellers as readily have
given the half per cent to government as to
Mr. Morgani No. sir that fallacy may suit the Seersta
~ but Il will not deceive the people In September last
when Mr.. Morgan had made $50 0O0
to the Cabinet was made in regard TO this matter and the
attention Of he Secretary directed 10 It, Had he changed
the policy could have been upon him.
but he persssnty refused and in December Mr. Morgan
bad increased his fortune to the enormous Of about
500 OOOat the rate OF quarter OF million per annum
Mr. could have been secured st 900
annually and this enormous sum saved TO the Treasury
Al
compelled or induced to sell them at small prices, what
right has the Secretary 10 allow his brother law put
his hands In the pocket OF each seller and realize the i'm
msnsesum Of 500, 900 in few months. That money
ally belonged 70 the government. As agent he takes IT,
and If it be an uncouscionabs amount 1t belongs TO
his employers. The Secretary should know that the
rules Of the Chamber Of Commerce in New York, 10
commissions do not apply whore tho value Of the vessel
exceeds $50 000 beyond that the per csntags left
bargain between seller and broker Can the Secretary
find solitary where merchants have allowed two
and half per cent on vessel worth 500 door The rule
in Boston per cent where the value $50 000
DEFENCE SECRETARY wEiLEs
The Secretary in his last message claims that the
sos have been cheaply purchased. Assume II, II you
please. Does he not know that Is parayz
edthat sail and steam vessels have been crowded
tho Market and must be sold at any price rot Ut the
docks well justify the purchase OF the Potomska and
Wsmsutta which were charged TO the government for
81 900 more than the owners received on the ground
that they cheap Tho Secretary must have known
this transaction liable TO tho criticism 1t had reoeiv
Cd be would not he says he did In advance feel he
might receive because this great bounty
bestowed brother-in The Secretary, In his Ia