The weekly Butte record., 1862-07-12
The Virtue that Covereth all Sins.

present corruption in its criminahty.
The Virtue that Covereth all Sins.
The Chicago Post says that " when the
House of Representatives was called upon to
vote on one of the most outrageous of all the
frauds perpetrated en- the Government, the
question was submitted in the form of the
following resolution:
"ReSolued, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be requested to adjust the claim against
the Government for the FIVE thousand Hall
carbines purchased through Simon Stevens
Esq, by General John c. Fremont an the 9th
day Of August, 1861, ard afterwards delivered
at the United States Arsenal at the city of St
Louis, on the basis of a sale of such arms to
the Government at sl2 each, rejecting all
other demands against the Government on
account of the purchase of said arms"
Gen. Fremont is an emancipationist The
fraud was glaring and all admitted it, The
necessity for overruling Fremont's contract
was imperious,-and all admitted it. But
when the resolution came before the House,
Mr.. Stevens of Pennsylvania, moved to amend
it by striking out the word through &c,
and insert q FROM" in order to negative the
palpable fact that Fremont was party to the
contract. He subsequently withdrew that
motion, and moved to substitute for it the
following:
Resolued, That nothing has occurred to
lessen our confidence in The honesty, integrity,
and patriotism of Major General John C.
Fremont"
This, the Speaker ruled out of order. Mr.
Lovejoy moved to add proviso to the resolu-
ton, that it should not be construed as reflect
ing on the integrity of Gen. Fremont This,
however, was ruled out Mr.. Stevens then
moved to lay the resolution on the table. pre-
ferring to let the Government be swindled out
of an immense sum Of money TO having vote
of censure on the emancipation general
Freeport QIl) Bulletin.
Here is another, concerning Gen. Mckinstry
zionist, and it is understood that the charges
against him are so trivial that a court of in
quiry is deemed useless. 1t is from the St
Louis correspondent of the 5. F. Alta:
1t is now understood that the charges
against General McKinstry were so trivial
that court of inquiry was deemed useless
The basis of all the complaints were extrava-
gance. but after rigid examination of all wit
nesses who could be summoned by the Con
gressional investigating committee and by the
Holt-Davis commission, nothing whatever was
found implying the least corruption on the part
of Gen. Mckinstry, either in the receipt of
bribes, the division of contracts or fraudulent
payments. The defense was simply the public
exigency, on the ground that in fitting out the
army many things had TO be purchased at the
prices charged, and that there was no time to
dicker At all events, Gen. McKinstry has
been discharged, and is now very anxious to
take the field again. There is one feature in
Gen. Mckinstry's present position which will
very much surprise his friends, and that is, his
opinions concerning slavery. At the COM
mencement of the war he was known as
rabid pro-slavery man, whose voice and con-
duet were constantly opposed TO any interfe-
renee with the negro. Now he has completely
shifted, and makes no bones of avowing his
strong anti slavery sentiments, and bis willing.
ness to see slavery abolished in every Southern
State, as the only means of crushing the rebel
lion. He had lost caste among many Of his
old army associates on account of these senti-
ments, but is noted now for his fearless advo-
cacy of emancipation everywhere he goes
This is not the only change in the old army on
this subject, as evidences daily brought to
light clearly show"