Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-17


ever, patriot Is. that its days will soon be
Numbered.
wash bu rme's Hep0rt on Government
Contracts .. The Patriotic. Con.
tractors of ind iana..Isow the N oney
Goes.
TALBur BuLLaRp, a well known citizen of this
city. practitioner OF medicine for nineteen years
testified as follows:
think know OF one instance in which | have
circumstantial evidence that the Government did
not have the fall advantage of offers which were
made To il through its Quarter master. Some
time about the close OF the servIte- OF the three
months men. | received a letter from Bgelew 4
Co.. OF Boston, accompanied by one from Gov
Andrew. vouchiug for the ample responsibility oil
that frm. and desiring me To pat them in com
municaticn with the Qnartermaster's Depart
ment here in reference to furnishing army cloth
ing Bselow OF tho parties in Boston,
aud specimens of full wool goods, with prices in
Dictated, were set here. They assured me they
had been in connection with the United States
supply department OF the army and navy of the
Unitei States The only connection had with
the matter was To put them in communication
with the Quartermsster ; department in this city
They had communications with manufacturers in
Europe. by which they could secure the best sup
ply at the cheapest rates. aud they had large
ufactories unser their control in Massachusetts,
l took the agent to Quartermaster Najen. read
him the letter. and showed him the guaranty He
smiled and said. rs that aA2' replied. Yes:
| have no interest in this mstter. leave the sub
ject in your hands" know that the agent took
the specimen goods to the Quartermaster's de
partment. la day or two after the agent re
ported me that he must return and that his
offers here had not been received Here com
mences my knowledge of what the community
here generally know-that goods were aiterward
received which were ofb,d quality know that
the contracts given out To Jews. aud that
poor articles were furnished TO the Government.
| know that those articles offered by the Boston
firm were good. and that in some instances the
prices were lower than were finally paid do
not know the motive which led To the Jews being
seiected and these rejected | am not a ware
of the influences which resulted in the State con
tracing with parties who furnished inferior art
cie- rather than with more substantial and reliable
parties There is trhers 1 sac reak point
When YOU know tha. check OF $500 or 81 900
is deposited. You will draw yOur inerences of mat
tiers ron do not knpw anything about.
@. W BuRRows. of this city, being duly
sworn. stated the following facts:
l was formerly carriage maker. and have had
experience IN that business. wanted 10 get the
contract for the army wagons which To he
furnished | wanted To secure two hundred of
them. and hal a man la help me buill them
Nalen avoided me in every instance he could and
would not hear to me nj all. at last managed
To get bi'i before the Quartermaster here. but
they would not pay any attention 90 me When |
went to the Office they never had time 10 speak To
me Ny bid SIS less than the contract price
Cincinnati. Nv bill was SIS piece. and
theirs Was $90. NV bid was in writing Ii was
pu, in before the letting occurred. There was
adj ersisemens for proposals. The excuse for
letting out the contract at higher price was that
they could not he furnished here quick enough.
could give security. told them 50. and that |
was prepared To build them at the shortest notice.
| had the materials on hand read, To build them
but did not get the contract.
FRsDKRIcx II TAKING deposed as follows:
am of the ii, m OF Tapking 4 Becker. of In
dianspolis Our firm have contracts i'm connec
ton with Geisendurtf & Co. for the manufacture
OF uniforms for the soldiers In settling with
GeiSendofff he charged u, in one instance two
and half per cent, and IN another Instance i've
per cent. a. our part 10 pay toward obtaining
these contracts In conversations with : Z.
Morgan upon the subject oi making a bid Tor a
contract. | suggested TO him that he should add a
commission in making his estimate Tor bid. a.
my impression was that a commission would have
10 be paid
We could add more testimony similar to that
We have given in reference TO the subject OF CON-
mission OF brokerage paid Tor giving or ob,anug
contrasts for furnishing army supplies during the
present var To officers of our State Government,
but enough has been presented from responsible
sources TO leave the Impression or conviction that
such practices have prevailed We would no,
wiiifuily judge any wrongfulIy. In justice to
the parties who are thus srraigned. We propose
20 give their testimony, the substance Of IT, be
fore the SINE committee in explanation of the
charges made against them. This will do in
our next issue
SHIPMENTS FROM INV YoRk TO rHs FRENCH
AMY IL Mrxico The New York Tribune learns
that Sunrli.- tor the French. army IA Nexi~, has a