'tai. E MONTROSE DEMOCRAT, IS I • UIILISHED TITICA:kDATp, BY T. oareierlittscaii OFFICE ON, PUBLIC AVENUE, ABOVESEAULIeS HOTEL TEENfS.—SI,SO per annum in ADVANCE; otherwise fi2 will he•chrtrued—and fitly cent* per annum added to nerearavy, at the option of this Publisher. to pay e xpeusc or collection, etc. AD V ANCE . payment preferred. ADVEIZTIAKNIENTF, will be inserted at the sato of it n or ,quire, df ten lines or le•se, for the first three weeks, anti 2.5 cent, for each rolditiOnal week—pardown• . Merchants, and others { who arltertis'e the yeir, will be charged at the fallowing rate!,,Rla.: For one square, or 1.v.. one year, with f 9 Each. midi/iv:ld iyuefre. at the rote ry 6 So credit given except to tho,e of known reeponfiibility BUSINESS CAR 'A'. 11. COOPEIt S . ; CO., • ANNElts.—Muut rut- . e, Pa. Sneceppers to Poat.Cooper B Jt. Co.l,l:lice. lAtliroplenew building. Turnpike-a. J. D. X . CG1.1.1271 • D. W. SLUM& McCOLLUM Sz• SEARLE, AT,To EVS and Connscliort at I.nw,—Montrose, Pa Office in Lathropt' new bnilding, over the Bank. - • 11T,N11.Y TTORNEY and C0n11,4,110r at Law.—TOR'ANDA. Pa Office in the Union Block. Jels3 tt Mt E. F. WILMOT,. • (7111 APE ATE of the .Allooatlitle and Tiomcoonathic Nt..X legeeof Medienic.—Grdo 'Mend, Pa. Oitic,e, corner of Main at 1 Elizabeth-sis, neasty opposite the Methodist Church.antAktf, • Dll. WILLI Alt. W. WHEATON, ECLECTIC 'PHYSICIAN & SURGEON DENTIST WITH pit. MYRON WHE'.I TON, Ifeehanlcal and Sari - Ilea] Dentist:reecntle of Dttitthamton, N. V. tender Moir profe,ional i.‘ervices io all who appro. elite the Reformed Practice of Physic;'• careful and anillful operation: , im Teeth: with the meet atifentllle and iipproved st 3 lee of platewortf. Teeth ta.tracted without pain arid 311 work war:noted. ' - Jackson, Joao 14th. Iscd. • DR: 11. small . & SON, . - V .. IMGEON DENTITS.-3lnntroPc,' Pa. . - 1. - 10flice in I.nthro`p,' new building. oct•r 4 4 X5 . t':: .. the Dank. All Dental operation,. will.he •iiii perform." in pood et.) le and lrarruuted,' J. C. OLMSTEAD DP.S..6 I .I6;STEAD 8 READ, \you LI) ANNOUNCE to the Public that they have entered into a partnership for the Practice of 314EDICINE* Surgery, and arc prepared to attend to all calls in the line of their profession. entice—the nne formerly occupied by Dr. d. C. Olmstead. in DI:NDAFF. my 7 9m. • 1)1Z. N. Y. I,EET, Phrtician evid Sarnam. Fri,ndsrifle. Pat- <Were/Tad& ,h . 1,-1,-son Mount. FI ................................................................................. hitowlechzis of. and exuerienve, in that branch of prim •to cure in the inost•dinicult C. 1,1. For treaiiaz d , viows nr there orztnn no fee will he charged tialetin 11w p ttient in benefit-led ho the trent : . tient Angnstitatti, 1860. - l`;)1"1"11 - AVOliTi I stl VADAKTX, NI 'F.'eCTUIII , :IiS ANTI DEALT:TiS" iu Italian and d A .norican Marbl, for - Mounnaent... Ileadntones, nad Centre-Table.. Also dooir Ntlr' Ileiz.n! Slate for M.:3ll'es. rent re-Tab:es, &c. a fe : .vea.t of Searle'; lintel on Turnpike otre..t. Moottro-e, l'a. oct y• \ V . \OW, , -r: lIF ' , HE treat I3Cnd, Pa. Office e; t, trepon,:t• t1,e . 11-et ern ilitune. apt • SAI7TTEIi, 1 T i IASITIONATILF. TAlLeiTi - -:. Montrose. Pa. Shop 1 r N. ilnllard'n flro•rerv, •to idtiin-tdreet. Th.takfal for paA favor, he I,llelli eoldinuanec --pled _tin! hizanclf to do all work natkfacinrily. Cut- II:I.:don't on t notice. and warranted to lit. Molt ro , July tilt. ! • I'. lAN ES r A . Sh o p I • over store of Watmas .111 wor!, warranted, .at. to fa and t'•“t in - - done on -port notice,,in )an '6O JOTIN GIZOVES,' ; V. , III(iNAT:LE TAILOIL-- , )tontrose, ra. 'Shop nurtlm it.oa on Turnpike Ail or.lur, !Mod pr rates : llr. , cntt;:nr done on ,Inlrt :old warrani„t-d in 'fit. L. B. 1, Watche4. and .7,-,1%.1rh at the st,,,rtt—t 11.,1 i sr. 11 - 1:(1 trr:ns. AD war7.thtt.d. Sit.q. hi Chandler and . 1. r. ,, np' ,2 rthre. AVM. \V. - , 11111 k • ci i k o r i vz ( AN t r) I,l,l,ln.,Nri,Ri.e.:l;nk:s:rF.s,7rizErt,sc,F;stot C. 0. 14)13.1)1 - 1A)I i i • 1.‘1 , :1:F1C71.7.1711 of ROOTS t S 1p P-5 Montrnin, . i iPa. Shop over. ,tore. All I kinds of work.made to 0r,1,.r, reilairing done neatly. jef: y TUiIIZELT F.ALER in Pra7r. llydiciiteF. Ciminicali‘, Tire StnEs. l'aney Cinodi , ..7.iivelre , rv: e:e.L A:zeta for all the m 7,1171 i ICINES,—Mont rose. dig tf - ' lIAVI)EN 13.t.ZOTTIEllS, WIIOLESALE D I EALETIS • —AXD— FANCY GOODS. • W.M.:II.IYDEN. .JOIN t :PRAM - STAYDEV. f NEW MIL FORD, PA. I.4E ,, RGF. IMYDEN. P. E. 'BRUKI,. 3j. D.; • 11 AV INC. NOW LOCATED, PEUNIA:.7ENTTX, AT Will attotad to the . lutlest ot'hfe proteiion prompt*. Office at Latbrap 9 a Hata.- . ALM . ' SVALlCirr_lerW! NEW MILFORD 1 IS TIII;:' PLACE TO 131:YrTOVIt lIARAPNESRS 9 csm rOr t AND GET' THE WORTH OF YODR MONEY. ..v5 • J. IL SMITII. c.) INSURANCE COIIP A N Y, COS crel7-7-"Z+. CASH CAPITAL, ONE yILLIO ASSETTS Ist Jtt L.L.II3ILITIES, ' J. Milton Smith. Sec ;olto McGee. ... , liele. is,:ned nnd re, ......... ...._ ._ _,,, ,, rsiened, at Ms died,. ' oar duur above Searles lidel, .Ikloitrose, Pa. ns. , -1-W I__ MULLIN S STROiII, Agent. , . — 1 - mi . -13 IT Zit 3rit., iv trx. - - large st?ck of n `AV Stoves. for AS jliFt received ': . 1 o ,i , ee en,,?. Shop int.', nes, for Wood I 1 Cooking...? or t'ual. with rstulre Pipe, Z. wt. &e. i ll', a..ortmeet lb seiect and desirable. an' . 0 qv, Ino.t 'favorable Win* fell C=li, Z , r !twit!. It tycrs. i • Sc w Milfurl, Oct. MAX, L'3030. :Dam:l2E4s.n Coffee,ll EA. LT LIY I,evera2,r. Ocve postroi . of Ilii."Colfee will /1. u.u.tt.-11 a.: two poupzis offo..- toffee. For Buie 1;,.. ABEL TL'UItELL. MEDICAL •CA D. of the iolKst c and Ilonosopatnic edlk.r.e* of Med- I e [le, would rat aruhis shown: thanks to ,tlip people of Gt. 'Bend and cicinliyhsththe *err, libtisl patronage with ...hil-h they have fa, for Idm, and LC hopeelby a strict as to buelueseorederit a liberal share of the public eJnedence. Great Bend. Jaunt 1....•J'1,1§61. TAKE NOTICF.! cai9h Paid for33.lcleas, NJ have t, Pelts, Fox, Mink... Muskrat., and all.kinds of Furs. A good assortment of Leather and flouts and Shoe:, constantly ou baud: Ordee, Tunto.4e, , on Maltz Street. Montrose, Felvtlth. AI P. cf L:C. KEELER .DAVID C. ANEY, M.l TX A VIN(1 located per inanently at New JL. wilt attend promptly ro all calla with be favored. °ten nt' Toddle MOM.. New Milford. July.l7, Mt ABEL TURRELL HAR for sale. Metallic Oil: for Re tigMachtnes. loQk & Watch OIL Bed Bag. • Rat'a " jd ROLM Pot. ton, Ilomcopathlc Remedies. Pend's .R.t'tl i ct.. and a great , .:-I sty of Liniments; Salve*, Pins. and PI 'Aare, and an •I`cps variety of patent Medicine: , • CONGRESSIONAL. SPEECH OF HON. C. VAN WYCH, 111 4ss's CHAIRMAN OP THE COMMITTEE OF INVEST'- . OATION OP.ARNY'PRAIIDS DELIVERED IN TUE ROUSE OF REPRESENTA- Mr.. SPEAKER :—,011 . • the 19th day of April, 1861, the world, was startled • with the recurrence of one of these great ev- . ents which marks an era in the history of I man, brands crime with a deeper infinny, and'exalts the,virtnes of a generous mau -1 hood to. a nobiliitY almost divine,-of which heroeshave boasted and poets sung. The parallel ofApril 19,, 1775; was complete; the days, months', years, and cycle§of a peace ful and hippy ,nationality had borne the Massachusetts: soldier firm the held of 'Lexington to the . streets of Baltimore. For, a time the great American heart ceased to beat. A..nationalparalysis ex isted a nlimien,t, and then the- people re alized the horrors and cruelties of this un natural was. The merchant left his coun, the farmer the quiet of home, the imannflicturer's shuttle. paused in its half ' finished round, the anvil rang not ont the I ' hammer's beat,the lawyers unfinished brief lost its-interest; the,clergyman - folded up his sacerdotal robes, mothers, With the devOtion of Spartans, bade their sons go forth ; the wife pressed More closely her ' new'born babe- as -he gate a parting,and with blessings and prayers the husband went forth, probably never to return. - The nationotrereer up its life and cm, ptied its treasure into the hap of:this great calmity ; the rich bestowed of' his ' aliund-• lance ;' the widow gax c her mite, an only . son, or a tear sanctified with prayers.— . .Not one Of us can fortret it. Illistory,'in after times, will record. this the nobles,, mural exibition of true courage the world has ever witnessed. Scarce a whisper of. treUson or murinsur of discontent in, all the :Mirth, yet.many of those who made the ring, for truth- and liberty, - who professed, to worship the tree God, were ',ready to cry out 'Great is Diana of the Ephesians! hoping to, crucify the_Apiritofi freedom. .1. L. READ There were others, meaner, baser still, only watching the opportunity to make nterehaiidise of their counfrys misfortunes, coin the grief of tte nation into currency, and peril berinstitntions", if it could *min., isttkto their base cupidity. , One class comMenced• secretly sending intelligence to the Rebels • the other rendered to them no less va.uable assistance by conspiring to defraud the People and the Govern ment. Alinost the same instant harpies' besieged the Treasury here, and the vul tures in the North snLiffed -the spoils afar While the bridges destroYed by the Rebels were yet smoking . in ruins, before -the'regiments impeded by theitirrdestrue tion took' reach the capital the. sappers and miners who knew the trembling ne cesitics of the nation commenced the as sault. It has been knid that in the. panic of thd . se times, watehtbluess- on Ilie pact of public officers should not be required, and the larcenies Of plundering hordes shonld he overlooked. - ''CATTLE t'ONTRACT. About the time the N. Y. 7th,the pride of the State, compbsed of the best of her citizeii soldiers, of IT:ell of wealth, high family position, education; enjoying the confidence of the conituunitv in all the re lations- of. life, with the 'Massachusetts Sixth, a regiment 'representing the intelli gence and business occupation of that wonderful State,were fording streamis,buil ding bridges, laying railroad tracks, sleep ing-,on the untented field—awl when hung er was pressing updn them, the Seventh divided their last stare of bacon -and hard biscuit with the gallant -men of the Sixth —a'contract was iniide in this city by the Department with IDWyer, Langlimn, 1 1 Tvler, for cattle, faun two to tenthousana, at eight dollars per hundred live weight,delivered here,and 5 and three courtiers in PennsylV,ania. What facilities had Dwyer A; Co. tor transportation which thelGovermnent did not possess?. Government could lay. its strong arms updn railroads and tise-thetni could 'plant its gathering armies to guard the - bridge and: track.. At thatl very time an agent wad; sent by the Dnpartment into Maryl and; who Irithoutd difneulty, purchased cattle to be delivered in Washington at six rdollars and a balf per hundred live .weight. Besides direct' navigation with .Neiv7: - York was iidt obstructed by the POiiomac. Still moire, if the danger of.' transportation throtigh Maryland was an .exCitse for this contract big with 'profits, I 'all . a provision that a portion should be .delivered in Pennsylvania if the Depart-' merit desired, and stilly were'nearly fifteen lindrtd received in Harrisburg,, While scarcely' eight hundred were, delivered.in Washington ? Notwithstanding the liana in the way, Dwyer! & Co.•immediately. sublet the contract to New Ycrk men so that without any hazard or perils they re ; alized over thirty-ter o thousand dollars on ahout twethousandlhead. They had' .no. *difficulty during the, panic of those' times. iliMaking this contract; why should the Government have fOund any ? There i ls no preterice that either of these men had any special courage in. overcom ing dangers, or remarkable skill -iii purch asing-cattle ; two were, railroad contract; 'anyone a lawyer, and one the 'winter be*• fore; had been in consultation and negoti-i ation with Rebels fpr the sale:of arms- Titnis treason and cOrruption were coutin uedtat th e e capital. DOLLARS. 1,819:27. 4068.68. ' Pre*ldent Vice •' will be *old 0 rirompt Six AGENCY OF ALFS'It CUMMINGS simultaneOus with this occurred another transaction. On the 21st day of Ate!, the Secretary of War; although he well knew the great ability and exptiri ence of Colonel Tolupkins,Quartennaster, and 'Major Eaton, CommiSs:uy in New York city,.vrrote-tale letters-to Alexand er Cummings, Esq. i ln one he 'wants ilin. to aid the Commissary in purchasing. sup plies. 4114 assist the Quartermasterin push tng them-forward ' The otker letter states that Iferil. Pa., •61cb be may E ' t • .0, • E '4 '' .' 7 - , , : i - 11, ~!. s ‘ 1':. ‘i —1- I - ' 1,, ,', : * - _ • . 1 ; . :,;:' 1 -:: ' -,- ~ ~ - --, •• , :,,,•• 4 \ , ...... • -. 1 . Join Ourselves -to no Party that Does not Carry the, , Flag and Keep S t ep to the *Music 'of the Whole . OL. - .19. 1 - , MONTROSE, PA.,THIIRSDAY, FE131114 'Y 26186 i . _ I NO. TIVES, F.EnRUABY 7, 1862. 'The Department needs ; at this moment an intelligent, experienced and energetic man in 'whom it can rely, to-assisein push, in forward troops, munitions and sup- t - No man knew better than the Secret= I ary that these qualifications were already possessed by the army officers in New York, on whom it was safe to .tely. The Secretary then gracefully compliments Mr. Cummings:— - • • 'You are acquainted With the internal arrangements and connections of the rail roads in Pennsylvania over which for the present they will have to pass' Can there be so much intricacy about the railroad-connections in Pennsylvania, that the United States quartermaster-in New York or Philadelphia, was not con-1 versant with them ? The Secretary 'then I addS a touching appeal to his patriotism:: ] am aware that your private affairs may demand your time.. I am,•sure your p.atriotism will. induce you to aid- me, even -at some, loss to yourself? . On the 231 of April the,Seeretary again wrote : . 'ln consideration of thC extraordinary emergencies which demand immediate and decisive measures, I hereby authorize Edwin.D. Mo'rgan and Alexander Cum mings to make all necessary arrangements for the transportation of troops in aid and. assistance ofthe officers of the army of the United States.' Either'was authorized to act in absence of the_other. On the 4th day' of May, Governor Morgan delegated his portion of the power to George D. Morgan. On the 24th, the Secretary wrote:— . sent you yesterday an official paper to act - lb connection with Governor Mor gan, 'by land through Maryland andPenn sylvania,it is,important. you. should, act protnptlyrin:s'effiling supplies. Dr. Cc MMINGS. • This is the first time he, recognized his friend as-Doctor. Thus armed, the Doct or seethed sapreme in hisorbit.; instead of rendering aid, and assistance, he ef fectually superseded .the army oflicers. Major taton distinctly infOrmed_him that his services-were not needed in the purch ase of 'supplies. Still the Doctor -corn thenced buying over $1111,,000 worth. id' straw 'hats and . linen pantaloons, which were worthless to the army and not re quired by the regulations. Ile employed a clerk of whom he kneW nothing—had never seen before. In his evidence, at firSt, he did not know who • recommended ; then he thmight he was recommend ed by Mr. Thurlow . finally his said remember noWThat; Mr. Weed told me he knew all about him,- and taion his re cmhnicridation I took Inm. This clerk the - Doctor suffered to do all the business and make all the - purchases, except what were made by treorg,e, D. Morgan. CHARTEIt.OI , "FIIE CATALIXE The Doctor next appoints Cptain Com stock to charter or purchase tessels. The Captain ; with a friend goes to. Brooklyn, inspects the Cataline and learns - that her price is from $18,1_;00 to $20,600: Instead of purchasing or chartering, .or recant . mendim , the Doctor to do so. from the owner, his friend suggests to Mr. Develin that there 'is a nice opportunity to- make something by good management.' This was the 23d day of April, the very day the'propeller Daylight left New. York with supplies .tbr tie Seventh Regiment, and two hundred recruits of the brave and and generous young men -of that city. The Daylight left without convoy, and reached Washington safely. - Ltiever -can forget that 23d-day of April and the trip of Daylight - or of: that gallant band. ;who were leaving, all the endeaftnents of homeand associations of - friends to encoun ter the perils of disease 'and battle. I never 'can forget the universal-disquietude in the great city of the contiment. No mails. - No telegraph. A dreadful, sol emn suspense. Brave - Men, good Men; fearing doubting, yet .hoping. - Agitated by one impulse, ready- to give all, even life-for the defenceof-the capital ,Wash , ington founded, and the flag the patriots of the Revolution. baptized in.blood. - No - one could have believed that at such a moment merycould find' leisure or incli nation to ascertain how something could be madeout of the grief of the people by good management. ; Yet that very, day, When Sympathy, for a -bleeding co untry, , and the obligationS of duty to his employ ers - Should have received :from Captain) Comstock all Ins skill and - energy, , his. mission was used to benefit friends. He kn.ew Dr. Crimmings i was agent for the War Department ;.still he counseli freely • With Mr. Develin about the "value of the Cataline and gives an - opinion what will be paid for her charter. ,lad she been cheap at SIS,OOO, • his- Government was' entitled to the purchase . . - - After yielding to . Mr. Develin all the , time he required for the negotiation, the boat was chartered by Col.Totnpkins, he relying upon Capt. Comstock, the att thorized agent of Doctor Cummings, the agent of the 'War Department paying for her use 610,600 per month, for -three months, and if lost by • war risks, It.hen Government to pay.i-..-50,000, Col. Tomp kins would not sign until Capt Comstock assured - Min that she was - worth *56;000, and that it waS,' right. The captain knew the value of tire boat and what she cost; Mr. Freeman, having an interest in. her prolitsswears they did not , pretend, she was Worth *50,000. -Capt Comstock, however, dries that he alleged she was worth that amount: .THURLOV WEERAPPEARS AS . . • "AGENT." • .• • The testimony of Captain COnisteck shows the vast number and almost unlim 7 . ited power of fiersons at that time minim: ing to act as agents for the Governtuent. • He says - • . . was sent forty. Mr. Weed to come to the Astor house about - the. time of the. commencement :of theSe trotiblei, s 'Pe" stated that he was an agent-of the Gov ernment, and 'had' troops and munitions of, war 6 ,to send - .Wishington by illy 9fthe Chesupenke e 'and that he wished to charter vessels for that purpose. * = * After-_ waids Cummings . Called' upon me, and I showed me the same authority eed had shown; hind: been transferred to him to perforni the some Service. * *:* . .. I should think that Weed had chartered I Stranger AM four months after his agency from six to ten vessels.'' , i had ceased, lie leaves' no vouchers with _ ' This testimony vas given on the 28th I a the War Del artment. The War Depar of December,. and, up' to that time the Line, in its enerons. confidetie seeks no Committee had no-evidence or intimation !settlement w th the Doctor Mill an inspeb that Mr. Weed had - been atk agent for the '-[ tion of his to miters. I Government . rtr acting as such. The De- - Such were he prominent transactions partment was liberal in bestowing confid- . occurring at linic.whett a mans'gentrous once and grants of'power but that confid- I instincts sho Id freely have off4red every mice seems to have been abused - by the !'thing to his c untry.. transfer of authority from °IT -to the TIMM NIA FOR STEALING: . other. Mr. - Weed's absence from home J • This . was he cloud no --larger than a . . prevents an examination at present 'info •I man's hand !,hich -increased Mid spread the nature and extent of his agency. - I until the wh le - sky has been Wrapped in 3IYSTERYABOUTTIIE CATALINES gloom, and ten go about tie Streets < CARGO.' , wondering, 'here this thing :iwill end. The COmmittee.have not -been able to The mania fqr stealing-Seems tOhave run Show for *limn the steamer was loaded. i through all tie relations of GOvernment. It has been intimated she, was loaded by Almost front the general to the druminer t private parties, to be run,'however, at the boy; from hose nearest - the -Ithrone of risk and expense of the Government and power to tit merest tide waiter, - Nearly When she could nat obtain a clearance,lier every man yy i o deals- 'with the Govern cargo was, in whole•or part sold to the ment stein • 'o feel or desire thatitswould Government. If this be so. ft will account not long sur ive and each had a common I for the Doctors purchase of straw hats, right to plunder while it liv4l Even in linen pantaloons, London porter, Scotch I the matter o the purchase of two sailing ale, Dutch herring, 'butter cheese and all! I vessels, two nen Of New' :York, to the' Collector Baniey Swears that, on the ;, crime' of larceny added the sin l'of perjury 27th of April Mr. -Stetson, in whoSe name 1 that they might rob from the Treasury the title had been taken, called on him, I $BOOO. , demanding a elearanee to • Annapolis. I In , the cm' of the Stars and stripes,the When asked how she Was loaded, and to President of the New. haven i Propeller whom the cargo belonged lie replied she Sompany aft r taking from the -Govern was , loaded with flour and provisions, I ment $lO,OO more than she cost took of which' belonged to several of his friends. :that amount nearly *B,OO to , line his own Mr. Barney refused to clear her. 7 —Stetson ! pockets, and in - excuse to his company 'then said the provisions'werefor thearmy. I basely pretei ded that tie had to bribe an 'Barney replied that as the property was I, eimember-o COngress to gaiti •an • audi not Government property, bet property i once to the h ad of the bureau; and from of individuals, lie could not clear her ex- I that coward] • insinuation: an Ilimiorable, cept by a request from sonic Government high toned ex-members of Congress in officer. It is but just to say here that , Connecticut, had- been subjected'. to cal- Mr. Develin was 'evidently indueo,l to; tunny. Thn Pre:cident,. before! the com purchase' the vessel at the suggestion 'of i mittee, , testi ed that after taking. $19,000 those who Were acting- furGovernment,l in profits frn his 'country, ke - watcso anx and that Mr. Stetson in everything lie did ions to . scree her in this, the hour of her Was trank, - candid and Made no conceal-' extremity, tat- he appropriated nearly ment. - - . , ' .I $BOOO of his ' ollegnes money toi his private CLANDESTINE ESCAPE • OF THE I use, so he co ild devise some Machine to CATALINE. . take all the Southern cities, and no one S. CAMERON - • When Mr. Stetson again "called on the Collector • 'he brought 4 note froth Mr: Weed; stating that :the cargo evsisted of supplies for troops, and requesting "a clearance.' Mr. Barney declined but saw Mr. Weed and explained why a clearance could not lie granted. Mr. Weed Said 'it wits all right and would he arranged iu some other way.' lie concluded not to give a clearance unless requested . to do so by General Wool. lle, saw the General, and requested "him to be careful betbre he gave orders for a clearance. A past how ever was obtained front the General which he regretted; ibr -Monday mort4g, he sent an order to the Colleetor.revol;in it but the fugitive had escaped, with the condemnation of the' Collector and Gen. Wool upon her. Her voyage was an un fortunate one; alter two months service she was destft)yed by lire. The, question recurs, who were the friends referred to by Mr. Stetson, as the owners of the cargo? It is necessary to go back and see who had any interest pr connection with' the transetirm. Mr.'Free man, who bad,a one-tenth inteics;,. in the profits, swears, after, first declining,' to do so that he received, as part security for the . purchase money of the Cataline, four notes, of :5t4500 eacii, as follows; THE NOTORIOUS MATTESON 'ONE OF TIIE CATALINE PARTY. - 'One note by John E. Develin, endors ed G. C:Davidson. One note by Thur.. low Weed endorsed -John E. Develin. One note by G. C. Davidson,.endorsed 0. B. Matteson. One note by 0. B. Mat teson endorsed ThWrlow Weed. - • 'NOBODY KNOWS.' I These parties Must all have been in New IYork city at this time. The only other person beside The Captain-and crew was James Larkin, who went on the,,lMat, he' sayS,lis - purser although be finally con-- I eluded Ins duty was to act as check urn) the Captaiii. This. man was :appointed by Mr: Develin, upon the recOmmedatiow of Mr. Davidson. 'No one seemed tb .take any interest in loading:the vessel- except Mr. Develin.. Colonel Tompkins knew nothing of . her' cargo. The Vnion De- I fence CoMmittee knew nothing :of her cargo; and when Dr.' Ctimmings was as ked if he knew anything of her eargo,"said 'ot a particle. lie relied entirely upoir l'and trusted to the clerk, Mr. Ilumphreys t , I appointed - upon the recommendation .or "Mr. Weed: It must be left to surround o• in-tacts who were the friends referred to by Mr.-Stetson„ and whether the boat was first loaded for private speculation ; and when no clearance could be obtained, Mr. Cummings, though his clerk, pprchas, ed - the cargo for' Government so iWata pass could be .procured: 'General Wool's hesitancy in giving a pass .to the Camline probably induced a representAtion to Gen; eral Scott that the condition ofiis (Tools) health required repose frdm arduous ,du ties. ' , . DR. CLTMMINGS AS AN 'AGENT.' . The Doctor was certainly asetuarkable agent.. The Secretary chritta an enbrgetie intelligent and experienced Man, oecoufse —one more so than, the :Union Defence Committee, or the army'. officers in New York; one on whoa he can rely yet- the Doctor apparently taken -no interest- but to draw and . pay the money. When he vas called on especially to aid in pnrchase he trusts it all to; Mr. Thimphreys, his clerk ' When vessels are tolie chartered, he ikksnt.deeni it, Worth. While to,eiamine them., lie •goodnaturedly says lie kook it for granted that - . what the • owners said was true. Ile. as certainly...a conOdence Am. The Secretary says notitrithstau s d-. Mg the pressure on his private Waitress, he - is sure he will aid 'ban: Yet Doctor repays this generousk an. abounded con; fidence_by knowing us Ig, absOlutely nothing of the purehaiing Of articles or loading, of vessels. . milion dollars,' by the Secretary of. the Treasury wore placed in : the bands of it - committee tif.high toned, hOnorable men . to lie paid out on the order or requisition of Mr. CuMmings, wAthciut his prodnein,g itithera .any vouchers.. Strange as it may appear, While thia Money Was there.to-re-, spond to bis=regnisition lie . draws $lOO,- 800, and 'deposits it In his name; with his private account, in one of the city banks. get hart. . Colonels; raising reg,i tractors, bar, tracts for ho enrich pers ( articles, and be givun. DEPARTM iitrusted with the 1 power of ents,• 'with eon- . con cring away' and dividing con ' ses, and other supplies to !nal flworites ,; purchasing •ompelling Ake invoices to tNT IiATITICUS CRDH NIS. • - no_justification, the example in the very departments• of ent. As a genbral thing, mites On access ;there, and n obtain contrfiets whieb profits. They ilohate , ille ms. of the law. reqUi ring ,bid's on the tillse and shallow. ) he public exigendy, requires )is last us long a.:Othe Pelo. While it has been set the Governn none but tin` none other c bear .enormo plain provisit and proposal l pretext that it. • Should t penessian . wa used. 11 ed conspiraei been closed; of the lowes guilty to rea itself become . i • the same - excuse would be lepartment which has allow ies, after th s e-ixidding had 11 n defraud the Govertiment bid, and by all4wing .the the fruits of theiii crime,has ixtrtireps erimittis.i ••• • ds any publi . 4gency fdr Plivate contrac4 without e million niusketsi at fabit-' Who pretends a public cxi- Who prete l ! givingr•out bids, over o . bons prices? gene); to mak fling cannon, a"private eontrah, for ~ ri- ,o the amount of 1 , i4809,000 ? 1 - LVANIA HORSES. I's proverbial' or licr splendid loyal citizens would- klive , d by sales to thfi • Govern- Iwill pretend that-the public_ Aired that when cavalry reg- Pbe, forwarded !from the iylvania to the -land of "the iidy ground," it Was: neces- I art, at great exphnse, the i bled, diseased horses left, in : State :' . My colteagite on (Mr. Dawes) a few days the peace offerinOS to Penn- Acians, and referred to the Olnel Williams' Rerr '7 iment. ~,I pIIARGtD WITli OFFV I 'ALSEHOOD ABOUT. PENNSj lientneky horses. ller I been behefitt merit.", Whol exigeney reqt merits were tl State of Penn, dark.and btpd nary - to-transf remaining dis the .lieystone the committe since spoke ó sylvania polit horses of Cok CAMERON CI.IL. F , - 'ONTRACTS. - 1 - another case. 1 r contrast An the responsibiliy of the e late Secretary - 441d, but by Eder, and refused to be made ed. -. I refer to the contract nuthdusand horSet,to be de tntingdon, Pennsylvinia.—. There is ye not made upoi Bureau, as till his express orJ until so order to purchase livered at if Such a horse The first insi the first hund The next day themselves, m was reaovet then horses of ty ; of all clise open, were fr The whole 110 The people re clergymen we and sought - t. crew by .open ors heeded no the horses to drive them aA) ABUSESIIT arket the world never saw. ector—an•:honesti man—of ed rejected threelin. oi"fiees refused'. tp present d by sonic legerdemain he and others substituted;, all ages, from twb to thir li-ses and defects; siecret and ni day to day • 'rFeived.— ghborhood were in arms.— nonstrated: LaWyers and e present at the inspection, • deter the, bucanneering condemnation; the inspect- . t the c:ampr, butt ordered i•e ridden upon, the crowd,to raY, if possible. - - •••• - YO ND DESCRIPTION.• ruunin , " soreq w 1% were - • ~ s - pectors, Hurl brarlded ; and lot cothuion decency he wo'd bd an • opportunity sought to pass and brand him.— b e horses . were ssubsisted by act' to„ favorites,lnt thirty day,. and they .4ub.let• to tmenty-four to twenty-six. mired of these horses i mere .nel .WynlieOp's regiment, at, - Pittsburg repOrt :some . irthess they' were left on life remaining five hundred untingdon for the! benefit of In that single transaction kind dollars were stolen rnment. Stich fiends in care not for .ocimsure; a hiaugh life shonldbe theirs; of your comtiiitto*-will be I ca] value unless pongress iunish With•severa.penilties. Horses; WI . seen by the h ifPone outrage, be rejected, ell the same . da) Inunediat ely private , cont nine cents pc farmers, from Over finer h gent with Col and the Tape actually so_ w the docks: _ were left at I contractors.oyer fifty tho from the 'gov. human shape feline's, doom and the • of little pract than by law • such enormit% ACTBROKJRAGE. CONT . it would seem thort ;was establish a huge contract At one tint' an intention to brokerage snteni. . The testimony of Ur. 'John Smith, of Kingston, N. Y., powder manufacturer, shows that - in the menthl of May he proposed to give ; Mr. Weed a per ventage lbr a pOwder contract. TIM he went to the Astor House, met Mr. Da-. vigon, Whom he had never. seen- .beibtre ; inquired of him for Mr. Thurlow During the conversation he asked Opt Mr. Smith wanted of Mr. Weed ;on lte ing told, he inquired of Mr.. Smith what .he could afford to pay ;.he replied five Per. cent; Mr. Smith also says that Mr. Wtied asked him what he couldmfford to payt . That. afterwards at ,;Washington, handed his propositions , for- powder-0 Mr. Weed, who took theM ,to Mr. Ca& 'eron. The result was thatMr.Weed sits authoriied to write a letter to Gen: Rip ley, the head •of the :Ordnance Deptirt rnent, to divide the contracts for powder bet Ween the States . manufacturing. t ". It is somewhat strang that the Secretiry should appoint Mr. Weed as his messen ger to carry his wishes to -the different, bureaus. Mr. Smith understood) that was to pay Mr. Weed five per cent. I • Mr. Latlin also testified-that his powder firm demurred to payikr Mr. Weed •flve per cent.; that Mr. Weed' gave theni au= .thority to make 1000 barrels of powder, but they preferred liiYing the authotity direct from the government. • Ire also testifies ilist•the patriot Dwyer, who fig ured. in the cattle contract in May or Juke, at Washington, told.him if. he would ”tve five tier ceht•-he would sell all •the ;du der he could make; but Laflin . ideelinedi, Favorites obtain contract's when fre quently they have not the pecuniary. Ire- - sources to fulfill -them; and not maimfact urers of the articles to be delivered. :the -prOleeeional politician, or the . --ex-member of Congress, who has a large contract Which requires much machinery and Omit Meithanieal ingenuity, evidently takes 'it. as a speculation ; takes it to enrich self, or extort from the pocketS of hottest industry; takes it to sub-let to skillful manufacturers at reduced 'prices. departments which rive Contracts to men knowing that they have not in , andi o theniselves the facilities for executlng them, are reprebenSible . and de;erve Ise vere'eensure. What excuse-is there !for an honest department to' pension this gang of middle-tren. All the ill-got4on gains found in their pockets is so , much stolen-from the treasury. _ . EVen in 'the'. Treasiiry Departmen t = pure and - ,tprigilt as I believe the.,Secret'ary !to be--:=-what businessman could justifv, or who, in his own transactions; would alio*, that a contract of over half a million I expenditure should be competed for 111,y only two firms, who could combine and unite ? ills no answer to sac that the. • , IYork is done as cheaply as betbre;• th spirit of the law. has been violated and the millionaire enriched; besides;, the, pro dnets ()fall departments of labor are cheap ' cued by the stagnation of business. In this matter of the bank-note contract; as in s'ome - obers, underlings control the allitirs,,of the Department, they. say Who shall approach within the charmed eirel6,. they say whose paper t s 'shall be put on file, and who shall be gladdened by the eyes of the Secretary. • ! - SPECIMEN TRANSACTION OF MORGAN. The Soldier who, borne down by ease and overcome with fatigue, is found sleeping, at his post, you punish with death ; while the • miscreant Who.- holds his festival at this carnival of blood, rides in his carriage, drinks - champagne, and dines with Cabinet, minister, you treat with deferential respect.. yoti Say Government cannot banish treason and , punish crime ? - , - On 'the 4th of July, 1800, at Oecoqunn, Va., Mr. Underwood raised a- pole, itn furled the• American flag, and-a banner . with the 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 banner as a trophy.. 'One of the • ringleaders !of that mob is this day in the employ, of the Government in this city:, • ..1 ' The laboring men who testify against . officials are rernov'etl,• while Abe ,wreta who has been robbing the government, ;is worthy a better place, Is it possible that this monstrous system of Wrong, extend ing from the Atlantic to' the Mississippi, from the Potonme to 'the lakes, cannot be stopped or.even checked? If that be so, better disband ounarmies, and let the Oli garchs of the South rule and reign .ovei - . 4 This committee has beert-in: - seAion for months; GovernMent Must . tm aware of its; . power of eiainination;T,still; at the'remiunencement of this session, ih specters of horses were colluding with, Contractors; superintendents, rejoicing in the title of captains, were tielling Govern ment horsesito private citizens, taking dis eased and worthless horse's from the cola mons, branding them in the service of the United States ; so they might, receive fall pay:for the same ; city , butchers - baying meat from Government supplies. •!.- .• Your Government• retains in this capi ! , tat, in seats of honor and.._profit; and around our council, boards, men wit* hearts are filled with treason, and minds with rebellion. , Your departments:ire disinclined to hear charges of treasonor corruption; they would rather ostracise those who furnish the truth than -remove the treasonable and guilty offenders. am not harsh; I only speak -whatistandirlig in the mighty stud august presence of stir ring times, contemplating a bleeding and suffering country, - I feel it my' duty: , I have a right-thus to sneak in terms iof warning and admonition to an"..Adthims tration which I aided to thiet; to whash principles I um vommitteed, by Which U-e must pass through the Iced se:l . a tribula; tion,• and must be" . .carried safel 'through the wildernyo beyond. • But I have a right to. ask and beseech, in the namelof a commerce crippled,lithor paralyzed,fin an ces disturbed, and the Treasury eanlity,in •the name of thatgallant artnY . of fiVe hun dred thousand which . , is this - day on • the tented field are Waitih,gto.rescue coun try loved through fire and blood, to - lay down and die that a nation ! . noy ,the name of five hundred thousand heartlL stones made "dreary by the.. loved ones away--of the vacant chairs around .the JOB PAINTING of ALL KIN Zs DOSE AT TIIF:OFFICZ OF TOL: riming' a C 1 NI. seL _ . NEATLY AND PRO3I?TLY, AND AT. "LIVE AND LET LIVE" rnirr-c .Titz, office of the Dfontroge Denloer: has recently beak aupplidi with a new and choice en?. or tree. etc„ and we ale now prdpared prlnt pow I,L • !LC, etc., in the best etyle, on shortsnotice. Hanabills, Posters, Programmes, ra: I other kinds of workdn this' line, done accordiug to ord. UniOn. . Business!, Wedding, and Ball CII:1 , S Tickets, etc, printed withneatnete and detpateb, Justice;s' and donstables' tc . Deeds, andJall ottunr taroks, on hand, or prir.ted t.. Job work end. Blsnkd, lobe paid for or deli vet . . evening fires of the ;thrice **five hundred thousand friends, irrxionsly looking, feat fully, tremblingly hopitigttliat this at (min istration shall remove treason froth the capital, and Corruption from the laud. Five hundred thougand men f.‘re in - arms against the rebels, - but twenty mill; ions are in arms against the crew dering .leelgiesi that twentybe in arms against. u 4 and this administra tion, unlesi their polluting presence is driven, as -- the money-changers of old, from the temple. -- MR. 3101:GANI8 AGENCY •IN Prile:ilAFING 1/'*iSEL.S. • Since the report has been submitie . d to• the House, Mr. :George -D. Morgan has. prepared au elaboratu paper, showing - OAF : - benefit of his agency, and relies upon the' fact that in nearly every.instance he paid a less !nice than the owners asked. We can test the. strength of his'position I,y• the Stars and Stripes: To build her cot $30,000; by her charter the owners •real : ized, $15,000 from the government ; .they then asked $OO,OOO. Mr. - Morgan paid $55,000 ;•fivellionsand lesS than they' ask . . ed ) but $19,000 more than the cost': While With. the ; Potomi:ka and Waw snttar the owners realized '553,000, the government paid 60,000, ,altho' Mai gan's papers allege he was asked 860,0o0: This seems the reverse of the proposition. The Onward was offered to private parties for $20,000; Mr. Morgan was asked - S1.0,00u ; and paid $27,900. These are the only in stances, as the C9punittee will show by a further examination, to whieli they.are in vited by the Secretary, and directed bs resolution of this House.- _ • Secretary Waes, a "man estimable in all the relations of private life, honest himself, _would not take a farthing, from • the 'Treasury, seeks to justify Mr. -Mor gan, by sh - owing that in tithes past the government was imposed upon by imposi twits.on the regular .officers; and he QM ; , ploys an agent with no salary, yet witting 'him in the position of antannism to, government, making. h is interest against it for the greatest timber cif rest 1,, be - t, and rthe higheSt price nets- hint the most inciney. For the- credit of the Govern ment- such practice 'should cease. - We. have not only a right to . Morgan's skill, experience, and shrewdness, but . we have a right to that ruling feeling with- many. business men—that of interest for his em -ployers. It is no answer to:lay that Mr. - Morgan is honest. - Grant it; *Mor gan is fond of money, or he wild nOt, he . could not consent to take nearly $00,00') of which has been 'made to his: in ;,out . tiVe months. A Mau who is thus ! , •reedy for gain,. evidently is more realons fur hi' -own than - his country's intere:-t. Besides, if the Secretaryeedh...• Alio na tive ingenuity and business :ladmit is of high order; Why not employ . and givre him a tair remunerative salary as other men are employed ? 1k sari this 00,00 was . taken from the pockets of the sellers. Not so; Mr. Morgan always no titied.thenk they -must pay him-two and a half per cent. on the purelise; that they must uame . the lowest eashyrice, aim{ add two and. a lalf per centthereto. If Mr. Morgan possesses the. * business ability which sthe Secretary claims, and Which I do not doubt, he certainly could have nb tained all the vessels at the price he did, less the two and a half per cent. Who • doubts it ? . ' Why should not the sellers give the two and i l hallpercent. to gOvernment as rea dily as (o Mr. Morghti ? No,. air; that . fallacy may suit 'the Secretary,. but it will; not. deceive the people. lii September last, when Mr. Morgan: had made over $50,090, representation to the. Cabinet; was made in regard to the matter; and the attention of ,the-Seereta ry was directed tciit. • Had he changed the policy, no censure would have Veen • charged upon him; but he persistently re fused, ad m December .1 r. had increased-leis fortune to the enormous sum. of about *oo,ooo—at the ratent*3 quart:O.' of million per annum. , ; Mr. Morgan's serytees"co s tild have been secured at *5,000 annually, and thisenormous stun saved to .the Treasury; but if this be 'not so, and. men-owning vessehi have been compelled or induced to sell ihem - at small prices, .what right has the Secretary to-allow his Irother-m-law to put his hands in the pockets of each Mier, and realize the im mense Sinn of . $90;060 iii a few months. : -- That money -really belonged to' thgoy ernment: As an agent, be takes it; and if it be an unconscionable affiount, - it be longs to his employers.. The: Secretary 'should know that • the ruleiof the Chamber of Commerce, in N._ York, as to commissions, - .do not apply where tire valtu) of the vessel eNceeds *30,- 000: • Beyond that Sam' the .per centage is left'to bargain between seller and bro-. ker: Can the Secretary find a - solitary case where the. merishants hay el/4dlowed,2ll per pent; on the purchase of a vessel worth *100,000.. The rule in Bosfen is 1 per cent. where* value is 0ver'.2.0,01:10. sEcnkrAnY WEL•LES . The Sveretary, in his laiit message, clainp that the vessels have been cheaply purchased. Assume it, if yon please:Does he not_ know that, our commerce is Para lyzed ; that sail and meant vessels have been crowded on the market, and Mist he ,sold at any price or rot at the docks.. AS well attempt to justify the puraiise of the I'ofornska and Wamsutta, which were charged to the government for iv7ooo more than the owners received, on the ground. that they were cheap. • The S2eretary " must haVe known - that this trans - itetion was lialde to thi.;:.eriticism . it his received, or - he would n'at, as he Elpt he did, in advance, feel he might re ceive •some censure because- this great bounty was -bestowed on 4 . brother-in-law. IMTILAT NUST CGUNTIn: Let 113 eNanlitio the correetno; Statement by - transiietion. lm - .the month of May last„.T. Itutlolph Sieg •tuid James C, Jewett & Co., ofNew York' city, were owners- of the steamer Merceilita. During that month a mail by the name of Ihtfril, claiming to be ati agent and adviser of, the Navy,Department, propcis apurchase, Jewett. &So., tu prevent the extortions, orgovernment agents, mi the.] Oth day of June wrote a letter to the Secretary '•of the Nlivy,-atleriiig to
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