Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1864 — Page 1

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During the Presidential canvass of 1663 tbe parte row in power were profuse in their prof es ions of honesty and intense in their condemnation of the extravagance in public expenditures which they charged upon the Administration of Mr. BtCHASA . At the Chicago Republican Convention, which nominated Mr. LixcOLJf, the following resolution was made one of the prominent planks in its platform: That the people justly view with alarm the reckless extravagance which pervade every department of the Federal Government; that return tu rigid economy and accountability is indispensable to arrest the systematic plunder of the public treasury by favored partisans; white the recent startling developments of frauds and corruptions at the Federal metropolis show that an entire change of administration is imperatively demanded. On the 4th of March, 1661, an entire change of'administration took place. The government was placed under Republican rule. And wha has been the result? Corruption and robberj have run riot in every. branch of the government. Thievery has been the rule and honesty the ex ception, since the cormorants who now hare tbe control of the government came into power. In to-day's paper we publish statements, mostly from Republican sources, of some of the rob beries by public officers, which hive been recently exposed. And these rascalities are but a trifle when compared with the rast frauds which haTe been practiced under the Lixcol.x dynasty. From the report of the Senate proceedings which we copy from the New York Times, Republican, it will be noticed that prominent Republican Senator and Chairman of the Naval Committee, introduced a resolution charging enormous frauds in the Navy Department, and asking for the power to send for pen ras and ptpers necessary to institute a thorough investigation. That Senator charges that some one hundred and seventy millions of dollars had been almost uselessly disbursed and he felt constrained to state that "a feeling of despair come ever ihe people ou account of naval moremenu." The Ciucinnati Gazette, of a late date, in commenting upon the late astounding developments of gross frauds in various branches of the public service, expresses the following sentiment: It is our conviction, and it is the popular belief to day, that the Government is in more danger from corruption among hi officials, than from the power of the rebels. Rascalities committed by officials not only discourage the people, but have a demoralizing effjet upon society. This is so" apparent that we need not argue the point. Whtt an astounding confession is this. Says a leadinar Republican organ, "the government is Sn more danger of corruption among its officials than from the power of the rebels " In the language of the Chicago platform, we inquire, do not "the recent Startling developments of frauds aoJ corruptiona at tbe Federal Metropolis (and elsewhere) show that an entire change of administration is imperatively demanded"? To say nothing of tbe immense frauds and robberies that luvt been committed upon the public treassSry under the present administration, its reckless extravagance has no parallel in the history of the natiou. Senator Halk says that in one de partment of the service "one hundred and seventy . millions have been almost uselessly spent," and jqua!, if not greater, ' mal-admtnistration has' characterized all others. With such evidences of incompetency to successfully find honestly administer the affairs of the government, and startling developments of frauds and corruptions which have almost paralyzed the public mind with their very enormity, the country Is called upon to continue the present t Administration iu po er. There .must be rei-pou-sibility oo mew Lere for the reckless extravagance which pervades every department of the govern Dient. What claim have those who have thus administered fublk) affair upon the confidence of tbe country? Are not those who administer the government solely responsible "for the systematic plunder of the public treasury by favored partiSaas" t That tbe public treasury baa been so plundered, and to an extent that has had no par alle!, is admitted by tbe leiding members of tbe party in power corruptions among, its officials more dangerous to the government titan the power of the rebels, says a leading Republican organ yet tbe men who have winked at this systematic plunder of the public treasury, ask thej pople to continue then in power. - Aid the very person who denounce these frauds and corruptions as calculated to demoralize the country and endanger its liberties, are advocating the re-election of Mr. Lurcoix and continuing power in the hands of the very officials who, either through ienorance or venality, have permitted these robberies f the public treasury. . Wo ask the Republicans who honestly supported Mr Liscotsr in 166i because they thooght a revolution, wa necessary to restore purity and oeoooasv Vs the adsainistratioo of the government, in W of the astounding development which hare already been made or the reckless extravagance, groo r,m.0, ma4 corruptione which have characterised every department of th public service since tbe advent of the Republican

part? Into power, whether an entire change of administration is not imperatively demanded to preserve ,the Government Nothing but a change will save the uation from, bankruptcy and the Government from destruction.

Governor nor ton' Kllflbltlf jr The Goshen Time, a Republican print, thus elucidates the eligibility of 0.ernor Mobtox to hold the office of Governor for another term: "This objection to Morton's eligibility is untenable from the fact that he has not been filling the ojjics of Governor during tbe last four years, but has been performing tbe dutit$ of the position, being still, in fict. Lieutenant Governor." The argument of tbe Times in favor of the eligibility of Governor Mortox has some force ia one respect. It says "he has not been filling the office of Governar during the last four years." hence he is eligible to serve another consecutive trm. There Is a sarcasm in this remark of the Times, whether intended or not, which will not be very palatable to Iiis Excellency. The Ter re Haute Express heads an article apon th same subject, "Eligibility of Lieut. Governor Mortox' and remarks: Lieut. Gov. Morton was never elected Geetrnor, as is well known. Henry S. Lane teas elected Governor took the oath of office was inaugurated held the office for some days, and then resigned. e ..' -.- , e e e This is clear. O. P. Morton is not, nor has he been Governor of the State of Indiana under the Constitution, but by reason of the resignation of Governor Lane, the duties of Governor devolved on him. as Lieutenant Governor. Bis Eiceüeoey took a different view of the question when he assumed the position of Gov eroor. On the 14ih of January he was ioaugu. rated Lieutenant Governor. On tbe 17th of the same month, three days afterwards, on the resignation of Gov. Laxe, be was inaugurated Governor, took the oath of office as auch, aud delivered an inaugural message. In that address he said: "Called by the Constitution to perform the duties of the cfSce of Governoi," &c. Siuce fiat time, he has signed every official document, "O. P. Mortox, Governor," and he has in every way performed the functions of that position. No one can deny that he has held the office of Governor since the 17th day of January, lctil. But says the Express. "O. P. Mortox is not, nor has he been. Governor of the State of Indiana, under the ConttUuliom" Where then did he get his authority to act as Governor? What an ass or toady must be the biped who thus argues. If, as the Goshen Times, Dr. Ellis' paper, contends, His Excellency, is "still, in fact, Lieuteuant Governor," why has he not performed the duties )f that position? O. P. Mobtox has been just aa much the Chief Magistrate of Indiana, and hus been so recognized, aa any one who has filled that position cilice Indiana became a State. - And the Constitution says. Art. 5, Saetion 1: "The executive power of the State shall be vested in it Governor. He shall hold bis office during four Tear, and shall not be eligible more than four years In any period of eight years." Gov. Mortox has exercised the executive power of the State from January 17, lr61. Up to the l7thof January, 1865, be will hareAt W the office of Governor four years. And tbe Constitution says the Governor shall not be eligible to hold the office more than four years iu any period of eight years. But, say the Republican friends of the Governor, we will nominate him for another term, notwithstanding this provision of the Constitution. If elected, a Supreme Bench of the same political faith will be. likewise, and that body can put an "eligible" construction upon the Constitution Will this not be a convenient Supreme Bench? ' trncondt tiasisii I.'nion .Tien. The Republican State Central Committee has issued a call inviting the "Unconditional Uniou Men of Indiana" to meet in convention, on the 22d day of February, in this city. How many unconditional Union men can be found among the Republicans of Indiana? Not a Corporal's guard. If one individual of that political faith can be found who is willing to restore or maintain the Union except upon conditions, he will be a rare bird indeed, and a curiosity worth exhibiting. Even Baknvm. the prince of humbugs, would give a big price for bin. How many Republicans can be found within the limits of this Commonwealth who are entirely willing that tbe rebel Sutes shall be restored to their pos itioii and rizhts in tbe Uuion as they were before the rebellion, except upon the condition that slavery shall be abolished? If the rebels should lay down their arms and return to their allegi-l anceto the Coutiiution,the" unconditional Union tnaii" would not consent to receive theui back unconditionally, but on the other baud, would atttmpt to enforce their allegiance to the lawe of Congress and the .proclamations of the President in reference to slavery. And bow mal J Republicans can be fonud who would consent to an unconditional Union with the -rebel States, if the Administration of the Government should pass iuto the lull Ji of the Democracy? The meaning of the term "Unconditional Uuion men" with the Republicans is, unconditional allegiance and submission to Republican rule. A Republican paper before us says, and it speaks the common sentiment of the Republican party, "No peace until negro slavery is abolished throughout the rebel States," and "a Government represented and controlled by honest, loyal and free-labor men." Here it is admitted that there can be no Uniou, so far as the Republican party is concerned, except upon the condition ' that alavery is abolished throughout the rebel States and the Government controlled by who? "Loyal" men, is the answer and no one is loyal in Republican estimation, but thoe who will fall down and worship Abraum aud tbe party be represents. Tbe term "unconditional Uuion meu" is an unconditional humbug it is a falsehood so transparent that it can deceive none but those who look through a glass darkly, unwilling to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. ' Tbe very name of tbe Administration party is based upon error aud deception; it obtained power through fraud and seeks to per petuate iu rule through tbe same agtncies that error obtained a foothold upon earth. The National Democratic Convention. Naw Yor. January 12, 1S64 At a meeting of the . National Democratic Committee, held at New York, it was unanimojsly voted that the next National Democratic Convention, for the purpose of nominating can did lies for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States, be held at Chicago, Illinois, oo Monday, July 4.1664. .. By vote of the Committee at a meeting held Seotember 7, 1863, the number of delegates for each State was fixed at double tbe number of its electoral votes. AUGUSTUS BELMOT, Chairman. Friü. O. PaiXfR, Secretary. All Democratic and conservative pipers are respectf ully requested to publish the above. , A citizen from Kentucky says that liou. Uaaairr Dayisv.U. S- Senator from that Slate, recently snade the following remark: Gentlemen. I am dow satisfied that, since Lin coin has defined his war policy, that your liberties are in more danger under tüls government than under Jeff. Darn government.

The Carnival of Corruption l'n paralleled Itebberjr of the Government by IIIajH Kepnbllcan Officiate Tnouaando and Hundred of Thou aande Stolen fraud In tlie Treasury Department Fraud In Ins NaT- Department Fraud In the Wttr Department Fraud In Every Department Cowjajreealonal Inreetl ration rroposed or llepuollcan Senator From to Waaliftiftoa Republican, ami etat rat loa Oraa.J the Koaasaiia in tbr trcascrt bet artmrxt. For reasons satisfactory to the Government, Dr. Staurt Gwynn, of Boston, employed in the Department of the Treasury where the Treajury notes are printed, was arrested last night, charged with having abstracted a large amount of said notes. The amount stolon by Gwynn is not yet known. An investigation is going on. Gwynn has been furnishing tbe presses upon which tbe "greenbacks" have been printed for some time, aud has had charge of the printing of them. Iiis opportunity to cheat the Government has been great if he was so disposed to do, but he was supposed to be strictly hoot. His apprehension may lead to the arrest of others. ' j Special to tb' 5ew York Times, Republican. THR WTNX FRAUD. Gwynn' offense in the Treasury ts said to be' a diversion of SEVENTY THOUSAND DOL LARS of public money from the payment of presses and materials purchased for this bureau into his own pocket, fjg?" The detectittt hare traced paper mad ink from the bank note printing department in which he and another were princi pal tmployet directly to a counterfeit establishment in A'ew Jersey . T There was produced the flood of fraudulent postage currency that ex ercied the Department last Summer. Special to tho X. T. Herald, Ind.J SKRIOIS raAVDS IX THK TREASURY DIPAPTMKÜT. Various rumors are in circulation. In reference to investigations into alleged frauds aud dishonest practice in the Trenury Department. In addition to the arrest of Dr Gwynn, the names of gentlemen occupying very responsible positions in the department have been mentioned as implicated rjpon serious ehargrs. It has bei known for several months that chirges had beeu made against these xame parties, but they were dis missed as frivolous or emanating from puret persons! malice ami without any foundation. Since that time all the parties have been ubjeeted to strict surveillance, but it is a?erted by their friends that they will upon proper investigation be completely viniicated fromm y criminality. From the Newark (Ohio) Advocate. J THK ROBBKRIES OF CORNWALL, HEAD OF THE RE DKMFTIOX BURKAU. We knew Cornwall during our reside ice in Columbia county. Ho was at that time vashier of the Salem Branch Bank, and had previously been an officer of a b-mk at thwt other exceedingly "loyal" place, Athens. Ohio. Cornwall was a bitter enemy of every thing that bore the name of Democracy. From the S. T. WorM.) THE ROBBERIES IX THE Ct'STOM HO fit. Who ever can discover the men who mike up the custom-house ring which receives the JE50U which letters printed in the Times and Tribune say is paid as bribes to custom house officials for each cargo cleared from this port, will do a work hardly less important that the winning of a battle in the field. As yt but three of the ring are uncovered, to wit : Stanton, Smalley, and Palmer; and their branch of the buine?s appears to be only mannsement of drawing, signing, can celling, and abstracting bonds. Who in the custom hou.-e attended to the out door work? Who procured the clearance papers? Who superintend ed mid permitted the loading ofthe contrabmd car?of The public has already fastened its suspicions on certain officials in the surveyor's de partment, and it will be satisfied with nothing leas than the most rigid scrutiny. If this be resolutely and impartially done by government officers, then there will be no need for the appoint mem of a congreisixnal committee. Otherwise, the people mu?t act through their representatives in Washington. ' .Special to the New Tok Tinm, Rep. THE ROBBER I IS IX THk WAR DXPARTHCXT. About twenty rret4 in nil have been made in connection with the rase of the delinquent Quirtcrmasters of Alexatidiia. Two officers con ne. ted with the cavalry vamp at Gleaboro Poitit have also been beked up lor being concerned in the receut swindle as to horse contracts. ... special to the New York HrralJ.J Tnt ABl St IX THK XAVT DIPARTUKNT. Washington, Jan. 9, 1664. The proceeJings of the Senate to-day partook somewhat of a sensational character, and are to right the topic of conversation. Mr. Hale's expose of the operations of navy ageiiw1, and the exorbitant pries paid for articles unuecessarily, occisinned great surprise, though not more than has been caused by the effbits of Senators to prevent nn investigation. The purchases of the Navy Department have from time to time ex cited comment here by their extraordinary character, and the feeling is generally eutertained th it an investigation has not only become necessary, but that it cannot be averted Special to the S.T.World, Conxi-rvstivo. The searching resolutions ofTered by Winter Davis in the Houe yesterday, and Mr. Hale in the Senate to day, looking to the investigation of frauds in the .Navy Department, are creating quite an excitement. The Senate debate was es pecially spicy, fo far ns those were concerned who did not favot an investigation, and denounced those who fiil as professed friends of the Administration who caused more harm than its opponents. Senator Conness made his first effort in this debate.' but Oid not create a very faTornble imprest-ion. . THK Dt.MA.IO SOU IXVkSTtO ATIOX ASO DKBATE IX THE 8LNATK. From th X. T. TioieV (Rrp.) Congressional Report. 8KXATK. Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, (Administration) submitted tbe following: - Resolved, That a Select Committee be ap pointed, with instructions to inquire into the condition of the navy, the efficiency of the steam engines lately constructed for the use of the navy, the mode and manner of procuring supplies for the navy, and the conduct of the department generally, and that they hare power to send for persons at.d papeis. Mr. Hale said there had been a report of an argument furnished to him, made by Air. Dick erson.ofNew York, in which he gave facts, dale and figures, to show a total want of negligence in the Navy Department, in regard to the construction of its engines for marine purposes, that the vese!s constructed by the present mode arc failures; and that n hundred and seventy mil lions of dollars were almost uselessly spent. This would go to show cortuptinu, or want of capacity in ome quarter. He would have been glad had the Secretary of the Navy called for an investigation. This was a question which stirred the nation We were called upon to appropriate fl'U.OW.OO'J, and he thoueht something should be done with this paper, if it con tained anything at all. He felt it proper to call the attention of theSenate to it. He had no disposition to take the thing in hand, nor would be shrink from it. The attention of tbe country it had and would have. While we would not endorse any of tbe statements, he believed, from his intercourse with men conversant with the subject, that something was wrong. A feeling of despair, Tie said, comes over the people on account of naval movements. I hope the Senate will dispose of the matter as I have suggested, or in any way to accomplish the end desired in my resolution . Mr. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, (Administration) hoped the resolution would lie-over until Monday, as be had a desire to look into the matter carefully before dicusit!g it here. Mr. Grimes, of Ioa, (Administration) said the Navy Department h ank from no invesliga tion into its conduct. It courted it. And when it was made, it would torn out that we had at fast, if not faster; Teasel as any navy of the world. I assert, said he, that this is now the case. Under these circumstances, aa a friend of the Navy Department and the navy, I hope that the resolution will be adopted ie some form. Whether the matter is given to a Select Committee, or otherwise, is for the Senate to determine. That there may have been faults, I do not deny; but I do assert from the commencement of the preeeutwarto this time, the Navy Department has been managed better than any other Department of this Government. Tbe Morgan steamer sub

ject was introduced into the Senate yesterday. The Morgan steamers were the best to be obtained, a.i J the only thing for which the Secretary of the Navy was to blame waa the principle he laid down on which purchases were to be . made. Among the very test purchases are some of these steamers. Thev rendered moet Important service at New Orleans and other places. I do not approve of the principle of the Secretary in pay. in the ageuu instead of the principals, but the purchases made were of benerjt to tbe Government, I do not doubt. ' Mr. Welles has not a disposition to engage in a controversy. He would rather be abused than to fight back. He ought to have stated for his own defense that the principal commercial men of New York, Boston, and other places, appealed to him that one man should be allowed to purchase these vessels.be cause if be allowed all to engage in the purchase, it would raise the price of vessels so much as to iu'erlere seriously with commercial pursuits. Let one man. said they, purchase all the vessels YOU desire, Mr. Welles has never stated these facts. With regard to the subject of these steam engines, it is a matter of which I am totally Ignorant. .When I was in Charlestown sometime ago..I went on board the Ticonderoga, and talked with the Chief Engineer. He told me that this vessel had mode 13 t 2 knots in a sea-way. Now, when any one can have a steamer, with her full supplv and ordnance, 0 travel at a creater speed

than 13 knots in a sea-way, I am willing to acknowledge a deficiency in some quarter of the Navy Department. I deny that there has been nv colluiion between the Chief Engineers and the head of the Department Mr. Doolittle said this wa new to him. It Is based m.tinly upou a pamphldt which I find lying ounny de&k. I doubt whether there is sufficient reason to make the inquiry. I nave no doubt the Navy Department is properly conducted, for I have full confidence in the integrity of the head of tbe Navy Department. These inquiries, unless they be necessary, ate a blow at the prosperity of the country. IJefore we go into au investigation we ought to hare some reasonable grounds of belief. I know that the Senator is aoxious to pi event fraud and corruption, but ia sometimes imposed upon by others, and in tbe hiht of debate makes wliolesale charges against the officers of the Government that are without foundation. We heard yesterday for half an hour charges read, proceeding from the honorable Senator, which I believe were without foundation, and were read by the Senator from Kentucky (Davi9) to destroy the confidence of the country in the Administration. Mr. Conness, of California, (Administration) I believe nothing strikes deeper at the Government than thii constant repetition of attacks from its professed friends. I was much surprised at the expression of the Senator, that the country was heart sick at the manner in which the naval forces of the country were being administered. I entirely diiagree with that belief. I do not believe it pervades the country. If it did it would be tie worst sign of the times, worse than the fear of organized rebellion; for there is nothing that lies deeper, as a crime against the Government, than this sapping of the confidence of the people in the officers of the Administration The Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Davis) shookl not be furnished with prach data as the apeech of Mr. Hale, containing charges of the moAt terrible character against the Navy Department, to weaken the conSdence of the country in the Administration. It becomes the duty of loyal men here to put nn end to this ehtle. Lojilty to tbe Government is, in my opinion, one of the duties of the citizen and of the State. If the Investigation is to be bad, I hone the Senator will take back his remarks, that the country is heart-sick." I think it ill becomes the Senator to make nso of such an expression. Mr.' Ilale would take it back as the Senator understood it. He said that the country was heart-sick with the Navy Department, so fares the failure of the steam vessels was concerned. Mr. Conuesa also took exception to another term of expression of the Senator. He understood the Senator to refer to the Secretary cf the Navy ns the "so-called head."- If it could be proved by facts that there was maladministration there, or in any other department, the Seuator could have his vote for its correction. Mr. Hale differed with those who thought tho charges ought not to have been introduced He said: The Senator from Wisconsin says I made wholesale charges against the Administration. I deny it. 1 brought before the Senate a particular transaction, two tears ago, in which names, dates and figures are given, after the Secretary' own report had been given of the transaction. Let me tell the honorable Senator from Wisconsin, and others, that he trill do infinitely more to weaken Vie Administration when he shall shrink from an examination into public affairs. I have done nothing but what 1 conceive to be my duty in introducing the resolution. The affair is before the Senate.' Mr. Davis ol Kentucky., (Dem ) I have beeu referred to so frequently by the Senator from California and others, that I deem it necessary to say a few words. 1 have observed the extreme reslitenes of Senators about examinations being made into the acts of the Administration. They are proper subjects of comment, and while I have a seat on this floor, and reason and voice, they shall, to the extent of my ability aud according to my judgment, be examined; and this as a Senator I intend to do, let the consequences be what they- may. Has it come to this, that a great government, organized and instituted by the people, aud based upon n free constitution, cannot be investigated as to its line of policy and adminiatra tion without incurring vehement abuse? When this becomes the policy of the friends of the Administration, liberty is gone forever. While there is life in me I will never submit to it. The gentleman say a it ill becomes me to weaken the confidence of the people iu the Government. There i something aüll more unbecoming than that. It is to endeavor to screeu from investigation, those in whom the public have lost confidence The pure gold loses nothing by frictiou; it sbiues the brighter. Men who are conscientious in the discharge of their dutiea, aud faithiul to their trusts, have nothing to fear, but court investigation. It has been my lot to be with minorities. I dare do my duty in exposing the maladministration of the Government. I disciplined myself in opposition when the Cid Her was President. 1 have heard the old lion of the Hermitage roar, and I am not now to be frightened by the howling of jackal. I am earnest aud honest in the expression of my opinious. I ask ouly the freedom of an Amcricau citizen to investigate the administration of my Government; the administration of Abraham Lincoln as well as James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce. That right I intend to claim. Mr. Doolittte If the Sou a tors from Kentucky and New Hampshire think there is any disposition to screen or cover up the truth, they are mistaken. There is no such purpose. All I have said is, that attacks made upon the Admin istration by any roembe- of thit body, and especially upon the Navy Department by a Chairman of the Naval Committee, is what I most deeply deplore. The Senator from Kentucky has heard the lion of the Hermitage roar, and 1 don't think T anything could terrify btm. tie was always skilled, in opposition to the mal-administration of President Jackson. He opposes everything and proposes nothing, and from a long education in this school he may- have acquired the habit of finding fault and nothing else I do not undertake to say there have been no mistakes or frauds iu the administration of the Government during this war. Such a state of things never existed on earth. Whenever there baa been expenditures of public money, there bas always been more or less fraud. When the carcass is there the vultures gather." Mr. Davis I think the Senator who preceded me spoke of tbe duty of a loyal man to sustain the Administration in tbe performance of its duty. I support every just measure of the Administration to carry on the war to a speedy and successful issue. But there is a higher view of loyalty than that. Where a Senator, where any individual believes be discovers that the administration of the Government, in any -department, and especially in its executive department, is In conflict with the liberty of the people, it ia a higher perogative of loyalty to oppose such aggression upon the Constitution than it ie to approve iu measures when right. 1 mske tny acknowledgements to tbe gentlemen from California for his frankness. Mr Conness remarked that the gentleman, In having fallen from glory to his present degredation, in bating once heard the lion roar, and was now compelled to listen to the howling of tbe jackal (to what base uses do we come at last!) it conld not be fairly deduced from him that be would ever shrink from any of the facte regarding the proper administration of the Government.

Mr. Grimes said he was in favor of an Investigation. He did not think this resolution concluded ia proper terras. Is this committee pon all subjects mentioned in the resolution? Then its range of inquiry would be wide indeed. If the Senator (Hale) wants to take up the subject of supplies, I will go with him. On tbe subject of the construction of ships I will go with him. He did not think the Sentte ought to adopt the resolution in euch broad phraseology, as It would renfler '"confusion more confounded." , i Mr. Ilale thooght there were one or two other matters which required explanation. The matter of furnishing supplies is one.. The Secretary of the Nary waa going to abolish the present system, be understood. He had seen a list furnished by proposal, where the price varied from one to one hundred per cent, on the same articles. He ; had seen an article coating ta elve dollars forn'sh ed at one hundred and fifty, and in that samt list cotton waste, purchased at twenty cents, furnish ed on advertised proposals at eighty ceuu. He could not tell whether that grew out of a defective system, or otherwise. He wanted to know, r -, i . The discussion here terminated, and tbe resolution was not acted upon. . . , i. From tho Kow Tork Sews. . rtaroe tx thc satt tarp rtRExrroRr rimov. AL Or TBK MA8TFR CARPENTER, HIS BROTHER, AXD TWO Of RI3 rCREMEX ..The Navy Yard, like the Custom House, la -proSIfiV In fraud It is said that revelations will soon be rrought to light which will throw the financinl aud commercial operations or Palmer . completely iu the shade. Rumors have been , afloat lor more than a year past, implicating Mr. Steele the master carpenter, and numerous other parties in the yard, with having been engaged in a most-exteusire system of plunder, . which at common law is , technically called "robbery." The charges brnugLt against Mr Steele were numerous and of a very grave character, and, if substantiated by pi oof. ought to consign him to hard labor at Siug Sing for a term of years; - These charges have been undergoing an investigation at the Navy Yard; and the fact of bis sudden removal yesterday, and also the removal of bis brother and two of his confidential foremen, would seem to indicate that the investigation has shown some of the charges to Ins true. It would ; require a great deal of time and space to enumerate all the charges made against Mr. Steele, but, as the subject is likely to be thoroughly rentilat ed, it will do no harm to stale a few of the most prominent: In the first place, it was charged that he has been in the habit of transporting large quantities of material from tbe yard to vessels in different parts of New Yotk;and of having repaired the vessels of private parties by the workmen of his department, while they were at the same time drawing their wages front the Government. It is said that the amount of government property ap propria ted in this manner is immense, and that Mr. Steele retires from the Yard a wealthy man. In addition to this, he is charged with having conveyed lumber and other materials from the Yard to bis house in Williamsburg and used government employees to repair anil embellish it. - Some of these facts leaked out at' a recent meeting of tbe Republican General Committee, and sever! mcin'Oers ol that body publicly charged him with being guilty of all manner of swindling und peculation. Mr. Steele, however, secured a snfticient number of partisans in the committee to table a resolution calling for a Pub- ' lie invetigaiin ;f the whole matter, and the COmniitte went into secret session excluding the reporters. As the same system was adopled bf the authorities at the Navy Yard, the public have been left to judge for themselves as to the guilt or innocence of Mr. Steele and his subordinate. iXow that the whole party has been decapi tated, tbe Navv Yard , authorities owe it to

themselves as well as to public opinion to make a full exposition of the aS.iir. It is said that the District Attonier will recommend the Grand Jury, which will be impanelled in the Oyer and Termineron Moudsy next, to inquire into the matter, and by that process it U boped that the public will be made aware of the manner in which their money i beii used by the "loyal" men who rule in every department of the Government. . ; . Mr. Steele, even if all thtt is charged be true, is not the only man in the yur who has been guilty of fraud., and i at proent enjoying perfect immunity, although the naval officers who have control there are well aware of the facts. And further, notwithstanding ait established law of the yard prohibits the employment of any per son who has ever been caught in the act of stealing,' an individual who wa caught in the very act, und was put in the guard house all night, and discharged the following day because his brother presided over one of the departments, was le-emploved in twy days afterward and promoted to a better position, with the full knowledge ai.d consent of tbe Captaiu or commandant of the yard, without wliose signature he could not br reappointed. ' Mr. Steele, it will be remembered, was the Re publican candidate for Sheriff of Kings county at the late election. litter Letter TUe Administration and the Army of tue Potomac The follow ing letter is from the correspondence of General McClellan with the War Department, lately publifhodr "urahq.l-arters army f thk potomac.) Sayagk'm Statiox, June 2. 156-212:20 A. M. ) "I now know the full history of the day. On this side of the river, the riht bank, we repulsed several strong attacks. On the left bank our meu did all that men could do, ail that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior r.unbers, even after I brought my last reserve into action. The loss on both 6ides ia terrible. I believe it will prove to be tbe most desperate battle of the war. The sad remnants of my men behave as men; those battalions who fought most bravely, aud Buffered most, are still iu the be?t order. The regulars were superb, and I count upon what are left to turn another battle in company with their gallant comrades of the volunteers. Had I (20,000) twenty thousand, or even (10,000) tea thousand fresh troops to use to morrow, I could take Richmond; but 1 have not a man in reserve, and shall be glad to cover my retreat aud save the material aud personnel of the army. If we have lost the day, we have yet preserved our honor, and no one ueeJ blush for the Army of the Potomac.- I have lost this battle because my force was too small. "I again repeat that I am not responsible for this, and I say it with the earnestness of a General who feels in his heart the loss of every brave man who has beeu needlessly sacrificed to-day. 1 still hope to retrieve our fortunes, but to do this the Government must view the matter in the same earnest light that I do. You must send me very large reinforcements, and send them at once. - "I shall draw b uk to this side of tbe Cbickahominy, aud think 1 can withdraw all our material. Please understand that iu this battle we have lost nothing but men, and thoee the best we have. "In addition to what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as nngeueroua when I aaid that my force was too weak I merely intimated a truth which to day has been too plainly proven. If, at this instant, I could dispose of (10,000) ten thousand fresh men, I could gain the victory tomorrow. .. . 'I know that a few thousand more men would hare changed tbe battle from a defeat to a victory. As it is, the Government must not,, and can not, bold me responsible for tbe result. "I feel too earnestly to night I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel other wise, than that the Government bas not sustained the army. If you do not do so now, the game Is lOSt. "If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other person in Washington, i . "You bare done your best to sacrifice this arrov. . O, B. McCLELLAN. "To Hox. E M. Staxtox." ' The proposition forconsolidatingahd revising tbe statute of the United State is likely to pass iuto a law, and will make three nice positions for as many good lawyers, as commissioners. The work will be prosecuted with all possible dispatch, and parts of the work will be printed aa they are completed. The commissioners are to receive three thousand dollars per annum, and their labors to continue not more than two years. It is thought that RicbArd 8. Coxe, Esq., of Washington, will be one of the commissioners. '

Th ftubjugatlsm ef IIarrlanExtracte f ram the .TteeMaja mt th Gw aratr el that stats. We make the subjoined extracts from the message of Got., Buford, of Maryland, to tbe Legislature, January 7, 1864: - "I avail myself of this occasion to advert to certain events connected with our recent election which deserves your most serious consideration. It wonld be much more agreeable t me to avoid all allusion to the id. I cannot, however, do so consistently vith my sense of what is due to the rights and honor of tbe State, to th office which by the favor of its citizens I occupy, or I may with sincerity add to the cause of the Union itself, in my opinion so intimately blended with the cans of the law and constitution that any outrage inflicted, and especially iu its name, upon them, necessarily to tome extent recoils upon it. "A few days before that election a military or der was issued from the army headquarters at Baltimore which in effect placed tbe polls under the surveillance and at the command of the mill tary authority. I was the less prepared for any auch order from the fact that, though in frequent personal communication with th military authorities of the department. I had receired . do Information whatever of such a proceeding, or any supposed necessity lor it. In that part of the State against which tfc i movement seemed to be more particularly directed (tbe Eastern Shore) there would seeui to have been less necessity, as there certainly was less semblance of authority, than elsewhere; . for, whilst martial law bad been proclaimed upon the Weitere Shore of the Sute in June last, and bad not beeu repealed up to the day of election, upon the Eastern Shore It had never been proclaimed at all. '.'You will be furulshed with a copy of this order, and it is not necessary further to recite it, than tj state in goo era I terms that it was executed by the military aided by the prorost cuarsh&la. They were to . arrest voters whom they might consider disloyal, ,iu. approaching or banging about the polls; a prescribed form of oath was furnished, without taking which, no oue, if challenged, could vote; and tbe several commanding officers were charged to report headquarters any judge of election w ho should refuse to administer that oath, or to aid in carrying out that oider. The1 President modified the firt of the order on the Monday preceding the election; but even that modification eented ao receive no attention from th we intrusted with ts execution, and was, in some iustances, openly disregarded Prominent' among the provost marshals to whom the execution of this order was in part committed, were several who were themselves Candidates for important olhe. These marshals, appointed for the purpose of the militia enrollment and draff, were placed by the law creating them under the control ol the Provost Marshal General; but, to insure the right to employ them about this election order, special authority was obtoined from Washington, to place them for the time being under the military authorities ' ' "If, with these facts before me, and seeing the judges of election sworn to conduct it according to the laws of the State, openly menaced with arrest unless they recognized the military authority and conducted it by the rules which that authority prescribed, I had stood silently by and failed to assure them of the protection of the State to the exteut of its ability,-1 should hare felt myself utterly unworthy of the place of its Chief Magistrate. I, therefore, on tbe Monday erenin? preceding the election, issued a proclamation giving thetu that this assurance, a copy of which is herewith submit teil. Before the following morning, military orders were rent to the eastern shore, directing its circulation to be Suppressed, the public papers were forbidden to publish it, and an embargo was laid on all the steamers in port trading with that pirt of the State, le.'t they might carry it. - ' "An attempt has been made to justify the military' order upon the ground that its only intent was to exclude disloyal voters who had by their conduct justly forfeited their franchise. An examination, hotverer, of the otth which it prescribed, will show that, even had it emanated from undoubted authority, it could accomplish no such end. No matter what had been the conduct of the voter, there was nothing in the oath calcu

lated to exclude- hint; it had no reference ' to his past conduct, and every traitor who had left the State and had but just returned from tbe rebel army, might have taken it with impunity. It conttined only a promise for future good behavior a proraiv which, as a very slight atonement, many a rebel sympathizer might and doubtless did very readily make, whilst the loyal citizen wh j had stood Iwajs faithful to his allegiance, would feel jualfy indignant at haviug his loyalty challenged, or being required to give auy guarantee for his fu'.ure conduct, to enable him to exerci.-e a privilege he had never forfeited. How far it accomplished the purpose claimed for it, oV boa far I he anticipations of the consequences of the order aud the abuses to w hich it would lead, were realize.!, will appear by a orief reference to some of the transactions connected w ith its exe cution. "These. abuses commenced even before the opening of the polls. On the day preceding the election the officer in comruand of the regiment which had been distributed nroougthe counties on the Eastern Shore, and who had himself landed in Kent county, commenced bis operations by arreting aud fending across the bay some ten or more of the most estimable and distinguished of its citizens, including everal of the most steadfast and uncompromising loyalists of the Shore. The jail of the county was entered, the jailor seized, imprisoned, nnd afterwards sent to Baltimore, and pri-oners confine I therein under indictment set at libertyT'Tbe commanding officer referred to gave the first clue to the character of tbe disloyalty against which he considered himself a particularly commissioned by printing and publishing a proclamation in which; referring to tho election to tak place the next day, he invited all the truly loy! to avail themselves of that opportunity ami establish their loyalty 'by giving a full and ardent support to the whole government ticket upon the pl atform adopted by tbe Uuion League Convention,' declaring that noue other recognized hy the Federal author? ities as loyal or worthy of the support of any one who desires tho peace and . restoration of the Union.' To 'secure the election of that ticket seemed to be the business to which he and his officers especially devoted themselves' throughout the day of election. . - . ."In the statements and certificates which haTe been forwarded to me from different counties in that Congressional district, I have been furnished, I presume, with an account of part only of the outrages to which their citizens were subjected. The 'government ticket' above referred to was in several, if not all. of these counties designated by its color; it was a yellow ticket, and, armed with that, a roter could safely run the gauntlet of the sabres and carbines that guarded the entrance to the polls; and kuown sympathizers with the rebellion were, as certified to me, allowed to vote unquestioned if i hey would vote that ticket, whilst lofal nnd respectable citizens, ready to take the oath, were turned back by the officers in charge without even allowing tht-m to approach the polls. Iu one district, as .appears by certificate front the Jude. the military officer took bis stand at tbe polls betöre they were opened, declaring that none but "the yellow ticket' ahould be voted, and excluded all others throughout the day. . In another district a similar officer caused every ballot offered to be examined, and, unless it was the favored oue, the voter was required to take tbe oath, and not otherwise: and id another again, after one vote had been giveu, the polls were closed, the Judges all arrested and sent out of the county, ayid military occupatioa taken of the town. "But I will not detain you with a recapitula tion of the abases that these statements disclose. 1 have caused copies of them to be transmitted to you, and they cannot fail to arrest your alten tion. .Tbey present a humiliating record, such as I bad never supposed we would be called upon to read in any State, still less in a loyal one like this. Unless it be indeed a fallacy to suppw-e that any rights whatever remain to such a State, or that an? line whatever marks the limit of Federal power, a bolder etride across that line that power never made, even in a rebel State. tITaa it did here on the 4th of last November. A pert of the army which a generons people had supplied for a very different purpose, was ou that day engaged in stifling the freedom of election iu a faithful State, intimidating its sworn officers, violatiog tbe constitutional rights of its loyal citi tens, and ebstructiug tbe u.mal channels of communication between them and their Executive "If I bare deprecated such proceedings, I have been actuated in so doing scarcely more by the sens of what was due to tbe laws and constitution of the Sute than by a regard for the safety and success of the Union, and the maintenance of thai popular respect lor and confidence ia iu

constituted authorities to Important to the triumph of the great cease they hart in charge. The ojoral influence of such sentiments is worth to those adminUtering the government far more than any re -itilta of an election where such proceilings are tolerated. Hut, notwithstanding their concurrence, I tratst and believe they will never cause you to forget ytur duty to your country, cool your ardent devotiou to the Union, lead you to feel the slightest sympathy with those who htve aaaailed It, or te seek fellowahip with them that do. "Major General l)ix. when In command of this department a, the time of the election ia 1S6I, and wheu, too. rebellion was backed by Its organised supporters In our very midst, took the ' ' true and statesmanlike view of th policy proper -for such an occasion, when, in directing his Provost Marshal, he said that, whilst there was no difficulty In controlling Maryland by frce, this was not what was wanted, but that we wit-hed to control it by the power of opinion, aud that, to , satisfy the country that the people were on our side, we muat leave theui to an tinbiaed expression of (Leir wNbes They were left to that uobiaäsed expression, and such was its character that I had supposed that no one would still re- . quire evidence of their loyaity. General Dil ' was even appealed to by ome of the judges of election to authorise an oath to voters of doubtful loyalty, and although it appears from tbe tenor of bis reply, that the oath suggested was nothing more than an oath to support tic Constitution, of the United State, he refned to order it, saying to them, amon; other thing. The Couttitutioa and laws of Marylaud provide for the 'ective franchise by regulations with which I nave no right to interfere.' A copy of this lettcr, dated November 1st, lr61, and addressed to ; the judges of an election district of Carroll -county, is herewith communicated, and commended to your attention. . "Had the department commander who issued the recent order takec tbe same view of his duty, it would, id my opinion, bare been a fortunate courlusiou of his military administration, which had been previoasly distinguished by marked ability and success! Sj fnr, however, as con-" cerns those more immediately connected with th preparation of that order, it will doubllrvs appear, should Us unwritten history ever be published, that the Commanding General deserved less censure than those who instigated it.and to whose ' influence he probably yielded tbe more readily, as such instigations came paitlv from our own citizens. Such a toi.sidersiion, however, i by no, means' calculated to diminish the danger of auch : a : precedent If men Interested in accomplishing certain political re-uU can. by any influence, enlist in their behalf such a tremendous iutra ment of power as was here employed, no election will probably ever occur iu which the same means ' will not be again attempted. "You will perceive, by several of the communications I have received on this subject, that I ' have been appealed to to withhold commissions ' or certificates of elections in districts where the abuses were practiced. I possess, however, do such power, my duty In the premises be'r simply a ministerial one consequent upon th- edkial . returns of the judges of election. So frequently were the applications to me to this effect that I deemed it a proper subject for legal advice, an J, having consulted the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, he forwarded to me a written opinion sustaining thc views I bad entertained, and a copy of whirl, is, herewith furnished. "It becomes you to consider whether there U any remedy in your power by which such pro-" ceedings toay be. in any decree, restrained. Tbe Constitution declares that' all elections ball be by ballot, and I would earnestly recommend that yoa secure tbe benefit of that provision by an effectual prohibition of all such marks upon tbe ballot as are calculated to expor its contents or to distinguish one ballot from another. If, by the use of colored paper, or other means of designation, Sdch exposure is effected, the whole objct" of: the constitutional requirement is defeated. Agaiu, if tliat provision of our law which has so long existed and been so universally considered as ooe of the safeguards of free elections, which forbids the musteriug of armed troops in tbe neighborhood ol the polls, be iudeed no longer admirable or appropriate to our condition, it "should be repealed, otherwise you will see the propriety of adapting some provision which shall, if possible, cause it to be reflected. It might probably be accomplished by requiring the judges Of election to certify, in their return that no military or other armed force had appeared at the place of voting, or interfered in the election, and make such certificate a condition to any executive action thereon."' Tb V st I land Ig liana lunt. Our readers have observed that tLe Demo cratic ladies in different parts of Ohio are nobly responding to tbe suggestion that a fund be raised for Mr. Vallandigham, to delray his expenses while ia exile from Lis native land, because of bis opinion of the policy of thc Admin-' istration. We feel well aMiured that it only needs the ball to be Mt iu motion in this city to raise a very handsome sum, as an appreciation of sympathy from tbe Democratic masses with him in the truly infamous persecution to which he bas been subjected, becanse of his devotion to their cause. Mr. Vallandigham, white in exile in Canada, is debarred fiom the practice of his profusion, he not being a citizen of Great Britain. He has. therefore, only bis pre v ions pecuuiary resources to rely upon, and they are far from beiug large or extensive. It is to Lis credit atid honor tint, in his public career of six years in Congress, the voice of defamation never even accused him of seeking to make money - by illegitimate means, lie wns never the feel attorney of a rich and powerful lobby, to carry out some private enterprise that should rob the Treasury, but always maintained his character as an upright and disinter, ested Hepreseiitative, pure and above reproach. He did not fatten and grow rich, as too maor men in similar positions have done, by ukitg fees' as the reward of his legislative aid. In Other word?, his vote and influence were not ia the market, but went only in tbe direction of hi sincere convictions. Neither would be lend bimBelf to the nses ol or bow before the temporary passions of the hour. lie no'ght bare been among the richest and most powerful in th land ; been Governor or Senator, if, like Tod or Brougb, he wonld have gone contrary to all of bis past political professions and become a leader in ' the ranks of his old opponents. As he preferred honest poverty to ill-gotten wealth, so be preferred unpopularity and reproach to the surrendering of his opinions to any power save that of his calm and deliberate reason This quality in a public man is not so common that it is unworthy to applaud and recognize, although In this instance it has been temporary tnisf rtune. Wheu the violent band of arbitrary power was laid upon him, be bad no accumulation to fall back upon, and was pecuniarily defenseless to adversily'stroke. It is Just sad proper, therefore, that the people, whose interests he has defended, whoa tM mp.vhy he posaejse for encountering proscription ia tbeir behalf, and wbof-e respect he deserves for his hotiesty and integrity, should manifest tbeir appreciation of it by a material aid that shall show its object that, although an exile upou th bleak and frozeu shores of Canada, he bas not been forgotten by his friends and by tbe lovers of justice. Anv contributions which our friend tnav send will be duly forwarded from this office to Mr. Vallandigham Cin. Enquirer. Tribune Venality. It III becomes the Tribune to begin casting stone and calling bard names. Tbe venality of that paper' U notorious. For proof of it w have only to turn to the files of the War Department, where we find a guo contract issued to the Tribune. We know, aUo. that almost every owner ol the Tribune has a Government contract for something or other. One bas a horse contract, another a patent medicine contract, another a land job, and so on. We also know from official documents that' five or six of tbe Tribune writers have been appointed to fine offices under the Administration. Poor Greeley's partners think him too siliy to be admitted to a full share of these ill-gotten gains; but tbev give Lira th bones and drippings. Besides ibis be has, or recently bad, a contract to supply prison beef to our State prisoners. This Is tbe paper that has the impudence to talk about venality. It reminds us of Satan rebuking sin. S. V. Herald. j3fL. B. Bloomer, of Chicago, bas received a contract amounting to $300,000 for the construotiou f all the bridges destroyed by guerrsllas oa tbe Nashville and Decatur Railroad.