The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-24

DEPARTURE OF THE PosTMAsrER GENERAL arD Mr..
wEBs1ER-THE CASE OF CAPT. EAsBY-cHARoEs
AGAINST oEN. TALcoTr-C AND OHIO
cAsAL-wAsIIfNo TON MONUMENT.
WAsHrSoroN, June g. 1851.
Postmaster General Hall has followed the President to
Old Point Comfort Mr. Webster leaves to- day for Ca
pom Springs beyond Winchester, Va He will be back
by the Fourth Of July and speak ut the syng of She
stone of the enlargemen mt of the Capso After
wards he viii &C Nsth The earth for the co.ser stons
was excavated to day
Capt Easily, Commissioner Of Public Buildings IL in
tight place, having represented 10 Mr. Hodge thas Mr.
Corwin had agreed that he should represent the int
Of the United States In the ohso srd Chesapeake Ca
at meeting Of sockholders in Bsltienore Last week
MT. Hodge gave him the papers Mr.. Corwin was thon
selegraphcd to that effect he denies Easbys state'
iuent and stated that Mr. Robt W. Latham was to have
the proxy Mr. Easily maze to surrender, and bids
fair 10 be removed for imposing uEon Mr.. Hbdsc
drs nndur ooI,r 70 say IN WIN
Generals Wool Smith, Riley, Gibson, Chafckal Totten
and Childs coioneis Albert Crarc aud P1ympton,
attended by his counsel Mr. Carlisle OWING she alb
sence of Bdsader General Clarke, the court adjourned
till to- morrow morning. at O'Clock
The charg.s sgains. Gen Talcots tIec in nunber
all relating to the transaction-the arfous Elcts
and circumstances being set out in pe,sca
items.
Charge the fast Is for violation of the oes h,tnssed
and thirty article Of the ordnance ,eralatcos
which directs that contract for ordnance stores OF
supplies shall be made by any officer agent OF the
corps without the special authority the colonel OF ord
nance sanctioned by the Secretary Of War alleged
violation specified to have been by order ofCoone
Tacot himself without the sanction the Secretary to
Colonel Huger authorizing him procure by open pur-
chase shot and shells to reasonable extent the
Of Fort Monroe; In pursuance of which, Colonel HrsYer
gave large order for five hundred tons shot and shes
to one Carmichael which Carmichael assigned to the
Fredegar works Richmond, Va and which order
trac IL is charged that General Talcott afterwards ap
proved.
Charge two is for dsobedience orders and nstruc
tions Of the Secretary Of War; in relation the
tract above alluded to which is alleged the Secretary
had refused to give to Carmichael.
Charge three is for conduct unbeoomng officer and
q gentleman The specifications alege various false
statements aud reports to the eeot th such
tract existed.
This may be relied upon n true statement of the
charges which have not yet been published The feeling
may have been the real state Of the facts reported and
stated by him. universal impression prevails that he
believed every statement strictly true, and if any
wrong exists. it is on the part Of his sub ,rdnates
The opinion Of the Attorney General acknowledging
the justice Of the Florida claims but recommending they
should be referred to Congress- has yet been acted
upon by Secretary Graham.
The managers Of the Washington National Monument
Association win meet at the MoarIent the 4th Of
July to receive the delegation with the block presented
by the Sons af Temperance Of Pennsylvania.
The President and Directors Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company left to-day, surveying
sion of the canal to Cumberland