The daily union., 1852-08-06


The commission so lar regarded the quaermaser and
commssarys departments that he thought il better that
Two subaiterns OF the United Safes army should be se
ected Tor commissary and qnarermaser, rather Than
have u nnderis then organization. MIR. George r. Bart
lett, ia June, 1851 when he purchasing supplies for
that commission. received The following letter from the
SECRETARY OF the Interior
r DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR
Washington, June b, is1l,
. Sir BY arrangement with the Secretary Of War,
Lieutenant o. IL Tilnghast and A. L. Burnside, United
a,y as qnaaerasste and conissary. Tnese
officers joined Colonel Graham San Anionio and have
proceeded with him TO FL Paso-theIe to enter upon their
Yoc win remain in your present position until you haye
completed tho duty upon which you engaged, al
ter whichyour functions quartermas'e and comnssay
you 10 such other position under him as he may deem
proper, and will so advise him.
ALEXANDER II II STUART.
Major GEoRsE BAKTEErr, Cape Vincent, Jefferson
~, New York ,tt&.
understand the deposition OF Mr. Bartlett will prove
that he required by the Secretary of the Interior
10 FL Paso with The supplies purchased by him for the
commission, which he did; that he never has his
brother since February, 1851 and that upon the subject
Of appointment he had but line from his bohe
which, shall read by and by in which the commissioner
said he could say nothing in regard to giving his brother
any position OH the commission He declined to give him
any position. George f. Bartlett had purchased goods
this country and fearing that those goods might
under some officer who might be jealous of civilians
having Of Them especially after he bad been
removed, Mr. Bartlett took by way OF security, this let
ter from the Secretary OF the Interior:
DEPARTMENT. OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, September lith, 1851
Major George f. Bartlett the former co,nmssary for the
United States and Mexicaa boundary commissions having
entered into contract with Juan Maria Ponce De Leon
for the transportation Of fifty thousand pounds Of provisions
tor said from lndanols Texas to Ei Paso del
Norte in charge and has entire control and direction OF
the transportation OF the about to leave ndanoa in
the train which he will accompany, and no other person
will be Recognised and respected such until the train
reaches the depot Fl Paso and is taken charge of by the
present Sna II m STUART Secretary
have introduced this in order 10 show that the sena
tor entirely mistaken in regard 10 Mr.. George 4.
Bartlett, and as to his holding any distinct position on
the commission Ii is true that when he arrived al Ell
aso there was no opportunity for him 10 return to The
United States and he remained during the winter upon
the Rio Grande with Major Emory In April last he was
directed BY Major Emory TO return TO the United States
with dispatches for the department here. he did return,
and at the very time when The honorable senator from
California in consequence OF information he had received
from this gentleman of " character and respecaby," )"
yenued TO make the charge, or TO intimate The charge
against Mr.. Bartlett, he was at his quiet home in the
State OF New York, having immediate connexlon that
know OF, with the boundary commission. Upon The in
vaton of the friends oi Mr. Bartlett in Rhode Island to
whom wrote he teegraphed TO come here, and he
is now in this city. have his deposilion which shall
read by and by.
Before proceed further, will say, that in my opinion,
which ii could possibly have been sent from The Uni
ted States There were four persons holding sor, Of
distinct and separate command There was, IN tue htst
might be considered suppose at The head OF the civ
part Of the commission In the next place, at The head
'of the astronomical corps was Col. Mcclellan, he him
self exercising certain degree OF authority, and think
the evidence has shown, appointing mechanics who
were under his own authority and control There was
another sort of subdvided duty among shem which was
discharged by Lieutenant Strain who preferred the
charges against Colonel Mcclellan OF him | know
nothing except that he went with the commission from
New York 10 the steamer Galveston which lett there
on the 80 OF August and arrived at lndianola Texas,
the 23i OF August. 1880 lie claimed sort OF and
II suppose, naval officer. while they were salt
water, and believe he was attached TO The commission
with a view OF taking charge oil the boats when they
should ascend descend the Rio Grande and the Ga ;
but believe he left the commission at Victoria, and
turned TO the city Of Washington, where be preferred
t6ose charges. Ia IS - ne .H
That is almost all the evidence upon that subject and
Is quite as much as | intend to read TO the Senate
There is other evidence upon the subject, which
will not present 10 the Senate, II would seem 10 be
almost a work OF supererogatons- =. ~.--
Thus the commission formed, so far as regards
those who had charge OF il. When Mr.. Bartlett was
appointed in the city, Congress being In session
Under the direction, or by the advice of the then Secre
tafy OF the Interio Mr.. Ewingl Mr.. Bartlett IN
dueed to consult Colonel Graham, OF the typographical
corps as TO the number and the kind OF employees who
should go with Tim upon the commission; and have
IN letter FROM Mr. Bartlett 10 me that the whole form
alton OF the employees OF the civil department was made
by bn under the advice and by the direction OF Colonel
Graham. So that although this commission was dis
onied, the commissioner himself hardly be deemed
responsible for it, think about hundred employees
went ont and should venture 10 presume. from my own
OF The case that he had not any opportunity
OF personally Knowing many OF them before they went
Very many OF them be never saw I'LL be arrived al IN
danoa-for be remembered that be did not 90 IN The
Galveston from New York, but went direct TO New Or
leans, and from there TO 1ndianoia At indianoa they
mutually strangers 10 each other and II may well
be supposed that groundless peiensons were made by
many :. They had received appointments at the socila
lion OF friends, Hnd various Recommendations gwen 10
the commissioner; and when assembled u may well be
imagined that in commission formed as this was there
must have been great deal of dsoinied machinery, and
much that was calculated TO engender III feeling. have
done with that part OF the subject.
Ia The order in which this subject is introduced, re-
ported 70 The Senate from Che Department OF the Interior,
find that the 9th day o October $780, certain charges
seiered by Lieut. Strain of the navy against Col
John Mcclellan OF the typographical engineers They
are as foowi \. !. -
s..E WASHINGTON, ID. c., October 0, 1853.
SiR II is with regret find myself obliged report 10
corps Of topo2raphcsl engineers asched chief
the Mexican boundary Tor sbua
dunkenness between the dates August inclusive, and
Septen1ber III last. -.~t. ''nt tsr r ~ t...
Ihase also report Bevet Lieutenant Colonel McCle
Ian for conduct uubecoming officer and gentleman, in
asnuoh did, between the dates
already specified, publicly use oen and discspecifu
language wards X. Bartlett esq, United States
Tor the sdeternnstono OF The Mexican boundary
have also to- report Brcvet beutensnt Colonel McCle
Ian Tor Inurbg, by his own example, and BY hts remarks
publicly in the presence Of the subordinate members
Of the party the necessary discipline OF the United States
boundary mission in the latter by blaming and
applying offensive ephes 10 the commissioner tst that
subordinate e,iiJoyees ie con d,sson with sopefbr
acconrh odsfpns board the Amerjcsn steamship Cab