New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-20
n, 0ssscd bv Yeas &c to Nays 49,


Yrss-Mef..S dawson Dawnes Fish, Geyer' Hale Haa-
Ccorer' y. Nsrrurn. Miller Peare, seoas,t.' ~
hp y.H .,ah spraanee, SclaoF' ona7'"'"'' 'P'''''
WsSe ,,,v. Achison Br,-.heea, C,s-. DOLCE Of WIS
N,TS1S5seciIows Douglas, fi.eh Gwn hHntef' h''is'
Mars s EFFICIENCY BrLr---GwINs oNsLAuGI'r
TIL Ish deficiency Bill was then taken mp.
A. Gw,y said that as Mr.. Berrien on
IA that the Administration was capable cl &C.
f,A' itch would be made 80 the proper nme' ne u;
~ M present a few item. % MISCONDUCT OF
,i.tra:icn which he reque tue Sen'' 70 ." ~ 81,
L1s;lIp Thi Administration commenced on nc an
49, 1879 and had continued up u this NM
~ referred 10 the appointment gwen 70 ia ier
~, 10 p,oceed to Caiornia not "itl-t sndi"S NJ
rs ,hen Member OF Congress. MI Conner ""s dP'
,cd Collector and proceeded TO California, accom-
P;ed = a military escort, tie expenses OF whca were
"a lv n . Quartermaster's Department. and auountei
- s3n0 wien the Collector night have gone tneIeiof
500 When Mr.. King reached California ne ma uu.
rroi,ed power over the army and navy. He gent
The propeller Edith on an idle ana useless
sx,edifion In which she was lot That vesicl cosl
SI5OOG snd most valuable 1T that time, ior the
runose Of carrying provisions from one par VI 'n
rour,ry TO another her loss tine cause Oi gre IN
crease OF expenditures for transportation &c al'S
Nr Collier lett the Custom House, Mr.. King was in'ae
Collector. He cited several matters tehIlns -.
show th5t Mr.. King had increased the sAIroslJ
Of the Custom House in California thfee.o" a.
Gen Wilson. OF Missouri, appointed inoi'ii az
Salt Lake lie sent there with isise o'ooJ -
great expense and stad at Salt Lake Jast ols M
write letter or two tnen VIVA MS iaiuy o ieavino
10 California The season late, and before ie@5
Sail lake he buried oil bis private properly. az ~
Wilsons arrival in California an order came i.oI
War Department that expedition should DC t1p 80
by the Quartermasers Department to go aitef anu
to California Wilsos's private properly; H,; ~as
and that expedition cost SlOv,WU WI; =, :" ,
SHORTLY az err appointed Naval Officer In Canorha' anu
now Wing Hgh-Pr1est IN thst oiale' rni' go
uhich
sioned He read numerous documents and report
fran amy officers in California, showing tne
cytr1yspart expenditures by the Quartermosters De
na,tmetf in that State particularly the establishment o.
Naval Del CT at Benca and in the escorts iurnishedt 70
Indian Commissioners. The escort 10 these Con'lis-
sioners furnished by the Quartermasters DC,
rsrtmsnt cost $4,000 Congress appropriated
425OO for the expenses OF the Indian Commissioners 10
make treaties &c Those Commissioners had contract
ed with citizens Of California for supplies &C. iof IN
dams themselves, and gave drafts t. the ID part
mepts To nav for the the amounts OF tnose urats
readv nsceiined and all OF which had been protested
uere over S7GOOOO beyond the amount appropriated
by Congress. This bill supplied the dehclency
aused y Sl5OCO0 TO escort the Commissioners YET no
one was 10 be found TO advocate the payment OF the
dets contracted by those Commissioners with citizens
of California Not of those Commissioners though
their conduct known, had been removed they had
negotiated many treaties and were now executing some
~ b,m hui not one of these treaties had yet reached
the Senate The appropriations for the Quarterfnas-
fers Department for the year 1851 was three millions
nine hundred thousand dollars. The expenditures
Inv that department was over S50O0000 He had shown
the sYstem of expenditures in that department. The
reason of the deficiencies evident 1t was the loose
reckless expenditure of the public money by the army
This system received its spring. its great incentive
from the election of mere military chieitain TO
the Presidency in lsi9, whence came that sense
Of security by many officers that the expenditures
Tor that service would be excessive and overlooked
No man in his opinion should be selected President for
his military deeds alone those deeds would never sup
Div the wants of craftsmanship, of the practical me-
chinery Of Government or Of a thorough knowledge
of the civil operations OF the Government
After some remarks by Mr.. HUNTER the
Senate went into Executive Session, and shortly after
adjourned.