New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-14

srenuous efforts N prevent { isls and anna a,
especially the Adjutant-Geueral, were in p,.;.;
accomplish such purpose. | will state IN m. ..
ton that the assertion aiey made in prio, ,,a.f
Secretary Of War had found thar no evidence wv
support these charges is wholly untrue. NJ,
BEEN made in the proper quarter for a ,a,eo,e,,N,
proposed testimony. But, the nsture and .r,.,~
Of these charges distinctly detailed In o.
letter, ne well as the course OF ibe War De-
regarding them, further mention here win Is 49,
necessary. VII
ihe author OF your reply" asserts ,ba, Col Cr,;,
on assuming coh,iol Of toe Ordnance Rn.a., %n' %
nine years since, found everything "svs,ema,;,,a
properly ycondacted.' Possibly, sccordng ,o,bs vo..o
Secretaries Davis and Euyd's "sonrce 81 .av;oo "a
iniorma,on;" but the Hon. Mr. Conrad. who accns.pl
and tie thirteen officers of ligh rank who sa, IN d.,
court-nariai oo the trial Of Col Cr.ics reece,,o,
thought differently, and sentenced Cen T,leot, ,oh
dismissed the service for the manner in which be no..
conducted the affairs Of the department. col CT
Immediately entered the necessary task Of ,.o,n,
ton and made such fundamental changes az a;,na..s
none hut tlose whose purpose frand and plnnd,r
During the remainder of Srcretry Conrad's term Of
Office " vadSr system," matters did indeed pro
ceed smoothly. The removal of Capt Maynadler wa
suggested in consequence Of certain developmenis a.
the trial of Gen. Tacoti, but tie charity and kindly
disposition Of Col. Craig disposed him to deal lcnienty
swith an officer whose peculiar si,uaion ard circun.
stances at that time had in them great deal thSl
deprecated exactng a very strict accountability.
Even in the very frenzy and insanity Of vicaiicn,
Your correspondent does not venture 10 assert any
isutfndng on the part OF Mr.. Conrad, but Days
and Floyd were two successive heads Of department,
who lost all confidence in Col. Crag's advice OF
information and sought them from other sources.
II is very kate that any onesbouId fancy, nyiew
Of the history Of these two successive heads OF derar
ment, that construction detrimental to Col. Craig
could be made from such fct this, and especially
strange that the public should bs anxously no,iaea
by the author OF trs reply that Davis and FLOYD
sought advice aud information from other sOurs ihaE
the legitimate one, when Capt Maynadier has read
the official accusation, made agaiust him by Col Craig,
of enabling these successive heads Of department,
by bis counsel sLd information, 10 carry out certatp
measures greatly luxurious 10 the public interest
TIE Ordnance Bureau IL a sort Of outwo-k which
the noble army Of contractors inventors and War De-
parnent f.yories have always been sednous % carry
ia advancing their attacks on the Governmental treas
ury. Like skiful engneers they resort 10 every aP
pance fer attack, and no post uuder our Govornmen
needs firm as well as pure, upright, and honor
able officers to discharge its dnes and protect is IN
terests. In the course which it is said Col. Craif
struck ont for hmself he would bave been
cessful if two successive heads of dpament had beei
without other sources of counsel and information. Al
Il was many hundreds Of thousands Of dollars wers
saved to the public, and innumerable plans Of pshis
plunder miscarried in consequence Of course which
rendered 'incompetency" for certain paPoses mani'
fest.
Your correspondent less grammatical than scuriors
saws that Col. Craig became deadly hostile 70 aB
whom he suspected of being highly estimated for
professional capacity than himself" The souFce ~
Davis and Floyds advice and information might hc9s
worked mp in bis own mind & conviction that nothing
but sheer envy could induce the demeanor which Ls
superior officer adopted toward him, but II Cart Y1y
nader should be unsuccessful in stunning ooar Ot
inquiry, the of certain hostility will be N 10
apparent eoough, and until he proves himself to he 80
nocent Of hsIng given counsel and information 10 ems
able Davis and Floyd to defraud and bersy the Gov
ernment, it will best become him 10 avoid paradils
himself in newspaper articles, the source" which
the incompeteDcy Of tue officer whose assistant be was
forced two successive heads of department TO resort TO-
for advice and information Or if he be indeed deter
mined to enjoy the "ecia, derived from bis having bcsA
the instrument of Floyds rascality," as well "a VI
Davis's, and which bis careful Indication of himself.
as the original source" of their advice and informs
ton strongly implies let him again put his pen TO pa
per and explain at length all he said and did to securs
payment Of $50 to the inventors of percussion Pnm
err TO whom about 600 had already been paid for
invention row disussd which the head Of the Ordnance
Bureau then officially informed the War Department;
was not worth purchasing. Let him make public the
A m IL. Al.
ed the riing OF half the cannon in the service for
patent proeete (which every competent military als
thority has condemned, without his having made eIs
periments or witnessed any that justified single
cIusion pretended be arrived at in the report and On
the basis OF which report contract Immediately
given 10 a specializing inventor at price two to thss
times what the work could have been proftaby das
for. Let him 20 and tell tie world all he had 10
with Floyds fraudulent aud tresonabe sale of lOoea
muskets attempted Immediately after Col. Craig bad
been assigned to "Other and honorable duty" ars
oRly aekel he kod been so ossigned and Capt Msys
nader placed in charge of the Ordnance Bussa.
And to crown the pillar Of his furve and esgerly'
sought fame, whose pedestal he would base and whos
proportions he would the equivocsl ground 81
merits and desert in having been tho source Of aa-
vice and information" Of two traitors and public pua~
derers--let him make explicit boast Of what sdvics
and information was sought and given, 70 enable ne |
removal of to the Southern States and above s
make known his Mentor-ke labors TO further floyde |
final effort TO secure the Pittsburgh COlumbiads, uDde
pretense of sending them down the Mississippi TO arm
forts whose foundations were not completed. Her's
may indeed be confident Of most worthy fame, fcrC@,
Craig had been assigned TO honorable duty" @s
the arch-,raitor, now making his most despeisS
had neaJ pot only of adyica infofrnancn,