, 1862-07-09

GlLe1teC to Ne-C0n-hc-cOn.
These lots are said to be part Of the mill.
tary reserve at Fort Leayenworth, and to lave
been patented to the Delaware Indians. and
then transferred to a railroad COMPANY. apljeh
Is branch Of the Pacific railroad. II is as
serted By officers in command at Fort Leayen-
worth, that II this ground is wrested from the
| government how it will have to be bought
back for indispensable military uses at greatly
enhanced prices. Two hundred dollars ner
acre has been offered for portions Of thia land
heretofore. There is deep mystery about
the TRANSACTION, which should be cleared up
at once, and the guilty parties punished in
the most rigorous manner. The Investigation
will probably be turned over to the Comuit-
tee on Private Land Claims, inasmuch as it is
not not contract growing out Of the prosecu-
ton Of the war.
The bcneficent and statesmanlike propos;-
ton to tax bank notes, introduced BY Senator
Sh--''' &c ." amendment to the new Treas
y: y: 2te!
&c OF Indiana, Lane VI sA4.4,.. Sht.
.,1nbnll, Wade and Wright. Judge Coils.
mer, who has been the most determined op-
most determined opponent Of Mr.. Sherman's S
amendment. Treasury notes and bank notes
RE OF course incompatible.
Ihe finishing touch has been giyen to the
SIMON Stevens contract for Halls carbines.
by Meesrs- Holt s. Owen, the Commissioners
On ordnance and ordnance stores, who have
olscoSe7ed and reported that at the time the
carbiues we're sold by Stevens TO Gen Fre-
mont at 81. each, they acre the propcrtu Of tfe
go'yz7,z'1e,4 q, and a'eTe lying IN The Nsze Fork
aTseHdg! Ihe transaction was as follows: On
| the 9th OF November, 1857, the earbines we're
reported BY inspection officers to be unser-
| Eiceable, and they were offered for sale nj n
trlilc more than their value for old IRON. On
the 18th Of May, 1861, Arthur II. Eastman, Of
Manchester, n. T., Offered three dollars
aPlece for them: On the LIST Of June, 1851,
Gen. Ripley, with the approval Of the Seere.
three dollars and fifty cents each. On the 5th
! OF June Eastman accepted the offer, but did
not take the arms nor offer to pay for them.
On the 5th Of August Simon Stevens tele-
| graphed to Gen. Fremont that he had 5, 900
Halls carbines at $:2. On the 9Th Of Auqust
On tAcTth q fAagust Mr. East man took the arms
! out of the arsenal, paying s3 50 each, aud
handed them over to Simon Stevens. who
| shipped them to st. Louis by Adams express,
thus stevens proposal was to sell the gov:
err ee1nment Io tTe thousand e its oac,s arms at
go 5o each-the difference between the price
| taken from Gen. Fremont, and that paid to
Capt. Whitley, the custodian Of the NeE York
arsenal. In other words, It was opening the
vaults Of the treasury with false keys and ta-
| King out $92,5 500. ~
The Mexican treaty now slumberinp In the
senate COMMITTEES On foreign relations will un-
questonably be rejected. 1t proposes two Ut
| teFly impracticab1e things-fiTst, to pay Mey-
1co Sll GOO 600 in American gold coin, and
second to involve us in war withFrauce-the
Of the former: It ought to be taken ID and
disposed Of at once. Everybody is against it,
serves to provoke the French government ana
to disturb European relations which are M
healthy enough without any new elements Of