New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-18

ttai tie President oid give such ORDER II ~ Did, Al
Wa on the recon- rnerdaioD of the dsnsrtmeuf con.
tracing I EN- snc | am well convi Gel that the
Pi.ttieE do not oroer serriceale carLines at ihst
lime ne tcl0 al thai price
The .ruy regulations under date Of Aug. 10, 1861
give the grce o. Halle catbine, ut sl7 ar lie cost
If material and uanuiAc'ure, whch II s. less than
IN Icjb-ovlng 10 the Improvement in machinery.
The carDiue viii shoot as well now as then when
made IN tie came way, bat III looking over the lit
Of pie OF small arms Manufactured by the Govern
ment, III found on pagee 33l and 3'5 Army Begula-
iions aug. ID, lSbi, they are as follows: MUsket,
S3; rife. sl3 p; Halls carblnes, $l7; artillery
mus. eroo1, Slu ~, cavalry mussetpOn, sil; zap
pors mu.ke oon $40 o. pistol, e. But come Of
ihOso same carhlhes were purcbse G. here by tho@
wlo sold them for flJ Before Fremont purchased
those ) coo, they were I'll chambered and MED max
ing them superior ,Gsalry pleee. aud they are now
~ feINlce hy Hare & cavalry, having been drne1
bv Fre mont when he commando. Nov this Com
miiCe ark this Hose 30 recommend tie Treasury 10
0Ul} Jay 81 u Tor those purchased by Fremont,
when he army regulations dated ionr days alter lie
purchase give Ito rice, ar SHOWN, at S7. The
Committee propose 10 allow 81 50 less than the lna
trf1l I'd manufacture, without the Iltlng abd cham
bering costs showing simply that The Committee
hsye not understood the case. Ripley sold them iof
fl3 - apiece lee than The regulations Of AG4ui
i-6i tx he actual cost, Wien there no pres M
need for sale, And Fremont give after tley we've al
tered g. more apiece ihau she Go erulent pie
then. aud only - more than tie Government price
when be had been ia teryice yct the COMMITTEE cay
that " Gen. Ripley il a gentleman Of Isge eSpeIl
e,ce and iueXOraDle in the pcrior sanco oil bis public
dutiss." cn lie l2th e April, 1861, The enemy at
lacked Folt Sumier-Ou the I4tb II surrendered
90 tie 18th the President called Tor 1000 men TO
ouell ie rebellion, all Of whom would reed arms
On tie lgth, The traitors in Biltimere killed our up
armed tfools m The sfeels On the 9Th Of June, tie
zinc oruble' Eipl'y. on what no cl,iEs ae auihor-
~ from The Wa Department, grounded 90 - recon-
niradaiion from hio 0wu department, and al IN yio-
which he regulation OF 1895 tells Us ARE worth 81
each, and he regulation publ he'd Aug. 10, ls6l,
thirty -four days sici the sale gvee tie coat Of m1D
u.ncilr- az $7 On he l6,h OF June, We lose liar-
rsrs Ferry where they were ASIDE and SUR nder 10
re =. envy all The arms there, with the ma,lilcfy.
Ont lo - ID ~ Jur, fe carbrts are sill in The
,-fals not ya,d ior puG no, delivered. Ripley bS
W iuen orders directed that all syr,ceabi, aud
,er,.reat.t. bedciIyered TO Eastua al - J0-subse
gurriiy 1uyiug 80 Il them - SIS.
On Aug. q, Gen. Fremont, needing arms for men
who were ready 20 defend a yast department, pur-
cha.ed $50 Of them OF = in open MAJ ket, where
the Government ofiicers had thrown them CONTRARY
o iaw, but of which lie knew nothing. Onthe lCib
If AnCasi four DAYS after his purchase the very de-
pirtmont which sold them st e. 80 report them u,
az cot Of manufacturing in Government ar.enals
lie, YOU COadeun Fremont AID indOrse Ripley, after
you have aid that he carhinas were sold ~ the first
place privately think thst The Committee Will
b. Justice when they zee these thingG in their true
LgAt.
Bat the Committee inform us the Ordnance Bu-
rean, AZ who-e bead il Gen. Ripley, in iiue OF war
recommends tie salo, and sells without law for ONE
Eth their value, shown by the books OF biz own
Office D. 81 -,aud o. arms, with Tors e. the Gov
eminent OF near s7S 900, and holds his Office still
and Who Is ndorsed by the Committee.