The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-03

The committee appointed by the Hou.e o,
Rspfesen tatives, at the extra sesstou. 10 IN.
vesusass the easss ofdisloyal CLERKS asd other
pfsons In the employment Of the 0ovsrn.
ment have completed their rsp port. TAs
Warrington correspondent Of the New Yori
Foss, VINO seems TO have been furnished
with copy Of the document, writes a. fol.
lows:
OnaTges against more than five hundred
psisons have been invsstiGstsd; in many
u wac only sent TO the proper autn orities, to
VAIN tnem against possible danger, and II
saa psen suppressed In the report. The taDti.
mony agAlnst the clerks IL Of . m i1o0n cha
most dislOyal sentiments. speaking agains,
the ver, expressing sympethy for the rebels
ana their cauoe. Numoro a. cxseo are brought
up and considered In the report, and it 10 un-
necessary 70 quote them.
J. The most important case in the report is
that Of Lieut.. Colonel VIM. Maynadief.
This officer holds the responsible post OF
Aesistant TO the Chief Of Ordnance. The
principal charges Affecting hts loyalty are
December, issc. OF John B. Fioyd. then d,
Secretary Of War, 70 transfer cannon to the
South, under the prstense Of armipg fortih
cations At Galveston and Ship Island,
which, in fact, had NO existence; but, in
the intended rebellion; and, second, that he
was privy to the sale. BY Floyd, OF loo. 600 or
more muSkets to a. A. Belknap, and 20.U00 to
other parties, in violation Of law, and 70 the
great dstrimeut of the pm blic service, the OBJ
ject being to disarm the Government and to
arm its rebel enemies.
Lieutsnant-UolonelM Maynadier, in execu-
ting, or attempting to execute, the order OF
Floyd, for the transmission Of l4l OF the
largest cannon from Pittsbnrg to the Gulf
Of Mexico, did it with the full knowledge
that one Of the forts was unfinished, and the
other not even begun. It is scarcely less
believed that the object of Floyd In giving
the order was to disarm the Government,
and to arm its rebel enemies. He IL conceded
TO be one of the most intelligent men in the
army, and has been in the Crdnaaes Depart
ment as assistant for near y twenty years.
He speaks with evident pride OF the conf
dence reposed in him by Jefferson Davis and
Floyd, Of their frequent consultations with
him in preference u his superior, Ool. Craig,
and 1t is, therefore, not to be believed that
he would have withheld an opinion from
the Secretary of War in regard to the
impropriety of sending cannon to the
Gulf coast to arm fortiacatiOns which had
no existence, from motives Of mere
dience; not QUESTIONING" On the 17th of
September following, Colonel Craig was re.
lieved from duty a. head OF the Ordnance
Bureau, and on the 23d Maynadier was SUBJ
appointment . proposition was made to Floyd
by A. A. Belknap Ito purchase Of the De-
partment from one to two hundred and fifty
thousand Of United States flint locks and al
same delivered to me or my az ents in New
York city," This fact il taken from Bel
knap's evidence before the Military Oom.
mittee Of the last House Of Representatives,
report No. SIS, which your committee have
fels at liberty to use In this connection.
AAs originally written, - says Belknap, 'sthe
proposal was for two dollars per gun, but
the words and fifteen cents were interlined
before the paper was presented to the War
Department"
On the back Of said letter is the following
"The within proposition is
accepted to the extent Of one hundred thou.
sand muskets, and as many more up to the
maximum number as the service viii spare.
Signed. J. Il. Floyd, Secretary Of War;"
Subsequently Floyd, by a strange freak,
professed to discover that the price for which
the arms were sold was less than he supposed
when he accepted the bid, and said that they
musket. Belknap leaves us to infer that
the new terms were accepted, and says that
F" Secretary Holt refuses to give mo the
guns" 1853
action as q mere bid on the part Of Belknap,
and declares that "not . single musket hai
been sold to Belknap at any price," Accord.
ing to the testimony Of Col. Craig before the
tn q. b. Lamar on the 24.h day Of Novem ber
1850, 5000 TO the State Of Mississippi on the 4th
Of December, and 5000 to the State Of Louisi-
ana on the 10Th Of the same month. All
these sales, then, occurred within less than
month after the removal OF Colonel Craig
and the appointment Of Lieut.. Col. May.
nader, and Immediately subseQ uent to tn
appearance Of Col. Caaig's report, in which
he protests against the sale Of more small
arms.
Col. Craig states that only 10000 of the
14l 900 arms sold during Floyd's administra.
tion OF the War Departm ent weJe advertised
as required by the law Of 1925, and that he
protested against further sales The conse.
quence was his removal and the substitution
OF Lieut.. Colonel Maynadier, under whom
these immense sales were made to aid the
cause Of treason by corrupt violation o1
law.
The O,OOo last mentioned were sold to par
tie and to States In open or threatened re.
bellion against the Government, and the
fact was as we'll known then that they were
to be used against the Government OF the
United States as 1t is now.
In the evidence OF Belknap, he mentions
George Sanders, q we'll known traitor, a
one of his advisers in the purchase Of the
loo, 600 muskets. The oleHconduct of Floyd
making sale to parties in the interest
Of the rebellion, and 1t were a0scta-
tion to suppose that, in annulling the
original agreement at the rate OF % 10, he
was actuated BY hon orab!e or patriotic mo.
tives. The only rational explanation Of his
conduct in cancelling the contract, there.
fore, is to be found in the supposition tha'
he discovered that q mistake had been made
and that his fellow-cOnspirators could NOT
obtain possession Of tho arms.
Here, then, we have incontrovertible evi.
dence that within month after Lieutenant.
Colonel Maynadfer was placed at the head
Of the Ordnance Department twenty thou
sand stand Of arms wore sold to the rebe
enemies Of the country and that one u ndred
to two hundred and fifty thousand stand
were bargained for, evidently with the expec
tatton that they were to 20 into the sam'
hands. Yet Lieutenant Colonel Maynadie1
made no protest nor entered complaint IL
any manner; and, indeed, has not attem ptee
to sho " that ne was not fully conscious O
the treascnable object of the sales to which
he was privy. .zt .-s-.-...:
DISTRICT ATTORNEY cARRIHaroA.
The case of District Attorney Carrinetol
seems to show that last summer, while b.
was Captain OF volunteer company II
Washington, (as we'll as District ATTORNEY,
when his troops were ordered up to Seneca
that he would not invade his native Stats,
and that he "conid not lift his ,,snd againe
his mother" At another time. Re Ia charge,
with saying he "would not iexade Vtr
gtnia." Yet the evidence goes to show tha
he received hts pay as Captain, and kept tn
Office OF District Attorney, Fiven him by ,
member Of Repn bic&n Administration
The committee conclude "that Captain Gar
rtDgton's sympathiess are divided, and tia
such men canaOt be trusted TO repress the re
laws.' @ @ss& ~ffe% i -
LLoYD BARRrsoB, sHcorD IIEufxoAHr II sH1R
s@&T Mars BArfKBy. fT%s faw
VIM. IT. Craig, already quoted rtcre thai
once. sVean that Lloyd Harrison was ais
appointed Lieutenant anaer the patronage Q