, 1862-01-28

lohAo@i itu oceN HcarsV tVU,U5J and was no
then considered TOO great for thu country )
Ac, ut the same time, insists that s no furthr
REDUCTION n sales Of the old model service
able ara's should be allowed until our arsenal
| ;i't Latter supplied"
o. tue 17th Of the following month Col
Iia1g vas relieved from duty is the head O
| Ordnance Bureau, and on tho ed Naynat]ie1
was substituted in his place. The day preced
ing this appointment a proposition wns madt
10 Floyd by A, 4. Belknap, 1sto purchase fron
the Department from one to two hundred and
hify thousand uf tile United Suites flint loci
anu altcrtu percussion 1nuskcts, and 10 have
the same delivered to inc or my agent in New
York city" This fact is taken from BclknaD's
evidence in the report Of the Military Com.
Mittec Of the last House Of Representatives.
lReport No. s5} which your Committee have
1eit 1T liberty to use in this connection. 'tAs
Al w:s 1,'r two dollars per gun, Int the words
"and fifteen cents were interlined before the
paper Was presented to the War Department.
= On the back If the said letter Is the
following endorsement:
The writer proposition isacceptcd to the cx-
tent of one EuEdsed thousand musEcts and IA
1naNy Ht'rc up to the maximum number 2s the sur
vlce Will sp:re. Signed. J. B. Floyd. Secretary OF
Subsequently Floyd, by 4 stranyc freak,
nfoicsscu 10 discover tllat the price for which
the arms were sold was less su;in he supposed
Wien lit accepted the bid, and said that they
should not i.e delivered for less than s. So ucr
musktt. Bc1nnap lc.Tes us to infer that The
ncW terms were accepted, and says tia. s'Scc-
19t;lrE Holt refuses to give me tue guns
as L mere lid on the part OF Belknap, and de-
cares that not u single inusket ha3 been sold
TO BClklGp 1T any price,
According 10 tile testimony Of Col Craie
telore tlie Military Conmiitve, 10, 900 muskcts
were sold IL e. B. Lamar on the iii, day nj
= IN t,%,
siipli, Oil tte 4ii OF December, aud 500 to
lie stttt 81 Louisiana Oh the 18th Of the slime
month. -lii these salt= then occurred within
Ices then Il month after the removal of Col.
SEaig and the appointment Ut Captain Mayn;-
ulci, s1't Immediately subsequent to the ap-
1r:'f;'iee Ut Gel Cra@s report, in whicl, lie
lrott sts against the sale If more small arms,
Cnl Craig states that ouly 80, 600 Of the
III, ,OD arms sold during Floyd's admiuistra-
flon Of the War Depart lncnt, were advertised
;is required by the law of 1890, and that he
protected against further sales. The consc-
Iue,1ce Was lis removal. aud the substitution
Ut Capt. Hayzadler, under whom these i'm
hcnse sales were made, to aid the c,use of
ife:son, by Il corrupt violation Of law Tie
.V,oVo saef mentioned were sold to parties and
10 STATES in open or Threatened rebellion
asss,1'lst 1hc government, and the fact WAS rs
wen known then, that they were to be used
IL it is now.
III tile evidence Of Brlknap he mentioned
George Sanders, Il well known traitor, as one
Ut hls advisors in the purchase Of tue 100, ,0oo
muskcts. Tic whole conduct of FIoy1 Leaves
not doubt th;lt he believed hc was making .
sale to parties in the interest OF the rebellion,
and 1t were ;tttctatIon to suppose that in an
llrlling the original agreement at the rate of
s.: lie was actuated by honorable or patri.
rtic motives The only rational explanation
vi his conduct in canccling tile contract,
q IN $td1c %;cr,
That b. discovered that mistake had been
made. and that his fellow eonspirators could
lot obtain possession Of the arms.
Here, then, VIC have ineont1orcrtib1c eyi-
dcIcc that, within IL month after Capt May
nadicr WIS placed ut tn. head Of the Ord:Ian:e
Department, twenty thousand stand Of arms
were sold to the rebel enemies Of tue country,
and tlat from one hundred to two hundred
ard tifly thousand stand were bargaiucd for,
cEldently with the expectation that they were
to 90 int" the same hands. Yet Capt. II.
made no protest, nor entered complaint in
;.Ey quarter, and indeed I:s hot attempted to
show that tic waE not fully conscious of tho
reasonable object Of the sales to which he
was prfyy.
1t is remarkable that tic late Secretary Of
War lCamcronl, ly lllc advice Of tho Aujn-
ta'lt-Ge'elal {Tiomas}, dismissed these grave
Of Investigation.
Mr. Watt formerly occupied the position OF
public gardener at the Presidents House,
N1dCT Mr. Bucialla1l but Il few months since
was appointed lst Lieutenant in the United
States army.
Lcwie C'vIl,ane, l:,sunastcr Of the city of
Washington, tcstles that Johu Watt, gar
dencr At the Presidents House, has tile rep
utation ,f bcins in league with the secession
lists; his associations are such rs to lead any
one to SO regard him.
John Plant, an employee ut the Capitol, tes-
tltics that 1.-The associations Of John Watt,
gardener ut the Presidents House, arc with
known seccssionists, and very Intimately SOL
h u, Gray Of Philadelphia testiti.s that on
the Sunday week following the battle Of Bull
Run, he met John Watt, gardener ut the
Presidents House, at the st. Lawrence Hotel
in Philadelphia. Heard Watt say s'tAat The
:S,n'ht," C"nJ';'eracy 'nast be acknowledged.
the South" He also said "thnt the officers
Of the Federal army were OF no account; aud
spoke highly OF the Southern officers, aud
said thai Jeg Daeis aeus the b%t and
b1a'ra anan IN d,herica'' In the
course Of further conversation, Watt said
'sthat Tie E.17a1 army ,cas coa,lD,xd Of rubbish,
AID fh'tt tic soldiers ns.r coma71tS.f"
Franklin Smith Of Philadelphia tcstitics to
being present at the st. Lawrence Hotel, Phil
adelplla. when the conversation took place al
ludcd to s'y the former witness. He corrobo
rates tho above statement, and dadds that Watt,
"sl that occasion, "abused the Federal army,
sasln: that it WAS composed Of rubbish, and
tllat they We're cowards:" The witness fur
ther states that Watt and his companions, on
the occasion alluded to, "werc much ellted ut
the result Of the battle OF Bull Run, and were
very free in expressing their fcclings.n
Tie Committee can only add an expression
Of surprise that in thc Ea.t Of such testimony,
man clearly disloyal, instead Of. being i'll
stantly removed, Should have been elevated to
L higher and more responsible position.
ROBERT p. DODGE, rAfNAsTEn, AND JOHN ".
M'ccB8, HIS CLERK.
Jar1cs ". Dublc, 4 clerk in the N1ry De-
H@rtncnt, swtars that during the List Presidrn-
tEl c1lnlaig1l, and subsequent to the election
vi Mr. Lincoln, l.t had frcyuen: occasion TO
20 TO thy counting room Of Boycc, Thomas i:
General Of the arlns:} *'Robcrt P. Dodge"
says tile witness, ''scveral times engaged
me in conversation on the subject vi politics.
After endtasoring to convince me
that the Republicans were wrong and the
South was right, and referring to lis Bible to
prove lis position, he remarked in a manner
Which surprised me, that *-lir- Lincoln coxld
mxf b. snrrgupafe7.' And when asked kim
why: Ae replied, '$toae one miU Kill him. Re-
marking tlllt hc ought not to utter such sen
timcnts, lest he might tempt less Intelligent
and conscientious persons to attempt O fulfil
mcnt or his prediction, / left his place Of busi-
ness. This was after Mr.. Lincoln had been
clcctcd.''
Another witness, Nm. H. Craig, swcars
that lie knows Robert z. Dodge, raynaster,
and that the feelings and sy1npathie5 Of his
family are with the Southern seccssionists."
A third witness, T. j. Lugcnbcel, sHcars
that Mr.. Dodge "is generally regarded in the
city OF Georgetown (his place Of residenee) us
i scccs-ionist.''
John ": McCobb is, or was, appointed pay
masters clerk to Mr. Dodge The frst Wit
ness i'll his case, Stephen Il. Sherman, swears
81 am well acquainted with John n. McCobb
who is clerk to Robert P. Dodge, paymaster
in the army. j know from repeated
conversations with McCobb that he is ! rabid
seccssionist-the uivst titter 1eter heard talk I
know him we'll"
Nn,. a Craig swears: at know McCobb,
el clerk for Dodge; pasmaster: BE is seces-
7. J. Lugenbee1 swcars that tsMcCobb,
clerk to Dodge, paymaster, is secessioni5t.
Ihdre heard him say so-'
4 witness sTcars also that Boycc, the part
ncr Of Dodge Il Thomas, is violent seccs-
siorist: and, iu word, there seems to Aaye
been but ono feeling among the parties-that
Of deep sympathy with the rebel enemies Of
the country.
lloyd HARRISON, SECOND LIEUTENANT IN
s11EE,IAS's NArTERf.
VIM, Il. Craig, already quoted more than
once, sWtars that HLloyd Harrison WAS also
appointed Lieutenant under the patronage Of
Adjutant General Thomas. lie s@eat 70 dL1-
ant{Ttd aud enlisted in Staff,s company or re-
a United States commission, notwithstanding
he had enlisted in tile secession army. He
was appointed Lieutenant through the iuflu-
encc Uf Gen. Thomas; says now tuat he was