, 1862-01-11

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from our orn correapondenk1 III ~.
r g.. TAsH1saros, IN: I, da61
THIS Is surely a city Of sensatin ester
day ne were all eonYu1sed by AstoIy that Ad-
jutant General Thou,as was r1ndef efssar1eat for
having, as: was alleged, ,eorasauni-
Gated Important information TO-: The: enemy.
There was q marvellous inclination on all |
hands to believe the report, and when 1t had I
been authoritatively contradicted, rumor cen
tered npon daughter Of the Adintant General
as the guilty party, and the one under arrest,
and finally upon q son, Who has recently been |
made an officer In the regular artillery. Plenty
Of persons can be found to affirm: tt1bat the |
daughter wore secession emh1elns IN the street I
a1ter The battle d Bn1l Hun, and t1a% the son !
was hardly more discreet IN asoxhig his Bym-
:pathles :Nifh the rebel cause-an Of which Is
passing strange- The sta@s says that tie story
Of the arrest was put a1oat by Geu.tF Fremont,
who has recently arrived here, which Is just t
ridiculous md improbable enough I'd Convince
many persons that there Is some a.under Ill
the smoke, The moral to be drawn from this
canard, or series Of fcanards; is that the people
OF Washington, both resident aud transient,
are ready to belleFe almost any implying
dlsleya1ty in high places. So maBY we'll laid
schemes have been known at MANASSAS twenty
four hours after being matuFed, nDtWithstsnd-
ing the precautions taken to- confne the 4
bic circles here, that the public lend q willing
ear TO any statement imputing treason to our
own officers. = -
: Congress recommended its session yester-
day with an exciting debate (in the House) on
the negro question. The Immediate topic
nnder consideration was Mr. Conktingss reso-
luton concerning the battle Of Balls Bluff,
but the drift towards the slavery Issue was
Irresistible, and It Weuld have been 81 the
same If the matter before the House had been
Pacific railroad, or the Smithsonian Institute.
Mr.. LoEeJoy doubled up all his: assaila11ts
handsomely, and drpre old Mr. Wieklife, Of
Kentucky, upon the ropes IN an awkward
manner. The refusal Of the latter to say
whether he would rather see the Union or
slavery destroyed, If one or the other must be
sacrificed, leaves no doubt that his true place
is in the rebel conelaTe at Richmond. II il \
matter tor .sineere regret that Gov: RRlck11tFe
has made thls display of his a.sizasts. Eeis
compeeIs Of Clay, jackson, Benton and Web
ster. He comes into the House every day on
crutches, and personally he merits; as be re-
ceiyes, the sympathy and good VIII Of every
probably the most grabbed ro-s1ayery man IN
Congress, after ValIaudigham and Carlile, and
hence, next to them, the nearest appzoach to
o secessionfst. According to the plaan import
of his language he is only 1oEd SO fur as it
The pamphlet issued by Col. Craig's son,
| embodylng charges against Gen. Ripley and
| Iieut-Col Maynadier, and by Implication
against Secretary Cameron, is receiving agood
| deal Of attenton-not so much on account Of
its specific charges against Ripley az that it
aEakens suspicion concerning the motives
which caused the removal Of Craig, and the
! promotion Of Ripley to the head of the Ord
nance Bureau Both Ripley and MAynadier
| were great faEorites Of the robber and traitor
Floyd There is not, much doubt that
| Maynadier conniyed at and assisted the
! 4ast shipments Of arms to the South
! during the Buchanan administration, and
| that he was especially guilty in ordering or
| facilitating the transfer Of guns from Fits
bp1gh to Ship Island and Galveston, long
before the fortifcations were ready to receive
them, and even before the engineer could tell
The calibrc Of guns required. The only effect
| OF such transfer would be the placing of the
guns where they would fall into the lands OF
traitors. Maynadler knew this, and it vas IN
But he did no such thing; he went about the
business Just as Floyd or any other secession.
jst would have done in his place. Fortunate.
II the citizens Of Pittsburgh interfered and
prevented the execution Of the traitordns de-
sign. The charges against Ripley do moi
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his integrity. The sum Of money inyolTed il
only 5000, and therefore, in these days o
steamer Cataline jobs, St. Louis notifications
Cummings, Morgan and McKinstry grabbings
is uot worth talking about, except as warrant
ing the inference that the officer who will taks
that sum Of money, BY fraudulent Representa-
. tione, will bear watching,
Col Craig was removed from the head 0
: the Ordnance Bureau in April last, On aecoun
Of old age, Secretary Cameron alleging tina
young, healthfu1 and vigorous flculties,
To meet this e2igency another old man wa
: | appointed to fill his place. There is only
| difference Of two years In the terms Of scrgic
: | respectively ofCo1. Craig and Gen. RIPLEY, tn
{ former having entered the army as leuten
? there is nothing to choose between them o
this score. But the pamphlet says that th
: immediate occasion Of Col. Craig's remove
: Was his refusal to pay an e2oEbitant price fo
aqantltY Of gunRoWder seized sa St GsoEgs
: appointed over him the bill was paid withou
! examination; and further, that when Co
: CEaig refused to pay it, Adjutant- Gcners
@ Th0nlas remarked to him in a threatening ton
0 that "he would find somebody who would
d However that may hare been, we knew tht
q in less than two months after Gen. Ripley We
4 made Chief OF Ordnance, 4, 500 Halls carbine
il were sold to a speculator Tor $3.50 each, au
r subsequently bought back By Gen. Fremont
e ca EACH UHQ DY AlE4AuuEI Be d
+ each. Mr.: Craig's pamphlet says Tint 1o, ,0{
: Harper's Ferry rifles were sold By the Ordnane
Bureau about the same time. It is proper
: sag that the Van Wyck Committee VITO T
% ported on the transaction in Halrs carbine
d exculpated Gen. Ripley, although auimadyer
l. ing strongly on the singular character Of tt
= whole performance. would not be unde
It stood as imputing any improper notiYc I
j. conduct to Gen. Ripley Or any one else in tt
premises, but simply to remark that peopl
r putting this and that together, are beginni1
to talk very cmphatiealfy abont the yaTiol
r. purchases and coDtracts for arms.
= Chicago, in the year 1908, didn't amount
g. | much. It nevertheless had name and CT
n tain amount Of trade st that carly period.
at gentleman connected with the Indian BnTel
~ here has found an old book which would q
. light the heart Of the Secretary Of your e
torical Society. It is :, labeled 2n t
1so8, 1909 and 1876" It il a comm
account book Of transactions Of an Indi
;,, agent OF Btorekeeper with the aborigines
'11 the period and a few white men or balf:bree
Sc .vsa dwelt thereabout. The scale of:ptie
NJ be;interesting to the Board Of Trade. a
shsskoayawbenow is charged with LOUNGES
Ise yards Of calico Ia % centg per yard $3.50 al
It, IL lbs. powder (s2 = NJ $3.50; also, l
- shot, 80 cents; 2 fints, cents; / COW be
10 81; powder horn, sl.20; 511z ounces gard
'at seeds, $40 Another customer is chsIrg
ri with 3" ! COO wampum,'' at S4490. Several
IN tiyes are credited with furs as follows: 10 +
w (muskrats probably at 20 cents each, $3.50
offers, S11.50; bear skin, $1.20; cat,
lcr cents; i 'twoolf," 40 cents; ~ lbs. If beav
:. S4.25; 1853 deer skins, 81. foxes, -
* It's. beeswax, 20 cents; 2 lbs. feathers,
los cents. Pawning WIS in fashion at that tit
he for we find that on the 9th September, Is
Of Mr. Audjecnleekon put the following liss
~ articles "up the spout for his purchas'
us $ arm bands, collar Of wampum, 2 eros
it, (the sinner!), s large brooches, 4 small dit
and one car jewel 1mproyident Andjeem
eq. kon! j.
he OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
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liability Of the NegToes-Ihe renogtI Of E
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