New-York tribune., 1867-08-13

There Is q good deal OF tctHng HclO o''o ~
bers of all parties in reference to Needs recent
assault made upon Mr.. Chase. II undefstoou 'n"'
there is combination, headed by the infamous
ThurlOw Weed, for the purpose OF destroying tlo
Chief-Justce as possible candidate for the fresi-
dency. The warming of the country for statesman
they fear Will eliminate in his nomination, ana hehoc
these assertions that he corrupty made an enormous
fortune in the Treasury Department. The trnth ls
this: Mr.. Chase was for many years the pioneer ol
the telegraph operations of the country Dy theSe
enterprises and his profession he accumulated PROD
ably from $4,000 to 100000 OF property "hiie
Governor of Ohio his capital decreased HIS eXpen-
ditures were more than his paltry salary and 1t IS
well known that his salary as Secretary did not pay
his housekeeping bills alone in this city. We all
know how open and hospitable the Gov
ernor was. His house a stopplng-place
for many wearied generals and soldiers,
and around his table there was always crowd de
is to-day poorer man than when Governor OF ONO
1t is well-known that Gov. Sprague, his son-ln-law
never received nor made dollar by any favor,
directly or indirectly, from the Secretary Ills rela-
tions with Mr. Jay Cooke were shown officially. L
happen to know that Mr.. Chase very hard and
stringent in his dealings with Mr.. Cooke, and that
that banker was more literally treated by Mr.
McCulloch and Mr.. Fessenden. Mr. Chase was
indeed so anxious on the subject OF economy that
MANY of his best friends demonstrated with him Tor
what they considered morbid economy. During
Lincoln's days he was always demonstrating about
the Army and the Navy expenses, and in his own
Department everything was kept down to the lowest
figure. If Mr.. Chase to-day is worth more than
$4,000 then his most intimate and cherished friends
are greatly deceived about his affairs.
In his eagerness to make what he thought a clear
case against certain Radicals, Attorney General Binck-
lev or the President by whose directions the Sand
ford COnover documents were prepared and gwen TO
the press has been guilty of suppressing important
papers, and the view taken in these dispatches IS
confirmed that when all the evidence comes to hight
the President will be placed in very unenvlaDle po-
stion The following factsfrOm official records have
come TO the notice of your correspondent: On Feb
ruary 2 1867, Sandford Conover or Dunham, sent a
petition to the President asking for pardon 1t COW
cred p pages of letter paper and claimed after re-
reciting the charges against him, that he was con-
yicted of perjury by prepared witnesses alone. In
medately following COnovers signature is the fol-
lowing petition to the President from the leading
Democratic members of the House OF Representa-
| tives:
MY DEAR president: I have been and still am, Of
opinion that the perjury in this case was suborned ana
gotten by another person. or by other persons ana
that Conover their tool and to save themselves
from publie odum they have been instrumental in
obtaining his convection and believe him guilty
than others or at least one other recOmmend him for
From reading the minority report OF the Judiciary
mttee with the statement Of the Hon. A. Rogers above
recommend Chas. n. Durham (Conoverl to your con
concur with Mr.; Radfqrd lS w. f. EmIAGk; > g ,Iu,v
The name of Mr. Latham is partially erased but il is
easily dscerned The above document is contained in
one of the Presidents official envelopes, indOrsed as
follows: Executive, March 10, 1867. Case of Dun
ham, Chas O., convicted of perjury. Application for
pardon recommended by the Hons. A. j. Rogers, VIM
Radford, w L. Niblack, Geo. r. Latham, and others.
Respectfully referred TO the Honorable the Attorney
General for examination and action BY order OF the
President Andrew X Long, Secretary This pc
tition and Endorsement in the AttOrney-Gen.
erals Office on file but for reasons wholly partisan
they were left out of the long document printed the
other day. These facts prove that instead of Attor-
uey- General Buckley giving all the papers IN the
case heprepared garbed report, and that the Pres
dent was an alder and abettor, for he knew the pa
pers printed above were file in the Attorney-Gen-
erals Office. and that they were not included in
Binckleys long letter Yet he gives the latter to the
public as complete document through the agency of
the Associated Press. 1t asserted by the Presi-
dents friends that when the disclosures came
before him with an Official detail of their con-
tents for him to determine what TO do with them,
! he decided after due delibeTaton neither TO
! order investigations and the collection of other
evidence rumored to exist nor on the other
hand to let them lie secretly his files, but to com
NIT them forthwith to the public and rid himself OF
the whole matter as it stands
A Mexican who has Just arrived here brings intel
ligence that the body of Macmillan has been de-
livered to the Prussian EmbassadOr to be conveyed
! TO Austria.
| Gen. Rousseau to-day had an interview with the
Russian Commissioners for the transfer OF the Rus
sian possessions to the United States. Gen. Rousseau
has received his commission and instructions as sole
Commissioner on the part of the United States to
ceive the territory. The Commissioners expect to
sail from New York on the 21st inst for San Fran
cisco, where they will take man-of-wT for their
destination, taking with them about two companies
of soldiers After transacting the functions of his
| commission Gen. Rousseau will return to Portland
| Oregon the headquarters of his Department. which
| includes the new territory. He expresses himself
much 9ratifed with his command; his adyces OF the
| climate and country leading him to regard 1t rs
very desirable both in a military and domestic point
| of view
Secretary McCulloch requested Solicitor Norton OF
the Court of Claims to appeal the celebrated cotton
cases in which the Government is interested 10 the
| extent of $3,OOOOOO to the United States Supreme
| Court. The solicitor made the application, but the
Court refused TO allow the appeal III Is very certain
that the Secretary will use every legal means and DO
all in his power, to prevent the payment OF these
claims. 1t will be recollected that the House of
Representatives requested him by resolution not to
pay them on the Judgment of the lower Courts. The
same resolution failed in the Senate.
Applications for the increase of pensions under the
acts of June and July 25 1866. receiving the
special attention of the Pension Officer and it is con-
fdently expected that those filed prior to the first
inst will be disposed of on the first of September
nrnr II will be better for claimants TO wait until