The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-07-07
WASHINGTON NEWS.
(From E~xchanges.)
WAsHINGToN, July 2, 1853

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WAsHINGToN, July 2, 1859.
A CHANGE FOB INVESTIGATION.
1t is now several years since Con-
gress called for the publication In a
ieonnected form of the official reports
of battles, with other similar records
of the late war, and appropriated the
sum of $4,000 to defray the necessary
0u expenses of the compilation. MI
+! merous historians and military writer's
/; have since then applied for permission
Il Co make extracts and examine the re-
riaIccrds, but they have been, with &C
~ casiona1 exceptions, refused that privi-
atr4ege. Il Is therefore, a matter of
.ioYimpoFtanee to them that the records
g should be printed with further delay
well as to quiet some surmise and
gossip regarding the manner in which
're the $4,000 has been disposed, ifindeed
it has been disposed of at all.
CHARGED WITH BOUNTY FUNDS,
The Attorney of a Creek Indian
Regiment, Gen. James g. Blunt, of
Kansas, has issued a pamphlet, adres-
sed to his clients, embracing the result
of his investigation relative to alleged
frauds perpetrated against them in the
collection of their back pay and boun-
= ty. 1t appears from this pamphlet that
Judge j. w. Wright, formerly of In
diana, was the agent of the Indians,
who is charged with having swindled
them He was appointed to that posi-
|, ton by Secretary Herland, for the
purpose of settling their claims against
the Government, The Secretary, to
, protect the Indians, caused him to file
), a bond in the penal sum of n hun
aasdred thousand dollars for the faithful
Performance of his duty, his bondsmen
being his sons, d. P. Holloway, John
D. Defrees, and Thos. Ewing. The
instructions to Wright, as well as the
5sF items of the bond, required him to pay
i over to the Indians all moneys receiv-
r-e ed by him with three months or de-
r.; post the same in the Interior Depart
~ .ment, neither of which times, accord
ling to Gen. Blunt,s pamphlet, have
been done. The pamphlet further
II charges that the delay occasioned by
Wrighfs course has brought the Gov
3. eminent into discredit with the Indians
and compelled them to discount their
claims, to brokers. The matter viii
be brought ofhe attention of Con-
= 7gress, and an investigation will pro-
= badly follow. Commissioner Delano
r. left here this morning for a trip north.
nd 1t is said that he wishes to examine
personally into the revenue matters in
Ilo New York.
: THE PACIFIC RAILROAD REPORTS.
There have been so many official
reports about the Pacific Railroad that
the confusion in the country on the
subject, a. indicated by private tele-
: grams received here yesterday and to-
day, Is hardly a matter of wonder.
. Phe report of Mr.. Snow as government
director, though printed since General
: Grant became President, was made
during the reign of Mr.. johnson, and
the report of General Warren and as
! sociates, filed about six weeks ago, and
iiabstracted for the press of the 9th OF
: structions issued by Mr.. johnson.
One Of General Grants earliest acts
after he became President was to de-
itsiguate General Warren, James f.
- Wilson and Isaac-N N. Morris as com
,missioners to examine the whole line
y and make a report t~hereupon. Mr..
Morris. has just presented his con-
illusions, and, with the evident pur,
/" pose of creating a sensation, rushed
them into print. General Warren
: and Mr.. Wilson have been over the
road, and it supposed they are making
up their final report ON the complet-
ed work. None of the government
officials know when it will be receiv-
cd, though, as letters have been com
ing here to General Warren for two
or three days, is is presumed that he
will arrive beforea great while. What
conclusion these two gentlemen will
have reached is not known to any one
here. Mr.. Morris was evidently satis-
fed that they would not concur In his
sweeping censure.
THE NEW NAVY HE
Secretary Robson left for home
,ds this evening to put his private affairs
- in order, and will return next Mon
roaday. He is giving close personal at
tention to the duties of his new posi-
. ton, with the evident determination
bG.fo master them as soon as possible,
creates a favorable impression up
o all with whom he m in con-
,-ritAetc-His first order, Issued to-day, is
Bssnquite an innovation on the action OF
the department. For instance, under
; the old order of things, when officers
s : were. to be assigned to any vessel, it
saowas the practice for the medical bu-
sareau to detail surgeons, the orderance
bureau ordnance officers, the pay bu-
, reau paymasters, and the other bureaus
= other officers. The secretary con-
r ceives that ships officers will work to
~ gether more effectually and with more
Z harmony if they are all detailed by
one person, subject to the secretarys
approval, and has issued the neces-
sary orders to carry this idea into eff
? feet.
EXCITEMENT AMONG TREASURY
CLERKS.
There was a somewhat excited state
of feeling among the treasury clerks
to-day. Over six hundred dismissals
have already been made since the first
Z of April, but the clerks have strong
ErEE-o, &Aofa GOOD many more ara