New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-03

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AGAINST GOV. LIND
SAY OF KENTUCKY-THE RECENT WAR DE-
PARTMENT DECISION.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNBl
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Aug q 1871.
Nothing additional has occurred since yesterday III
the Boutwell, Pleasonon trouble, but Is known thae
Gen. Pleasonton will certainly vaeate his office In DAY
or two. A change would have been made some time
ago. but for the fact that the Commissioner requested
short delay for Of his II is known that the
President decided long ago to mako change In tne
Office and that he yesterday distinctly asked for Gen.
resignation The latter however, has ire
quenty asserted that he would not resign but since the
President has determined upon change 1t Is thought
that he will reconsider his decision, II he has not already
done So At any rate he is to be displaced without fur
Their delay Secretary Boutwell, stated to-day that Gen.
Peasonton would retire in day ortwo and that Deputy
Commissioner Douglass would succeed him, but whether
as Com missioner or Acting Commissioner he did not
state The friends of Mr.. Douglass, who include the
most extended Congress influence united sim
gle candidate, firm in the belief that he will DO ut
once appointed Commissioner upon Gen. Pleasonton's
retirement. 1t thought that the change would be
announced to-day but Secretary Boutwell, said that no
announcement could be authorized
Considerable interest was created here to-day in DEM
ocratc circles In consequence Of the alleged implication
OF Gov Lindsay OF Alabama In certain charges Of official
corruption, which have recently come TO light through
the arrest Of Mr.. Mckay in New-York 1t is charged
bama and Chattanooga Railroad, to believe that he
could through his influence with Gov Lindsay, prevent
the seizure Of that road by the State authorities OF Ala
bama which contemplated because OF the failure to
pay the interest the State railroad bonds Mckay,
is said bargained with Stanton to this end, receiving
5000 in cash. 10000 in second mortgage bonds 100
shares Of stock, and SIS in good negotiable paper all
OF which to be paid to Gov Lindsay to secure his
favorable action. Subsequently, the road was taken
possession of by Gov Lindsay which led to the arrest of
Mckay, and the subsequent Developments Mckay, 10
is understood asserts that the contract made with
D. N Stanton by Gov Lindsay's assent but the friends
of the latter gentleman discred the entire affair Gov.
Lindsay expected here daily and investigation, 1t
is expected will show how railroad corporations attempt
TO buy up and subsdize officials in their interests.
In the Union Army during the war was large
class Of volunteer soldiers who commissioned by
the Governors of their respective States as regmental
officers assigned duty SUCH and incurred the dan
gers and bore the responsibility OF their nominal po-
stons but who were refused mustern and consequent
pay because the company to which each assigned
had fallen below the minimum number prescribed by the
War Department. In order to such and similar
cases. Congress passed. July &c. 1866 the following reso
luton:
"BeH resolred, de-, That in every case in which
commissioned officer but by Of being killed In
Re- aHd R s oS eR Sa d sE o bis
was not mustered within period Of not less than 80
full pay and emouments of his rank from the date on
which such officer actually entered on such duty as
with this resolution al pay actually received by sueh
officer for such period"
Soldiers Of the class mentioned under authority OF
this resolution applied to the proper officers of the
Treasury Department for their pay but 1t was withheld
because the AttorneyGeneral decided that the joint
resolution applies only to officers who might have been
mustered in under existing law and regulations but
that these claimants could not have been, and therefore
were not tho Of the resolution, prevented from
being, by a cause beyond their control. Ono OF the
claimants Anthony j. Henry who was commissioned by
the Governor OF Ohio second lieutenant In the Second
Ohio Volunteer Infantry he then being the first sergeant
of Company ID In that regiment, sued for his pay
Cs1 1s III In the T. g. Court of Claims Henry reported
for duty to commanding officer of the regiment, and
was by him assigned second lieutenant in Company
d. He served as such until the musterout OF the regi
ment and during that time recogni zed as commits
stoned officer part Of the time he was the only COM
missioned officer with the company, and commanded u
more than once IN battle. When he presented himself
for musterin the mastering officer refused the muster
because Company d had become reduced below the
minimum. The claimant never was mustered In as
lieutenant, and never paid. The Court OF Claims,
after hearing ON able argument by the Assistant
District Attorney AGAINST this claim has decided
that 1t must be paid, Judge Mott, who delivered
the opinion remarkng hat the Court remembered that
this suit affects not the claimant alone but class Of
VI
their country DESIRES should receive the full OF
legal Justice to which they may be entitled. For them
no appeal lies to the Supreme Court for the defendants
1t does II this suit be decided adve rsey to the claimant
by this Court, the decision viii be final against all Of
these soldiers They who rose from the ranks
by hard lighting and good conduct ear ming their COM
missions before they got them, and wording for them
after they came and 1t strange anomaly that
six years after the ended such should be driven
TO the fruits OF their promotion In court
without expressing opinion on the construction OF
the statutes we will aid these officers toward obtaining
the final decision Of last resort by an nme
date decision" This opinion, though rendered last
June, has not before been publicly noticed
The amount of bonds deposited by the national banks
with the United States Treasurer to circulation
was as shown by the bond register and transfer books at
the Treasurer's Office, the 3ls ult. sS6l92256o Oh
this amount bonds of the new loan and the
remainder Of previous issues
The number Of applicants for bounty for the war OF
1872 already passed. is $4,000 The Third Auditor est-
mates the whole number OF applicants at 10000 Com
missioner Van Aernam In his report to Congress- thought
they would not exceed 1900
Tn dispatch sent yesterday relative to the projected
steamship line between the United States and Belgium,
the amount Of subvention offered by the latter Govern
ment was inadvertently stated at 100000 instead Of
800 600 francs or 100000 The original proposition was
900 francs or 100000 BY tho efforts mainly Of Mr.
Keeburg Consul at Ververs this was increased to
the first amount given above.
The following patents were issued to citizens OF New
York City during the week ending the 1st inst.
pbip Flcy assignor OF one half his right Thomas
w bartholomew, machine for heading bolts Joseph
Green assignOr TO himself and George stancnh, coal
holster and conveyer Joseph Matthias, washing-ma-
chine Herman MOschOwitZ, attachment for sewingma-
ebine TOs. j. Plunket, assignor TO Victor Mauger
erpper for printing presses Justus o. Woods ripping
tool; John b. Davds mallet and Darius Dawson, gas re-
tort; AdolPh Fischer. brush for cleansing tuInberS
Henry b. Hebert, fluid meter; James McCandless. mar
ket STALL Elias p. Needham tremolo attachment for reed