New-York tribune., 1872-05-09
WASHINGTON.
THE BUELL. RECORDs-IMPORrANT POINTS IN THE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN COSGREss -
THE SUPPLEMENTARY APPoRTIoNMEST BILL
PASSED IN THE HOUSE.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN CONGhESS
THE SUPPLEMENTARY APPoRTIoNMENT BILL
PASSED IN THE HOUSE.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNRI
WASHINGTON Wednesday, May 9, 1871
There has been no important testimony taken since
Friday last TO the missing records OF the
War Department There are some important points In
the previous testimony however that have not Deen
fully stated which are worthy OF attention One that
the Buell. record was discovered 70 be missing shortly
after Gen. Badeau authorized to rummage at VIII
among papers In the War Department and carry on
TO the White House everything he might see t TO lay
hands upon, leaving record Of the papers he tooF
Another important fact Is ha there 10 every reason 70
suppose that the Buell. record when taken from the box
In the Bureau Of Military Justice and sent over TO the
War Department building deposited in the heroom
OF the Department and returned, from the fact
that no one recollected that 1t was returned
evidence that it was IN that room tnat tne rev
papers that were found Of the record were
General Order notorety, and II was from tns
documents TO examine in the White House at leisure
while writing his biography OF Gen. Grant None OF the
and no trace Of ne can Be found
record remains Of the letters lost that IL is known
subject but there was no record kept proceed
ngs Of the military courts Of inquiry ~ IKE tnas w1cn nI
Badeau took over 600 all of them Of great Importance
some Of The great Ttary movements Of the war. The
most singular part Of the affair s fat when the Adu
had taken he replied that he had already returned
them when he had not II Is impossible to see how he
them back when the Five or six boxes
OF papers, each box as large commonsized trunk
could not have disappeared without some persons
knowledge Badeau could not have carried them over
TO London with his private m 6aggae & While SURPRISING
What became Of them which n1ds no ~ Sfs
ducting the Investigation. continues TO SIT with closed
doors for the purpose OF keeping from the public the
the Instance of the Chairman, Mr. Coburn, who appears
TO think that the interests OF the Administration are
best subserved in this way.
Mr. Kelloggs attempt TO get O vote in the Senate, this
morning. on his bill changing the time for holding the
Presidential election in Louisiana resulted IN some
what excited debate the past political history OF New
Orleans participated in by Messrs Morton, Trumbul,
Bayard and Blair IN the early part OF the discussion
Mr. Morton admitted that OF the principal
why this bin should PASS that, If the Presidential
election occurred on the day with the election for
Members Of Congress- IL would take place under the pro-
visions Of the National Election law. Mr.. TFumbuI
attacked this idea on tne gGoddnn & t1aI ~ 70 t re
Dental elections and nmated that might De the plan
~ the Administration declare martial law and TO
in,erfere In the election with the o. g. troops Mr..
Morton reored by referring the Senator TO the not
OF 1858, and asking II ne desired repetition or
such scenes as then occurred II he wanted whole
sale intimidation such was practieed at the Preden
tial election in 1885, Mr. Bayard came into the debate
with reference later occurrences in Louisiana, and
Morton Il be had forgotten the fact that no longer
ago than last Winter the United states revenue cutter
was ped by United states officials in louisiana TO break
N "A Legislature,
troops had been Iarohed nto tue CITY ~ ASSIST one lac
ton Of the Republican party against another. during
all this time Mr. Kellogg who had hoped that the Dill
would pass without opposition, was prOmenading be-
hind the desks apparently feeling very une0mfortable
nuch opposition has been developed TO this bill
that there serious doubt of lie passage AT O'Clock
was Secured and in few minutes 1t was disposed or
According arrangement, the next subject IN
taken up without opposition. Mr Sumner az once moved
strike out all after the enaesns clause ana 70 snos
Connecticut made the point Of order that b requiring
wethrds vote could not % De Se
dent after quoting many authorities, oyerruled the
s M q#SS %Rsn g aRpssss spSs. Tss Ta' Laid fd
anon the table The question then being on Mr.. sum
IN sepssag the civil Rights bill Several senators
who made speeches against IL last winter repeated
for it when last before the Senate announced
their intention 70 vote against IT, MI carpenter does
toual Mr. stewart will vote for the bill as separate
proposition but not in the form Of an amendment MI
Sawyer announced his Willingness 10 support, Ihe
amendment, he believed thatsnO amnesty Dh could De
gotten through until CIV! rights ol was passed M
Cragn announced mis- intention OF voting against ~ As
this same bill attached 70 the Amnesty oil as an
VicePresidenf and as several Senators then
for have now for various reasons, announced ther
determination TO oppose IT, there are very grave doubts
as 10 its passage Before adjournment an agreement
was made 10 commence voting on the Dill anu amend
ments at o'clock tomorrow.
Wizards Supplementary Apportionment bill was
brought before the House. to-day by MI Mercur Of the
Judiciary Committee and passed with few amendments
OF an unmportant character The bill gives an add
tional member Of Congress the States Of NewHamp
shire Vermont New-York Pennsylvania Indiana, Ten
nessee Louisiana Alabama and Florida, thus increasing
the size OF the House from 2s3 members as fixed by the
Apportionment bill which passed last Winter to 49,
The Tariff bill as amended by MI Dawes's sk1llfu par
amertary tactics Yesterday, taken up to-day and
by begun & IN ps b euy & on e
articles having been put upon TIE free hst Ihete wac
House was a takative humor, and spent nearly two
hours in rehearsing the Old arguments about "free
breakfast table" Mr.. Brooks read list CIV
lug the tariffs imposed upOn every article that
a breakfast from the that cooked
the meat and The coal that wac burned 10 10 ne KNIVES
and forks with which Il eaten. He interspersed
this with fecitOus comments or his own that re,
leved schedule from becoming tedious Inc yea ana
coffee paragraphs we wer1 nmi1ous coal the duty on
which the bill reduced from VI 70 to 80 cents per tun
The Pennsylvania, Maryland, and virginia menlDers
made a hard nght over this paragraph. Mr. dawes
among Others advocated the reduction, saying That
would affect the price OF coal IN Pennsylvanls OF
Interfere In the empiOy OF single miner or lessen
anv mine-owner's income by a single dollar. he re-
garied II question OF transportation only Inc re,
suit OF the struggle was that the oiI was anehdcd
by making the tar1f rs cents per tun This completed
the first page the bill The next item was sat- on
which Mr. Duel the Syracuse District led on the de-
hate In advocacy retaining the present duty num-
Der OF speeches made on both sides O tine question:
when Mr. Mcintyre moved TO amend by placing salt on
thr free list The lasted until the House got
hungry enough 20 dinner. Mr. Dawes tried Ii VAN
10 nave the Committee rise, limit the debate
the debate to-day that the total reductions
proposed by the bill are t4O0c0Ooo SSooo OF wnlch
are On be internal be Indicated his IN
OF offering amendments that would make further
reductions Of slO,ooO0e0.
Bills have recently been introduced IN both the House
and Senate authorizing directing the Commissioner OF
Patents TO grant a years extension to certain
foreign patents not named As the bills read, no one
--o,s their IL has been