The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-10
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Buell. Court OF Inquiry Theft-'
The Presidency.
WHO STOLE TIE BUELL. COURT OF INQUIRY
RECORDS.

Inc tfeSluenCys
WHO STOLE THE BUELL. COURT OF tSQulRN
RECORDS.
(TcsRram to the Cincinnati Commercially
WASHINGTON, May S.-There has beer
no important testimony since Friday lasI
in reference to the missing records OF the
War Department.~ There are some i'm
portant points In the previous testimony,
however, that have not been fully stated
which are worthy of attention. One l.
that the Buell. record was discovered to be
missing shortly after General Badeau was
authorized to rummage at will among the
papers IN the War Department and carry
OH to the White House anything and eve
rything be might see fit to lay hands
upon, leaving no record of the papers he
took. Another important fact is that
there Is every reason to suppose that the
Buell. record, when taken from the box In
the Bureau Of Military Justice, and sent
over 10 the War Department building,
was deposited in the file room ol the De.
partment and never returned, from the
TACT that no one recOllects that It was rO.
turned, and from the strongest and almost
conclusive evidence that II was in that
room that the few papers that were found
Of the record were discovered. The file
room II appears was in charge ol Colonel
Leet, OF recent general order nOtOricty,
and It was from this room that Badeau
carried of iour or five chests full OF dOCu.
ments TO examine in the White House at
bis leisure while writing his biography Of
General Grant. None Of the papers he
took from the room appear TO have been
returned. No trace Of them can be found.
Fortunately a record remains Of such pa.
pers as were letters, 50 that It is known
who wrote the letters, 10 whom they were
written, and the subjects; but there was
no record kept, it appears. Of the proceed
iDgs Of Military Courts Of Inquiry like that
which investigated General Buel's cam.
psIgns
0fletters alone, Badeau took over six
hundred, all OF them of great importance,
And many Of them indispensable TO q full
knowledge Of the great military move.
ments Of the war. The most singular
part Of the affair is that when the Adju.
tant General requested Of Badcau the pa.
pers he had taken, he replied that he had
already returned them, when he had not.
Ii is impossible to see how he could have
been mistaken, and suppose he had sent
them back when such was not the case.
Five or six boxes Of papers, each box as
large rs COnmOu.sized trunk, could
have disappeared without some persons
knowledge B4deau could not have car
ried them over to London with his private
baggage. while, supposing he had safely
returned them TO the War Department.
What became oil them is mystery which
finds no satisfactory explanation.
The Military Committee in conducting
tue investigation continues to sit with
closed doors, for the purpose of keeping
from the public the information ELECTED.
This course, it Is said, is taken ut the in.
stances Of the Chairman, Gen. Coburn,
who appears to think that the interests OF
the Administration are best suhserved in
this way.
QUERY-Did an anxiety to keep SO.
cret the points elected by the Committee,
have anything to do with the pcrcmptory
aud arbitrary removal of Mr.. Smalley,
theclerk!-[ EDS.
THE PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL OF GRANT.
This marked dissatisfaction of work.
cr in this movement with the result
attained has given much impetus today
to the idea oi making another nomination
at Philadelphia than Grant. This idea
has been gravely considered within
tWenty.tour hours among politicians who
amonth ago would simply have secuted
It. The Chairmen Of the State Central
Committees throughout the Western
States have given decided opinions in
iaVOr oil this course, and the matter has
already assumed such shape 8 to make it
an element Of the true situation which
cannot be ignored.
THE DEMoCRATIC SPLIT.
There Is bitter division beginning to
manifest itself among the Democrats, upon
the policy to be pursued. The southern
branch Of the party is asserting itself for
Greeley in a way most dispIeasing to
many here, and northern Democrats are
IoIa hourly by men starting for the south,
mat the south has followed the bluEder.
ing lead OF the northern wing Of the party
too long already. The feeling on the
SUBJECT Is so strong that several Demo.
ctsts aresaying that the signs are that
While working to help split ihc Rcpubli.
can party, they have GfTectuslly split their
own. To-day dispatches have been re-.
celVed here from Hendricks aud pendle.
ION, both taking strong grounds against
accepting Greeley.
PROPOSED REMOVAL or FESToN AND
TRuMDULL FROM CuAIRMANsIIIps
The conference OF Senators Yesterday
regarding which much was telegraphsd
In various directions, had special refer.
ence to the question Of removing Trum
bull from the Guardianship Of the Judi,
ciary Committee and Fenton from til,
Contingent Expenses Committee. Ed
wards was suggested for Trumbull'
place and Window for that Of Fenton
Zach Chandler Is active in this matter
TWAS finally agreed tha! the subjec
should be postponed till after the Phils
delphia Convention.