New-York tribune., 1872-02-29

nanoc that there were only 900 breech0adng arms
in the srseual for Issue said II referred only 20 % 1
morning from the Secretary of War statement snoMlne
that there in store, In the aggroRaT, 1VVS
briefly 20 Mr. sumner lie called attention 70 the fact that
all the so-calcd evidence introduced TO justify the pend
The oninion he had EXPRESSED at the commencement OF
the debatc that this whole proceeding hau 4. iobt In
some way serve French interests 1t was now quite sN
dent that some French agent had grievance anu ha
ISqRd TSrp Sls for his puTOs Sn
knew SO far o,RSrs mSn cGSd tSSt A this very
Marquis de Chambrun who had been euogzed mere % th
first applied to Senator known TO- ee r dfe thS resolu
tion and that having failed In that atemp e 9So
Senator who had publicly aFyG1 dGnn reSreed to see
that Senator (Sumncrl attemptto make con ~ ,ba
the Senate OF the United states IN inc 'ece VI '"0
agent 0i Taes G.rsSSi order Fraud, Defended
era orser STsSe IS in the New-York Custom house. He
read from the laws and the Custom-housc Ieguatoi 90
der storage charges The Senator from Missouri (Mr.
schurz} had talked great deal about corrnpuons
charges etc. but he had been unable to tell the sena,
what the rule was by which the charges cou,a
be fixed under tho laws and Eeg%la'hlOnss' Ions cont IT.
planed that the charges were too high, and no doubt
they had. But, an unusual thing for men 70 COM
plain that tlcy were overchargedf When nercnaht
rented store not complain that the rent was 700
hight and when he hired hack did ne not not senera my
Senator'S (Mr schurTl talk about Government corruR @
a
Ieet and Stocking, who were not Govcrnneu
officials at all accused by the merchants VINO storeu
their goods with them Of charging TOO much 1or storage
The fact was that large percentage OF the GeheraI
Order" goods shipped here directly by foregn man
ufacturers invoiced at the naked cost at the ua
ufactories aud these complaints were simply part OF IN
attempt ihy these foreign manufacturers TO reduce inc
cost OF storing their goods while they were warning
for a market which market was as often ,Iouhu
in South America or back in Europe agMh' S as
| I'm this country. The Senator (Mr. Schurz) bad
said that the merchants wished TO abandon the pres
ent system and 90 back 10 the old one DID that sen-
for know that the old system allowed the owners OF the
goods 10 store them in their warehouses, ana nat
II was broken ND Democratic administration
because was found TO make smuggling conVenentf IN
conclusions Mr.. Harlan argued against the passage OF
| the pending resolution. - , -, x,, ., ,
| won peculiar distinction. All the other Senators on
that side tho question who had spoken OF the Gen
eraI Order" abuses in NewYork had contented them'
with trying shift the responsibility Tor tnen
] hut he had undertaken to defend them.
| Mr.. SCHUZ then remarked that the statement
| obtained by Mr. Harlan from the Secretary OF war tO
dav cOntradictcd the report Of the Chief OF Ordnance
and said Now II may be all so but when we produce
then on the spur OF the moment find another report
! brought in here stating another thing, IL u
| evident, / think that the ways OF the War De
| parment are mysterious and past hndng out
| And, therefore, l offer amendment, directing
the Committee 10 inquire also whether breechoadinL
muskets or other mskes capable Of being Transformed
into breecOaders have been sold by the War Depart
ment such large numbers seriously 10 anect the de
| fensivc capacity OF the country I'm case OF war;
| Mr. CARPENTER Q,ep., WIS., obtained the moor Ou
welded for a motion TO adjourn, and AT 43O, WltDOu
| further action, the Senate adjourned.