New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-03
WASHINGTON

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CINCINNATI AS
sENTEEs--THE SEARCH FOR THE BUELL.
RECORDS BEGUN-THE CHINA MAIL sUBsiDI'
lDY TELEGRAPH TO TIKI TRIBUsRl
WASHINGTON, Thursday, May 2, 1s72
The Senate spent two hours Executive session 70
day. In acrimonious debate the Arkansas nofnr
natons Clayton took advantage Of the fact thata num-
Der OF Administration Senators absent at Gin
cinnat to call up these nominations, which have rested
quietly upon the table for nearly three months Many
of the Senators thought scarcely proper TO take action
them at the present time in consideration OF the
fact that that Committee has been taking testimony
alb out aytons election In which these newly apponted
officials mixed up IN manner not altogether cred
table. The Committee expects TO make report IN
about week, and II would, II u urged, oosi.
ously be In much better taste Tor clayton 70 wall
promised rewards for his parsans. The nominations
which pending those OF Postmaster u District
were removed at Ciaytons instance, for taking part
sganst him. and as the Clayton faction In Arkansas ~
fully Identified with the interests OF the ADMINISTRATION,
the President esroused the new Senator's quarres ana
caused the removals to be made on the iaters recon-
both the old officials and the new appontees, and tho
they have been selected. There was no fnai seton
taken upon the nominations and 1t Is scarcely probable
they will be confirmed this session.
The House Military Committee began its search, to-
day. for the lost record Of the Buell. Court Of Inquiry
The Secretary War; the judge Acknowledgement. the
AdutaDtGenera and several clerks In the War Depart
ment were examined but light appears 70 have been
thrown upon the whereabouts Of the record which has
so mysterIously disappeared. The Committee sat with
closed DOORS and declined make the testimony public
Some Of the members, however, stated thar, in their
opinion the sessions should be open, were those OF
the French Arms Committee the Customhousc Commit
tee, the Special Committee which investigated the
justice to the Secretary OF War required that
there should be no aPpeasance "a ssSgeeg
the War Department, was about TO be taken From all
that can be gathered 1t is understood that no Important
facts that are not already known to me public were &c
veloped by the examination to-day appears from the
so voumnous that u filed small trunk, which
was sent OF brought IRON the west by Col.
c DSna fat Was Th Tst deposited "a the Judge
Generals Office and was sent from there to the Adntan
This 1863 Whether it was ever returned again to
its original appears 70 be la'yyea !. NY
that the old trunk which contained the records, was
found in the Judge ADVOCATE, otiee enare
the office OF the Secretary Of War or01sh, to
communications from Gen. Buell. reviewing the same
which were found by themselves In pgeon-hole but
companied these papers was discovered. Since then
the secretarys office and the offices Of the Adutantten
The clerks and have been questioned but all
to no purpose IL but just to seSre,ss Ssnnsp q
ods have been stolen before he took charge OF the
War Office.
After an unimporant morning notr Dusiness IN tne
Senate to-day, the POstOice Appropriation bill was
taken up and the amendment increasing the compensa
ton for ocean mail service between San Francisco,
China and Japan to 81 100000 annually was discussed
about an nour and half The debate nearly all on
one SIDE and the main repetition OF arguments
used in the House when the same amendment was con
sidered there There strong indications that tho
Senate will agree to the amendment, when Its fate viii
remain to be determined by conference committee.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs had an I'm
usual run of good luck yesterday and to-day. They
passed in their morning hours % bills, not losing
single one or having single amendment forced upon
Them This is all the more remarkable from the fact
that the questions which come before this Committee
have always heretofore occasioned great deal
of contention In the House. Among the
bills which the Committee put through to-day
was a very important one authorizing the Secretary OF
the Interior 10 open negotiations with the various In
dian tribes, with view OF inducing them 70 receive
their annuites entirely in money instead OF In clothing
agricultural implements. Seeds &C., as at present TX
this is done, there be repetition OF the frauds
which always characterized TO greater or less de-
gree the dealings of the Government with the Indians
the tribes shall be valid until ratified by Congress
IL institutes, in this way, O method OF conducting
negotiations with the various tribes which 10 take the
place OF the old treaty system.
For the first time this session, Speaker Blaine asked
leave of absence from the House to-day. He will be-
AWAY until Monday. BY unanimous consent Of the
House, lie appointed Mr. Dawes Speaker pro tenn, 10
occupy the char tomorrow and saturday.