New-York tribune., 1872-07-15
TIJE REFORM CAMPAIGN,
WASHINGTON POLITICAL GOSSIP.

lsrvr>1y-FIyE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR REBEL
ARCHIVES TO AID IN THE CAMPAIGN-CAbi. 81.
NET MEETING TO-DAY-STUMPING TOWNS BY
CABINET OFFICERS-PROsPECIs IN MiOhlSAN'
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TnBUARl
WASHINGTON, July 14-It is said that the
Treasury Department yesterday, paid 70 Col John J.
Pickett formerly of the Confederate Army. $4,000 ior
data for the Rebel archives which he held In his pos
session rs attorney for certain parties in Canada ~ Is
also further stated that tins large sum was pau ~
the sue.al order OF Secretary Boutwell, Wno' III
conjunction with other members of the AollHs''"
of the opinion That beside the primary oojeco
,neth Treasury from the claims OF bogus Southern mon
men they can also be used for political enec' III ~
sonfh daring the pending campaign, and IN the inter-
eft Of Gen Grant These archives or department eS
have a aomewhat singular history. Wheh the inihtaIS
operations in front of Richmond assumed that threat
,rug character which finally ended IN tine eVacuauoh
f the CITY these archives were sent to North Carohha
t-fa eepiug There they fell into the hands OF some
usbe persons who amid hcOnsternaton attend
ING the downfall OF the COnfederaey escaped with them
70 Canada where they have been Kept ana used ior
various speculative purposes untu the present ute'
Whatever these papers may contain relative TO greeley
peace negotiation and which have not yet been puo
sAed viii now be doled ont through the various Grant
,rrns Of the country. and whatever effect they may
aiso have iutimdatlng prominent men IN the Sou'h
viii also be fully tried.
II IS announced by the friends Of the President with
great circumstance and parade that he viii arrive mere
tomorrow for purpose of attending TO the business
Of the Government meeting Of the Cabinet VIII be
held on Tuesday at which viii be present the Attorney
General the Secretary OF War; tho Secretary OF the ln
ter,r and such other members may happen to be in
the city al that time The President will be accompa-
med from Long Branch by Senator Wilson, who will CON
suit with the members of the Radical committees
and then start on his trip South. He speaks
III Richmond on the nth, and goes thence To
North Carolina, where he will make three
speeches Returning he will proceed westward, speaking
at Wheeling W. Va. He will make several speeches III
Indiana and return East in time to take part IN
the PENNSYLVANIA campaign Secretary Boutwell, goes
60 North Carolina Tomorrow and Secretary Delano VIII
follow soon after.
The Administration Committee, with the aid Of the De
partment clerks detailed daily 10 work in the CAPITOL
but never appearing their desks in the Departments
are flooding North Carolina with documents and all the
Government officers in Washington having any facility
as speakers will probably visit the State before the eeo
zion.
j. P. Thompson President Of the Pathological Society,"
writes the Secretary OF the Greeley and Brown Execu
Committee here and says that al sides are proea-
bly, convinced that Michigan ndoTses the action OF
the Baltimore Convention. Mr.. Thompson states that
the additions the ranks under Greeley and Brown
very cheering especially in Gov Blairs district. The
Liberal Reform movement is also gaining recruits every
day in his district, Grand River Valley.