Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-13
By Telegraph
Movements of Mr. Greeley
Mr.. Sumner in New
York.
Grants Record as Sec'y of
War Pro Tenn.

CoSCoRD, Aug. l2.-Horace Greeley ar
rived here this morning from Bradford and
took special car for Lancaster. Al Tilton
he made an appropriate speech from the
platform Of the car, as also at Laconia and
Plymouth.
New York, Aug. l2.-New Hampshire
adviees say that Greeley is to be rendered q
grand ovation at Lancaster to day. On
Tuesday he visits the White Mountains, and
will 60 next day to Portland, Maine.
LANCASTER, n. b, Aug. l2.-Mr. Gree
lev is the guest of Col. Henry o. Kent. In
his speech here he said
"ErriHg often do lbtess, for human wis
dom is at best short-sighted, sometims ss
harsh when il would have been wiser and
juster to have been temperate and kind,
can only say that from the time when frst
entered upon the discussion of public affairs
to this hour | have not much regarded par
ty, considering party always simply Q
means to an end"
NEW York, Aug. IA Warrington
dispatch says Senator Sumner leaves that
city to-day for New York where he will re-
main several days and then to go on to Bos-
ton. He says he has not yet made up his
campaign, but that he may deliver one or
two addresses before the election.
TERRE HAUrE, Aug. l2.-There we're two
i'm portAnt political demonstrations this eve
ming, each audience being immense. The
speakers were Carl Schurz and Gen. jobs
NJ. Harlan, of Kentucky. Each party had
a torch light procession.
| PHILADELPHIA, Aug. l2-Com modore
VIM. 4. Macomb died this morning.
Grants Record war Secretary
Ad Interim.
| Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
| NEW YORK, Aug. ll.-The Sun in the NOR
ming prints full expose, occupying nearly g
dozen columns, of Grants corrupt conduct
while acting as Secretary of War. The
pith of those detailed disclosures Is az fol-
lows: When, by arrangement with Presi-
dent johnson, Grant displaced Stanton, and
became Secretary of War dd interim, enter
ing upon the personal control of the War
Department, he at once gave peculiar at
tention TO three objects as follows: Paving
In full large sums of money, amounting IN
the aggregate to half million or more
which had been retained by MIR. Stanton on
for the Army of the Potomac, the frauds
having been detected and part of the money
restored by the immediate sgsnts of the
frAduleut contractors, In whose hands it was
Mr.. Stanton also withheld further sums
which would have been due hal the frauds
not been found out aud proved. These
sums Grant paid in foil. The second Of
Grants three objects was the transfer 10 a
ring of spectators in California of sract
Of land known as the Military Reservation
No. :, commanding Mare Island Navy
Yard. This property whose possession was
essential to the military safety of the navy
yard, was worth S75,000,000. Nh Stanton
had sternly repelled and resisted every
overture looking to it's transfer, but Grant
after he became Secretary of War dd inter
iBt, promptly surrendered it, the Govern
ment receiving between SO, 900 and $1,000
only. The third object to which Genera
Grant especially devoted himself when be
became Secretary of War ad Interim was
the protection of his old associate and
crony, Paymastsr General Brice, in carry.
ing through and concealing the payment o.
large amounts Of public money upon forged
bounty claims. These forged claims had
been got up by claim agent in Washing
ton, named Lowenthal, who presented them
TO Brice, from whom be had received vari
Gus payments, and one of which had beer
proved 8 forgery before q committee of the
House of Representatives., to the amount o
about $47, 1000.