Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-17
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Investigation of the Marine Corps
Frauds.
COwan's Reply to Welsh.
Relations Between Grant and
BristOW.
COwan's Reply to Welsh.
Irregularities in the POstOfice.
swindIinr In the Marine Co-,s.

Irregularities in the POstOfice.
SWindIing In the Marine corps.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The Chronicle |
publishes long article to-day on the Ma |
/ rne Corps, the details of which are prinei- |
pally chalges Of swinding marines by Of |
! tcers OF the corps and charges against /
] Quartermaster Slack for serious abuses In /
the matter Of purchasing clothing, etc., /
with other charges against the entire corps,
so far as officers are concerned. Inquiry at /
| the Fourth Auditors Office sustains the
charges Of fraud upon the Government
against the entire corps in the purchase of
clothing.
fhe officers at the Treasury also say that
Maj. Slack is entirely innocent Of any COM
! plicity, and the ofiense lies between con-
tractors and parties who, in their official
! and clerical capacity, are intrusted with the
4 inspection Of clothing sent for the purpose
| by contractors. The Solicitor of the Treas
| ury has begun suit in New York against
! the bondsnen Of contractors one Of whom
recently died, and the other was missed
/ from Providence. Evidences of frauds in
the purchase Of clothing are clear, but there
are no charges made by the Government
against Of the corps charged with inspection
duties.
The EceniRg Star says: By some means
Barnum & Bro, who manufactured the
| clothing in New York, ascertained that the
amount Of bills they made out in blank
were not filled up by Capt. Maddox, 1.-The
inspection officer in Philadelphia, and some
time ago resolved on a bold move. They
made bill out which would cover S23. 900,
for clothing which they had not manufac-
tured. 1t was sent TO Capt. Maddox, at
Philadelphia, who approved it. 1t is said
his approval was secured through collision
Of one of his clerks. At all events, he gave
certificate, also approved it, and sent it |
on to Washington to Gen. Seelin, who ,
likewise approved it, and Maj. Slack paid
the bill.
COwan's Reply TO Welsh.
Gen. COwan, Assistant Secretary Of the
Interior, has IeOlied TO WEIGHS open letter
TO the President, denying q number of his
allegations. In reference to the charge {
that Secretary DelanO published a state l
ment in his annual report for 1872 that S
stock Of the Union Pacific railroad had I
been subscribed to the amount Of one hun {
dred millions Of dollars, Gen. COWan says, S
the railroad reports as made by the Secre- S
taTy, are merely compilation of reports {
Vi GLlC pE-llGuLo VI cChElaA lduu EItllb |
roads, made to him under oath, according
10 law, and in the above case the Secretary ,
used the identical language as that used by Z
the President Of the Northern Pacific road !
under oath in a report to the department.
Gen. Cowan closes his statement by cor
recting an error, that SIR. Welch was
driven from the Board of Indian Commits J
SiOuers by Secretary DelanO, when the fact
is that Welsh resigned in May, 1869, dur
ing the term Of Secretary Cox, and has
never since been connected with the Board.
Mr.. DelanO was appointed Secretary in !
October, 1870, about eighteen months after q
WelCh's resignation.
Grant and BristOw.
Certain statements having reached the 7
public that the President of the United ,
States and Secretary Of the Treasury are
not in full accord in their efforts to bring
70 justice all who have been engaged in vi |
OlatiOn Of the internal revenue law in rela- u
ton 10 the tax on distilled spirits, the I
President, in a communication referring :
thereto and forwarded by him to the Secre- Il
tary, has made the following autograph en-
dOrsement: "RefeTred to the Secretary of d
the Treasury This was intended as
a private letter for my in
formation, and contains many extracts
from st. Louis papers, not deemed neces-
saTy to forward. They are Obtainable and II
have no doubt been all read by the Federal
officials in St. Louis. l forward this for
information and to the end that If it throws d
any light upOn new parties to summons as | o.
they may be brought out. Let o.
no guilty man escape if L can be avoided. | "
Be specially vigilant, or instruct those en- al
gagged in the prosecution to be, against all
WHO insinUate that they have high influence
o protect tkem. No personal cOnSidera- | IA
ion should stand in the way Of performing "
public duty. L. s. GRANT. Y,
July IA, 1875. ST
/ Radical Organ Suing the District
Commissioners
W. J. Murtagh, editor and proprietor of Of
he National Republican, brought suit d
.gainst the District Commissioners to-day, p
o recover 81, 900, the amount claimed by el
lin as remaining due for advertising of II
ak sales last June, so, 900 having already ID
,een paid by the Commissioners on that b
81
A telegram was received at the Navy | v
Department this morning from Rear Ad- i
niral Reynolds, now en- route to command n
he Asiatic Station, dated Suez, Aug. 10, 81
that the Tennessee, his flag W
hip, passed through the Suez Canal easily.
The Department also received infOrma-
ion, this morning, Of the re
Death or Commander G. VI. Morris, ST
U. S.N. b;
{ Jordan Alum Springs, Va, yesterday. sc
Commander Morris was in command OF oV
he Cumberland when she was sunk by the
lerrimaC in Hampton Roads.
POstOmce Irregularities.
SPECIAL TO the Cincinnati Commercial. Id
Parker, the special agent of the PostOffice ".
)epalt ment, who detected the trick Of the III
Ostmasters near New York city in selling
lamps outside their deliveries to Increase
heir salaries, had an interview with the Sc
citing Postmaster General. The result is 81
hat a considerable number of pOstmasters m
ave been removed. 1t is quite probable ti'
hat persons holding official positions have, IN
b connection with these transactions, rem NJ
cred themselves amenable to prosecution. fe
+ so, they viii be punished. One difficulty in
D prosecuting these cases is that the stat
te is not as strong as the regulation.
New DistiIIery Regulation.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has deci- NJ
ed to permit distilleries to use distilled
-ater, to compensate for the losses by evap- he
ration in highwines. ex
The Way the Money Goes. IA
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer. re-
The Washington Daily Chronicle pub nc
shes a three column article devoted to "a
lowing up the uselessness Of the Marine ia
.Orps and the many abuses which exist in al
rat organization. The article charges the IN
rossest mismanagemeut il every branch Of IN
be organization, and actual theft in the oy
Department for the fiscal iI
ear ending June 80, 1873, to the amount i
f one hundred thousand dollars, and pro- Al
uces copies Of official statements to prove 10
he charges. The article will furnish the "
ext for a thorough investigation by the On
ext House of Representatives. e'
ST. LOUIS I Se