Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-08
ORVILLE GRANT ACCUSED OF
BEISS: ONE OF BELENAP-S
PARTNERS.

! The Times tomorrow viii publish on
! authority Of men who have been engaged
! iii frontier trading fo- the past eighteen
years some very interesting facts con-
nected with this business. 1t states that
Orville Grant. brother of the President.
has been interested with Be,knap in dis
posing OF trading posts FOR money. Or
vile Grant. shortly after the appoint
meut OF Bell nap as Secretary OF War.
visited most 81 the posts on the frontier
and caacelel al - licenses issued by
Secretary R.w.Iu D--r:ee and Peck. ~
tensive Government freighters Of nIer-
chandise on the frontier. held the prin-
cipal sutt!ershirs at the time and were
astonishei ut ;Ais unexpected change.
MI Peck Investigated the matter and
found 0.vilIe Grant had fall authority
from the Secretary Of War 10 dispose Of
ali trading posts as he though: 1T. Peek
applied to Grant for authority to retain
certain posts where his i,lll had invested
large sums uf money IL buildings and
goods. AM lie would agree 70 !; only ol
terms Of % mach cash down and a GER
tain share Of tie I-Ct.:s-pTartIcaily the
sane arrange men. that existed between
Marsh and Eyans i CO. 1t Fort sill.
Peek refused t. comply with these terms
and others received the appointments.
At FOgt Peck and Fort Buford i, c.
Leighton was a1pOIrtei's-It!rr upon the
terms proposed by OrvIlie Grant. The
bonus required was So large that he los:
money and subsequently offered To sell
TO Darfee AMI Peck. and the latter agreed
to lay, but Leighton had first 10 obtain
permission To sell from Grant. The
amount cfzred was refused. ana Grant
made easier terms with Leighton. The
T Or, Sally trad rsAip was taken from
Ddrtee and Peek and given T. John I.
A,hey. AtLey paid all til money h.
had 20 e. the post and waS ,i!i,esi 20
make terms wI5u DC!.ee anu PEEK 20 run
il. : be latter firm leased from him and
carried on tine bus ness for a year. when
the profits @ccrGIng 10 .itheE enabled
him 20 run the business himself. Dur
Zee and P,ck had tie leadership a. Fort
S!l, but i was given 10 Evans i CO. I
DCrirs arl Peek attempted to carry On
business IN opposition 10 Evaus az Co, !
tES tie officers ut tn pest were forbid .
len - give soldiers 1I1=Ts 81 any firm
.at Eraus \ Co az. they were forced !
to abandon tine post. Orvilie Grant went |
50 far in his opposition 70 Dultee ana /
Peek that lie forbade those 20 whom he .
gave tie appointments TO purchase goods /
y buildings belonging 70 that irm. .
rant also had an arrangement With the /
Interior Department by which he COZ !
rolled many Il the Indian trading posts. /
These lie disposed Of IL the sam man !
Tel as s-.;.egsLips-tO the highest U.l.:--. /
Grant was IL the habit If visiting tie (
military posts and Indian trading sta /.
ions every year - collect u9Eev due - f.
I'M a2d his partner. Ee.kEaT, aud for .
Lis purpose LIE had Authority from : 9
=taTy Belknap 10 draw upon any mill /
aEv posts for arIuUlanc=S, teams and
ach AID as lie might require. His al .
LoEIty was generally recognized and lie
vas greatly :egred by a.. along the fc1E-
.sr. The authority foE these statements
: Dr. Terry, for many years pas. active
' connected with the Erm o: Dur:ee and .
'eck and who has spent much Of his life
II the frontier. He says the Cofg-es-
i0ngl committee Will open up \ Iich
aai II they vi! investigate atl.cs 1t
'ort BEt0ri.
This charge comes surrounded IL
lany circumstance which seems 20
i've It an appearance OF credibiity.
.eigLton has been the post sutler at Bu-
ord fox some years. We know that. II
GEMS hardly probable that any such e1-
licit charges as the foregoing would be
Jade against the Presidents brother
Mess there were some foundations f0r
hem. Still, he may have visited the
os;s with authority /, inspect and give
rders to the suffers and not have been
lvolved il any Of BelkEap's rascalities.
here should be no delay in investigat- ,
IL these charges, no matter whittier
ley lead. 1t is not impossible that the
resident brother IS Just such cozen-
g knave as he is represented to be. s
till lie is not to be convicted unheard.
e will insis. upon being heard, without
slay, if he is clean and honest. II he {
the bad man this statement tells him
be. the sooner he is indicted the bet
T. OF Belknap's guilt there seems to Y
no doubt. A man who is capable of |
the Office of Secretary of
ar to such base uses as he has befouled .
with, might we'll have the cunning 70
axe the Presidents brother screen to
ield his knaveries from the Presidents /
es. We cannot believe President &
ran. impure or willing to condone dis '
nesty in other men. We believe him C
Nv to lose faith in those whom he has d