The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1859, Page 2

heed 2 THE NAVY YAKD INVESTIGATION. Report of the Committee of Congress—Inte= the Brookiya Navy Yerd ts Managed—Rich Develope- resting ‘Testimony—How ments, &e., The upeatisfactory condition of the differout Navy Yards, und the alleged frauds and rmisinanagerent exist ing in them, having beca called to the noice of Congress, & COMMILEE Was Appointed in the House to nyestigate the matter, composed of Messrs. Bocock, i irovsbeck, Ritchie and Sherman, This commitive mails their reports yesterduy—a majority aud 4 minority report. not room to-day for either of these inwerestiug documeats. alone occupies # veiume of eight hundred Pages, from which we pu portions rela tive w our owa Navy Yard as we cau tind space for in our columns today, It will be found racy aud mte BROOKLYN NAVY YaRd—LOW IT WOKKS—Te OF COMMANDER THOMAS RK. ROOTES, CUMIANVER OF THE BROUALYN NaVY YARD. Question. What power has the commandant over the men alter they are engaged? Has he tue powe: move them? Answer. 1 took that power upou mysvlf when acting commandant; if I found men idhuy away sh below suc tbeir t Idiemirsed them Q. Was that made a matter of complaint against your A. Yes, sr, I made tt my duty W go througs the yard and the shops; they complained of chat, holding that T shou d be com wed bo couth 8 more W the offic Q. Were asy compiainte made (o tae Navy? A. There was no complaint made by me, exe kers to the Secre- or 100 cawkers the ime when upon oceei e oeeasion there we discliarged fom the yard We bad nothing “but treasury two pay the men with, und it was impos for ihe purser Yo get change tor wee; it was some days before We meu cuu paid off; On ene occasion some two-thirds of these men came out in front of the curomaudane’s olice and demanded to be paid thoir wages beiore the others iu ae yard got (heirs; I told them thai us sun as arrangements could be made by the purser (o get cbavge they snould ail be paid in iar order; at oue tae Uiey went to ibe purser put ip frout of ¢ of mu came 1 ly; 1 had dou d that | vould: 1 we p # Soon us L got there L ordered out a die and” comin w wen to stand back; I pic fou. ¢ men upon that occasion; the tell thew Lames when | wonld ask them, way I cud b OUL Who they were was lo point thom our w some vie of t neo, who Would watch them when they came uj get paid and get thetr bames then; 1 tok I got toree or tour of them on that Harged them; om another occu: atged for want of work—a re hustled me went into ce and sent of names, ninety six in ail, aud told the First 1 Uhai 1 was going lo dismiss the whole nivety.six of tueiu the First Licuteuant said : + Now, Captain Rootee, I thin before you ao that, you had beter Just dismiss ibe can lay uur hands upon, aud leave the thing to the de- parument;” I cid su; I euciosed the whole pinety-six aanes to the Secretary of the Navy, and requested tuat (ney might be discharged, and never allow Unem to euter that or any other navy yard of the United States again, The answer of the Secretary of the Navy was, that if Com- mander Rootes would iy the men who had acted wm this way they would be dismissed; Tanswered by return mail, stating that those I could yet the names of had been dismissed; and then that tater cuded; however, it had a good eliect, and the men behaved remarkably well after- wards. Q. Who are the civil ilicers in the yard, according to their rauk, aud what are their cuties?” A. The navai con. structor was Mr. Delano: bis duty is to have a general charge of the shipbuiidiug—to aciend to the whole general builoing of the ships; then comes Mr. Grabum, the con. structing engineer, a8 ne 1s called; he atteads to the build. jog and repairiog of docks, the building aud repairing of houses, &c.; then comes Mr, Hastings, who is Mr. Gra- ham’s desistapt; bis duty, L suppose, is to carry out the orders of the constructing engineer; then there is Mr. An- son Herrick, the navai siurekeep everytuing that comes into ihe yard in the shape of stores, ‘Wito the exception of those in ‘the ordnance department and the purser’s department, be las charge of all things thet pertain to ships, Umber, rigging, &c.; comes George W. Lec, the clerk of tue yar duty 16 to see that the mien are mustered night uad morn- ing, aud calls one portion cf the roll himself, I thiak; as Well as J can recollect, the clerk of the yard Keeps the ac. counts of all the men employed in the ‘yard, a list of the time they are there, and by lis books they are paid; then there is the surgeon of the yard, his Litle indicates bis duties; there is the purser of the yard, whose duty it is to pay off ali the officers aud wen of the yard, aud to pay off Sil who are upon bis book, come of whom may be wi dis- tant States; Purser Murray is in the Brooklyn navy yard now. Q What is the duty of the navy agent? A. For in: stance, @ requisition is made out for certain stores that are needed; it goes over to his office, and he, I believe, is supposed t6 muke purchuées on open contract; ali pay ments of moneys for these stores pags througt the ollice of the navy agent; the Commodore wiimself can pay ro bill in the yard for these stores, but nis signature i8 @ guarantee to the navy agent to pay it; then there is a gunner of the yurd; he 1g & Warrant officer im the service; his duty is w ft our that portion of the ehip uader bis charge, with the aseistauce of the ordnance vificer, to put in the guns and the ammunition; then there isa gentleman calle a carpen- ter to the navy, ora muster of the carpenters; he has some few hands uncer his charge, and attends to patching up about the yard, the railings, aud whatever vise tum bies Gown; the saumaker is another warrant officer; his duty is to attend to the cutting out and making and the re- pairing of all sails for shps. Q. Do you know how many master workmen—masters of differout gangs of workmen—there were in the yard when you went in in May, 1587? A. When first I joined the yard there were master workmen: James R. McGee, carpenter; William Merrifield, biacksmith; Francis Phii- lips, spar maker; Romeo Friganza, ship joiner; J, Harden- brook, cooper; H. 8. Strickland, caulker; Peter McManus, blockmater; Lewis W. Berry, painter; James Kerrigan, boat buiider; A. J. McCarty, plumber; Hugh McLaughiin, laborer; Jobu Farron, steam engincer; each of these master’ workmen bas a department of bis own, with a number of men under him; the head or master laborer is a man who has charge of a large number of men, pulting stores in ships, &c.; Peter Turner was mas- ter gun carriage maker; {awrence Cohen was master house carpenter; Jobo Moore was superintendent of the coffee mili; in the Brooklyn navy yard we grind ail the coffee, pepper and mustard for all the service; we grind up 20,000 Ibe. of coflee at a time sometimes; under the old contract system we used to get black pepper, one-half of which would tura white in afew months; now we have none of this adulteration in these things; I think this one of the best things for the service that has been done; they have perfectly fresh articles of this kind; when a vessel leaves she takes tree mouths’ or more gupply of cotfve, and then when that is gone more ia sent lo them; Henry Kent is master machinist, aud Edward Hart is draaght3- man to the navai constructor. Q What were the number of men employed in each of there depariments when you went into the yard? A. The number of men for each and every day in the year can be got (rom the books im the Brooklyn navy yard; for in- stance, on rainy day? there would by 600, 800 or 900 men who would not come into the yard; all this can be obtain- ed from the clerk of the yardm New York; I think that when I left there were soue 2,300 men in’ that yard; I understand that the very day I was detatched and came on bere there were @ great many persons put in. Q. Was there any limit upon the power of these masters of the mechanics to pnt men in? A. T will state this: When a change was made of one of the master work. men, the new one would come into the yard and finda gang of men already there; it became necessary to discharge some of the men for want of work, and the list was made out and approved by the master workmen and by the commandant of the yard, and the men were diemissed; when it became ne- cessary afterwards to appoint new’ men, I observed that it was very seldom that many of these oid ones came back ain. “EG. Whe made the selection of the men? A. Tho master workmen; for instance, in Mr. McLaughlin’s depart ment—that of the laborere—oue hundred men are dis- charged to-day; when we want one hundred men addi- tional he makos the selection, Q. Who makes the appointment of the master work- men, aad of ail the officers? A. The Secretary of the Navy, pink. Q. What power has the commandant over these civil officers? A. None at all; for instance, the Secretary of the Navy orders a gentleman there before the board to stand an examination for the place of master carpenter or master blacksmith; ihe commandant of the yard, the naval constructor, and the constructing engineer compose that board, they examine the man and make their report; if he passes, the appointment is given wo im. Q. Has the commandant of the yard the power to dis- miss these master workmen? A. No, sir; be can suspend them from duty and report them to the copartment. Q. Has the commandant of the yai\ any power over the officers, the naval storekeeper, the naval agent, &e.? ‘A. He cannot remove them, but they can do nothing per- taining to the yard without his knowledge. Q. What power has he over the navy agent, for in- stance? A. None at all that | ever foaud out. Q What power has he over the naval constructor? A. The naval constructor is an officer of the navy, be- cause he is upon the register; he holds his office during life, or good behavior, he receives a warrant, I suppose, and is a warrant officer. Q. What power has the commandant over the naval storekeeper? A. He has some power over him, but I do not know that he could do anything more than to suspend Bie f from duty until he could report him to the depart- me! Q. How do you obtain your stores in the nav’ rd, t beet, pork, fe.? A. The beet, pork, butter-choeta? those things, are ali obtained by contract, I think. . Were there any contracts made this last year? A. I do not know anything about that; I suppose there wore; T saw contracts in the New York yard before I left; con+ tracts for beef, pork, and \uings of that wort, go to a dif. rent bureau—to purser, who attends to things of that kind entirely, although he cannot do anything without the sanction of the office; the officyr ie charge of can ry e8s 2 that bureau, the purser of the yard ‘order nothing and get nothing without the of the commandant; as to gotting by open purchase, we make out a requisition for an) that is not fu under A requisi- tion is made out in the first place, and signed by any de- that wants the article, by the master workman of that d ment; then Mr. Delano sig: oon, It pen en to the naval agent, who m: 6 purchase M pends the thinge'to tre yard. When theysbome there we have an inspecting officer whose duty it is to inspect these articles and ece that they are good, and then, the next thing, to satisfy himself that they are charged at fair gaarket prices. Ty do that ig men over to fad ou! We nave | to re- | Y | contract or | we It ro- what is a fair price, and sometimes the articles are al jected on thal accbunt—-for deiug above market prices. There was & ureat deal of trouble about that matior in the Brooklyn navy yard when I was there, Q. Bo you know of any particular cases of com- plaints made to the commandant that the navy agent received a gratuity of money for giving these open contrects or for muaking theso purchases ? ‘A. I do not know anything, of my own knowledge: I have beard many things whispered about Q. If complawts had been made to you WI the xoting commandant, bad matter? A. No, sir; Tshould Lave forwarded the gom- »laint to the deparunent. : ‘o Woen the uavy agent makes theo purchases, do the articles yo to the naval storekooper? A. Yes, sir; iu the | Feceiving sie naval storekeeper give a recoipt for them ? A. Yes, sir; I believe they go to the naval storekeeper and the proper pai uspecs them aad sees if they are | of good quality and ata fair market price; the inspecting | officer ig generally the juvior leutevant of the yard; to gutisty himsell of Unis he has to seud over to New York. Y NAVY AGRNT'S DUTY. the only check upon the naval agent in mak- ee? A. The navy agent is required, under the to certify or put upon the bilis that they have n examined by him and are all right; this matter was a source of great trouble in that yard: shortly after | was there the flim of Secor & Co. reported me to the Navy De- jarunent; on one occasion, in fittiog out a ship, the Vin s, I think it was, there was a little fire engine or | pump required; there was no juspecting olticer ia | he yard, one of Socor’s mon cama to mo and said that | Reve was a requisition for a fire engiue or force pum)— | aid the ship must have it; he said it will be very costly; Tsaid, “Sir, it does not’ make any difference about the price of the acticlr, provided it is a fair inarket price,” T cautioned the mab several times about fair market price or the article; the man went away; this and some other arbicks were’ brought into the yard, for which they charged $90 and $130 each; Ido not know but what more. The ivspecting officer seat over to New York and ound out that we could get these articles for much less; thipk that afterwards we did get them for $30; these thers were of course rejected, or a part of them; I was eperted to the department; there is a letter in the Navy Department containing something about this pump and Cther things, and T concluded the letter by saying that everything ‘that had been furnished to the New York yard by Secor & Go, while Thad beea there bad been far | above market price | Q. Who was this Secor? A. Tunderstand he was the security tor Mr, Saunders; he furnished nearly everything le you wore F | upon open contract, or open purchuso—thut ig, I thought £0. Q. What was the total mnount of purchases made by | the navy by open contract? A. Ihave not the least idea; Ido vot know, auc J could not get atit except by going to the New York yard ferring to the booke; Ht would be nothing in the work: 8 work for me to say now, It Was wumense; sometimes they would buy 800 or 400 bar- +t $26 a barrel,more or jess; al! that | bands, though ertised, for the low 08 the article. e goods in open contract? C | to foroteh’ a | open purchase, | _Q. Do you ‘remember a firm by the name of Dalano & | Co? a. Yes, gir; I reco Teannot tell wha ther they furmshed goods by contract or by open pur. chase. |. What relation did this ©. A. Secor occupy in refe- | rence to Mr, Saunders, the uayy agent? A. I bave under- stood that he was a bouasman of his. Q. Do you know Sr, Graudisout A. I do not recollect that Lame, q . What connection was there between Secor and Her- Tick, the storekeeper? A. I do not know of any. Q.’ Are you sure that any inventory was taken of those goods when they went Into the hands of the naval store- keeper? A. I was always given go to understand, Q. When did Mr. Herrick become storekeeper? A. Ho was there when I reported for duty. Q. Was there avy inventory taken then? A. There was 4 trial made to take one, there were two or three parsons engaged in taking it; bat I think I have heard that they ever could agree—that is, their account aud the store- keepers’. Q. Is there any officer charged with keeping an account with the nava! storekeeper? A. Not that { know of; all of these urticles that come into the yard, whethe: by con- tract or by open purchase, before they are sigie or cer- tifled by the commandant of the yard, are put upon tho books of bis office; there is not au article bought tor the yard, or a piece of work done there, but what is put down ou the books in the commandant’s office; I have always been led to believe so; if we want to find ont how any particular fund stands we get it from the commaadant'y office; so that these Looks can always show what has been purchased, 80 I understood. HOW THE KIDS ARR MADE, Q. What proportion of the articles purchased by the naval agent was by open purchase, and what proportion by published bidsf A. [could not tell. Q. Who opened these bids? A. They were opened and the contracts awarded, I think, bere in Washington; I can teli you how bids are opened in New York; for instance: the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing writes on to the commandant of tue yard to authorize the navy agent to advertise for bids; a3 soon as he has advertised he aotifes the commandant in writing that on a certain day bids will be opened, and he will be glad to see himself or any of his oilicers there at the time to see the bids opened; the time arrives, the bids are brought in, the seals aro broken in the presence of the officer, and the contract ig awarded to the lowest bidder, if they can dnd him, which 18 not al- waye the case; aud sometimes they have to go or send to hree or six uilferent bidders before they can find the one, 8 the bids are made out uncer fictitious npames—s I have nderstovd. Q. Were any men employed during last fall by reason «f politica) considerations? “A. Ido not know of anything f the kind, from my own personal knowledge; 1 ave no nformation; none was gent to the office; It ‘used to be whispered about by some parties, but always when I ask- +d them they backed out, and said they got it from such ond such a man. Q. Do you know the cause of your removal? A. No, sir. Q. Was any requisition made upon you from the Navy Department in regard to the number of men in the yard— any requisition made before you were removed? A. No, sir; the commodore was there at the time, and the com- munications, if any, would go to him. Q. Was your attention ever called, while you were in the yard, to any correspondence between Commodore Kearney and Hon. George Taylor? A. No, sir; 1 never saw that correspondence, except some that was published in the dew York Times; when we received tho order to fit out the Niagara, after her return from the telegraph ex- pedition, to take that cargo of slaves back to africa, we bad about four days allowed us to do it in; the first: lieu- tenant of the yard stayed up two days and two of the nights, and I stayed up two days and two of the nights, inorder to get the ship ready; on that occasion we bad to employ from one hundred to two hundred extra ia borers, as our other laborers were very much exhausted; afier the Niagara sailed I tried to get ‘those extra hands a ; this was just short time before I was re- moved; but they always 4 to find something for them to do; Ibave no doubt but what there would have been a decrease but for some reasons; what they were 1 know not; atall events, these men were kept on there until after I left. Q. Ihave heard it stated that it is very often the caso that men are entered upon the roll there ag jaborers in some of the diflerent departments and receive pay as la- borers who absent themselves from work. Is that 807 A. That was one report; there were a great many reforms made in the yard while | was there; it had been the habit to allow several persons the right © take away tho checks from the names of those who missed the call at the dell ring; while I was there that was ail stopped; I never could get hold of this matter so as to report it to the de- partment; it was whispered about that there were men ‘who would go out about the country electioneering for parties, and be gone cight or ten days, and receive pay in the yard while they were gone, but I could never get proof of it; I think that a short time before I left the York yard the foreman under Mr. Cohen made a charge against Mr. Cohen and some one elso in the yard that they Were in the habit of letting men go out of the yard and still receive their wages; [ bave no doubt in my own Tuind that it was done, and I think if the committee will cail for this information they will find it out; my impres- gion is Commodore Kearney forwarded these charges to the honorable Secretary, Q. By whose agency was this pay to be wrongfully allowed? A. By the master workman winking at it, or some other person. Q. You speak of the number of men in the yard when you went there as being from 1700 to 1,900 men, and when you left a# being from 2,200 to 2,300. How did the work in the yard compare at the two periods? Was there more work going on when you left than when you went there? A, In some departments there was more, in others there was not. Q As near as you can remember what work was going on in tbe yard when you left last October? A. We had work on the launching ways, work in the #h!phonses, put- ting up a new storehouse, repairing ships and ttting out ships; the St. Louis was being fitted out, and the Susquo- hanna bad just come up to the dock; and then we were fitting out a large number of vessels for the Paraguay ex- pedition; but men do not work in the navy yard as tuey work outside; we generally, however, aim ai having our men work ten hours aday,{ think; ? believe it ie gene- rally admitted by everyboay that the day’s work in the navy yard is from twenty to thirty per cent below that of a day's work outeide. Q. Do you say that the stores sent over by Secor & Co. ere above fair market price? A. That was my report to the department, the firm of Secor & Co, complained to the department that] had ordered a steam engine or pump, and then would not accept it when they delivered it; the Gepartment wrote to me for an explanation; I gave it to them, and] referred also to a number of other articlus they had furnished, and gave their prices for them, and the concluding portion of ny letter was, 1 think, that I Would further stato that during all the time I haa been in the yard nearly everything furnished by Secor & Co. ‘was far beyond the market price. Q. Were these articles received in the yard? A. They were rejected by the inspecting officer at frat, bat after a time they came dowa and took the market prices on many articles; on one occasion, in the New York yard, we got short of teams in the yard; it was necessary that we ould have another yoke of oxen; I told the commodore that we wanted them; “very well,” gaid he, “make out your requisition for them,” the requisition was made out ‘apd kent over by private conveyance to the navy agent; I sent word that I wanted the teamster to select the oxen; he sept me word back that he would select them himself; we waited for them a month and three days, or therea- bouts, it getting them; then I went inw the office and told the secretary—the commodore was not there—to cancel the requisition, and he did #0: I informed the com- mandant what I had done—he having signed the first requisition; about a fortnight or three weeks after, it again necessary to have another team of oxen; I made out the requisition for them, ‘and then sent Fed the country and had them brought into the yard without passing through the office of the navy agent at all; the bills passed through his office. Q. Had you authority to do that?) A, We tried it, at any Tate, and there were no complaints made; 1 suppove that if Mr. Sandersjhad chosen to contest the point, he could have refused to pay the bill. Q. Has Mr, Sanders; been absent a great portion of hie | time in Kansas? A. T'do not think I saw bim more than 0 tines during the seven‘een = lied Wand As ay OW you any power to act in the | York yard: I know this, that on no occasion when in Mr Sanders’ oilice do I recollect of seeing him there. Q. Who attended to his business, A. His chiel clerk, I suppoee; there was some genilemam ‘ue they called ‘Doctor; but I mever saw Mr. Sane in his office. Q. Who fixes the wages of the workmen in the navy yard? A. It is supposed to be regulated by the wages Outside, in the private yards, Q. Is not the precise rate given to each workman fixed | by the master of the workinen? A. I suppose i in; be says, for mstanoe, this man is worth $2 60 a day, that one | $2, and so on; bat { think our prices are always more than | are paid outside; we could never get the provise prices | outside; if we sent to the private yards aud asked for it they would seud word back that it was nope of our busl- ness, ih some cages. Q. Do you know of any cases wherethese workmen paid for’ being employed? A. Ihave heard of it re atedly; Thave bad men toll meso; some of tue Iris borers who wanted work in the yard said tual they woul! have to givo twenty cents a day, or so much & Week, dul of their pay, to get a place, but when I would try to grt them to pat it down in black aud white, they would back out of it, and say that they Would not be able to get en ployment if they aid so. @. How often were these complaints made? A. Very often; I do not know how often, Q. Had you ever axy complaints brongbt before you that the master parater took the palats of the Uuited States government, and used them for the purpose of paiuting the butldings of private citizens? A, Nott my know Jouge; 1 will say this, however, when this master paiater, who 13 now there, came to be exammed before the board, Lasked him if he kaew what was the duty of a master Workman in the yard; he said it was to seta good exam- ple to the men and keep them at their duty, ‘“farther,”” said he, “Captain Rootes, thore are not three mea ib he yard now who do the duty of ove,” allud- ng, ‘I suppose, w the painters; 1 said to him ‘that ig the opmion of more than yourself, and I m glad to hear you say what you do; T hope when, you come in here you will set them a good example;” yet within two or three weeks after that my aliention was dsawa by gome person saying that this sume master worksan Was receiving @ gold watch from the men in hie mploy; the master blacksmith also received one or two iy presents; and one of the other master workmen re- cived a diamond breastpin, sof heard; I often said to parties that 1 was afraid that they were receiving these gold watches xnd diamond breastpins for uo good; but the men never complained to me about it; suppose that Out of a gang of men some 100 or 150 wore ww be dis- charged from the yard; some of the unea in the gang get up a subseription for a gold watch or something of that kind for tha master workman, and thoge who (id not put their naines down on the subscription were sure to go out, from what | could bear. Q. Was itu commun understanding in the nayy yard that these masty workmen received gratuities from their men, or favors from them? A. That was my impression; but 1 could not get at ilie proof exactly. If Tcould have got it, Cwould bave been my bounden duty to have reported it to the department; to be candid with the comauttee, thought these rumors were true, and I was afur the proof of the matter; it was necessary for one in my situation to be prepared with proof to gubstautiaie these charges if 1 were to make them, Q. How general was the custom of prestuting these Inaster workmen with watches and presents of this kind? a. From whut 1 heard I was of the opinion thai it wasa general thieg; I was trying to get proof of that mat- ter, but the parties would back out; thay would write letters to me and sign their ames to them, and then when I called them up they would deny their signatures; in some cases when men cau to mo in the yard to obtain employment, I would tell them that I had uo power in the matter, but that they would have to go to the master workmen; they would say that they could uot do that, as they would be obliged to ay twenty cents a day out of their Waggs to get employment. In re- ference to Mr. Turner, I would say that at one :ime he got leave of ubecnce to go to Washington, In the course of conversation, I think on that same day that Mr. Turner left, Mir. Grabam, or some one said, that the master paint- er had received a subscription of $100 or so from his workinen to go ou to Washington to get their wages raised, and he would go on there and stay two or thine days aod return; Mr, Graham, or some one, led me to suppose that he made a handsome sum in that way. Q. Do you know that Mr. Turner took with him a large number of his workmen over into Queens county, Mr. Searing’s district, for the purpose of attendiag a conven- tion there? A. I do not know about bis takirg men over there; he applied to mo, I think, just before the election, while the commandant of the ae was there, for a week’s leave, or for some few days’ leave. Q. You said something in your testimony about making open purchases; do you know of any persons who fur- nished articles to the brits ee ‘on open purchase besides Messrs. Secor & Co.? A. en the navy agent could not get them from Secor & Co.,1 suppose he get them from other parties; but my impression ig that they furnished the greater portion of the articles which were got upon open purebase, Q. Can you state anywhere near the amornt that they furnished? A. Ihave no idea; I should not like to say, only it was a pretty largesum. Q. Who is this Mr. Secor? is he engaged in any general business? A. I never was in bis establisament in my life; Ithink Lhave heard that he was a hardware merchant; but if the committee will call for my letter in answer to a letter from the Navy Department, in relation to the com- piaints made against me by Secor & Co., they would find from that letter all they want upon this sabject; I suppose L referred then to a number of articles which ranged from 20 to 150 per cent above market prices. Q. What applications were made to you, if any, by members of Congress in relation to appointing men in’ the yard? A. I have received applications on a number of occasions from members of Congress to put men in the yard, but I never put @ gan in until there was a ne- cessity for bim. @. In favor of whom was the application made to you? A. There were but two departments ia the yard, the rig- ger’s department and the sailmaker’s ej nt, in which the commandant of the yard had a perfect right to put any man; at the head of tiioze departments were war- rant officers, and I went upon the ground that while we were there they had a right to put men in there; J put in some two or three for George Taylor, member of Con- gress, and some one or two for Mr. Kelly, member of Con- grese, when I thought it was necessary to do so; members of Copgress would ask me to let men go into my «dt a ment, aud I would gay to them, there are the articles and regulations, and we baye to go by them, and cannot go beyond them. @. How many men who were in the yard in the fal of 1858 were appointed by master workmen? Q. 1 may gay that ninety-nine out of every ope hundred appointed then were appointed by master workmen. Q. Then, if there were 2,300 men in the yard 2,200 and over would have been appointed by the maaster workmen? A. Yes, sir, the greater portion would be by them; all are ppointed by them except the cases I have mentioned; in some cages where we wanted a mesgenger we had to ask the master laborer to appoint them; even if we took a po- iceman in the yard the master i4borer bad to make out @ requisition for him. Q. How many men would be appointed by the com- mandant? A. Very few. Q. Do you know anything about any correspondence between members of Congress and the Secretary of the Navy about the division of the master workmen amoug the representatives of Congres from that region? A. Ido not think anything of that kind was ever put on file in the New York office while i was there, but I was repeatedly told by different masters in the yard that such was the fact; i know nothing of the sort from anything that is in the office; Mr. Graham, I think, told me several times that such was the case. = Who is Mr. Graham? A. He is the constructing en- gineer. Q. Was !t generally known among the officers of the yard? A, The master workmen would not hesitate to tell me 80; I never saw any of this correspondence; Mr. Gra- ham told me it was so, and Mr. Mi one of the master workmen, told me that it was 80; he told me go the first or second day after he came into the yard. Q. You stated that it was the generai understanding that these master workmen received presents from their men: does it come to your knowledge that apy complaints of that character Were ever made to the Secretary of the Navy? A. No, sir. Q. Do you know that any complaints were ever made to the Bureau of Yards and Docks? A. Some were made from me, I was trying to get evidence in regard to that when J was detached; if Lconid have got the evidence I should have made a report to the department. Q. You stated that you were a democrat in itics: what political end could haye been accomplished by de- taching you from that yard at that time? A. None that I know of, I have been a democrat all my life, but I never allowed my politics to interfere with my duty. Q. Could not a political object have been ‘accomplished in this way; by baving you turned out, thus giving an op- portunity for some 500 or 600 men to be appointed during ‘our absence and before your successor arrived? This je Supposing you were the commandant of the yard, trying to prevent the coming in of any unnecessary men? A. Ano- ther oflicer taking my place wight be of a different opinion from me in regard to that matter, Bat Commodore Kearney wag still on duty, so I heard, uotil Commodore Breese relieved him, which I think was ou the Monday before the New York State elections. MISAPYROPKIATION OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. Q. State any circumstances brought to your knowledge in Which the ‘property of the government was taken for other uses thin that of,tue pubic aervice. A. A short time after I joined the New York yard I received an anonymous leter—on one Sunday night, I think, probably between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock; in that anonymous letter the writer went on to eay that he could not look on and gee the government defrauded without itknown (as well ag Ican repeat the language of the letter), and the letter gave me the bumbers given by the timber inspec- tor, #tating tbat this timber waa then overboard and ready wo be taken away from the yard; 1 went down to the dock early on Monday morning and saw the timber overboard, aud I gave the Watchman strict orders not to allow it to leave the yard until further orders; I went to the comrmandant’s office, and gave orders, in cage the bilis had been made out, to stop them; as soon ag.I saw Mr. De- Jano, the naval constructor, I showed him this letter, and remarked to him that we must find out about this matter; he went down and examined into th and told me thathe had geon all th with the marks that were on them (with the exception, think, of one), on the Inspector's books, and that opposite to cach of those numbere was a cross mark made, stating T think, az well as I recollect, that it was the intention of Mr. Orr, the timber inspector, to report; Mr. Delano told me that Mr. Orr said that after be bad i the tim. ‘ber and passed it, and had marked it, Sr. 9, the naval constructor, went over the same timber with him and re- H Jected a portion of it; this timber had been marked, the marks had been afterwards chopped out with an adzo; a8 well a8 my recollection serves me, the bills had been made out for the whole amount of timber that had been passed by the inspector in the firet instance, and required, that Cage, nothing more than the commandant’s signa- Fare to NoMa We nary agents k=) for pay- ment; may im; ion; I intended to have the affir, but Mr. pelano from other evidence may come in here which may ‘a differ- ent light upon this tranzaction. sid Q. I will ask you if theft was common in the yard? A. In my opinion it was; I discharged numbers ou aecount of it; if you wish instances I can give you @ plenty of them. Q. Twitlask you If you examined ‘inte the pairit con- tract, and, if 60, what abusos existed in that contract? A A short time beforé I left the New York yard, I think the contractor, Wendell, or Wendell & Co., delivered dry white Joa le thie y aided aliould oy fivm Dye tv Ofgea Wiousaad pounds, more or Yess; T took out samples of |! from a num- ber of casks and gent it to Doctor Bache, who haa charge of the laboratory ; ho analyzed ft, and I think the adaitera- tion on that occasion was from twenty-two to thirty-tive per Cevt, or somewhere about that. Q. What were the foreign mixtures? A. T do not reco!- lect; the department has the whole thing before them ia the Bureau of Construction; this lead was rejected, and a few days afterwards one or more gewtlemen came into the yard, Who manufacture paint in Brooklyn, and asked per- ini slon of we to sco the lead which had been delive by Wendell & Co.; I took them down to the store, and they took samples of the lead from the head and centre of a cask, and brought the two samples to me on a piece of glass; I digcovered myseif a great difference in them; I thon had lead takeu irom both heads aud the centres of a bumber of the casks, und got Doctor Bache to analyze it again; I found that the adulteration thea was ip some places about forty-seven per cent, I think, and the average adulteration was avout thirty-dve per veut: al! the evidence on that subject is in the Byreaus of Yards and Docks or Construction, I wrote to the bureau oa the subject, and my itopression is that au account of this fraud or adulteration was sent to the different navy yards to look out in case of articles being delivered there; I think this lead was al! rejcoted; I left it tu the yard. Q Inspeaking of members of Congress applying to you to put men in the yard, you mentioned the numes of some; I will ask yon whether you omitted the names of any gentlemen who made such pplication? A. Mr. Searing ap Plied to me in the New York yard a short time before the election in New York, to put dome two or three men on du- ty aud employ them; 1 told tim I couid not doit; the orders Were against it; the’ masters bad the privilege. He ap- Peared to be very anxious that I should do is; [ told hia I could not without having employment for the men—in other words, it would not be for the interest of the govern- ment, I may.bave said (hat as sooo as there was om ployment it would be given to them, or something like thal. [know thatone ef the masters wo was in com- pany with me, and I think Mr. Turner, eaid that it was all important to Bave these men in the yard; that they could curry a great number of votes and bad a good deal of in- fluence, und it was necessary for the nomination of Mr. Searing. 1 said I could not beip that, Q How were things passed out of the navy yard gate? what precautions were taken? A When a’ thing gocs into the pavy yard, whether brought in by contract or open purchase, if bought upon open purchase and reject- eq, it cannot be taken out without a pass signed by one of thé commissioned officers of the yard, and anything that goes out of the yard requires a pags, Q. State whether you have watchmen at the yard? A. Yes, sir; we have watchmen at the soutb gate and sentry at the north gate towards the marine barracks, who ex- amine everything and examine the passes as’ they go out. Every precaution is taken to save government property from going out of the yard that w Q. How many men are employed in the naval store- keeper's department, aud is the number, in your opinion, at any time too large? A, I cannot give the exact num- ber that was inthe naval storekeeper’s department, but that can be obtained from the yard. T willsay that in my opinion the number was too large. There was 2 commii- nication received from the Bureau of Yards and Docks, which has been alluced to several titoes, about the em- ployés in the yard. When that communication wns au- ‘swered, after the case bad been investigated, the bureau then Wrote another letter that cortain parties must be discharged from the different departments, as well as I recolieet, I gave Mr. Herrick an order, which stands ou the books of the office, to discharge so many from his department. He complained, and said that he had not more than enough force, and asked me to suspend the order and let it stand until he could communicate either with the Bureau of Yards and docks or with the Secretary of the Navy, I for- get which; there was another communication received from the Bureau of Yards and Docks, making eome other inquiries, and saying that we should see the storekeeper on the subject; I did so, and he still said that he had not more than the number required; in my answer to that letter, dated on or about the 12th of March, 1858, Istated to the Bureau of Yards and Docks that I saw no reagou to change the views which I had upon the subject, and thought the reduction could be made; in this letter to the bureau I cannot quote the exact language, but I stated in substance that if the perce gave more of his per- sonal attention to the duties of his office, the number that Thad stated would be sufficient to Lng obec those duties; it may be aswell for me tostate hore that think I speak within bounds when I say that I never saw the store- keeper more than twenty-five times in the yard or in his office during the time I was attached to the yard. Q. You spoke of thefts being very common in the yard? . Yes, sir. ‘Q. [should like to know among what class of persons in the yard thefts were common? A. Weil, sir, it has been detected among the laboring men—gome one or two in the plumber’s department, and some one or two in the engineer’s department. Q. You were giving us a very interesting account of the duties of the different officers of the yard, in your original testimony here—the respective duties of the navy agent and the commandant of the yard about making purchases; did you, when acting as commandant of the yard, or ex- ecutive officer, feel yourself responsible for having the articles in the yard purchased at a fair price? A. [did, sir; that is, I felt that it was my bounden duty to know, before my hame was put to a requisition or bill, that it was a fair market price; the officer bad to sign, ve T put my name to it, that it was a fair market price; there ‘was a leutenant’s name sigued to It to that effect. Q. What pains did you take, in the discharge of this duty, to see that the articles furnished by the navy agent were at fair market prices? AgWhen I had to do that duty I would send a man to Now York to inquire the prices of articles, and when others were commandante of ‘the y: did the same thing; the inspecting officer attended to this also. Q. That was the duty of the man acting as inspector? A. I contend that it was his duty, and was my duty. Q. And that duty you performed? A. We always sont a man over to New York to ascertain the market prices, as a general thing, fit was supposed they wereavove market rices. Q. What is the of the government when a con- tract is made, at ci chutrantare fail to execute it; what then does the government do usually? A. So faras I know, the article is advertised for so many days in the public papers of New York or anywhere else; it is then purchased on the best terms, aud the contractor is made to pay the difference; that is what we call an open pur- chase under open bids. Q. Do you know anything about some timber that Mr. ‘Swift deposited in the New York navy yard last sutamer? ‘A. There was a gentleman by the name of Swift, I think, deposited a large quantity of live oak timber in tho yard; it was brought into the yard and was allowed to remain; I think I spoke to Mr. Swift several times about it, as it ‘was in my way very much. Q. How did it bappen that it was permitted to remain? A. I do not know, sir; contractors would bring in timber, and we would pick out what we wanted; I recollect that this timber was very much in my way, and I spoke to Mr. Swift about it. Q. What afterwards became of that tinfber? A. I think the government took some portion of it; that can be found out by reference to Mr. Delano. Q. Was it used before you left the yard? A. Some por- tion of it may have been. Q. Is your recollection distinct about it in any way? A. No, sir; 1 know that we wanted some of it at onc ¢ime—at Jeast Mr. Deiano told me 80. “Q You made some reference to painters being idle; I will ask you whether that will not necessaaily happen under the very best management; that there is not alway full employment for men, and yet it would be a ce to discharge them because theré was not full employment atany particular time? A. These men that I have alluded to had plenty of work to do; there may be times when in all the departments the work may be elack, but it was a general thing in the painters’ department for the men to be idle; I very often hadto speak to Mr. Turner about it. 'PURLIC STORES USED FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES. Patrick Fitzgerald called and examined, Q. Have you been employed in the Brooklyn Navy yard. A. Yeg, sir. Q. How long’ have you been employed there? A. Since a year last August. ‘Q. In what capacity haye you acted there? A. I acted in the capacity of foreman of the painters. Q. Do you know whether or not any paints have been taken from the navy yard for private use? A. Yes, gir. Q. State what cases of the kind have come te your knowledge? A. I have known of 120 weight of zinc to be removed from there and janded outside of the limits of the navy yard. 1a, Where was it taken from? A. From the paint shop. Q. What was done with it? A. It was left in a house in Williamsburg. Q What became of it? A, I cannot say what became of it after it wae removed from there. Q. Who removed it? A. Two men in the employ of Mr. Turner, the master workman, Q. What were their names? A. John White and Reuben Monson; I saw them convey it from the paint shop in the navy yard, and in a boat to take it and land it in the hotel in Williamsburg. Q Did you, bead what became of it then? A. T heard that it was removed to Whitestone, a place near Flushing. Q From whom did you hear that? A. From the men employed to take it there. q. Who were they? A. The two men who conveyed it from the paint shop to the hotel. Q. Where are these men now? A. One of them, I be- lieve, is still in the employ of the master painter of the Brooklyn nayy yard, Jon White; but Reuben Manson has been discharged. Q. Did you learn from John White what use this paint ‘was put to? A. I did not; but I leayned from Mr. Turner himself that it was to be used on hit own houge in White- stone; he said he had some painting to do in his own ed and that they were to take some paint down there it. . Q. Do you know of any other cases where paints were taken from the navy yard? A. No, sir; I know of no case in relation to which I'have got posseasion of the facts; T may have heard of such cages, but I don’t know as to the truth of the matter; but I know this, that men have been employed there in’ that department, and rated as first class workmen, who were taken right from the laborer’s gang, and never bad any knowledge about the art and mystery of painting. Q. Do you know of any cases where any of the men em- ployed in the yard answered to the roll call and then did not work? A. I do. Q. How frequently wae that done? A. I know, of my own knowledge, of but one case. Q. What was that case? A. hey were employed working on wi is call- ed the: blocks; is, tho dock call foobb docks, on which there are some government build there were four men employed there during tho time I acted ag foreman of the vers; one afternoon I went over there and missed two of these men; I asked the other two where the men had gone, and they told mo that they had gone ‘out to Cal ‘to paint a railing for hr. Turner; I missed these men from there on two separate and I was informed by their fellow workmen that ‘was what they wont away for. Q. Do you of any cases in which tho mon after Toll call went off in considerable numbers to attend politi- cal im different places? A. I knew an instance of the kind to occur once, but I believe the men who went away wore docked a quarter of a day each; to the best of my recollection that was the way it was don. Q. When was that? A. [think it was in Ootobor last, along before the election, at the time of primary mootings for appointing delegates fo the nominating convention. mi Tt was while here did these men go? A. 1 think it was in Ja- ca. Q. Io whose district? A. In Mr Searing’s. Q. Did Mr, Turner go with them? A. Yos, sir. Q Do you know bow many men went oif at that time? A. I think there mut hayg been eight or ten wt leash, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1859. there any difference in the amount of work done dy — in the nary yard and that dove by men outside the yard? A. 1 judge there is. Q How much difference is there’—one-half, oue third, or one-quarter? A. [ would consider that « fair mochsnic outside of the yard would do as much in balf «day as sorae of the workmen in the yard would do inaday, Q. When did you leave the navy yard? A, Ou tho 10t& of this mouth, sir. Q. On what account did you leave? was it voluatarily or ‘were you discharged? A. I was not discharged, 1 waa ro- queeted not Lo answer to my Dame, aod ww let my eau ron out; after three days, if aman doce not aaswer to Lis awe, bis call runs out. Q. Who made that request? A. Afr. Turner's foreman; he told me on the 10th of this month, when I came dowa to muster, that he had orders froin ‘the Secretary of the Navy and the Hon. George Tavior not to retala me any longer in his department; that i was not frivndly (0, oF rather that I op; the candidates who were up {or elee- tion, and who sustaiued the adminiatration. Q. You thought that was wrong treatment, and did not like it, [euppose? A. No, sir; | thought it was useless for me to muster and not to be put to work, eo I complied with the foreman’s request aud wont home. Q. When a master workman Is guilty of misconduct to wards the men under him what is their redress; or, if ne is guilty of misconduct in any way, what is the redress of the men? A. I suppose it would be Ww report it to the commodore of the yard? Q I understood you to bave said that the master paint- er had caused some of the puint to be takeu out of the shop and carried away correct? A, Yes, sir; that is what I said Q. Were you cognizant of it yourself? A. I was cog- nizunt of the paint being removed from we shop. . Did you report this to the commandant of the yard? A. No, sir; I did not. . Did you take any steps to have the matter reported to the Secretary of the Navy? A. No, sir, Q. Does it come within your knowledge that the master painter has ever been reported to the commandaat of the ati or the Secretary of the Navy for misconduct? A. Yes, sir. (Q” By whom wns he reported? A. By Colonel Harris. Q. Was that ‘the only cuse of which you koow any- thing? A. Yes, sir; that was the oniy case, Q. That was’ for’ improper languag? to Colonel Harris, was it not? A. Yes, sir; it was. Q. How did it happen that you were summoned hore? did you voluntarily notily anybody that you could give in- formation, or were you sevi for? A, 1 was sent for, and served with a subpona, Q. Before that time had you made known to anybody that you could give interesting information upon ths sud- ject?” A. No, sir: there had been gome conversation among the men employed in that department. @. Had you ans conversation with auy oue upon the subject? A, Not lately; [have in the yard, Q. Since you wore discharged? A. Yes, sir, ! have. Q. With Whom? with Mr. Allen? A. No, cir; Ido not know the gentleman. Q. Who did you converse wilh about thie matter? A. I conversed with Mr. Berry about it onco; I met tim av the City Hall. Q. Did you say anything about these matters previous to the time of your being dismirsed fiom the gard? A have not done £0 very publicly; but Ihave spocen to mou frequently about it, and men have spoken to me about it. LAWRENCE COHANE, MASTER CARVENTER, KXAMINK. Q. Upon whose recommendation were you appoited? A, Hon. John B, Haskin’s, Q. How many men had you under your charge when you went in? A. I think there were eighty-three when I went in. a How many when you left? A. About twenty, 1 ink. Q. State whether the number of men was too great for the work when you went in. A. It was, sir. Q. Why were you removed? A. I cannot etate posi- tively; I'can only speak to the best of my Judgment. Q. Well, then, state according to the best of your judg- ment. A. { think it was on account of Mr. Haskin’s course on the Lecompton question. ' Q. There were no charges made against you? A. I think not; I was never notified that auy were madeugaiast mo, A*G00D JOKE. Q. Did you bave any conversation with Mr. Turner, the master painter, in regard toa requisition that was made for glass, and if 80, what was the substance of it? A. I had a conversation with him; I was making out a requi- sition for glags,and he asked me to put in two boxes, ten by twelve, to send down to his place on Bay Side, where he was putting up a house; I do not know whether he said it in joke or not, Q. What reply did you make to him? A, I laughed at im. Q. What further did he say about it? A. He said that I might do it as well as not; I replied, “You are a pretty fellow ain't yous” that was the very reply I made; “You are a pretty fellow, ain't you, to ask me to make out a re- quisition for glass to be sent down to your building.”” Q. Did you do as he roquested? A; No, sir, 1did not; T did not think he could be serious about it. Q. Would there be an; a master workman in the nayy yard to ition for more tban wos wanted in his department and to apply the excess to bis own use—any difficulty according to the present mode of doing business in the navy yard? A. If the man was dishonest I do not suppose there would be any difficulty. Q. If I understand it, the articles obtained on requi- sition after passing through the hands of the storekeeper formally go into the possession of tho master workman isthat so? A. Yes, sir. Q. Is there any further account kept of them after they go into his pousession? A. No, sir. Q. If they are then applied to private uses, is there any way in which that could be detected? A. No, sir, unless it was secn. Q. How could he apply the excess without diMcvity to his own use?—bow could ho got it out of the navy yard? A. Of course I moan anything that he could carry out the gates secretly. Q. What articles could he take out without Lt a ora apply to his own use? A. There are various things a man could take out—various small articles that ue could put in his pocket. Q. Name some of them. A. A man could take out locks and boits—copper bolts, for instance; in fact, I know of two cases where men were sto] at the gales aud searched, and copper bolia found in their pockets; hey were stopped by the officer at the gate and locked up for having copper bolts in their pockets. Q. Whose fault would tbat be in the case you refer to of the locks and bolts? A. The constructing engineer has charge of that department; the copper bolts were taken from the naval constructor’s department. Q. Do you mear to say that he is negligent in the per- formance of his duties? A. No, sir, do not mean to say tbat; but there is a generai looscness throughout the yard, I think, not in his case particularly, but in the case of the others, also. Q. You spoke of aletter you received from Mr. Coch- rane; have you that letter with you? A, ithink it isin New York; Tam satisfied that :t is. Q. You then stated, I believe, that Mr. Cochrane had written you @ letter, La fog you did not appoint a particular man he would Have you turned out? A. Yes, sir; thathe would have charges made against me, aud have me turned out. Q. Did you appoint those men? A. Subsequently I ap pointed one of them; I did not ut that time. Q. Did you find him te be a competent mechanic? A. No, sir, he was not. @. What did you do with him when you found hin to be incompetent? A. I retained him, of course, wader the circumstances. Q. When was it that yon appointed him? A. It was in August or September, 1 think; and 1 would say that he ‘was not the only incompetent man I had. . In what year did this take place? A. In 1887. Q. You did not appoint the other man you was request- ed to appoint? A. No, sir, I did not appoint bim just then; and I received some more letters from Mr. Coch- rane. Q. Did you ever make complaint to tho commandant of the yard, or to the Navy Department, that those incompe- tent’ men’ were forced upon you? A.’ No, sir, not to the commandant. Q. Did you complain to any one? A. Yes, sir, Tcom- plained to the constructing engineer; he was the chief of my department, and I communicated it to him. Q. You reported to the constructing engineer that you haa an incompetent man? A. Yes, sir, 1 had several of them. Q. What reply did ho make? A. He was not in favor of having these men employed there; but the inference was that if these men were strongly backed with political influence they would have to be empioyed there; that was the general impression throughout the yard. Q. Do you know whether the constructing engineer made any statement of the matter to the commandant of the yard? A. Ido not. Q: And you'do not know whether it was ever reported to the bureau that there wero incompetent men employ- ed? A. No, sir, I do not. a ~ Who is the constructing engineer? A. Mr. Charles K. irabam, Q. Do you know whether Mr. Cochrane did lodge infor- mation against you before the department? A. J do not, Q. Were you ever informed of any charges made by Mr. Cochrane against you? A. No, sir; I was informed that he went to a certain individual in his district, and got a certificate from this individual that this workman whom I refused to appoint was a workman; that this indivi- dual stated that he gave thi certificate Because he wanted afavorfrom Mr. Cochrane, though be knew at the same time that the man was not a good workman. Q. Do you know that he made the statement to Mr. Cochrane that the man was incompetent, and that he was giving a false certificate? A. No, sir; I understood; ° wards that{ he said the man was incompetent; this was afterwards told me by a friend whom he told. Q. Do you know whether you were ever arraigned by the competent authorities above you upon any charges made y Mr. @ against you? A. Not thatI am aware of. Q. You werencver called upon to anewer any? A. No, sir; I should like to explain a little further; you asked why there was not that amount of work done in the yard that was done outside; I will explain why I think that is *0; it is owing to the political influences which govern there, and which is an essential detriment br) om- ployment there, instead of ee mechanical skill, an: meritorious conduct by the performance of duty; are generally not recognized in a man. Q. By the Chairman—Wil I good mechanics of cither party apply for work in the navy yard, if they have to ask for thege political influences? “A. It is very rarely that they will do it; a good. workman will uot follow a politi- cian up for ajob; it is the poorest who harass them the mMoOste know for what you wore turned out? A. As Tetited Before sould not state poaitively, but to the Best of my judgment Bote ‘account of Mr. 8 course ‘a. ‘Who recommended men to for employment in your ‘A. Members of Congress, Q members of Congress? A, The New York bors. =. What members, particularly, of the New York delo- gation? A, Some of them recommended more than Q. Who recommended the most? A. Mr. Taylor had the largest number of men in my department while I was eC. Q, Wore they there when you went in thoro? A, Yes, Q. Who mado the most recommendations to you to put inmen? A. I think when I first went there f had moro men from Mr. Taylor's district; afterwards I had more men from Mr, Haskin’s district, but 1 bad men from all their distriets: from Mr. Cochrane, Mia Haskin, Mr. Tay- lor, Mr. Searing, Mr. Horace F, Clark, &c.; there were nine members among whom I intended to divide the ap. polptusut of men in my dopartment); it wos stated tg mg to paint bis own bouso; is that ! nei | that it was the wish of the department to on Mea employed these among tie wersbers of Congress. eee A™ OWNER WARTED—POR FIFTY BARRE lard and lard oll, marked "P nnd G, New York, | Bleoed w G. W. Phillips, Jr. recetved from tha Wot, via, Pennsylvania and Camden’ and" Amboy rail ‘on tive 16a ‘and 1th ina. A. DREKEK, pier OB SDUPTION.—IF ANY Kio? KUTABLE FAMILY pre without chndren, wish to adopt a hesithy vale cbild, they whit pleane on or address Mre Hae eee midwife, 117 Kiaridye street, beiween isroome and Delancey. PJ RRALI AY SND NEXT OF KEN OFFIUKS. Vamily Jound, pated and cperaeed. taced aad wi ay BENKY davd, 327 Removes Ist of March 19 6.0and Sol monn MES, MEE SR (DAUGHT Sk OF CORNMLE\ LAA) is tn thi or apy person who knows of ner whereabouts and will a Mr dtuina hear of sometulng to bee ad F THE YOUNG bt MADE inquiry about s livery stable for waie at } and Address, 60, — srondway, which was Call agois at 47 Pearl sireet, be will mich obiige, alt M7 Broome atroos, abe wil NFOKMATION WANTKD—OF THE PERSON WHO seni x few verses evtitied “The Fascinaing Wulow” Lf, ihe one tbat vent them sees this, he will confer a great favor uddreas to the ron 7. 18 IN TOWN TO-aAY—FOURTEENTA STREET ' Lis ‘and Brosaway; 2o'clock precisely; pier 5. HOULD THIS MEET THE EX OF MRS. 81La8 HEN. Ty Temple, understood to have been living two yearsago in Bast Thirwents street, New York city, sas wil cooter a fe vor by seading ber prestot addreas or esliing at 103 Nasoaw street, Address J Reld. SPRING FASHIONS, — CARD.-—TO 2OUTUERN AND WE7fERN BUYERS— Paris pattern bonnes, « Inrge assortment of bome maan- fucture, now ready jor the wholesale trade, at the lowest possible cash prices, at rs. SIMMONS’, 564 Broadway. RILFICIAL FLOWERS, ‘Target wreaths, Ball and bridal wreaths, sad dresses and bouquets. itch deacriptiou of #tenek s. and Jobbers and milliners are invited Wo cail And exansiue at PRICE'S Artiicial Flower Manufsowory, 45 Division street. IRENCH BONNETS.—MADAME HARGIS & KON, 671 just received, per steamer, a large assort- ment peer FALL BIBSONS, m RIBBONS, RIBBONS. VAN WYCK, TOWNSEND & WARKENS Sold by auetion, ON WEDNESDAY, ‘The entire stock ot a large ribbon importer. We bought about 200 cartons Ata great reduction, We now offer ‘The largest line in New York ov RIBBONS At 20 per cent under former prices, For uct onsh only, KeBGAN & TERNAN, No. 2 Warren street, ‘one door from Broadway, pains ABTIPIOLAL FLOWERS, 712 BROADWAY, NEW YORE The most important and renowned firm in Parisand New York Or the finest artificial flowers, headdresses, 40., at wholesale, THE MILITARY. IENIOR VETERAN CORPS OF 1812.—A SPECIAL MEET- ing of the corps will be held this (Friday) evening, Feb, 25, at 734 o'clock, wt the Mercer House, on buatoess of impor- tance relative tothe celebration of Washington’s birthday on Tneaday last. The presence of every Veteran is requested. BY order, H. RAYMOND, Col. isaac M. Puyre, Adj’t. Lost AND FOUND. 0G LOST-FULL SIZED BROWN SPANTEL, WHITE Laie one white toe; chain collar on; named Trump. Tea dollars will be paid for bia return to 152 Kast Thirteenth at. 0G LOST.—A LARGE BLACK AND WHITE NEW- foundland dog, with a brass coliar around bisneck. Any one returuing him to 19 Cliffstreet, wil! receive $3 reward. SOUND—A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, IN TWENTY- B eigiith street. 2 he owner can have the same by describing ft, and paying for this sdvertisement, Apply betore 10 o'clock: A. M., at 209 Cherry street. [soe TURSDAY EVENING, IN BROADWAY, A black and tan terrier slut; bad on « brass chain collar, with owner's name engraved on it, The finder will be ilberal: ly rewarded by bringing her to 54 Broadway, up stairs, or to 10. 8 Willow place, Brooklyn. ‘OST—YESTERDAY NOON, IN A FOURTH AVENUR omnibus, 4 lady's reticule. containing «small amount of money in gold. ‘The finder will confer # favor by leaving 1t at 74 Warren street, up stairs. ‘Liferiay mornin Ja pong from Bétth street, New Yorks ts morning, in ‘e lew to Newark, N. J., cont about $160 in meee, and greats valuabie papers. The Goder will be ilberally rewarded by icaving it with Messrs, Carlton & Porter, 200 Mulberry sireet. ‘TRAYED—FROM 881 SIXTH AVMNUE, A YELLOW shaggy Scotch terrier. ten months old: angwers to the namo of Jack. "Three doliars and expenses will be paid for his re- tura to the above place. REWARDS. AA AAA Rr A REWARD OF $00 WILL BE PAID BY THE ATLAN- tic Bank of Brook! o! n, to any pergon who will apprehend and ie reniler ta the Cust of Police of the of Hrookiya Oscar 8. Field, late the Paying Teller, who has absconded with «considerable amount ot funds, pi the bills of said bank. Tbe said years of oper ot © clean ¢8, heir igh, erect, limbs REWARD.—LOST, ON THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY, @ gold fan, 5 Bilt; also, a gold bracelet, set, with mosale, with the name Anne ved on It, ‘The, finder will recetve the above reward by ‘them af No. 60 Varick street, Mnbvclber, Granite Vilage Quarry, on the ait eu r, Gran ' ‘night of hes inns a small red heifer, one year old.’ Tho above re ‘will be paid to any person ring auch information as may to her recovery. L MAGILL, Staten 5 REWARD.—LOST, ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK, LAST ‘Wednesday evening, between Twenty-second and Twen. fy-fourth streets, in Third avenue, a white and black spotted slut, with brass collar; ‘on the collar is Niccolla Baril. On delivering the above at 116 Third avenue, corner of Fourteenth street, up stairs, the reward of $5 will be given. REWARD.—LOST, FROM 9% EAST TWENTY- tan ‘24th inst, a small black and ‘and answers to the name of Dandy. The above reward be ns asked. street. on Th terrier, with n soar over hie leh eye; bed on & Drags colar, paid for his sd BO ql REWARD.—STOLEN, FROM 22 W. 2 of February, two gold watches, a 0, ‘The above reward will be paid for 0 watches, oF $28 for elther. No questions asked. A. R. Cox, Box 1,754 Post office, oF apply. as above, $20 REWARD.—THE ABOVE REWARD WILL BE Address paid for the arrest of Mary Ann alien jary Ann Sinith, who fs under indictment in the New York Sea- sions grand Jarceny, and having forfeited her bail is now a Fugitive from justice. ‘She haa brown hair, a light complext and brown or dark grayish eyes; her nose is lar wide hands, is of about medium Jit her when she wont awa about months old named Tommy Wheeler, She has friends at Cold Spring, Putnam (o,, or thereabouts; also in Jersey City, Ho boken and Brooklyn. A iberal reward will be also paid for formation concerning ber that will lead to her arrest, by any her bondsman, aad a HEFFERNAN, 164 West Seventeenth street. vel rages coutaaing forty ousand| Georgia, in $0'n, S16 and $10. ig ivanaah, Georgia, n 39's, $10 ik of A) in and i soon Ss et, ‘and $2 Wo—Mechnnica”" Bank of Augusta, Goorgla, in $5's anc Diapk of A : og ohne see ens eugs8 ae ten eae, cer ite minal 2.200—Dane of Charleston, 8. 0., in $99, $10's, 820s aa 2200—Pegpits Mank of Charenton, 8, in 8, $0, 84 8,190—Brchange Bank of Columb, B.C. in $0, $0, $90 650—-Macobania’ Bank of Cheraw, 8. C.,1n 86's Si0's an 1,608—Pigniara? Baa of Pairld, Wiasbor, 8. 0. tn 8 ‘Ava the'buinnoo in notes of Georgia 224 South Carolin A rewar! of ten thousand do! will be for the of the net OF & wat Wal. 3 DINNER Opa Ten BI Cory. Brady, ‘A, Bearers SAE apc for ioe cee Fridays in Brooklyn, EE THIS "8 NS) NEW YORK FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, Anounisnor Cannort’s Disco Ww. TON 0 nscOURSE ON WaAsiimatox, A Lewer from & New Yorker traveling {n Treland. ‘Aino Raitorial articles on z a it Senatorial Debate « and Despotta ” of Reason. ea iar recat ‘much other Interesting mater, on ‘Oflee, 151 Patton stregt, — LL DENTAL 0) IN TE Be a Ra zIOnS, PERFORMED, 1 of ted ak tifle manner; in parts oF whole sets, on new and Improved pritt ples, by'Dre, PRETRICICS tad a ae WAY, © of Howard street, No exorbitant 3 i RTIFIOTAL F AT THE LOW! porate pelcen wet on elon Bay om old, $B. conti ‘on plating, «$25, Teeth ried Wie of eed anal su yot, neag Bleroes, obe ‘Oh AGUELOS im hy O