The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1864, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2%, 1864, whose house was im Parye, renerted an offer made t Partionlar branch of the matter th v0 26,000 shares? | @ stronger desire thaw auf of these gentlemen to carry | know if Opa *ke would like him to farnish him with some | postponement, insemuch ax Mr. Hale desired to speak om OPD Y KE-WEED in 1561, 6 was w ollect to furnish or load « mill 4 | A ido v0 dintivotly, be umey bave Dad some CopMed- | Out KNts Brrangement Q. Was there auy advautage | guus; Updyke “oplied that be wanted oo guns; ae be had | the subject. doliats pay that dem, in cons deration of wht @ | COO. Dak bo whut extent | do mot kuow. fakeo of You by tbuse gentiemea? . Bo coatract, dir Summme said after tho explanation of Mr. Hale he was to receive as 8 bonus one and to | By the Court—Do you know be bad any? A. Not eer Witness—Do you mean an unfair edvantaget Counsel va the ofRer side did wot cross-examine, would leave the subject entirely iu he bands, Ho tad Dave the entire control and posse aulioge ¢ taimiy. Coneeel-—Yea, supposed that Mr, Hale had wiready sated us objections ; Ibe objection was overruled, as before, subject to the Wiwess—No unfair advantage was takon of moby any sx, ATION OF MB. Wi. C. OHOROU! future snowiag of Mr. Opdyke’s cucnection with the | Of those gentlemen. A number of telegrams were re eo erenilt en erous eee to divide the estate tuto tontns, and give to me tive. | trausactin erived rom \/r Billings, the Gret was dated 4th Novem | Oovs S™aminel by Me. Plorrepoot, bua tenths, wo Measrs Peliet & Lumins two teuths, nad to | A. loowe ehares were traoaferred to mo on an arrange- | ber, 1842, 10 this elect —“Mr. A len left by the overlaud yl. d a ~iiton tO Messra. Pellet & daning, one Ouch Of the original proprietors one teutb; toey were to Ment the porto woich was that | sgouid soll (ive saou- | FeUte. Mr. Doyie reiieves Powers. Reiief or ruin. You had beeu bonkers; bis propo-itioa was to Che proposition to bis remarky @fow dayn Pus Sucu was LOt the case, be was per.ectly willing that we 0 ince. 0 tho resol about three years: formerly lived to Utica Fostteend in tea aaeal Tena ae ore OP Seiphia, since about 1846 ned prt nag Bem a g?vorgarent to supply it with on, 2 before the war: Wire Queriermester’s Depart- ne Conahe Waee area into executive sension, and of meat Philadeiphia waa toe principal place for supply- ys File slisuaiecmed ing the army before the war: in 1801 there { hed a com . tract for army blue cloth with tus goverampnt; i avid Mouse of Raprooonqntyrye for Opdyke some three distinct consracte with ths Qaar Wasmuncrom, Deo. ZB, 1806 tormastor; 1 think tuo dat was (or 16,000 yards of whole THE DUTY ON PRINTING PArKA. jue cloth; anuther (or 69,000 of the sau: cennet give ea aor ae ar nani claim could easily bavo been settled | the date, and another of 16,000 countitute the wuole; | OF motion of Mr. Anouwa. (0 p) of Pa, it was ee =~) tithemans 08 te Botrepell Thad v0 ‘contract that wes’ afterwaids trauskerred vo | solved) that the Committee of Ways avd Meang be re Bank. Brummayen conld be arravged at @ rewonal fgure” &. Wes Williams president of the Meiopoli fet bed nn atest a Cormeen taiereer, tence [ete ae late the explo f eee? Bank? A. He was Q, In all these negotiations with eucpending the i "6 duty on printic and they 1 ‘ o ight thousand blue coats—inkaatr: pending the inspor' iy 08 pF paper, pene pet mad paren aie Mons Wann: eee Iy ia the winter of 18112; Ojayke or pac | dé antl are hereby requested to report, by bill or other- they did ot, Q. But de ee it hart A. 1 think | ties oonneoied with him executed it: my brother wae, I | wise, at aa early day. te pe Berhad jabber (cada ey- ts 4 hil liog a ovat after they wore delivered THB ENROLMENT ACT az Ny get led ay oh od i kuow Hitohoook, his contract wee | On motion of Mr, Corrnots, (app.) of Pa. agreement? A. Yes, Q, You said that Mr. Allen went Smetherahene the . ton on Mifitary Affuira were sabbath ta, Galitagnin, ove ‘and, to negotiater A. I did: Jobo T. Preppy bed yes the amendment to the ku ‘act, 80 as ‘an * Talechy s pts a California brought with bim brother the twelve and @ hulf person dratied to pat ina stitute avy place where Of that Stato; T freqentey eee co Ack for Me. Billings. | coain while in Philadelphia; | had an jatereat in it my- | & muslering ofllcer \s stationed, ta be cradited to aay Field as ooursel. | hunt een Cecation to call oa Mr. | oi; Opdyke & Company had theeontract; | suppose be waa { Part of the Congressional district in waich auch porne® MOrMIOg Bs Well bs Ie Che arta ecmetimed ID the | thereiore interested iu it; Smith & Cartart mavutactared |} Feaides at the time the substitute is accepted, eanvGe Mr. Yield's houses Teen te, and at night; this | ing goods: this has Dothiag to do with the original contract, TAX ON TORACCO, Dim; the growtont dione: ad, one discussious with | Q State what you did to further thie contract. Thard | Me, Kason, (rep) of Towa, introduced a bill to levy Writ Mr. Doyle, WO Wie eet eee eneaw Mt | wan an excess more than the odntract, for which you | duties on tovacco and ich was re romembor it.’ Field arcing bin Gener me man I | went to Mr. Opdyke to requost his getting it from ‘tbe | ferred to the Committee of Ways and Means he would agree to, ande Peni? rere cut west | government? A. Yeu. Q. Did you succeoa? A.1 befeve EXCHANGE OF PREONERA OF WAR he didn coed it dong! remember tbat | not. @ What was the ooutract for fiiteen thousand | The House then proceeded to consider the resolution of those iote:views, Tt cane ty en penklek | yards of clou? Was that Opdyke's contract? A. Yes; |. of Mr. Cox, (opp ) Of Ohio. calling om tne secretary of them ag having been’ long. difficult ‘and tedtousr thee | B@ WAS t0 execute that contract. Q What was done | Warfor all tho unpublished communications relative te are*iibe complicated f° te neebon thst onan with that cloth? A. It was delivercd at Philadelphia, | the exstange of prisoners of war, aud @ long debate ea peoprleuore were. in Californie gana that some of the | according to contract. Q Were Cauart & Smith con’ | sued. Cousary as ty the correctness Of wiatoments of the pre, | Rected with any contract? A, That was tho coat con- | | Finally the question was taken and My. Cox's resete prictors here; it was necessary to see whether these | tft Q Do you know of any contracts mado by Opdyke | son passed as origioally introduced, vin:— Statements agreed with the fate of the case; thie, con. | With the government? A. No. Q. The four contracts not Incompatible wilt the public interéstm, pled with the fact that the amount of money in quésiion | YOU SP°ke Of are all you know about? A. Yos. Dos not herrtofore published be comumoe was vory large, made the matter a rathor dittivale ane It being now the hour of four o'clock, the court ad. | cuted tothe House by the Secraiary of War. and caused {t to be tedious and laborious; {know that Mr. | J@rned till ten o'clock this morning. MM DEFIGENCY APPROPRIATION SILT. THB FAMOUS LIBEL SUIT. SEVENTH DAY OF THE PROCEEDINGS. advance (ne mouey to pay my portion o the debt, wo be | Band of three shares, for tweoty-fve, dollara, Q To | Must do som-iniog,” xe., &e., the other was dated No- eetimated only at & mi lion, aed they wore to have aa whom’ A. To Mr, Hoy, | believe; I xm not entirely clear | vember 22, »04 directed to Gen, Fremont; the terost of one per cout a month for that. aud to retaia, im | to whom the sale was made, but I think to Mr. Hoy or tu | Was 88 Ollows:—“Goneral, I must be brief. Lhe propo tou of te. bo one, my sock ab security, until | Mr, Ketchum, or to Mr. Hoy representing Mr. Ketcvura; | t be active iv the matter, and not allow the No it was paid, Q What w rdinary rate of interest in | those ere the naines i retain in my mind as People to hesitate, as it is necessary to act promptly :”* Cali ornia . Two to two and a beif, and | with it: | bave understood from ous of tho parties’ tbat | the Bext telegram’ was dated sometines over, }@r MmONtB: this proposition was rejected | the object was to have as large a cootrot, still in the sare ob—*Relvre the by those gentlemen to whem it bad beeo proposed, they | bands, o tn requiring 0 divide the property into eicbths, ana to re | sil @ twoeixhths; that was in the earlier part of pegotiation; they subsequently, as the ne- gotiatin: bere progressed, came to believe that it would | tbe market price of thi atock at the time you roid it at fail bere, aod that th y could obtain the property on much | twenty (Ubjection offered and overruled, subject to Deiter torms: they were creditors to a considerable | the same contingency as before.) A. 1 do not think I amount; (hey fmatly came to demand that tho ecatate id | Cam state the market price, it was co siderably above be divided into tnirtietns, of whic tuey were to receive | this price, perhaps ten oF filicen per cent above. fourteen, | was to receive seven, and each of the other | Cau you Gx \be date at which this price of tweoty five Proorietors three. Mr. Fillings, who was my agent as well | was paid for the stock? A. I} was, I think, in the 48 & proprietor, wrote to me about that time repeatediy, | Twonch of October, 1863. Q. Was the stock then on sale twat | must accede to the negotiation bere or | should loge | At the Brokers’ board tn this city and reguiariy quoted my estate there that I bad only the alternative of succoss | Mm the markel? A. Yes. « Lo you remember by whose here. Q Ibat was the situation of the uegotiaiious in | Checks you were paid fer tuoae Ave thousand shares? Maroh, 13637 A, That was tue situation: I then concluded | (Objection offered avd overrued.) A, Mr. Hoy’s, whe to go on with the nexotlstions here; | consisered u Payments were wade in two separate amounta, by two three eighths of the ebta p id, and its | checks, woich bore the signature of Mr. James Hoy, Q property reduced to reveuue paying condition, was better | You bave not thosechecks? A. Those checks passed out than nove at all; 1 the: of my hands checks on some one of the to carry torward the vegot nd | Danks. Q. Cap you say whetuer Mr. Oodyke iu any way June the settiomen's were ali agreed upou, and the nuected with or upon those checks? A. He was were exeguted and the company formed. Q. When y. You think those two checks paid 8 formed what was tho A. Yes; | know those two checks paid ue of eecurities for thi Q. Were the millon and a half bouds y A. Bonds of the now | that were to be issued to take up the debts issued? A. I company were tasued to the amount of $1,600,000; that | believe it certainly was; an additional amount bas was part of the arrangement, Q. What were the debis joe boen issued. . What amount of that issue was thus tobe discharged’ A, The debts of the proporty; | appiiod or used iu taking up the debts against the estater liens and encumbrances on the -property, and the debte | A. Ioan only inform you from hearsay, it was carried generally. My underatanding was that tbe dobte of the | through while 1 was one of tbe \irectira; the estate, incurred iw developing the estate and iu de ending | whole amount, I presume auc believe, was applied to the MORE SPICY DETAILS OF EVIDENCE ntlemen; my me- whether | ever knew beyoud erved. Q What GEN. FREMONT ON THE STAND. Details of the Mariposa Transactions, REMENDOUS EXPENSES OF THE CONCERN. ‘How Millions were Frittered Away. : ‘More About the Farley Gun Factory. it aginst the attacks of the general goverument, were to | payment of the debie. Q. Did the questiun come up as | Field bad a xrvat deal to do; be was generally muoh occu. ———— + T ointe seem tne tarmsion: cpcerremraniee ete be paid: but iu the course of the negotiation that came | to the payment of other debts than the lens with the | pied and gaven great deal of timo, attention und care to it. car @ with June, 1866. eid to be changer, 60 that only the recorded lieus that held | amount? A. It did come up ag botween the company and | 0. Are your reiatioas with these gentlemen still of a REWS FROM WASHINGTON. Y"icr. Buoone aaid the bid contained appropriations to the the ebtate were to be paid Thatcamo up gradually in | myself. Q. What amount of debts was found to be in | friendly charactor ». They are still (rieadly; my rela- amount of niuety-three millions six bundred thousasd i the course of the negotiations, and ws the sub ect of the | the shape of liens? A. | thiuk something over two mil | ttoos with Mr, Ketchum are friendly and conidential; he What Machinery and Factory Tools | coiacu: Q During some of the negotiations in Furupe | lioon wore round to be lieve, or thee. the iieuy on'aeitie: | I8-may lawyer: tay relations with Ae, Field, are friendly; soreriag @ bret discassien 08 the sppropriasion ‘Be are Worth, Was the unsettied title sud (he claim 0° United States | ment amounted to tbat; legally they might have been |- they are those of counsel and client; until within afew . printing paper for the government printing bureau, " an embarrassment, aad when was it removed? A. It was | less, but ov arrangement it amounted to over two mil. | days Mr. Field bad anoniver of suits in band for me; be | Ths House Whiskey Tax Bill Passed Mr. luem, (rep.) of Aaas., satd that thers was no evt- om &e ae tually removed by the ias 6 of @ pateat In 1858 by the | lions—on arrangement with the creditors. Q. Do yor many now; they have beeo considerably re dence to show that paper manulacturers have combised general government, it had been a great impediment | member about @ parcul of those bends amounting to im vegotiations in Europo and in this country, and tn | $230,000 or bereabonts, being the sub,ect of controversy the practical working of the estate—tbe attack of the od these associates, by euit or othorwise? A. duced; that was because tome seitiement was come to Le bad heard it churged, between us. Q. I would like to kow from you, by the Senate. had hover gor at tue substantial acts, uo reason General Fremont, whether tne following statement for the bigh price was the scarcity aad the tax on the ‘The court opened this morning at the usual hour. As general government upon that site nmong others in bout the time when this suit was begun | charged is true or untrne/:—(Reads.) ‘Opdyke 4 “90 every day previous the court room was crowded at | California Q. Betore these negotiations all that bad | 1 bad understood that there was au upapproprinted | and others reminded Fremont when he was a ape. (rop.) of II, aid tho duty on paper t= ho opening. Goverul Fremont belng known as one of | passed? A. All bud passed; the title was gure and | Amount of $250,000 in bonds, out of which I required | candidate for the residency, a year vgo, that his airs | The Deficiency Apprepriation BAll | provibitory. to tad understood trom the deat sutbo~ “Gus witnesses of the day, an uousual interest was mani. | Totuced to quiet presession.' Thore was no contest, | thut the encumbrances which were not liens should be | were grostly ly, ko” ‘this bes y Apprep Ply shat there waa a) cocibinesion of paper manetas- 3} Q. What was the par value of the sbarea? A. $100, | paid; but my knowledge on that point is indetivite, | beew frequently published? 4, There was nothing of the turera, who control the whole matter, and who pave feated to hear his evidence. The Geveral wason the | Q Wuat number o shares did Mr. Selover receive? A. | aod’ gies ovly to the general fact that I | sort: hasvo foundation in fact. Q And, again (reading), Pa by the House. brougiit up the prices trom twolvo and fifteen to twouty- Atness stand for an hour and a half, and hisexamina- | 12.00. Q And Mr. Billings? A. Toe same—12.500. | Iearnod such\to be the case. Q Did you com. | “And that if bis frieuds determined ¢o run bim agaia fivo und twonty six couts a pouod That chere has beem Q@ And Mr. Parke? A. 12,500 shares. Q Did they | menco a snit about that? A Yos; 1 com. Tocvive their three-eighthe clear from any con- | menced a suit to endeavor to force the payment of those tributions? A. They have held sinco so to have received | encurebrances by the company. Q. What was the result them. Q. H»w were tbe 62,500 shires representing your | of that: A Jt was finally adjusted between the company Sve eighths disposea oi? A, Under the contract, or un | and myself Q. Were the bonds applied? A. No; the der the writven agreement which accompanied the con- | bonds, 1 presumed, in the course of the sait, had been tract, 25,000 shares became the property of the three gen | partly applied to the payment of debts; but what be- tlemen who epyaged to form the company came of them 1 do not know; it is well to say, in this money necessary todo this—Mr_Ketchu Connection, that those debts, not liens, wore finally paid aod Mc. Hoy. Q That left 37,500 sBares. What was | by myseif,and not by the company. Q. Ho that the dove with that? A. Or that, under the same written | $280, @ uot applied to this? A. They were not ap- agreement, 2,000 shares were paid to Mr. Field. Q. | plied to this. Q. You then paid $280,000? A. Not that $200,000? "A. Yes; uo other division or distribution of | particular amount; but | have paid some such amount a8 that amount was made, so far as to affect this amou! that on debts to the amount of over a quarter of # mil- except the amount of 2,000 hares to Mr. Simon Stevens, | lion, to which I contended those bonds ought to be ap- Q. That left 34.500 shures. Was any portion ot that | plied. Q. Do youknow Mr. Jobn T. Howard, of Brooklyn, Placed in the hands of Messrs. Opdyke, Hoy & Ketchum, | who has also been a resident of California? A, I do. or either of them? A. 25,000 shares were placed in the | Q. When did you form bis acquaintance? A. In bunds'of Mr. Morria Ketchum. Q. That le(tin your hands | 1866. Q. Where did you age: It would be wise to put his aitairs into a better shape 7’ ould pot di re A. Ido not bave any koowledge of it: # schedule of the bist ans Area) oF Minar; said thle a ‘tho resuls be debts of the company were given to Mesars. Ketch: and aia tink tan tie Hoo 60 or bonds Tepenc orwere | PABRAGU CONFIRMED AS VIOR ADMIRAL, | Pett the sx on tue raw aaterial aad the rato uf fee all devoted to the payment of liens. ba 7 ow pa said he knew of acase where cae belt Re examined by Mr. Evarts—I am not prepared to say ae, a, ~ of a paper mili iu Illinois was offered for sale for fiftecm that during the period of these negotiations no political thousand dollara beouuse they say it will pay un Inveres® conversations occurred; but T can say positively and iG a of forty per cent. The tax on paper is 8 tax on knows decisively that no conversation like that alluded to tovk Wasumaron, Dec. 21, 1864, edge, and will destroy maoy of the newspapers of the Pisce; the best reason is that I myself intended to avoid PINANCT Treas. country and did avoid them; there were, of course, general oon- ANCTAL Ma‘ e ‘Mr, ‘Monm, versations on military and other matters, such as intelli- The Committee of Ways and Menne have decided to | vjiow nigh is the ont_men are apt to have when th ion ecoupied tue court for the greater part of the day, “On the opening of the court, Mr, Pierrepont called attention to the fact that tho ruled out yesterday were published in the Zribune ig morning. He admitted that the first letter of Mr. ‘ig 80 published was one to which the letter of Bir. Wpayke of September 25 was a fair reply. Mr. Pierre yr resumed the reading of the articles contaiuing the of Vt., asked the gentiomaa— iopt the dation of Secretary Fessenden, and Mr. W. Te eg rel high h to adop' recommendation ir. Wasnuunye replied that i¢ was bigh enough to pre- . Were you nominated for the Presidency during 86 | ronort against the isaue of any more gold interost bonds, | vent any paper irom being imporved, He thought it was last poittical campaign? A. I was nominated for u Presidency during the last campaign; Mr. Field, as I In authorizing future Joans they will make interest paya. | *™nt¥, Per cons. payable ia gold. before. gave a great deal of attention to the affairs eO- | pie in currency, and offer such extra inducements as wil) ‘The House passed the DVofloiency bill, with aligns trusted to bis care; from the lst of September, 1862, to % ° the Ist of July, 1868, 1 had frequent opportunities of | i their opinion render them acceptable tothe capitalists | @mendment, and adjourned, i Mr. Hield objected to the consumption of the timo by reading of the whole articles, contending that ouly portions claimed to ba libellous should be read. Mr. Pierrepont claimed that the whole articles snould Dererd. The Court overruled the objection, and excop- ir, Pierresoat ed and ir. Pierrepont resumed and concluded the reading of articles. . 8,500 shares? A. Yes. Q. Tho first 26,000 shares that | here or in California? meeting him ; bey were very frequent, and it ix {mpoasible | and the people of the country. Prizes Cashed in Al alize: 1 TO ee EW ETAL SOHN 0. FREMONT. . | woot to Vpdyke. Ketchum & Hoy went to them ag their | remember to bave formed his acquaintance aa | now to fofm an approximation of them: my meoting THE DUTY ON PRINTING PAPRR. and [atormation given. CLUS Bonet Omen. in’ a C. From nt sworn and oxamined by Mr. Kvarts — | absolute property? A. Yes. Q. What was the disposition | a member of the republican party. Q. In connection } with Mr. Field goperally took place on the receipt of i Broadway, New Yors. ‘ou were ictely a major general in the United States | of thise other 25,000 shares to Mr. Ketchum? with tho political matters of that day? A. Yen; out of | telegrams from or sending them to California; Mr. Doyle | The debate in the House to-day on the papor duty tn- ee sane te iworvic A. Yes, sir. Q. Where hus been your residence Mr. Field—ib st appoars by a written paper; let us | that grew the acquaintance. Q. What was the degreeof | we the only agent of Billings in these transactions; | dicated a decided opposition to iton the part of a ma- Royat Havana Lottery.—Prizes Cashed (during the last eight years? A. Io California and in this ity. Q What miving property had you in Caltforuia wo as the Mariposa property? A. I bad s mining roperty known as the Mariposas,in the county of the f Pa . Did 44 1m gold. Ti tion furnished, Highest rates paid atgede or the expecten to which aliasionn hve bean | JOPHy ofthe members. MF. Rice, of Massachusetts, made | ‘Seubioons aad kinds of Gord and ‘alive wn” "Ns made, fall upon your five-eighths, or on whose interest | the best possible defence of his brother paper manufac. TAILOR & CO., Bankers, 16 Wall street did they fall? A. They have all fallen upon my five- | turers, but it did not appear to make much impression Dave that paper? A. It was made the subject of an origi. | intimucy and confidence between you and him as friends mal agreement between Mr. Ketchum aud myself, Q, | and acquatntasces? A, lt was quite intimate and friendly tiuve you that paper? A.J have pot with me; I bave | and confidential for @ long time. Q bo you know Probably a copy of it araorg my papers. (Mr. Field pro- | whetber he is m this country, and if uot, when he left? e q me 1ame, comprehending about foriy-four thousand | duced acopy, which was shown vo. withess You | A. Ihave been informed that not long since be left for | eighths; but thero is still a n ‘ter in controversy Holiday Gtrts, Combiniay of land. <Q. Did that property aiterwards become | executed « paper of which this le & copy? AL Yee, nin, | Barope: fam not aformed precieely ap to the time, but | welch 1s not yet seitled. Q. Ag Iu.ctrrstand you, your | UPS the House, The debate arose incidentally upon ah lg Sy fee yg subject of a stock incorporation in this State? A. It Mid, Q. How long nud you been the owner of tbat eet A. Thad poe ‘a part owner for about years. . what time did it become Babject of this stock incorporation? A. In the summ wt 1862. Q. How long bad this mining property beea lered and worked on’ A. Since (he winter of 1843 and 1849. Q What aid it produce, A Goid, principally; thee original proposition was to part with one-fourth of the | the deficiency appropriation bill, on the state- | mounted objects for Y . Aloe estate to bring the rest of it into more immediate that the deficiency tn the | the, Novelty Microscope, for examining insects. flow i nen, ban .» 18 mallet for $2, pb oalld ee a “bat? it Yess there pre appropriation for the gofernment printing office was | objects fe 8 HENRY CRAIG, 13) Contre wrest, mainly caused by the enormous advance in the price of $80, and SHELDBN & “eo sold CA tae & WE: Paper. Mr. F. B. Wasbbarse and others argued against mt ar aLivelmeudiana A Bolidey. Fr relation of cyupeel | ¢b@ continuance of the duty, whtob not only produced Bo | suf! or '$orte, 100-Weed Sewing Maching Company days past? A. | revenue te the Treasury, but actually texes the govern- | Highest Premium Lock Butch Machines, 616 Bruadwape Q. When? A. About the time of its date. (M I think some weeks ago be Jers. 19, 1863.) Q. When did this matter of executing such Cross-examination by Mr. Field—Q When you were in Paper, or apy such disposition of that stock, come up? | Europe Begotiating for the sale of this estate what was A. It came up io the course of the negotiation, and about | the best offer you could get (rom the bankers of Paris? the time it was executed. Q. Was tt one of the condi. | A. The best offer which | received, a1 tions of tbe transaction that this disposition of these | tioned ip the course of my testimony as having boen re- twenty-five thousand shares should be made? A. it was | peated by @ branch of that house im San Francisco, was required, | think, by Mr, Ketchum, that that disposition | to the effect tnat they would loan a million of doilars, for which I men- to Mr. Field. . You stated that yi ‘wore otber minerals in lessor qaantity. y What torms of | snould be made of thatamouat Q Before it was com- | which they should receive ove: hi ‘estate asa bonus, | and client continued until within w 4 eet wie pap Me Pleted? A. Cortainiy ih was in the conse of (4 wito the reinicemens thas they should be placed tn pos: | No: the reiatlons ontinue: but the number of cS 'a | moot nearly half » million of dollars in the additional Now York. tation in the diseu its terms, Q What did | session aud cont thé estate; m- other w that | bund nave considerably dec ; there was a cal fof product, previous to the act of :ncurporution’ A. It had you understand was the cooditiea required in respect to | after the million had been returned to them, with into- 1d about the impossibility of ‘ogottations in Kurope | °st of paper used by the public printer. At Delluc & Co. &pumber of millions | these, twenty-five thousand shares of stock? (Ob. | rest, they would give one-bsif the profits to the oid | white civil war was threatened were; Billincs wrote from | THE NOMINATION OF FARRAGUT TO BE VICB ADMIRAL jecticn oflered and overruled.) A. Mr. Ketchum | proprietors and retain the rest of tbe estate. Q. Was fiect thi could be done there CONFIRMED BY THE SENATS. the of war bere; 1 did not regard tne claim cf Brommageo; taere was no foundation for | 48 800n ee the President bad signed the bill creating such claims, advauces made to me in the interest of | the office of Vice Admiral of the Navy, he sent to the tho different proprietors; these advances were made by | penate tho nomination of David G. Farragut to that poal- posa Company. Q. Do you know that the bonds of the | distinguished compliment of confirming the nomination Company were selling in the market at ninely per cent? | unanimously, without a reference to any committee. pr Stated that the gentiemen here who under- | that ihe best offer you were able to obtain from any Eu- took to form this company, acd were ia some measure | ropean capitalist? A. That was the best which I receiv- Fesponsibie ior it, desired to huve the control of it here | ed. Q. Was that subsequent to the perfection of the title rather than in California, They were feartcl, if I should | by the patent from the United states? A. It was subse- make any change in my ownership, aud @ | quent, Q Did you have pegotiations witb Rothschild large part of my shares, that the control of it might go | and other beokers im London’ A. | had jaterviews with to Ca'itornia; and 1p the accidents to which I was profes- | them. Q. Had you interviews with Lyon & iat prosoed exp sed it might Lape sooner or later, sooner | A. I had. Q. Had you interviews with bankers at lrrank- from the surface wash! ‘gold, the amount | am aot abie to state, for the ac- ‘were feose, and from tue rock i suppose about millions of gold nad been taken. How largo a worked upom it in surface mining? A. Th wes various; several thousand, Q Bech mining Bo bis own account? Yes, some were engazea in the rock; there were several companies cr. for that purpose. Q. What loteress or propor. jon Gd you them own’ A. Five-eighihs. Q, To what pro- jem did you bold the legal titie? A, Six elghths, ‘Wau later, and they desired, at all events, to be | fort on the Rhine? A. 1 bad, through Mr. Billings. Q | A. 1 do not; but I know that they bave boon below par; : ho were the owners of the other two-cighths? A. Mr. | protected against such ooatiogencies; they wished to re- | Among all tue offers received by you or bim, thai | 1 bave so recollection that Stevens asked me to give the APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE. hen Xue Mens tie rere ane t] Billings end Mr. A. A Selover—each an eighth. | tain the control here over that amount of stock, in order | was the best? A. Mr. Billings may have received offers | additivoal seven thousand sbares; I rather think it was |’ The Senate also confirmed the following nominations:— | a: the Academy of Music, you admit ut once that bells bad the beneficial interest in one the | to enable bim to vote upon it; that wae Mr. Ketcham’s | of which | have ao knowledge; that te the best of which | done by.my own volition. Q. Were you nominated at John Rigolow, of New York, now Consul at Paris, to be | Verdi aud Phalon are awoet componers. f your nme? borage es Feason for ask! bi pemeag L E IR Sgg Poy Thave kaoniaten. ©, Lepage! ms rab lp tmngan r ont cant eee oer iy ee og oi Charge @Affairen ad interim. ° " ——— these emen lirornia’ ‘@ concession, after some debate elded after your returo? |. There was « pegotiation there w! a. ‘was nominated fo ie Preal- gn’ tans "Ot them, O Bine liber vecsan a Kotchua hud wo cthor Incerest thao ties ciher ges: | Mr Billings after be’ reteraed trom ‘wurope. 4. What | dency and I replied fu the afirmative. Q. Was that at | .,commander 9. Thoraton, Executive OMicer of the United | o,. nokers is undouh/ediy a M ‘um Pipe, wh leh and? States steamer Kearsarge, to be advanced in his grade | for smokers is undout adie » Mearscha Lee poeta te cemies, Sealy bavebeny toe mak, ten numbers, to take rank next = eee Bronduny, ueer Fourth strest. Pipes out te-order end go> the nomination; I do not thivk they were ever my politi. | manding Whiting, for gallant conduct action with | paired. per aetee ; : the Alabama. cal friends; | rather think they wore not irisndiy; I never | “"Commander William H. Macomb, for distinguished oon- | ‘Batche Hair Dyc—‘he Best In the + Ine. held my counsel (Mr. Field) tobe @ political friend: 1 Or eo nO. ance | werld. Hermises, reliable, lusiaatancoun, The only think there are some twenty claims that were in Mr. | Auct io the capinre of Fiymouth.N, ©, with te ordu Feet Dye. "Factory 81 Barclay street. a” aoe Charles F. Guild, 's Arnica sintiment—An Ime cases. \ttwen, Mr, Emott objected, and Mr. Field said Le ont: master in the Navy. oe, exalds, jw that ho was still the counsel of General Commander Beheack to be Osmamodors. hale applica cure for ‘ ? shot wounds, &c. tea thal Loring Jones bad a suit againat bim. Commander RW. Meade to be Captain. barn the inaeane i 18 Corns, Bunions, Enlarged Joints a ; 4 Commander. Re examined by kx-Judge Pierrepovt—The original ar- Lieutenant Egbert Thompson to be rangement was that Stevens was to Lave ove fourth of | _ Also the following asaistant engineers to be chief en- all diseases of the feet cured by Dr. ZACHARIR, TD Broadway. rom tlemen? A. 1 bis taterest as in common with | was the best offer you coald get from the capitalists of do not what the relative proportioas: Philadelphia? A. offer was im effect to Q. Was this simpiy to obtain the right to vete u} $750 000 of the indebtedness of the estate toto twenty years (Objection offered and overruled.) A. That was rea. | 10jper cent bonds, for which tbe directors of that enterprise son given by Mr. Ketohum. ive about @ quarter or one fi{th of the estate. By the Court—Still the stock was actually transferred? A Twas actually transterred and held in trust [The " otc! here at the time this incorporation was (ormed ? ‘thtok net: I think they were still residents of Cali. ‘bat since that time they have all become resi- some of the Eastern Stetos. Q. At what jary value wae this property made the stock ‘corperation? A, Teo millions Q. ite value? A. It is diMeult to fix absolutely he value of & mining property. irom the knowledge wwbich the proprietors had obtained, in their frequent Miscee ee millions wes fxed upon as the amount of fe ta all the diferent negotiations, founded fon ‘woat it bad produced io gold, aud what was its regular oduct from the workings of tbe rock. Q. That was the mode of ascerialving its value; and it was from this nowledge that this value was put upon it? A. It was, Had it been the subject of negotiations for sale, and af between Joho C. Fremont and Morris im, dated May 19, 1863, was then read 10 « dence.} Q. It is here stated that $1,400,000 is the su the bonds issued to pay the debts of the estete. What caused the diflerence? A. It was thought from Mr, Hoy’s examination in Caliioroia that tbat would probably the debts; it was the nearest amount, which he could reach; the remaining amouut proposed to be used in developing the property. Q These bonds were the first given Brummagen claimed to have an interest in the estate; the company stood about thus:—Sellover, oue Billings, one-eighth; Park (claimed), two.six Bremmagen (ciaimed), one-eighth, there was the estate in whatever way it might be put; I bi ineers:—Heury Mason, Eben Hoyt, 8. EK. Chaissa . 7.000 naditiounl snares, but Toned not ray ‘inet‘tuts was | BR. PS: B. ee ee ee W. Whitaker, Decauze Ketchum, Field and Opdyke wanted to apply | George S. Bright ana Philip Juch. {established previously at that price? A. It bad been at | lico up nthe property’ a, They were made to be the | bond called the Boston the Brumagen | the firat 26,000 to their own use; it was, I think, bec Dalley’ rat xtractor Cares het price; Begotiations conomtrentiy with this one were | first ‘Hen, sooured by mortgage. Q At what stage in the | claim was for $225,000, ranuing at two per cent, | Stevens would have had but a very small share of ibat. THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS: Burns, Scalds and Int most ineteotly, 28 Boing carriea on in San Francisco, at which the same | progress of thie affuir did these demands fortwo thousand | compound interest; Park ciaimed $200,000, and | | therofore gave the additional sum to provide for bim SECOND SESSION. cents a box, For sale at , 43 Liberty street, ‘value was fixed on the property Q Had it been made | shareso Mr. stevens and te Mr. Field come ta, and in what | olaimed that be should be id im gold; the | and for the expenses of counsel. ps = ms a - a = j ‘subject Of negotiation and sale in Europe also? A. | way did they come into the transaction’ A. The amount | alleged claim of Brummagen never udmitted; To Mr. Field—I think that these gentlemen prid all the Senate. Diamond Rings o1 jescriptions— go in Europe, io Fogiand, France and Germany, Q. | origwally offered by me io this arsangoment was one | it is not establisbod on any proper ground; there was | expenses of Mr. Doyle in California, they also advanced . Wasmincrow, Dee. 21, 1866 Papas are, fiw, serpchs are ti", sree. fa ony the entire ‘property, including the shares of the | quarter of the property; iu the course 0: the negotiation, | also a sum of $100,000 in gold due to workmen; whether | themoney daily for the telegrams, which exceeded, or at 5 ’ aaa i i <5 i well as your own, go lato this | itcame tobe held by the three (Ketchum, Opdyke and { it was above or under I could not exactly say: could not | least amouuted to, $150 aday: | did understand that HE CONSULAR APPROPRIATION BILL, oe Sbatfer paid counsel’ there $10,000 in gold; those werethe | yr. suemeay, (rep.) of Ohio, reported from the Finance Mariposa Company? A. The entire ee Committee the Coneular Appropriation bill. Hoy) that that beionged principally to them, and that | say whether or not the company was every day ruoning Q Did aay other property go into Mr. Stevens was not entitled to a very large share of the | into debt; could not say who, on my return from Cal Evane’ Extensive Clothing Warcheuses t ini ? A. Sueh property a8 bolonged to the | smount. There was a discussion and some disagreement | fornia, first suggested the sule of the estate, I did not ay : g . ° yi the movable property of course went iu: ali pro- | with regard to ity and as there had been a change io the | makaite propositioa to Mr. Stevens; Icannot state now | aye, "RAMTNATION OF Mh. Nacwias Cc. Beane THR WHISKRY TAX. * Soa - 8 ee er ren. ature of that conversation, for the reason that it Wa8 | sworn, and examined by ex-Juage Prerrepout, be sald:—{ | Mr. Saenwaw also reported the House bill taxing whie- | > * Nae te oi ote ° that property and tts appurtenances Q. tbrough Mr. Stevens that Mr. Ketchum was made @ part- | now about ihe claims before the Supervisors; | wae key, and asked immediate action upon it, Ho said that te md A he a a bf w ‘wont in was {t subject to any tocumbrances, ner in the covcern in September, 1862 Q What was | Conryed by the Committee of the Board of Sapervisora med! mae te + a @r liens, or obligations, or debts in any form? A, It wes | comprehended both these amounts—the two thousand jd about giving him 7,000 shares of stock for his Own | as counsel for the city; 1 went before the committee and the bill proposed to anticipate the additional tax by mak- . . . . . . B idject co heary incumbrances: about the time the nego- | shares to sir. Field and'tve two thousand shares to Mr. | services and for the purpose of paying Fremont what | Sr cered iuto an examioation of these cleims: tne exami- | ing ite operation commence on January 1 iustead of Feb- era) SII NSIA TES Wet Jaen mr Biation commenced the debt was estimated to be some- brief, the arraagemout. Q. How | was due, or might be due, by counsel’ A. That may | sation was in the form of @ cross-exeminution; | con- | ruary 1. It was objected that such « chanse of legisla. | py ing, * " Boing over $1,250,000. on settiomeat it was found that | did ycu learn that two thousand shares wore desired to | have been, but my momory fais me on that subject; 1 | Stctod ie for tbe county the same a# 1 would in court; | tion indicated instability in Cougress; it was in effect | BVANS op vive id | canoot charge my mind with that date now. t Mr. Field—As you Baye documents you baa better that two thousand shares | refer to tbem at once One is dated Ist Decomber, the ly be. | other in the mouth of January following [The documents fore the covelusion of the negotiation; i cannot be certain | in question as having passed between Mr. Fremont and as to the date. Q, During the pendency aad in approach. | str. Ketchum, bearing date September, 1862. ] jing the point of actual conclusion, were vegotiations Q. Was it not an agreement between ——, made on the passing between parties bere and io California tn | 24th of January’ regard to carrying the thing out? Constantly, by letter | The Court—They do not recollect the date, Let the dcc- and by telegram; very freyuently, Q Ab what stage | uments speak for themeelves. was St, ad was it by teiegram, that you lowned that you Witness—in go large » number of aocuments jut in in must close it here, for you could not rely upon ‘the | evidence, it is altogether impossible for me to recollect Begotiations there’ A. More distinctly ta the month | literally the contents of the letters, especially as regards of Nevember, from the becinving of the month to the | dates. (The papers then put in and banded to wituess | close, by letter and by telegram, both. Q. What was | Witness—That agreement was made onthe 24th of Jan the oceasion or subject of the interchange of telegrams | usry, as appears upon its face, aud it was therein agreed up to the very poiat of closing this? A. The subjec to give Mr. Stevens @ certain amount of stock for bis above $1,000,000 more was required to pay the debis; at Qhe time the negotiations commenced our monthly in Qoreat vocount was about $13,000; mucin the larger part of @' at was at two per cent.a month interest, and a large part. Of that was compoundiag mootily. Q Wns thisestimate 8 $10,000,000 over aod avove the liens? A. It was 1D- fended t> be the nominal estimate o: tho value of the Operty as it stood. Q. Did you take into unt those bia whee you made yourestimaie? A, Undoubtedly, Q jAnd it was worth that, was ity A Yes, sir, Q. When did @Bogotiations commence for the formation of the Mari; ora Company here? A. About the end of August, 1862. Q. ‘Were you then acquainted with Mr. Opdyke? A. Very ited with Mr. Opdyke; | knew of bim as a ork. 1 of bi Iu what . Ip conn " which you were a candida be paid to Mr. Field? A. 1 learned it from Mr. Fi Dimselt, Q. At what sti atter we proceeded with the investication for afew days | taxing a judgment upon manufacturers, and serious! CLOTHING WARBHOUSRE, it was foand that #0 much time was consumed that it was | terfering with (heir regular arrangements. On thi 66 arranged that the emalier claims should be examined by, | hand it was asserted that the mauufacture of the article AND SVOLTON STREBT, members of the committee, and the larger ones by m: would be greatly increased If this bill should not pass, dint AY PRE ROC soit; the Farley claim then came up; Mr. Blunt said be | aod that an immense quantity would be made, upon which 8 CLOTHING AND SURNISMING GOUDS would conduct the examination of this Farley ciaim bim- | oaly & dollar would be paid. description &! ® reduc self, and did not desire that! should be progent;heraid he | Mr. Afciowcats, (opo ) of Cal., objected that it would THIRTY ¥ thoroughly expert; | «bjected to the mode of action, | interfere with contracts. 5) and svggesied the propriety of exami: ation of wit Mr. FARWweLt, ) of Me., assorted that the neglect nesses on the other I also suggested to the co to tax whiskey already deprived the country of mittee that it would be proper to examine Col. Whitoey, | mone onough to pay up the army to date. the Superintendent of the Spriogfield armory. who was | | Mr. Hexonicss, (opp.) of I sked Mr. Sherman if ofl ened 2 ie passed: 1 | this was to be the last of whiskey taxation in the Senate. | Hvis Hatr Dye—350 Cents. Blnek of Ttbiok, | Mr Saxeman replied that so far as he was concerned | prown, Reliable. Depot No, 1 Barciny strcet. Bold by all ; but be did avs know whon it might come up | druggists. ‘ag any Souator had a right to introduce the ques- pe - y time, He would say in reply to Mr. Farwell it You Want to Kaow, & teeee fees Sess J knew of bim as one of th party: very the negotiation here in connection with services and the Vices of cone. it that time I had that if it bad not beeu tor his predecessor, Mr. Feasen- on as poe RUIGAL common SENSB. ea, : ariows curious people, aud Blightly more. Q, Your personal acquaintance with him | on that side. Q. When this statement was made by Mr, | never made any gement with Mr. Figid in connection doo, the resait as to tbe tax oo stock on hand would have | A curious book for carious bois, aud, &, food. hooe , und the whole thing, so far as I was Field that two thousand shares were to go to him, to what | with this mat! form wae i Had there been any agreement that th Mr. Steveus; I do not you were to part with any sbares? a. There had been know what arrangement war made, or what amount of agreement made with Major Simow Stevens that | was to | tee he was to receive; the company was formed on the pay a certain number of sheres to him, which number | 24th January: I had no conversation in relation to the comprehended those which Mr. Field was to receive; J | maiter with Mr. Field; the stock issued to Mr Ketchum, had bo arrangement with Mr Fieid in respect to the | or about what was being distributed to Mr. ste shares; the unders! ig was with Mr Steve Q Amount of stock coming to me, there was Did you know this wus to be two thousand shares before ut its issuance coming to me, but I recol- he informed you what it was tobe’ A. Idid not. () | lect speaking to Mr. Steveus as to what he {hon up to that time the only agreement was that | Q. Wes there any conversation in Mr. Field’s o! whatever Mr. Field was to receive you were | the amount of stock that Mr Stevens was to bi to pay? A. TF knew it was to come from | Yeu, Q. Was there not on one occasion a conversi bat Q What was this pay. | respecting the amount of stock to be issued to Mr. Ste wap to August, 1862, hat beea A. vory slight. Q. 7 you koow Moris Ketchum prior to this time? A. Bien ‘sonaily; tn convection with politics Iebad a Knowledge of generaily, os a citizen “, busi. news bore. Q Did you know Mir. Hoy’ A. I did not prior fo the timo of the pegotiations, Q. Had you aay acquaint. ance with Mr. Fieid prior to this time? A. Not rey oe Iknew of Mr. Field by reputation. ‘Ihe ot! cowners—Selover, Billings and Parke—you Knew personaliyr A. Personally. cs You had known Shem in California? A Yes. Q. Had you any personal oqualntance with Mr. Simon Stevens beiore this time? A. Lhed, Q Where did bo reside? A. He resided in Bbia city; be was engaged in business hero. Q. Will you gtate how (bese room, aad the bili was passed after a deduct bringing | been diferent. He (Mr. Sberman) was last winter, 7 .. . address ie doa to something below. $200,000; thet ‘reduction | row, opporei to the ‘action Congress saw ft’ to | Contents tabies Daiird ior. Alero so Broadway, N. Y was, i tbiok, made by the Comptroiler of thecity; 1 | take. he had always beon r of taxing the stock — think Purdy made the first suggestion about deduction; this claim was quite aiflorently coodected from toe oth 2 - ‘om the Im. jons for ‘supplies for the De- dee an pot upon ite ar itcame from the vassed by tne following vote — YeiteMosare, Brown, Collamer, Conness, Dixon, Far. ‘ well, Foot. Foster. Hair, ering, Mendorson, foward, mers Remingto Tané of Ind., Lane of Kensas, Morgan, omer: , Ram ° very severe; Toad crvversattos wits, Sherman, Sprague, Sumer, Ten Byek, Wilkionoa and Wil. | ment for which suey x: ence to tbe manufacture of the guns, be iwormed me | '°\—T% _wesere Buckalew. Cowan, Davis, Grimes. Het Po = rs carey ra All me pe oda he kr Fohneon, MeDoxgall, Pewell, Riebarson, Saulabury, wea to some és cost a om ball am jmike—12. Cros examined by Judge Kmott —I took partin the ex. | Arsaxt on xor Vortxc—Mocats, Carlile, Chandler, Clark, a ntet several bundred thousan: pil ve consist solely of HLOSTZ£TSR'S BITTERS, and the devart- intended Is the interior of t <The Jingling of St Degotiations com » and bow you | meat of » Field for? A. It was in con. ed it resulied in my asking you (witness) about 10n Of Many clatine for gons; abouta dozen; I don't Nittle, Hardigy rie, Hicks, Howe, Morrill, Nesmita, te - Srere brought jvto convection with Mr. Opdyke, Mr, | sideration of his services as counsel and legal adviser in | the amount that you yourself was to receive tor A there Goaway Ome Ghia for the destruction Riwate Wades Wilevy and Wright—le- th Aton of Pa Bietd and Ketchum, concerning them? A, Afew words | this negotiation. Q. Had the payment to Mr Simon | your services as counsel, and did I not ask you of a gun factory; J did not take part in the examination ‘THR OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, Stevens snything to do with any services, and, if 80, of | whether you would have apy objection to the issuing of what kind” A. he proposition was made origiuaily to | stock to come to me directly ia my own Dame, and did you him to Ondertake a negotiation and find men of suilictent | not say that you had uo objection whatever, and you im financial strength to accomplish it; it was Lo him that the | mediately wrote a note to Mr. ketchum directing him to offer Of one-tourth of the estate was made: tw him acd | issue that amount of stock to me? A, Idid. Q You such associates a8 he could procure. Q. Ihen the were subpanacs issued for wit. Mr. Hartaw again called ap bis resolution in reference to the oath of allegiance in che District of Columbia. ‘The yeas and nays were demanded on the passage of the resolution, and resulted as follows:— they could sond for bim; Yran—Menars. Anthony, Clark, Collamer, Conness, Dizon, moa was gent for that morping; I don’t think that the clei pel fouer, trimes; Male, Ti pow “ ‘of explan may De necessary; an has been said in the ‘course Of this examination, various other negotiations had Deen attempted cunceraing this property; in the spring or 1861 ‘tae tons alg J & Penge J io oes, another of the propr! .. having same object in of procuring ® joan to pay the debts of the esiate oir purchaser, The gentlemen do not requ they are well wenre that hia winter style ofall toe claims, thei 7 4 by ils usual excollence and superiority ever recollect any observation you made at that time? A. | mi rian, Howard, | ¢, pod form it into s company; it was ve iden’ iy made to him and Mr. Fiel made a observations probably; but 1 cannot | wag nut to a vote more thao once; | think that Purdy Beane Novia. ‘Pomeroy. Gente by a Cloaks: Guanes out arrival there tbat any suchg undertaking quarter? A. Thoy wore, as it turned out. | recollect avy particular observation at this moment. @ | soot for tho Mayor and Compirolier, sayimg that be would | ray Ten kyck and Trumbull, Van W _ 5 Brus then impracticabie op aocount of the near prospect of What foally became of those twenty thousana | 10 you recollect saying to bim that you richly deserved | noe pags upon in their absence. wh Neto j eee ssw Com ee tee No Lady's Totlet Complete Untess t Mostilitios—civil war, some attdm pte at negotiation were | shares that weut to Mr. Ketchum under this agreement? | it, and you immediately wrote a note to him? | A. | do— Rivi— Moms. Brown, Buskalew, Cowan, Davis, H potae fragtaat BOZODONT;, uate the breath sweat efee ’ 14 sdme not very positive offers were received; | (Wojection.) A. Perhaps I did avt make myself ci remarks to that effect. Now, if Mr. RXAMINATION OF MR. AINSWORTH BROWN, = Headcicks, jps0n, Powell. Richar an it ~* seat Gina: nanumne, tae Ween Shay’ wore net accepted, and whon the war Droke out i | my answer 1 sbould have axid that Mr. K hares would | _Ainaworth Brown, being sworn, and exatniaed by Mr, | bury—l0. A jer tint, and seem as pearia sei in «coral :, , leaving Mr] interest of the company for which that have lessened yur interest in the geueral results o: | Pierrepont, said:—Have had ten years experience with THE RECIPROCITY TREATY. druggies aud porramers, the trade; thinks On motion of Mr, Staman the Senate proceeded to the tnrned to this country to take pert in : Biings there to coating the negotiations; I left it to | responsinie to bis associates, required this case in any way, or was it not all expected to come | machinery, and thres or four years ci = le . 8 + " used irom to three years (from early | connideration of the resolution to repeal the Reciprocity New Things on @he care of Mr. Biljiogs; in the summer or 1862 1 returned | baye the control over it here; did vot out of the interest of Mr. Stevens? You; it was alt it 'y f per Cowl eA, rom Virgiote to this State, and found that the condition | posed to chance of that control going to California, tof the proportion Mr. Stevens was entitied sero; ster ben ae. poh nd nthe § ih pald-—F hath tovented, on (he epueiderntion Skating Gloves and Fur Com! orghativs iss beseeves. was about the ofect of bis words at the time; it wan the | to receive. subject of a good deal of discussion, bocause it was a The Court—The whole of this story must not be goo to yield; but I did no, aud t over again point I did not wisb to yield; bat ‘and thone were Ts nate sis cintaithon tel of my private aftairs was puch, especially witp rerard te * 0 i Ie subject, fe ‘Mariposa Re, Uhat it required my immediate T don’t know | of this proposition, to review the whole subject, and to ran factory exbibit at joneth the bistory of the Reciprooity Treaty; at Petroleum ‘Re} but cfier the debate of a iow days ago, and considering | Company promises to become used they become affected in the same wa: anytbing about gens; the machinery in however, very much of the same kind as im another ny.=—Thia tention if ail the negotiations which bad been attempted 4 ‘is, | the grounds alte, on the other side Q. (fy the Court, Mek 4 in the conte; od fed relurned. to this country; he hed tried ia aoe ieande miincd: by Ste. Hoy aod Opdyke also arti, | have endesvored to show that these gentlemen are in. | ealablishinent; after tho establishment bas boca (aici vn crammed tea red Thou. . } many, and bad | presume Mr. Ketchum eiaimed tt in the wame of his | volved. It ts charged in the libel that they were wo ried two OF three men would be enongD; | am Dow to cecupy the tie by any protracted remarks, They | iy ready been sroeepey Bee spot the | kasociaee, Tthink Mr, Opdyke was present: Ido not re -{ upon General Fremont’s political aspirations, and by | ceanected with the Stover Machine Company; iknow | are aot needed. Ine people voll ra seen gh oe’ me | 20M Being jadietous! ‘renpaay st cost, being very pressing: been | member whether Mr Hoy was, but I think Br, Opdyke | these means induced bim to throw his support into their | the machivery that they put in; | knew the prices from | been unoaay wees the rae é ty Bad Led = }--. pe ® the lowest ever knows ime in the hands Me jhotigagee, | wea 1resrat when this proposition was made; tho thres | ands, aud 1D compensation for which they would pledge | the examination of the books: | kept pact of then. | years. | may almost say from its date, thote was « feel. | doy Ste Nominee Solan, ory the romnany, nae a bad been turned over into the porsesson | gentleman acted together, and genorally propositions | themseives to make bim their political candidate for the rename Re oecaseh the price stoes ~- ne pon ay Begg ~ po tomat sete. an iter oro quarter of 1 nad, wbiehy : enor cory jor or ven Yn rol Keney. accepted, wou: iy, back to hy une propery one ‘who. bad’ edvancen’a ierge steer | {oers on tue owe aide aud ‘ospled ‘by meon the oibrr, eerie Qocri—Thie course of inquiry bas nothing to do | ery excopt from the books: there are two kinds of mill | mio conviction. At the sume time the exigencies Smnoume Of their aubscripvon. dts ouoer c gh god ee om 7 . ter at all. ing machines; they are worth over $250; never saw one | present war requiring Fo large an expenditare Mab standing in the community Vine property. Th ‘rover en Se. peam 0 coke | shal woes to "netonutm ender tn e satoctncatt snares | wir Field Your, Honor, the Widel charger that the } worth $600. uprearonable for we to countenance 8 treaty by whi For further partioulact, we reler to the advertisement im ‘Behon thacy teen ts pomme coe jos With Major timee'] (Oupetion repented.) : set, inal 4 ‘To the Court—I am a machinist, and served my time to | resources uf the country unquestionably Ibis | our columns, ition theng that in some conversations with Major Simon ‘Objection repeated ) in alluding to the plaintiff, attempted to extort a ne Tere ny eee oe crake consbacreiious en these whlew Dave. trovahd the Pievene, T proposed to jive tofhim, snd to others whom he Court, upon the statement of Mr Evarts that he Eeenes lasso alee Gecctal rhe dot hes 8 in the Globe Works io i public mind to ile present positiin. The woamlable fore to counect Mr. Opdyke with it, 0 1, but wonld rule out the evidence if ht aagociate with him in the under aking, ono. rite " tion Of proour ite the To Mr, Fisid—They would not be as valuable after seven | jeeling manifosted towards ue by the people ot Canada | | sunies, if suffered to progress, result in serious putme- arth of that property, im consid months’ one ag they were when {irst put up; machinery | hes bad iiitle influence ia the question, unless perhaps wins necessary to pay the debts,.and form it into such 0: Me. Opdyke shontd not be abe be residuum of thirty-two thousaod sbares, * pik ef Tony pave compete, aa 00 pnw Asa dunes, ee fae —— BROWN’S BRON. § teyeus, about the A. 1 ecderstand the counsel to mean wl im procesaing to show tt tend of thirty-two thou | might be used up very fast; | mean that being sooo they may took nary a arable. Cg A a =~) Porition ary wtock #0 far os respects » be bad recet seven thousand five | head they would be depreciated; | know Mr. Stover bim- | reason rather than of sentiment. The question of fisheries CHIAL TROCHES are compounded 90 as terench directey of a ane the arrangement , to Mr. @00t How Connected with the Stover iactory; ne | is included in the treaty. Some arrangement, cither by ved thirty: rea; and | desire further to show that be | seit; 5 ‘after various converea- | not ae it .a connec itn private affairs in any way or | nundred fine Wr, Retohomn depetse mr. ‘allen, who was about to | shape: ‘ee pi taanadbed r shall be transferred to Mr. | received a million of shafes above what he expected to | was not dismissed. ® pov spe ms or baggy Le poe oe he the seat of the disease and give almoat inetaat relief. to Sam Francisco, to examine the estate aod report | Ketchum. but it wae issued originally to Mr. Ketohum, | receive, Mr. Evarts objected. There was no rule of evidence by ph ont er oe 80 oe oar, be enpech 4 its condition, Mr. Allen did go. He visited the | at the time the other fasues were made; the dis. ‘The Court allowed question to be put. question should be asked. . comm | careful eonsider: pf rack ng oon im a seome to and examined it b October. Re tribution was the subject of » writtes agreement; that ({ be question was repeated.) Mr Field sata he would argue the questive. “ ae com Petrolenm. company. oe m bor, The sub) ‘thea, stook was subsequently transferred to me by Mr. Ketch. Mr. Emott objected and spoke on the question at con. The Court did 008 care about bearing the argument. . aod Pa oe Hy 9 prurss & - com Mr, tee jum to Mr. Opdy! um. Q Ihe whole of 1? A. The whole of it was tran siderable length, He did ot consider the question as The cross-exemination of the witness was a 2 pany He ort sO BO tie or ir. James wi ‘ted with bim. The mego- | ferred, oF the disposition of it made subject to me; an ap | Louching legitimately om the question att all. groat length by Mr. Field, as to the bag yore tee ey fon went on antil te Marob. About the Ist of rtionmems Of It was made att @ time: but it was trans ‘Witness said shere waa an arrangemect that debits | kinds of tools, driia, oc aommbdoa ko, 10g The Situation.At 575 Broadwa; aod erred by Mr. Ketchum to me, Q. Was that travsier | should be paid out of @ orriain of & sult Between consequence of thie they reserved A. Yeo, it was origi and was afterward 4 Gnd the suit was discontinued 1868, Mr, ie oe reeuberriie