New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-11
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feursy ANA az no" residents OF tpe Cty OF NoKco s
Know GEORGE 4. GAsDISEg.
Mr Wight tessiiod that he Travelled with hi-, On
steanbcai n 1872 when GARDINER lrst Mexico
A of them knew r.. GARDlSER in the Cy Of Nsx,c,
where BE- rrncced dentistry brsness DuraS res
dence IN the City of Mexico, Dr. GARDINER was engaged
N mining diff rent times HIS mining business
M Tosxo testifes that he saw DR. GEoSeS A. O,Sol.
~ D., re- CIV ~ Nex,co m i8f7 II the time hs deere.
.or the expulsion Of Aeucan ciEens was pronr sed IN
the City Mexico. He had not seen GARDINER nce 49,
until II that time He saw GAsDlSsk Al me aoor o. hi'
IrosNOsl storr GARDINER then sad he paSsd "a Hava-
nero ci,Een Of Havana that he was sons inS ine IN
terror ma requested Nr. ToGNo not TO meaou that ne
p isf tres witnesses arr citizsns of the United States
residing in the Cty Of heXcn. VINO came 20 the iited
states - tneses on tne par q me ToNe'u', - '
investigation Of tn Gardiner claim They are Z huelsn
whose characters require no certificate al the IAs o' tue
Committee.
The report contains much testimony Of the
same sort in regard to GARDINER
The following extract is all that relates to Mr..
CoRvIN:
I'm relation 70 the secoad branch of the inquiry the
uexon Of Hon TnoM,s CoRwIN tire present Secrgtry OF
tie treasury with the said Gardiner CLAIM. the following
cs appear the stmony upon the points directed by
Ill resolution fO D. investigated
In NAV isia Hon. THOMAS CoRwIN, then Member
Of the United States Senate employed 90 counsel N the
Gardiner Clsm by Hon. WADDN THOMPSON me original
counsel OF GARDINER. upon an agreement t- NJ CoS"iN
should have for his lee i've rer cent on ~hatrYor sum
P,t-nary 1850 TVoM,s CORwIN company with RosESr
q CoRwlN purchased one-iouTth part q the claim OF GAR
SStE b 1 of t5s, onb 10 " " CoScoEAS Esd who
loaned money 20 the MsssIs CoRwN 70 purchase II and
held the clam OF Nessrs THOMAS and kossN1 u. Ov~"N,
cqua shares, coatcrr socuny for he .et OF ,
loan. Tn Mcssrs CO2VIN PAID >~2W" ana ttih2ulsieN
their f. lc fourth paTt % the can prrhasd p> 'uri
srd paid part OF EDWARD CURrisS iecs-"ha' sulouht
do.s not appears the consideration for tho puhase
Hon. Thomas CORN resigned his seat n TIE Senite ana
accepted the appointment Of Secretary of the Treasury IN
20 his going INTO tie Cabne OF President FLLh11E a. sec
resrv Of tie Treasury sic of hrs fee Interest and also
ha the the
negotiated through the Intervention OF Gov JoHN Young
OF New.Nork 10 GroRcv Law Es1 nf New-lork. From
tbs the said THoMAs COswIN refused to act COUNSEL
consult with the other counsel who had been associated
with him IN relation 10 the same and took no further part
IN the OF the said GARDINER claim The 9ssgn-
mtut his fee aud his interest IN the oueiourth
part the Gsrncr claim and al his interest in all other
claims before The Board Of Gomniss,oarr thzy seven IN
uulb,rl was executed Nv THOMAS COawGN 10 JACOB LIT
rLr OF NewYork in November. 1880 md the money tor
the purchase then paid by GEORGE Law 70 whom the
ess ueut 70 JACOB LIT tn wSs AZ tAa ,e
Tie money for the sale, oj7 received by THoS
CoRwIS and on the rsA OF November deposited by
HIN 10 hi. cred; with Mesrs CoRcoRAN RIGGS No tes
tmcuy has been adduccd before the Committee proving or
tending 10 prove. thar Hon THOMAS CoRwIN had any
knowledge that the claim of sld GARDNER was fraudulent
that false testimony forged papers had been OF were
to be. procured to sustain the same
r. viii b. seem saws Tie National IqiI QeRce that thc
result Of the investigation tar Il relates 10 hr COR
WIN Is precisely what the friends OF that gentleman
have never for a moment doubted II would De-a COM
plctc and triumphant retuaton OF the malicious sal
ders which have been industriousy and widely
sprcad for sinister motives only and 70 L must be the
more gratifying him end his friends that th' present
decision has been made by Committee composed OF
majority Of his political opponents Two OF the three
members who signed the report (Mcssrs MING AMI
HowARDj are Democrats, aud one (Mr CHAPMAN a
Wig. OF the two absent members, one on. Johnson
l. Democrat, and the other (Mr GOODRIcH Wing
The whole case lies within the compass of nutshell,
so tar a. Mr. CORwIN concerned. He sOld out all
the contingent interest he had in ths claim AMI asO that
in nearly forty other cases in which he was engaged AZ
counsel before the same Board OF Commissioners ami
the purchase money actually paid for hi9 contingent
fees &c in all these Cases Gardeners included, ana
mutual nCOuittanCes exchanged ZEN months before me
orords ucre made; ard he in no way subsequently IN
tcrfercd in their management not even 10 consult WIN
the other counsel who continued 20 manage them Aier
this sale Mr. CoRwIN hid direct indirect interest,"
in this or the other claims and the result would nave
been the same him whether double the amount wnlch
WINS awarded hal been given 10 the claimants or wneher
the claims all totally rejected No portion OF the
money paid from the Treasury went into his hands nut
TO the party who purchased from him, and upon whom
remained the whole risk Of the decision, 80 ar as the
amount was concerned.
Ifihere was any suspicion Of fraud in the Gardiner
claim il certainly did not exist while Mr. CoRwiS was
acting counsel was the charge even made until
after he dccson nv the Commissioners and the pay
ncnt of the money Perhaps previous instance hls
occurred in the history of our country where such
charge has been made and uch outcry raised upon
90 miserable and shallow foundation IL wns truly a
mountain IN labor, which brought iOIh rlulcuiou'
mouse"
large portion of the Report Is devoted to the merits
Of DR. GARDrNER's claim, of which the Committee ex
press their decided conviction that II fraudulent In
our opinion, however the merits of this claim, and
whether II fraudulent otherwise, were not IN
VOWED in the duty assigned by the House to the Com
mittec s duty solely 20 inquire into the connec
ton of Mr. Secretary CORWIN with the claim and with
due Difference 10 the gentlemen composing the Com
miitee would say, thar they in no way called
upon 10 20 into the merits Of the claim, or II they
thought Otherwise that they fh0ud have confined them
selves TO plain statement the facts which the evidence
adduced before them might have elected ami not 10 have
expressed their opinion - the nature OF the claim,
either iavornby otherwise. pending the iulical Grim
iuH proceedings which have been instituted by the oy'
eminent against DR. GARDINER, IN consequence Of tue
ALLEGED fraudulent nature OF the transaction. we. oil
course have OF judging "a to the nature OF the
claim and our opinion eXprcssod without any refer
cnce 10 the fact whether II ia fraudulent Otherwise
We will only remark in addition, that DR. G.aDINER,
by the advice OF hs counsel we understand, di not
produce any testimony before the Committee preterring
to everything OF the kind until the tria OF the
case in Court