Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-08

[FRoM THE NATIONAL ISTELMGENcER.1

FROM THE NATIONAL lNfELLiGENCEh'I
Report Of The Congressional Investigating Committee
IN The Gardner Case
The committee of the House of Representatives
appointed to investigate the connexion OF Mr. Sec
rotary Corwin with the Gardiner claim, before the
late Board Of Commissioners under the Mexican
treaty, have brought their labors to "a close, and
made unanimous report by all the members of
the committee present in this city, viz Hon.
Preston King, Of New York, Hon. Volney L.
Howard, of Texas, and Hon. Charles Chapman,
of Connecticut; the Hon Andrew johnson, OF
Tennessee, and the Hon. y. Goodrich, of Massa-
chusetts, being absent
From the report of the committee, of which we
obtained a copy at late hour last evening we
make the following extract, which is all that re-
lates to Mr.. Corwin's connexion with the Gardiner
claim:
"In relation to the second branch of the in
quiry-the connection of the Hon. Thomas Cor
win, the present Secretary Of the Treasury, with
the said Gardiner claim--the following facts APP
pear from the testimony upon the points directed
by the resolution to be investigated
SIN May, 1849, the Hon. Thomas Corwin, then
q member of the United States Senate, was en-
ployed as counsel in the Gardiner claim by Hon.
Waddy Thompson, the original counsel of Gardl-
ner, upon an agreement that Mr. Corwin should
have for his fee FIVE per cent. on whatever sum
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sioners. In February 1850, Thomas Corwin, in
company with Robert G.. Corwin, purchased one
fourth part of the claim Of Gardiner, and this
fourth part Of said claim was assigned on the 18th
of that month to w. w. Corcoran, esq, who loaned
mon ely to the Messrs Corwin to purchase it, and
held the claim for Messrs. Thomas and Robert g.
Corwn, in equal shares, as collateral security for
the payment of the loan. The Messrs. Corwin
paid $22, 900, and relinquished their fees on the
fourth part Of the claim purchased by them, and
paid a part Of Edward Csrtis's fees--what amount
does not appear-as the consideration for the pur-
chase.
" The Hon Thomas Corwin resigned his seat
in the Senate, and accepted the appointment of
Secretary of the Treasury in the month Of July,
1850. In the same month, and previous to his
going into the Cabinet of President Fillmore as
Secretary of the Treasury, sale of his fee in
terest in, and also Of his half Of the one-fourth
part of the Gardiner claim was negotiated through
the Intervention Of Governor John Young Of New
York, to George Law, esq, of New York. From
this time the said Thomas Corwin refused to act
as counsel or consult with the other counsel who
had been associated with him in relation to the
same, and took no further part in the prosecu-
ton Of the said Gardiner claim. The assignment
of his fee interest and his interest in the one
fourth part of the Gardiner claim, and all his in
terest in all other claims before the Board Of
Commissioners, thirty seven in number,) was
executed by Thomas Corwin to Jacob Little, of
New York, in November, 1860, and the money
for the purchase was then paid by George Law,
to whom the assignment to Jacob Little was at
that time transferred.
g The money for the sale, $S0,357, was re-
ceived by Thomas Corwin and on the 28d of No
yember was deposited by him to his credit with
Messrs. Corcoran and Riggs No testimony has
been adduced before the committee proving, or
tending to prove, that the Hon. Thomas Corwin
had any knowledge that the claim of said Gardi-
ner was fraudulent, or that false testimony or
forged papers had been, or were to be, procured
to sustain the same"