The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-15

se to the Thorough tickets he was to wait the issue
arc receive certain portion Of the pro6s these prods
Corwine ETotbss Co.. they forwarocd my freight aud
thf hava forwarded plsrcDgers they commenced
sct as our agents nesry ~o years ago. the rst notice
had Of their refusal to act for us, the notice
published in the papers; mean a card in the Pd,
H1'sa Star. not the printed attached here; this
New York papers, (nor snv Of them that thcy wer.
not our agents; l have paid Ccrwire Co. money
for sorwarcEg our passengers aud the annexed draft
foe that purpose and the copy here shown the account
rcncfrsd by them for passengers the drafts
payable to Is. Corvnc. Uuicd states Consul and by
him epdored to Samuel Corwine (Drais here exhibited
marked No. !; account No. 2. and psper No g. an &C
count current due Cor~ine & ca, by Paimsr Of folr
hunor,d dollars balance dated August 1851 Paper
No is letter from Ccrsine Co, TO Palmer & 10 ;
No IL slso letter trota Ccrwine Go to Palm ri Mr.
Samuel l. Co'yine brought on think the oaper No -
be MIR Eurcck one Of my agents, the drafts (papec
No % were drawn firu ny sgcnt Burdick in
.ayor of Utrwne & 20 and CorAine prsen ted then to
Us and receive d cur ch eck Sir Il Taught made the
arangs mcot with Corwine Brother & Co. act our
agent and approved by and recognized by them.
the correspondence shows; think our FIRST busnsss
range men with them was for transporting freight that
wa then our buinets they appeareo anxious to attend
to whatever busntss might have TO do; then
NJ need 10 forward passengers 70 their caro- and tho
Of special SCENTS who wore instructed to act in concert
with them saw Mr.. Samuel ], Corwne immediately
after the first lot OF passengers had been ssn which
in Jsnuury last az he uade objections but expressed
himself satisfied he said that they had bad little trouble
in forwarding that lot 81 passengers but that need
fear difficulty hereafter information had reach ID
San Franci and that there would be plenty Of ships
Fl 90, San francisco Ut Panama for passengcrs he
frgqu ntjs office ard ,here when specie was
paceed aud directed TO the Of his house at paNama
Mr. Corwine said he wished 10 have private Interview
with me al my leisure fr the purpose II placing
business relations u7on more permanent b iss,
and for the purpose CT changing our business mat
tiers by which We couii make money, he meaning a
| understood. both conccrnshis and ours; Nc Samuel
l.. Corwire luhu IL member OF tho iirm of Cor vine
Brothers and 10 have understood looked up N
him such has been present in Office when plUking
rasenseis tbs was " the month Of March last 1htn he
brought The GRAFT before spoken Of can't say that
heard anything said in cl 70 tho effect that
golwinc co were our agents: never ia!orned Mr.
Rowland that had ships to send passengers 70
California: may have said TO him That MIR. Haighl had
left the city, die with Rowland aud told uim
we did not own steamers on the Pacific had 4de
raneemtnts 70 forward 81 passengers to Saa Francisco
before and 10 March last leaving out all unforeseen
contingencies; Dir Haigh authorized by &c sell
sill the tickets lac did for in bis ofico upon this
arranc mcD 'ts disabling Of the steamboat Cy Of New
York the fIrs raton Of that arrangement and to-
geher with the reports raised against creating such
panic TO predicc ard which raised by Toward
Son, ana Cor1Me y 20; in order TO que the excite
meDt, gave n,.ce to passengers to get their money
back: they "a 20 great many Of them, to the full
amount tbe. bad paid; aud In paying in that way,
great 10 ny e.t without receiving anything the
losses the had cha the receipts
WEI. great that unable meet my liabiities
fr course to send to Panama specie to the full
mt called for by the tickets the Pacific pay
.u the insurance freight and agents expenses out
the other funds in pursuance of this arrange mont the
endorse ape airing the back of the tickets
was pNt at the request Of tho pusengers have my
sols. lost about twenty three thousand dollars and
my liabilities to passengers is about fourteen thousand
dollar: the gold sent on to insure the passengers
against los sent TO the of Corwine Brothers
X Co. ana was Insured against loss; the money was
sent TO Nj Horn specie agent through the Of
Corwine 4 Co; agent Horn. discussed the money
the money was discussed by Horn and not by Corwne
IL Co.
The following is copy Of the draft alluded to in the
testimony of Mr. Palmer. marked No. l. -