The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-05

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- A - ~ coprse net He aever spoke any Span
Mi. Mar. win ask you If Won know .nvv ri, !.
about an order which was o6aained, unknovn u -
the coaanhdesonsFs. to expet Gasdiner from M.~;cs
se.rd q ' socs :e1s into the coantry
Qses. DO you know any thing of the coc,m;s.
sioners having any thing to do with such an order
A.. Nm; on no. We heard something Of il for the
~ nad an order from the project of Rio Verde
Mr beADLEv. Stop, sir Was II amono ,be
papers Of the commissions "i's Tue
Ans. believe il was. 81
Mr. BRADLEY. We would like tn GOO 3, h.e-
you say any thing further abouti it,
Wse.ess. Do you wish to know what the order
Mr. BaADLry. Not at tb;. i'm. :,
i writing, would like to see it. ="
| MIR. MAY. will ask you whether vou hoo I'd
any thing, while in the department of Rio Verde
o. any MINING nj town that existed there. Whether
Ans We inquired about mines
/ Mr.. BRADLEY. That won't do. We don't want
| to know any thing about that
| Mr.. FEEDALL. {To witness. You cannot rive
any hearsay about mines. but you NAV about
1 towns
The CouRr. The witness answered that question
yesterday
Mr.. MAY. Oh, no; he did not
! The Couar. Certainly he did. have got il on
my notes.
Cross eramised By Mr.. Bradley
Cues. wish to see if have the general outline
OF your testimony correctly. You say you were
one OF the commission appointed by the committee
OF the Senate to goout to Mex leo?
.Ans Yes, sir.
| Cues. In the execution of that commission YOU
went to San Luis Potoa, and there got acquainted
! with the governor?
Ans Yes, sir.
Ques. You told him among other things that YOU
wanted specimens of his handwriting and copy
1"s. Yes, sir; that was the first thing we did
| CUES And you did the same at Rio verde7
Ans. Yes, with the project.
CUES That you arrived San Luis Potosi on
| the loth-of November, and went to GuadaIaiars
| and from there to Rio Verde, and from Rio Verde
to Laguinillas and from Laguinillas to Arroyo Sc
CO. and then o, Gname not understood.l
cues. Did you go to Queretaro on your re-
turn
| Ans No, sir.
CUES. While in the village of Laguinillas did
| you yourself make any excursions into the coun-
try IN any direction by way OF exploring?
CUES Do you know that any one of that com
4Ans. Not that know of.
Q"<s You say you went to the alcalde's ofic
| several times in Laguinlas
Ans Yes, sir.
Cues. And in Rio Verde you went TO the pre-
fects Office and examined the records?
Ans. Yes, sir.
CUES. Did you not find that the records in
Ans We saw one book which had been injured
| as il by fire.
| CUES. Was that all?
Ans. Yes, sir
Cues. Was there record of a connected eeri.a
! of proceedinge?
| Ans. did not go chronologically through the
| records; went through them with a view to as
| certain single fact with regard to mines
cues. D!d you or not 60 through the records
| from 1914?
| Ans. / did.
| NJ
| cues. Did you find them in chronological or
| Ans did not examine them with that view
CUES Well, sir, in Laguinillas; did you search
| the records there?
| Ans. did.
Cues: Did you find that they were in consecu-
| tive order Tor number OF years past?
/ dns' w did not md them in consecutive order?
CUES. Did you ind whether they mutilated
Ans. saw some that were stained as if thew had
| been abused. There is such thing as a regular
| register The records are loose papers unbound
and occasionally fastened together with piece of
| tape.
! Q,ss. Did you look through them to see whether
| the dates were in consecutive order or not?
Ans did not did not look at the chronology
| cal order.
CUES Were the papers there in state of good
| preservation?
! Ans Some of them were torn.
BY Mr.. CARLISLE. Here ia the Spanish question
which Captain Barry said he put to the natives.
| (Mr Z. read the question in SPANISH What js
your opinion oiit! How would it be understood.
Ans. should not say it was good Spanish
CUES But you can get an idea out OF it, Tell us
| what your idea is?
Ans. should translate it in this way: "Do YOU
know any mineral district in this municipality
besides this one which has five hundred men, And
! they answered, mo senor.'''
Mr. FEEDALL. Did you never hear people,
| speaking English, use the present tense for To
| past?
Ans Oh yes.
MIR. CARLISLE. But give you the language of
Capt Barry, and the only thing that understand
is that he inquired for .'mneral district besides
this one situated in this municipalty which has
five hundred men it." Could you have any other
idea from that than that the inquiry was directed
to the then present time-nows
| Ans. Certainly not.
Mr.. FENpALL. Captain Barry in his testimony
from 1874 to l647.
Mr.. BRADLEY think you are mistaken
Lieutenant Stephen Ro.0an, ..oan
Mr.. MAY. believe you lieutenant in the
navy OF the United States3
-Ans am.
CUES. Were you at any time on the west coast
| of Mexico in the year 1886?
-Ans. was.
Cues. How were you there?
Ans. was on board the United States vessel
Cyane
Ques. Did you, while on board of that vessel.
visit the port of Mazatlan?
| Ans. did.
| CUES. Did you ever meet DR.. Gardiner there9
Ans. did, to the best of my recollection,
| CUES. At what time?
ans 1t was in the spring of 1886, in the month
of May or June.
Cues. Did you form his acquaintance:
| Ans. did. but do not recollect how. met him
there with some American gentlemen; met him
on one or two occasions; he invited me TO ride
out with him.
Qsss. Did you ride out with hims
| Has. did.
! Qsss. Is this the same gentlemans
| Hrs believe co.
Qses. Are there any marks by which you can
recoect him?
Ass. There is little defect about the ewes: but
whether observed it since, at the time cannot
say; but his features are known to me- / have
occasionally seen him since came here: but
cannot say whether noticed the defect in his eve
at the time saw him the Pacific or since saw
him here. If / saw him in June, it must have been
very early in the month.
Q"es. Do you remember any of his CONVEX
sation?
Ans. Nothing that distinctly recolIect, except
that he remarked to ne that he was exploring the
country in arch of mines. That lie what under
stood him to say-that he had something to do
with mines. - ie !
Cues. At what time was it that you saw him at
MaFatlan--on what OCCASION? ti
Ans. 1t was the occasion of my second
visit