The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-28

make = list Of the names Of persons TO whom lot
tsrs are addressed, and tboee names have numbsn
opposite each. You 60 TO the post once and cal
for the number attached 70 your name, and 1o'
have then to give the corresponding name befor
getting the letter. This letter has the correspond
ing number of sixty it. The other letter 10 datet
Vera Crus. August IL. l6%6.
2s:' :, !, = there ,srs 40. ~ po's-"'rk on shaa
Qvss Did you receive that letter 10 due cours,
| of maiR
Ams. received it at the post Office in Guiana
jnato.
Que. You we're there in the latter par, of Sep
temb r, lS45?
Ans. was there in the middle of November,
| think, but cannot be sure.
Qu<s Can you recollect where you went to afte
| you lett Guanajuato!
Ans. l went to Guadalajara.
CUES That would be sometime in the middle o
November, lS4R
| Ans. Yes. sir.
Cues What was your pursuit in Guansjuato?
Ans. was practising my profession surgeon
dentist.
Ques Did you perform any operation on Mrs
Fanny Meade?
Ana. performed operations on some foreign la
dies, but I could not remember their names until
saw Mr. Lewis's testimony the other day.
Ques Had you diploma with you at that time
for practising medicine!
Ans. None of my own.
Cues Had you any diplomat
Ans. l had one, but it did not belong to me; i
was my b-other's Dr. George A. Gardeners. Ii il
what you call Iicence in Mexico
CUES You say you could not recollect the name
Of the lady until you saw Mr. Lewis's testimony
| What was her name?
/ Ans. I believe that it was Mrs. Fanny Meade
upon whom performed.
Quss. What place did you occupy at Guiana
justo?
Aas. lived in the centre of the city-at a mai
son, inn, called San Antonio.
| GUS. Was there any other dentist in the city
| he, voprseIf fat thet
| Ans. Not to my knowledge.
| Ques. Can you reco!lect whether you had an
/ sign up at Guanajuatol
| Ans. / always carried a sign with me- | tbinh
| at Guanajuato had two signs lived up in The
! second story. There were a great number # room,
| about the house. and occupied one OF the it'll,
| front rooms, which had a balcony fronting The
| street. / had a sign upon the door Of nv room
and think had larger one either on the doc,
| of the inn below or on the balcony. am sure
| had one on the door Of my room
! Cues Handing the witness red sign with tn,
words 81. C. Gardiner, Cirujuno Demtista," paint
| ed on it IL that one OF the signs'
Ans. Yes, sir
CUES. You say that you had another sign at tina
| time?
Ans. think had another sign at that time. Il
was about twice as large as that one. think tina
one was upon the door of my room to enable DER
| sons to find it, and not mistake it for others
Cues. ! understand you to say that you prac.
ticed under your brothers. licence?
Ans had il with me
Q~ss How long did you remain at GuadaIajara
Ans j remained there short time, and onIy
until got a suit of rooms; then proceeded te
San Juan de los Lagos.
Cues. Do you remember where you stopped2
Ans first stopped at maisor in the centre Of
the city. think that its name was La Popa. but
cannot be certain.
Mr. MAY. Do you mean that it was in the
centre OF the popuious part of the city,
Ans Yes, sir.
CUES Where did you get the rooms3
ans 1 got the rooms on the same street at the
house of Prencbman named Lagere
Ques. Had that house any portico to iti
Avs. Not to my recollection
eu<s Had ii balcony?
Ans Yes, sir; lived in the second story
CUES Did you know any dentist in that CITY?
Ans When | returned from San Juan de los
Lagos, found dentist by the name of Skinner
residing there's and have every reason to believe
that be 10 there still. / had heard of him before
but l did not know that he resided there.
QWs After you LETT uadalajara where did YOU
go tni ~
Ans. | went to the Pacific coast
Qu,s. That was in the winter of IS45 and iS46
Ans. 1t must have been in the latter part of De-
cember do not think that | stopped at Guada
lalara more than two weeks but il is 30 ling go
thar have no distinct recollection about it,
Mr.. MAY. When did you reach the Pacific
coas,'
Ans. cannot exactly say what day left Qua
dssIara but it must have been the latter part
OF DecemS5r.
wv bkAllkN. on returned from San Juan de
los Lagos and remained in GuadslcsEsr about a
fortnight. and then went to the Pacific coast?
dns. Yes, sir.
CUES. What towns or cities did you go to on the
Ars went to Maxatlan
QSss Inst must have been in January or Feb
rusry. 1852
-4rs 1t vas towards the middle of January
gus How long did you stay at Mazatlan?
Ans. very few days. ] stopped to rest my
horses and mules.
Ques. Where did you go them
Ans went across the moun tains to the city oil
Durango, the capital of the State by that name
Qus'. Have you any letters received by YOU
while you were at DurangoS
Ans. Yes, sir, have.
Qws (Handing the witness letter) Is that
one of them?
Ans. Yes, sir. docking at it'd it is dated Vera
Cruz, January 10, 1886 1t was addressed to me,
j. Carlos Gardiner, Durango. The postmark
bears the same date.
Que' Ia there any thing in the letter which re
Gu,dalajara?
An' Yes, sir; it speaks of my complaints of
not having received any letters
The DIsrRIcr ATTORNEY objected to irving tho
contents of the letter.
Mr. CARLISLE Ia there any post office mark on
il except Vera Cruz?
Ans There is delivery mark Oh it which is
nearly rubbed out; and there 10 a mark of thirty
seven cents on it, the amount charged upon a let
ter in Mexico
Ques. From Durango where did you go to?
Qu,s. went to Sombrerete
QuSs. From there where did you go TOP
4dns | returned rack to Durango From there
went back to Mazatlan on the Pacific coast
Ques Do you remember whether there were
any United States vessels At the port of Maxatlan
at that time?
Ana. There we're some vessels of war there at
the time. believe some Of them to have been
American vessels.
GUS Did you become acquainted with any of
their ofbcers'
Ans There were several introduced to me at
that place L met with them as you meet with of
hcers usually at ports.
CUES Do you recolect where you stopped and
the house at which you took your meals,
A"s stopped At an inn and took my meals al a
restaurant right opposite the landing.
CUES Do you remember who kept that restau-
rant?
Ans. do not recollect.
Ques. Do you rccolect what couutrvman he
| waR
Ans. He was not a Mexican; be was either a
| Spaniard or Frenchman, cannot say which for
certainly.
4se, Had you any letters to the house of Mott,
Ans ! will not be positive, but I think had a
| letter.
Cues State whether you dined at that place, and
whether you visited il in the spring of 1886?
Ans. cannot say whether il vas in the spring
of lS<6 or the winter when returned from Duran
| go. dned there either on my way to Durango