The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-12


Ans. put no mark upon 4, and had no means
pr recognising II. except that tt6d &. $50
B CUES. Nv let no underst66d vos,s....
WStned inteFtnptinE) zWdi, ~ you may
Ehasiiy DO 4at; CAreain Hunaer and l6yself went
70 get pernsassion 10 disembark Jfopasshe Trent:
and this paper (ths original Of which tne copv has
how been produced) was lyiag upon tiae table and
Dr.. Gardiner was sitting BY.
CAUSE.-THE paper was lying on the table. and DR..
Gardiner was sitting BY!
Aas. He was.
Qses Who placed the passport there si,3
Ans. do not know, sir; but as the arent called
for each passport, Dr.. Gardner handed in that
passport and ano the corresponding ticket How
Either the clerk of the vessel Mr. NAV had Il in
his hand on board the ship. cannot saw which.
lcertatnly did not know that it was on board the
Isabel until was put into my hands either by the
clerk or Mr.. May. This copy is marked ]. K. p.
which my initials and were made at the time
Cues. What was the object, Mr. Partridge. Of
taking copy of this paper in this precise man.
ner!
Ans. We saw that he had been trav.,,;n ,d.,
the name of Jno. Carlo Gardiner, and We wished
to make that fact appear before the Senate com.
mittee.
Cues. No doubt you did. You have told ua now
that you wished to make that fact apparent to the
Senate committee!
Ans Yes.
Cues. And that you observed that passport w.
ing on the table of the vessel near where Dr..
Gardiner was sitting?
Ans. Yes.
Cues. Not so fast, Mr. Partridge Wait till YOU
hear my question through, sir, il you please?
Ans Yes, sir.
Cues And that you do not know who placed it
there?
CUES Well, Mr.; Partridge, you are very good
witness, but would like you to wait for nv dues
| ton before you give your answer?
Ans Well, sir.
O,sx Did II mt STRIFE vo, 81,
passport that the description of the person was
most singuarly out of the way-not the slightest
resemblance ip any respect to DR.. Gardiner?
Ans OBJ, that ID Of no Importance.
Cues. What! of no importance in q passport
whether a man is white man or black man!
Whether be has blue eyes or black eyes, black hair
or ghthair; whether he is fat or lean tall or short!
Is there any resemblance in the description of the
Ans There is no resemblance, admit; but that
is matter OF no consequence except in cases OF
suspicion.
Cues. And was not that the very case to excite
description of himsef entirely different from him.
self in the really?
Ans Oh, thedescripton is rarely looked at. 1t
ia a mere matter of form,
CUES mere matter Of form in the leland OF
Cuba! Mr. Partridge, did you ever go to Havana
with passport containing description of your
| self entirely different from yoursef3
An.. No. sir may have gone without any de
Sc Upton at all.
GUS. Now ask you again if the description in
this passport, which you say was claimed by DR..
Gardiner, corresponds in any respect to the person
OF DR.. Gardiner?
ans should say decidedly that It did not.
Cues. When you were requested by Mr. NAV,
the chief of the commission, to make minute ex.
animation OF this copy of the original passport in
order that you might be able to show to the Senate
committee that DR.. Gardiner was travelling under
passport containing a description of himself
which rpaeno hod him. hat tho ,b
ject of all this, MIR. Partridge?
Ans. have told you already.
CUES That is, that DR.. Gardner presented a
passport containing description of himself which
bore no more resemblance to himself than-(the
reporter did not hear the last words of the SEN
tence. but was told they were these)-a cat does
to an eiephant,ior rose to pumpkin. That, MIR.
Partridge, 10 a little beyond the probable. Now,
In regard to this correspondence which has been
read. 1t appears that Colonel Abbot offered to
point out these mines of DR.. Gardiner to the com
mission Do you not understand it 30?
Ans. do not.
CUES. What mines did you want?
Ans. We wanted the mines which he said he
worked from 1874 to 1876.
Cues Did you not want to find the mine on
which he based his claim?
Ans. Precisely.
Cues. You went there as a commission to dis
cover these mines-you offered reward for their
discovery-an answer to your handful was sent to
you proposing to show you the location of these
now, tell US, did you not accept the offer?
Aus. We heard that DIR. Gardiner was in La
guinllias; and, as the offer was unaccompanied by
any authority from him, or any acknowied gment
to "a would be acknowledged as his, we did not
choose to accept it.
CUES Did you net know that DR.. Gardiner was
sick in bed, and unable to move about?
Ans did not know that he was sick in bed
heard that he had been sick l saw Mr. SIocum
who had been sick, and who looked sick when
saw him. 50
Cues. Then, ths gentleman who was with Dr.
diner offered to point out the mines which had
been shown by DR.. Gardiner to other gentlemen
as the mines on which he based his claim Tel
offer?
thori'ative offer to do 30.
CUES Were you offered guide to conduct you
to those ninesl
Ans. Except in this letter of Mr.. Abbot's no.
CUES. Then, you did not apply to the calde for
q guide to conduct you to this mine. the title OF
which you found in his office?
Ans. No, sir
Cues. After you saw that deed, part of which
you copied, did the alcalde offer you guide tc
| show you these mines?
Ans. M, sir.
Ques And when Mr. Abbot addresses a letter to
YOU and offers to put you in possession of the title
he based his claim, and for which You had seen
! the title in the alcalde's Office -
Ans. No, sir, we had not seen the title then.
gus. Had you not seen the title deed?
Ans had not seen the letter then.
CUES. Did you not state few moments 20 that
after that letter of Mr.. Abbot's was received by
Mr. May, you went to the aIcalde's Office and fopnd
this titlei
.Ans. believe not; but am not certain whether
it was before afterwards.
CUES. "Not certain" again. Mr.. Partridge
Very well, sir. Now should like to know good
reason why the commission did not go to the mines
with MIR. Abbot?
Ans. Simply BECAUSE Mr.. Abbot refused to give
us any authority from Dr. Gardiner, as agent.
CUES. Did not your hs ndbil that you published
ask for any one to give you information about these
mines? And bow did you expect "any one' to
bring you authority from DR.. Gardiner as bis
agent?
Ans. We asked for exact and circumstantial in
formation.
Cues. Did you want to find any other mines
than those worked by Dr. Gardner, from 1874 to
1886 in HE Sierra Huesticas
Ans W. understood that his offer was to give
us different information; and bad other reason ms
for refusing it.
Ques. What were those other reasons!
Ans. We believed the deed to be a fraud
CUES. Then you went to Mexico to make this
investigation with your minds fully made up be:
forehapd that there we're no such mines there, and
that it was not worth while to look for them?
Ans said no such thing. i said that after the
first letter vas received from Mr.. Abbot We went
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