The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-18
THE GARDINER CASE.
CRIMINAL COURT FOR THE DisTkiSi VI
COLUMBIA.
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IN CONTINUATION. a.l
Eapard W. Ab6ot, recalled. ~
MIR May. Handing the witness tho original
later referred to during his examination on the
nr,yious day1 10 that your hand wdtngf
Ans II it, IT seems to be a. dangerous TO write
not to be too hasty, will sit down and Examine
word BY word.
CUES. Have you read the letter through $685.
Ana. have.
the incidents Of your travel from Tampico. and yet
you do not notice the guerilla fight, about which
Captain Slocum testified.
Mr.. BRADLEY. We have right to have the
letter read before the witness 10 cross examined
on it.
The Couar. / thought that the counsel for
the prosecution stated last evening there were two
letters.
Mr. Mar. We have the original of but one.
We expected to receive the other to- day, but did
not. The witness says that the copy Of the other
letter 10 a correct one.
The COURT. The letter must be read before the
witness il cross-examined upon it.
Mr. May then read the letters, az follows:
LAeUrNIILAs Nov. 20 1852
You ~ilI be doubtless surprised to find you have
correspondent in the interior Of Mexico send
you the enclosed letter, which you may rely upon
being strictly true in each particular. DR.. Gar
diner will suostantate his claim, and the attempt
to traduce bis character and to injurs Mr. Corwins
character sgnally fail.
Give my regards to Adams and other friends,
and believe me truly yours,
E. W. ABBOT.
Colonel SEYMOUR, editor of the Commercial Bud
lxfia-
If you publish the correspondence, please enc lose
copies CT the paper 10 Carlisle and Bradley, attor
neys-at-law. Washing ton, and Hon. Amos Abbot,
Andover, Massachusetts
LAauTSILLAs, STATE SAN LUIS PoTosI,
MExico, Sunday, Nov %, 1882
NE, EDIToR My friends were doubtless sur
prised 10 learn the day after the Presidential cleo
ton, that had suddenly left New Orleans and
they will be no less surprised to this cofnmuni
cation dated from a little village, situated in the
interior OF Mexico, amid the rugged cliffs and
handicapped heights of the Huasteca range of
mountains, distance of hundreds of miles from
where
''The Mexique gulf bends round her tropic COAT >,
Only small number Of my associates were ac
qualnted with the cause of my sudden departure,
but which will be developed to the numerous read
ers OF your Interesting journal in the of the
present writing.
After a rough and stormy passage of eleven
days, | arrived safely with my compa MONS in
Tampico, where we Immediately procured horses
and mules and started on our tour to this place.
description of the scenes through which we have
pssssd-the fertile soil the beautiful banks Of
the 'Panuco" river; the fearful mountain passes
winding around the rugged cliffs and towering
high above each other; valleys teeming with
FipeDed grain, and for leagues and leagues,
far the eye can reach, until their waving
tassels seemed to bear up the distant horizon the
poverty and ignorance of the mountaineers, and
the present excited and revolutionary state OF the
country-Inust all be reserved for another time,
as / desire to speak particularly OF the business
that brought me to this " lid portion of sister
republic.
came here in company with Captain slocum,
formerly Of the ninth regiment United States in =
fantry, at the request of Or. George A. Gardiner,
whose celebrated Mexican claim has caused 20
much excitement in the United States for the past
for
encs and locality of the mines from which he was
expelled during the by the order of the gov
ernor of San Lois Potosi, and also to examine the
records Of the district in which the mines are
situated, and obtain authentic evidence of Dr.
GARDENERS claim. We have been entirely success
ful In mission; Tor have not only r,s1ted the
three mines owned by him, aud many Others in the
vicinity, bu. have also obtained an authenticated
copy OF the ginal deed and order by which pos
session Of these mines was given to the claimant
You no doubt remember something OF the IN
surrection of the mountain distrlcts of San Luis
PoOs that occurred in IS47 and lasted until 1850,
and which gave the Mexican government 30 much
trouble to suppress. Laguinilas, being the place
of record fur the district, in for full cha e
of attention from the insurgents. The inhabitants
were obliged to ay for their hyes; their property
was destroyed; and, among other deprsdations
committed, .he court records and public archives
were nearly all destroyed.
few only were saved, and these by the score
ary Of the town council AT tie hazard of his life.
These were thus saved from the general destruc-
among the number was the original deed given to
Dr. Gardner By the regularly constituted authori-
ties of the mines, upon which il based his claim.
The paper is discolored by dampness and dirt,
but every letter ia legible and the 81 natures of
Gardiner and the government officers traced in
bold characters upon each page.
There seems to be something providental in the
fact that this paper should be among the small
number that were preserved and that after all the
persecution and reproach that Dr. Gardner has
suffered, II remains full and complete evidence Of
his integrity.
The difficulties that Gardiner has met with in
prosecuting his claim, the attempt to give to it
political complexion, and to drag in Mr.. Fill
nore's administration, and especially Mr. Cor win
have already been some " hat developed; and when
all the facts in the case made known, those
whose opposition bought BY Uell-hlled poe kets
VIII meet with proper appreciation from the pub
lie. Nor were these difficulties confined to the
United States; the authorities of the State of San
Luis Potos have thrown every poss Die obstacle in
d.. Gardlner's way to obtain justice, believin z
that If the case is decided against him the quarte
Of million of dollars will revert TO Mexico, anc
pass through their own hands If this should b
the case, it would undoubtedly find palms suffi
cisntly itching for filthy lucre. give you th'
following fact, sample of the a
work here TO defeat DR.. Gardner:
On the same hour of our arrival in La gunllas
an order was brought to US by the alcalde of tn,
town, which was received BY him from the prefec
of Rio Verde, and by the latter from the State go
verpment, charging hun not to allow DR.. Gardi
ner, or any others who might accompany him, t.
remain in The town or to give them any aid in the
necessary invesi gntion.
Our passports, however, were quietly placed il
the hands of he alcalde, and the Governor of Sar
Luis Potos and the project of Rio Verde will yc
discover that Yankee ingenuity and perseverance
more than match for Mexican intrigue ant
duplicity, especially when exercised in a jus
cause, and against deception and dishonesty
We have just learned that the United State
commissioners, appointed toinvestigate this affair
have arrived at San Luis Potos, and will start 70
this place Tomorrow. We much pleased I
know that they will not follow The example of
former commissioner in lettering away his tim
at San Luis Potosi, and longing upon the sol
of the Mexican upper-ten, and then 60 HON
and say there were mines in the district OF La
guinilas, but have determined to brave the roug
rocks and swollen streams of the mountain passe
where the mines are situated. A close observati.
Of the court records in this town, and faithful
guide to the mines, will make them good winesss
tor DR.. Gardiner, and give him additions
claim upon the Government Tor the trouble an
expense he has been subjected TO.
But the trouble and expense is not ALL DR.. G al
diner has been unjustiy branded = swindler hi
name has been trumpeted throughout the Unto
as a forger; and all this to suit the purposes of
few intermeddng poiitcians-hangers abo,
Washin Eton, who, vampire like, exist upon hs
they can draw from the veins of the public tres
sury. L.,
-, far nv own observation extends, I ca