Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-02-15

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mount paid or stipulated 10 be paid
therefor; at what time no ceased to act
as the counsel or agent Of the said Gar.
diner; 10 whom and for what considera.
lion no disposed Of his fee interest; to
whom and for what consideration he
disposed Of his one fourth interest in
said claim" i.b| "a fiti0 n
In accordance with said resolution,
the Committee proceeded to investigate
the connection ,of Thomas Corwin with
said claim, and made their report. We
copy from tho report and leave it for our
readers to judge whether we would not
have been justifable in charging Mr..
Corwin more seriously than we did.
For the amount Of those accusations
lust refer to the "Times" Of Jany 25th.
Now for the report: t.'..T
"ln May, ls49, the Hon. Thomas
Corwn. then a member Of the United
States Senate, was employed as coun..
sci in the Gardiner claim by General
Waddy Thompson, the original coun.
sci of Gardiner, upon an agreement that
Mr.. Corwin should have for his fee five
per cent, on whatever sum should be
awarded to Gardiner by the commission.
crs. In February, 1850, Thomas Cor
win. in company with Robert q. Cor.
win, Esq, purchased onclourth part Of
the claim of Gardiner, and this fourth
part of the claim was assigned on the
l3,h of that month to w. w. Corcoran
Esq. who loaned money to the Messrs.
Corwin TO purchase it, and held the
claim for Messrs. Thomas and Robert
G. Corwin, in equal shares, as collnt.
craI security for the payment ofthe loan.
The Messrs. Corwin paid $4,000, and
relinquishcd heir fees on the one fourth
of the claim purchased by them, and
paid a part Of Edward Curtis fees
what amount does not appcar-as the
consideration for the purchase"
"The Hon. Thomas Corwin resigned
his seat in the Senate, and accepted the
appointment of the Treasury, in the
month of July, 1850. In the same month
and previous TO his going into the Cabi.
net Of President Fillmore as Secretary
of the Treasury, sale Of his fee inter.
est in, and also of his half of the one
fourth part of the Gardiner claim, was
negotiated through the Intervention OF
Governor John Young, Of New York, to
George Law, Esq, Of New York"
"Thc assignment of his fee interest,
in the one fourth palt Of the Gardiner
claim, and all his interest in other
claims before the Board of Commission.
ers, (tlirty. seven in number,) was exc.
cuted by Thomas Corwin TO Jacob Lit.
tie of New York, in November, 1880,
and the money for the purchase was then
paid by George Law, TO whom the as.
signmcnt to Jacob Little was at that time
transferred. The money for the sale,
$50, 1857, was received by Thomas Cor.
win, and on the 23d of November was
deposited by himto his credit with Mess.
Corcoran 4 Riggs"
"The claim Of George A. Gardiner
was a claim for damages allelged tc
have been sustained by him, by reason
of his expulsion, on the oath day Of &C
,obcr, lS46, by the Mexican authoritie.
from the mines which he allcdged ht
was extensively engaged in working ir
the State Of San Luis Potosi, in Mexico
"Upon examination Of the evidence
taken by them, itappears from the testi
mony of Jose Antonio Barragan, thai
he is we'll acquainted with the place il
the department of Rio Verde, in the state
of San Luis Potosi, in Mexico, where
Gardeners evidence locates his mine
that there are silver mines in the STATE
of San Luis Potosi, but that there i
none at that place, or in the department
of Rio Verde"
"Two witnesses, John Baptste, Bar
ragan and Pantalcon Galvan. testify II
the forgery of the documentary evidence
Of Gardiner; and both testify that the,
are acquainted with the locality of La
euinilIas, in the State Of San Luis Poto
f 81, and that there is no silver mine thcr
These three witnesses are Mexicans, re
siding in the vicinity where DR.. Gardi
ncr's testimony locates his mine; the
are all gentleman Of character and re
spcctabiity in their own country. Th
first named. Jose Antonio Barragan
held, from lS43 to 1916, he office q
collector of the customs at Rio Verde
: Laguinillas belongs to this district. H
now holds the office Of comptroller gen
+ eral of the State Of San Luis Potosi.-
i They all came to the United States q
r. witnesses, under an arrangement mad
by George W. Slocum, Esq, an ager
. Of the United States Government. VIII
0 went by direction of Hon. P. R. Letcl
}. er, the American Minister in Mexico, t
n the State and city of San Luis Potos
!. for the purpose Of invesiig eating the cha
acter Of the claim of George A. Gard
y ner, and the Mears claim and obtainin
l. testimony in relation to them"
y "From the evidence before the con
1t mittee, (the above being only summ'
,r ry Of the more important facts testiGe
r. TO by the Witnesses the committee a
y constrained to believe, upon the fir
> branch Of the investigation committed
them, that the claim Of George A. Ga
III diner, upon which an award was mat
,e by the Board Of Commissioners for Il
sum Of $42s,750, was sustained befo