The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-24


pass may be found hrongh the csast range into the
valley OF the San Joaquin. He will cross the Sierra
Nevada nesrthe rej"n from which he will strike a.
nearly az possible due east Tor the Rio GrAnde. His
course viii take him iwn the Mohave for about one
nnndreo and nifty miles, after which he will strike
south OF the line he travelled last year, directly for
the Colorado This erased, he viii thoroughly OK
plore the country TO the Xubi Villages, which he
was unable 10 do op h,s first trip, in consequence Of
the hostility of the lDdiahs, VINO swarm over thia
country, and the ri pied condition OF hts small
party His present frce he considers amply sum
Gent 70 cope with the niians and make his way 10
safety along the route he has marked cut Tor him
self. The country already Indebted to Captain
Aubrey for 8 und It valuable information regarding
the central route, hitherto entirely unexplored his
daring and eDierprj,e promise 10 throw sui more
FIGHT on the subject, ara a new aud practicar
Die enigraat route aero IS the continent
Extraordinary Cas- or neutrality-suspicious.
LsxerS-sAA-n.
Grrom 'be San fraacsco Hrrald, July IL
MCCAIN, who h. ps an Exchange Office on Pacific
street. between Davis and Front, and who has fire.
quertly been brought before the Recorder on char
of abtractng gold dust from the bags of miners
who, attracted by the high prices Offered at his es
tsblisbmeDt, went thee for the purpose of selling,
but how or In What manner the operation was per
formed, never eonld he ascertained. The circnm.
stances OF his arrest detailed in the Herald of
yesterday, and as this was tr which haa been
laid by the police for detecting him. large number
OF persons we're Ia at'eudtnce anxious to see the
once more to disappointment That quantity Of
the dust was ab-iIa tea BY somebody, was estab-
Issued prtfts conclu' h.ly, bu, that was all. An
0tt7che Of Adum> Co.'s Banking House was first
called. and he testified sub tantally az follows:--
About 10 or ii oclu on rhpisdly. II yves came
70 Adams & Co.'s ba' king house with bag Of god
just Heigl ed it, AID found that ii contained 81
ounces; he then put il IN the bag, went away, and
cane "a, X agaD, when 70 my surprise found that
there only 80 ~. dwts. 10 the bug; it i'm
possible THAT there ,onid be any mistake on my
part two Weights were ais brought back, which
found to be coTr- ct: weighed it very CAREFUL +;
counted over the weighs three or four times, and
set down the aniounS on paper,
eco'der-Woria jon not detect it If there va Z
2 Inference Of s on" IS?
WitDess.All0 me to explain; there are weights
for q cz. . OF and 10 oz., and Il would be impas
s'bie TO make mistake Of six ounces from the com
ration Of tie weighs.
Re ordet-Have sou any doubt that 1t was the
same dlstf
Wituess.-I re .ognized it "a the same.
Col. james. who ap ca ed for the defendant, ask
ed witness did he understand him to say that il
was impossible fof HIM to make mistake III weigh
ingi
Ayes sir.
Q.-How old are you?
A.--fwenty five. did not say that it was not
possible thai could ever make a mistake, but l
knew in this case that did not make mistake for
WAS very particular; have weighed hundreds Of
thnusanos If ounces, aud To my knowledge have
not made O IN sake fof years; ALLOW me to say,
that the combination Of the weights was such that
could not be mistaken to that amount; | swear
positively that Is was utterly impossible for me to
Dave made mistake; | have no doubt bat that 1t
was the same dust from lis general character; 1t
was OF the same kind and quality; it was In the
HANDS Of the same party, aud vas in the same bag,
though OF course. gold dust cannot be identified.
A. 7. Howes, the miner who, accompanied by
officer Morton went 20 dispose Of the dust, testified
as folows:--l came down here for the parpose OF
returning to the Staes; | was stopping OF a house
ON Pacific wharf; had 3S3 ounces in it, / had not
hon oflaA n trt ! that I and
ounces till took il To Adams & Co.'s; dug 1T my
sell and from putting it 10, thought had $50
ounces; yesterday morning, l asked Mr.. Barnes,
with whom | was stopping, where would be good
place to cell the dust; be told me there was an ex
change ofee on Pacific street, whore they PAID as
high az SIT Go; but he thought there was something
wrong about L.; he then told me to go to Adams
Co.'s, went there, and shortly after, OIL GER Nor
zoo in; the last witness weighed the dust aud
said there Yves 3S3 ounces in it, after cleaning out
the sand he put 1t again in the bag, handed 1t to
me, and put the string on It AMI tied 1t up tight,
put ii in my pocket, held my hand or it. aud went
to McCaDn's exchange Office; be was not in, and |
waited for him, and when he did come in asked
him wes he buying gold dust; be said he was;
then laid the bag on the counter: there also on
fhe counter what miners call q I" blowers" asked
him what be YVES giving; he said SIT GO; asked
him was that the most be would give; he said 1t was
then said that be could have It. and enpted althe
Gst; il then the same as when 1t was checked a.
Adams Co. g. apd II could be possib that any
was lost out of it, ! poured the dust into large
1ruy, and q ter shaking IL, be said there not
mu IN Of any thing in IT but dust; he thenset 1t down
and took up some in a small tray, and running the
magnet through it, remarked that it was clean; he
then carried it around, supposed, to the scales
but az l was anding TO the right could not see
the scales for moment; he then passed the mag
net to me and SAID he wished that ] would run It
around while he worked at the other; did 80, but
as knew it was clean laid the magnet down; he
then took ont some on small tray aud showing
the large tray to me- said ''please blow that; re-
fused saying ~ was not good hand;' he then said
81 guess il Il clean enough, and put the dust in the
scales and put in the weights, when 1t was found
1hat II was only S2oz. sdwt.; told him there vas
something wrong, and that would rather have my
DUST he then remarked that they should all observe
~sthat was getting a u my dust" thought on Ia
king hold OF the bag that IL was lighter, but did
not sec how il was done; did not lose sight OF the
dust except when be turned to the scales for mo.
ment; the gentleman (0ficer Morton) then sal 1
he was q police officer, aud requested Mccain to
come TO the police Office; we then went to Adams
q Co.'s where the dust found to weigh 32oz.
Sdwt., as he tMcCann) told me.
Officer Morton gave the following testimony
went down 20 Adams 4 Co.'s and met this man
who eaid he had some goli dust; IL weighed there
3Sl ounces; after IL was weighed it was handed
10 Howes, who tied it up; VIC then went with it to
McCann's, on Pacific street, and Hove asked him
did he buy gold dust; he said he did; he asked him
how much he was giving; McCann said $l7 so;
Bowes told him that he would sell il TO him at that
and taking ont the bag poured out The dust into q
middling sized tray, and McCsnn took hold Of it
until il was all poured out; McCsnu then dipped a
small pan uto it, took up some, blew it, took up
magnet and ran it through 1t, remarking that il
was very clean;n he divided it into two pans and
the pan belonging TO the scales; | never took my
eyes of the dust, and g,s astoulshed when it was
put Ia the scales and weighed only % o., dwt.;
certain. when the dast was returned to the bag,
that II oil there, aai that It must have been the
weights which we're light; took possession OF the
weights, but they were afterwards found - ps all
tight at Adams & Co.'S; Mccain was very willing
10 come when arrested him.
HScOrder--I Ssh SiFaor Diz was here. lie
might possibly eDlghieD M o. the suhiecI.
Marriott SrgUiue deposed AMI said that mlny
comp ANTS were maae 70 bin about this exeliauge
IL. e Gnd that in his instance he sent do IN the
officer e ascertain II there was anything wrong
after the arrest Of McCnvp, he gave me the key
and went Gown there and examined the pla e. but
could not hrd anything wrong.
. After tie examination OF some witnesses on
the part of the defence, and speech fro n Col.