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From the Baltimore Sun.
The Gardiner Case-Remalkeblt
Developments.
M fmportance-Ihe Origin of h
!. FRAUD Gardiner and Neurs- Boar
II Con1nlissiOners--G Gartiine, Tim
sL9iion--Ms Counsei-Yhe Claim II
:Warded-Rtmarkadie Mcident-De
ssfection of The fraud by DR.. Davis--
-s(Ommd,sicafssn scifh The C0bintt--
Singular Inaft nfion-Scene ia til,
st(Gbinet-Presidenf IiHmore--1Nr
Curtis and Dir. Porfe--7he Mdict
s.mnt Founa--IAe Merican Com
snission---inresiigafions in Merico
The Rtfur,i--1he Irial- Ih,
s.leoOnd Gonlmi.sioa-Ihe Second
@Yriai-- Ya.e Reauit--Ihe Future.
But few cases have been atIudica,ed
No which Ire United States Governmen!
hss been party, OF SO much public i'm
portance, as that ngains! DIR. George A.
Gardner, who was convicted on Friday
last. and Immediately thereafter termina.
ted his existence. /, stands forth in bold
and imposing a,ldaci,y, pre- emirenlly il.
Illustrative Of ingenious fraud, venal sub
lelty, and proilIga,e daring. his. more.
over, characteristic Of the objects, pur.
suits. intrigues and frighiful corruption,
peculiar to class of men who regard
The Treasury OF the United States as
The most available resource for the exer.
Else Of their dexlerity and craft. la this
respect, the judicial rcsultin she case OF
Gard;ner is of incaIculable importance.
Ii is exemplary and admoni,orv.
The great importance ofstbe issue in
volved in this case, together with the
public interest which has been awaken.
I'd by the legal resul., aud the tragic Sc
quel, has induced us to lay before our
,rsaders an outline of current incidents
associated with The o. flair, many of which
have never before been published. A
vigiIant and well. informed CORES pondent
enables us to presen, the following sum.
~mafy OF facts, which will be found in.
,ensely interesting 10 ali classes Of our
readers.
The origin. prosecution and detection
of the Gardiner fraud abound with start.
ling facts, and the mind is puzzled TO
determine. sometimes. where completely
ends and innocen. participation with il
begins. by the treaty OF Guadaloupe
Hidalgo, between the United States and
Mexico. concluded in lS4s, $1,000.
600 were to be paid to Mexico, as an in.
demni,y for the cession of territory To
the United States. Out Of that sun.
e3,l2S,OOO was reserved for the salts
faction of the claims OF American citi-
gems, who were damaged anG interrupt
ed in the prosecution Of business affairs
IN Mexico by the &c, of war. Promi
men. among the claimants for portion
Of this sum were DR.. Geo. A. Gardiner
and Dr.. John II. Meas.
A Board Of Commissioners was ap-
pointed by Congress to adjudicate ,hese
claims, who were to sit at Washington.
Their decision was TO be final and con
elusive The Board consisted Of Geo
Evans, Of Maine; Robert r. Paine, Of
North Carolina; and Caleb B. Smith. o
Indiana. Before this commission. Gar.
diner presented his elaine. aided by dis.
tinguished counsel. Al the same time
Gardiner presented and advocated the
claim OF Mears. In his own behalf, he
= demanded AZ indemnity for The loss Of .
silver mine, which he was obliged .c
abandon in San Louis Poiosi, the sum o
: .e42O. 900; and in behalf Of Meals, fol
aquicksilyer mine in the same vicinity
the sum Of Sl53.OOO. Gardiner hat
resided for several years in Mexico. hat
prac,iseC 40 an i.inerant dentist, and II
,ihas capacity had visited the most i'm
-portans mining districts and acquainted
himself with their geographical position
their respective values, ard the ~ stem
Of mining operations in the different de
parimenss.
Thus furnished with material for hi
purpose, he proceeded TO elaborate il. ant
eventually wrought the intricate frau'
by which he imposed on the commission
lis proper to remark here that accord
ing TO statements derived from Mauue
Veras,igui, the Mexican accomplish o
the party. the whole fraud originates
with Mears, with who n Gardiner wa
acquainted in Mexico. Mears is said 4
have sprung the design, but was no
equal to its fulillment. and by his owl
statement admitted Gardiner as party
"because he was skillul man and
great friend Of General Scott" Gardi
nes. however, grew ambitious upon hi
estimate of the material within bis grasf
and 10 addition TO the quicksilver min
Of his friend Nears. valued al 81 So, ,0O(
he sst up silver mine Of his own, (
nearly half million. saita
After about year spent in preparin