The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-10

conduct Of Mr. Hiss was made Ia the House ON the 9th
TIE committee are Of opinion that there was no i'm
priey ut Rox bury that he guilty Of misconduct
At Lowell and il unworthy longer to occupy seat in
Mr. King. Of Roxbury, moved to lay ths report the
table. This was nsgatived Yeas, 81; nays, l6s
Mr. Ingalls,, Of Clinton, moved It's adoption.
Mr. King thought there should be time given to ex-
The Chair decided that the report goes over until to-
morrow, under the rules.
Mr. Stone, Of Boston, moved to lay on the table and
On motion Of Mr.. EAmes, Of Maiden, the report was
assigned for 2 O'Clock to morrow.
We have only to day for the report of the
V;,it Of the Nunnery COMMITTEES to worcsstsr the con-
duct Of Mr. Hiss is stated TO have been
In regard to the Lowell visit they say =
The attention Of your committee has been carefully
engaged In investigating the conduct OF Mr. HES In his
visit to Lowell We have given the matter most tho
upon bis conduct there We found inquiry attended
with much difficulty, but we were enabled to discover
the following the 2Sh day Of March last M
log at the Washington House about O'Clock p N.
While in the Boston depot he spoke to couple Of la
your committee ascertain to be the mythical Mrs. Pat
terson hereinafter referred to- Several most reliable
witnesses testified that, while upon the passage to
not member of TIE legislature and that he was OBJ
served in convsrsation with no female, nor with any
gentleman accom- panyiDg lady
Upon arriving at the Depot in Lowell he was very de-
srous Of going Immediately to the hotel although he
long walk which several present were rnxious to
do-Dr Burnham, Of Lowell, having offered to convey
the carpet bags and vases TO the tavern Upon arriving
at the Washington House. Mr. Hiss booked the names OF
several of the COMMITTEES locating them az OF Boston,
and Of the Senate and House He then wrote the
The quotation marks Il the right Of Mrs Pattersous
Indicating that abe also from Boston, and from
the House not put upon the register BY Mr. Hiss
but they placed there improperly by disappointed
politician for the purpose Of bridging dsrepute upon
party with which he had sympathy by fasey repre-
Mr. Hiss had registered ali the he said to the
CLERK of the hotel Mr. Reed, IA lady will arrive here by
and ey ,sr Sn,m r,ss yoa e prsvds Good room az
to the name of Mrs. Patterson.
He after called the attention Of the clerk to the
subject The committee thea left the hotel to visit
the mills At about six O'Clock upon the arrival Of
the Eve O'CLOCK train from Boston, Mrs Patterson entered
the house, and conducted to room No. IL by the
clerk This room was assigned her because 1t of
the best OF the house, and because It was the one
usually occupied by lsdies Mr. Hiss had the next room
No Is, but he had hand in the assignment of the
rooms the clerk having arranged them without his d.
rection or knowledge.
tersons arrival and they did not return till about
ven O'Clock. AS the party were entering the supper
room about seven, Mr.. Hiss ordered Mrs. Patterson
supper to be sent to her room, saying to the clerk
"Mrs. Patterson viii have her supper sent to her
loom" Her tea was accordingly carried t, her. At
about eight O'Clock in the evening the chambermaid
Mrs. Carpenter knocked at the door Of Mrs Patterson
room.
opened the being in her night dress and just
dy to retire She breakfassed the next day alone, ct
about nine O'Clock the breakfast hour being seven
half past sever. She dned at tx, being hour and
half after the regular dinner time She seen in the
hotel at tine when the COMMITTEES vera present and
finally departed OF about three O'Clock in the after
neon
TIE bed in No 12, occupied by Mrs Patterson, was
great Gsa tumbled according to the testimony OF HES
Carpenter who has been in toe habit of taking
OF beds in hose for the past seven years. The
bed was more disturbed than two persons would oriina
vi hIQ had 1,su Of hav
ing been occupied by two persons, Mrs. Carpenter
swore distinctly thst there vera marks upon the sheet
from which she judged tbas man and woman had used
the bed that night and that she HAD no doubt Of that
being the case.
that the stains upon The linen might BIS accounted Tor
upon another theory, If the bed had been occupied
by woman alone. But your COMMITTEES had no doubt
that night TIE bed o. Mr.. Hiss, in No 49, tumbled
but very ttle and the only impression upon the pill
Ts a.ns Il o ha hs disturb
ed ard the outside quilts and the sheets had not been
removed from under the pillows The vssa5o!L Sc,
ders from the clerk to change the linen in both rooms
10 No ~ ST changed both Sheets in No ID but one
so o mt at sG ss o. h ~ been used W.
during the night nor at all in the msnner beds are
ally occupied.
M Hiss paid tho bill Of Mrs Patterson at the wash.
pgtcn House from the funds Of the Commonwealth,
Before his paid 1t he went to the Office said to the
y vii 5sits cur BIZ" The CLERK Iaqgirs "las clerk
asled him to who m should he make 1t QUITO the
Sepate to the House. or to whomf Mr. Hiss REPLIED $40
the State and at the request OF the clerk drew tue bill
and set down tue gross amount of the expenses not
knowing what any Of the items we're
The Clerk reseiped it, end ~. Hiss paid 1t. The
amount was SIS 70, of which 81 was Or coach hire
SO for extras and IS rs for six gentlemen and Mrs
Patterson at 81 rs each per day The clerk testified
that It'll customary to charge the bin of lady to the
gentleman who registers her NAME and especially so
VIXEN no other person attends her. Mr.. Hiss says
that he cid not know, For did he expect, that Mrs.
Una iDelu dad in tho 10
paid.
Blu. tie clerk said that when he asked If Mr.. Hiss
wanted The Whole BILL he included the bill of the
mttee, the liquor that ysed and the bill OF Mrs
Patterson. While at the Washington House mo ons
81 py q hs ess s nor has ws 0s
and no man appears to have had any communities
ton with her while abe remained there, except Mr..
Bliss
When Mr., Hiss was first inquired Of in relation to
Mrs. Patterson, before the COMMITTEES o. which Mr.
Griffin. Of otariestown, was chairnan he saa, under
Of Patterson and that be had seen in Lowell
whom he called b. that name he immediately after add
oh the whole, he rather thought he did.
Before the same committee he also stated that hs
IS was going to Lowell that gentleman desiring HIM
to furnish room fer the LADY, he had business Of
importance to attend to in that city BE stated that the
gentleman was q stranger AID that he did not know
whether he had ever seen him before rot
Some Gays after this, Mr. Hiss stated in the Commit
tee Of the Whole that he did not know whether he had
heard that speak upon the floor OF the House
that day. He also ASSERTED that the man who intro
duced him to Mrs. Patterson was good FRIEND" aud
that he had solemnly promised not to reveal his
MT HISS through his counsel offered to produce the
man, under promise tf the committee to divugs
his rsme. This proposition tho committee could not
entertain for various reasons.
These are the principal important facts in thecase.
Your committee fed upon another subject that ntoxca
ting liquors used upon the Lowell excursion and
that Mr. HES parteok OF them ana paid for the out
Of the funds OF the State Upon such ct the com
mitte have expressed their opinion, beng unable to
approve OF 1t on aby grounds.
But passing again to the principal topic Of inquiry,
your committee have not been able to identify Aud
the person who represented Mrs. Patterson at Lowell
They do ascertain however that she is not the Priscilla
Patterson whose biography has been fully published
in connection with this affair We satisfied that,
whoever she was she visited Lowell and the Washington
House upon this occasion for Illicit purposes.
We think that 1t Is manifest that she went there to
satisfy the illegal and lusu appetite Of the stranger"
or .'gccd friend,' II any such person existed whom
Mr. Hiss says introduced him to her; else why for
hat conceivable reason does Mr. Hiss refuse to make