New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-04

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u. ress crazy seo.ss,s. ~, E.IsS, s.eS,es or c,a
,rus,iop Of the jonSe sch 20 mnea heeaos VI '""
IL psraBs thor rssfsre.
fbi. Boaro Of Dir etsop, nost $50 os remsm
bered, ,bO7fb owing z'.rly oae ~ o. vac 49,
he Ceppahiss spd By virtue Of thst osnership nav
Ipc bee allowed the entire control Of their operanoo,
do rot repre est THAI keeTts OF TOE capl.n
sr ,be s,oh issued by sn;ho'iy oaly 70 'ne ~ r
~ a. sf0 600 while the bonds sDouut 10 fii,VvbV'
Having ,bus briefly explained the position 81 inese
"vitressssr snd the osases that msse II necessary
for Them % unite sgain,t oee they dee1 c'Inn,u
sTemy. n st;snpi to show be ab,ur,ity aSi fsl:y
81 soma q heir facts" My uDf)uanae ms1is
10, sI,p.e.pa" could ID. have been discovered oy
them mil ait.r ny eonne cricn With the Camden snd
Apbo, R.;'r0ad and TranspOrs'. on Company a. Nns
Presc,l, ,1Aiy about ore year SINCE thougn nso
beeI previous TO that time c. nnects VI los NOn
nany TUgire,r in charge OF the surveys and p.rna
~ instruction Of the YES, Jerses Rsnrosd, o~hea oy
tf.m fitm The 10Th Of June 1888, TO the let OF joy
1876 st which time, The work upon that iesn nsVlhg
BE- en- entirely suspeEdei. accepted 'sfon uPDn
railroad in Pennsylvs tis. w ich l held nati was
ofF.,td. ard accepted, about the ls' OF S'pennoe7
1856 tha pott Of Vie President OF the Canaoeh sau
Amboy RsiIosd ard Transportation Company. us
therefore 10 be pres ID these gent knew ne
thing about nv artese6ents and maNss oefoie
ofeirg NE that position, as three years OF my pro
f. ssonA fife had been spent IN TIER imhleda.s Oou
ree,ion; 90 that sIy mania tor Suspicion muS1 nav
been called into existence by circumstances
With The pans segment OF their own road with whica
fs.kIy Acknowledge va. never Of al sah.nsd,
my letter Of Dist Of A'y last TO Richard s'o.S'on
NJ. n Der of the Executive CJmni1ee VIII sstest- I
IT, al er commenting upon the sctiye msnsg %
The road Issy a similar Capitalization and cen
sorf tip is also needed in the conduct OF the account
4" sut de paytment."
What could have lr duced Mr.. Stevens to oser NE
this appointment il now puzzles me TO imsg,ne, ou
presume il r,ust have been through his belief INV
wss less " suspicious" ard more plant 'nan nc ne'
since fourd me to be.
Ibsye already, in THE TRiBCSE OF the litn INST,
pubsled NV statement rslstve 10 the persoos' ascA
rpor me. that statement wss fully digssted AM CON
sid.red and row pronounce any state ent uueIIus
from in the main points a. fake. though sgnea oy
dozen Beard. of Dr ec'ion. This MAYER WIZ uues,s
judicial iLves;ie aton, and i remains 10 De seen
tber ihese "wpes.es will hsve the sudscry 70 s'ete
uroer oath what they have stated over their OWE ss
natures.
That this outrage was perpersted after dnnef -
che erf " dse as it serves 10 explain W mee'
be remembered ,d not dired tbe uncsle 1-i.r VIC
eI &c Of the attack ard the unwonted audacy OF tno
Con modore. That the blow upon my leit temple,
s1c which ssd me 10 ihs h} scttss So.yey
assert tire evidence Of the Board 70 the contrary NOT
Tlfre il eIaring irccrsis.eccy in the scknow edg'
ment that summoned courage 10 90 alone TO Pn9ce-
ton su org the friends Of the suspected partes-iheie
stated nv suspcions before the parties themselves
backed by aspersions upon the genera cnsfsc or Vi
enc Of them ard q; last struck John Stockton, man
ID as is animated in the card Of Cam6n 5ge Livlngs
ton. "po.sessed Of excellent powers Of selfdstense
ard after oil this cried mercy upon the drst blow be-
ing struck in return which dces not seem exactly natu
rs 10 say the least OF it. The quotstio from mycard
relative to my rescue from further injury" Published
In The statement Of the Witnesses" stopped at the
word President" and neglected to add the walters
from the outside. In the statement OF the eteseH,
that while they at dinner with some invited
guests, an org who n was Jcbn L. Stockton, they
reg lect TO ada, also Robert Stockton, and that
ana ster orrer sessions of the Board together with
Can bridge Livingston Mr.. S'evepss mau OF business
or d fon Of enc Of the Director.
This mode Il dorg business through the sons Of ID
rtctOIs is pleasant ta,,y arrangement not crsto% .
"spped 10 be ed to go TO the dioner untrue
At he ses,ion before dinner Viii h occupied until
O'Clock after having refused to state more re .nsn
tested Com Stockton accused me of having reisted
TO John No Knight a conversation had with fIrmer
Collector Of IL Caral relative TO the boats tia. had
"sipped transit dnty, from the year 1910 TO lSSU ano
until br ught to notice by the Investigation Of 1850
/ readily admitted having had such q converf alton,
ard that tbt person question had tod me they were
the botts Of k. W. Packer carrying the Commodore
&C al eastward from bis mines geher with the boats
Of tie Napoleon Company largely owned by the ID;
rec:oIs Of the Joint Con psries was soen requested
10 withdraw, ard the ex Collector In qiee1on, 'ney
afeIwarc tod me, was called into the room ana exam
Tue d. aud they say denied hsvig had such CONVEX
sation with me. AsI have cot met this man since,
cannot ay whether this as they did net dare ID
examine him before me. The statement relalye TO
tie hundred thou,ard dollars hush money hsvitg
been made by John L. Mcknight the very respect-
sble gentleman who reported me as having made
cnsIges," who affects to bic own respeotabLhy. aud
who, ! understand, mas commenced prosecution
sgsrs me for hsvirg a. he states said be had TIED
to poison me-" DO net upon those grounds think It
recesssy 10 contradict mere particularly, 40 II mast
str ke the hr king puohc that if had said such thug
TO Director, my convictions on that point must have
Il Ular.th he Haar Al
TO dinner Cambridge Livingston came to the adjoincg
room, in which l was. ard ssid to me, " the Bosrd
would see me after 6in,er.' was not invited to
the dinner and had, Of course, no desire for reasons
best known to myself, TO pert.ke Of tbs. srtsr
taibnelt j remained in the ante room unsl
o'clock when, 80 the time was spPro o3
o'clock p. NJ at which I would be obliged to leave
for New.York or remain anil the next mornlg 10
Princeton AZ not liking the idea OF leaving without
rCtibin the Board of my departure; Is they hal de-
tired TO see me after dinner aod hearing the sound
Of boisterous urth, and the clinkug CT bottles aud
glasses, which indicated protrscted dinner session,
the diner was served In the Bosdroom instead Of
at the hotel ss was the previous custom sent my
card to the President Of the RsiIosd Company, who
replied " TIE Board would me after cinper." l
then waited ten or fifteen minutes, and feeling the
time for my departure close 81 hand | sent again TO
The Pesde mt to mention that fact AID was at once in
yited Ito the osIdroom where found al signs Of
eirner cleared away, and the members e the Board
and their guests,' seated around the room in
so!smn array After some preliminary conversation.
said that, heee matters had thus far not gone Ia
" detail beyond persons connected with the Company
but my word and suspicious had been thrown into
entire oirepute, and had been brought there,
"sId treated as q criminal for simply perform
my duty-f the Board refused to Investigate
I would feel j. my duty to use such means
&c lay in my power to do 50" and added, I" did
mot believe there was saother Board 10 the United
States that would dare to refuse sn investigation
"rLder ths circumstAnoee.' To this one Of tle d.
recto replied, That might be the case, a. these Of
" fcers were above fuspicioo" To refate this then
mentioned statements 81 certain parties in regard to
KILL In - IL.