New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-08

Floyd OF the Wiessman property at Wlletts Foiht'
Long Island, opposite Throggs Neck for fOrtifi-
cation. From this testimony, we CLEAN the follow.
ing additional facts:
|. The property in question was purchased BY
| Cor for the Wiestmans go lately as 1852 for
S35 900. This includes some twenty-six acres
since cold of by Wessman to neighbor for $500
per acre, Leaving the whole area above water q
little less than 102 acres. The buildings now on
the property are estimated to be worth from
| s., coo to $4,000 The land has not been i'm
proved by Wiessman, but lies mainly in pasture.
9. 1t las been for sale ever since it came into
the Wiessmans hsnds. 1t has been advertised,
placed in the hands of agents, surveyed into Plats
suitable for villa stes &c, but with poor success
| up to 1857 The Army Engineer in charge reports
it quite unhealthy, beirg subject to ague. Wies'-
man offered the whole for S65, 900 in 1856, but no
one would buy it at that price. He did agree, in
March, 1857, to sell to William S. Alley for $500
per acre choice CT twenty acres out of the whole
property after reserying the fifteen on which
the buildings are located but Alley found the land
in such poor condition that he was sick Of his bar
gain, ard very glad TO cancel it when Wiessman,
hsvirg a prospect of selling for fort, made the
proposition.
3. Wiessman offered, through bis friend and
neighbor, John w. Lawrence 70 sell out, free and
clear, to the Government, in March, 1857, for
100000. This offer held good to the end of
March, and was expressly and formally submitted
to Secretary Floyd through the proper channel
The offer was not accepted. Just four weeks
thereafter, Mr. Floyd Dough! this same property at
secondhand for 100000 though the entire appro-
pIjstion made by Congress for this fort was but
$3.50 600. On the S65 600 left on mortgage, the
Government has already paid nearly $4,000 of
interest.
4. The large amounts of money which Mr.
Richard Schel is said to have advanced to George
Irving OF this property, which made him and his
friends anxious to get the tran ,actlon closed up
do not stand the test Of scrutiny Mr. Irving con-
tracted with Wiessmsn for the property on the
18th &c April, and paid barely 81 900 in cash to
bind the bargain He gave his check for $4,000
additional, payable on the 2oth (of April; if not
paid on that day, the bargain was broken aud the
81 ,CO0 already paid was forfeited. On that day
(ApIil 28) Mr.. Floyd agreed to take the property
vanced or risked just the $1,000 aforesaid. Now,
it appears, the $4,000 check was made good in
creasng the advance to $4,000. On the 9TH of
July, the title-papers were passed in Washington
over the head Of the District-AttOrney here, who
on the 9Th, being Unidentified, certified that any
possible unpaid taxes were provided for, and on
the 9M Of July, the $4,000 cash payment was
made by the Government in this City, and went
straight into Bank to the credit Of Richard
Schell. On this same 9th of July, the old mort
cages hapgirg over the property paid of, aud
the balance of $50 900 in all paid over to the Wiess-
mars, leaving 100000 still due them, of which
SEQ 600 still stands against the United States and
$4,000 was an accommodation mortgage for a
few days only, and was duly paid off, Now it may
be that the fret July payments were made by
Schell few days before Re received the $4,000,
leaving only the 900 accommodation mortgage
to Wiessman to be paid off at the time OF passing
The title; but in any case the Pretense held out
through May and June that Schell had made large
advances on the property, and therefore was anxious
to have the transaction closed up, is seen to be
wholly baseless. And when we add the fact that
Mr. Schell burnt his check book on hearing that
this invest CATION had been ordered and that $780,
7G9 of the let proceeds, over and above bis $4,000
commission, remains confessedly in Mr. Schel's
bands, secured only by his note drawn to his own
order aud lodged with ". c. Wetmore, the public
will have pretty clear insight into the whole bust
ness.
5. The property thus ftsted upon the Govern
ment remains to this hour utterly unused and
sheer bill Of expense. Having taken it, subject to
mortgage for Ss5, 600, Mr.. Floyd might have be-
gun the fertilization had he thought proper, there
being 5000 of the appropriation still in the
Treasury. But from the moment the Sis, 900
Rad reached Mr. Il. Schels pocket the hurry ap-
pears to have been over.
6. The Hon. John A. Soaring, NJ c. from the
country district Of Long Island Gin which this
property is located appeared as witness before
the Committee, and q rather swift witness for
Sehen & Co. he endeavered to be. We extract
from The close of bis testimony the following:
.rs bs an s he'd passed for the purchase what would
you hsve expected 20 get from the Government,
Anscy-A Pretty large sum would have got more than
@u s' you f.ve more than *25OoOcl
0n..fanWb InOwlsdse that the appropriation the put
posc would have expected 10 D. paid $1,000
for IL
.in,rer-If thought TIE Government waited il and must
have The p,ouerty and could possibly Go without H. IhGd
oyIv rge = 10, A. tro1d hare dsksd foOc1 muci
oye a. could hare got could take GdrdntISe Of the GOr
crHmrf' neee''', ju'f as soaa tAe Ae''''' aP'ird
.GrrduGi in bgsiHe'' rdH'aeh0h' ,
We do not think of questioning the truth of
tbs tsstn Oily. In fact, We believe it implicitly.
There are some who would act on the principle
heIe ayowed without asserting it, but no one would
so 1eed, ssly bazon il who would not act upon it.
But WHEN Hon. Members Of Congress make such