New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-18


rsceIr. TO h,m before he agusa i; tsoGed hn 'ie
receipt 70 sign Wien gave bim the sohdt' ~ ! 90
with every other gentleman. IA oooA vS'Hs "a
handed 10 witness be referred 20 the entry he n'.
ID relation 20 the transaction 6. tha tine AZ nc Wiz
ing in the statemen. or orsndum with TIE eaeeP
ton the signature OF M fegs ny own 'nn AZ sna
wha, - written IN red ok, i IN the haldwrnnSo' W.
Smith, and that IS in blue nh
Crosse examined by Mr.. GrsbNN-l am not abe 20
say how long Mr.. Smith in the Office OF the Con,
trcller; The time he lett should think tta' De EGO
been there considerably over year. but ON no.
able 20 H. the date ~ the matter aul b Ao'o "
-ay what duty he cane therc 20 perform sn 10,
aconau,ed with the arrangements made by him ana
the Cont Ter; canDO. cay whether he csroe thets
a. clerk OF the Corporation or Of the CONTROLLER l
shoud Judge ths. he there one Of. the cFFh'
ui the Office my opinion il that he came there a.
other cleiis have done, wh) are appointed by the
Controller when Mr. Smith first came, ne spent h1s
tine in the part Of tue office occupied by me Con
troller, but what arrangements were made o't"eeh
him and the Controller cannot say; durng the 4-ter
psrt Of the time Mr.. Smith had the -et,hng up OF
contract Assessments; when be first came, he rem
deTed som. se-ist6Lce 10 the Clerk ot ARE irs ne
occupied the south room; there were other CLERKS !n
that room with him; Mr. ady-also Mr.. Porter De-
tore be was appointed TO another office think there
was no one else in that az the time Mr.. Smith
wss there; ] should not consider this south room 70
bp the Controllers private Office Il - the one III
which he .pends moet of his time, and his table or
desk i in it, but he confines himself 70 prrtcuar
one, but goes about from room 10 room; am
not abe TO LAY that the room To which l have
referred is known b. any particular detigna,ion;
do not recolect whether Mr. Smith took any one 5
place wiih had become vacant, bu. he might have
done SO; ] do not know that lis coming there was the
creation OF new cerkshp, nO that he came there 20
I'D any vacancy; | am no, aware that bis coming
there reflection upon some OF the clerks; never
considered that his appointment was any reflection
upon me he had nothing 20 do with my business, nor
/ with his; he did no. perform any duties al:er he
came which had before been Performed by me- l mus
.ixrT Ia n sfr "a
came there TO attend duties that should have been
performed by otbers not; attend 10 my own d'.ie-
and let others attend TO theirs.
Nj. Graham inquired of the witness whether NJ
smiths duties we're not made up of duties which
others ought TO bsyc performed. w. Whiting oo-
leCted 10 the question. M Graham replied that the
object he had in asking hun the question wa to show
that Mr. Smith, IN consequence OF beng assigned the
duty of aking up the DEFICIENCIES of others n the per-
Torrance Of their duties had become an object Of
jealousy which had rpened into this state o; affairs
Mr. Dykemans testimony resuIned-l cant tell
what Mr.. Smiths duties Were did not know that
there any jealous feeling on the part OF any one
he treated lie ~ gentlemen, and treated him a.
such in return do not know that he was assigned
the duty bring up the work oi various other
clerks; | think was not IN arrears rs regards my
own duties; my work was done up every nisht, ~
that if left any one would know how everything
stood: my duties were up and not behind, far a.
understand them; i never heard reflections upon the
clerks made from the fact OF Mr.. Smith coming into
office; ] have no recollection of any such thirgi
have had no III feeling tow ard Alr. Smith, and have
no recollection of hearing anything said 10y any one
my OWN intercourse with Mr.. Smith was very plea--
apt; do not know who first made the discovery of
the alleged basis of criminality the part of Mr.
Smith and Mr.. Fitzpatrick nor do know when j. wa.
frst de covered; am unable to iiX the time when
first heard of il; ] rccollect the time was tir-'
asked for the vouchers, it was about the time
Mr.. Smith left the office, some four months ago;
] think Mr.. Cady asked me for tue vouchers,
and ! thnk ! gave them to him | have
never heard Mr.. Cady express himself III rela-
IL n To Mr.. Smith in manner indicative that lac enter
9Ded other than friendly feelings toward him; had
no other voucher when issued bond; than such a.
the On exhibited do not know that there was any
thing connected with the requisltion for the bonds
when IL waa presented 10 have recollection OF
seeing paper purporDg to be an order of Court at
the time this paper requsit.On was han led 10
had seen such paper do not think lshould have
forgotten II do not know anything about an order OF
Cotr being furnished to me; | wish TO be distinctly
understood that had not the settlement of accounts
me a Sy re t ns rm iTr1 or 9 Roacner waS
a.ierward changed: 1 have kept such receipts
since such bonds were issued presume that such re,
vvipts not Ia o1lstence before MI Smith came
there because there never was such Transactions be-
fore he came there; | do not know that Mr.. Smith
created hat for1n Of receipt it may have been the
case, however, for anything ! know.
Mr Graham here remarked that the defense meant
to show that Mr.. Smith introduced manv reforms into
the office which excited the lealousy Of other clerks
IN the office, and inquired of witness how long the
cept book shown had been used in the Office.
Mr.. Dyckman-1 cannot say; 1 had nothing to do
with It any more than Mr.. Graham had; no sUcl
bonds As these had been issued De- fore Mr. Smiths
coming there; before that the Controller would pay
the contracts in cash by warrants on the Treasury;
revenue bonds have been iseued ever since | have
been the Stock Clerk; such bonds Issued 10
pay f,r contracts an unable to say when this form
Of receipt book introduced into the office; can
not soy whether this book goes BACK SO fir a. the re
Issue of such bonds not; have taken this form Of
receipt ever since / have issued this character OF
bonds; prepared this formula Of receipt Mr.. Suith
had nothing to do with u; had never seen the
contract for paving Fory-ninth street Mr.. Smith
told me not io issue the bonds III the until the
contract had been signed by him; knew al The time
issued the bonds that Mr.. Smith had taken re-.
oeipt; he wrote at the bottom Of the paper, Don't
"deliver until receTe are given Receipts here
read for $i2 S 10. being amount In full for regu-
atiDg and paving Foriy.ninh street, between Sixth
and Eighth ayeruetl. keep the hond ledger my
self; when Mr.. Smith took receipt, and took one,
il was rs security for the bonds delivere1 ] make
entry in the book OF per cent assessment bonds,
when III the bonds, and Rn entry is also made IN
the Day. Book, referring t. the transaction; on
sminng the book find an entry on the Sd of Now,
lSJ7, of bonds Nee. Il, - aud 13-the two former
s5 Zoo each, ard the h,ter for $9,SO; the
marks in red ink j. the number OF the page
or folio in the bond ledger where IA also entered
I cannot tell whether the gentleman got the bonds
the 18th or 26tl OF NoNember prepared the receipt
when the bonds were ready for delivery; they NAY
not have been called for tall the 2tth, hat, a. gem
ers thing, the parties are anAons To- get them Hs soon
AZ possible: presume that NJ. BrsaEig gan gave
in-truc,iops to divide the amount OF the bonds but
cannot state positively; have no recollection OF
person telling Ire 10 divide the payment into three
bonds, but mean to say that should no, have done
so uules. II had been = requested; cannot tell you
by whom; only know my uniform practice have
spok en- t. person who called himself Mr. Ftzparirk
Ibecamc acquainted with him in these transs sctioIs
H. November last; the directions / received 10 di-
vide this payment into several bonds did not excite
nv attention at all, because II i frequently done
when there acquisitions come r. me, ! 90 be-
hind, then: il Is suiccn; for me TO know that the
Controller hss authorised the issue before issued
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