New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-06

| Master wiu dccb& The lAbofo1s iad1sTy NTH vhios
10 has devoted himseu TO tns natal He hes voske4
| A. few mes would have worked. ana tue Court las
most justly allowed him conpepsA ton Tor 4. aoA
iAat the rub With ths letter pobli, hing party-whs
| is an honor TO his country"
Since re oompainaass closed their proeh, the 10
frdsn have been zsily engaged in taking e'en tes
timony ard have confined themseve, strictly. - The
record will STOW, 10 the real question 10 issue. ! 3D.
nit that il ia by no easy matter to God cor
recty what rAe decree requires even when the proper
proofs are produced The va-ous msnufae VI tbs
defesdsns works during the time, amounted to frsa
s. $50 go to $40 600 &C., of cst lee almost n6cte n
variety; ard the whole Of tAi5 immense busiasss.
running through eight years, . necessarily 'nsar-
woven with the investigation Of tie patfsalar parts
of il that pertain to tss suit and tsgct at True &C.
coun, Of the parts reqsred the waose busnsS neces"
ssrily comes under review the spike business was.
10 large extent, carried on in CONNER with al no
other departments. l question whether any Master
ever investigated extended an account; sm qute
certain 10 account Of such magnitude wss ever before
referred in this country. This great wisdom OF TO
Court in selecting Chancellor Walworh a. rs oticr
TO 90 through with this mos! rtrcste and elaborate
controversy, will be seen by the theroughacss nth
which the work will be accomplished.
If time and space would allow, could show some
of the details involved in this examination. bns bu"-
ness men, well courts, will readily see the inau
mersbe variety Of accounts that bcsong " III csa-
sidera,ion. Not sale made, not purchase, aot
new process adopted, not q change Of size rrsAs.
not a repair or reconstruction, not n.sa or an tsest
employed, that does not mmedisisly remotely cos
rect itself with the subject matter of inqsiry. And II
any man supposes such investigation could DO
carried en- without time and great labor he has ltae
knowledge Of business and too little senss to under.
stand it.
The accounts are too Urge to jump at ccseiusions,
shades OF differences amount much to yuss a.
and to find the true account of millions OF dollars OF
manufactured goods, when every letter ard line is
contested BY interested parties and astue sounse.
woud not be a light mater in any case; ~ vince
that account is complicated with eight or ten millions
more, extends back 10 a remote period, and runs
through eight or ten years aud subject to crest aad
constant changes in the articles manufactured, bo-
comes case that few very few are equal to the
execstion of. But by the intelligence OF the Cosrt
that found in this case.
Your correspondent says the Master has received
81 900. Will any irminded man say that this Is
too much for the time and labor he has bestowed IN
such cause Does Mr.. Burden suppose that he csu
consume years of the time Of one Of the most dts-
gushed ursts of the country, and of his clerk, s,A
nave his Office given up for his occupancy and servso
without compensation The Court thought other
wise, and go will every man Of ordinary intelligence
and honesty I. is quite enough for the real anshcr
of the letter from Saratoga to slory himself vi hou5
making malignant assaults upon other men. But hcs
does not seem content with using the press to malaga
the Master alone but the motives and conduct OF the
Judges who have thought honest industry worthy Of
of reward share alike in the abusive epithets Of this
patty litigant Such conduct may shed " honor upou
has country" but hope l am sufficiently thankful
that it does not happen TO be his country
an not sure, Mr.. Editor, after ALL bus the course
YOUR correspondent has indie lfeJ Is the best one tho
compainauts can pursue for am confident an exam
luatioa Of the evidence will that their cause IL
one that could I've tried with better hope of success by
anonymous letter writes than by legal evidence; and
from their numerous efforts in that way, inclined
to think the eompainsnts have concluded to adopt
| that course.
That Messrs Corning & Winslow should feel deeply
| the outrageous wrong this suit has inflicted upon
Them is inevtable-n utter violation, a. il is Of the
real intent of q solemn settlement and compromise in
relation to the very subject upon which it is brought.
That they intend to maintain their rights need not be
doubted but that they have delayed this cause for
one hour, utterly without foundation in fact They
are gentlemen too we'll known to the people Of this
country to require eulogium from me. Their re,uts
ton for probity and honorable conduct canndt be
preudiced by one Henry Burden. Though il !, true
that their expenditures in this litigation have been
large, they will not be found making whining CO .culs,
tious Of the cost Of nterogatOres endeavof ing %
prejudice by anonymous letters the morbid ser sibai
ties Of the community in relation to lawsuit 10 Which
they are parties. jus rIcEs