Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-10
Has the Pronf.

The Sacramento Bee claims to have proc
positive that DR.. Gwin is corrupt. Hear
what it says;
eve learn, upon what we consider most
unquestionable authority, that Senator WIN
Nj. Gwin did receive one brbe, or retainer
or present from the p. NJ. S. S. Companv Of
! $40, 900; and how much more he has receiv.
ed since, or how much he received before
our informant saith not.
1t happened in this wise The contract for
carrying the first ocean mail from Panama to
Oregon and California was for monthly ser.
vice only. That contract was made in lS47
or AS. In lS40 or so the great rush of peo-
pie to this golden land made a semi monthly
mail desirable. George Law placed line Of
steamers on the New York and Chagres route
and offered to carry the mail, monthly. free
of charge to the Government; thus MAKING
with the then existing contract n semimontb!
ly mail Rowland g. Aspinwall, of N. York.
being the mail contractors on this side. saw
Senator Gwin shortly after this proposition
was made by Law, and it was arranged
among them that they, too. were to offer to
carry the mail once each month without
charge to the Government, which. with the
monthly mail for which thev we're maid
would give us q semi-monthly postal convey.
ance between New York and California and
G win was to use his influence at a fnturs
time to have the monthly mail contract in
creased to a semi-monthly, and to have the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company remunera.
ted by Congress for back services rendered
in carrying the monthly mail which tbev of
tered to carry free; and if Gwin succeeded
in this plan, he was to have $4,000 in Pa.
ciic Mail Steamship Companys stock for his
services So the matter rested.
The Company made the offer-it was ac-
cepted-and in 1851 bill for semi-monthlv
mail from Panama to Oregon and California
was passed by Congress, allowing for such
service seventy five per cent additional upon
the original contract for the monthly mail.
and awarding the Company full pay at this
rate for back service About that time the
name of VIM NJ. Gwin, Senator from Cali
fornia, appeared upon the Pacific Mail Steam.
ship Companys books as the owner of 500.
600 in stock Some of Gwin's friends, ascer
tanning this fact. said to him: If your enc
mics in California, or elsewhere, learn that
you are the owner of $4,000 stock in this
Company, they will use it to your disadvant.
age. 1t does not look well, and YOU had bet
ter have your name taken off their books. or
cause the amount held by you to be reduced
Gwin took their advice, offered to DISPOSE
of half his interest in the Company, and. as
that stock was then at par, if not above it.
Howland & Aspinwal purchased half of his
100000 interest, and gave him check on a
San Francisco banking house for $1,000
This amount was paid to an agent chosen bv
Gwin, with instructions to invest it in availa-
bic real estate in San Francisco, in the name
of Mrs. Gwinl That agent did his duty. and
purchased certain real estate on the corner
or near the corner, of Kearney and jackson
streets, San Francisco; which, we believe
Mrs. Gwin holds until this day We call the
attention of the National and STANDARD TO
this fact, and have only to say to them and
the public that we have full reliunce unon
the correctness of this information, and that
we have no doubt that the matter can he full
ly proved Ex-senator Cwin dares deny itl
Truly is he dripping with corruption! !"
Well might Broderick charge him with be-
ing the paid agent of t Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company! What have the friends of
the Lime Pointer to say to this charge?
VIM A. ADEN, young man, left St. Louis
for California in the Spring of 81, and was
last seen at Provo City, Utah Territory. He
is supposed to have been murdered or taken
prisoner by the Indians His father, S. b.
Alden, publishes an advertisement in several
of the Western papers, in which he says:
For the rescue and delivery of my son, if a
prisoner to Gov. Cumming of Utah, or to OK.
Gov Boggs, of Napa. California, or for an
undouOted assurance of his release. will give
the above named reward I$l,00ol or give
a liberal portion thereof fer knowledge of his
whereabouts so that he may be rescued
Any Information in regard 10 him would ha
gratefully received by distressed family of
parents, brothers and sis ers
The advertisement is dated at Paris Ten
nessee. 9th May last.