New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-18
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLkRS FO
VALUE RECEIVED.


F. W. Walker called and examiued-By M.
Rebinson-Q. Did you receive any money from Mr..
Wendell for anything A. did, Sir.
Q. How much did you receive A. did not ex-
aetly receive money, but money equivalent.
o. State the amount that you did receive. A.
received check for $780, and two notes for 81 900
each.
O. When did ron receive these A. A day or two
before the adjournment of the last session of Congress
Q. Have these notes been since paid "A. They
have, Sir.
Q. What was the consideration for that check and
those two notes A. There never ANYTHING passed
between Mr.. Wendell and myself upon the subject,
or between me and any else connected with the
matter; Mr. Wendell had had business before Congress,
and was likely to have in perpetuity but not word
passed between the subject; at various times,
when have had different matters up, he has spoken
to me in respect my good will toward measure in
which he was interested but at the time when re-
eeyed that from him. nothing particular was said.
@. What measure had he spoken to You about A.
cannot say particularly.
O. Can YOU not reeollect one Of them A. do lot
know that Mr.. Wendell spoke TO me of any specific
measure in all the back Congresses in this Congress
he spoke Of his interest in connection with printing
matters.
@. How many months did you hold that situation
A. About four or iive-perhaps not 50 much; really
cannot tell you from memory. could tell II l were
to look at my memoranda; but think did not exceed
FIVE months.
Q. Can you not give US some idea of the amount OF
service that you rendered. whether it amounted 10
day in a month, or week in month, during that
time 7
A. Sometimes il was not day in a month, aid
sometimes it was seyer'l days in moth. l was at
the Custom. House every day, alHbst every day,
except during the time when was sick. was very
sick six seven weeks during the time; but almost
every day that able TO be out Of MY own house
was al the Custom-House.
Q. Who filed that place before you7 A. I do
not know.
@. Did anybody fill it after you' A. do not
know.
Q. Do You not know that there was no provision
for such place. that it was mere slnecure IN order
to give you a salary A. No, SIR, l do not know
anything of the kind and never heard OF II. There
certainly was no such understanding between me and
Mr.. Schell, or between me and anybody else.
O. But did you not know about that understanding
A. No. sir.
O. Did YOU render one weeks service, pnt II al
together during the whole time You Were receiving
that pay! A. Yes sir; l am certain that did
o. am speaking OF what occurred in former Con-
crosses A. Well sir, had my supposition with
gard TO matters in which he might be interested
Q. What did he say to you when he gave you this
money A. think there were not more than two or
three words passed between he took me into ono
of the rooms, as be about to go away, aud there
were some two or three persons present.
O. Who were there A. Some of the clerks in the
Clerk Is room, think; i cannot say positively who
was there and then he drew these notes, and hand
ed them 10 me-
O. Did not he cay word A. He might have said
he was in hurry, something of that sort believe
be also said, in joking way that he did not know
these notes would be paid for he might break or
something to that effect.
Q. Do you mean to swear that Mr.. Wendell pail
Won this money without any understanding that the
should be any consideration whatever on your part
A. simply state the facts as they occurred. --
@. Were you engaged in assisting in passing either
the bill for the admission of Kansas under toe ecop-
ton Constitution or what s known as the English bill
A. No, cir.
O. Did you take any part in that contest A. Asa
correspondent writing for the press had nm interest
in the matter; wac opposed to the passage Of the
Lecompton bill, and my immediate friends III Congress
were opposed 10 it, and voted against il.
@. Did you ever have any conferences with Mr.
Wendell about it in any wayf A. No, Sir.
2. Did he never talk to you about the measure A..
Only as i talked with everybody else; there was
nothing specific passed between u.s.
Q. Did Mr.. Wendell ever come to you and ask yon
to asssl in the passage Of any particular measure
A. Never, Sir.
Q. Did YOU ever tell him that yoa had assisted in the
passage of any particular measure In which he was
| interested2 A. / do not think ever dii.
o. And YOU say that he just TO you and handed
Won this 81 500 without ntmating TO you what Il wac
for and without any understanding between you and
| him whatever A. i say that no words passed be-
tween us ON the subject cay that nothing passed BE-
tween US, except the incidental remarks which havc