, 1860-03-03

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fl - c4ocA sesssloe5 siofntos. PAssso
myself at the door Of the Senate Committee on
:. Enrollet1 1,iIls" where the Hon. J, II, Mason
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months past casting their nets into shallo" seas
and drawing in great volumes Of water. U1y
,,,a Inn ! n ,f,xon "ch,;rman Select Com.
Tile hon' d. IL. Masou' ena'ti'un 'es'ee' e''u'
.nittee,' ever sent his sign manual alter nle IS
an unsolyed mystery, but t1at he did SO is
g.. rt;.,, 4,,o tro,s,rv ~ NV co,ntrr w;,, c.r.
'ae' "u'en 'ns '4e"0a'9 " "5 so"A1 vs.. W.
tity. At the door Of the Committee room ! was
met by gentlcmauly photographer, (afr. Mur-
,,by. The clerk of tho Committee. who informed
me TINT the investigators had not arrived. Two
messengers were dispatched to the Senate
Chamber, and half an hour was consumed in
stunning up quofu1u' - oecu''ee !" '1e' 1na4
perhaps tue 'nSesusa''oa "a' 'e''oss 10 nc
bore to those who lad set it on loot. FinnlIy
Messrs. Mason, Doolittle and Collamer in their
wake. Messrs. JcE Davis and Fitch were too
busr to attend.
rt,. ;s da.or,+oa will, ,,,a I,f
o,a ~ 1,.oer,a o n,tss ~ oad = h.ndsom. st.rns':
ola hto"u f'hee anu naA0so111 ALI" ~
carbine- Arstol Of peculiar: construction was
also shown me by the clerk OF the Committee,
which, Il not the same ono saw in Browns
hanas in ls56. il IFS twin. =
Senator Mason is quite unlike tue wo'd.eot
cngra''nes "a'n na's y '15n 15, p'1u ~ -. ~
counass over u's u-n'' ~ n4.pe. y'n1na' y
benevolent countennnce, and wears bald head
and suit of linsey-woo'scy in the most free
and easy way imaginable. should tnke him TO
be about fiftv-fye years old. He believes IN
s1,rsrr u.s. r ,na !. stork ;nedcl ~ tn crcrvth;nr
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ssc po1'ea on, er soea e
ne'es ~ Detaioet1e' o"'' "s.s 20 oeae'neo ~ tut
core with slavery: Personally be is courteous
lie is one Of the few men on the Democratic
side of the Senate who have nothing Of either
,.o ,,t1,. ~ tho da,noro,uo IN thn;r comnosi
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combine something Of both' though Aas enao""
,v,,o .its nex. him in the Senate. that the oh.
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server IN lae g'u'e''es "oo'o sea'ce'} LAKE n'n'
for either. Senator Davis is thin wiry
man with sharp fcutures and iron rtay
hair. lie was not present in the Committee
when was "inveatiyated." Judge Co}lamer is
j, said snuare-built man. about sixtv years Of
aca viii, m i,1tellcctual cast Of f,uf,,res and n
con.c;ence which,. shines ont throupb l1's eyes
Indce Doo1;ttIe il so we'll known t1 tl,e rea,,crs
.nr H.. Purss An Tu1n,;Sr thut I need mt de-
scrihe hiu,. vii, merely ob> erye Tint dis con
n,.e:;or that Mr.. Doot;ttie's spctch in ren1y IN
Toon,bs and in dc:euce Of the Suprcu1e Eourt
1riuuphant effort. which elected the warmest
rnco,niums Of t1lc Rcpublicaps in Washington.
N return IN the investigation. Ar. Mnsnn
onnned the meeting aud conducted tic e.er-
,:isss. The following s.1u;m:ry If lie eyidence.
reported in the New York Hsra1d, is substan.
tin1ly correct.
testified that the National Hanxa. Committee
authorized and constituted ty convention d. Iuf
,ai' IN May ~; eonS;sa - Ont nSnastr f9m sae Of
ncetict New YIE. Prnnsylysni1 uh!n WchIran Indana
w,esru, loya sd thrse from ll.noi. tic Lite!
stng o. MsnSst e T. huTd ana Gso " Doe
nc transa:ns InsjHc Tie It'll .monnt
IT mu1cv received and dstuE= aleu-, one hundred anh
twenty t!ssand drass 9s ~hch les than ten thousand
ate o,pnit.s Of nns q. cs,rbutious ffm al hs ~
wines tr aaw Brown Auks 1Si: subsequently ,uct
n cn tsc aiiessnt nseaIo,s te ~ Tut IL Ja1ra!y.
.ho1 Ioar Sex Yo1E: EroWa pcttopeJ the @ eomm,t1ee
or hundred sh: rifles then ID stoTra, Tabor iowa
also or qnahs o. eosns aha noaeE VIII *hich :. r.
t1ta ]srown ,wcye ha1e4 of Clothing fhe vs. ut1 On.
position committee giving arms aid lie
n"sion VA % 81 " xetnS me Tas. racE f3 slc
sauborn liz Tcp5cscnsi;yc from NssacIusss xsutc
arms we.c eonsr baei: never NV brown alter
Ws1s: the intai "a M & M tHe ens aoi CommeS a Msth
in ss rvs oxcs of eiohins two r.tcsos LIS sd. su,s
Watson md u~~n aud tWo or trte rars Of f9f stses,
aa .t . sa Aons zoe
Finn ,hcy XII into the Imnds Of tue military comfsnv nt
L=~fence knopn IS the '.stubhs Htown meyer claimed
them: :tls kuew nstank ~ tAs iias1s te1Ey aasss
1cca1, t. saysy Si.d. y. e.s Nc: ths Con-.
mite ,lr Na:ai Kansas Cunm,1tcs .:us their busi.
md d'sh,,de1 thr o7rt5 i!"o n April 1 xtness
,.e1 s.w hms WINS, W.. a:C,,an:ed viii n
t.ook ahd lsIchs,d i:cf hut ~ uei.hc1 snc. Janu.
.o ~; ttcslyrs no Information ct The MaIpsts tely
.hc Tp i;rown aid III ~ Il irr1 Wanss va nro
c,sdne 10 explain why tho HE. 1t Talbot sos not
f1"asded Kansas ths the Ntssoui! iaras:os ha
nea uy Wue IN. ks w.ed Te
IL esp.a;a tontlle which f7i:v. thc fraes wiines.
N stea,as Msa'nnG ss a5.os at Tae them
~h6 not ac,aiF nrdcJ fa pnYasr, 81 az nse ITS
Committee decided thu testimony proper to 60 o.
TIE trcor'l"
Witness u,a1e m Intellectual effort to testify as
to other matters trnnspir:ng ut the .Astor House
meeting aforesaid, but tho facts being
arrived ut. he was not allowed TO
20 into details. 1t is fact TINT when Brown
applied to thr National Kansas Committee for
the two hundred rifles at Tabor, lie WAS nsked
By Chicago II emte: Of the Committee whether
be pnrposed using thcm aay.saers t}s~ than in