Daily national Democrat., 1861-04-24

Committee Tor Cons deratiunI do not.
q Have you ever heard of any A | have
not; have heard several times that Walden
would do So
Y In what particular case2 A. | do not
know OF any particular case; | have heard
1t hundred times this session.
Witness continued. in answer to various
que-ions, to state the tendency OF various
Indefinite ru,nors which he had heard from
time to time Being asked II lie had con-
versed with Walden or any other member OF
the Committee on Claims in regard to Nc
Cauey's claim, he at first delnulred to all
swering the question, but afterwards said he
was passing Walden in the street shortly af-
ter his con> ersation with McCnuey. and on
the same day and made some remarks TO him
(Wald-n) about his making m1ney out of the
McCauley claim. aud he laughed and passed
10y When McUduey asked lin it he was
sent hy Walden, his reply, as hear rs he could
remember. was, 1T is all right, am his
broker" lie was laughing aud Joking at The
time He also told McCauley that he thought
Walden was II rascal, aud that money could
get II good report for him He had heard
such remarks as that Walden was 'on it, or
would take money, at least fifty times, but
was unahle to name single instance or the
name of person who had made such n re-
mark. After going out to ride with McCau-
ley, after the first c0nv ersalion, he renrm-
Oered saying to him as they came back, Mot
IA cent, ehF' to which McCauIry replied
Not cent" He then responded, Then
YOU will get no report, | expect lie was
certain that he said Othing about a meeting
OF the Committee that evening IL thought
he told Met auley that nothing but cash
would do; that credit was "pl'yrd out" He
meant nothing hy the remark and had made
a hundred such remarks during the session
without thei being noticed
NJ. G. Gillette, II Ine,btr of the House
Committee ON Claims testified that he had re
signed his position as "a member of that Com
mtee on account of by-tnlk he heard ia the
streets that bribery was going on in the
Committee. McCauley had told him of his
conversation with Wittgtnstein He stated
the practice Of the Committee respecting nd
journnents, etc, but knew nothing of any
partiality ever being shown regarding claims
brought before the Committee. The business
ol the Committee always seemed to be con-
Quoted fairly he had, however, intended l."
resign month ago, on account u outside
talk.
Marcus d. Boruck Clerk Of the Senate
Committee on Clailns testified: at the request
of McCauley, at the st George. he asked
Mr.. Walden to call meeting of his Commit
tee on McCnuey's claim. Walden said he did
not knuw-would see about it-and would
see McCauley and as he (witness) WAS lenv-
ins, he added: You know coutingents are
lIayed out" This was the day that McCan
Icy went ont riding with Wiugen-trin This
was very common remark ; he had proha.
hly heard it forty times. and had used it hn-
self
B. s Lippincott member from Cnaverns,
testitiod chiefly to the adjournment of the
Committee on Tuesday evening. The mem
hers usually slraggle in one nf er another,
fifteen or twenty minutes behind time, e,and on
the night in question there was not IA quorum
present at about fifteen or twenty minutes
before ei ght o'clock, when. at his suggestion
W.lden told the Clerk of the Committee he
mig 90 home with the papers. Mai or Lew.
is, the Clerk had gone when Mr. Hartman
came in He knew no hing of this charge
except street gossip and believed every mem
her of the Committee desirous of doing
his duty strictly and faithfully.
I-ador: Worm-er testified that he had had
three claims Def re the Legislature this Win
ter, amounting to 50 700, and had no c"uvrr-
saion with any members of the Committee
other h,n to solicit an early consideration of
ilS cI1llll~ "Hu never dIlI'dc lfu VI WIS dIl-
pronchtd bv any member of the Commute ee,
or Other rers,n n, in their behalf in regard to
any pecuniary consider atioa,
NJ g. Lewis, Clerk of the House Commit
tee on Claims, testified in retari to thr
meeting on Tuesday might, when Wallen told
him il was after the time. that he had an en-
gaeern"nt, that there would he no meeting
and advised him to take the papers ard 60
home There was nothing in this or
in Waldrns manner that seemed unus i8l. hut
McCanley, who was present, rot very much
excited and eh rged the Committee with
having adjourned for consideration making
substantially the assertions stated hy MIR
Hartman lie (witnesS) did not pay 50 much
aitenti on. as he knew McCanley to he great
taker. H. had never seen anything to led
him to suspect that the affairs of the Com
mittee We're not properly managed.