The New York herald., 1864-12-22
NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER q 1864


particular branch o the IN 70 rs shares
| ! do not distinctly, ne msy have bad some conasc
unn but to wnat ~xtont do not kuos.
! tainy.
lbe objection overruied as before subject 70 th,
future showing OF Mr. 0pdyxe's connectioa with the
A inoss shsres transferred to me on an arrange
ment tho 10, q which was that should sell i've .hoa-
eind OF tnee shares for twenty hve, dollars. q r.
whom A To Mr. Hoy. beiievs sm entirely clear
70 whom The sale was MADE, but think TO At Hoy Gu
those are the names retain NY mlnd as connected
with IL have uodorstood from the parties that
the oboct was 20 have az large control still IN the
hands. the stock; 60 tar my memory serves the
sale was made IN that way 10 those gentlemen my
mory does not serve me- whether ever knew beyond
these two names the interest ccncsrnsd Q What was
The market price II th stock at the you eod IL
the same contingency as before.) A. do not think
can state the market price was CO. sideraby above
TINS price perhaps ten or dtteen per cent above. Y
Can you ok the date which this price of twenty ve
was paid for the stockf A. Is was, think. in the
month of October. 1868 Q. Was the sale
At the Brokers board In this city and regularly quoted
IN the market? A. Yes. q 10 you remember by whose
checks you were paid fer thoss ave thousand shaes
Correction offered aud ued.) A. Mr.. Hoys, the
| payments we're made in two separate amounts by two
checks which bore the signature OF Mr. James Hoy. q
You have not those checks Those checks passed
OF my hands; they were checks on aome one Of the
banks O. Can you say whelher Mr.. Opdyke in any way
connected with upon thpse checks? A. Re was
not In any way. q. You think those checks paid
for the whoIes A. Yes; kaow those two checks pad
for tho whole Q. We're the milton ana half bonds
that were TO be issued To take the debts ssuedy A.
believe It certainly was; additional amount has
since been Issued. y. What OF that was
applied or used 10 taking the debts against the estae
A. can only inform you from hsarsay II was carried
through while l was one OF the directors the
whole amount presume anu believe, applied to the
payment OF the debts. q Did the question up
TO the payment OF other debts than the the
amounH A. II did come up between the company and
myself Q. What amount OF debts was found to be In
| the shape OF lens' A. think something two mil
ment amounted to that legally they might have been
less but on arrangement II amounted to over two mil
ons-on arrangement with the creditors Y. DO you.re
member about q parcsl OF those bends amounting TO
$3.50 900 tbereabons bepg the sub OF
between you and these associates by suit
think that about the time when this suit begun
l had understood that there unappropriatsd
amount OF $780, 600 in bonds. out OF which required
that the oncumbrances which NOS liens should be
paid; but my knowledge on that point is indefinite,
and goes ouly 70 tho general fact that
msnaS ns"sa s'Vu suit aSsu, '0V i'
suit to endeavor 10 force tho payment OF those
Of that IL was finally adjusted be,wssn the company
and myself @ Were the bonds applied? A. No: the
bonds presumed in the course Of the suit, had been
partly applied to the payment or dobts; but what be-
came Of them ! do not know it is veil to say In this
connection that those debts not lions, finally paid
$3.50 900 applied thsg A. They not ap
piled TO this Q. You then paid $3.50 OOOf A. Not that
that debts 10 the amount OF quarter Of mil
lion, to which contended those bonds ought be ap
who has also been resident Of Californian a. do
Q. When did you form bis acquantarce9 A. In
1906 Y. Wner0 ala you form his ACQUAINTANCE
remember to have formed his acquaintance as
int the spnsI ps In
that the acquaintance O. What the degree Of
intimacy and confidence between and him friends
and acquantascesy A. IL quite intimate and friendly
and confidential for long time Q. DO you know
whether he is m this country, and not when he left
A. have been informed that long left for
Europe am not informed precisely to the tme, but
l think some weeks ago he isft.
Cross.examinat,on by Mr.. FeId-Q When you were
Europe negotiating for the sale OF this estate what
the best offer you could get from the bankers Of Paris
A. The best offer which I received, and which l men
toned in the course OF my testimony as having been re-
peated BY branch Of that house in San Francisco,
which they should receive one ha the estate as bonus
with the requirement. that they should be placed
session ana control q the estate m other words shat
after tho million had boon returned 70 them with intc
rest, they would give ono half the profits to the old
propriesors and retain the rest Of The estate O. Was
that ihe best offer you able 10 obtain from any E
ropean capitalist A. That the best which receiv
Cd Q. was that suosequsnt 70 the perfection Of the title
Quent. q Did you have negotiations whh Rothschild
and other bankers in Londonf A. had iuteryeYs with
A. had O. HAD you interviews with bankers .. frank.
fort on che Rhisef A. bad through Ar. Billiugs q
Of which have no knowledse; tnas the Of which
after your A. There wss .eeOsisssoa there With
Nr Billings after hs returned from Europe Z. what
Pni.dspniss 'u a. Inc orsr Va. IL .asc. q conv.Ts
$3.50 Che Of the estate into
receive about quarter nth Of the estate
Q. that tho best oer that xbe ob.ainf
were ever able 10 gs1 A. II the best disposition
able negotiate subsequent TO the formation u tho
summer Or 1852, what was the stat. * aaiss ihsvs
already given general idea Of them in the
claims Of the company stood about thus:ssover, cue
eighth; Billings, onceighth; Park tciaimsd), twosix.
,ssn.hs Brsmm.ssn Scam'd1 snssish;e m there was
claim was for s22 oGo running a. So .sS per cent
alleged claim OF Brummagen i never admitted;
il is not established any proper ground there was
It above under could not exactly say: could not
say whether not the company wss every day running
into debit could not who on my return from Csii
frna arst suggested the sale OF the estate, did
the proposition to Mr. Stevens 1cannot state
the nature Of that for the that was
through Mr. stevens that Mr. Keichum made part
ner the concern In september, 1862 What
said about giving him 900 OF stock hts own
services for the purpose OF paying Fremont what
due, or might be due, by counseiS A. That may
have esen but my memory ,a,is me on that subject;
Mr.. Feld-As you have documents you bad better
refer them at ouce one is dated LIST December, the
In the month OF January following lThe documents
ia question as having passed between Mr. Fremont
Mr. Ketcnum, bearing date 18th September, ls02
O. Was IL not an agreement between -, made on The
The They do not recoect the Let the
umonts speak for themselves.
witness-ln 30 large o number OF aocuments Jut In n
evidence Is altogether impossible for me 70 recolect
literally the contents ~ tue etters especially as REGARDS
dates fThe papers then put IN and handed 10 witucss
Witness-1 hat agreement made the oath 0f Jan
nary as appears upon It's lace aud y as therein agreed
TO give Mt Stevens certain amount Of stock for hts
services and the services VI counsel at that time had
made arrangement with Mr. Field In connection
with this matter, and the whole thing, far as was
concerned ieit entirely with Mr.. Steveus do not
know what arrangement was msde or what amount OF
lee he to receive; the company formed the
oath January had In relation to the
with Mr.. FIELD the stock issued to Mr. Ks,chum,
or being distributed to Mr.. stevens, ap
peared the Of stock coming there
delay about It's issuance coming to but reco
lect speaking Mr. Stevens what be have
O. Was there any conversation in MIR Fields office
the OF stock that Mr. Stevens have? A.
Yea q. Was there occasion \ crsation
respecting OF stock to be issued to Mr. Ste
vens and resulted In my asking you wtners) about
the amount that you yourself TO receive Tor
your services counsel. and did / not ask you
On Wound haye objection OF