The New York herald., 1864-12-23
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EIGHTH DAY OF TIE PRocEEDDes.
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INSIDE VIEW sF ARnY CeNfRAcTS
How They Are Taken and
Executed.
A CHAPTER ON SA0DDy ovERcoAIs.
TsstinsBy Of Clothing Manufac-
turers and other Experts.
PUBLIC INTEREST In FHR PROCEEDINGS.
MORE SKIRMishIMa AMONG COUNSEL,
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A CHAPTER ON, sAoDDY OvERcoAIs.
PUBLIC INTEREST In THB PROCEEDINGS.
MORE sKIRMisHINa AMONG COUNSEL,
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MORE skIRMisHINa AMONG COUNSEL,
&sss &s~ As.
me Court rsAssembled as ton O'Clock yesterday morn
ing when Judge, jury and counsel were puncualy in
attendance. Some Of the witnesses not prompt
their detention being caused doubt by the slippery
condition OF the Streets which greatly impeded ocoo
son, and very much reminded Of the Irish school
boys being late At olass"hat the read was
% slippery every step he took forward two back
wards" In due COURSE however, everything was ready
and the proceedings Of the Court wsre opened.
EXAMINATION or SAMUEL CHURCHILL.
Samuel Churchill was the first witness called. he was
examined BY eI udge Pierrepont. and said.I live in
this city, IN the spring Of 1862 had contract with tho
government 10 supply sixteen thousand army coats
made with the Quartermaster 10 Philadelphia; that
was the only contract had In which Mr.. Opdyk
Hitchcocks contract for twelve Thousand OF the
kind OF coats they to be made or piece dyed blue
cloth when got the contract i was with the intention
caused the contract to b assigned 70 Mr.. 0pdyke
and he was to give me consideration Q!
part OF the obligation concerning ne; u tho best Of my
knowledge the contract was fuialled with the
did not 70 70 Phsdephia about the other contract Of
twelve thousand coats do not know Of any other
tract In which Mr.. OPdyke - interested Of my own
Cross. examined by Mr.. Field-I did not inquire SO
much 10 the market for the materials for funIlng the
dealers in those goods TO whom applied for goods OF
that kind: and my brother concerned 10 business
was VINO associated inc sale o. the contract nsces
nams do not recoect Alright that brother suggested
tho selling out Of the contract = Have you had many
several Q When these contracts were made, was
Il with the design Of executing them yourself
made conae.. s ordsp 70 e them oa Dd
you yourself ever make contract with the
government in which you yourself intended 70 manu-
facture the articles contracted forf A. have taken
contracts and then made arrangements to get taors
make them up, and when they we're finished would de-
got paid O. Then you always carried your contract
BY means ofa contract with somebody elsss 4. Pre-
CARY oS. this oour.c. ia .n.
way. q. You asked a. 70 what your brother said
about the contrac now please STATE all that he said
Ub, ectiou BY Nj. Field.
Tue Court the objection, the ground that
the other side had not gene far enough into that matter
TO jussifyiI
WIN. z. cKuRonrLL, ESQ.,, BANNED.
Mr.. Z. Churchill. rscalied-This witness examined
other day. To Mr. Perrepout-I dd not negotiate the
sale q the contract 70 Mr. 0pdyke my brother nsgota
Cross sxam,nsd BY Mr.. FeldI am no. tailor; have
been in pArtasrsnIp with gentleman manufactured
was between us for forty thousand PAIRS q pau.
iaooos have had several contracts with Ihs govern
very n''' psy.: y :a 20: %
q 8. sr...isr q 8. oeo,..es Of s.sasy :sss:
thousand army Overcoats they were divided
between Msssrs. smith and Carhart; Saith gos
twelve thousand and Carha got sixteen thousand there
whether BY the clerk or nyss could NOT nov say the
quantities were transposed instead Of Smith getting six
oa, and crh who should
Twelve thousand got this the way
in which 1t occurred Y What was the cause o. the
cess Of iour thousand coats alluded 10 yesterday A.
understand that Mossrs Smith Brothers made up the
thousand extra which needed the six
teen thousand which allotted TO him Q. Do you
have any knowledge whether Mr. Weed ever eos any or
these contrsctsf A. did not know Mr.. Weed then my
acquaintance With him was formed some time after.
wards. q, Then you DO not know that be n1usn-
tia in getting any OF them? A. do not. q Do you
know OF any efforts that were made 10
got Major Crossman his placer A. DO know that
there was classification with General Asigs but
heard that Major Crossman was spoken Of 70 dsplacs
hm. Q. Did Mr.. Opdyke give you any reason why he
wished the Transferred giving sixteen thousand
10 person and twelve thousand 10 snother you
O. Please tell ~ now what were the relations
Of Opdyke and Csrhartf A. could not say that. q.
Please say how you supplied your contraca simply
got them made and then delivered them.
This closed the examination el this witness
EXAMINATION OF HENRY 9. sPAuLDiNG.
Henry Spauldipg vas next examined BY Mr.. Pierre
pout. The witness stated am . commission mer
chant OF this city attached 70 the firm Of Spanidug Hunt
4 Co. ; have been IN the business many years, ever
opS svers uusocs Of goods ~s. s0c M n
the autumn OF 1861 sod Mr.. Opdyke something about
nfty thousand yards OF dccskns, In the white gray
state, mean By this gray wool prepared for dyeng
opdyke made q contract In my presence with man
named SCOTT, OF Jersey. have them dyed 10 indigo
kind Of compounded chemicals; there might have be sen
indigo 10 n but not dyed according to the contract
was iof very Inferior value N cousequsnce; Judge
dyke Afterwards made . claim upon me for q dollar .
coat for four thousand coats, which he sad had been
rejected probably 1t viii take three and hall yards to
make coat not tailor, aud cant tell exactly;
The cloth Was sold By me 70 Opdyke a the rate Of eighty
Cross sxsmlnsd BY Mr. Field-I sold the goods 70 Mr.
Opdyke before got them; sold them BY SAMPLES then
went and purchased the quantity needed did not tell
Opdyke that they goods consigned 10 the con-
tracs made with him ty thousand yards; 4,
for forty thousand: did deliver thirty Ave
made in my store told opdyks that Scott said be
could dye the goods q Did you not introduce him TO
Mr. 0pdykeS A. did Q. Did you not Introduce him as
one OF the best dyers In the countryf A. told Mr. Op
dyke that be OF the best cotton ders aud
s but discussion arose between to whether ho
O. How did you know that they not indigo dyeds
knew ,hey were not dyed IN indigo blue from tho
sad the sns cloth s'' woas only TAX. 40 xoed d" indigo SSo
blue; the dye given was very indifferent.
@ Was not the contract for dysng these goods made be
fore the goods were purchased or supplied A. MIR
opdyke told that he would take goods be could
get them dyed ben introduced him 70 Scott tho
tract was 10 dye Them In indigo blue scott The
habit coming the city every day wheu here he
would come 70 my store and would also 90 TO Mr. 0pdyke
store; ne was known - good cotton oyer. Did you
deduct anything from your account with Mr. Opdy ks?
A. j did Y. How much did you deduct A. The sum Of
81 200. y. Why was this deduction msdef A. To save
trouble and prevent aIawsuit q. Did not Mr. Cpd yke
claim that ths deduction should have been made A. He
claimed u, certainly; he wanted TO claim $40 900
Qaughtsr) made the deduction ne say, to prevent
sWsut get my hands out OF the lions mouth whenever
can. NAugbterl
EXAMINATION or THOMAS sNrrB.
Thoe Smith, Of the nrm Of Smith Brothers, OF Fulton
street. New York, being sworn, ssatsd;i am co,hisr
know that made some three thousand or four thou
sand garments for soldiers Tor the State Of New York
went In togener the house Of smith Brothers
and Geo. 0pdyke Co. the jackets 10 be OF dsrK
blue the pants and the ovsrcoaN were 10 be sky blue
think the conrsct got by Mr Opdyks from Governor
Morgan the house OF 0pdys h %. were 70 supply the
goods ~ cost and trmisgs snd Ne were 70 make Them
up and then divide the profits equally q We're they
a made up' A. They were. q What was the amount
atosstherf A. was offered tbs contract first for
twenty thousand garments; was then reduced 70 sig
thousand. a. What kind OF garments these now
spoken ofg A. These blue army overcoata O What
was the agreement A. agreed that the house OF
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