The New York herald., 1865-01-06

ofoplyte and alleging thss he had nads moro fom sAs
than any atty Jews or Genles In the city You have
heard from his partner that single batch -
made sra 600 Now M you s sss from I'll sns ,s nations
Do you know of anybody who has made mOssi
e. e. J jury yss room ~ h ouss@sa sss ss' is
going against Weed Why he spoke Of the Jews in THAI
ths dsV evil didn You bear him SPEAK Of the Gsns
And they begin 70 talk and discover that they -
Jews Gentles, and Weed has rough time In that jury
going % dwell any longer on this subject. Yss
know the style which ali men have. We speak q
Of 'i Da SS1sn msn WI whose mind
below that or beggar think OF undertaking 70 -
subject. Now let US come 70 the proof upon soma =
thess secret contracts First have the testimony q
,Sr.. M William Churchill who mad. for ar opdyts
fsntry coats Thea there was the contract Of NJ
a.cScoct III also u :urnsd ov:s = Mr. opdyks Aa
difficulty about Me dysng Of ~ but they did WORK
on that CLOTH which they wanted spaulding take bsa
mont Of their profits on contracts f0r cloth Mr Css
hart who was Mr. Opdyke's secret partner gave yeas
a ooo In the name Of M Carhart but Mr. opdyis
being the surety upon thsm-bsng surety for himseR
who s w er
amounts and 1r 0pdyke says tha. WAS true u
mont The gun contract had expired and The Sssssss
contracts were passed. and he says In the presen1
tense, II have no contracts with the government"
the government and that It s all Mr.. Weeds imagine
tion, does he mot TO be understood repelnao
contracts with the government; and viii Il do foi his
10 that ho spoke in the present tenscS Did
not not n y he have not bad snns z 40 sS with
particular timer Now come TO the guns-ths greassee
and the last This was psrpstratsd upon the city bxw
trusted guardian--a public mAn-and through sklful
arts very credabls the cunning Of the intellect hs
very damaging to the moral nature of the man. Fosw
you gentlemen, when this evidence is presented ny
was, will never lift my voice again In this or In any
community ~ rn. s M puTS yoY .s
you Hold your public office: Cheat the people.
their money and q jsry or your country win
say il is all right II this fraud committed as III
Of his great Office, by man rich and removed from ~
temptation save that OF avarioc that cruel fend which,
when 1t hos seized human heart IN its iron claws
never lets It 20 until has squeezed out the last drop q
blood If this wrong upon the city II was wroae
upon every man in It, rich and poor Mr. opdyke Va
rSnds mayUi y MsSs me Williamson and Andrews hs :
come Mayor and through the aid Of tho poor clerks =
the Custom House he bad raised the money 70 make
patriot high in his countrys confidence trusted ~ ~
Poor women are work send clothing 70 tho solde
sons who are IN the war. The finance. q
the country were In q desperate conqMo1
bv bringing In rich man. he would prevent taxstloi
yd the Increase OF the wa burdens OF tho city Whas
is he dongf Using his position and ms puolc cnaraes
from one batch Of which he makes $l72 600 He unoee
stands clothing but he did not understand guns he
make the guns for certain price, and the governmsnt
was TO pay higher price. ksrston went to work. ana
from week TO week called for more money unu Opoyss
had advanced sos 900 cash, and not gun bad besa
turned out AS Jones expressed IT, made Opdyke look
blue He refused to advance another cent and said -
would be very glad 70 sell out u 5000 or $40 o0O o.
Rnt he says 70 larston eff you win sell out this whcee
70 mo- will advance the for the debts snA
take II al into my hands That y the only way lea
zee 70 save myself al" It mattered what the psos
was because Il was all Marston had, and u was 81
could &C. He nsn % on es
still the guns did not turn out Mr. Knowton was super
ntendent and either because he did not understand -
Was dishonest, and spent his time In making toola
He finally called upon Keene who understood ths basi
mess and ent until he had spent 41s5 900; and ~
% ss ans ou ne e os Of Or Now
the fire. MI. Opdyke did not sot nfe % the factory
Nobody charged T. The only suggestion ever made
out that Il going 70 be destroyed by the mob they
felt very quiet knowing that the city would have =
f0 and naus anr concern would So pss -
for by the city than 70 have 20 on and thsrsfoss
Mr. 0pdyke could sss his his dins.s I'm vs quietly Ies
charging for il wha, hs nsd paid for IL but that he sas
poses to charge NOT only what he had paid for II st
proats though the guns had been completed and N
pdySe thought there % ssemsS 70 Ds sos III
up in IT, where you let tho parties tell their own So
r and bring In their own accounts they VIII not reve
Il themselves clearly and iesstby that there -
getting away from IT, Jones' told you that the cash bosa
showed this sum OF s1sS,0oo Al that time we had
never seen the cash book II was brought into couEt
and Mr. Batchford found on . 1y Leaf a tho closS
the pencil figures OF Mr. Parst which agreed exaotly
with Jones' II Parst had known he had len them tnsss
he would have taken piece of India rubber and rubbed
70 reveal fraud This cash book, they admit, doss
guns delivered and the 1000 before received h e.
tered upon both Sides not TO appear In the balance
charging for the unfinished guns they had charged th
dollars and eighty cents for what had actually
them less than four dollars increasing the amount
nearly sixty five thousand dollars and read from the te
timony of Mr. Fsrlee before the Board Of Superviso
Now, gentlemen, let me bring you to the proceedings q
the Committee Of the Board Of Supervisors There
large number Of claims presented against the city;
many Of these Mr. Blunt said he dismissed Immediately
In many cases ne did not delay Ave minutes whsa
asked what these claims that he summarly a.
posed Of he replied that they were the claims Of working
people, poor men, who said they had lost the means q
supporting their fnmes He said he did not take -
much time 10 dispose OF them as he did In giving his ~
timony the subject because these were claims ~
claims inaempty for his whole business and prons saS
Mr. Blunt takes the whole matter into his safe keep
ing, and in few days Afterwards rs nominatsA
against the city The Corporation Counsel beess
the Committee Of The Supervisors told them tha: u
city ought be represented and he sens
Mr Thomas c. Fields 20 attend Mr. Fields attended,
and as Mr. Bunt teetiHes vigorously examined hs
parties who presented claims And when this claim was
being considered Mr. Fields protested, he told 700
hmsef that he not allowed 10 bring on NJ witnesses
Mr. whitney and other gun men 10 be examined on the
claim. You heard the testimony OF Mr. Fields ~ we'll
that Of Mr. Purdy, who, with shake Of his hsaA,
said he was not satisfied with the way In which W
done disposed Of and he resigned the very same Day
and refused W vote upon the matter. He
did not like the mode Of coniuo.ne
such business. II not referred 10 .
committee, all the other clams for machinery. Kx
cept this claim Of Opdyke, other treated
These the facts IL ~ for you with your brans int,
lgence and human nature draw the inference d.
duction. Let hear the testimony of Mr.. Fares
He said that he bought all the machinery from Marston
The arms finished and In different stages Of finish
and charged the prices that cost the company 70 make
them This IL his testimony before Blunt, and
yet he comes here and swears entirely dinersn,.
Each iobber furnished his tools job work gvsn
out Of the factory and yet have charge OF 00e
for tools He also said that he the entire e
the claim Here his statement Is altogether different,
Iesa, Intended 70 Be 80 What does the mAa