The New York herald., 1865-01-06

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asked thousand times, Chow dared Mr. 0pdyke bring
this suit befsrs the COURT" The evidence was all hs
sion The acts dono among his own friends among
those those he did mot supposs would ever reveal
30 proved. He knew, s ws knew, Cha. we
had % 80 into the Damp 9 our enemies,
the account He know that had - put Keens ths
stand and that Keene would do al he could 70 damage
inssrssed in the sams thing He knew thai Hr Blunt
was his friend who managed the claim alone, and got
.Ss:s s.s. S y e oss,.. % s 4 % O.
that they have been proved and more than proved He
w6sa any man engaged in fraud hs aiways uns
risk, and sooner later II win be revealed want 70
making tho constitution upon shis suDyscs of libel They
made Il part Of the constitution Itself that tho truth
remain free Let mo read you section Of the consti-
tuition
Every citizen Of the STATE freely speak write and
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gwen y evidence e the jury and II e :ss % sp9sss p9 20 The
~: 4: jury aS. Ss7s me
Mr. p. claimed that wss the intent In all prosccu
tons for be here In England for the jury TO give
uS1e o The law - we'll ss:of the act and referred 70
Ksnt asa he then proceeded to take up tho various
charges claimed 70 b beous and rss read that m rs
$4,000 First have upon the stand Charles AcNeill
He Is member Of the Legislature, and man somewhat
lGo"c nr 6pdyIs I e as : plain, blans ousspoksn man
using harsh adectves towards tho man that he thought
had wronged HIM but dad not you believe snss se ne
the truth TO detect counterfeit BILL His manners
win betray him; circumstances will betsay him Hs
states that he met Andrews early in July and Andrews
wanted to be Surveyor Of the port McNeill was 0p.
dykes political friend What was more natural than that
Andrews knowing hcNeills relations 70 OPdyks snoad
Stanton hmf He to raise the amount OF
$4,000 II heobains the situation McNeill reports 70
meets Andrews in the private room at the eating house
Then the arrangement was talked over again and An
drews agrees 70 raise or cause % Se SsS
there by arrangement Even Andrews admits that the
table was s'spread" when they. went there The
ment was entirely satisfactory. Did Williamson and Nc
Neill concoot that whole storyf Mr. Williamson says
ha. Andrews gs the $ Once ana ,nep s 70
But after the election Mr. Opdyke complained that he
only got about $1,000, whereas he was to have got
story and perure himself by stating herei Then Nc
Nei him of in Washington, and his reply 70,
"Charley, come in 70 dinner Mr Barney tels you @ ne
the Custom House for Mayoraty election The federal
officers assessed two per cent for charter eectionf
Nobody ever heard Of T. Barney was opposed TO It, i
was an unusual and strange thing Barney had no
knowledge of this secret bargain Andrews and he did
thing wss that for George Opdyksa man Of great
weaith-0 60 the Custom House, when he might have
been elected out of his own money and brbe out OF
the poor clerks Of the Custom House to mako him May0rf
Mr. Gilbert Young the stand and he says he was
sent to the clerks to make them 'come up and settle.
yours Is clerk in the Custom House he viii fnd out
what the voluntary subscription at the Custom House
He will find that e he falls voluntarily 70 sq1
services are longer required and that will be the last
be win hear Of H. That Is what is meant by voluntary
self He told You he did meet MoNeIll :. the oyster
ali spread and he said they did talk great deal about
making Opdyke Mayor; and finally he did say II be Was
Surveyor he should make the usual coecion TINS was
the Sth OF Juy but he says all settled then that
he WAS 70 BE- surveyor and y was publshed in al the
newspaper. Andrews did not intend to say Whist was
terribly boeged there His friends ten days after went
70 Washington 70 get him appointed and tnen
MssS ss sAiss they should % spoil all Again. he says
Williamson there that day TO get the printing Now
the statute by which was got was not passed until the
on the I'd Of July, and then told Mr. Opdyke he was
going b. Surveyor and yet ten days after he was very
a & as nsS
how would sound whom placed the dates before the
jury Mr. Brewer s called and he tells you that 80 late
as the 11h Of July he went with all that committee 70
Washington and went 70 the President and met him In
the evening" and made written statement ohn, and they
70 Mr. Andrews that NJ Brewer would come along fow
minutes later with these dates. Mr. Andrews intended
tell tho TRUTH but his indignation and hatred Of Mr.
Weed great a. to cloud his intellect and ho
forgot all those things he did not dosire to
remember, and few minutes afterwards Mr..
Some other Andrews got turned out Of that pace
Who turned him outf He said he did not anything
about ths Office. Of course he did not When man
swears you the stand that be does not about
an Office worth $36 900 year he means IT, or course
he does Mr. Churchill tells you that he got the money
Opdyks He had advanced something make himself
Mayor and he takes the money from these clerks In
the Custom Mouse and puts i in his his own pocket pass
Read the extract referring TO General Fremont and the
Mariposa Mining Company We have been perpexed
know what there Is lbeouR In that The only aliu
sion 0pdyke is that he with others, received
e. Of the stock The proof Is that they received
81 900 OOO Is IL libel undersate the by
$780, 000Y Neither Mr. Ketchum, Field Hoy thought
of bringing libel suit; but Mr. 0pdyke brought
suit I have never before seen General Fremont upon
the stand and IL were now TO express my opinion Of
his character TO his great courage | should add
judicious caution and innate sagacity that advised
him that half loaf Is better than bread, and upon
the maxim which Mr.. Spauding adopted In his settle
ment with Opdyke: that when you have your hand
Ia the lions mouth you must get out the best You
The clear and lucid statement Of Mr. Fremont will
be forgotten, the in which he gave
bis testimony. Whom he was asked, swas any advan-
age taken Of you by any Of these gentlemen In any OF
these negotiations2' his was, I'LL think
not You remember that And whom Mr.
Field read the kilograms from Billings and when money
In California was two and half per cent month, did
you think Mr. Fremont was toleraby wise 10 get his
hand out OF the lions mouth ~ best he could (Mr
proceeded read extracts from the testimony Of General
Fremont heretofore published) General Fremont tells
you he had an which he had been fighting fourteen
years preserve He had forty four Thousand OF
mining land and In order TO get II into such state that
he could pay OF the debts he had offered 70 Mr. Stevens
to give TO the parties who would carry that out
one neguarter-to w.t. 81 600, ,0O0-in stock, and that
81, 10000 Of stock, which he understood was
10 cover every thing, given TO Messrs Opdyke.
Ketchun and Hoy He says he transferred IL accord
ngy the debts paid out OF the bonds OF the com
pany and then difficulty about what were legal
eus what debts expended In the protection OF
the estate. But he had turned over 81, 500 600 10
Ketchum, Hoy and 0pdyke There IL no dispute about
that thai they had that between $500 900 and 600
a piece without raying cent for H. the debts
beng paid Of the bonds OF the company That was
a pretty good sum, and l suppose Il did look 70 hr
Weed M something exorbtsnt Don't ID 10 your IL
does 10 me In the small way that ] have 20 look NJ
money. do not understand how men can consider
$500 900 or $500 900 mere neabite Of money. do
not comprehend these things. They must have raised
their minds 70 q lofty standard of wealth Mr Weed