New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-03-18

i'm wh,c. the committee n that respect fea't ,lnr d
,shoTr, its duv send 20 the CLERKS desk 10 De Is
,bc statement OF the stcnographor who reported MI
SuYthc's testimony :, soc,
Hoa c T HrLBraD cha'r"o' " The commune '"
s IN reference 70 published made BY Nj. Henry a.
su1lhs Collector Of the Port Of Aeyl o. tni Noyork YOUR
.,eaoS.ph, directed 70, to eon ga o, @ no ae directions
fon The COMMITTEES. contrary, reported MI e'' '
''s.S ,s me 20 read Sr smyhS evidence bin when y va,
vrisa oa allow him TO mske spy made what
S sheraton. and slas sm,the suggested o1oeu,ry
an. SIR, very respectfully, yours, 'on' ~.
70 me that disposes Of this question so far as
Mr Snythe's testimony Is c9ncerned anu hefy As the
doubt that he was allowed st s written ont so
went In without the change, elimination W d or heiieS
y 70 some questions said, on his frst direct eX
animation that he had always xotGa b Seo diyeptcd he
senographer 10 strike that out dd not OgeGe " any
emendson OF TO any siteTaSa ne Mr BTooms
absent lie conducted this examination OF MI tv,
he were P pf tse stepSSrapher AS said there is
shadow truth In particular That the stehogpeI
ordered s nS 70 s second interview with the Com
Iutoe the question was put to him whether ne nau pau
sSesnt inpertinence to say Yes sir once gave Sen
ator Patterson's lady 20 cents worth Of candy RINK
Ing we N he had not ought 20 have some regard Tor the
office some regard for this ady-with whom have not
the honor Of personal acquaintance D9' agSE SI h
have heard no human being speak-and iegaiuinS Ho
unbecoming and disgraceln dd dleGI 'G b H.
porter not 20 take 1t down cannot believe any tg1t
minded man will think erred. desire To submit TO the
Wonse whether il expected Of committee when con-
dncting an examination 20 allow frivolous mpertnences
and personalities to be injected into the teStl-
nony of witnesses l ask whether II Is the
ton to allow such things to take place. sup
pressed It, That was the only suppression 10 my Fee9L
lection that made in the committee room OF Mr.
Smythes testimony He charges, it is true III his letter
that we refused to read hs answers IN 10
Executive Of the United states and the questions we pun
him The letter have had read answers all tnat ana
m Sn a SIR WEE had mo- hostility to the Executive As
have already intimated, II was not our mission 10 huJ
desire; and do marvel when think of it, how Mr..
Smythe, over his own signature, could allow hnse 10
people 1t was suppressed on the ground t9St ~ was
impairment ana irreeSan WGeh ne at " te ' cSorcT
nature Of what had been suppressed should ne
made known in vindieatiOn of the Committee;
will say the gentleman from Wisconsin that hold
In my hand 80 pages OF Mfr Smythe's testimony NOT ySi
not unless the House direct 1t his last examination
II he audes TO that and wishes this Committee TO unfold
the of that examination, and the nature OF ms con
nectOn with former stenOgrapher reporting FOR TINS
Committee, am content lie was before te COnn 6
TO give account of his negotiations 10 Obtain anu Uw
he did OBTAIN copies OF testimony taken before the CO
hs explanation Of the TRANSACTION Ihere arg wv b S
three reasons why this not sent to the printer me
oe'T ~ smvt6ejs request told him he should have
an opportunity to revise NJ ana nave NOT nau an W
rence have had In letting go out OF my hahds estHohy
taken have not proposed 70 send ls NJ 20 be
transaction TO which it most particularly related was by
his showing his manner OF ooag Iro i Sne hc
rcS,yded most dIsrephtable to an American gentleman
'"neDt and AS such had purposed to let it sumber in
the archives OF the Committee. But DO not KNOW ai
sSond forear and will state the substance OF It, The
House is probably that stenographers are assigned
70 committees th6 mus take whoever = Se' E SS
ditnreS were fortunate in having faithful cohptIeIu re-
Y and Teported for ms two or three days Before
proceeding In this direction further Just now mus au
mtee desired the testimony ola Mr. Thompson the cary
friend Of Mr. Smythe his letter says II l mlslaae
and am not sure but boarder in Fort lafayette The
tst,9y before them They sent special Invitation by
the Sergeanta Arms TO ask satendance but lie couu
watch his house He did for "a hours but Mr. Thompson
during that time did not enter it. We could hGl near OF
his whcrcabOut. The Committee adjourned making anu
leaving for him subpoena returnable al future uay'
within "a hours after the Commute agUudInTi With hc
Thompson was on Change ana was stINtu WIN ~! ~
subpoena. To that are indebted to the TACT taJ
sumo: The stenographer who reported IoGI INC
Committee before us adjournment hnNeu c, III
nttee ne WIoe ST for t Ve or more of The test
period made what use he pleased OF them When the
came into the Committeeman and asked ne eSuo SSG
his testimony aud have copy Of cd too Nt ao ne b
take a copy said ne. can get cory ny paving iGf y
and told him would like him do it. But, Sir The
first thing knew he did have copy OF certain portion
of the testimony first learned the fact here at WASH
ingtOn immediately took steps to procure the attend
anco of that reporter who had already been dismissed by
the stenogapher of the House He came here ana wa
asked how this testimony got He answered in these
me some friend Of Mr.. Smythos and mine advised him
of INV connection with the committee, and requested OF
him The reporter whose is HemstTcet also stated
that nc received two three letters from Mr. sny the
that he received so much money ana mat ne Ihished
Mr. Smy the, at lbs request the testimony OF certain
We did not ash the House to grant warant-as we were
assured might have properly dOne-tO arrest NM We
treated, or intended to treat hun as gentleman We
asked him. in the committeerOom to state how he came
tho testimony The testimony which lhold IN my manu-
that VIII not take the Uinc
OF the House to readit viii only say that ne s%ore
repeatedly before the Committee that he had no knOW
eSSs Sas Rf VIA fSe comg Of Cdng &c Now
sir If the gentleman from New-York Mr. Chanler
spread ~" out this baekening, disgraceful, damning
record for Mr. 5mythe, he has il from my bps
MFR smythe's version of the transaction this: He
BwOre that female TO him at the CustomHOusc on
certain day and offered for 500 TO give him copy OF
the entire testimony that he rejected the Oer tbat the
Bame woman came to him second time and told him
BOme OF the testimony very important TO him, &c
her name that little afraid to touch that point
but he says that on subsequent day some man called
submitted roll Of manuscript which had marked upon
hat amount Of dollars he could have that testimony.
He testified that he handed the mOny and took the
manuscript and asked no question and had 10 idea who
was the man who gave II TO him That the eX-
PLANTATION which Mr.. Smythe gave in the committee
room. thought 1t my duty 70 call 10 his at
entiOn the grave matter in which he had been engaged
en- triflng with the testimony taken by committee OF
this HouseaBd which might have resulted great embar
fasment TO say least of it, 10 the senOgrapher told
Mr. Smythe IN the committee room That he might nave
got the reporter difficulty and instead OF expressing
sny regret Of saying aware Of the facthe
had the audacy say Il would like tOknOw the address
ouence OF this matter would like 10 send him my check
for 5000" That is precisely what he said Wei, sir,
sent to Brooklyn where tins reporter lived TO procure
Mr. smythe's letter TO him. 1 do not know that Mr..
Bmytlre the reporter, or communicated with
mighty eraser of facts and figures, ana OF human
memory. have learned, and think others on this floor
operates with more effect than did the Lehean waters Of