Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-30
THE ARMS FRAUD.
csntIEuatIOs Of Testimony before the Con.
mIttes Of investigation.

WASHINGTON, March %. - Tht
Count de Cnambrun, upon resumiDs
his testimony. stated that the con
versation between himself and the
Secretary of War related to Gen
eral Ingalls,. Senator Patterson had
previously mentioned the name ol
General Ingalls, to the Secretary
The Marquis having given the Sena-
tor information about Ingalls, calling
at the French legation, the Secretary
informed the Marquis that he was
perfectly willing to take action in re-
gard to Ingalls,, but he wanted the
Marquis to prefer charges. ingalls,
had boasted of his influence with the
authorities here, and the Marquis had
afterWard heard the name OF ingalls,
mentioned In the Remington investt-
CATION. In reply to question by
Senator Hamlin, the Marquis said
he had furnished the information to
General Boynton, the correspondent
of the Cincinnati Gazette, 8 gentle
man in whose direction he had great
confidence. The information was fur
nished at that gentleman's request.
The papers that he gave to the cores
pondent were copies Of those with
which he had furnished Senator Sum-
ner, and he did not recollect having
given the names of the four persons
whom he believed to be implicated IN
the transactions. The Marquis then
gave the names of T. W. Peck, n. q.
Reed and @. r. Garrison, also the
names OF the book keepers OF E. Rem
ingtOn &Sons, and others as witnesses.
He then proceeded to get at his con-
versation with Senator Sumner, and
spoke of the circumstances under
which he gave the letter from Rsm-
ington to Lecesne. -Four or five days
after this he handed Sumner a copy of
the telegram from Squires to
Remington, stating that he GSquires]
had great Influences at work for him;
and two or three days before Sumner
introduced his resolution the Marquis
handed to him letter from the Sec
retary of War to the Secretary of State.
He did not give these papers to Sum-
ner for the purpose Of asking an inves-
tigation, and in no way, directly or
indirectly, had he asked for one. The
witness spoke to Senator Schurz in re-
lation to the subject ten or twelve
days before the resolution was intro.
duced; nor did he ask or suggest even
remotely, that there should be, or that
he desired, any investigation. When
the telegram from Paris, dated Febru-
ary oh, appeared, witness went
to the Charge d'Afaires, who ex
pressed his surprise at it, and
said that if such a resolution as that
to had been passed by the
committee on war contracts, and had
been sent to him to present to the
he should not have done
80, but would have given his govern
ment time to consider it.
Mr.. HamIin asked whether the
Marquis knew if any person had COM
with his government or
individuals in France stating that
there would be or that they expected
there would be an investigation into
the sale of the arms.
The Marquis replied that If any per-
son had SO acted, as an official matter |
he could not disclose it; he did not |
say yes or no.
Senator Schurzsasked whether the |
Marquis knew of any senator in the |
United States having had any COM |
with the French officials. |
The Marquis replied not 80 far as he |
Knew.
Senator Schurz asked whether the |
Marquis knew Of any persons holding |
Jfflcial positions in this country who /
rave had communications with the /
French government or private per-
ions about the matter.
The Marquis replied that he did not,
md upon further examination said
hat about a year ago he gave the
lames Of General Ingalls, and @. R.
Garrison, as being implicated.
Senator Hamlin asked the Marquis
whether be knew of any government
ificial who had Improperly received
dollar or a cent in the sale OF arms.
The Marquis replied, not Of his own
knowledge.
Senator Hamlin asked him whether
ie had any such suspicion.
The Marquis replied that ne had |
old the committee all he knew;
Vhat was called the "ring" always
matters outside rather than
inside. He had not taken the trouble
0 wade in mire and mud to find out.
He was further interrogated on the
'Oint, but nothing definite was elic-
ted.
The committee adjourned until
1Onday.