The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-04-12
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Senate Arms
Committee this forenoon examined Secretary
Boutwell,. He said:-"I had conversation
with Chambrun some weeks ago upon the sub
ject of the preamble to Mr.. Summers resolution.
In that conversation the Marquis said that the
letter which he understood was the Remington
letter was not delivered to Mr.. Sumner by him,
and then stated that he gave the letter to Mr..
Patterson to show to the President and Mr.
Patterson gave it to Mr.. Sumner"
Mr.. Schurz-Did he say Mr. Patterson gave
to Sumner the letter or its contents? Any
recollection is that he said Mr. Patterson gave
the letter or copy to Mr. Sumner. I'm
MIR. Schurz-Did he not further state, as ap-
pears from his testimony, that he communicat-
ed the letter first to Patterson, and that Patter
son gave the contents to Sumner before Cham
brun had any conversation with Sumner about
it? Any recollection is that he said Mr.. Pat
terSon gave the letter or q copy of it to Mr.
Sumner. / said the Remington letter. / see
by the preamble there were two letters. have
no distinct recollection as to what letter it was
Mr.. Hamlin-Did he not deny that he fur
nished the letter to Mr.. Summer? Al did not
say that. I went to the Marquis in order to
protest or complain that he had drawn Mr.
Sumner into an equivoeal position, and the con-
versatiOn ON his part was the nature of a de-
NAL that Mr.. Sumner had acted by his special
agency OF influence, and he said he had with
held information from Mr. Sumner and had
not stimulated to this investigations.
Odd Chambrun state the object of his
movements? Al do not think he did He
never expressed to me his desire to aid Place.
think he expressed a friendship for Place /
had three conversations with the MARQUIS. but
do not recollect further ON this point
The next witness called was Col Squires who
gave an account of the $4,000 of Remington
certificate or stock which Gen. Ingalls, once had
in his possession. 1t was an issue of oyerstock
ingalls, never received from the witness any,
thing but $1,000 for it. Ingalls, said if Souires
had named a lower sum for the stock he would
have taken it, and Squires said if ingalls, had
asked more he would have given it, The stock
was issued to another party (Gen. Butterfeld)
for his efforts to procure an investment of out
side capital in the Remington Company. He
thought the stock was issued in blank But
terfields efforts failed, or he abandoned it. If
the arrangements had been carried out the GER
tifcate would have taken the place of other
stock i
By Senator Carpenter-The certificate was
not purchased from ingalls, in consideration for
anything He never believed ingalls, did any.
thing in the purchase of arms The stock was
not purchased with reference to any sale or
effect to be produced. If it had been legitimate
stock it would have been worth three times as
examined at length with regard to his call at
the War Department to purchase arms.
Gen. Ingalls, was recalled and testified that
he never had an interview with Mrs. Mason at
the Hoffman House in company with Gen.
Dyer about the sale of arms, nor had he a
conversation with any other woman on the SUBJ
ject. He repeated his former testimony that
the $4,000 worth of scrip came into his possess
sion from third party in 1866, from Gen. But
terfeld with whom he had private transactions
and an exchange of private papers. In con-
tradiction of the Marquis of Chambrun, wit
ness said he had no connection with the Rem
ingtons. There was no truth whatever in the
statement of Mrs. Mason as to himself. He
never had a conversation with Mckenzie about
the purchase of arms.
Thomas Richardson was recalled and gave
testimony about the papers procured by Rem
ington corroborating the statement of Squires
that the French Government had passed upon
Remington's account
The chairman said the committee would close
the testimony with that of the Secretary of
War, the two clerks of the War Department
and Representative Starkweather,. in whose
presence 1t was said by Chambrun that the let
ter of Belknap to Fisk had been read and also
that of Col. Benet and Mrs. Mason, in case she
could be found.
The committee then adjourned till Monday
.+ Treasury Decision.
The Treasury Department has construed the
act of July IA, 1870, in regard to goods being
sent forward to certain inland ports without APP
praisement so hereafter to require only the
production of the invoice showing the destina-
ton of the goods to be for an interior port, or,
in the absence OF heinvoice showing such des-
tinaton or the production of the bill of lading
and manifest showing such destination. This
will, in most cases. relieve importers from the
necessity of producing bill of lading before
making entry of the bill of goods.
The Secretary of the Treasury has sent in
structions to the collector of customs to carry
out the provisions of the Chicago relief act.
Difference of Ways and Means Committee
The House Committee of Ways and Means
have voted to put the tariff bill and internal
revenue bill together, the internal revenue bill
leading off. Mr.. Dawes, the chairman, refuses
to report the bill, as it does not represent his
views, as he has already voted with the minori-
ty. It, therefore, will be reported and managed
Buchard, of Illinois, the two revenue reformers
among the Republican members of the COM
mittee. The bill will not be reported before
| Monday next