The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-23

manner; could not easily have got out of It;
os, o. n .i no dcuity m getting ont Of the ousi
ness Collector substituted me IN their places 80
| far as BIxDy's arrangement was concerned It was
! understood that my influence procured him his po-
| siton; have never written to Mr.. Lindsay ABOUT
more money to paw the expenses of the mess az
OF it that came out Of the Bixby arrange
an oficer OF the army when Mr.. Horton left Colonel
Stocking and myself made new 1rm; took him
never wish agans Mr. Grnne co
tinuance In ONCE; II did express wish 1t was be-
cause entertained 1t; felt he bad not kept his
promise with me; was dissatisfied with him on
this ground; remember the time when Secretary
Boutwell, wrote to Mr. Murphy aboub restoring the
man VINO win prevent Mr. boutwell, from inuring
me-" Mr.. Grlnnell never. said to me that ne
%0' %asS Hrs and relieve wV s 90 0aSs
general order business did not get the whole OF the
an s n " Pe o.
no influence In procuring the general order busi-
ness only the Presidents letter; put controlled the
pretty gOod am not aware that General Porter has
ever been In New York upon the general order bust
Colonel Stocking secured Two bonds men and the
other TWO; gave no inducement to those
gave i6ed nc security or indemnity case Of loss
two q the ialislneG wers utter strans;sra 70 mel
my ST. res are $40, 500; my landlords are Mr. G. T.
Mlckens and Mr.. Squires who was questioned mere
the other day relative TO the article which he had
books IN that time; had made no arfA1eements
h 2sGs s,ie a. 0fs snSw taa;
to 20 o. stores a D e our
Your r memory Of b. very Sescy Let
Sss aSss You sTs ct
Colonel LEET-There has been certain division
OF me profits once year; no regular division has
ever made we VIII not do SO r until we see ns Sm
invested (Si7,000 IN the name OF the hrm;
have stated the gross amount OF our profits;
know enough about my own afialrs TO state them
CORRECTLY; we have about fty mine thousand dollars
IN the bank IN our Joint names could find no more
profitable way Of investing the money than by de:
posting 1t In the bank remember saying that 1t did
not require large amount OF capital 10 carry on
900; Mr. Stocking d,d not put In SO much, but no
o. What necessity Is there for Colonel wakeman
attending here your behafs A. 10 look after our
interests.
&. why have you him here ana what duties is he
attending to on your behalf? A.. Ihave seen him
examining the evidence and speaking to the Sena-
tors; have seen him pass papers to the mem 0ers OF
the committee ON my behalf; he has spoken to all
Senator CAssERLY-Do not all Of them9 laugh.
Senator PRATT asked the witness to produce his
books and articles Of agreement TO-DAY.
Q: Do you assert That you never spoke Of using
Stocking Is son.in-law Of Judge OF the United
States Supreme Court; heard Mr. A. T. stewards
testimony before the committees; heard him say
from our stores; our arrangements are as good for
delivering as can be- we have taken out fly pack
hges in less than half days. the longest delay have
heard Is from the complaints OF carmen; to my
knowledge losses have ever occurred; have never
heard OF A. +. Stewart Il Co. losing anything.
Senator BAYARD-What constitutes mess You
say that living ana eating with Two gentlemen dld
not constitute q mess. A. ] explained this before;
have ample securities In case OF losses.
This concluded the examination OF the witness,
and the committee adjourned until ten O'Clock this
morning.