The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-15

Eers Fsuilishea. s-rss;
! The trial nt. soss til saar1a contributors
neoflsed t,r deStandIna ting raRchs taS,yfsal-
Iei,t has terminated III the conviction. o.
tIitac and tile aegllittaI f6aH OF thefrstlllm
her. The persuiG convicted are NJ. F'on-
faine DeIaunoy who, however, did not APP
pear ut the trial., bat preferred To assist ttif;
iutallieence OF the court bya pamphlet
emitted .afa Defense - Al. :. Gntfroy,.
SON of a merchant. and his, partner;
and M. .Jowa; who acted. ~ their
agent. The first part Of tire trial was oe-
eupieh with tie examinations OF tle1eA--
Mobi.ise officers. WHO deposed TO tbe qllailtI
OF the arms, CLOTHING, anil equipment served
ont to their troops. a. N. Dubreud, VINO
had been cher a'escadfon, .ideposed Ashat IN
November. 1870, his men had heen supplied
with m,lskets manufactured in 1910. When,
"a the men were starting for the scene OF
notion. thcsp%ere exchanged for rifles, when
neither their cartridges nor caps Would III.
he complained and then protested, Tor "nlch
acts his commission was cancelled, an" 'is
was nermitted to serve as q private 10 the emu
of the campaign.- 49,
Every Kind OF rubbish appears 10 hi',
been offered to- the French authorities, anu
very much of it was accepted at enhaiceu
nrices when a sufficient commission was al
lowed to the examining officers. One gay
cartridges were offered containing dbS0lufety
ooD0rtler: the next, others having the bt!-
let the wrong way towards the cap. Shoe,
of course. were palmed upon the Govern
ment the seles oil which were stuffed with
felt, st,avings, brown paper, or ANYTHING tiiat
was cheap. Twenty thousand old tlinl-locko
of the First Empire which had been con-
yerted into percussion rifles, which had been
brought back unstable from tile West
Coast of Africa, the negroes declin,
ing to look at them, and winch had
ultimately been taken for lad deot,
were bought at the Prefecture at Lille
for twenty francs apiece. The price o! arms,
or what could be made to pass a. such, was
raised to an absurd figure by the competition
of one town, with another, and one Govern
u1ent agency with another. Some 81 the
best arms available in October and AoYem-
Der, according to the witnesses: were tiii'ssG-
pots picked up by peasants On tile roads
aLont Sedan, and repaired in BciSuIa. But
the number which could be obtalliedoi these
WAS insufficient. Persons who hId never
sold Il gun before in their lives .bcsicgGd the
Government. Offering rifles; and wien II
had agreed to take l0O,0 900 at price, II
would discover that every one OF the i've con-
tractors who had sold it 20,0O0oi the arms
had the same parcel in contemplation That
oniv the smaller number, therefore, would
be Forthcoming, and that only at i Greatly
enhanced price.
Gutfroy was Intercepted In the manner
usual i'll French courts of justice, and was
asked how it was TINT lie charged the Govern.
mcnt 2f. zoe. for flannel belts for which he
had given on If. Toe. He could only reply
that on looking back on the transaction as Il
Frcnchman and patriot. lie regretted that
he had charged so heavy profit; but he
acted a. IL trader, and not rs Il Frcnchn;'n
Case after case was proved against GuAroy,
| who, however, separated his defence alto
gethrr from That of Fontaiuc. lie bought
| five thousand .firelocks OF Il dealer for 1Gt.
zoe. each, aud made the vender invoice them
| TO the Government ut POI. Goo. each. His
own account was that Fontainc used to
arrange all about invoices and act It's trca-
sl1rcr, while iowa was their agent.
NJ. Fontainc, upon whom sentence oi
| FIVE Years Imprisonment has been passed, i
said to be in England. Gutlroy, who is in
| custody, Is to be imprisoned for three years,
| and iowa, their agent, one year.