Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-04-18

~ .,qtele the uidnancs DepaItmeht zhemS
onlcarl fnev II; that the statement bad r..
cslrod f|6m him Tho Marquis De Chambrunl IN
r,sss's tsst SosS naars mo the natter
me IN that matter, and know that when they
RsmInrion. / shouid have TO take some serious
steps m reference 70 iti that Y Az That part o.
ths matter. Now, 70 come back 70 my nrst pri.
"This morning'i-that is, the 9Th Of December
The came, and amer considerable conversation
with him on the general subject asked him
hand reporter r; took down 4. He took il down
from a statement Of mine made amer the Mar.
quis DO Chambrun len my oiiiee, and while he
him privately what ofnecr Of the Government
had been charged with improper speculation In
connec,lon with the sale Of arms, Senator Pat
Cbambrun had lntimAted something OF that
kind. He told me that Gen, Ingalls, had said Ia
the oiheo Of the French legation"-ss originally
brgn ysry hastily, and Z is yri,sep The otsG
& change !. ssrSa5d IN pencil be sd ~, The
unless the French Government took o certain
kind VI arms which tho United states Govern
SS GESS % T1s x. s s. n sTSSsh s
he would prevent their getting any arms at Al,
asked the Marquis u he heard him say so. lie 7
said he GS tod him l5p ts sS,t that man. wSi
Wa' ,hen appafently tined 10 refresh
his memory, and said that he could not say that
he d bear him s1y 90 1hH, i ~" , wssS q
whether he heard him say 30, or whether gen
tloman, who was In the room whero Ipgallswaa,
hearl him Fay so and told him, tho MarQuis lie
chambrun1 but that nc knew that he said 90,
because A. possibly no did not hear Il himself
the other gentleman, who did hear II, told him
sbo sSSp n M rooms being tSeetssp then SsiS
ID him. You. then ali NOT near him say its' Il
cannot say that did, but believe that he said
n yTns about his repiy said 10 de Ohambrun
that ingaiiS mad Inc reputation of being 4 man
OF some shire Wdness and emartness and II ho had
aid This thing his own words proved that he
forcign 10 the obieot of Ms visit and wanted me
10 o.1nsider This a priynte conyersation, unless
hereafter he should Inform ME In reference TO It.
| and toid him that should SO consider IT," 1
cansilsr mai onyersatIon private no longer, as
| n has been referred 10 in this examination Tho
| reason WHY asked him into my private room
| va mai s,ray, ehar,res had been made against
i the Denarfment
| Nv MIR, SchurI: o. Was that tho 9TH OF DO.
| ceinbeTf a. Yes, Sir. This was the hrst private
because was sitting on his right; Mr. Crosby,
my clerk was sitting on his LETT; no talked part
Of the time in . very low, tone; and talking 70
| CROSBY, as IN he had SOME Information TO com.
! mnnicato but and not wish 70 communicates II to
any other person; and as he was talking about
concluded that II there was anything Of that
| soTt wanted 10 know IL. and i asked him into
tho other rom, thinking wol h ppooso' ~
aocounts Tor his being asked into that room.
az And this conyefsation - sod In the private
room A. This couyorSati5n passed In The pri.
| yate room, Nobody heaTl that but myself and
| Inc MARQUIS 10 Chambrun. On the 2Olh Of Jan.
uary, when no Informed INC that Richardson
was the attorney q Remingto9, ! was very
| sion upon me, lie smoke 90 seriously about II
| and about the knowledge Of the ordnance busl.
mes. in connection With e tina. p9 nc,
| that maltsr and the Eamo looks passed from
himself in reference 70 persons In tho room; and
iO,o ~, shsS ro III ali mai these fr.uds
| sSi,tsd, maj corT,intion existed. and that a
| large Amount OF money had beon lost between
S eSS and The goTeTnment Of France.
AMI tSsI thew were having an investIgation
shSre, i asked MIN 10 make charges assingt
some one " 'h SIISsp sSnIl aS ny ,Ppmosiba
about som. one. / aid. 0If you know anything
wrong 10 reference 20 this matter, 80 that eau
ia, vii 40 n nfomnily and thsroaehiy. II YOU
viii Eive me any DENOMINATION, ii You nave any"
/ IL ta,S 4 nsn AMI Wy6ie ibS iolioWi1y,
..'rheD,ss RickssJsSn a ira atiogpsy of ihS
/ Arm of n bennington a Sons, He is
now in France with sam. Remington. acting as
| Ge,ns Snalts Of bis own transaotions with ths
| United States Government, because the name
i ~ nIrha "a son was only n coVert II s TO be In
/ ferred from thII state Of facts that Remington
himseiI neaotiated Inc transaetion with the ord.
| nance ofiiosrsn That Il ali the Information he
i eould rive me about that although questioned
him good deal, He then got on the subject OF
| this lsrae amount Of money disappearing I
| toid MIN maj ouT uoyernment had moi eold Ia
Sgsnts Of Frsnco' and that me Government was
i ma rrsnonsible M anv other porsons lad gOld 10
Trance er,ns iar moro money than thew had maid
ior them. I asked MIN 10 give me Sous Informa.
| ,tcn about that IN he mai any. lie wrote The
tnliaSinS. .sThe French consul paid 10 u Rem.
| inStnn a SONS a on IN cuTToney Tho French
Government acknowledge the receipt Of loS, 900
stand Of arms, which came from the United
states arsenals, ana oo,ooo,ooa e.rtridges, Tho
price OF these arms, rs marked down In the
books OF the War Department, was ANo,oO0.
| Adding tho price OF cartridges, mi something
over t5,00o,OOO II u impossible 70 account Tot
the difference, which Is little over million.
I asked him, 40 you charge mat any person
connected with the war Department
has made that money - has made any
proht from these transaetionsi' He shrugged
his shoulders, and said there was
line between him and MYSELF beyond that he
could not go; he had told me All that he had U
say on the subject, and I could Iraw my owl
, conelusions, l remarked 70 him that ne nae
4 told me nothingi mat IL amounted 70 hothinB