New-York tribune., 1872-02-26

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Jea advised BY telegraph etberise from McG,rrah,p -,
that they had formally snd resolved TO surrender tue
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patent or Ohsr instrument Of title to the Gaoeae PSnOcs be
nom the me Of t' United se TT y Dpl1si sS % Tl tRs the
sou,he D Of California heretofore made and entered in said h'
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instructed 70 ser, on % M Wem & MGshh'n and n counsel '''
4 hni ian ana ,9 1s SoIpoS seal Of he y SGs s t'
aiming ''"p'"' " "' -'-''' '' JAMES PifERsos'
you remember , uaSos S Sc s' .ouoss %s
ncaed youi A. remember the substance and hnk the ti Of
Ge received them telsIaPh r.,,,
tls dsl,s Of % ,sn. after TIE ns with VII. Mkt Mr. gAii %
r,coeet no other eonversOn wh either subject while they
Sir Usher the latter part Of 1902 or sry 5 lee IN
March Ma @ & until July S ny % sI a@ GDSP1o on Rs ea
Eang9n @ Dr 9T Cc,' & ' R1e ,i Ssae a essns Ssas
report Of bis examination wiRss on behalf Of tae meSna M 5
liam Mcahln IN pursuance Of the aboyer9cLei order oi INC UIeu
thereof and that all tie matters rn state are 1e l oTa
information those matters he believes them 70 be true
Subscribed and sworn to before me- this day of February D.
1871 N. CALLAS, NotlJ Public CtY Of Washington d. T.
TIE MEMORY OF MINISTER sTCKLEs.
This deposition Of Minister Sckles any deposition
OF his docs need the support of corroborang evil
dence to ente the fullest credit but the sugges-
ton has been thrown in newspaper paragraph
that has my eye-and you are aware, gentlemen OF
the Committee there certain newspapers OF the
country and at this capital which make items and inin
against the mcmorias his case MS counsel anu
his witnesses staple news in their columns the year
round; OF the editors and correspondents OF OSe
papers we're few months ago proven Oh 'il m Ia @ a
court of Justice In this District TO be IN re-
pany for their services in this direction, and other
correspondents who reputed to weld the most Dr
say ' to SrH beons to the lobby But
was saying have cautious suggestion that itls
exceedingly nguar that all at once at TINS ate day
Minister Sickes should have remembered ina thls pa
en was ordered and signed Dy 0 @
could be put throwing out hint to those disposed TO be
creduous, that his recollection belongs to that class OF
afterthougt by which involving grave interests
sometimes sought Improperly to be sustained But'
unfortunately for those who would profit by this insn
ntion Minister sicless ecollections not anew thing
More than five he put on record In that letter
In his testimony under date January I'D 1901 TO the
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House OF
Representatives that declaration in these words 81. T.,
That She hearing The @ the & SeLea C we & la
il tbereGpon engrossed AID sgaed ready for deVe
CoRRoBoRATISG FACTS.
knew the fact and asserted 1t over his signature In
black and white five years ago. The Chairman OF tho
Judiciary Committee believed him and acted upon his
information by calling upon the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office Joseph Wilson, for copy OF the
document. In response TO this demand the Commits
sioner sent mutilaed parchment writing Wnich ne nc
fled with this again demanded copy OF the cxecuted"
instrument To this demand the Commlsal0her replied
the 18th inst is the only ono ever prepared this
office" Since then the country has been surprised
and shocked by the discovery, about a year ago.
of the complete record Of the executed patent
In the SSs dce ST 9 Sd 1 e IN
and efacement OF that record shortly after this dscOv
an authenticated copy it stood the register
would possess all the force and effect Of the original
parchment bearing the signature OF the President him
self 1t will thus be- seen that Minister Sckes does not
rdborate the record but the recently
coroborates his statement Of five years ago lhaye to
him. before the record discovered. not to Insist,
against the positive declaration OF the ana
pie declaration and letter of Minister Sckles that tho
patent lad been signed tGoE TflS tbat
PEELED me to believe that 1t had been sg9ed hS9eT
the Judiciary Committee OF the last Congress,
that there was patent cause OF difference between
because c0ntended that should ignore TINS feature
OF the the state Of the proofs we then had
prevailed, and the subject was wholly Ignored In my
arguments but after the argument had closed and Wle
the Committee holding the under adVlseinen
the record OF the patent was dscoyered-accdenaly
discovered by tho memoriaisIn the proper register Oh
patents for California lands. This discovery, was
at once communicated to the Committee, and the
register was produced before them. 1t is Volume w.,
California Private Land Claims, and contains at
signatures seals and all that enters into complete in
strument This book the official register in the General
ara copied in full and sfterward compared and verified
The record is marked in red ink, exd TO show, ac,
cOrdng the custom OF the Office that II was compared
with the original instrument, and found to with it,
President Lncolns secretary at tho time for signing
dents name, was W. o. stOddard. He subpenaed
before the Committee, and testified that he remembered
well signing this Much other cOroboravo evidence
was produced Of the execution OF the patent which VIII
refer to hereafter when shall particularly address my
self t0 that branch or this case
THEFT OF MUNMENrs oP TITLE.
But in pursuing our Investigations In the General
Land Office another discovery mado, which will
well serve the immediate purpose OF my argument to
mention 1t Is the nvarable rule Of the Commissioner,
after patent from the President, to trans
NIT 1t to the recorder, officer In his Bureau for
record accompanied by letter describing the patent
Letters OF this description carefully filed away,
under lock and key by the recorder as an archye OF the
Government and imminent OF title, for they snow
when the patent signed and when received by Ihe
recorder TO be recorded In searching among these let
tiers to find when patent was transmitted to the re-
the evidence or It's execution Wnlcn
the existence OF such letter would anOrd we dlscoy
ered rather the recorder did, and so testified that all
%Unts O which a' nSSdea the date Of patent
(and no testified that there must have been many
stractod from his locked desk He testified the
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