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

8siknap, because / DO not whether Mr., Bellon-
rot will help Us at allj and he Will answer A.
rhs marquis 10 entirely mistaken, He never
aid that 10 me. There isAn intraation on page |
ilb, when he speaks ofme inviting him Into the
private room, when he is asked, "Did he Invite
Iou into that second room, OF did you Invite
iim?" he answers, He invited mo himself,'
which creates a wrong impression. ! do not
law that he was apparently anxious for pri-
rate interview, and thought possibly he knew /
more than he had told there Had some informa-
ton and wanted to Tsssiy 70 =, sS d th %
p private ! presume 4 e understood that
'tead OF the 2lst the 2lst being sunday. That
'Thon the conformation between the Secretary |
~ War and myself was about as follows told |
him, Mr.. Secretary, come 70 sPeak % you con. |
showed mo yesterday" lie Is mlstaken about |
.aying that he spoke 10 inc conndenually. I
iid say In all my interview with him that !
the War Department had, that I had, or that
tho ordnance officers had, should DO given 70 the
public; that had no desire 70 have Y kept
exceedingly polite, but was quite excited, and
said, Sir, 1 am the ordnance ONCE" Every
man that knows mo knows that mover said any
.Ssh th,pE made no such MI, ,sp park when ss
10 these frauds I was Indignant, as showed by
the expression Of my countenauoc, suppose,
but nsed no such LANGUAGE as that an,
hoa ed Of the ordnance once, and responsible Tor
1T A. No, SIT. He spoke Of "tho Department"
A soon as he said Department. took Y Tor
granted that he meant tho Secretary Of War,
and that these these things woro done with bis
personal knowledge. On page 81 he says that
he told me: "lf you want % make an investiga-
enable you 70 Ind out tho truth, but q Is all
can do. have no power Of the legation 10 do
90, and the legation cannot give me power"
lie IL entirely mistaken there. As have TO
marked two or three tlnea. the sending Of the
Information relative 10 the contents o. the letter
from Remington TO I,oOssne vHs At bic request,
% 0S mot at u Rp S oH % as and
can tell you, without disclosing any confidence,
that the Government Of France has no desire
whatever TO Interfere In this case at alL' i re-
member no such conversation as that, although
II Is not very material. would Ike 10 remark,
a. have remarked before, on the TACT OF thls
report beng Iansmiasa o9SSsrS m ami IA Y.
Uhambrun, a letter was written 10 him telling
him that 10 had been transmitted TO Congress.
DID that 80 thst nc could obtain thai inioIm a
once. II was avery longrepUrt, tWas An1iou 70
CELTIC the country, Anditwouh have taken SOME
time for him 10 have examined u 10 my once. 1
wrote hun that note out Of no feeling Of dlare-
spect whatever, but sincerely and solely for the
purpose Of giving him tho Information sooner
than he would otherwise obtain u. lie says, on
page 3eT, that said this "And then be said,
myself and 4 am taxing down whatever sena-
toy patteTron and youTseif say 10 me-" He Is
mistaken there, idld NOT tefl him 1 was tax.
inE down what1er senator Patterson and him.
All AID 10 ma, but ana say 10 him that 1 90.
sired MIN 10 giys mo ali me facts which he had
IN his nos,ession. M M had any, which would AID
me in an investigation; and used my best en-.
RrSa SoTo iSs.Ire % say%n DO no, think have
mentioned II before-that on the day OF my 10.
tarylew with Senator Patterson, the sd OF De
eembeT when senator Patterson gave me q cory
OF Tho letter from Remington 10 10 Cesne, Il
being the fTst time had seon II, / sent for Mr.
Potts. tho chief clerk, across the hall, and told
lin 10 take thai letter al once 70 General Dyer,
M wanted 10 know whether ali the statements
mazda IN that letter rom Remington 10 IL
Cesne were trus. Again. on page $40 although
mis- matter hag been roIerrod' 70 before he saws
Of me- "He agreed that the list Of sales should
DO made up.T told him that / had ordered IL
Several DAYS before. / only refer 70 that 60
many timss because he does on page 3s3 he
saws Of himself; az told him that I was bound
10 abide by the directions given me about con.
fldantiAl Communications With HIM but added,
III you relieve me. 50 much tho better.'' i
have no recollection Of his saying that.
o who was 70 DO hound by the confidential
eommunIeat ions he or you; A. Tho question Is
by MT Harlan'
,.i wantei 10 bring ont the facts on that point
Commercially. N / can, 10 that We can remembeT
them You came 10 tho Secretary Of War frst
with a letter from the French Legation marked