New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-03

In ranav the money until within few days as above
stated to silence the persons who had received con-
! cessions But phase of the corruption which can
have no relation 70 these preteXts Of lending is the
agreements to pay Meyer percentage on
sales by Messrs. Boehme q Wiele, and his
direct demand of 10 per cent of all prof
its from Jewett, which was not admitted.
These are the plain facts as understood to be
sworn to before the commission of investigation
whose labors are however, not yet finished, and it
4 is possible that other members Of the Executive
Commission may be involved by the testimony of
witnesses vet to arrive 1t appears also that Mr..
Never permitted certain persons 10 send goods
intended for their private and profit. as goods
intended for exhibition the L. S. vessels and that
he offered Jewett e. Tracy the same privileges,
which they declined. One person is said to have
effected a saving of several thousand dollars in
freight in this way.
OF the suspended Commission there have just
arrived Messrs. Garretson and Seasongood, eminent
and honorable members of our community. beyond
accusation or suspicion Of completely in these
shameful transactions They arrive here only TO
find themselves suspended and enveloped in the
! opprobum which must cling to every one of Gen.
Van Burens appointees until they shall be ndividu
ally cleared by the result of the investigation or
some antcipatory declaration by the proper authori
| ueS-1 nc IOulAl-WuOhb NOAu III billa ulhbNcl
Will be accepted in excupation, after what we have
seen of official whitewash. The more recent devel-
opments at Washington of corruption in the
appointment even Of honorary Commits
sioners add new dishOnor and cOmplica-
! ton to the old; several Of the honorary
! Commissioners now here arc determined TO resign
all connection with the Exhibition. 1t is impos-
sible without knowing and hearing the jeering and
| jibing of our rivals aud enemies, as well as the
humiliation Of those of US who have the capacity
for it left u.s. to appreciate the notifying position
! of these honorable and venerable men, some OF
whom have been TO me in tears and humiliation for
/ which they had no words 10 ask counsel and beg
for such aid as the press could give them to preserve
/ their good names and gray hairs from the stain of
association with these infamies They were dis
heartened and broken down by the weight of I'M
merited disgrace, sharing in the derisiOn Of cos
mopoitan congress in which all civilized nations
except ourselves are represented only by the nObes
/ and most eminent of their citizens and princes.
| It was not enough to bring our Government into
the filth of their venality-whch, perhaps, our Gov
eminent deserves-the cOrruptOnists must bring in
some of the most stainless names of the country 70
hide their nefaIiOus schemes from suspicion and de-
lection. If the public opinion in America rises to
the hight of the occasion, there will be no pillJry
high enough and ong-lasting enough TO recOmpense
our disgrace Our only chance for retrieval is in
the immediate and self-sacrifcing movement Of our
most eminent and world-honored men TO accept the
duties and discharge the obligations which the tx
| hibtion still demands Of America
We are approaching the time of appointing the
uries and it is necessary that something should be
done in our representation there that shall if posi-
BILE, wipe out the stigma of corruption and incompe-
tence that rests on Us. The Austrian Imperial drec
/ ton has had, am assured, full cOgnizance for
| long time Of the character Of Commission and
has been under little anxiety to the character
of our jurors of whom it was said that there was
very complete ring in preparation. Imagine the
awards of the uries in the hands of Gen. Van Buren,
and Mr.. Meyer, to say nothing of those members Of
whom we yet know no more than that they helped
the chief his plans 1t appears also that the reg
uations according to which the entries for awards
were TO be made were forwarded to our Commission
in common with all the others, but that no promul-
CATION of them was made. and that our exhibitors
are now aware of their existence for the first time,
and that the period in which appropriations to
| be- made has passed, so that according 10
! the regulations no entry for competition can be
made No application made for space
| for the fine arts, which might have been done as
late as a month ago, and we have now no place even
for the few pictures sent except in one hall open TO
the whole world, where few vacant places still
available. Louis Lang is now hero doing his best
with what We have, but this cannot appear collect
/ edly. The General Direction is courteous and
obliging in the extreme, and willing to waive all
! technical regulations, but they cannot be expected
TO stretch their courtesy much further without its
| coming in contact with the interests of other
tons.
| The American exhibitors meanwhile very rest
less and naturally impatient at the want of order
! and preparatiOn-some Of them seeming disposed TO
| make common cause with some Of the suspended
! Commission whose seditiOus indictments have not
! been lacking. Meetings have been held and resolu-
| tons passed hardly worth recOrding-Only TO say
1 that they have tended to make the labors OF the
Temporary commission more difficult and embarrass-
ing The naturalized agents of exhibitors not here
have been the most annoying, and one has sent the
following literal copy Of a letter to the Commission:
! "To the American Commission pro TEN.
! A great many exhibitors amongst whom we nm
| fortunately are have not got their goods though
number of Wagons are near the exhlDlllon place
loaded but as nobody takes any interest in II. are
| rot coming forward The only man who knows any
! thing about: il is Mr.. James sen who if appointed
/ TO IL would soon bring the goods forward
| beg 10 state that IL within q day or two these
goods are not coming forward shall pat the whole
/ case into the Vienna papers The English machinery
| has come why should not ours come ior"hd II
| looked for.
Respectfully
representative of Warder Mitchell a. Co
| and correspondent of the leading Vienna papersP
Imay say en- PEASANT that the essential statements
of the above are untrue. Col Cannon, on whose
shoulders the present responsibility hes is doing
everything that one man do, and has accom-
plshed great deal in the few days he has been in
charge, but his colleagues in the temporary commas