The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-04-11


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Report feceived
81. ohampub moved that Che report b.
agreed 10 and The repor, and testimony
be- spread on NE Journal
The motion prevailed.
The testimony above allrded 10
which We also God In The Pilot, 10.
cludes the evidence Of Gen Tucker
President Of the Yicksburg and Nash
vile Railroad Company; Of Gen N
Harris, President Of the Miss. Valley
aud Ship Island Railroad Company;
and Of Col. W. G. Falknor, Presi.
dent Of the Ripley Railroad Colnpa.
ny; summoned by Capt. French to
give evidence" ctcJ (; who state that
they have had, at different times,
railroad bills before the Legislature,
which were referred TO the Commit
tee on Railroads of which Capt.
French was chairman, in the House ;
and that he had ever belriended rail.
road measures, and never demanded,
or intimated that be expected, COM
pensation therefor. And rad Capt
French summoned US before the Com
mittee, it would have afforded us
7 leasure to have added our testimony
to that of the distinguished gentle.
men above mentioned, and to have
that just n year ago we also
visited Jackson for the purpose Of
obtaining a Charter for a railroad
from P~ascagoula to Jackson, and
that Capt. French as chairman of the
railroad Committee befrieDded, and
reported lavorably upon, the bill, and :
never intimated to as that compensa- ,
ion was expected; and Furthermore, !
would have testified that we were j.,
It Jackson in the interest of the bill -,
'ppropriating $4,000 to the improve ,
nent Of our harbor; that Captain 7
French favored the bill! and advoca- !
it III q strong speech in the House =
md that he never intimated to us /,
hat he expected to be rewarded, nor
vas he offered, or did he receive any
eward-althougb. we understand, he
as said that we offered him 500.
And besides the three railroad :
residents mentioned, there were !
Many other persons who testified be- =
ore the committee hat they never
new of Capt. French receiving Pc =
consideration for his official \
cts, among these, were three c, itors, =,
@iessrs. Walpole of the Kosciusko
tar, Lake of the Yleksburg Times, :
nd Cooper of the Meridian Gazette. :,
The two former merely testified ;,
nat they possessed no information :
than "the article in the Pasca- "
oula Star and the letter from Gen. q
IN
'orrest on that subject" but The lat y
.r's testimony is worthy Of rerroduc- =
on in full: ',
f. I. Cooper, editor Of the Merid- .
Gazette, sworn.
Summoned by Capt. French to testify
regard to certain charges made in bis a
aper that be (French) had received brides n
I'd left the State with no intention TO :,
,turn.
Statement Of Col. "copper" !,
The articles appeared IN my paper bssed u
pom Smiths direct charge (Smi h Of the n
ascagoula Stsr,) as at the time we were p
aving a political contest and I msde the
ost of il. The article referring to F. )
sving the state, was based on an ariic'e
the Vicksburg Times, and published
for partisan effect, and not expect Il
| TO be believed at the time. The whole
was, as far as I was concerned, a c.
move, / believed Smiths charge ii
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