The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-31
Pacific Mail Investigation.

knew Irwin anu lQeHtlueu tHe aSSo.p' ~
in the ledger that came to him marked
A. B. S.; to the maine of Harrloti q
Moves. was entered $3.50, 900; the cheeks
were issued under the immediate super
vision of the Vice President, but under
the superior direction of the President,
but was not presented at the meeting OF
the Executive Committee, when arrange
ments were made for disbursements for
obtaining subsidy witness thoug the
entries in the stub, check and cash books,
in point of fact that the entry OF S69O,-
600 to Harriott s. Noyes was only made
for convenience; witness thought this Was
really fraud, and would be calculated
to misleud any Of the stockholders en-
deavoring to get at the standing OF
the amount of the checks issued struck
the witness as being very largei
Vice President Bellows told witness 1t
WAS the intention of Stockwell to pay
these monies back; at the time witness
had an impression that these moneys
should be charged to the person who gave
them; witness traced $3.50 900 entered to
Harriott and Noyes to close an account
witness knew nothing of the unexpialn-
ed account sent from the San Francisco
agency in 1872, the items being for sun
dry payments, Washington elections, &c.;
Irwin never rendered any account to
Stockwell with regard to these moneys;
witness identified an entry in the cash
books in, his own handwriting, of K. b.
IrwiR's Washington expenses, S25,oOo;
SO far as these entries concerned Harrlott
L. Moves witness was confident that they
were ordinary business loans. The wit
ness then read the entries to Eldridge
and Irwin, Harriott d Noyes, and
other parties, in the cash book:
From the 25th of January to the 10Th OF
May, 1872, Irwin received Sl4O,OOO.
This was in addition to S7j0,OOO given
on the 24th of May, making total OF
1890, 900 paid to him. There was moth
ing so far as the witness knew on Irwin ;
account or the bank account to show that
any portion Of the $4,000 was returned
to the company.
William r. Bunker, Secretary of the
Brooklyn Trust Company, testified that
he had held that position since August,
1873; he had the books of the company
prior to that date; on the pass book there
was an entry of deposit of S213,OOO by
the company with the Marine National
Bank on May 30, 1872; the cash book
no item as large rs that on that
date, but showed the payment of three
checks of $4,000 each to John q. Schu-
maker; il also showed an entry Of Sl2j,-
900, lasscd to the credit of the same per-
son; payments and credit amount
ed together to s275,0OO; wit
ness had no personal knowledge of
Mr.. Schumaker, but believed that he was
a lawyer and member of Congress living
in Brooklyn; witness did not kEow
whether he was a member of Congress at
the time in question. The witness was
to make transcript of tn"
account of Schumaker with the Trust
Company from May 80, 1872, inclusive,
until the next settlement. Recess.
After recess Mr.. DumOnt Clark, the
Assistant Cashier of the American EI-
change Bank was recalled: As to the
check of 100000 referred To in his
previous testimony, Clarke said
check was brought to the bank on the
9th of May by II. Whiting. who wished
to deposit $4,000 of the amount; the
check was not returned for payment I'm
til the Sd of July following it was made
PAYABLE to the order of Eugene Kelly
Il Co.
Hugh J. Hastings said that morning
had invited the committee to
call him as witness, and questioned him
as to the disposition of 100000 c1Pcnd-
ed By the Pacific Mail Company Mt
Albany. He had accordingly appeared
without waiting for the summons Hast
ings was sworn and questioned by MIR.
Niblack, who said he understood some
OF the Pacific Mail money was expended
at Albany; he testified that he knew
nothing about any of the expenditures
to obtain subsidy; that while in AL
bany. two years ago, he was asked to MS
sist in procuring a reduction of the capl-
tai stock of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, but replied that he had enough
to do to attend to his own business; he
never disbursed any money for that COM
panv, and bad nothing to do with It's
proceedings.
Rufus Hatch said he wished to intro
duce testimon to show that 1rwinsintcn-
ton in coming from Europe was to break
up the Company, and for this purpose
he wished that Johnston and Chas. l..
Palmer be examined before the Commit
tee with reference to this matter. The
other witnesses he would like summoned
were Ma.terston, kingsland. {. j. Ar
thur, Henry Clews, Mr. Baxter and
Stockwcll. Mr.. Roundy submitted his
to :he Committee. Hatch
stated he had given orders for the files OF
letters to be searched in the Pacific Mail
COMPANY. office, and would tomorrow
produce every paper that passed between
Irwin and Stockwell from the first Of
January to the end Of January, 1872:
Adjourned.
over Chinese Cheap La
bOr.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 30.-Con-
siderable excitement has been caused
here BY the fact that the proprietors Of
the Cornell Watch Factory have deter
mined to employ Chinese in all depart
ments of their works. Seventy opera
tivcs from Chicago have protested.
Several workmcn have been discharged,
and to-day one foreman WAS dismissed.
Nearly all the operatives are from
Chicago. A general strike Of all the
men is threatened, but the proprietors
persist in adherence to the plan OF en-
ploving Chinese. The works are not yet
in order. The other foremen vii! prob
ABLY b. discharged to-day. The Com
pany proposed 10 employ about 800 per-
sons.
4 Biasphemous Murderer Executed.
John Murphy, who was executed yes
terdav Mt Carson City, Nevada, for the
murder of J. Z. McCullum, was a native
Of Scotlond, and at one time travelled
with John c. Heenan, giving sparring
exhibitions. On the scaffold he professed
the belief of spiritualism, uttering horri'
ble oaths at the same time.