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IN desired, also, in caHo he hha1t rontion naeB,
that aorvIco o,, additional witnesses may ba OBJ
tnined before tl,oy ondosyor to escape.

that aorv,co OH additional witnesses may bo OBJ
talnod before thoy cndoeyor to oacapo.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE SECRECY,
It Is beliovol that tho following III IN outline OF
tho proceedings Of tho sub-conimlstco In secret
Eossioh: Irwin Bat proppol up IN bod, his
physician in Attendance. Half All hour WIS Ht'ont
II exa % Sth 20 nin conta
satisAod that ho intended no contempt, and TINT
Ills illneaa a1ono prevented linn from appearing.
lnlood, Irwin laa stated that ho returned from
Europe tor tho expr9as purpose Of making pub
ot tho Pacific S1ail Company. It Ia reported that
ho haH said TINT ho came homo to
RUIN THE PACIFIC MALL, COMPANY;
that ho Wha long aEo appointed agept Of tho
now etoamsllip. conlipany, Which waa yesterday
Union Pacific Railroads; md that llo is to DO
nado tho Managing Director. This now company
IL reported l,oro to DO o1on& for tho British
Lino-tho Peninsu|ar and Oriental Company.
mont OF Rufus Hutch and Russell Sage, that
Irwin desircd to run away, aro entirely fnlHo.
Tho subcommittee next commenced
GENERAL 1NTER1oaA7oRIEs.
horo OF tho Pacific Mail Company. IIo stated
that tho Managing Directors Of the Pacific COM
pany bad voted to spond q certain Eum to pro-
euro tho subsidy; that they appointed Irwin
point Of fact 1t was contract to sooure tho sub
tint lo accomplished thts. and lint tho subject
no further concorns tllc Company. Especially
Inns tho Company no right to hnow what he did
with tho money, or to sock to recover It,. Tho
Committee aslsod 1rwln to
SPECIFY THE NAMES OF PERSONS
whom ho employed hero. Dy this time bis fevor
had Decomo very high, and 1,fa doctor said that
he could not permit further conversation. W Irwin
that Ills bend felt badly. One Of tho Committee
represents him thon AZ "tighty." Irwin
begged % be excused Until tomorrow, and said
that ho had not decided whether ha would an-
swcr that question.
Irwin furnished tho Buh-committoe with
Ills LETTERS or INSTRUCTIONS
from tho Pacific Athil Directory, directing him
what course to pur8uo. Ho stated positively
that !,o noyor haff any bnancRa dealings with any
1nc1nbcr Of Congress. and nevez, directly or in
directly, bribed Congressman. The money
that ho used was ratd to persons Of influence,
who were not members Of Congress-. 1t 10 said
that throo Of those perBons aro now dead. It Ia
doubtful whothor Irwin will mention tho nantcs.
II not, tho Committee will doubtless present him
for contempt.
WHAT TIE DooEs sMow+
ITO tho Associat<d Pttss.1 -.
WAsn1NnToN, D. c., Dec. 1G.-The House
Ways and Meane Committee resumed tho Pacific
Mail Steamship Company investigation this
morning. The books were examined, and 1t is
asccrtaned, show that OH tho 24th Of May, 1872,
sG59. 600 was loaned BY ths Company to a firm Of
following tho firm returned s500,000 Of this
loan, md on tho satne day President Stockton
drew $500, 900 out Of THO bank. and charged it to
Oliver Eluridgo and Robert 3. Irwin, tho San
Francisco ngcnta.
Tho physician who ID attending Irwin stated
that though he is still i'll md in bed, ho may re-
cover sufficiently to como to the Capito1 to-dny,
or to bo intorogated By. tho COMMITTEES in bis
roon II they considor Ills immediate ozamina-
tiou absolutely necessary.
1EwtNfd TEATrSfnNY.
l. sEb-committeo was subsequently appointed
and took 1rwin'B testimony at hla room.
Tho substance OF tho testimony Of Irwin WAS
this lie was employed by tho Pacific Hail
Steamship Company in varioua capacities from
1864 to Dec. 81, 1872, during tho last portion Of
thia tin1o as q member Of tho firm Of E!dridgc i
Irwin, agents OF the Company at SAT- Francisco.
In the winter OF 1872. ho was employed NJ aRont
Of tho Company for tho purpogee Of procuring a
most Of it in letters from tho canpany to him.
| bg which he was to receive Certain sums Of
money in full OF all expenses In obtaining the
subsidy. Tho amount to DO paid MAS not to be
finally liquidatod until tho ontirs service waa
! performed, AZ tho exponscB could not be asoer.
| tained until that time.