New-York tribune., 1876-06-02

whether they bore upon the matter under investigation
not did not converse with Mulligan at all until
yesterday. when discovered, thought, very great
readiness his part to travel out Of the record and tell
great many things relating to my private business
which did not belong at all to the subject or inyestigo
tion and seeing that, did not want to go into those
matters until could have little conversation with him
the subject; thought 1t was highly improper and un
Just that he should do because broadeped the field
OF examination and prevented my having report
verdict upon the particularly hand the Com
mittee was adjourned at Judge Lawrence's request.
After the adjournment called on the three gentlemen.
Mr. Atkins, Mr.. Fisher, aud Mr. Muligan, OF the Riggs
House, and in the parlor Of Mr. Atkins had some con
versatiOn with Mugan about these letters, and asked
him to show them to me he did show them, with some
reluctance said to him, why, you not afraid OF
my keeping them, youi" and he said mo-" and
handed them to looked them all over, and dis
covered there only letter In the list that at all
bore upon the question before the Committee and even
that only by forced construction and not in reality
banded them back to him. the conversation thea became
what general between the four gentlemen including
myself in the room.
IN MULIIGAN's ROOM.
After little while Mr. Muligan went up stairs TO Mr..
Fishers room, right overhead was talking with Mr..
Atkins and Mr.. Fisher for few minutes, and then
started up Mr. Fishers and knocked at the door
and was admitted, and there talked with Mr.. Mulligan
for tmo may have been there, think the better
view-about my offering him consulship and about my
being ruined and all that Of thngwas fancy;
nothing OF the kind occurred | talked as calmly as
am talking this morning; very soon said to him. II
would like To one letter among those " wanted 10
see the letter on which he based his testimony; he
handed me the packages looked them all over and
said 80 him. | said afterward in the presence
Mr. Fisher and Mr. Atkins, Now you keep that ettcr
which you think bears this matter" hat Ia the let
ter he has testified TO this mOning; 81 am perfectly
willing you should keep that but here is mass OF my
yate correspondence covering many years ana detail
ing matters that have nothing to do with the subject OF
investigation which 1t would probably I've embarrass
ng t. me 10 have published, any mans private cor
respondoncc would be. and don't want these letters
published You ought To give me these letters you have
no right To them There are only two rcreons IN the
world who have right TO them one IA tho writer ana
the other is the person 10 whom they were written No"
II you Will give these letters to Mr.. Fieber, VIII he
abundantly satisfied they will then be in righiful own
crshp; they wi lie in safe hands" Mr.. Fisher had be-
FORE himself. my presence requested that they should
he given him In the first conversation IN the lower
room: Mulligan refused: he said he didn't know wha'
might tranSpro In his examination to-day; ana he sad
with a good many by Gods' that he going TO hold
those letters tor his protection and his vndlca;ion
said: when you get through with the examination viii
you give them to thcnW lie said: "No h any
body 'impuns' my motives The pronounced II In that
wavI or Ia way questions veraciiy IN the papeTs
1
think would attack you in the papersl There IA moth
ing to make attack You In tho papers' He Haid
"Well IL ANYBODY did, | should publish them had
boon running the letters for me time The hfsi
time when hr handed them 10 me, he had shown fcinc
,ance and as hnvc stated, remarked: "Nou are not
afraid OF NY kce Dng thcni and ho answered: on.
no :" ana handed them to without any assurance at
all without thing being said about II; hnd HAD
no idea OF dong anything ego but handing them back
until be announced his purpose and determination tA'
no matter who should question his testimony or mpeach
or impun" his ytracity ho would publish the letters
said "Thcsc private letters these arr letters that
relate to matters lnt have connection or iea-
tonship with the examination now going On before The
Judc AIRY Comm than the man In the moon. aud 1t
would bc grossly you should treat my private
corrcs spundcncc IN that way"
tlen said to him. "wnl you rns the bell for
servant, ami tell him to send Mr Fisher up from The
lowe. room g" He did So. and very soon Mr Fisher came
IN aud We had little conycrshon. U wbIch repealed
before Mr. Fisher what Mullis,n hal said-his docara
ton ~ rather his menace SAID. Tnis i' very grossly
unfair Mr.. Fisher" thcn said would be glad Mt
Fisher would take charge " the letters, that they were
rgatfuly ia his possession rghfulS ~ ninc but no.
IN any third pcrsols; Nuiliran repeated asain Ia hr.
FISHERS presence hs declaration that no would feel him
self at bcry to publish these letters ht any time lie saw
0t IL any body shoni provoke him unto wrath by any
comment his testimony, aud owing to the somewhat
enlarged fc ties of the American pro1s for making cr
csms upon everybody. found that my private core
sponenrc hung by the thread OF his taking onense at any
OF the thousand and paragraphs that might be SCI
anont in the papers; aud said TO him, Under these
circumstances will thcsoietters up, and Ia order
that he might not be- mistaken as To the ground oi hl
action called Mr. Atkins from tho lower room. for !
wanted to tell him the ground on which stood sad
will not return these letters because you threaten 10
make ~ use Of them watch Ia legitmate. wnleb Is un-
fair which entirely unjust, and have no Idea hai any
man shall take my private correspondence and hold II
IS Il my head TO be used at ms beck OF "a"
ton for his purpose, or under somebody's uI'''
ton" We went fOwn stairs aud he repeated and re-
affirmed his statement with very great emphasis ana
sad, very good. viii retain tho letters"
THE LETTERS SUBMITTED 10 COUNSEL
When went home sent for two friends, ons mem
bcr OF the House Of Representatives. aud the other
lawyer In h city and laid every one Of these letters
before th,m-thcso letters which "would Disgrace me
for Iife" and send my children sOrrowing to the
grave" and "depriyo me Of political hOnors' ana al
that sat down and read every one of icm just Ia tho
order in which they were marked and numbered py
Mulgan himself then said To these gentlemen. after
consultaon g. going to submit hesa letters to Two
Of the wisest aud best counsel that nd In the city
OF Washington tomorrow that Is todayl and VIII be
guided entirely by them In the action shall take ncio'
the judiciary Committee II they say any oil those io'
tcrs should be Ia dut bound t0 deliver II they Intimate
to me that there IL anything In the letters which pears
even othorwise upon the subject OF those IN
tervews those letters shall Do delivered, tut shan wall
and guided hy their opinion 10 what ought To do
In the premises 10 the bulk OF those letters, you
might just well send 10 my house and take any pack
age from my files Of correspondence FOR the last h'o
years put here evidence In this investgatoh
many OF them relate business transactions when are
passed and settled up, and which do not want revived
not that there Is anything In them which Is In any do
gree EMBARRASSING have read them over freely To thosr
Two friend and as say Will read them over ifcey 10
those two counscl there nothing In those otters when