The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-09
THE EMMA NINE QUESTION.
Letters from MIR. Clarence King and MIR. A.
-. Hewitt.
q Flrrn AvrNur. new YoRk. MAY 0. ls,O.

% FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, May 0, 1876
The Hon. Tlopds S,rda. cha rpidn or Ms Commtt<s
on to,dOn AGairs, De-. Washington, d. c.
SIR: In tho Eucntng Post newspaper OF
Friday May D, appears letter addiessed TO you
by MIR. l.. 4. thittenden, counsel for Gen.
Schemes, in which he states that he ICON
sented" that my private letter to the Hon.
Abram s. Hewitt should not % upon record, be-
cause he " did not think 1t was such a letter =
MIR. King would care to have published" have
not The slightest objection to the publication Of
the letter. Mr.. Chittenden's anectaton Of con-
eiderstion Is downright nonsense, Us will appear
from the rest OF his letter, Wherein II the Erfn-
tug Post cOrrec city reports hin, he shows exactly
how dcsirous he is Of treating me fairly by de-
lberately orc relrsslv misstating the date Of my
examination of the Emma nIn-, making II APP
pear that wrote the report before visit nv the
mine. l respectfully request you to refer to
my letter to Mr. Hewitt, and OF serve that the
date of my examination was the oth Of June,
1873, and not the 18th.
alluded to 10y Mir. Chittenden, IS falsely reported
n II represents me as having testified to al
earlier visit to the Emma mine. In classifying
the hicbmond veln' used as Illustrations OF
tho same family OF lOdes several well known in
stances In Europe. South America, and the
Uaited States where distinctive geological fea-
turrs are well known by repeated scientific de-
scriptions. resfirm here that never saw the
Emma mine until the date gwen in my letter
Alter this HAT mi-stateineut. Mr.. Cnltteuden's
virtuous "content" that my report should be
testod by me future Of the mine Is almost a
BIT oke Of humor.
II opinions arc indeed to be tested, beg to
suggt 81 "A inoce of verifying the confident as
BerliOns of the ellie ut OF Mr. thittenden and his
f.rmer associates concerning the e.ent wealth
of the Emma mine, W itch have been reiterated
before your committee.
II they will buy the control OF the Emma
stock al present nominal O. prices, they will put
themselves IN position to promptly settle tue
question OF tho mines value. IL their sworn
opinions are founded upon ANYTHING more SUD-
stantlal than tit II. they Will be able TO vindi
cate a trGduCed niue and several damaged rep
utations, besides, for trivial outlay, poss, ssng
themselves Of the millions ON whose existence
they have p.ighted their faith. Very respect
fully, your OOedient servant,
CLARENCE KISG.
pLKxIN0TOs AVENUE NEW ORA, May s. 1870.
My DEAk AR Ming: Toe letter OF Mr. Chltteudrn, to
the printed copy Of which IN the EtenUg Post you call
ply atentlon, was not presented TO the committee
before len Washington, aud dc not therefore kuow
Whether II Will be ALLOW ed to ~ upon The record
But am Tree to say IN advance that IL dsIu
gcnuous production
Mhen he - that he consented that your letter
should not ~ Oh ito rec IRA n simply
ia T. fOI Il Mas -nu not he who consented, liter he
had accused ne OF iuplressing the letter. which ne
seemed to think might contain some stttemeut more
Favorable 10 TIC mlut than your ofnCal report which
had been pu IN eyic ence When produced tue letter.
which had not teen rea1 before SIMPLY because II
private and personal note TO not intended for puo.
lcAtOn Mr. Chttenden discovered that 1t moi the
knd q document lie IN search Of anu III answer to
mY oer pat II In evidence he stated explicitly that
he dd not desire II TO 90 upon the record
The cate ~ your NlS 10 the mine + stated m your
IOte as the SIN, and not tho lSt OF june mlBquOted
ADRIAN s. HEWITT.