, 1876-03-31

Sawyer. rho resided At Washington, sod al.ays
draw the mail pay for tho tttn cont in aceoslnts
Of aggregate oxpcndItnres ln Washington for
tito bonolt Of tho firm Of e2N.09o. Iheso ac'
counta wore not ttonliZed. aud worn
NOT Acc0NTANIBD NY 7UEfiEEHa.
hut Tickiu tho roatlont Texas parthus. directed
thom to bo audted. Lator d NOW firm was
made. in which Taylor hImsolf became partner
sa tsmssF ''i Ut. % 70 ia7s saSsor % % son. $40 so
the nav firm : similar account for
Washington expenditures aggtogatlng ano,ooo.
likewise without vouchors' A. nnd nut lsemized. OK
for two SEPARATE au.ns OF $4,000 eaci,. without
any indication OF tho porson to whom payment
was made. T'bosc wcfo audited by tue tlsw htul
with re!,ictasco nndor protoat. Sawyer aooll do
cltnod 10 honor the draf.a Of Ills partners from
Texas, although drawing all the msi! .ray. Thy
lor came on In passion 70 learn Lilo rcaaot'.
wilou he dlsoovoted that Sawyer waa cnbas-
raaHod; that ho ....
HAD nEEH CIRCULATING LARGELY
In Wall street that blu BouB had lost large
sums for him IN unsuccessful ventures and that
ho was broken man. Ifieno latter faets we're
drawn from Witness by infctonco rathor than
from direct statement, but from other aotlrcos
thoy hse known to be taSts A. ~. s srao sn's
for blackma and to promote tue general ounl. f.
having pnfd the $4,000 item to postmasto1-
aenoiai CIeswoll. yhor9,pon sa"xsr ,. tcnsd u,
lV4
from bloomington, ILL, was Tho Second Asalst-
ant rosttnaster. deno1al, and ia now Governor
Of Colorado. .--..,-
tho Dcmocrnta call evidence. IeouttH friends
Indignantly dony thes imputattop, ingias that 1t
ia jibelouH, and Say that ho will immediately do
nanl heartng boforo tho Committed, II Is
generally understood that Routt was iniInlca! 10
many Of Eawyor'a schemes during that period.
ana frequently Bsood in the way OF bis stsaw.bid
undertakings, 1t fa a1Bo vol known that Sawyer
at that time wa8 Involved In unsuccessful Wall
atroet ...yeutu,es, aud 1t now appears that ho
lised hia pArtuora' money ia these trauBact1ons.
The Inference ia easy that, TO covor theas trane-
actions, lie may tavo used to hin partners tho
lobb YiBta oxcuBo-that tho money waB used to
corrupt 1n7ornmant o!ficors. Taylor evoro that
Judge pnschal, Of Texas. was paid S1o0 year-
ly BY TIC Sawyer llrm from 1867 to 1871.
tTn&hs Assaetatkd 3'rtss.1
TAyLOlI'H TESTIMONY.
WASHINGTON, y. O.. March 30.-Ths House
Committee on Post.Of1ico and post-lsoatls to-
day examined Francis G. Taylor, OF Texas, a
partner Of Tho lsto +. D. gawyor+ Ia number OF
mail contracts. Lie testified that Sawyor told
lin that $40, ,oOU Was giyon to ]. L. Koutt, at
chat time Second Assistant poslmastos-GeneIa
1Iow ltoust obtained IL ho didn't say. Saw
yor charged S20O,000 to expense accounta
for money alleged to huvo boom paid out by hlm
iu Washington during thrco yours and = haif bo-
tween 1867 aud 1871. Witness know nothing Of
sheao alleged payments Of his own knowledge.
Ie understood and beloved that considerable
Sums had bcen paid by Sawyer to buy on loWcs
bidders and for attorneys fees. Wsno8s lad No
knowledge whether ho paid money thuB charged,
OF whothor ho used 1t for his own private pur-
poao. ue only lad Sawyor's word for the cor.
rcctncsa Of the amount alleged 70 have beer
paid cut.