New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-02

States and Brazil. Referred.
The House then adjourned.
WASHINGTON.
Tho Blaine InvestiGation.
WASHINGTON. June 1.-Mr. Mulligan de-
sired to make statement: When he ar
rived here q note came from Mr.. Blaine,
requesting witness and Mr.. Fisher to call at
Blaine's house. Witness declined, but
Fisher went. Blaine called at Mulligsn's
hotel. Last night Blaine called on witness
again, Fisher and Atkins being present.
which Mulli9an had, and promised to hand
them back, which he did. Blaine after
ward came to witness room, where they
were alone; pleaded for the letters: talked
of ruin, his family and suicide; asked to
read the letters again. Witness handed
them to him, when Blaine gave him back
one, and retained, and has vet, some seven
teen letters. After this Blaine spoke of
other matters. asking witness how he would
like "tO run q committee" or how foreign
consulate would suit him.
Mr.. Blaine made q statement. He has
the letters, but says tho conversation about
suicide and consulship is all imagination.
Mr.. Blaine says he consulted two friends,
and to-day will consult two of the best
lawyers, whether anything in the let
ters refer to the matter under investi-
CATION, namely: the $64,OOO bonds which
Scott sold to the Union Pacific.
The effect in the committee room was
appalling. Mr.. Blaine employed himself
in folding al envelope very squarely and
in tearing it.
Mulligan testified that Mr.. Blaine got
Sl3O, 900 in land bends and $32, SOC in first
mortgage beads. The Maine men who
bought the bonds paid their money to wit
ness The bonds we're sent by express to
the Maine parties. Witness gave $40, 900 in
bonds to Blame and paid the rest. Most of
the Maine parties paid $4,000 each and got
$4,000 in bonds.
The details of Mulligan's statements au-
thenticate the report telegraphed at noon.
Extract from Mr.. B,ane's statement
called on the three gentlemen, Mr.. A.
kins, Mr.. Fisher and MuI!igan at the Riggs
House, and in the parlor of Mr.. Atkins
had some conversation with Mulligan about
tiese letters, and asked him to show them
to me. He showed some apparent reluc-
tance, when said to him. "Why, you are
not afraid of my keeping them, are your
And he handed them to me, looked them
all over and discovered that there was only
one letter in the list that at all bore upon
the question before the committee, even
tn at only by forced construction, and not
in reality. l handed them back to him.
The conversation then became somewhat
general between the four gentlemen, in
Guiding myself, in the room. After awhile
Mr.. Mulligan went up stairs to Mr.. Fisher g
room, right overhead. was talking with
Mr.. Atkins and Mr.. Fisher for few mo-
mente, and then 1 started up to Fisher
room and knocked &C the door and was ad-
mitted. there talked to Mr.. Mulligan for
some time. 1 may have been there, think,
the better part of an hour, but the form
that he gives the interview about my offer
ing him a ccnsulship, and about my
being ruined and all that sort OF
thing, is mere fancy. Nothing of the
kind occurred. l talked as calmly as
l am talking this morning. Very soon,
| said to him, would like to see one
letter among those he had. wanted to
see the letter on which he based his testi-
mony. He handed me the package. looked
them all over and eaid to him, as l said
aftervard in the presence of Mr.. Fisher
and MIR. Atkins, "Now, you keep that letter
which yoS think bears on this matter"
That is the letter that he has testified to
this morning. I am perfectly willing you
should keep that, but there is mass
of my private correspondence. covering
many years and detailing matters that
have nothing to do with the subject
of the investigation, which it would
probably be embarrassing to me to
have published, as any mans private
correspondence would be, and l don't want
it published. You ought to give me those
letters; you have no right to them. There
are only two percons in the world that have
q right to them, one is the writer and the
other the person to whom they were written.
Now, if you will give these letters to Mr..
Fisher, will be abundantly satisfied they
will then be in rightful ownership; they
will be in safe hands. Mr.. Fisher had be-
fore himself in my presence, requested that
they should be given to him in the first con-
fused. He said he did not know what
might transpire in his examination to-
day; and he said, with good many "By
Gods," that he was going to hold those
letters for his protection, his vindication.
! said, when you get through the ex-
animation will you give them to me them"
He said: mo! If anybody impugns my
motives The pronounced it in that way or
in any way questions my veracity in the
papers l shall publish these letters" l
said: "You do not think would attack
you in the papers! There il nothing to
make me attack you in the papers. He
said: "Well, if anybody does l shall put
lish them" I had been running over the
letters for some time. The first time when
he handed them to me he showed reluc-
tance, and as I have stated. rem arked:
"Yeu are not afraid of my keeping them.
are you?" and he answered: "Oh, no." and
handed them to me, but he gave them to
me the second time without any assurance
it, but I had no idea Of doing anything
else than handing them back to him un.
til he had announced his purpose and de-
termination. No matter who should ques.
ton his testimony or impeach or impugn
his veracity, he would publish the letters.
said, These are private letters-these are
letters that relate to matters that have no
more connection or relationship with tn the
Judicisry Committee than the man in the
moon. and it would be grossly unfair that
You should treat my private correspondence
in that way" then said to him, "Will you
ring the bell for servant and tell him to
send Mr.. Fisher up from the lower room!"
He did, and very soon Mr.. Fisher came up
and We had little conversation, in which