, 1876-08-03

cniunK service In New York in flle winters OK
LEES md 1892, when, rs a matter Of poiiteness,
Col. Babcock. The Witness did not think he had
any letter Or communication from him
,s d15 t[es r ts y. , f"r =, hso1e 1aev the
tfIc real estate, lla,l furnished siich information
to the officers of the army "a enabled them to
Invest It, III 1SE!, President Grant came 10
New York, Col. bahcock accompanying him.
Col. Bat,cock buying piece Of property offered
10 him fur 300, the witness nGtinG a. trustee,
as ,e had for army officers, in rcal.estate trans
actions, but receiving no compensation: Wien
given 70 hin, and he afterwards disposed Of the
property to Mr. Holmes. Tho property was
originally owned by John Rogcrs. II was not
convenient for Gen. Buttctaeld To purchase
property, and he mentioned II to Col. Balcock,
with the results mentioned.
The witness said thAt on the 18th OF Feb
rnary, 1859, tho tlrat payment on the property
{t50U) Has made 5y Gen. Dnttcrfcfl for Col.
Babcoek. It was at Gen. Buttcrlicla's request
not Us trustee, but absolutely; but after.
ward he decided 10 Batcock by him. lie was
attending 10 some business for Gen. Porter At
thc TING, that gentleman having purchased two
lots In the same locality, as Bateock's property.
.Do you know whether pabcock ever paid q
my Owl knowledge"
s essea Dfsneftv Wiz ysa psEot''e mortgage on
Answcr-.Gcn, Butteraeld negotiated with \
The witness, In further answers to aucstions,
said that tltc property was purchased with the
understanding that l}abcock should have It.
Most Of the arrangements were ma1c by Gen.
Buttcrdcld, with whom the witness was On duty
at tlio time.
Representative Glover, of The Committee,
tntcrrogated witness abont the property pur.
chased by Gen. Porter, from which it appcars
TINT the first payment was $50. which he
thought came by check from Gen. Huttcrileld,
as did the other payment, $7l5o
The question Was asked q witness whether
bc could Say whether either Porter or I3ahcoek
knowledge derived from memoranda which
etate that they sent draft to Dutter!lcl for
E7oW. Witness was reminded by 1tcprcscnta-
tive Glover that he had said lie wns not well
hnyc drafts sent by them to him, and was asked
how, in view Of this statement, witness TaA In
tr1lstc With tller real estate transactions WEt-
ness answered TINT he wns we'll lsnowntn the army
safeguards was purely based on the confidence
Porter md Babcock had in him a. MI otllcer n,
gentleman. Being closely ntcrrogatetl a. to
how Bnttcrfcld became MIXED up all the time
WIS a warm personal friend Of thoBc gentlemen,
and was desirous Of doing them kindness. and
therefore insisted them III making purchaocs.
ALEX r.. TUITION,
formerly Supervisor Of Internal Revenue, tcstI-
fed as to the seizures of certain dfstlllercs In
Chicago, a,ld the question Of granting ilninuni-
~ tn those Implicated In the frauds who should
testify. There was nothing specially new III bis
evidence.
WILSON.
Ex-Solfcltor Of the Treasury Dlufonl Wilson
again testified. His testimony was mostly IN
explanation Of s pt1raic papers, md their sub
scquent examination BY Treasury otlIcnls. His
atatenlcnt Is substantluted By the atll.1aytts Of
hcssrs. WinEiow and Dixon, private secretaries
Of witness, who packed the papers.
Wilson testified TIM. he had never had any cy-
idcncc duplicating Logan or rarwcll except tho
statements Of local prosecuting officers TINT
those those gs.nt!c;,Hacu we're suspected. IL had
nd ''u he pr prcscrrcd mol o''s to Ge"''u, Gao 70
now In rcgard 70 the abandoning Of the prose.
entions against Ward and Wadswortl,, he sa!d
sea ea see iS sSss @ Rs it, n' M
soiIcitor had Instructed lin ' 10 go 70
Tor Bristow for, TIC Presidency, and rcad
reputable conduct While In Illinois. On ascoiin.
Of which he was withdrawn from that scryirc.
Yaryai,, however, admitted having told Gay-
tit that this damned Blaine buslncss
Must stop, because Gayltt devoted more
contrary to tic orders Of Ynrya1. and tic Com.
missioner for Special Agents to Interfere With
politics, either directly or Indirectly,
by Piafsht-I1ow ,nauy official nccnts were
at Cincinnati III interest Of Dristowl
Allswer-Nat enc that can name now.
A.-sir. Matthews was thcrc. Tie was /. su.
pcryisor.
Q.-Wc1e not all the Supervisors Of the South
there!
Al cannot recall any c3ctpt a. they wcrc
there as delegates. Chn.nbcsltn, OF icOrEin, I