New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-23

that thc witness made communication to Underwood
| by telegram, as follows:
| Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
u oiiICg I@,T :, ~ Yay 4 r1S7G}
10 J. II. UNDEcwoop. SPsci@ Ag7" "0''e N'|'''
% w 9tHq has rogntd You Will tc charsc Of eai
post-oncc aud continue IN charge thrI.o W. w ,I
Sor Is J,Ir. n TYSER Postmaster General
The witness added that he received an answer ~ '''
gram as follows: go
PoRrG ANp OREGON, Nov. ~, 1I6
To J,mrs n: TrNER. rOsf"asfe'eGe"eo'' "r"""'''"'
>, 49, i,rau, rcceivcd VIII take charge Office This
evening j. b. UNDERwOoD. -pecial Agent.
The witness subsequently received another commune
cation in writing by mail. rs follows;
ErGENF Oregon. Nov. -, 1876.
Hon y ryxrp Postmaster GcHcT0i. WgshiHQt21. D. q:
SIN: In accord with your nsructonso 81 iith MS,
d( yail rcnny, OREGON. vice j. W watts, re-
signed. took full inventory OF aIi Iop., ~ nv Nv;
crnt "A required by law, aud moved The once lhl9
another building at once. and got thin@s runnlu IN Eood
order tue day. am now cohductlhG we M -
ai the office In ny name as special agent ,iu ~ I'm
posimaster awaiting thc appointment ot iitIIy W. M
WHO is acting "a my assistant uhyr ny II I'm
mcn it being Impossible for me 10 give my Whi tio
ou 10 The sprcai dates o the office, - just ~ rus he
crowded with other duties p'r1hlS 10 t , p'.
OF the department inco'e inc oar i M ~ "
sistant nave tbs ronDF 10 "e, very rSP'c'i"N' "u'
On the 22d DAY Of November 1876. th" witness stated
that he received the following telegram:
EycFSr CITY Oreson Nov. %, -16.
tn / NJ MARSHAL. FIRST assistant Io5mdsicT-"etFH'
W.
j. y. UNpEHToOD Special Agent
The witness said that upon that recommendation an
orpniutncn; was mad by him, and MIR Hill was deSG
patcd ON the .3I of November. 1873; the letter was
i.rcl Nov % SO; the bond forwarded filled up
b, an and re rncd to the department The b"hd ""'
executed on The N day OF D.ocmDcr. 1876 as SHOWN
H.. tho certificate I'm the Office. The commission was
.nad ON fhc "a day a. January, 1877, and was trans
n,,rt.dt 70 III by mail on the :th Of January, 1871
TN, counsel on the other side declined 10 examine
the witness.
Mr. Tyarfs then called John VI. Waite.
Mr. Watts, after the statement that he was the post
master AT Lafayette. Yamlill County, Oregon sAd
that he RESIGNED his Office the l3lf day 81 NoVrmDcr
IN tclrgitu and received acceptance OF y on tnr
Inn nj November tclrrlm; on the lllh dd' 81 NJ
VENEER, Nj. j. g. Underwood showed MN l'IcIt...n'
that he said hc haa received from te I'N i L
Ctt INN, ,acly delivered 10 to him, made hS settle
Irfut with him. and tanned everything over 10 MN "'
settled M, tlc accounts Of his Office Win lilh'
rdT Green r crasscya'nina ion asked MIN II ne was
candidate fo7 thp Office OF Presidential cicc;of IN NO
r 3rs said that he did not object to that inquiry,
cX,cut for the more purpose OF Identification
,Julgr Green ,l.d that was enough.
.]udgs Green asked him the que ton " nave Won .',-
tlrd your accounts with the PosiOhce Department ''
postmaster in i..iayoIiCt go,
fuv settled in This way: There j. colnln7i" yer COM
ju 10 me-, ana few dollar, tht did not pay over 70 u
dcrNood stating that there va, commission uH. ~
me for part Of that quarter, ana TIE account "Ou'
shoui L1i.urp: all tie rest paid tp him
j. VI. Nct;geW next sworn. ne -1il ID mI' J. ~
tlat the settlement 81 pa,lmS~tr accounts rI'l'c ~
firl Sir Fv.r asked him what date were has ("3to -
cuuIm.uts aud salary hScd by thli Sttt. VIC NJ 20
llh o. N0ycmicg I0I1 that was me as ,i,i,
darcl by fHe pDsna.'cr' The account "I me AlHiHs
Department tooa p.lc" some time IN me h'hth o. Jam
ary ls11; % possible 60 give thc 'At'I "d'e' -
Ia accounts 10 sttl.t'