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and promise Of testimony on all points re-


CURED, The son continues:
II will be found that he means there shall he
~ %hcG Ge SSop al viii nd so ona Sr
father is TO say that am, confident in
10 have he credit Of doing rim justice. Moan Gu
time your services would be of incalculabe
benefit To- the Government. George Junior cx-
plains that his father has large property and in
forest in san Francisco. which he is anxious 10
regain control of. aud which h. intended. wi IN
he left to have devoted to his creditors No
whore docs the son suggest that he had been
guilty Of any crime but on" against the laws
and regulations Of the Navy, Department de-
The second letter Is from Congressman Page
10 GeorGc NJ rinnlSy daic ,i, Ma,sShipgton, Pc
sire to lnthcr the investigation is not very
strong The lcttcr is as follows:
Your letter of IN and oil came dgly to hand. am
assist your Rther to place hims right before the people
vim deiraniins the oo,crnmeni Of anything and
consequently dc not What the President can do in the
him. they are the ones g. be consulted, and as
s1ogaincd Win any Of Them don't see ha, am iEs
proper person to approach trm on the subject As the
Se a%ns Of d hd court Ea cc f carried into an"
vii wnic you Grst what he wants, and i, can he done
WIN de- tlc hest can n any rr@per way Wncp ieanbe
In answer to Pages ctter came the one from
pncny already quoted. This gave Page a clue
10 the only ioar which sti kept pinney from
ton. At the time ne wrote the suhJoined letter,
two a1idavits wrre on file in the Navy Depart
mont from Spauding anu clerk. showing that
pnncy wus not u dcs"rtcr, and no record tx
listed to that cnr.t. II Is altogether probable
that Page was now knowing To these facts when
he wrote In February last rs follows
Ihavc seen the secretary the NAVY aud he decline
icn,cittd ,. ccc.,of fhe rci,.om M the B RI ,.
/. A. taiiow. VI II B..eft Tho ncr ed ceased t' i !,
raNma.crs clerk Doe H. -'- by the acceptance Of his
succc.,' n"n tan S noni. lore Ii, Sc charscs ~crc
.i'.,Al h'Hhl, q" Ni.' M'i,h lr""lcd nus hahiiy
igmih' court. ior military offence. after he had been
an ,,. iat " tl, f -,nt ~r,tp, ur, ~,
i.,as be- Woni' follow nv, icri.iannic I'M Inc Rn,"rt
cl'c. nnt u' u." S,ctciar. may f. Otherwise. can
own ui-tent Truly ,uur- II + PAcf.
The other two exhibits alluded TO nrc the
cahlrgram already quoted and a letter from
G~uri,". Jr.. dated Feb 4 tn Page. summing up
IT," casc and making last hut UNDECIDED ap-
p,HL
During the month of March last Pinncy. In
ord,r To y" n"Nr tue s'.ur came 2 Montreal.
and on the 9th Of April again wrote az some
length io his friends hero. II" Was still troubled
about the charge 81 de-erilou, lie WA. under
th" impr, s-ion HAT he was subject to arrest on
TINS charge. and that horuuld b" forthwith tried
hy court martial. All efforts to got at "A correct
understanding Of his rusc AZ the Navy Depart
m"ut tailed so long IL Secor kouesun remained
at the head OF It. II has been somewhat nj
cult 20 get an opportunity To present Pinney :
cas" &" Secretary Thongs on account of the
'nEru~- ug nature OF nus duties SNuut mt
ul"h UT" 'mphria~-'d con iltuh IN Wh!'h ne
found everything IN the Navy Department
hut Just a. soon ~ be- heard tue story he had
lne proper inquiries mair, ana learned
that there was ~ charge OF dosrrtion
nsnin-t lnney II was further found TINT
he was not amcnahle L. naval discipline. that
he wu- simply aciyilrn.tloNeeol Pay inspector
Spauidlng. ana amenutir only to the civil Inv.
til" story about his having he'u marked de-
s"rtrr On the navy liSt grow out Of I'll" lat that
her. 1875. refused to Hppr0ye the dismissal Of
Ilun"y Ny SpuidinS. and added: lie Will be-