The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-18
BUFFERS PRIZE CASES.
Charges Made in the Press Met
and Answered.
FLAT DEnIALS AND CLEAR EXPLANATIONS.
Legal Lore Regarding the Status Of
Captured Vessels.
ACTIONS OF COURTS And ARBlTRlTORS.
How the General Served. His Clients
and Was Paid For It
IJrUT~ m EACTy nv CiNptICN NIAVDFRN
ACTIONS or COURTS AND ARBlTlATORS.
LIGHT OF FACTS ON CAMPAIGN ISLANDERS.
rpY TELEGRAPH TO THE nERALD.1

having called nj his once Tor PURPOSE u
after some professional business While no stayed
hero he was waited by reporter Tor the purpose
OF ascertaining II ne had anything to say about tho
charges made in Boynton's letter, published
here last SIC nday also in the HERALD. The General
said opening that he did hot think II worth while
10 repIy 10 all the campaign SANDERS printed about
him.
..The journals" General Butler said, (which mako
charges won't publish tho answer so that SO lar
as they are the charges viii pass unan-
swcred Bcsides OF the matters seem too iryol-
Gus TO answer But as some good mon may be preju-
diced by them Will reply
CHARGES ANSWERED. sERIArIM
''First, you the charge that am the
owner OF SIS 600 worth OF Hartford and Eric railroad
bonds received services rendered tho road, at
least i'm plying services rendered the road. In reply
to that Will say-nrst, that am not an
owner OF any Hartford and Erie Railroad bonds,
and second, that | never rendered any services to
the Hartford aud Eric Railroad. did retainer
their creditors pat the Hartford and Erie Rail-
road into bankruptcy, If that was service to the
road. made charge aud received no ices from
the road, which not my client
FARRAGur PRIZE NATTER
"In the Farragut prize matier.'' continued the
General, s.the course OF newspapers simply
ludcrous. They have started of by saying that
Sl42,ooo tees for doing nothing in tho case,
counsel who Old tho work got nothing. Weu,
/ answered the Journal that ! took upon
myself the laborng oar, and that my associ-
utes shared with what allowed.
and the fees allowed by the Court. They
then got fellow by The name OF Boynton, news
paper reporter who wont tho Journals stan IN
capacity, am informed, SO that he wrote Tor
newspaper and paid by the government for sup
posed sodierly service He was employed to write
Ing the case, but that got up the whole evidence,
witnesses and claims, cheated the courts defrauded
The arbItrators, budozed the counsel for tho gov
nrnment and really wrung Tor my clients oct OF tho
government some 81, 500 900 moro. Il would seem
that if had dono ali this my clients ought to have
been willing to have PAID me very large fee, aud
that services were altogether too cheapiy paid
for ought to have had nall at least, II tho state
mcnt Is true.
BoyxroS AxD DoYsToS's LETTER.
Now, after Boynton got up his statement received
the following letter Enclosures as the way he
fBoynton) made his statement and as the way
ices were determined upon by Court, also
copy OF the evidence ia that matter which Boynton
declined to either have copied or pub
paper reporter who won't before The Ju-
ono and when called upon before the pot
ter committee made another, and when !, In cross
examination, DEVELOPED his untruthiuincss and ta.
Elty ne iew In great rage, called mo all manner Of
nauts and exhibited his character so fully TO the
committee that certainly have not asked and shall
ask them 10 rely at all upon his evidence
IMPORTANT OMISSIONS.
The documents referred to letter from NJ. A.
Clancy, formerly Buffers secretary, stating that
General Boynton had copied from the records only
ex partc sIaemsnts garhled extracts. &C. together
extracts from tue reports OF the men who knew
most about it, Here IS something lett out OF tho
letter.
In the supreme Court District Columbia In re-
bounty claims Ct Admiral David Z. Farra:at.
District docket No lgi tExtract from the Auditors
Ar COY swears that he has read the dispositions Of
the aud that he thinks for the
ye. ~ o ~ 81 & .ney are a .p h on
opinion tn allowance three of record
award wcud Ie reasonable indeed moderate
Mr. Davdge testiles that he has heard read the de-
POSITIONS OF Mcssrs. DuraEt and ison, and besides
has knowledge Of the from having been
present at the General Term when tho motion
argued 10 make the award Of the arbrators the de-
cree rule OF the Court; that he fully
The opinion OF Mr. Cox, whose deposition has also
ought TO allowed to tho arbitraors and proctors
and thai, ~ MS JUDGMENT, $1,000 apiece 10 tho
former and ten per cent 10 the latter is reasonable
and, indeed, moderate allowance.
EXTRACT FROM TlE AUDITORS REPORT.
Tho a1ilayts OF Davidgc and Cox were then shown
By General Butler TO tho reporter corroborating his
Statements, besides the following extract from the
AUDITORS rcport:-
SUPREME COLUMBIA:
Day,a q. Farrngus, ADMIRAL, &C. vs. The shp
tropos and oher vessels aud property IN przo No 30
Dttrct Cout desxet textraet from Auditors report
Walt > Cos mem6ess q the Bar tssy that ~ 300 20
is~aneo M nv, Go 70 : - a e , az
on the amount recovered should be three
RI Gs ~ 'n' o'a1 . b a'aed equally between
One OF tho said witnesses, Mr.. Matiingy, goes fur
ther and states that under all the circumstances OF
Tho case no thiHks that twelve and oBe-Aaf per
cent would not be 100 high.
TfE CAPTURED vEssELA
General Dutlcr continued. You call my attention
10 tho following extract from the dagertiser.--
Tho records u the Departmont Of Justice Washing
Williams = The supreme Court tho farrasut p1e case,
Firr-1hat prize cloned and allowed enpon nine
iarnsa % loyal owners Admiral Farfagat Cen
erai Butler or other officers IN command.
derod 20 the owners by decree Of the UGed
rlarcd 20 be prize and Included the list
'rEipGfat or len et,sr ve"els a5 ana aowea tte
million dollars dollar TIE government paid the
81 h q var 'pSsoegen, ann On aeeoant
bni these Of Mind belong together
GENERAL MAKES CLEAR.
"All this matter u very simple, SAID tho General
sIn to section Quo oil tho statement / will saw
that some OF those vessels were tue vessos Of winch
mcnt Office Now lnoy have found out thai a record
did appear IN tue Attorney Generals oilco also
npon which those vessels wcro returned
riley taken from loyal owners whom the
unisod statas ought 10 havs protected being can
lurod by the ououy and having renamed In tho hands
pi the enemy for moro than twcnty-four hours The
property passed TO the Coniedcracy anu capturing
enemy according to the laws of war. They we're given
w a. the loyal owners by The officers IN command
General Butler aud Admiral Farrasut, upon the
ground thai the United States should have
projected tho loyal owners but that did
not deprive Admiral Farrngut aud his
Bect Of thor prize meney gwen by act Of
Congress Tor their galantry in action In capturing
those vessels All that appeared before the courts
nnd argued. The second aud ihrd sections OF
tie statement III the Adrerhser stand upon the same
ground. Both ~ the action OF the department aud
olcefs sterward. acting under the law Of Congress,
when said that steam boats aud vessels taken from
loyai owners " the Coniedcracy should
DC paid tor, those yessol5 were gwen back.
Ibc courts uid tic thing. thus
showing tnat General Ba.er and Admiral Farsagut
decided rightly ~ New Orleans that the vessels
should be rtst0rei. mat Latcr ni appeared before
tbe atpratofh and the COurts and " DECIDED that
they bal become the property Of tho Coniodcracy by
CAPTURE aud that Tor tue recapturo prize money or