, 1880-12-23

WIS tlie WY Il st,s'l, and On !llat VERY point
tnS sto1!cs i til 'Sli "nt l. that wos how
"Where werc Flrl'l mid Allen, a,a ali Tho
11,,s St9er twye, I n'l fills time with teirprIv"o
",rhey cal!e,! to see ,ne, the ,lay after we
nus, 1872; Ny room wns nj tllo As!tor lnnse.
They said: 'Ilow mrcll nrc tho old fellows
10 settle for Sa7l ,0Vo.. At this Dudley Field
take to scttle for .lrsss than h million nj!
print }atclt or letters posspss Tint viii
blow them out Of the wAter' liz tlc', t1lsl
mic tint lle Ind n lot Of lettcrs concerning
would inake Phelps. Dodge y O.. eoniu 10
lime, At this" RNt,l .lnylie, II told Field
tint his lettur* OF extraneons filings inI
,.0h!ng Ii tlo with the toverl'uent cast:, mud
threatened with blnckmntl."
t"t as Ht tits Its t,, Ar + 5syne' suppose,
city, STss s fs"k!Gs sppfcsa sp csss'o Z ee r. cs ss
nell, the Naval Aren't, and Atr. I.aIn, the
Surveyor, thought tint in . ctse of such
gravity lley 3uE't to have lawyer, MSal,-
isr % esll,e rie8t ol. and a,iyIss pr, alnl Mr.
CunkltR said rs to the case tint In xtrtctNuss
the settlement prolfered, OF SIT ,C0o, wns not
sufficient TINT the forfeiture "ontd ntnunnt
to ny u fs e asn4 tse ] y S a q aasry e Ms'a ia
settle Mt tho SUN hull mentioned"
"Weii, when WIS tic settlement lnatte 2"
ut wns 1,tntle tAring the month OF Feb
T1ary. 1s!3, at the Treasury Departlnen,t IN
for tic Collector, Surveyor, anil Nnyal ON:
cur, md tie,i. butler actGtl for nc. They lmld
ss70,OU. lsoutwc'! objected at first TO taking
tho money, clntlnlnE t',at entire invoices IL
rnntiHHhtHi1 QtHt mt III thu fitLG,H
Iiow much lid you get, Mr.. .Jayne?"
~ got sGi,0oo, otwhtch | pail two:tl,irt1s
TO Field aid Allen Tor their lnformer, Charles
thousand dollars i,s his COUNSEL"
" "Whnt lns become OF llerte nOw?"
:" He Is boggar, walking the streets OF
,,,'., Whst t, did Phelps, Dodge & Co. discharge
VI think they suspected tl,at he knew too
much about their business. Tlsey may have
thought, a!s9. tl,st be had some connection
VII! Wei |eH eIsls IT, ays Ms'fo n much oftas money
went to the Collector, Naval Officer, ani Sur
"They got $4,000 aptece. or eacI, one third
Gf o osfSrt e M 9f the w"s Tasy gayY c.Mk
Butler 5000 About one-haif was turned
into tic Federal Treasury"
"Dld, Phelps Dodge Il Co. take any re-
"Yes. They hired David A. Wells and old
llubburtl. the telegraph EXPERT to set W. Il
Bureau Of Literary information, compared to
! which Tlltltn's burcnu OF 1llnco1np90ps was
not II candle. These two fellows bcgnn. to
write articles for the PRESS, anu Phelps, Dodge
j. Co. gave out advertising to the nnOll,it Of
nbout 500, QUO, md, with the advertisements,
would send these articles written by Wells
and Hubbard ngltatlng tho question Of Chris
tim merchants being bounded by informs
| crs.H
a review Of tho nbove story, which Is rs
elnse Us cat recollect 1t, shows TINT Tom
DuyntG hnu better ,lut have been called to nc-
count by Mr.. C0nkllng; for he did yet, nc
conltng. to Jayne, 5000 out, Of the. piuisder
Ct rheIps, Dodge 4: Co., md n,ay have got
| SlQ, O00. judge Dnyis, who signed tile paper
! calling tho flrln to account, also .erchlS by
,Jayne's statement 10 have beetl s0ltcftUUs Of
y part Ut tile money, ,if he did not get II.
Bit his term Of Office expiring before the
ctlsll way paid, he instituted tho case and
| Mr. Bliss got tic money for It. Ntr. Arthur.
| Just on the inception of his Vice-Erestlency,
| nisU goes out Ut the why to Gull Bnynrtl to
account, though Jayne says lIo did get n
| considerable sum OF the money. Cornell,
| who Ind not been talked Of II. connection
with tho case, also turns up beneficiary. 1t
seems tint the laws have beell changed III
| the interests OF the merchants slnen that
| time, showing that there WIS snne Wide
spread disgust at ttls. combination OF III.
formers, burglars, discharged elcrks, tnrly
lawyers, etc. to mike New York pay as
much MS S1a5, 600 ut pop.