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would be glad to confer with him. Mr..
Hewitt sent him very courteous verbal
response by the young man who took the
papers TO him, and 10 the best OF his recol.
lection that was the totatity Of ali the
negotiations that be had with any mem.
Der OF the House Of Representatives
Mr.. Rice Of the committee asked the Wit
ness II he had reasons, other than those
already stated, for believing in advance
what he affirmed he did believe Of Gen.
Hurlbut.
Witness answered: have General
HurIbuts letters and some correspondence
that clearly affiliated with them.
Mr.. Rice-Anything that you have to
sustain the allegations which you have
made against Gen. HurIbut you are now
requested 10 produce.
The witness thereupon produced the fol.
lowing letters from minister Hurlbut
which were read by the clerk.
BELy1DERE, ILL.,, June 6, 1881.
Jacob R Shepherd, Esq, Ns,o York:
SiR-I an in receipt OF your favor OIL
June q. think ! understand the case Of
your clients. You must. however, be
aware that the decision on an affair SO
grave and involving such enormous posi-.
bttities does not belong to me. Whatso-
ever may be the solution OF the matter it
must come from the President. It is my
duty to carry out such instructions rs !
may receive. Your obedient servant,
S. A. HrRLBrT.
No. 3 BELrlpEREr Ill, June lG, 1881.
J. r. Siiphsrd, Eq.
Dear Sir:-Yours Of the 18th received.
You must be aware of the TACT that can
take no CognizAnce of your case unless it
be referred to me from the Department OF
State. whatsoever action, therefore, yon
may propose to have taken by the United
States must be decided upon at Washing
ton. Your 0bd't Servant,
s. A. HURLBuT.
LEGATION UNITED STATES,
LIMA, PERU, September l2, 1881. !
Jacob r. &tiph<rd, New York:
Six l am in receipt OF your letter Of the
10Th Of August. The docnmcnts and sealed
letter for Senor Manuel Arizola have been
delivered to htu. | have not received
either by mail or telegraph any such in
structions as you state were forwarded to
me bEt the Secretary OF State. II you have
any serious design OF carrying out the
large plan you mention it is OF very great
importance that you should be represented
here at once by some .singularly compe.
tent person, or you will tiad the
ground occupied by others. Peru needs
immediate help and from very abundant
sources, il she expects to save the southern
territory from the grasp Of Chill. The
probability is her fate will be decided
within two months. or course l would
prefer that Rn American corporation should
control this question, but there does not
seem TO be any such corporation able, ready
and willing to act, and cannot dictate to
Peru from what service she shall secure the
aid which she requires. II your claim
is successor to Alexander Cochet's, and Is
to be submitted to me, shall need for its
proper consideration clean statements OF
its origin and the extent OF evidence
which Uustains it. AS yet l find none OF
these in any paper submitted 10 me.
None oi them, so far as / can see, estab.
fishes anything approaching to magnitude
10 the claims you make. l await further
communication both from you and the
Department.
Very truly your obedient servant,
S. A. HURLBuT.
No. 4. LIMA, October 1st, 1881.
Jacob r. Shipherd, Esg.'
SA:-I acknowledge the receipt OF your
duplicate and of your last letter. very
sincerely wish the claim which you repre-.
sent was as solid and substantial as you
appear TO consider it, and so endorsed and
declared by the United Suites. 1t might in
that case be OF great use. | wrote by last
mail stating my trouble in accepting with
full iaith your ideas in this matter. There
are three facts necessary to be strictly
proven.
First, 'What was the discovery made by
Alexander Cochet?"
Second, ITO what extent and by what
instrument has the Peruvian government
recognized or admitted his Claim?'
Third, What is the legal evidence ofIegi-
limitation Of the natural son under whom
you claim title2'
l have taken pains to ascertain the law
and facts as to these three points, and 50
lar as have gone, find nothing encourag-
ing.
discovered the agricultural use Of guAno,
for II was used as fertilizer by the Incas.
So far as | can find he never claimed this,
and whatever discovery he may have
made, and for which premium OF 5000
tons was awarded by the committee on
prizes, il certainly WIS not for that use.
What, then, was his discovery as to GuanoP
He tells plainly what was his discovery in
regard to the nitrates, and evidently con-
sidered that Of more importance than the
othe,.
Second-1 can find no recognition by
Peru OF his claim or right except pre-
MUM OF 5000 tons, and that is only the
report Of the committee, which seems
never to have been acted on. Is there any
other document binding on Peru? II 50,
l would like to see it.
Third--Granting that Cochet had n
valid claim, to whom did it descend on
his death2 Natural sons by the law OF
this country can be legitimized and made
heirs in two ways, one by formal recog-
milton executed before public officer in
prescribed way by the putative father,
and the other by testamentary recognis
ton in the last will.
Both assume and require that All act be
done by Cochet in his life time. j have
no knowledge Of any such act, and in de-
fautt Of such act, his relatives now in
France succeed to his rights. / write these
things to you, not formally and as minis.
ter, but that ] may call your attention in
time to the character Of The proof required.
| Theophiii Landre (the French Laudre1
is in this city, aud has made conditional
sale Of his rights estimated by him at
Sl00, 900, 900, to a Chilian aqquine to be OF.
Tered TO the Government OF Chill for
fS01, 900 or $f,500000. The priv.
4ileee Of purchasing at that rate