New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-15
DI CESNOLA'S EXAMINATION.
HIS RIGHT TO THE TITLE OF GENERAL.
REPAIRS AND RESERVATIONS IN SCULPTURE DE-

REPAIRS AND RESERVATIONS IN sCULfiohN D
FINED-ExPLAINING THE PHOTOGRAPHS
Mr. Bangs resumed his cross examination VI
General di Cesnola in the United States Circuit
terday. Tho court room was more crowded thhh oi '
previous day of the trial Scores OF people stood during
great part of the day within railing ut the back
the room. Bangs addressed himself vigorously 70 us
work. and the Precipitation rolled freely from MS i'io
head. great many OF General di Cesnola's answers
monosylabes. The early part or the day was 0o
sumed In questions and testimony az TO the use Oh inc
title OF General by the witness cards and on inc o
page of his work Cyprus. In response to an oecon
by Mr.. Choate, Mr.. Bangs denounced General d Ce7-
nolas action In this matter the action OF an mposo
and asserted that he expected 70 argue to the jury ner
from fraudulent intent that would bear on the present
The file of The Neic York Herald was PRODUCED ID
court and it shown that the clipping presented III
evidence on Wednesday which announced the aPPOih'
OF the witness Brgadier General was taken ron
paper OF August 49, 1868 General d Cesnoa sald tnas
after he mustered out of the army he did not stay
soliciting office In Washington. He came on to New-iorK
and began giving tuition in military tactics In partner
ship with Percy Wyndham. This was IN the spring Oh
1865. The following August the appointment rs
Consul to Cyprus. General di CesnOa said that ne was
captured at Mddleburg in 1863 while leading cavalry
CHARGE the fifth he had made that day. He was In
Libby prison eight nine months, and was liberated III
April 1864.
The essay Of John Taylor Johnston printed in an ap
pendlx TO the book Cyprus was read and Mr. Bangs
wanted TO know why the auction sales Of antiquities,
spoken of by the Witness referred to by Mr.
Johnston. when he seemingly enumerating the
various dispositions which been made of the CesnOa
finds outside of the disposition represented by the
Museum collections The witness responded that the
auction sales were OF duplicates or OF objects which were
similar to those retained and he supposed the auson
was not considered necessary General d Cesnola said
repair is the placing together OF related pieces If
the ntersces are made good with plaster it is still
repair. restoration is the afxing TO object scup
urcd portion not belonging TO 1t. The slab manipu-
laed by Robert Ready reparer of the British Museum
again produced General di Cesnoa said that had
repaired and restored The supply of small missing
pieces by means OF plaster or cement on the nat surface
restoration This was not the mere carving OF
may may not have existed In the original The wit
said that he had always desired tn sell the collection
to America but John Taylor Johnston had written TO
him that he afraid that the sale to the New-YOrk
Museum could not be cOnsummaed At Paris. en- route To
Prospect of sale to He aid not think he
could produce the Johnston letter, but the gentleman
sell the collection sent him to the British Museum for
$4,000. The son knew nothing Of his negotiations
The statement of General d Cesnoas account with
Morgans was shown on call by Mr.. Bangs in which the
first entry on the credit side was $1,000 under date OF
November 49, 1872 The witness said that he did not
M d p6 bdeT it bsca Sy eer M sad 49,
He fixed the date when the terms OF sale were agreed on
In the minute book of the Museum.
General di Cesnola testified that he did not think he
ever photograph of the statue of the large priest
found at Sa.amis. But If Mr. Hitchcock said that he had
received such a photograph, with tho Endorsement,
Found where together at Salams" the witness
would believe him. The examination then concerned it
self with the Endorsements the photographs sent to
Mr. Cook. Mr. Bangs pointed out that on one photo
graph of three heads he wrote on the back Of head
"Ths head found at Saams," In the case OF photo
graph Of the Sphnxes and half dozen small objects. he
wrote the back Found at Saamis and testified that
he found the heads GOlgO The witness pointed
that the writing only the back of the Sphinxes,
and that he referred to nothing else.
Mr.. Bangs-Then this Endorsement Is q mistake.
The wtness-I do not see the mistake.