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Show ; THAT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND. New York, lo. RunuM Sac, Tics identof the Pacific Mail S. A. Co., makes tho following elattjtnent concerning con-cerning the appropriation of s?dU0,UUO for mo in Washington in 18eii, dur ing StoekwcH's administration. The Pacific Company applied to Congress for ib subsidy. Stockwcll had told his successur in office thai ho had been induced to make this application by one Irwin, the company's ngi-nt at San I'Vaneisnt, O.il., who had inform-eel inform-eel him fStockwel!) thrtt an English company waa about to ft.irt an opposition op-position linei between China and San I'VaucMCo. Jt was e-i-'enlial that tho Pacific Mail Co. should have a subsidy in order lo compete ' profitably. Slockwoil further toM them that, having hav-ing become; alarmed, he employed Irwin to go to Washington to lobby for the- company.- J nvin hired a magnificent bonne, 'entertained royally royal-ly anil procured the snhridy, but his bdl am iuntcl to :r,on,0fJ0, and ho had too amount blindly charged on tho books of the company by the S in , Francisco agfuiy. "No inforni'ition was obtainable from him as lei his ex- ' pendituti. Wlen S.ige's adniinifl-truti'Hi adniinifl-truti'Hi came into power they asked , for the hill of item-, but Irwin suddenly sud-denly Ielt for Ivirnpe, and has not j since iqjjiearcd la re. . The company an; taking me a.ure.H to recover tfodl),- , (HJ0 woith of property which he had b.jught in Phihuiclphia n nil Ira nsler- red lo liissinteji. Ex-l'resideiil .'-'luck-well is idso iu Europe. |