"I have this day sold to Samuel J. Tilden a bay horse gelding called Topic, six years old, for fifteen hundred dollars; and I hereby warrant the said horse to be sound and serviceable in every particular, and to be kind and gentle in use under the saddle and in single and double harness; and I do further agree that such sale is made on the following special conditions: _first_, I agree that if the said horse, after he shall have been used, shall not in all respects suit the said Tilden, I will, upon notice at any time within one year from this date, take back the said horse Topic, and return the said purchase money, but without interest; _secondly_, if the said Tilden shall prefer I will give to him in exchange for Topic any horse which I may bring to New York for market within the year, on fair and reasonable terms of exchange, provided that the said horse Topic shall be fairly treated by the said Tilden in the mean time, and shall be also at the risk of the said Tilden in respect to accidental injuries, and that the delivery of the said horse Topic, in return or exchange, shall not be required before April first, 1871. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 10th of June, 1870. "LOGAN RAILEY. "_Witness, Geo. W. Smith._" SAML. G. COURTNEY TO S. J. TILDEN "_Strictly private._ "SUNDAY, 5-1/2 P.M. "MY DEAR TILDEN,--I regret to inform you that there is a great deal of bad feeling abroad among _our_ friends respecting the arrest of Connolly,[55] and _you_ and Mr. Havemeyer are blamed and denounced for it, and for deserting him in the hour of his need. _Of course, as far as you are concerned_, the sentiment I speak of is baseless and unfounded, and I have endeavored to set you right, and I think have succeeded; but as to Mr. H., there is but one feeling, and that of universal condemnation. Mr. Connolly is still in duress, and I am afraid he cannot get the required bail. What's to be done? I mean to stand by him and sustain him now, for under my advice (together with the urgent appeals of Mr. H.) he resigned, and the result is imprisonment; and as Mr. Peckham says on his affidavit, they were awaiting only his resignation to accomplish what has been done. "I write this to you in strict confidence. "I think you ought to know what is going on. I am your true friend, and do not intend to have you placed in a false position. "I am going to New York Hotel (room 131), where Connolly is. Unless you see some insuperable objection, I think you ought to call this morning and see him. "Truly yours, SAML. G. COURTNEY." "_Hon. S. J. Tilden._" EVILS OF OUR TIMES (ENDORSED "DRAFT OF CIRCULAR," ALL IN TILDEN'S SCRIPT)