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received the letters were prepared to state, from previous knowledge of his writing, that the criminal letters were in Cuthbert's hand-writing; but the prisoner obviated the necessity of proof by acknowledging that he had written them; but he denied that he contemplated bribing the officers, but said his whole object was to repay them for any trouble they might be at to induce the Government, not to buy the vessels, but to reopen the negotiations concerning them. It was stated informally by one of the witnesses during the examination that Mr. Mallory himself had received a letter from the prisoner offering him a bonus if he would close the contract for the vessels. The Commissioner sent the accused on to the Confederate Court for trial, but signified his willingness to admit him to ball. The penalty for attempting to bribe an officer of the Government is a fine of three times the amount offered as the bribe, and not more than three years imprisonment in the penitentiary,