Mr. CLARK. Than I will ask the Senator to follow me as I examine some of these cases, one by one; and Iwill ask him by and by. when I come to some of these cases, whether he is then of the opinion still. I ask the Senator to turn his attention 1st to the cases of the Agawam and the Pontoosuc. I examined, l think, 3 cases when I spoke to the Senate before the cases of the Iose o, the Mussasoit, and the Chennngo. I have been through the list on page 2 of the table of “double end crs, wooden bulls." I think, including 11 or 12, and I find them all much in the same condition. I now take the 2 which come next to the harm, the Agawsm and the Pon toosuc. If Senators will turn to page 8 of the report of the commission, composed of Selfrage, Fletcher, and Eldredge, they will find the statement of the person who built the bulls: "Roost dint: the contracts for the U.S. steamers lontoosuc and Azawsm: there I. peured beforethe board GeorgeW. Lawrence. shipuildsr. of Warren. Maine and constructer and contractor for the above vessels built by him. at Portland. Maine and having been duly sworn stated that the above vesselswereconstructed at the sametime by him, and the costshown is that of both together. That both contracts were sinned on September 9 1862 and the vesselsto be launched in 126 d s or on January 13, 1863. That the Aenwnm was attached on April 21. 1863 and the Pontoosucon the following May 20.1803 and on those some days. respectively.delivered over to the engine builders; that the de ay in launching was on his part, of no lossor inconvenience to the Gavement. having been delayed on account of certain valves. 810. required previous to launchinu. having not beenfitted in place by the Portland Works. con tractorsfor the steammachinery." These vessels were detained on the we s some 2 or 3 months by the want of the valves by the persons who were to furnish the steam machinery. “That the contract piece for each vessel was $75,000.” or $150,000 for the two. Here I want to call attention to what was the contract price, or what was the cost of the machinery of the Paul Jones. Can the Senfrom Indiana tell me?