Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1873, Page 1

VOLUME 26, FURNITURE. AN AP STURET0 RENT| WEBER FURNITURE COMPANY 220 Wabash-av., Will close out their entire stock Furniture! (onsisting of elegant Parlorand Bedroom Sets, Dining-room and Office Furniture AT COSTI This is the only bona fide clos- ing-out sale AT COST in. the city. ‘We are to retire from the Re- tail Trade. Ma i FoRS. ; BARGAINS FOR TEE LADIES. We are now selling our stock of fins FUR SEAL SACQUES, MUFFES, and BOAS, and all othor Fur Goods, at oxtremo low Pricos, Al frosh goads, of our own manufacture. Also, n full stock of LADIES’ and GENTS’ Now 3tyle FUR SIAL CAPS, COull and sce A bogutiful articlo, J. A. SMITH & (O, 513 & B16 Wabash-av. E{@%& %{0\ N-I‘JFAG’L‘URE RS, J. 5. BARNES & CO., 164 Enst Madison-st. PRINTING, No Partners to Divide Profits, H.B.HORTON, (Successor to HHORTON & LEONARD). BOGK & J0B PRINTING Greatly Reduced Rates, 10 North Jefferson-st. __RIVER NAVIGATION, Wewost, Finest, Fastest, Safest, and Best Steamer in tho Trado. For Vicksbnry, Natohez, aud Now Orleans FROM CAIRO. Tho Iargo and ologant Passcuger Stesmor, Thommpson Deamn, TAMES H. PEPPER, Mastor, N. B. FOWLER, Clork, LEAVES OAIRO FOR NEW ORLEANS THURSDAY, Othy at G p. w. positively,” On arrisal of Wednesday's R.R. train at Cairo from Ohi- cugy, _Far frolght or passngo apply on hoard. BUSINESS CARDS. CULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & €0, Wholesale and Retail Stationers, Blank Book Makers, Printers And Publishers of Oommercial and Law Blanks, (18 & 120 Monroe-st.,Chicago, Opposite ofil . O. Building, TO RENT. TO RENT, Jffices, single and on suite, with fre-proof vaults, in the first-class Oflico Building, southwest corner of Monr.s and Clark-sts. L. C. P. FREER, Room 9, in the Building, IR B IERINT . Ballding o sothwest corner Lako aud State. L. A, DRUMMOND, U tates Court Jtota, SHEET IRON, &ec. Gilcago Plate and Bar Mill Company, Manufacturcrs of Sheet Iron and Boiler Plato, Office 762 Webash-av. load lota Cant and Wronght ‘n\-y“nn\t{']!‘.xl(v,h)v“ L‘?-L and DESKS _(_J_l_l_ggp_,_ at NM_E_’I_\XM#. Laolie-~st, [ car santto, amd dbczing mon=y out of uld clatms in all P el ) unte 3 one bustigos, Dot cantctnd ug " Wo vourt inspoction wd o col 10 ehirg s, 'S Alcreaniilo § propart R § oo pum of AR E, 3 Glacki-at,_ AGI th Wator.st, for ¢8,000 1 Epravod ' 0 e, : dure baruln Lo 138, 51 Wose |, 210,000 halslico 'y nbGUL ST o sue p stulrs, CHURCH MENETINC. Tha sausl wectingol the oalaty of tho curs Wi o b ety W T i s com UIARLES _ WBETIN 1tlon, Sir IKnights. Jlo Gomandery, No. 1, 1€, s, i M tample, cor, iy rler oundo Rinsonic, 0, 3%, A, T, &AM Regalar Cani- 3ing, ut Ti¢ 0'ulick, 1o i tor work on thy 1Y, Sted, €. B 01 Asliiar Ladgn, o Rty o uli'fa Marauto ‘Remnl Fio frateriity cordially i e Chicuge Dail; CHICAGO, UESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1873, LOUISIANA. Suspension of Business Yesterday in New Orleans. The Rival Legislatures Meet and Adjourn Without Doing Any Business. No Attempt to Interfere with the Assembling of the Pusionist Legislature, Pinchhackk Says the Whole Diffieulty is a War of Races. He Confesses that He Desires Only to Perpetuate His Power. The Troops in Readiness to Be Used in Case of any Dis~ turbance, An Officious Federal Officer Hustled Out of the Fu- sionist .Assembly. Telegrams to and from Washington on the Situation. The Citizens’ Committee Preparing a - Detailed Statement of tho Difficulty, A Vivid Description of the Btreot Scencs, Speeial Despateh to The Chicago Tribne, New Onueaws, ILa., Jan, 6.—To-day Dbeing fixed for the assombling of tho Fusion Legis- Inture, the strects wero, at an oarly hour, throngod with spoctators. At half-past 8 o'clock tho United Statos troops, consisting of nine companics of the Nineteonth Infantry snd one troop of the Boventh Cavalry, moved up Canal street and wont' into barracks, tho former in tho warchouse at tho corner of Magazine and Julin strcots, and the Iatter on Tivoll cirelo, They wore shortly reinforced by two companios of artillery, The enrly portion of the morning was dovoted by merchants to their rogular-busi- noss, but at 8 o'clock all the principal houses woroe closod, and the populace assemblod on Lafayetto Bquare. The mombors of tho Houso of the Fusion Legislature hold] a caucus at tho St. Chatlos Hotel, at which 67 members woro prosont. It was thore decided to conveno tho Logislature at 12 m. at Odd Fellows’ Hall, opposito Lafayctte Rquare, and, at the time the members arrived, & crowd of fully ton thousand citizens sur- rounned tho building, The membors as thoy arrived, and_Colonel Jobn AMcEnery, tho Fusion’ candidato for Governor, wero grootod with doafening cheers, but no other domonstra- tion was to bo obsorved. The Senato was called to ordor by General Hugh C, Campbell, when it was found that but fourteon Benators wero presont,—not a quorum, it being nscertained that a number of Senators wero absent, owing to the nou-nrrival of the atoamer R. E. Loo. Aftor o delay of probably two hours, the Benato adjourned until 12 m. to- morTow. Tho Honmo mot at tho ame hour, Spenker Moneure in the chair, but, after the transaction of soma minor business, adjourned to await tho organization of the Senate. Tho crowd then quietly dispersed. 5 Both Iouces of tho Pinchback Logislaturo wero in sossion to-day, but the business trans- acted wos unimportant. Pinchiback, in an inter- viow, to-day, statod that he would not interfefo with tho Fusion Legislature, if no broach ef the ponco is committed. General Emory stated, to-dny, that Lo would provent any action of the legislation by tho Fusion Asgombly that would trammel tho Pinch- back Government. “Privato despatches from Washington stato that o has no authority to interforo, ‘I'he_pageant of the Twelfth Night Revellern, to-night, attracted nbout thirty thourand peopls to the sireets, but thore wero no disturbancos, oven to a trivial bronch of thie peaco. Audubon's ;‘ Almcrlcn.n Birds” weroe represonted in tho spec- acle. GESERAL TMO N&w Onneaxy, Jan, G.: following : In reply to n question, Genoral Emory sald {hat ko had recelved orders to mustaln the Pluchback Govern ment o the de facto Government of tho State, Slould ony Lody of citizens mcet nud elafm to Lo the Leglrla- turo in"oppocition to that of the Plnchback Govorne ment, und procecd to inaugurato meanures {o trammel and Interfero with that Government, it would Lo u vio- Iation of the Stato Iaw Just pasacd, and they would bo stopped by comebotly. Thio inferonco drawn by the Times' represonta- tives from Goneral Bmory's words was, tat tho Tusion Legialnturo would not bo allowed to pro- ceed in nny of tho usual functions of sucha body, Genorul Emory wag omphatio in his do- termination to preservo tho public peaco nt all hnzards, A caucns of tho Hougo of Ropresontatives of tho Peoplo's Logislature wns held (his morning, fifty-avon members prosent. The Clork of tho ongo procacdud to the City Iall and romoved lis records, It was pgreed in caucus that thoy would nssemble at 12 o'clock noou. At tho Odd Y'ellows' Hull, at the Armory, in Devidson's court, on Carondolot stroet, at11l o'clbclk this morning, o strong forco of Motro- politan Polico wan on duty,Genoral Badgor being present to inapect thom, ~ In tho second court four brass guns of {he lato rogiment of artillory woro drawn up, I chargo_ of the gunners, and hovnes jn barness at land, In tho fivst court o detachment of pollcomen were busy packing tho caisgons with anumunition, The street en- u-nnrf to the Armory was closed and under suard, Bhortly beforo 12 o'clock the mombers of the PLOPLL'S LEGISLATURE commoncod awsombling ut tho OAd Follown' Hall, and tho eutranco and sinivway were at oneo crovdad by i Immauso souconuto of poo- plo. Tho multitude oxtonded from Poydras #troet to Bouth rtrect, on both sidos of tho streol, and through the squars to the tops of the City Hall, In the courro of u very faw min- uten oight or ton ‘housand people hud anived, Nono manifostod sny gront oxciloment, aud thero was no_turbulonca’ whatovor. Greal pa- tionca was oxhibited by tho multitude, and little or no conversiation way ta ho heard, Tho gon- oral mudorstanding fu that tho peoplo now as- sombled will wait_qulotly until tho TLog- islature weots. In caso tho meoting is uot intorfored with by Pinchiback, then a quict dlspe.wion will enue, but in the ‘ovent of suy cffort to disya:se tho ropreacntativos of tho pooplo, tho oitizenu will formn for. thoir protec- VIEW. 0 Times has tho tion, nnd move ngainst any forco but the milltary of tho Unitod States, Tho mass in tho square filla tho contral pasango from the gate to tho bago of tho I'ranklin atatuo, and both ridoes, in tho shapo of o wedgo, on whono faces tho sin's raya shino, tho masy Imini{ a3 aufmatod and full of motion ng an ant hill. Bircol ears ennnot pans tho front of City Hall without much dini- culty, for tho airoot I8 fliled. In tho squaro n Tmian wall s standing on the iron fonco, nud tho only vacant spaces within are the outslde poseago vight and loft 11:60 o, m. At thin momont the Amorican fing {n Iming ont from tho front of tho Odd Lol- lows' 1Iall.” Tho erowd mnde a rush toward tho Hall from ovory direction Fc"dncll. A cry o rafred “Thoy aro golng fnto the Odd Follows' Lall™ Tho crowd is in tho groatest good hu- mor, 12 o'clock, A hody of mon can bo seon goinfi up staira lurougll tho iron gatoway of the Ifa! unnttonded, Just as tho clook strikes 13, o voice from tho qnllm-y announces that the Legls- luture is in sension, “Tho stalrway is vory svon jammed with spoctntors, The Iouse was callod to order at 12 m., occu- pying the main hall in tho Odd Follows' build- ing. Mr. Georgo I, Shophord then procesded to tho calling of thoroll, Whon n party of rovon monibers answered to thoir names, Captaiu Cain, who was about to forco himsolf pnst tho Sor ennt-nt-Arms by showing a badgo of tho United tatos Marahal, was told politely to rotire, but, on rofusing, ho was ojected, Ar. Tinugy, of Orlonns, moved that the hall Do opon to ns many spoctators as coutd Al with- out crowding it Mr. Zacharle, of Orlonns, moved that tho Bergoant-at-Arms _bo instructed to notify absent membess that this body is in session. Carrled. DMMENAE CROWDS—ALL QUIET. 12:16 p. “Tho erowd is filling tho streets In front of tho=ifil, and doos not allow tho atreot- cars to pags, Thero are rushes made to securo ayailable positions, and tho unocenpled houso standing noar the hall is filled by men, who ro- anpear vpon it three front gallovios. t Lalf-pnst 12 o'clock o mnjority of tho busi- noss houses on Poydras, Magazino, and Camp stroota bad closed, and both proprictors and em- ployes were thronging to thio squ Not the lightest ovidence of n disturbance was to bo ob- eorved, and good fooling noomed everywhoro to pxu\'n\li PINCUDACK INTERVIEWED. NEw OnreaNs, Jon, 6,—Tho Picayune has tho following : Our roporter, this morning, visited tho Mo: chanjes' Instituto, which ho found guarded ab the doorway by about five soldiers and police. In tho ante-chamber woro assembled about thirty policomen, all colored, from_ the Fourth and Fifth Precinots, undor Cuptain Roy, Pinch- back was in his private oftice, and mndo the fol- lowing statomont, Upon hcins; asked what he thought of tho presont situntion, ho replied: “I thinle it is exactly what I eaid it would he some months ngo. Tt is tho m.lrrin% up of the whito oloment ngninst tho black, and s long a8 ihis stato of affnirs oxists youcannot havepoaco. 1 have always Inlored to bring about peace bo- tweon ~tho two races, Dbut ns long ns there is tho lenst diffenlts, or intimation of one, there is a torrible outery against tho colored raco, aud therefore yon force thiom, 08 it woro, into_the Itopublican parly. I pro‘]wau to livo horo in this 80 do n great mauny black mo peaco and quiet; Lut as goon as a lot of whito earpot-baggers como horoe and kick up a row, you at once biamo tho negro. Itell you, a8 1 have told tho Eoo])lu Doforo, show tho black mnn thal you will bo his friend, and ho will como with you and b your utoxAfast friond.” Teporter—But, Mr, Pinchback, you sce wo claitt that you havo ovorthrown our_legal Qov- sruniout, nd now attompt to dofraud s of our rightu, Mr. Pinchback—Well, in that, you sco, I sm doiug nothing viore L yort nra attompling to do. Iam helping to_porpotuate my party, If you viero insido and I out, yon would not let mo {nif you could help it ; and, besides, supposo I was to submit to your party, iow do I know that I might not bo hung «t onca ? Roporter—If you do nob ndmit thon our rights, what aotion will you takein regard to owr Legislature ? Pinchiback—I will poritively lot them alone as Iong as they do not attompt to oxecuto laws against or-interfere with tho logal Governmont, 'Thoy will b wllowed to meet to make laws and inntignrato any body they please. Thoy cau do o peaceably, and they will not bo interforod with. ‘Aftor this_our reporter was rotiting, when o wa called back by Dinelibnok, who' ctated that, g ho was golng {o the United Btatos Son= ate, probably, e dexired Lo go thoro as n friond of {ho peoplo, and uot their enemy, 1ie also said that the Emgmmmo of tha National Gov- ermmont had been arrangoed, and would not al- low of any intorforenco until the iwatter was placed bofore some proper tribunal. “And lob this matter go boforo the pum]w)lu of the United Biates in a pencouble light. Do not hnve any difliculty, but kecp quict, aud I for ono am will- ing to liavo it placed beforo any investigating tribunal that may sit hore, in Vashington, or elsowhere,” tate, if I can, and n, and wo desiro CITIZENS' MEETING, NEw Onrraxs, Jan. 6.—The citizens' mesting to-dny in rogarded ns tho grentest over held hero, No sponking and no notion whntevor was taken, tho object boing sololy Lo give moral support, by their presenco, to the people’s Logislatiiro. Trom noon until§ o'clock thare wero irom fivo to ten thousand porsons presont. Tho streots loading to Lafayotto Square were crowded with porsous going and coming. It is cstimated that twonty to thirty thousand participated in tho demonstration during the day. THE LEGISLATURE. ‘There being no quorum in cither Iouse, both adjourned until noon to-morrow. No intorest whatover wes manifested rogard- ing the Kellogg Logislnture, which mot as usual, Dut adjourned onrly. ) Tho Committee of Two Hundred have supplied money to maintain tho poople's Legitlature, NEW Onurans, Jan. 6.—1'ho following ara the prevailing ideas of (ho [romineut motburs of tho Committeo of 'wo Iundred: TLoulsiana is o Stale in tho Union, nudor »_Conatitution op- proved as republican in forn, Tho Stato elections aro held by authority of the Stato Constitution, Congress has no moro right to intorfere with the State Govornment thau tho President has. It cannot _intorfero with Stato clections or order. It can satisly itself by investigation of wrongful intorforenco . of nited Steles ruthoritios in Stato afnirs, and undo tho wrong by a resolution withdraw- ing United Staton troops, Theso aro (ho opin- ions and oxpectations entertained. Tho following is Scerctary Belimap's noto to General Skerman vesterday: GeNerAL: Tho President dircets that Gonoral Emory bo tologiaphed immediately that Lo in- form Govornor Pinchback that the troops of tho Uniled Statey would not ne furnished Lo disperss of men claiming to ho & Logislaturo or Lling pescnahly and nat ah. structing the ndministiation of tho recognizod Governuont of tho Slate, An oxtra. Republican eays General Emory has received instructions to the smuo offect as'thoso couveyed in tho following tologram to a high Foderal clvil officor, This cstablishes boyond cavil tho tatnn of tho .oxisting Stale Govern- ment. Resistancoto s propor authority be- comes, thoreforo, wilful and criminal viointion of Iaw. All good citizens must govorn them- solvos pecordingly : Wastinearox, Jan, 0, 1673, Tl roport of tho Committeo of 'I'vo Hindrad, that tho Presidont regarda his recognition of the oxinting mnont 4 provisional and tompo- nu{, is not trne, tion is {lnal, and will bo adhered to, uunless Congrass otherwise provides, Geonaw IL WiLLTANs, Attornoy Genoral, WasuiNarTon, Jan, 6.—Tho following tolegram was sent to Now Orloans to-dny by the Louisiana Bub-Commiltes: ‘Tho Y'recident has telegraphod General Emory not to permit interferonco with (ho peaceablo meoting of our Legisaturo. NMatters will he held in nboyanea (il n judicinl investigation bo had, We counyol great modoration. (igned) J. 1L, Kusey, 1, B, Waeneock, Warken PEARY, 5. 5, Taicrn, A, 3 Tho following tolegram wau received to-doy ¢ Nuw Onruans, Jan, G, To.J, I, Kennedy, Vico President of the' Lowisiana Comminsion, Washington : To-day, promptly ut 12 o'clock, the membors of ‘tho Legislature met in Odd’ Fellows' 1all, Thero woro 20,000 citlzons present, ocoupying Fafayetlo tquare und strests loading to the [‘ml L Lvory porson was <,ulot and peaceablo, but flvm wnd deorininod, ‘o citizons have placed ut tho disposnl of the Toginlature o largo fund. Tho Legislature in setiufled with tho position of {he Prarident ny roported to-d; ) [ fy:ealer of the ITouno of Lo Caxensin, President of the tives, Henuto, WASHINGTON. The Oredit Mobilier Inves- tigation to Be Thrown Open to the Public, Pistols and Coifee---A Return ta the Days of the Code. The Ialian Minisier Challenges Domn Piatt to Hortal Combat, What the Bellicose Correspondent Says About Signor Corti. What Alley Knows Aboiit Oakes Ames and Credit Mobilier. Proccedings in Congress Yesterday, Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, CURRENOY TINKERING. Waanmxaroy, Jan. 6.—The bill Introduced in tho ougo to-day by M. Monroo, of Ohio, pro- viding for an increaso of tweuty<Avé millions of cutrency, and which is amendatory of the act to provide for tho redemptlon of tho 8 por cent tomporary loan cortificatos, and for an increnso of National bank rates,” may bo 8id to repre- sont tho viows of tho Comptroller of the Cur- rency, of Mr. Ilooper, Chairman of tho Com- mitteo on Banking and Curroncy, and of sovoral other memboys of this Commiltoe. All of theso gontlomen, while opposod to mny far- thor oxpamsion of tho ciroulating medium, .. recognizo the fact that South and Weot have been led to oxpect 25,000,000 of additionnl curroncy from the ex- {ra £64,000,000 distribution, provided for in tho law of 1870 ; nud this bill simply proposos to admmistor on theee expoolations. Tho difi- oulty in the way of oxecuting the Bixth Boction of this latler act prompled the Comptrollor to nok for its ropeal in his Inst aunual roport, and roquest that in its stead, Congross would givo him the power to increase tho banking facilitios of tho National banks, ao timo andoceasion might dotermino, Tho complaint of strivgency in the monoy markat is roprescuted to.bs fully as great in tho financou of tho East a8 the Wost, and tho farmer will nob consent to b curtalled, even ouo million, for the bonefit of other nections of tho conntry. It keems to o the goneral lmpres- ?xi'(l’ln that the Lill will pass: Tho following is the ill : rotion 1. That in addition to tho smount of National Bank notes for clreulution heroteforo auf ized by acts of Congress, thero may be iesued §25,00( 009, which shall be furnistied to llfllxki‘ng Assoclations .orgunized or ta bo organized {n thoro Statos and Teryl- torles, wiicl livo loss Uay, tely proporion, nndor o reapportioument of tho Natioual Bank circulntion Dased on tho census of 1870, aud upon the principle of appostionment contemplated by tho eavlion ¢ o0 act toamend on actto provide o atlonal currency, od by apledgo of Uniteil States bonds, and 16 pr for the_circulatior: und redemptize’ thereof approved March 3, 1865, ‘'he additfoual cirenlation Teroin_authorized simll bo_ sectired by the deposit of bonds with {he Treasurer of the United Stutes, as provided by the net of which this §5 supplemontary, BroTioN 2.—That Seclfon§ of tho net (a which this 1 supplomentary be, Aud thysame heraby 13, Topeaied, THE GOAT ISLAND JOY, Benntor Stowart, who has charge of to Goath Teland job in tho Benale, carried his point to- Qny, by having tho samo referrod to tho Military Committes, whoreby it ecapes tho opposition of Senator Cassorly, who_desircd tha reforonce to tho Committee on Pacific Railways, of which ho is & momber. Both the Cnlifornia Sonators nro opposed to this job, and in viow of their combined opposition it is doubtful if the bill will poss the Senato, BUIT FOR TOBACOO TAX. Sovornl Virginia tobacco manufacturors havo commenced suit to rccover from the United States Governmeont the amount of tax that has Dbeon collected during the past four years on manufactured tobacco intended for exportation to foroign countries. Tho nmount of monoy renlized from thiy export tas in Virghnia alonc, is probably over $200,000. 'Tho manufacturera contond that tho ncts of Congreaa imposing this tax aro in conflict with the Coustitutional pro- hibitions on tho power of Congross, which de- clares that no tax or duby is to be lovied on any articlo exporied from & State. THE CASE OF OALDWELL. Tho KansaaSenntorinl Investigation caso prom- ises to be n very voluminous one, 'The Deputy Hergoant-at-arms_of the Scunto returned lhere to-night, from Kaneas, whoro lio was sent to aubpenn witnesses {o toam{' agninst Benator Caldwall on tho charges of bribory and corrup- tion. Twonty-fiva jmportant witnasses havo Teen aubpanaed to attend tho oponing of the investigation on tho 10th innt., and it i etated that 7 moro will bo catlod on hoforo tho clouo of tho sossion. CREDIT MODILIER Notwithatanding the House to-day -romoved tho injunction of secrocy from the proceodings liorotofore held by the Urodit Mobilier Commit- tee, it is belioved that no oxact copy of the tos- timony as originally given will evor bo mado ablic. 'Tho reason for this is that oach person ostifying Lias boon allowed to roviso Lis tosti- mony, ond somo of the witnes:es havo ohauged their * tewtimonw, a8 it is Delioved, ~as thelr momorios ' havo beon refreshod by those who proved to Dbo the owners of Credit Mobilior stock. Dosidos, the statoments of whet ocourred in tho Committco room, mado by mem- Ders of the Committeo, do nob fully agroo with tho testimony as wrifton out for publication. Onlos Ames and John B. Alloy appear to bo per- foctly satisfied with tho condition of affairs, and talk bn tho subjuct With porfoct Troodom. ’ nir, Alloy says that it is romarkable what good ‘momorics some of the Congrossmen Linve,whose nmmon have boen mentionod, and what a poor ono Mr. Ames has, 1o givos as a fact that somo of: tho micmbors appronched Mr. Ames Intoly, and Inquired a3 to his momory rogarding them and their rolations on tho Mobilior subject. Mr. Amas, according to Mr. Alley, would, in the sim= rlmxty of his nnture, toll ‘them candidly gnd honestly just what hird occurred, 'The mdm- bers, in~ two or throo coses, then told Mr., Amos thnt Jio did not romomber correctly; that it would bo impossibla for him to do so when somnuch was on his mind, ~“Thon," sald Mir. Alley, *“ these members would toll Mr! Ames how thoy understood that ho.was wrong and thoy right. Why, sir, some of thom mado the protiiest and niost innocent roport of what oc- ourred that the human infellect could imagino. They were all innocent, of course, of any wrong. Now, Onkes Amah iy tho most honest- minded man i’au almont ovor suw. o is, in- doed, sir; and if any notion is takon toward making him cu)‘r{ thosina of tho mombors who wero supplicd with stock, the country will find out that other peoplo know something whioh it wonld not be hoalthy for some other Fouplo to heve known. 1 toll you, sir, that Oakes Ames is . an honest muan, Ot courso, ho los'n good feeling towards tho membors, nud perhapn ling somotimos necoptod the memory of others whoro his own was not elear, Lhis thing it not. flu'ouTh yot, ; How 1y M'Comb? was nsked, M'Combisn very bad man, and Durant another. Thon you don’t thiak Onkes Ames was to blame 7 At uny rato, ha roplied, ho had mora offers for Crodit Mobiller slock from Members of Congrosn thau Lo could mupply, The recollections of the membors of thoe Comumittoo, ay horotofore siated, do not agree with the muumnn{ a4 1t now apponys, 'Tho tos- timony an orlginaily {akou, unloss thero aro some moro yary dofactivo momorieu, show that Bpoali- : Dlaing wns _ontiroly funocont; that he wns utock, Lut nftor slecplug on it docidod o hio thought it imvroner far b o lold it; et Drooks, of Now York, had 160 pharos ; thnt Bingham, of Ohlo, had 22,000 ' worth of iho slock; hat Wilgon, of Mamnnchusotts, had tho anmo, but both had glvan it np, but not qulto soon enougl s that Colfax had £1,400, and [;nvu it bael, somo doubt oxlsting ns to whothor ho did not drdw somo dividends's that Dawes Iind tho aamo mount and roturned it, but was n tilflo tardy in dolng g0 3 that CGarflold had 1,000 in thoe stock, but returned, it, nomo doubt oxint- ing 0o to ono or Lwo dividends; that Heliofiold was olferod tho kaino amount, hut afier nomo liestation doclined it; that Iicopor, of Maskae chusetts, owned o largo amount of the steok, but wag in tho organization nt tho rtart ; {ha Xelloy, of Tennsylvania, hnd 1,000, but {hat it Tind been fixed up in o gort of lonn 3 that Wil- son, of Towa, had slack for n whilo, but had disposed of ‘it kolore ho bocamo a CGovorn- mant Director of tho railroad; that Allison, of Towa, had, at one time, about £1,600. Grimes of Towd, n enso fiko {hnt of Hooper, hub de- clinad; “that Benntor Patiersots, uf Now Ifamp- shive, ind $3,000 doposited to lis cradlt in o Now York baul, and that Conkling was intorost . od in tho stock, It should be bomo in miud that all this tostimony is ex parte, ond that futaro oxuminations mey mntorially ltor its complaxion, that of Sonator Conkling Loing ono in which Alloy denics the tostimony of M'Comb, n:ld{myu tho Now York Sonator nover had any stock, As to the valuo of the atock, mombera of Ltho Committeo sny that 81,000 of stock was worth £5,000 in money ; that rix or soven dividends woro declared, and that ench amounted to from 50 to 100 por ¢ents . . TOUBE APPLOFDIATICN DILL. The }ouse Appropriation Committeo to-dey finislied the Fortification bill, Itapproprinten £1,900,000, 100,000 giontor than Inst year, tho ingreseo ' hoing ‘dus to " cor- tain _torpodo oxporimouts provided for. The Wost Point and the Navy billa wero also ordered to bo reported to the Iousc. Tho for~ metr appropriatoy 3232,000, and tho lattor about £18,000. GOVERNZIENT, 1ORSL-CARS. 3lr. Colton, of Tows, introduced in the Houso o bl tnutruoiing tho Hocratary of Wrx 10 bava built on tho Island of Rock Island & doubls track horso-car railrond running from Daven. ort, Jowa, to Tock TIsland, the &amo 0 ., carr; the mail; tho oxponso of Inying tho road and oquipping aud running it to ho borno by tho Company desiting to oporato it, the titlo to romain in posseesion of the United Btates, Thobill s miiilar to that iutroduced by Souator Harlan o yoar or two 830, PISTOLE AND.COFFEE. A genention in the shapo of an effair of honoi in on tho fapis, and 18 cxpoctod to transpiro direetly, 'Tho causo of the Lhrentoned difficulty is au rticl publiehod in the Sunday Capilal of this city, yostorday, aud the partios to it aro Count Corti, tho Italian Minister, and Colonel Donn Pialt, ‘editor aud prapriotor’ of {he naws- papor montioned, This papor wos quits cutling m its ironical illusions to members of tho Diplomatio Corpy gonerally, and particularly 0 toward tho Italinn Minister. Lo offensive articlo is as follows : COUNT CORTI, Spealing of this laruad Corl, mot the Diplo- matic Corps, wo may 88 ¥ell five an item of nevs thot hny been of considerablo ntoveit to fie £ehionzbln and politieal wosld of Washingeon. Werd got out that the Count wns nbout to by recailed, and wo lungu:.go can fell the consternation that_epread through afl cir- cles at the nows, What thio devil ono can_do without his Gonnt Corli camiol Lo sukwored, 1o fs sacha winning, hondsomo, fascinating Jittio f that ol our belles dro in_dcepair, whilo e Finli ends for Cortl cvery ffleen minutes L Wil bim on knotty questions of Internation When tho compiicated mattor of tip_ Alabanin was ugitating the geeat Infellect of Fleh, e would look round nt Intcrvals wnd £ay, * Where (8 my Corll,” and, iindiog himy Would say ira reit esrncatnges, 1 foel mared ©On the comir: when Ruesfun iufster, who scerolly’ oppozed tho negotiattons, taw ' Cortl comving dawn tho streot, Lio would sy, Herc's hell,’ and {mmediately call fof &l tho works_on intoruational luw and #ix bottles of brandy. Thezo nroonly a few fumtances filustrativo of tho Caut Cortl's Influenee in Washington, Thoy oo rougl, Tho way this thing got out; W leirn firough Awnfitout Socrotiry of Stato Hunler, ot somebody 1t reoms that {hery nro certuin Tizlidng, very reputublo, oo people, buit not diplomate, who objeet irenuously to Count Corti, They say, in tho first place, that ho fs & mouk; and, in tho socond place, that hio 15 o8 ugly nn Satan ¢ In tho thied place, that ho haa 0 senso 1 1u (e fourth place, thnt o fs ot nice, How e hold theso to be vils iuning of cur artlele, but {ho Oount has savod us tho rouLlo by coutrndictig the siugular and abevo allega- llour, except o’ ong churgiug Lim Wil Lol ® Mo, Wo wnderstand thant lo admita Loing n monk, tnd wanty to know what of that, o g ow't ad o oy io s AN by + v aderaizid, s beeh discuksed b tho nlion papbr, aud o cont cluzion at lonio fa generally it ll of tho Gount Cort {hiat 18 not Apollo Jielvidzre is Tulleyrand, 5o that lio s precisely tho ¥ort of & man to represent Sunny Italy i Foganintieal Amoricn, 80 tlio Gsunt will not vo T ealled, and wo uro glad of it, for, if tho Count wero Te- called, we don't know what In tllo Old Serateh would Voconto of us. Yesterday and to-day tbe Ministor excitedly diensged tho contouts of tho arlicle, and thin ovening Tolicvod his wirth somewhat by dashing off & chollengo to mortal combat, which was handed to o friend for delivery to Colonel Pintt, but up to midnight it had not been reeoived by tho latter. Tho Count's friouds say he is a fighting mnan, and is an oxcellent™ ducllist. Colonol Piatt {s also n pugnacious porgan, and; rhould the challnge bo delivered, it will cor- tainly be aceapled, N0 REST FOR THE WIOKED. Tho Credit Mobilioy kezudal was not allowed to rost with the pascago of the resolution orde: ing the Comuitteo Lo open the doors, Ar, Rn: dull, who had beon watching his opportunity all day, finally got in n resolution reciting the facts that the Union Dacific Railroad was in defanit over fiva millions to the -Governmont on_nccount of inlerest . on their bouds, and tbat (his defawlt was mainly caused by tho enormous and illagul Knymuula of monoy aud stocl to tho Crodit 1obiliar, aud roquesting tho Presidont to omploy twolawyorsto prosocute the Credit Mobilior Come pany and its utockholdors a8 indlviduals iu {ho Cotlrts, to rocover tho amount duo tho Govorn- mont, ‘I'he Hotso hnd apparontly been struck with & pumc Dby tho thought of (ho im- ‘\)uudlng ovolopmonts in_the wrotched Crodit Mobilicy businoss, and nearly half of (ho mombors Lad started ~ for lome looking sick and disgustod, before Randall of- fored his resolution. No quorum conldbo found to voto on it, until thoro had hoon two roli culls, Tinally it padsed, with but 20 votos in tho nog- ative. TAILBOAD LEGIELATION, An important bill was introducod in tho ouse, to-day, by Mr. Iewloy, of Iilinois, in roforongs to commorce bolween tho Statcs. Tho bill ro- cognizes the suthority of Uongross in theso words : “Wirneas, In tho Constitution of tho United Statea power ls veated in_Cof to regalate commereo nmong tho several Btates, nnd, I'lio unrezsonablonnd extortionate charges of tho varions railroad companics whoeo roada form 1o of Comtmeiom oxlendimt from Alato o Blato wave miny parts of (e conutry become hurdeusome und iive Lo tho people, und tho reckless and cureloss maunuer in which sueh roads are munuaged and opevat- cd greatly endangers the lives of passengers transport- ed thereon, Liicrefore, for the purpose.of enabling Congress to correct these nbuses und regulate the rates of {raus. portation of pusrengor aud frefglt, wnd necurs greater eafely and regulurily fn such traneportation on the varfons lines of rullroads extending from Slato to Btate, tho Prewident iu wuthiorized to uproint. tireo Conunfssfonera, wb $4,003 per year, to collect fnformae lln‘x.\\, and report to Congress the result of thelr investl- gatidn, A CANAL SONEME. \ Mr, Hawloy ulso introduced abill to provide the construction of u canal connecting tho waters of T,k NMichigan, the Illinois, Misnig- sippi, and Rock Rivers. It author the Hec- rotary of Wav to survoy nnd_construct a eanal from a_point in the Illinols RNivor at Honnopin to tho Mississippi at Rocl Islund, with o branch canel or feedor from Rook Ltiver at the Cily of Dixon, and approprintos $1,000,000 for tio pur- poue. [70 the Assaeiated Press.) NOUSE APPROPRIATION HLPORT, The Houso Gommitteo on Approprintiona ta- day finishod tho Naval Approprintion bill, whicl spuropriatod S18,441,905, aind alvo the VL tlon bil npproprituis 1,090,000, o Military Acadomy bill was akso agrood upon. It appro- printes $651,000, and lowes tho law rolutive to derd, o wo sad in the be. | 1 ona NUMBER 141 ) Our cup(inl a0 ‘iflluwcd fuadoquate, and was incrensed 1t S+ Joulty, It wos again innde- quate, and gl 2 inercased, and thin timo ob- tnined only 9._];((1 of an lmmenuo honue. Until Ino 1371867 thord woro molthor dividonds nor - a. I wan conatantly at work and Tiold oub o{&" {hdagomont, and mindo evar roprosontablon,|&: 3 I belioved and justifiod, Trcoisoly to w5~] 1 spolko or who formally ngroold fo toke |= . tox, hub decided fo posipono tho timo of pafys hib it s lm}lunnlblu 1o recall, Wiion tho stoclc £ ; obtainod in 1408, thore wau diflleulty ahout Phfk, and timo Las not sided ma b this respect, but ay tho time nlmronuhuq for profits {he number of shinres that romained, end with which alone T could fnffil many nl;;rnn- moits wiich I hied made, or supposod I had mado, wrs very amall. I (hon appliod and gob tho sharos, Mo agrcomont Hays 430, but my recolioctiont Rays 250, which s confirmed ho tho shavo-lisi, whicl showa 250 allotiod mo. Our prospectis waro thon flat- tering, and I was compollod in distributing the sharch 4o dineppoint many, though I stiovo o e thom in n way Lo sprend our influonco overy- whoro, I will 1ow sponk of tho trausactionn with individuals named in tho lottors produced by M'Comb and his tostinony: Colfax i3 ono mentivned. Caunot remombor which of us first mentioned tho subject, hut I know ho wanted to got somo stock, Imin ]t\‘otly confldont ho had paid for it, though it wad nover trausforred to him, nor can I romember over having paid over to bim any dividonds, At tho noxt sossion he said something abont tho thing belng off. Ionry Wilson f{a anothor Thoro was o fund givon” Mra, Wilson on the twouty-Afth annivorsary of her wodding, ond I was _consulted abont “investing it. I rocom~ mended twenty shares of thiy stock for $2,000, and the monay wis paid mo somo months aftor- wards, Bho objected to tho invostmont, and I folt bLound, from what Dbnd _ocourred, to toko 6 oX har honds nud voturn tho money, which I did. Tatterson, of Now Hampsbiro, ngreed to buy thirty eharés of tock aud yeceived tho dividends upon it, but tho ptock was nover transforred to him, although ho paid for if, As to Senator Grimos, I have stated all I can sy respecting bLis connection with tho Lusineos. Dlaine—You bave heard Blaine's testimony {n advanod of mino and my rognionceuco thoroin. Ito fl-;lliverad tho stock, and nothiug moro neod o said, 5 , Dawes—In December, 1867, ho_camo to mo to plrclingo a Cedar Rapids bond, I advisod him to toko the amount in stock of the Crodit Mobilier, which I thopght n bettor fuvostmont; that I would guaranieo him 10 por cont interest on his invostmont, and tako it off liis Iinnds any timo ho wished me to, Altor making inquirios ho gave mo £1,000 {o in- Testin tho stook. Homo timo nftorwards ho camo Lo mo and asked what Mr. Larned meant by asserting that ho nnd his fricnds wero ownors of Credit Mobilier. Ho thon said howould rather nat take tho utock and thecontrnct was rescindod Mr. Bingham neked mo to invest somo monoy for liim, in sich looks or things that I know would pay well. Ho furnished mo about 32,500, T iuvosted it in twenty sheves of the Credit Mo- bilicr and the balance in the Iows Iwily and Hionx Cily Contracting Company stocks, I sot- tled up this matter with Lim in'1870, I think I paid him tho amonnt duo and took tho stock off lliu hands at his desive, As to Mr. Garfleld, T A\and to got ton sharcs of atool for hinl, nnd hold it until Lo eculd pay forit: 3 novor did pay for or recoive it. Asto Loutwoll, 1 offered him somo of thin stock, nnd thera was some nogotintion, but it rosulted in his mobt taking stock, ~As to Mr. Lliot, of Mnssnchuseits, lio nover agrood to take any stosk. offored it to him, but ho declinod, I canuot thorefore bo- liove I ovor mentioned hin name to M'Comb, for Inovor had nuy rerson to supposo he would buyit, Kelloy of Ponnsylvanis, is anotlier. I recommended him Lo buy, and ho said hio would like to, but bad uok tho monoy to sparo to pay for it told Lim I would carry it foi him till ho wae avlo to pay for it. o nover took tho stock. Mv recollection is vory indistinet g to this case of his. I mado o loaitto him of 1,000, I think, which ho has nover sottied, Ho regards Lho stock ns belong- ing to mo, it being & transaction of long sland- ing and of small amount to mo. I Lave nover givon it specinl thonght. A, Beofield—Ho froquently talked with mo very ¢ Stodk in tho Crodit Mobilior, and T nrged him {0 tako somo, 03 £ did many others, Scofleld agreed to tnko tako ten whaves. 1le after« ward took it and pakl for poc_ oud | intorests cquontly bie beeama dissatinfied with ib, asélgning that o had heerd that thero wns n porsohul ro- sponsibility, snd relnrned it. I took it bacl, ue I Lgd agreed to do with him, as in almos evory instance I hed dono. A to Fowler, of Tonncaseo, I never sold any stock to him, and Lo nevor recoivod auy that I am awaro of. James T, Wilson, of Iowa, also ‘bought and paid for ton shares, and so did Sene~ tor Allison, then a membor of the Houee, M'Comb swears I told him I bad given one to Sonator Conkling, It is nbzolutely untrue. I novor #o eaid, nor did I over agroo to gob him ong, nor was ho ever interested in the Com?any. T havoe now stated, I beliove, tho exact facts in ro- Jation not only toall thogo partios upon M'Comb's liut of namaos, but also in relation to all salos of this stock to overy momber of Congross, with all the perticulars of such snlen, so far as I now havo uny recolloction. 1, of conrss, include un- der tho word sales every transection by which any mombor of Congress beeamo entitled to' n sbaro, As_to whar enid in my lotter of Jan. 25, I ecan = ndd liftlo to whatI havo stated. 'Tho lottor of 3'Comb, to which it was n rply, sought to got sitock alloted to e for persons Lo named. ilo snid it would prove o good invostmont, and Lo could fiell mo fon shares of etock at o rato some- whnt above par,—1 think some 1,000 for the tho appointienl of cudobs as ot present, which allows au incronso of cadots for un Ineroaso of Representatives fn Uongrons, CREDIF MOBILIER. Tho tostimony given before the Credit Mobil- for Investigating Commitica in made public. Onkos Anmow, altor stating his conncetion with Union Pacitio Rtuilrond aud Oredit Mobitior Com- pANY, Koy : “I began by moliciting my intimate frionds Fud 1on In Congross pokses od of means, und eapitalists in tho largo cities, I failed to parsuado Honnlor Grimon, John 1. Alloy, ind Samuol Ilaoper wore willing to go in, aud subreribod vory largely, and in thoko onkos L offered to guarzntoo them nzaiust loss. ten sharos, Wo had some conversation in regard to tho matter, and Nr. Ames told mo vory frankly that in vogard to theso shares thoro was o Jawanib eithor pending or threntencd, {hough he said his right to sell tho shares was perfost aud undoubted. I concluded that I did 1ol desive to purchase tho stock, and therofors decliued. In juntico to Mr. Ames and mysolf, T will state thet'it nover ocourrnd to mo that Ames wished to bribe mo or seowre my influonce s TRepresontativo. CONGRESSI BEN LOVIALA: ‘WasmryaToy, Jan, G. a regolution directing tho Committee on Privi- legos, and Elections ro inquire and report whethor the recont election for Proridont and Vico Presidont had beou conducted in Lonisiana and Arkansas in accordanco with the laws of the United: States, and what contesta havo arisen as {o who are clocted as Electors in oithor Stato, and what menaures aro_necossary to provido for & datorminntion of such contest,” and to guard np]’mmz: and detormine liko contests in future, ‘I'he Committoo Lins power to send for persons and papors, and_tako {ostimony, end, if necosuary, authorizo sultable m\pru‘]m ced porsons not resident in said Stato to take such testimony ns 1n tho dotermination of any con- wing out of the election, objocted ton preaont consldera- tion, and the rerolution way laid over, Mr. BHEL r. LIRMA. N gavo notico ho would call 1 up to-mori AYY CORPH ALLOWANOES, My, TRUMBULT ofiered & vosalution dirvect- ing tho Secrotavy of the Treasary to inform tho Sonato whathor” allowauces havo at any time boon madlo to tho disbureing ofiicers of tho Navy and Marino Corps, and if- #o, to what, amount, glving names aud amounts, Agreod to. DULUTIL Mr. OWE offored & resolution, which was agroed Lo, requesting tho Seerelary of War,when ho reapounds to a resolution of inquiry in regard to tho effest of tho Into slorm at Duluth, to com- municato, also, tho opinion of the Clief Engl- neor as to tho hest method of proouring o sate harbor at that point, PRESIDENTIAL ELLCTIONS, Mr, MORTON offered a rosolution direeting (ho Committco on Prviloges and Eleotions to oxamine and roport ot the noxt sossion of Cons groaw, on the best and most practicable modo of clecting the Prosldont and Vieo Prosidont of the United Htates, and of providing a tribunal to adjust and dzcido all contestod questions con- neeted therowith, The resolulion was ordorod {0 be printed. INDIAN HOSTILITIES, Mr, EDMUNDS' resolution, asking tho Becro- tary of Wor to communicate the fnformation in hin postieseion _an to the oxponditurow in sup- preesieg ho Indian hoetilitios in Washington Territory and Qregon, was ngrood to. FINANCIAL. Mr, COTT offered a rosolution, which was agreed fo, llh‘nulinfi the Committeo on Financo to inquire whothor the Beerotary of the Treasury has'the vowor, uuder the exlutiug Inw, to lesue 7 in the entorprico abont hinving somo_ United States notos_in liowt of tho £45,000,000 ‘bank notos cancelled undor tho act of 1466, TIHE DANKRUIT LAW. A ronolution wau ndopted, dircoling tho Judi« elary Committa to inquiro Into tho pmprmy of roponling the Nationnl Banlrupt lny from and nftor Jan, 1, 1874, and providing for tho imme- diato ropeal’of #o'mitch of (lio nid not n rolates to Iyoluntary baukruptoy, GOAT 18LAND. On matlon of Mr, HIBWART, tho question, nmllu;i #indo Jaat noosioh, referring to the Cloat ?Flnnd bill waa fikon up. Mr. Blewart said ho would necopt Mr. Culo’s smendment, roforring tho bill to tho Commitico on Military Affairs, rnd it was so referred. WATER LOTH. Mr. PRATT, introducad a Dbill coding to the aoveral Hntos within whick thoy raspectively o tho bods of surveyed Inkos and "other bodios of water, NATIONAL PARK, My, FRRRY (Mich.) introduced n bill to seb apnrt ulmrunn of tho Island of Mnckinao as a finkionn] park. It wots npart for a park no_mucl of tho island an {8 now held by the United States under military resorvation or otherwiso, oxcopting Fort Mackinae, and so much of the resont reservation s« bounds it to the south of ho villago of Mnckinac, nnd west, north, and oast_ respectivoly, by linog drawn north and south, east and woat, ot o distatico of 400 yards from tho prosont fort flagstafs, Tho territory 80 vocovered i withdrawn {rom sottloment and occupnucy, apd tho park s to be put under the control of tho Sacrotary of Wnr. TIE GEOROIA DISADILITIES RILT which, with unfinishod business, noxt camo up, but, on motion of Mr. WINDON, it was laid naldc, and the INDIAN ATPTOPRIATION BILL was taken up. . Mr, WINDOM said tho smount appropriated Dy tho bill was 35,434,165, which wag /017,997 lens than the pum which was appropiiated by theobill of last yoar. ‘When tho {tom appropriating £200,000 for tho Sioux Indians was reachied, Mr. FLARDAN scnb npandhad read a communication from alr. Cowan, Acting Sccrotory of thio Intarior, ect{iog forth tho sourcos of information about the TETON 8IOUY, and stating that, in viow of tho recont charges in the newapapers that no such oxintod, an or- dor had been issued on tho 7th uitimo, prohibit- ing tho suditing of all thoalloged disbursoments for tho henofit of said tribo until furthor notico, Tho communication was accompaniod by a state- mont of the disbursemonts for the Weton Sioux during the past vear. Mr, THURMAN snid the quostion was wheth~ er any stch trilo existy, Mr. WINDOM said the same tribe of Indians with whom tronties had beon mado on two oc- casions as the Toton Sioux did still oxist, but thoro might bo some question s to whotlier that waa their Bro per namo. Mr, I'HURMAN enid ho was astonished that thoro should bo any doubt whatover aboul oxistonco of n tribo to whom wo aro g o ing monoy. Mr, WINDOM raid that of the £500,000 ap~ roprinted for the Totcn Bioux, only £303.C0 {l‘lld hoon oxpended, leaving o belancs of about 5200,000 wioxpended, which would lardly havo Toen loft if tho appropriation bad boon ffaudu- lontly procured. On motion of Mr, LOGAN, an amendment was ndopted prohibiting tho 5ald of arma or smmu- nition_to tho Indiansin tho neighborhood of Fort Peck, which, Mr. Logau aid, was noi o United Statos forb at all, bul mercly o private trading-poat. i Tho upproprintion was ngred to, and at 4 p. m, tho Sonato wont into Lxecutive seesion, aud soon aftey Adjourned. IouszE, NLW BILLY. A lirge number of bills were introduced cnd rn(crmfi to tho appropriasto Committess, " By Mr. HAWLEY slll.%—Fm‘ a canal connect- ing the waters of Lake Michigan and tho Illi- nols, Mississippi, aud Rack Ltivers, : By Mr. PARKER (Mo,)—Togi _thu ofiicers of the Migsouri militia three montls’ pay; also to pension the widows and orphdus of tho soldiers murdored in Misgouri in 1 By Mr, ORR—Making Bioux Clty, Towa, a porb of dolivory. + GREDIT MOBILIZT, At (Lo oxpiration of iho morning Liour Mr. FRYL offered o resolution for public ses- siona of the Credit Mobilier Tuvestigating Com- mitico, Tho Speakor stated ho had receivod a memorinl trom Jchn B. Alloy, which was vead. Tt ropre- sents that grent injustico is being done to the mombers of the Houso, na well as to tho wit- nessed in the case, in consequenco of the Investi- gation ‘1ulu§ condueted with closed doors. It states that hio was accosted ab the Fifth Avenue Hotol, Now Yorl, by an excited individual, who had been reading what purported to be hia g_A“ey'u) testimony in full in tho New York un, and who threstencd bim (Alley) with peronal violonce for statoments” about him. On the suggostion that the publication was uot authentic, but an enliro fubrication, the_oxcited indlvldual mado tho proper apology, and visited donuncintions on the oditor of that paper. [Laughtor. Jm Mr. STEVENSON (Omo} agked Mr, Tryo to ace copt 08 & substitute a rosolution that tho inyea- tigation bo horenfter conducted in open sessicn, and that the testimony taken loretoforo bLe forthwith reported to tho Houso, printed, and recommitted ; also, that the Committeo inquire into tho origin and charactor of tho Credit Mo- bilier Company, and itu doalings with the Union Dncifle Railrond Company, aud whother any membor of Congress or public officer has been intorosted in the Credit Mobilier Company. My, FRYE declined to accopt Mr. Stovenson's resolution as o subutitute for his own, Mr. RANDALL nskod Mr. Frye to accopt o8 o substitute n resolution reciting the fact that the Union Pancific Rallrond Company iy n do- faulter to the Government in the sum £5,837,- 136 for intorost paid ou its bonds, and that the innbility of tho Company to poy such intorestr hag boon occasioned mainly by the encrmous sums paid _illogally and fraudulently to {ho Ciedit Mobilior Company, and thoroforo direct- ing suit to bo brought ngainet the lattor Com- puny, and ita undividuel etockbolders to recover such'intorest duo tho Govornment. i My, FRYE declined to nceept the resolution. Mr. POLAND gaid tho course pursued by the Committoo wns the usunl ono in suchcases. lle nover heard of an invostigation of this kind be- ing carricd on in nny ollior way. All the tesli- mony will bo reportod to tho Iiouso for.such ne- tion ns tho Houso may deom it proper to take. Tho reagon why the Commilteo deomed it bost to follow the ordinary rule instead of adopting the now and oxtrnordinary ono, was that the tec- timony of J'Comb implicatod not only membera of tho prescnt ITouse, but former mc.nbers, and membora of the Sennte, and the rula of parlia- mentary proccedings was that when auythicg appenred bofore the Committeo of ono Ilouso, wlhich roflected o tho charnator of tho other Tlouse, the matter bo tranemitted under seal to tho other Ifouso, for it to tako such nction a8 it might doem fit, It thercforo scemed highly proper that the Committeo should pursuo tho ordinary method, Auother ronson that oporated on thoe Committeo was that tho Committeo could only spond two hours daily in its investigation, and could {hereforo ouly get ot thoe factsin the case by snatchos a littlo overy day. 'Tho Committeo therefore deomed it battar that tho teslimony be all gathored, aud sent to tho House at once and p\\lfiishnd. '"I'ho wholo should go to tho country ntoneo, Thoko aro the substautisl reasons that induced tho Committee to tako the courso it did. After furthor remarks by Mogsrs, IHOLLAND, NIBLACK, COLURN, FARNSWORTH, aud COX, tho'rosolution Wwas adopted—yons, 1305 unys, 7, I'lio nogative votes oro: Malo, oar, Maynlurd, MeKee, Plerce, Platt, witcholl, CI¥: RERUMITION, y Mr. HOPPL introduced o bill (o provido fon tho convortibility of United Biates notes futa coin nfter tha 1st of May, 1874, Reforred Lo tha Committeo on Banks and Currency, and ordored printed, UNION PAOIFIO RATLROAD, Mr, RANDALT: moved to suspond tho rules, and tho adoption of his resolution relative ta tho Unlon Puoifio Raitroad. Mr, PLATL suggeatod the rosolution bo mada to_npply to the Central Pacille. Mr. RANDALL sald, aftor his rosolution pausod, then ho would ko for the Central Pactic, I'hio rulos wore suspondod aud the rosolution adoptod, 98 to 2. CREDIT MONILIER AGAIN, Mr, WILBOM (Ind.) offured a resolution for anothor sccrot Conunittoo of flve, to inquira whellier auy stockholders of the Credit Mobilor hold bonds'of the Union I'ncitie Rtailrond Com= pany, whother thoy obtainod them for valuablo condidoration, snd'so foxth. Adontad.