Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1873, Page 2

(1] ~ —————— et THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1873, hnppenod to be in Now Youlk, and I hind his lettor awith mo. Q.—Yon producod tho lottor to him. A.—Yos, eir, I producod tho lotter to him: that in tho time hio mndo thio oxplanation about Mr. Conk- fing; he hnd proviously talked about giving #onio of the stock to Now York, to which I ob- Jocted, and that {4 the reason I said In my lottor, * Nono to New York ;" I did not know Mr. Conk- "l"g and was opposod to his baviug nny of tho stoclt. T'Combs Crow ton, . BROOKE STOOR. Colonol M'Comb wan cross-oxamined Deo 19, Dby John B, Alley. Aflor some porsonal contro- versy in rogard to M'Comb's attompts to soo tho books of tho Oredit Mobilior, tho investigation \v%lt x[n nx 1l;mlluwyu: : Lo i y Mr. Alloy—Yoiwany in your tostimony that whon yon heard this cofi’mm.uon botwoen Mr. DBrooks and myself thero was a distinct ngreo- ment and understanding that ho should control tho Demooraticeido of tho Flouso ? A.—I say this, amd I want you to noto what I sny, thal you and Mr. Drooks in m{ prosonco, on novoral oconsony, woro arranglng that you should give him atock, and that Lo shonld givo ou notvico, I any that you npoke to him bout 1is doemand for stock, Isay that Lo apoko Lo mo ehout his pleading with you to_give it, and I sny that in this convorsation I heard Mr. Brooks romark in substance that Lo could com- onisato the Company fully for all the favor dono n giving him this fock at par, and you daro not donyit. Isey furthor that ntfor that thing wan dono you epoko contemptuously of him; you suid you hind given it to Lim, and that you wore compelled o, that is what I sny. Q.—I nek youif in that conversation you mean to nay that I raquired Mr. Brooks, or that Nlr. Drooks ngroed, to control the Domocratio side of the Houso? A.—Yon do not put words into my mouth ; the exprossion I atated I hoard him use in this conversation was that o would tako caro of the Democretic nide of tho Houso. Q.—Ho boing in Congress? A.—Yes, and o Governmont Director at tho same tino, and the ownor of 100 shares of Credit Mobilior_stock, bosido that which his son-in-law_hold'at tho pamo timo, although r Governmout Director, Toro followed au uttompt by Alley to ontanglo Al'Comb in rogard to Mr. Brooks’ momborship of tho XLth Congross, Finally, tho latter mado tho following statomont: My recollection is that, in tho Inctor part of 1866, or oarly part of 1867, Mr. Brooks took 100 shares of Crodit Mobilior ptoclr, and bad it transforred to Gharles M. Noil- son, Lis sop-in-la. I saw Mr. Durant pry him £6,000 in dividonds, or in oxctss of dividends, and nt another time, £8,000. I bhave, o8 I enid, memorands in rogard to an~ othor circumstancg by which I can fix tho timo ahon Br. Alloy and Mr. Brooks lind the conver- sntion roforred to with mfim‘ to thio G0 shares of gtock, and I hoard Mr. Brooks sey in that con- worsation, distinetly, thnt Lo would tako oaro of Lo Domocratic sido of tho House. I noted it down at the timo. I will toll_you what led me to tale an espocial interest in those conversations betwoon Mr, Alicy and Mr. Brooks. Whilo tho negotiations woro in progress, M. Alloy exprossod groat disrogard and contempt for Mr. Brooks ; and Mr. Brooks way about ng fl-arluont in hia oxpressions of indly regard for Mr, Alloy. Thoy both apponr- ed goparatoly to have about tho samo viow of oach other, but together they hobnobhed in re- ard to this stock, and ik disgusted mo with hem both. 'The Union Pacific Railrond Com- pany occupied throo_rooma in a building at the corner of Codar and Nagsau streots, Tho cor- per room on Cedar streot was ocoupied by Mr, Durant, Q.—YXou sn{ that !\lr’.jhl!oy flnn\l{ congentod to ive him 50 sharcs of Credit Mobilior stock, and Dint it wey transferrod to Mr. Brooks, or his son- in-taw, Noilson; when was that givon, and whon was it transforrod? A.—T havo snid that the ar- pumont was mndo while Mr, Durant was in fzmpn; M. Alloy kept frommo, so far as ho could, thouo records ; to uso b fignrativo oxprog- gion, tho records of tho Credit Mobilier wero rieslod to mo, Anylbing I got from these rocorda T novor got with his lnowledgo that. I had ob- tainud it, 80 that I did not have nny opportunity 1o look and seo whon the transfor was mado. Tould like to say to tho Committeo, that bring- sng horo tho cash-books and ledgor, and_ all tho Credit Mobilier books, and laying them down on this table, would cnnblo mo to tuswor & groat many quostioun that I conld not answor now. Q.—Then you eennotntato tho dato of tranenc- tion? A.—Not Loing an officor of the Credit Dobilier, and not_being lprcflunt whon tho cor- :lmtcnte wag transforred, I cannot sny as to the ato. Q.—Can you not say whothor the cortificato was given to Mr. Brooks or Mr. Noilson? A,—1ly impression is that Mr, Drooks was undoubtodly too sharp to tako it in his utn namo. Q.—Yot you say hero that I gavoitto Mr. Brooks? A.—If 1 eaw your fw:]mt-book givon into another !:m'flon's hands, I would still say it vas your pocket-hbiook, Q.—But you do not knowwhether it was given to Mr. Brooks or to Mr. Neilson? A.—You pwarded it to Mr. Drooks; to whom you trans- forred it, I do not know. ANOTIIER LETTER FROM ANES, The following lotter was read and placed in cevidonco : WaSHINGTON, Fob, 22, 1808, 0, S, M'Comb, Eag. Dran B Yours of tho 21at is af hand, Am lnd that you aro gotting nlong so wall with Mr. West. Iopo you will bring it ont ol satisfac- tory, so that it will be so rich that wo cannot ol going intoit, 1 rotyrn you tho pupor by mail that you esk_for, Yon ‘aslk mo if I will soll gomo "of my U. P, R, R. atock. Iwill sell gome of it at par . M. of A, I don't caro to scll. I licar that Mr. Datos offered hiy nt 2800, but I don't want Datos to ecllout, I think Grimon mny soll o part of his at £350. I want that 14,000 increase of tho Credit Mobi- lier to soll here. We want more friends in this Congress, nnd it o man will logk" into_tho Inw, and it is ditlicult to got themto do it unless iboy have nn interost to do ro, Lo cannot holp boing convineed that we should nol be interfered with, Iiope toeco you here orat Now York on tho 11th, = Yours, truly, OAxES AMES, General Examinae Written Tentimony of Onlkcs Ames, WIO ACCEPTED TIE BTOCI. I will now spenk of tho trausactions with the Individuals namod intho lottors }n'mhmod Ly Mr. AL'Comb nnd bis foslimony. BMr. Colfax is ono of thoso mentioned. I cavnob remomber which of us firat mentioned tho vubject, but I know ho wwanted to get soma stock, aud I am protty con. dent ho hiay peid mo for {t, though it was nover traneforred Lo him, nor can I remembor having prid over Lo him nuy dividend. L At {he next cession ho snid something about that thing being off. Mr. Honry Wilson is enother. “Thero was o fund givon Mya. Wilson on the 25th nuniversary of her wodding, sud T was consulted nbout investing it, I recommond- 24 20 shavos of this stock for £2,000, and tho nroncy wad pald me somo mouths afterward, Ilo objected to the investment, aud I felt bound from what had occury 4nko it off his Lands nud return tho monoy, which I'< r, Pattorson bought of this thirty shares, nd it wes Ly his order transforred to o banking~ houee in Now Youk, I think_pome dividends wero puid to Senator Grimes, I have stated alt I can say respeeling his conncelion with tho busircsd. You havo hoard Mv. Blaino's teati- mony in advaice of mino and my acquiesconca tlerein. Tio declined Lho stacl, and nothing mors nood bo mid. In Decomber, 1867, Mr. Dawes camo to mo to purchaso a Cednr Itapids bond. I advised him to tako the emount of the ntocl in Crodit Mobilier, which I thonght o bottor investmont; that I wonld guaranteo Lim 10 por’ cont intoren on his investment aud iako it off his hands at any timo. 1o wished mo to, Aftor making in- quiries hio gavo mo 31,000 to invost in tho stock, Homo timo after ho camo tomo. 1o nskod what they meaut by nnaerunl: that ho and thoso friends wore the owners of the Credit Mobilior, Tlo then kaid hio would rathor not take the stoalk, nnd the coutract was rescinded, DIr. Bingliam awked mo _to invest some monoy for Lim in such wtaok cr things that I know would pay woll. . Mo furniskiod mo about 32,600, which I invest- od in 20 phares of Crodit Mobilier, and the bal~ nnco in Towa Falls & Bioux City Company stoclt, 1 sottlod up this raattor with him in 1870, ond, I Think, paid him tho amount duo, and ook tho stock oft hislinnds, ab hio desiro, I agrood to ot 10 sharew ofssteels for Mr, Garflold, and hold Ilo nover did pay t until Lio conld pay for it. for il orreceivo it. 1 offored 3lr. Boutwoll somo of this stock, and thero woro somo nogatintions, but it resulled in s not taking the stock, nor did ho reeeivo any dividoud. M. Elliott novor agrood to take au stock, I offered it to him, bub he declinod, caunot, therofore, buliovo I ovor mentioned his nawmo to Mr. 3'Comb, for I nover. had nuly e eon to uuplpn:au ho wonld buy it., BMr. Kelloy is anothor, recommmonded him to buy, and Lo #aid ho would liko to, but ind not the monoy to eparo to pay for it. I told him I would carry it for him till ho wns nblo to pay it. Ilo nevor took tho stock, My racolloction s vory indintinot as to thiy cnsu of his, I madealonn tohim of £1,000, which Lo hing nover gottled, 1lo rogerds tho nfook us bo< Jomging to it, Deing n trausnction of long utand- ing and of smell amount to mo, I have novor given it spociul thought, Mr. Beoflold froquontly talked with mo vory early in tho entorpriso ahout heving some stock i tfie Credit Mobitior, and T urged ki to_tako gomo, us L did many othors; at thet timo I liad gol w numberof membors of Couxrens to RO with mo; Mopnrs. Grlmos, Hoopor, and Alloy, a8 I hoavo stalod, It was purroctly notoriong that I “riwd ovory mombor of Oongress wlom I know had money to invent (o do #o, from firat Lo Iast, until ovory share of tho stook in the Credit Mobilior was taken, and no ono euspectod any wrong until the entorprise proved to bo a peou- ulary nuccess, On tho contrary, overybody thnt didso wan congratulated thronghout the country for thelr courago, ontorprieo, and patriotinm, = Mr. Beo- fleld agroed Lo tako ton sliwres. Tlo afterwards toolk it, and pald mo tho par and intorost, Bub- soquently ho beeame dissatisfiod with it, nssign- ing that ho had heard thoro was & personal ro- nponsibility, aud returnodit. I took it baek, as 1 hnd ngrood Lo do with him, a8 in almost ovory instanco I bad dono. 2 3 I nevor gold any stock to DMr. Fowler, and ho novor rocolved auy that I am aware of., Jamos T. Wilgon, of Iowa, also bought and paid for ten ohinros, and so dld Sonator Allison, thon a mom- borof tho Ifouso. 1Mr. M’Comb swenrs I told him I bad given ono to Senator Conkling. Itis absolutely untrue, Inover said so, nor did I agreo to givo him ong, nor was ho ovor intro- ducod in the Qm’l\l\l!l.\{. I linvo now stated, I bollove, tho oxaot fack in rolation not only to all theto partics upon Mr. M’Comb's list of namos, but also in relation to nll sales of thin stosk to any membor of Cou- groas, with all the particulars of such rnlos wo far ng I havo now any rocollection. I of courso includo under tho word sales ovory tranuaction Dy which mombora of Congross becamo entitled to o shavo, AMES' EXPLANATION OF HIS LETTERS. As to what Ieald in my lotter of Jan. 25, I can odd littlo to what I stated. Tho lottor of Mr. M'Comb, to which it was o roply, sought fo got tho stock nllotted to mo for tho porsons ho named beeause ho bad promised it to them, I ondeavored to explain why I couldnot. I did 8penk to Mr. Fostor, but nothing camo of that. I also showod him that I hnd ondeavored to colloct from thoso who had wanted tho stoclk, porsons scattored over tho country, nud I do- sired to goonas wo had done from tho bogin- ning, by making the numbor intorested as Iargo ns posgiblo ; that thoso wero intondod na sales thoy wore to pay for, that lottor showed ; ns it did ot oceur to mo 'thora was any improprioty in golling them bocauso tho thing was n succoss, any more thau it did whon it wan speculation, n tho lottor tu which mino of Jan, 30, 1868, is a roply, wo had beon threntoned with Congres- sional investigation, and suitsbofore Judge Ber- nard whenover I would not agreo to certnin schemes, and ho allnded to this, no doubt, bo- cnuge I would not let his frionds havo any of my stock. Ilndnover been ablo to discover any- thing that could make mo fenr such investiga- on. ¢ I cortainly hiad nono to foar, and I told him co, ‘Thero {8 nothing in this lebtor tuat I havo not §lwn an expleuntion of, uxeos)t tho nllugion to \Ir. Wasliburno, and tw I will explain in con- noction Sithmy propossl on tho lottor jof the 23d Yebruw.y, for thoy belong to tho samo sub- Ject. 1t had become tolerably well known to all the world that (ho road was “likely to bo n succoss, and thoso of us who hnd risked tho chanco ha won o prizo ; thon appeared tho disposition to complain of tho graut that had boon offered without nim})unluon 3 thorowas flrat & complaint mado by Mr. Washburno of the valuo of tho land grants, Tu viow of this I dosired that wo shoyld put it out of tho Jower of sy atoto take from us what wo had, in Ty viow, paid tho Govornmont for. It was to gob theo land ot a8 privato Sro;mrty that I wanted them sold.and tho bonda lividod. M. Alley thought wo could not afford to do this, and tho event proved ho was right. 1b was nloo complained that wo woro oxcossivo in our chargo for froight and lmnsjiorlntion; not that wo exceeded our lu[iul 1ight, but it wag proposed to trammol that right. DBeing a more privato right, Lhad nlwnya fowid it dinleult to induce any ono to tako tlie troubla to look in the case, I did not want any asistance or privilogo, but {hnt our logal vested rights sbould not bo taken from us. & 1 thought wo liad Sinaily bought ‘and secured them, and kuow if any ong would examine ho would soo this, Tor this reason I wanted moro sharos to bo issued, for X Lrve found that thore is no dificulty in induocing mon to look after thelr own property, but no ono scemed to think {his was necousary, and it was nover done. As boaring on my boliof of fairness of intontion | and tho absonco of all evil purposes or deaign, T can stdto that whon I wroto thoso lottors to A= Comb wo wero in no sort of confidentinl rola- tions, though ouv interests were lnrgoly con- nected, ‘ Beforo that timo I had ascortained facts con- nocted with him that would pravout me Rlnciug any confidonce in him, Before any publication of these transactions, a throat of oxi)osm‘u wag communicated tome. My informant will namo tho porson. Tho price of socrecy offored way tho compromising with M'Comb, Though por- fectly awaro of what I had dono, and tho motives, 80 confident wes I of my iunocenco of all ovil design. that I refused to pay ono dollar, Sinco then, and after the testimony had been iven by M'Comb, I was ngain offercd to bo ro- ioved from the ditfienlty and n withdrawal of all tha charges if I would acknowledge that I held stock in trust for Mr. M'Comb. I told Mr. Black, who made mo this proposition, that I could not and yould not do that, aa it was not truo. Mr. M’Comb snys in his ovidenco ho offercd to surrondor theso lottors and deny ho Dad any such if Iwould sottlo his claim, or some- thing to that effect, 1o repeatedly mado such offors, and I always refused to have anything to do with him nftor the charges ho had mado in iho suit, Mo voferred to these lotters —and s2id thoy wero very dameging. I told him o publish them if he chooro, X know I had dono o #nid nothing that meanod anything wrong to o fair mind, 'Che remaric ho puis in my wouth, that oll memhers of Congross are bribod, &c., aro entircly untruo, I sald nothing of tho kind to him. Cross=Examinution of O0akes Amcg. FURTHER EXPLANATION OF I LETTER TOI'COMD, Tho Chininmun Landed to tho witness the lot- tors produced the other day by Mr. M'Comb, ond tho witness idenlified them as his own hand- writiu% Q.—\Were thono lottors written at the verions dotes they bear? A.—Probably; nulens I made ® mistako in tho dato ; they wero intendod to bo correct, Q.—In tho lottor of tho earlicst date, Jan. 256 1908, yon sy * that you (1) have assigned as far 18 you (1) bave gond to—4 from Maasachusotts, 1 from New Humpshiro ; 1, Dolawaro; 1, Ton- nescee; and 1, as it seoms to havo beon chungod by poncil to 2, Ohio; 2, Pennsylvanin; 1, In- diann; 1, Maine,” You wore wriling, I sup- 0£0, in roforonce to tho stock of the Credit Mo- Blics 2 AoYon, air. Q.—What_did 'you intend_by saying that you Dad assigned as far as you had gone ; do {heso figures rofer to persons or quantitics ? A—To poreons. Q.—They had no roference to the amount of stock, but to tho number of porsons in each Btate? A.—That is'it, Q.—You gay, “I have assigned as far as Theve gono fo four from Massachusctts;" now, who ware tho four Massachusotts ‘mmunn to whom you reforred? A.—I meant that I intouded to givae it out to fonr from Massnchusettn, Q.—You say that you “hiava assigned as far as ou Lavo gono?” A.~What I mennt by saying {lmt I had “nasigned way, that was my inton- tion; for instanco, I snid that I bnd assignod ono to Dalawnro, wheroas, Lhad not spoken ot tho_timo to Sonntor Bayard, for whom 1 liad ln- tonded it; so, too, to Henator Foweler, of Wonnesseo; but my intontion was to nssign stock to cach of them; thin lottor was drawn ont from mo & lotter from Mr, }'Comb, wanliug me to givo $5,000 in stook to Sonator Bayard, of Dolawaro, and 85,000 to Bonator Fowlor, "of 'Ponnossco. This stock wan giyon to mo to distribute as I saw fit, and I wasi intonding to givo #omo to Senator Bayard and fenator Fowlor; that is, not to giveit to them, but to soll it to thom, That wny the way that I intonded to placo the stack, but I had not &0 placed it. * (}.—"l‘lmn the ren! moaning of tholottor fs that thint is ! on hud deaignod to do? A,—That i what I had docided to do. Tt wasin anewer to o lottor from Mr. M’'Comb dosiving that his frionds should have stook, I think that Nr, Wilaon, of Towa, was ono whom ho mentioned, Q.—1'his lettorenys: “I'ho 60 por cont Inoroaso on the old atook I want for distribution here 7" A.—Tho old stock wan the 93 shares that I gob aftorward ; my rocolloction is this : That tho 63 shares wore tho number unallottod of tho origl- nal stock boforo il was incronsied 60 por cont j I did not got but 93 sharon, while T phould have got 145 7 that la my racollection of Ik, Q.—In the last part of (his lotter you may % Quigloy had boon liere ¥ A.—That rofors to another mntlor altogother. Q.—Mr, M'Comb was corract in oaying that that hias no referenco to tho alfair of the Grodit Mobilior 7 A,—Yoy, slir ; that is the truth, Q,—Novw, in reforcuce to this list of numes in tho lottor of Jan. 80, Mr. M'Comb snys that the memorandum of ths namos was mado by him by your roading those namos from fome momoran- dum-boolk or pocket-book whore you lnd thom ontored. Now, will you stuto what you know in rogard to that transiaction? A.—I'might havoe aneutioned namos {hat 1intonded to give stock to, pa I atatod in the foro partof tha lottor names of pornons T intondod to give atoolk to, Q.--Did you havo that Nut of names in n pockot-hook o memerandurn-book ¢ or did ycu roud that list of nemon to him from any book or papora? A.—Ieannot nny; Imny bavo had o memorandum of names of persons to whom I intended to sell stock, Q.—Do §uu romombor whother you had or not? A.—Iam not positive ; vory llkely I had & momorandwin of personn on that list whom I did not woll stoclk to, nud tho amounts in tho list woro not tho smonnts that I gave, so that It could not hiavo been takon from my Ust that M'Comb snw. MR, COLFAX'# STOOR AND DIVIDENDA. Q.—Now n rogard to those particulnr casos’in your statomont with roferance to Mr. Colfax you tny that you oroprotty confilent Lo lns pid you for it, nlthough tho ntock was nover trangforred to nim? A,—Yow, sir, that is my recolloction, Q.—Do you racollact whon that paymont was mado? A.—No, sir. Q.—0Oan you give us any doa in respeot to tho timo? A.—Xsupposo it munt havo boon in Do~ combor, 1807, or Jauuary, 1868, Q.—You thiiul ho pald'for it? A.—Yos; that ia my improselon, Q.—You supposo that ho paid tho par valuo of it? A.—Yoy, pir; Idid not lot anybody have it for loun than par pud accruod intoroat, Q.—!ns thal monoy ever beon repaid to him to your knowladge ? “A.—No, sir. (.—Yon do not know whother it has over boon ornot? A,—No, sir; lio paid for the stock to me, Q.—Is ho still an owner of that stook ?_ A.—~It nover has boon transforred to him; Xdonot Tnow whethor ho or I own that stock. Q.—Do you undoratand that tho money whioh o paid for tho stock has over boen returned to him? A.—Not to my knowledgo. Q.—And you do not suppose that it s beon ? A.—No, sir. Q.—Do you Inow whothor ho bas evor racolvod any dividonda? A.—It iy my improssion’that ho Ling, but I am not certnin, Q.—Did you pay him tho dividend yoursolf ? A.—TI caimot vacolloct. Q.—If this stock stood in your namo on tho hooks the dividend would have hoon pnid to you, Isuppose? A.—That would bo & natural conso- quonco, Q.—And can you racolloct, or do you rocolloot whother you paid dividends to Mr. Colfax? A. —No, sir, I do not rocollect; It is my impros- sion that I did. Q.—Iavo you any idos of the amount you paid it? A~—No, sir. Q.—Do you boliove that of the dividends which havo boen declared and paid on the stock, Mr. Colfax haa recoived hig proportions? A.—] think ho rocoived somo of tho dividonds, - Q.—As to tho contract betwoen you and him in roferonco (o his having o cortain numbor of shares of stock, can you recollect how many shores ho wag to have? A.—Ithink that was what I agroed to soll him, 0Q.—And you undorstand that in oquity Mr. Colfax js now tho owner of that number of sharos 7 A.—I do. Q.—And is entitled to hio dividonds on it the samo o8 auy othor stockholdor? A.—Yos, sir, BENATOR WILSON'S TRANSAGTIONS, Q.—As to Mr. Wilson, of Masarchusctts, yon sny thata certamnr nmount in monoy wng con- tributed- to drs. Wilson, aud that $2,000 of it ;nn invosted in 20 shorch of thostook? A.— (8 . Q.—Can youtell whenthat wasdone? A.—That wai done, 1 thiuk, in Docembor, 1867; I think that that monoy was reooived by Thor in'tho fall ond Mr. Wilson applicd to mo to know what would b & good investment, Q.—Aud thoso 20 sharoa wero paid for by that £2,000?7 A.—Yes, sit, for Mrs, Wilson, . Q.—And you ray that some months nftorward Lo objectod to tho investment, and the moaey was_roturnod to him? A.—Yes; Lo said tho road would nover pay anything. Q.—Do you kuow whothor any dividous wore pain on that stock whilo it was hold by General Wilson or Mra, Wilson? A.—I do uot think thore wero; if thoro wero the nmonut was i)nill bacl; I om wuro of that ; I guarunteod Lim 10 por cont for his money whon hoe wont in, and whon ho ‘wont out my idon is that ho took Lia moncy back, and that I paid him 10 per cont on it for the timo. Q.—And you think that noither Mr. Wilson or Mra, Wilson roceived any other boncfit than to got 10 por_cont for thelr monoy whilo you had it? A.—Yos, sir, SENATOR PATTEREON, Q.—As to Mr. Pattorson, you sny that ho bought 30 sharca, and that it W¥as transforred to o banking houso in Now York for him? A.— Yo, sir, by Lis divoction, Q.—You eny, tlno, that ho owned it, and you think some dividonds werg pnid on it; doos he atill own it? A.—I don't know. Q.—The contract novor has been talen back ? A.—No, sir, not by me. Q.—'Fhat'is, Lio cither owns it now, or hos dis- posed of it? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—For aught you know he is still tho owner of-tho stock ? A,—I caunot give you suy fur- ther information about it. Q.—1I see in that list of stockholders tho namo of ‘tho Fourth National Bank of New York? A.—It was not to that banlk that Br, Pattorson's etock was trausforred; it was to lis frionds, Morton, Bliss & Co.; Iboliove that thoy ad- vanced the money to gny for it originally ; his stock {6 not on that list; I do notsuppose it was transforred to them; Ido nob kuow any- thing sbout it, bowevor. Q.—You do not supposo it was transferred on the books to that firm? A.—"Chat I canuot sny. I have no knowledgo of it. Q.—Do you know whether those thirty shares wore over on tho booka of the Company, travs- forred to auybody, or whathor they still ntand in your name ? A.—X don't know; I have notecon tho books of tho Company. Q.—Buat you undorstand that you had really Eafl.nd with thono thirty shiares of stock for tho enofit of My, Pattoreon, and that lio, or some- body for Lim, was entitled to tale dividonds on thom? A.—Yos, sir. Q.—And that has continued down to the pros- ont time? A.—Yes, gir, Q.—'Fho contract has nover been roscinded ? A.—Not by mo. Q.—What Mr, Patlerson is that ? A,—Senator Pattorson, of Now Liampuhire, Bfl tho Chnirman—Q,—You say in roforenco to the traneaction with Mr. Blaino that you agres 1Lt tho transaction wos a8 ho stated it 7 A.—T do 8o, substantially, s Q.—With regard to Mr. Dawos, you sny thatin Decomber, 1867, he gavo you $1,000 to invest, in thut stock ? A, —You, sir. Q.—Thero nover was any transfor of stock to him? A.—No, sir. Q.—You go on toasy that somo thne after that bo spid ho would rathor mnot tuke the stock ; whut becamo of the 1,000 which Lo OYo you—wns it rotwned to him ? A.—Yos, pir. Q.—Can you stato sbout how long it was altar thiu transaction in Decombor when hio gave you tho $1,000 until tho timo_whon tho contract was rorcinded? A,—No, air, T cannot. Q.—Can yon stato whother Mr, Dawes over recaived suy dividond on that stock 2 A.—I am not cortain ; I cannot stete it positively; Iihink that, in_the sottloment with him, ho got his 10 per cont, nnd that tho thing was sottled up ; whother e received any dividond and paid tho monay back I caunot say. .—Do you think he recelved any more money on that transaction than his ©1,000 with 10 por cont interost? A,—I think not.” ~ T DINANAM, ETO. Q.—In roferonco to Mr. Binghum, you say that o wan to havo twonty shares in the Crodit hlo- Dbilior stock ? A.—Yen, uir. Q.—And that it nover was tranaforrod to him? A—No, ir, : Q.—Can you stats whethor Mr. Bingham, dur- ing tho tinio ihat that arrangomont oxisted, re- coived the dividouds that were paid on that ptock? A.—Ilo did. Q.—Youuay that in 1870 tho mattor was sottlod, .iml tlxll\t youtook tho stovk off his hands? A.— Yon, Hir, O.~—Do you know how much Mr. Bingham ro- colved? &.—lo roceived what dividends woro paid on his stock. Q.—Tho wholoof thodividonds? A.—Yos, pir, Q.—1low much was paid back to him for the atock more than tho par of the stock? A—I bought his stock from him snd paid him tho mnrfinb price for it. Q.—Ila rocoived tho ptock at par, and when you took it bnek you paid tho markat prico ; that s the bnais of tho sottlomoent 2 A.—Yes, nir; T think that tho prico of tho Union Pacitle ntock I bought from him was 191, Q.—That Iy the utock which o Lad rocoived as dividonds? A,—Yes, sir, Q.—How waa it with tho twonty sharos Orodit Mobilier stock that he had? A.—It is my im- progsion that I sottled the wholo thing willihim, and that ho has uo intoroxt in auy of f now; my rocollection in that I sottled with him, and paid him the wholo thing, aud bought his Credit Mo- bilier stoolc, Q.—\What was the marlket valuo of that Oredit ‘Mobilior stock whon you took it baok 7 A,—W¢ thought it worth from 20 to 50 conts ; somobody wpoke tho othor day of solling it for G conta, Q.—In roforonce ta Mr. Cinrlold, fou uay that you agreod Lo gotb ton whures for him nud to \0kd thiom notil o contd pay for thom, and that ho nover did pay for them ‘nor vocoive them ? A.—You, nir. —Ilo nover pald any money on that stoclk nor rocoived uuy monoy from it? A.—Noton account of it, Q.—1Io rocolved no diyidonds A.—No, sir; I think not; bo says ho did not; my own rocollee- tion {u not vory elonr, Q.—Ho that g you undorstand it, Mr, Qarfleld novor parte’l with any money, nor roocived £ny taonny on that transaction 7 A.—No, siv; lio hai #OWo ToNeY from ma anco. sowmo $300 or §400, and enlled it loan; hosays that that is all ho avor rocelved from mo, and that Lio consldorod n }nmi b. hio novor took hie atool and novor paid o {t. . Q.—Did you undorstand 1t so? A.~—~Yos; I nm willing {o so undorstand It; I do not rocol- lect prylug him any dividond, aud have forgotton that I paid him any monoy. Q.—You say thal Mr, Boutwoll nevor had any stack nor any dividend from you; you roceived 110 monoy from him, and ho roceived no monoy from you? A.—No, &l Q.—Aund the namo Elliott? A.—Yos, sir, Q,—In roforonco to this transnction with Mr. Kolloy; you said that thero was somo talk bo- twoon you and Mr, Iolloy; you recommended him to tako somo stock ? A.—Yos, sir, Q.—Aud that Lo novor toolk it? AwTodid 10t Q,—But yon say you mado o Joan to him of &1,000, which he nover settlod, IIad that lonn any conneation with tho stoolk of this Qompany ? A.—Wall, lio axpocted, you know, that wo woro olng to have somo dividends on the stock, and o camo to mo ono day and said that ho was pressod uvonnmm'lqngu and wantod to raluo 81,000, nud, said ho, 1 supposo that probably thoro will bo somo_dividond on that stook ?” told him I did not know., Mo wantod to know if I would loan him £1,000; I told him I would; I lonned him §1,000. Ho haa mnovor takon tho stuck, and navor hias had any dividonds. Q.—And ho novor paid anything for tho stook ? A.—No, sir. Q.—All tho money transaotion botwoon you and him was fhint you loaned him 81,000, A~I think that is all, a8 nearly as I can recollect. Tho Chnirman, to tho witness—Q.—As to Bon- ator Coukling, you say that Lo nover was tho ownor of any ktook, and that thore uover woro any nogotintions botweon him aud you? A— No, eir; he nover hnd nny stoclk, and novor paid for any, and never rocoived nny dividends from me, to my knowlodgo. —— TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. g . with roforonco to Mr. Tho New York Republican Logislative Oanous has nominated Roacoo Coukling for UnitedStntes Bonator. —At Jollot, T1., on tho 8th, tho residencos of 0. J. McDodo and F, Hainos wore destroyed by firo, —Tho stoamer Edgar Btowart has loft Aspin- wall for Cuba, with a largo cargo of arms and ammuuition for tho rovolutionista. —Tho total mortality of New York City for tho Inat yonr was 92,647,—nn incroaso of G,671 over tho provious year. —Tho Michigan Boldiors’ and Sailors’ Assooin- tion mot at_Lansiug on the 8th inat.,, Gonoral Alphous 8, Williams prosiding, A resolution wag adopted urgiug the Logislaturo to amend tho Militin Inw 60 ns to sustain n limited number of military companies in difforont parts of tho Btato, and provide for their organization into rogimonts, that nw;{mn bo_ thoroughly drilled, Gonoral Villiom H. Withington was_ohouon Presidont for the onsuing year. The noxt moot- ing will bo hold at Jackeon, April 0, 1874, —TCho mooting of Miohigan Civcuit Judgen bas recommeonded the adoption of uniform Cir- cuit Court rules throughout the Biate; and aslod for an incroaso of solaries, othorwiso soveral moro Judgos will soon resign. —The United Btates Bonstorial quostion in Arkanens is narrowed to Dorsoy and Bowon, Neilhor' has sufficlont strength’ to bo clocted without Doemocratic nid. Tho Domocrats will 'pynhnbllv nominate o man of their own, with o viow of forcing ono faction of the Itapublicans to the support of a compromiro condidata. e S THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLICAN, . 6, Lous, Jan, 6, 1679, Tho now Repudlican oflico was formally opon- ol to-day, it boing tho 46th anuiversary of tho ontranco into the ofiice, =4 aun approntico, of Colonel Gearge Knapp, tho sonior propriotor. Throngs of pooplo filled the building duriug tho afternoon, from the pross-rooms, in tho baso- mont, to the mnowsroom, in tho fifth story. Tho odifice is vory handsome, ono of the finost in tho clty, it fronts boing of iron, of tho Ronninsannco stylo, It has o front on T'hird stroot of 77 foot, snd & front on Chos- nut of 104 foot; i8 fiva stories in hoight above tho pavement, with o basomont 20 fool in dopth. From the sidowalk to tho orest of tho domo, tho distanco is 126 feot. Tho building containg 168 windows of lorgo sizo, ot with plnto-gloss, It has been two yenrs in courso of erection, and cogt §350,000. A featurn of tho attractions to- day was tho public oxhibition of tho Walter or London Times printing machino, and the Bul- lock prees, operating side by side in working ol the weokly odition of tho Republican. A banquet was spread in two large rooms of tho building, which was partakon of by hundreds of citizons, Bpeeches woro made by Colonel Knhpp, tho Hon. Honry I Blow, tho Ifon. Joln Hogan, the Hon. John F. Darby, aud sevoral otlior of tho oldost citizons of tho city. Tho Republican, to-morrow, will devotu oighteon or twonty columns to n deseription of tho buildiug, mnchinory, presnes, ote., togothor with a history of Lhtn paper from 1808, the dato of its entablish- mont. # PR S —— QHIO STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. Coruxpus, Ohlo, Jan, 8, 187, The Btate Agricultural Convontion mot in tho Bonntc Chamber this morning. Boventy countios wero roprescntod, Tho Tropsuror's report says that tho receipts for tho past yoar woro 29,602, and all of this sum was oxponded oxcopt $298. Papors on Fish Culture, Timber Cultaro, and Agricultural Sooletios woro read by J. H. Kilp- part, A, J. Wardor, and 8. D, Harris, vospect- valy; algo a papor on tho recognition of eagri- culturo in the new Btato Constitution, by J. O. Btovens. A resolution was sadopted recom- monding farmers to plant their hillsldos and brolon lands with timbor, and praying the Leg- islature to offer bountics for plunting trees, and diracting tho planting of highways nud railtonds with troos, At tho ovening sossion _resolutiona wero adopted requosting the Logislatuto to tako ac- tion to provontdisoriminationin freight chargos ; aleo, for tho pussaga of o uw to provont huntors from trospamsing. D. O. Richmond, of San- dusky ; J. O. Stovens, of Llardin County ; John A, Wurdor, of Hamilton Couuly; Simpion ITav- mann, of ‘rugcarawas County, and L, B, 8praguo, of Clurk County, wero clestod mombars of tho Btato Board of " Agriculiure, TPapors on Torost and Potato Culturo wera read by John Hussey, Lovelund, aud GoorgeW, Campbell, of Delawaro. —_—— NEW CHARYER FOR NEW YORK. Speetat Despateh to e Chicago Tribuno, NEW Yous, Jan, 8, 1870, Tho new charter for this clty, a8 drawn up by tho Custom 1iouso party for immodiato prosou- tation to tho Logiulaturo, is intonded to placa tho metropolis pormancntly in tho hands of ‘tho Administration Ring. 'Tho ealarics of Aldormon aro Lo Lo out down ono-half, and the Board of Asgistant Aldormon sbolishod, as are nlso all focd ofiicors. 'Tho Governor is givon power to romovo the Mayor. Tho charter providés for o polico and houlih capionago that would do credit 0 an_Absolute Governmonts L'lie Reglster of Records and Lolico aro roguired to keep n com= plolo record of numo, age, rosidenco, and ocen- pation of oach rosident of o precinct, and to ro~ port all romovals and chinuges ¢f rosidonce. friettunsia St i e REFORM BANQUET AT TORONTO. Bpectal Despateh to The Clifeago Tribune, Tonoxro, Cat,, Jan, 8, 1073, A grand Roform banquot fs being hold to- night, in the Music ITall of this city, tho ocen- slon boing in honor of the recont Roform vie~ tories of the caudidates for the Dominton Iayr- liament, Tho chair was ocoupled by the Hon. Georgo Brown, of tho Toronto Globe, tho voter- an political war-horse of tho party during many long yeara of the past. Bplendid erations wore dotivored b{ soveral fonatora, and by the Hon. Mosors, Blako, Muckonzie, MeKellar, Mowat, Youug, Bymal, sud othors, Tho gathering wos an_jwmenso affair, aud an honor to iis pro- Jectors, —_—— . Northorn Xilinoleé ¥orticultural So= cloty, the Northern Illtnofs Horticuliural So- o puenlera of elety, attending the Annuat Meeting at Freoport, Jin., 17 ¢ I'ho Lliinols Oontral Nailrond will roturn mem- born llvh\gi. along It ling, travolling over tho vond to this mooting, ot oue-fitth faro, on cortificato of tho Boorotary, Jull faro must bo pe,lg gumi; to tho mooting. Tho following ronds grant tho sama reduce tlons : _ Ohieago, Butligton & Quinoy ; Ohis cago & Northwastorn ; Woutorn Union. ~Soveral roadu to hear from, —_— ~Two prominont cliizons of Alton, Til,, dled on {he &th,~David E, Brown aud E;’i:fi ull'»blmfl‘. STATE PAPERS. Messages of the Governors of Wiscon= siny Missourd, and Kentuckys WISCONSIN. Tho followlng nre tho more Importaut portions of the mosnnge of Covernor Washburn, of Wisconsin : .. ax Gentlemen af the Senate and Ansembly: In appenring beforo you to prosont my socond annual communication, I am glad to ba ablo to announco that the past senson hns been one of unintorrupted prospority to tho Btato. Tho roturns of agriculturo, our gront loading pursuit, have boen such as to givo tho grontest abundanco for homo consnmption and to afford o largo surplua for exportation. Tho gonoral dovolopmont of the industrios of the Stato has ‘beon without o parallel. Manufacturing indus- try has moro than kopt paco with our advancing ngrioulturo, and our rallway systom has boen ox- tondod with tho utmost rapidity, so that thoro are now fow of tho inhabited portions of tho Btato that aro not in noar proximity to o rail- rond. Tho progross of education has beon in tho highost dogroo satisfactory, and our char- itablo {natilutions, tho just prido of all our poo- plo, hinve, by thoir wiso and humano manage- mont, given comfort and rolief to all who have boon brought within thoir influence. Happinoss aud peaco have booen found through- ont all our bordora. The Btate was never moro freo from erime—tho lnwe have beon faithfully onforced, and tho rights of all preserved and maintained. With thia brief profaco, I invito your atton- tion to a siatomont of tho condition of tho Btato. Trom tho reports of tho Becrotary of Btato and Btato Tronsuror, it appoars that the balance in tho Troasury, belonging to tho various funds, nt tho close of tho Inst flsoal yoar (Sept. 80, 1872), was §299,100,11, 4 ‘Tho receipts and disbursoments of tho gonoral fund, for tho year, woro as follows : REOEIPTA, Stato tax,. . $085,040,00 ‘Tax on Aull 4,400.00 tailrond com; o+ 228,628.49 Fire inauranco compani 5 0 £CCH . varannasons . £1,510,75 Lifo Insuranco companios—licenses Talograph compnnics—iaxes. Planle road compynies—toxes. Tax on Nationni Banks 2051 Tionds recoivabl cellanoous, $1,000477.20 DISDURSEAMENTS, Salarles and pormanent appropriations.... $70,210.80 Leglalutive esponses 112,30, Blato Prizon and charitablo institutios Interest on State indobtedncss Miscollancous. .. 458,707.89 160,032,156 $1,070,42. The abovo disbursoments sra classed as fol- ows For Stato natitutions Intoreat on Stato debl Bpecinl appropriation: st TATY OXpONACE,.. Making s total of oxtraordinary oxponses..$708,848,13 ‘Which sum deducted from tho total dis- y buracmonts leaves ns ordinary expenscs$337,608.83 $458,7107.8) £0,032,15 Tho expientes of {ho samo clas {n 1870 wore$316,9: And in'1871 20 Tho apparont oxcess of the Y of tho past year over tho Yrcccdlu . l\lninud by the following tabl 'y 0X] yerr it x- o, showing of what tome tho ordinary oxpotscs consited : OUDIMALY EXIENATS, 1871 3 1872, $ 61,978.90 G5, 101,066,123 Bu 14,016,3% Cireudt Court, 2084488 Historiesl Sociely.. 7 ,500.00 Btate Library... 1,094.80 Engiucers, iivomen, and e Eczora 16,58,33 Oss,. 28501 Toofago—Btats Dopartnents, 452561 Governor's contingent fund 01,03 Slationar, o 20,030.00 Trinting, 8, 130,10 47,008,6% ‘Advertii 1,750.27 207,40 Publiahing lawa: AT 1216510 Militia, biilitary " Hocratary and Armoree. ..., 2,160,48 Blato Board of Asicasors. 8000 Coal,euees Total T4 The difforonco, a8 will be soon, is found su ntantially in threo items, viz: Legivlativo ox- jpoudos, printing, aud stationory. Tho oxcoss of Tiogislative exnoncoa iy parlially accountod for in tho oxpenso incurrod by tlio procoding Legi laturo, in what was known s tho * Dolla Iuvesti- ation,” which was paid during tho pas year. 3ut that still leaves tho Legislntive oxpensos many thousand dollars in oxcoss of the expenees for the last fivo yeara, This fack will, no doubt, challongo_your attontion, and Ihopo that tho presont’ Logislaturo will boablo Lo pregent o bhowing that will compare favorably with any 11rucudiu;i yonr. At tho last session, tho cont of employos of tho Asgombly was reduced $1,108.40, whila tho sumi Inr oxponsos of the Benato wero increased 911.25. DBy tho tablo boforo roferred to, it wi Do scon that in tho past soason thoro was ox- onded for printing $17,00L04, ngainst £23,- XSUJO tho procoding yoor, This excess lrrge- ly arises from tho Ex-iutlng of the Coustitu- Hon, ovdored by {o Leatslaturo of 1871, which amounted to £18,860.78, and the roport of tho Btato Board of Chnritics and Roform, 81,149.61, “Thoro was paid during the past yoar $20,000 for ntationory ; but 810,000 of that sum was for ptationory pirchased nud used the year beforo, for tho payment of which the Logiulaturo nog- Tocted to appropriato. Theso nxfilnuntions show that tho exponsen propor for tho past year do not matorially vary from tho proceding yenr. & STATE DEDT. Tho debt of tho Stato on tho 30th of Septem- or, 1872, vay ng follows : Cafilteaten of Indebte dnvsa In trugt for tho ditveront. funds + $2,209,000.00 Stato bonds oulstand! 18,100.00 Curreucy corlificrtes. 67,00 Total, . 32,057.00 The col of indebtodness on tho State aro hald for the difforent funds as follows : Behool £0nd. .o veresse Novnu:l Behoul fund Tniversity fund Agricultural Qoll Totaliuarees I $2,31,800,00 The totn! productive nccumulations of all the trust fuuds of the Blate, on the 30th day of Hoptember, 1872, woro £3,776,185,16, showing an Iricrgnsedurlug tho lagt flzeal year of $376,- 641,05, "'ho amonnt bolonging to cach fand on tho gamo day was as follows ; School fund, ., Nornal Gelivol Univorsity fund, Agrleulturnl Coll ‘I'ho oporntion of tho I £ 1870, ontitlod “ an 1 nsionors of School nnd Uniyorsity Lands to loan tho trust funds to sichool districls for tho purpose of building school buildings thorein,” hns not in_all cnsos boen eatisfactory, and Iracommond tho ropeal of that law. GOVERNON'S CONTINGENT FUND, Thora hug beon expanded fram the Govornor's Coutingout Fund during the yesr, tho sum_of £897, [ho balanco remeinlug in the_fund, Jan, 1, 1878, was §2,665.18, as follows : Unexpended bolanco of nppropriation of 1871, 555,18, Ap- Proprintion of 1872, 83,000, No 'fuclber uppro- printion i roquired for tho ensuing yoar. Whera was recoivod at (he Ixocutive Offlco during the yonr 1673, for commingions to Come minsionors 6f Doody, to reaido in othor Blaloes, tho mum of £253, which hay beon pald into tho Btato Troasury. net to authorize the Comuni BTATE TAX. Tho State tnx lavied for 1871 waa £029,143,10, which was %01,180.14 lods thau tho precoding yoar, ‘Who tax loviod for 1873 way $705,201,65. Thero is due tho Stato from counties, onno- count of taxen for provious ycars, tho sum of §3,600.51. ‘Fhis very satisfrstory rewult is no dobt duo, in n grent monsuro, to” tho oporation of tho law ** o taollitate Lho paymont of i dobtednoss hfl, tho Htato," ounnstea” Ly the Loglo- ra of 1873, ln’i“hn following table shows tho agsossed value ation, Lho mmount of Btate tax, and tho rate por cent for tho lnst nix years: Valuation, it fax, Ttate per eent gy that tho rato of taxation hag Hetlliy 181100 mills (? 1 !ld':lflg millg; bub thin partislly avises from Ui diminished assessmont of tho lnst your, 'J.h'eim is no doubt that tho value of thi proporty i Uho Btato 18 actunlly yomo millions grontor than *yatd after tha close uf flml\w:\‘ll year, cud not fu- cluded in tho totul expens:a for 1972 It w baon {noreased from the praceding yoar. A tax of ono mill on adol- Inr on the real value of all tho praporty in the Btato, In addition to the tax on railway and in- surance compnnies, would give nll tho rovenuo nocossary to meot the oxponses of tho Htato Governmnont, Tho Btato taxes aro not high, and the burdon- some tnxon paid by tho pnop‘u ara nuch n4 aro imposed dircotly by themsolves fos county, town, school, rond, and othor purposes imme- diatoly vindor thelr own control, CONSTITUTIONAL, AMENDMENT. ¢ ‘Tho last Logislature passed n joint rosolution for an amondmont to Lhe Qounstitution, proli'hit- ing counties, towns, vilingos, sohool districts, or othor municipal corporations from bocoming in- dobted for any purposa to i Amannt oxcood ing 5 por contum of tho valuo of tho taxabio piopor- ty thorein, I recommond that sald rosolution Do ngain passed, that tho question may ba sub- milted to a voto of tho people ot tho noxt gon- oral olection. The soouor the power of running in dobt be- yond the falr monua of pa: luE Iy tokon awny from countles, towns, oto,, tho bettor. TROPERTY BY DESCENT. Tn 1808, tho law rolating Lo proporty hy descont was mntorially olinnged, 5o au to givo tho entiro proporty of an intostato loaving a widow without childron, to the widow. I considor this as calculated to oporato ofton~ timos vory harshly and unjustly towards tho paronta of tha intostato, 1 beliove that thero ia no othor instanco in tho Unitod Btatos whero ostates aro disposed of in this manner. I cannot find that thore was auy discussion over tho bill whon it waa passod, or thnt nuy reason was nssignod for i, T Jaw, ns it #tood prior to 1808, was very 1iberal to fho widow, giving nll tho ostato of hor husband to ior during hor natural lifo, and aftor Lor deconso to his father, I recommond that tho law bo 8o amendod as to givo tho widow anabsolute faosimplotitle to such ortion of liorhusband’a ostate as you may doom ust and equitablo, and tho romainder, in tho absonco of childron, to the fathor of tiio iutos- tato, or thoro bolug no father, to the mothor, or in the absenco of ocithor father or mother, to the brothors and ststors of tho doconsed in oqual slnras. GAMDEING. Tho laws of tho Stato as applicable to profes- slonal gamblers arc doubtless all suiiclent, and only require to bo onforced. But somo law sooms to bo roquirod to break up tho schools W{‘mro gamblors aro mado, Theso are overy- whoro. Evon tho Church (unwittingly, no doubt,) in somotimes found dolug tho work of tho dovil. Qift concorts, gift ontorprisos, and raflles, soma- times in nid of roligious or charitablo_objocts, but often for less worthy fiufl)oaen, lotterics, prizo packngos, otc,, aro ol ovicos to maka money without valuo recoived. Nothing is so domoralizing or intoxienting, particularly to tho young, as tho acquisition of money or proporty without labor. . Reapoctablo anplo engoging i _theso chanco onterprises nud easing thoir conscionces with the rofloction that tho monoy is to go to a good object, itianot strange that the youth of the Btato should &o often fall into tho Liabits which tho oxcitomont of games of Linzard are almosb cartain to ongondor.. If you can devieo somo law to broak up theso ]&mcuces and bring thom into discrodit, you will loservo tho thanks of all good peoplo, TENPERANCE, The lnst Logislaiure prssod a law ¢ to provide againet tho ovils resulting from tho sale of in- toxieating liquors.,” It hes not boen in opera- tion long euough to onnblo the public to }ud 0 fairly in_ regard to ils merits. 'ho 1aw should have & fair trisl, and, if any amoudmont is re- quizred to securo its enforcoment, I hopo that it will be suppliod. RATLWAY OHAROES, In my last aunual mosuage, I gave my views at Tongth iipon tho gonoral sub{acn of raiironds and thoir managoment. Thoso viows aro unchanged, and I do nmot deem it nocossary to horo ropeab thom, But I desiro this to bo borne in mind, that undor our Btato Conutitution the pooplo are tho abroluto muatera of overy railway in the Stato, and it s within tho powor of the Logislature to altor or ropoal any chartor within thio Stato, If railways bocomo oppressive, the Legislaturo will bo in fuult if it docs not apply tho proper correation, and prinirily the poople who eloct the Logislaturo. It cannot be deniod that the many vast and ovorshadowing corporations in the Unitad States aro justly s pourco of alarm, Tho Logislaturo cannot scan too closaly ovory moasuro that shall como boforo it, which proposos to givo ad- ditional vightsand privileges to tho raflways of tho Stato, The iunumerablo vast fortunos in the country, tanging from fivo to fifty millions and upwards, nearly all aro duo to onr railway syatem, and represent in groat part sums drawn from tho mogses of the people in excess of o £air dividend on tho capital employed. Whothor tho reilroads of this stato aro managed fairly and justly or not, ia for you to dacido, and you will ulways find mo roady to co-oporato wich you in guch measures ns may bo necossery for tho protection of tho public. In my flrst sunual imossngo, I recommended tho orgauization of n 4 Board of Nailroad Commissigners, with power to inquire into all complaints and abusos, and to exercise o genoral supervision over tha oporat- ing of tho sovoral railroads within tho State, and {o rocommend suchi legislation as may secm to thom expediont, aud report annually to tho Govornor,” That recommondation Ihore ropent. TAILROAD PASSES. Tho systom_of granting passes by railrond companies to Stalo officials is one of noro than doubiful )wuminly, yot the practico is 50 univor- sal that fow cansay, ““Iam holior than thou.” Passos aro not grauted from o pure spirit of benovolenco, but bacauso & roturn is oxpected in somo form. Nono of us will admit that our pub- licoction can bo influcnced by so trivial o congidoration a8 a8 railond paes, but to avoid eveu the suspicion of being improporly in- fluenced in tho dischargo of publio dut:es, I'rec~ ommound that the greuting of passes to tho class of Btala officials who, through thic public ofiico, have power to coufor or witlhold benofits to & railroad company, bo prohibite: ['tho romainder of the mensago refora to tho Nationnl Bauk {ax; approprintions from the General Fund in oxcoss of tho amount in tho ‘Preasury; State war claims; United Statos Sen- ator; temperanco; the Centenninl Exx}msilion; Staty Historical Bociety ; chavitablo institutions; Siato Prison criminal sintistics; education; Stato Univorsity; Stato Capital; Darl fouco; Park Commissionors; Iire Rtolief Fund; Goological Buryoy; Railronda; tho St. Crolx Land Girant; ior inprovomouts; Btuxgoon Hay Ship Canal IIntbor of Buperior, and Postal 'Polograph. MISSOURL, . 87, Louts, Mo,, Jan, 8, 1673, Governor Woodzon was insugurated at Joffer- #on City, to-dey, end rond his messngo, Tho mesaago opens by saying that, on Novembor last, tho peoplo of Missourl, for tho firab timo during the lnst deendo, oloated, without let or hindrauco, the men of their choice s ofiicors of iho Government. 1o then rofers lo tho com- plaints which bave been madoe against thoso who have mouldod and shaped tho policios of tho ro- cont pust In Missouri, meening tho proscriptive partisanship in tho conactment and en- forcemontof ‘laws, and eaya: “Unloss wo adopt o difforent policy tho samo ovil resulis will follow us ° that have followod thoso who precodod uns.” Ho strongly apponls to tho Assombly to sink the partinauin tho patriot, and logislaio only for tho common good, and pledges himuelf that, while hois Govornor, tho intavests, tho honor, and the prospority of tho Btato will alono control lis official ncts, 3 ITo discussea tho Constitutional Convention quoslion at considorable longth; and, whilo admitting that tho proseut Coustitution can- taing many objeotionablo features, Le opposes o Couvontion ag o romedy for tho ovil. Iosaya: %o Ropublica party aud the Liboral Ropitb- Ticans of tho State aro opposed to tho Conyon- tion ; alao, o gront many of the most futalligent, prudont, aud agacions Domocrats, 'Thorofore, . Convention would bo partisan, and a Conatitu- t1on should navor bo formad by partisnns, or for partisan ends,” Io also opposen tho moasure from an coonomicst standpoiut, ITo then pro- poses o Committco, or Board of Constitutional lovisions, consisting of fivo or soven of the mont distinguished citizons of tho Siate, to bo choson by joint vato of both Houses, or appoiut- od by the Govornor, who shall moot i the Capi- tol at onco and take tho wholo mattor into consldoration, proparo such amendmonts to tho Constitution &4 ara domauded by tho paoplo, and porfeot tho organia lnw, Pho (invarnow dovetas consldorablo apaco to tho Ponitontiary question, and rocommonds tho orontion of a Board of Meuagors, who shall havo cntiro control of the Stato Prison, and bo ro- gponuiblo to tho Btato for the managomont of ity affairs, ITo also thinks this Bonrd should lavge- 1y coutrol all tho prinons and Jells in tho Btato, na wpll a8 tho Insano Avylums, andall bouevo- lent institutions which ave supported by tho Btale, 1o nlludes to tho groat cost to the Btate and countios of eriminal oases, and assorts that {housnnds of dollars aro mmunll{ stoton from tho Lronsury in naking cost-bills ){ BhoriTa and ; end roeonunonds tho pusanga of ~ i ngg thint 110 costs in eriminal or ponat casos shull be paid out of tho Stalo or County ey, Attor touching upon tho subjoots of oduca- tion, oxtra_ncnsionn, and a forr ofhor local mat- tors, tho Govornor closos as follown: “Tho oyos of the natlon are upon us. All tho powor in Minsourl, in overy departmont of governinant, in In tho hands of the Dentocratio party. Buch ia tho cara in fow other Htates in tho Amoriean Union, Our political onomien at homo and abroad will seratinizo all our nots, and tako nd- vanlago of ovory orror wo may commit. Wocen rurpoumm our power only in”ono way, and that 5 by doiug right, and »ho\'fln:f' Ly our worls that wo, a8 & parly, bave bheen in ‘onrnest In our pledgos of cconomy and roform. Lot ua calmly pursuo the lne of policy indicated, and nover bo drivon from it by tho monnces_of enomios, tho porsungion of frionds, the noductive influoncen of individual ambitlon, and you may rest ns- surod that eaven will bless tho pooplo aud ap- prove out courso.” . KENTUCKY. ' Loumsviuir, Ry, Jen, 8 1873, The 8tato Leglalaturo met and organized at Franltfort this morning, Tho_Govornor's meg~ nago was rend. Roviowing tho finances, tho -Govornor enys: Tho wholo amount of the rodeemnblo bonded indobtodness of tho Stato, ot tho clogo of tho fiacal yonr on the 10th dey of Octobor, 1872, wac £9,003,540. Tho moans in tho haud of the Biukiug-Fund Commissioner amount to 32,420,303, besidos unadjusted claima agaivet the Todoral’ Govornmont “for ndvancos during the war, amounting to 8505,478. Tha racelpts of rovenuo propor, during tho last your, woro §1208,0618 oxponditurcn for the samo poriod, $1,578,935. Tho total oati- matad recoipts for tho fscal yonr ending thio 10th of Octobor noxt are 91,024,430 ; totnl catimated expondituros for tho same’ poriod, §1,470,469,— showing that tho oxpondituros will oxceed tho rocoipts §452,000. To this doficit must be added n doficit of #305,000 on tho 10th of Octobor, 1872,—making o tolal duflcit( on tho 10th day of Qctohor noxt, of 8717,376, 'Tho Governor urgon the gront importanco of providing for this larga doficit by ~ appropristo legielation, making such provisions as will provont any futuro do- ficit in tho Tronsury, Tho Covernor rocom- ‘monds that all tho balanco of rosources in tho Binking Fund; nxcexllt tho tax of 5 conts on tha $100 worth of taxable proporty of tho Stato, bo diverted into aud used for lpurpows of rovenua proper. Ho cally attention to tho unequal valuation of proporty for taxation. “heamount E"‘ to Btato charitios during the year wag »611‘1,869. 3 40; olai " n rogard to violonco, tho Govornor says: ‘¢ With tho oxcoption of o fow casca of flngrz‘l!ll violonco, there has boen loss manifestation of lawlensucss in tho State than ab any time ginco the war, indicating that thore is no ton- dongy toward organizod” violengo, which at ona timo was 8o provalout. This docroasp of such erimo is attributablo in a great dogree to & more hcnl!hfl publio sentimont in the condomnation of such acts, and consoquontly & botter adininig- tration of law against such offonders. 1, how- evor, again invite your attention to the Eroprluty of -maling additional provision y law for tho dotoction, apprehonsion, ond punishment of that olasgs of offonders who, genorally in tho night and in dis- guiso, assault tho porsons or depredate npon the property of such as may fall under their dis- !llcnfllu'n. The snlutary provisious for tho pun- shment of ordinary offendors sgninst the lnw hove proved inadequata to tho suppression of this form of violence; and while I rogard the oporation of an enlightenod public opinion ag the surest relianco for its ultimate extinction, nbthhl%’ which leglelative wisdom can suggest should bo left undonoe to secure the puunishmenl of auch offonders, or haaten the day whon our rocords shall censo to bo disgraced -by such orimes,” 'Tho Govornor urges the institution of Criminal Courts to reliove the Circait Courts ol aconmulated business, and socuro tho spoody trinl and prompt punishment of offondors. 1l opposes the libarality with which tho Log- islaturo passos nets empoworing sections of tha 8tato to tax thomsoelves for ratlroad and other entorprisos, ag froquently unjust to minoritioce, and dangerous. Tducation of the blacks is urgod as a measura of wise publio policy. Tho messago recommonds the Wardon system for the Pnn?lonunry, and opposes leasing tha Jabor of the convicta; recommends the incrensa of the allowenco for tho support of pruper idiots, and mensures to cara for colored people of tha class ; rocommonds thio reponl of ‘tho ot suthor- izing Lifo Inwuranco Compenica to make wpeeial doponits of securitios in tho Insurance Depnrt. ment; also, tho catablishment of a Siatistical Bureau. — RAILROAD DISASTER. Twently Persons Injureds Trom the Peoria (W) Demoeraty Jan, T, Tho railraad botween tho 1llinois and Missis alppl Rtivors, now oporated by tho C., D, & Q. Company, lus boen singulavdy ‘and happily ex. ompt from nccidonts since it flveb cornmenced, fifteon or sixtaon yoars ngo, aud wo might suy tho {fitat sorious ovout of that kind happoucd yo:s!un]u?' morning to tho down mail train, dua o nb § u. m, ~ Thero wWero two puusonger conches in the train. Tho hind coach, which goes through to Indianapolis, s brought as far a8 Lowar Pooria, or Peoria Junclion, there to bo taken on by tho ., B, & W., which makes con- nections at thet pojnt, This hind conch was . full of passengers, and the forward conch, which oarriey passengers on np to tho city was about hnlf full. Appronching Edwards' Station, tho trein olowed down to ton milos an hour, nud had just possod tha plation honse, and had got about 250 yards this vido of Edwards', whon an old rail baving its end rosting in & cast-iron clnir, brokooft with a clear {racturo about & foot fvom tho ond. Tho angina and tender gob over safely, but ths reat of tha carg—baggngo and passenger cars—gob upon the tics and went bumping nlong sbout iifty yards ta apwiteh, ‘ho result tras, that the tracka of all tho cars got sadly dieplaced and demorzlizod, and tho hind conch foll over to tho right-han sido, ton foot de'vn an embankmont. ‘T'wo hot stoveu wore in the conch, but by {imely offort thoso wore provented from doing any material damago; but some twenty of the passengein woro moro or less hruised or scratched, thongh none fatally injurod, Tho following includes tho worst enees : 5 Gonoyal ‘homas T. Mondorson, cut ahout tha hoad; baclk and sidos injured, and otherwisa strained. Ilou, P, IT. Banford, Gelosburg, fazo and hoad bruisod. NMrs. Jano Lamb, of Blonmington, wifeof a railrond conduetor on the Chicago & Alton Rail- rond, was {ho most soriously injured. Sho snyn {hat whilo down somo hieavy mian siopped upon her, for, in tho confusion, it Rcemod to ho ovary ono for bimself. She wag injured in tho site, and was otherwiso soveroly bruinod and shakon. Wa understand sho_had three childron with hor. A pister of tho above was nlso injured in the gido. 8ho had two childron. Omno, & boy, wae hurt on tho head and back., Isnac Slidoll, of Manufleld, Ohio, hurt on the hoad and Luck. J. IL Hurris, of Dloomington, soveral bruin g and shoulder ntrained. Judgo O, B. Lawronco wns slightly hurt. 2 Frank Prico, of Pooria, hnd his teoth and nose” brokon, 0, McCurdoy, of Vermont, Illinois, hnd au arm injured. Mrs, W. 8, Lawronco, of Omeha, had her hend hurt, also waw injuredin one armand on the ody. 8.\ Cockley, of Chicago, was eovorely injur- ed on tho hoad and had some body bruises. r. A, L. Shorb, Ban Angolog, Cal., was on tho train with his wifo ud child, Tidy and child wora both injured, but the Doctor, with tho nsistance of Dr. Wilkinson, of Kiclkapoo, mado himsolf vory usoful in assisting the wounded. Johnuy Frawloy, (ho train boy, was badly Druisod about the Tead and face, Lo hies beon poveral yoars on this rond, end this iy his firel Borious mishap. "fho pascongors speak in great praise of the assiduous offurts to_give every aid to the suffor« ars mado by Mr. Beott Dovioy, the conductor. 'he brakoman alvo dld all in Lis power to assiat, I'ho locomotive camo on into town and took out two pussonger coaclies for tho passongers, who all arrived during tho foraucon, and soveral of the injured onos wevoe takon to the Pooria louso. Mrs, Lamb, who was worut injured, romained on_ tho tialn and was taken on to Bloomington by tho firat train gnuir “T'io prakongorn in tho fizal dar woro vory muck pstonishod as tho wheeld wont bumplug along over tha tios, but nono wero hurt, Ou tho wholo, overy ouo ou Ltho {rain has good ronson to bo thankful }t wag no worse. 1l tho train hoon going at the rate of thirly miles sn nonr, instead of ton, tho outlcome might have Loon o moro sorious uifair, —_— —Tho vital statistioa of Michigan have figured it down so line aa toroport that it inkes 9,35 women bolwoen 16 and 45 to ovolvo a elild in that Btate ; and that among the 20,663 Michi- xniios0 producod in 1870 thore woro 118 and a* half palrs of boy twing, . —Ming Fmily Ualthfull is kicking up s row becauko tha proprictors of dry goods storea dow't omploy womon as olorke for tho paltry protext that” *womon can't lift tho bales of oods,” Wo rathor think with Miss Emily (hat ?\lo exongo is o poor ono, 1ut tho ronl reason {a agood one, It is becansg ladico only patron. 0 thoyo ntores whore thoro are mald clorka— you, male clorks,