Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1873, Page 1

RN AT B 3 ki i i i i Daily % VOLUME 26. . ] ASSmNGE. London Assarancs Gorporation Tiocal Committee. J. P. GIRAUD FOSTER, of Foster & Thomson. GORDON NORRIE, of Boorman, Johnston & Co. CHARLES M. FRY, No. B Wall-st. 7 HOWARD POTTER, of Brown Bros. & Co. GOOLD H. REDMOXD, of Dennistoza & Co. Total Funds, Gold, - $13,234,425 Fire Assets, Gold, '~ - $5,064,000 @GEO, C. CLARKE, Agent, 3 and 4 Bryan Block. Insurance effected on Business Bnildings, Merchandise, Provi- sions, Dwellings and their con- tents. ~ REMOVALS. GAmSON, T - PIRIE, Have romoved to their new store, MADISON AND FRANKLIN-STS, ‘Where they will show this day one hundred cases of choice styles of prints. = REMOVAL. Groat Western Light Guard Band has removed 0fi§0 !"-’n!fl fim& Clark-st., opposite molgnxn oo, F. Hoftman, Copdctor; Jous -Tiand, 00 Prompter; Georgo Chiafloy, Frompters A Lepdon Prompter: E. Quin: or. - i BUSINESS CARDS. . HAMS H. M. DUPEE & (O, 223 and 225 Kinzie-st., Near Statost. Bridze, . 2 CURERS OF CHOICE FAMILY HAMS, DRIED BEEF, Breakfast Bacon. 2D, mests of our curs arebranded *‘H. M. DUPER EDUCATIONAL. NORTH SIDE SCHOOL, 63 North Clark-st. This school will reopen at the above location on Monday, Jan. 20, 1873, under the 'charge of an associate teacher, who pursue the same methods of study and discipline that have previously characterized it. Thorough instruoction in the mod- ern languages will also ba given. - For terms or for private instruction address ..S. WATERS, 50 North Sheldon-et. FINANCIAL. -THE CITIZENS' BANK OF CEIICAGO. WAL M. MAYO, Prest. A, &'xg‘r.‘gflfis. Yico Prest. 149 and 161 Madison, near LaSalle-st, ‘Thio bovo bank is now reads for business end offars fts services to the busin: mmunity. gular banking Tl amsacied in o1 1s beancher OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Janow 1 ized. Bank for SAVIN rgier{s““:'fi' EETRniny ind Hondey sventacs Gom & 108 b The Dt States Nortzags Go. o xe.m"-'.x‘i‘;“"Z' ©on Bond and Mortgage of Without ommission and on Long Tims, ROOMS 2 & 3, B. W. Cor. State and Madison-sts. ALFRED W. BANSOME, Secretary. Hibernian Banking Association, CHICAGO, Jan. 1873, A dividend of five (5) t has been d th ol el i K s S 2 Byorderof the .TON B. DOX, Cashier. DICG. o good money away upon bad. We adj ovety descripilon, 13 a1l GRr(s of- the Coy. e g beataces itk s 101 pon P iie o 0 Who . FRASER'S Mercsuto Colloction Ageacy, 18 MONEY: T0 LOAN Throw seims ot lbvno ite, 2. 3g2 Oa fist-class Chicago proparty; $2.500, 83,000, snd 25,000 baod. MEAD & COL, T West Mzdi STATIONERY, CULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & CO, Wholesale and Retail Stationers, BLANK BOOK MAKLRS, PRINTERS. And Publishers of Commercisl and Law Blanks, 118 & 120 Monroe-st., Chicago, Opposlte old P. O. Building. | FATHERS!! All weariness tn caro of fofanta iy - 12 Beby Jumper, o batentads boet aror wadte . "Rt r}s ‘é!‘:" Sa‘tsn-l!. and by the manufacturers. Prices, g% 42 5 and o ag 10 Saish. Frersbady I lara to rare, Wis. Large discount to the cash trade. Important 1o fhe Horse-Owners of Chicago, * _DES. SANBORN and DADD, vrinazy . T34 rerpecttally wnnounce that QYS nbasn:?mm"- % um‘:fllg gr;mmdllfihm. >here they ate Dropared el aitention civen Lo sar Sk Bas- H RS LA 6. mDADD, Vo8 . d | Bousiofsanatp. m. ENTAL TG, GO, Allea's GENERAL NOTICES, NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS AKD PROERTY OWHEES Y ATT AND HIS PATENT LIGHTS AGAINST Edwin Lee Brown. Ihave employod 8. &, Gooduin, Baq., to briaz sult i Mr. Brown, gains! to deprive him of powers he s using 19 intimidate tho pabllc s34 + Impait | the Hahts of 2y Now Vork Licantecs. 1ir, Brown has sucd Orawford, Ghamberiln £ Co. fot selling in Chicago lebts manniac: el te Now York by iconneor, and by mo UNDEL AUTHORITY AND PHOTECTION. OF THE. VERY PATENTS \WHIGIH M. BROWN HIMSELE CLAINS TO WORK UNDER! " iz suit agaiast CRAWKORD, CHAMBERLIN & CO. it 5 £alt agninat hisivrong doimg tarmina(es {ho ermtract; and 1o daciass it; and roby notdfy the public that all the privile, hithorto enj: g Ead wadler s contract of Fiat Rovomber, 1460, o % Lako, tho present omner of tho patonts, om from this dato all royalties and patent focs justly belong, and who il assert n tho Courts a claim thorsto. Tt 18 only justice to myaclf 1o state the fact that Mr, wn's rse toward Urawlord, Charaberliu & Co., wha are relling my lighta {a Chicago,'aud havo tho cqultablo 4 legal TiRht th dn 50, has srairn.ont of mp 2 o BRING DOWN THE P RICE O T e TG, P THADDEDS LYATT, Attorney for E. A, Lako, owner of tho patents. “The above shows that wo aro tho suthorized agants in-|. Chi € tho New York Licanses fc Ghlcago of tio New Yor nses for the mamifacturs Hyatt's Patent Tluminatad Tils, We ki 1o keep comstantly on hand astock, axd are properod PLATFORMS AND VAULT COVERS At short notico, =11 121d ina comploto menner, and we ask your patronsge. ORAWFORD, CHAMBERLIN &CO0., 77 DBARBORN-ST. WASHINGTON HEIGHS. A meeting of all intorested in the Hoights 'will be held at 2 p. m. Wodnesdsy, Jan. 15, 1873, at Room 11, Chamber of Commerce; to consult about a Military Academy, and La- dies’ Seminary, to be established in that vi~ cinity. i BLUE ISLAND LARD & BUILDIXG €0, L. P. HILLIARD, GED, R. CLARK, And many eibers. .- HANNIBAL Dee. ‘WE RAVE THIS DAY APPOINTED Messrs, HENRY W, NIEDERT & CO., No. 2 Market st., Chleago, I, Our sale agonts for tho sale :Il:dm‘;,("':nr. the well-known. et e P NWIGAT # PINDELL. SALESHEN Wanted. Men of experience and who can control a large trade inFancyDry Goods, White Goods, Hosiery, and Notions. Apply to - JOEN SERVIS & (0. FIRE EXTINGUISHER. The Champion Fire Extinguisker Co,, FACTORY AND SALESROON, TT Fourth-st., Lonisville, Kentucky, . Capital Stock = - - $1,600,000 SAMUEL M. P, E] N, E. .‘"NHE[?PSEE} d Treas, - VAN DYNE, Superintendent, THE CHAMPION SZL!“-AC‘HNI’}e FIRE ENGINE, ‘with Hook and Ladder attachment, on wheels, pleto fire department in itself. The Cha; x {3 2 marvol o upon. , when calle 3 , Agent, 8 Markot-t., Chicago. VACCINATIO! FREE VAGCINATION “Will be performed at tho Dispensarics of tho Aid Soclety as follows: * NORTH STAR, 827 Division-st., fram 10 to12s. m. and 3to4p. m. CERTRAL, 158 North Sangamon-t., from1to 4 p. m. 'HERRIOK. 851 Wost Trelfth-st., from 8 to 10 8. m., 2nd2to5p. m. - s 'DAVIS FREE, corner Calumet-av. and Twenty-sixth- st., from'9to1la. m. and 1t 8p. m. JOHON REID, M. D., Ganoral Medical Superintendeat. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS. Tie Commercial National Bank OF CEICAGO. Tho annnal meeting of the stockholders of this Bank, for the election of Directors, will be held at its Banking House, Tuesdsy, Jan. 14,1873, between the hours of 3and 4 p. m. M. D, BUCHANATN, Oashier. Notice. The annual mesting of tho stockholdars of the Norih Chicago City Rallway Company, for the eleotioh of Dircc- tors for the ensuing yesr, will be held at the offico of the Company, 430 North Olarkat., on Tuesdsy, Jan, 1, 1673, at10o'elock a. m. H. N, TOWNER, Scoretary. THE CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK Cmi0AG9, Dec. 14, 1871 ‘The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Bank {fox i lectionof Difostorsfor th ecmuing sear "will bo Beldaing Bapiug ofics o8 Doy, 38 1B, 0 of , 1973, betw And 4 o'elook. oo 5. 31CK. SANGER, Gratiler. STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. " MNOTICE. ual maoting of .t ‘khol of 1l Venol O ot o é“?u:‘&f. eetiom o b1t roctors will be nold 44 258 Bonih Water st., Tursda, Jan. 10155, 2 1 Selook 3. o abnrp. AMESE. HIGGIE. Prestdeat. NOTICH. The azaual mesting of tho stookholders of tye FIli% Natlonal Bank of CI , for the eloction of tors held at tho offica of said ‘bank, i Chis 08day, Jan, M, 1673, between the ISAAQ G. LOSMBARD Cashler. Chicago, Des. 10, 1573, TO RENT. To Rent, until May 1st., The premises ow occupied by me 3 an {nsurance office. Advantageons arrsngements caa be mide with owners for eontinuation of leass, Thsrooms are large, sud tha lozation the most prominent i, the citr. Apblyto AR- THUR C. DUCAT, cor. Market and Madison-sts. MEETINGS. Attention, Sir Knights. Special conclava of A maadory, No. 1, K. T., Ty TFomple, ppollo Com: this , 8% 75§ o'clock, at Masonic a;rmll] ’p&l&‘?bad-lm. for work on R. C.'or- Sl v %.a. W. LOGKE. Racardler, Reliof and CHICAGO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1873. WASHINGTOR, Yésterday’é Pro,éeedifigs in the Credit Mobilier Inves- tigation. Judge Durell, of Louisiana, ‘to be- Subjected-to Gongres- sional Examination, A Lively Debate in the House on ke Louisiana Troubles, - The Attempted Outrage on the Straw ' Paper Man- . ufacturers. The Melfier Wood Paper Patent to hé Revived, if Possible. How Congressmon-and Senators Wero " Genteely Brihed by the Pacific b Railread, Caldwell Investigation---Damning Testi- mouy Against the Kansas Senator, Attempt to Repeal the Iron-Clad Oath. Special Deapateh to The Chicano Tribune. 'COLLEGE LAXD ENDOWMENT. ‘Wasmvarox, Jan. 13,—Tho voto in tho Scnate, to-dny, on Senator Morriil's bill to provide for | the farthor endowmbont of colleges for tho bene- fit of egriculture and tho mechsnic arts, indi- cated that tho Vermont Senator had not over- estimatod the' ditustion in his statement thet three-fourtha of this body was in favor of the | measure. Before tho discussion of the merits of tho bill was entered on, Mr. Morrill himuolf reported & eubstitute, which differs from the original bill in several important particulars, Tirst, tho substitute appropriates to each State and Torritory, whore theso colleges may be put in actual oporation five years after tho paseage of the act, the proceeds of the salo of 500,000 acres of public land, estimated: at 91.25 per acre, whereas the original bill simply appro- ‘priates 1,000,000 acres of land in each State to such purposes. A Second, The duty is imposed on " tho Secrotary of the Treasury to ascortain the not amount -of salos of the public lands for the proceding fiscal’ sear, and invest the samo in rogistered bonds, or, at his discretion, may issue Buch bonds to euch colleges, returning the mopey to the United States Trossury, instond of causing the Secretary of the Interior to issue lind-war- zants whero' applications weré mado as had pro- | 1 vionsly been provided. The objections to the bill came from Senators Sherman, Thurman, aad Hamilton of Maryland, The former thought that the mode of distribu- tion provided would work great injustice to the 4 larger Statos, thoy being placed on tho same equality with the smaller. His amendment to!f include common schools among the beneflciaries | of the graut was lost by the decisive vote of 62 to 9. A suobsequont motion to _refer the bill to the Commiitce on Publio’ Londs was also voled down by 26-to 11. Pending an amendment offered by Senator: Stewart, to the offoct that Nevada bo allowed to establish m.ininE schools, and then to obtain the ‘bonefits of the bill, which was roeisted on the' und that this cless of collogos waa alread: Contemplated, the Senate adjourned. The bil will come after the morning hour fo-morrow, when it will undoubtedly pass. TNSURVETED WATLR-LOTS. i The Senate to-day adopted a resolution intro- duced by Senator Pratt, calling upon the Secre- tary of the Interior to lurnin‘.)\o information 28 to the number of lake or other Lodies of water designated the . town- ghip plats in the public -land’ survess in the goveral States respectively known ss “#Public Lands Slates,” the bounds of whick heve not been surveyed; the estimate of -the qualities of land 80 covered by water, and nob included in the surveys; also, tho authority ex- ercised over the same by the agouts of -the United States to prevent the encroachment of drainage or private appropriation; the taking of fish, ice, or other material therefrom; alse, whether applications are mado to purchase the beds of such lakes or other bodiesof water, and the practicabilify of selling the samo, and of ceding any xight which tho United Stites may possess thoroin 1o the Statcs in which theyre- spectively lie. ] FINANCIAL, : Mr. Morton's bill to farnish $25,000,000 of ad- ditional currency to the West and South will be further discussed aud acted on at a future meet- ing of the Committee on Danking and Curroncy, when all the membersof the Committeo -are present, e Ar. Morriam's bill for free banking, which has mav friends in tho House, has not yet been conidered by the Cormittco. _ THE WOOD PAPER PATENT EXTESSION, Z The New York Journalof Commcyce'seditorial, calling attention to the covert.attempt of the Amorican Wood P?er Company to get tho Pat- ent Jaw 80 amonded {hat thoy can revive the old French Mellior patent straw paper swindlo, hich wa defanct fivo years 0go, is & matter that roquires immediato and astivo measures by the press of the country to use thewr influence with tho Congressmen-elect in their respective districts to vote against tho passage of this act ; and alsp to pess such a lowas will kill it 69 effoctually that it will never again be revived. The Americsn Wood Paper Company are & woalthy corporation, - having betwoen ome and two millions invested in paper pateats, of which the Mellier swindle ia the mosf important, and_without which the ' otkers are of Litle valuc, consequontly thoir great. effort to got tho Iellier a’;\unh firmly estab- lished again, and no doubt to carry ont their ob- meuf‘fi: all {he money and influonce thoy can bring to_bear on our Representatives at Washington. If this lyw is q‘usud, tho press of the country are the parties who will be obliged to pay the tax, or royaity,indirectly, to thie Com- peny, as tho manufaciurer will add to the price of paper sold by him whatever sum is leried an him for the uso of said patent. Thore ars quite 2 number, or nearly all, of the largo strav print paper manufacturcrs in the Eastern States in ac- oord with the American Wood Paper Company, they having lately compromised with tham for infringement on the patent up to the time of its expiration, and whon they 8o compremised they also received from the - American Wood Poper Company a mill sight to uio ssid ould thy, the atent for all time to come, 8l {Vood Paper Gompany, got & ronewal of ielr patent. Tho psper mannfadturers who live thus compromised with the Wood Paper Com- pany would not, of courso now object to a re- Dewal of the patent, us they are_now frec from any future {ax or royalty, and if the patent could again bo rovived all manufscturers aitside of this ring (thoso who_have compromisal with the Weod © Paper. Company) would hsve to pay - the tax on all = psper made by them, aod this would give ths ring s monopoly of the straw paper. trade, a3 they, having 1o tax to_pay, could il the product ot their mills st a less price than’the manufectarers who were taxed for the uz6 of tho patent, and the regult would lead todriving many of tho presont straw print manuf{actyers -well was informed of - it. versed in patent right matters say thia Mollier patent is a huge swindle of the tirst oxder, and should never have beon granted in this country. After the patent becams extinct, aboat five Fears ago, a large number of straw print mills wero erected for tho mavnfacture of straw print- ing paper. These parties havo invested n large amount of money in their busincss, and the iz- creasod number of mills thus built has had a tendency to keep the price of paper at a low figuro, but, if these manufacturers who have begn 'produning straw p:&mr since the expiration of this patent are obliged to pay the Weod Paper Company such & royalty as theymay fix as an infringement of thoir patent for the past fiva years, and a tax in_futore. for nfi” paper produced by them, it will drive many of hese manafacturers out of bueincas, besides consuming all they have accumn- Iated from tho ro%ta of their busincss, to pay the tax assessed on them by the Wood Paper Company for infringemsnt on said patent, If members of Congress were mado awaro of theso facts, it doos not seem possible they would voto for the jmssaqa of any such moasure. If this huge monopoly carry their point many innocent partios -will suffer, and tho peoplo robbed of their just rights by being obliged to pay a fax on printing paper, equivalont to s tax on kaowl- edge. - THE CALDWELL INVESTIGATION. Morton's Committes on Priviloges and Tlcc- tions did o good day's work in_ tho Caldwell bribery invostigation, to-day, and gob at some evidanice thiet 1ooks “moro ugly than aoy before given, Tho first and most important withoes was General T. Bmith, of Leavenworth, Caldwell'a businoss paster snd-noarest friend, snd the man_ who i3 _admitted ' by : all - parties to bave conducted Caldwells _Semato- riel cauvass, Smith's testimony, tsken not in (he -order in which it was given, but in the order in which the ovonts testified fo occurred, vias as follows : Smith said that he wag alwsys opposed to having Caldwell appear as & candidate, and told him that his health was-bad, and, if he came to 1he Sonate, ho wouldn't live two years but it was deemed mecesenry to have the Senator from : Leavenworth, ~as they had beforo been deprived of that honor by a_division_in the party. -Finally a number of citizens held a meoting and signed a potition to Caldwell that he would allow his name to be usedin connec- tion with the Senatorship, and ha E:hlicly con- sented bofore going . to Topeka to meke arrangements for the . election, and ‘uftor Caldwell had been announced as a candidate, - Governor Camey wroto to the witness, asking for an interview. When .they met Carniey was vory much grioved that Caldwell intended to run, and s2id that he, Car- ney, Lad been n candidato for a long time, and that ho thought to have the place. Smitly re- plied that he knew that ha had been a candidate ever since Lane was olected'tho Jast timo; that tho - Leavenworth * delogation had Leen divided, and for that reason = liad been unable to elect their man. At that elec- tion theLintendad to succeed. Carney com- plainad that ho had, in all theso years, been to a great deal of exponss, Smith roplied that 8o far as that was concerned, ho would rather seo him paid than that he should be o candidate. Cernoy named tho sum of $15,000.: Smith repled: “ Governor, that is a large amount, but we are all interested in the city, and must do what wo can.” At their next meoting, which occurred onc evoning soon_after, st - the First National Bank, Mr. beott, the President of the bank, and Caldwell, himself, woro present. Smith was in favor of paying tho amount. Governor Carney nsked, but Csidwell would mnot consent te pay it, though 'the witness -advised ‘him'to do s0. Soon after Smith went to Tope- ka, and thoro, after receiving a note from Scott, hecalled on Carnoy. The latter said thathe was going to be a candidate, and make troublo, and jnsisted upon his former proposition. Smith replied that he - ehonld have to seo Celdwell. He- -4iq -so, sand told him thet it wonld be necesun? to pay the money in order to succeed, and Caldwoll finnlly consented ‘to poy the $15,000. Smith took s written agree- ment from Carney when tho final arrangement was_made, setting forth that he would not bo a candidato at that election. *Ten thousand dol- waé paid at or about the time of the elec- on, and » note was given to Camoy ‘on Smith for the remsaining $5,000. This note ‘was putinto4ho hands of a Leavonworth law- yer to colloct, but Smith told him that Caldwell as'to péyit? It had since been paid by Cald- well.- Governor Camoy said when the bargain was made that he would take himeelf out of the <way, and go to New York, or would go to Tope- ka and work for Caldwell, 85 was thought best. Smithadvised him to go to Topeka. C] did f0, and engaged o number of rooms, and had a numbes of men with him. In considera- tion of these expenses Smith paid Carney out of his own money £7,000. He didnot know wheth- er Carney bad paid out that smotnt, but the money was understood to have been paid to cover his expenses. Smitl's testimony in regard to Caldwell's Imowledgo of tho paymont of this 37,000 was = littlo mixed. At one point he said that ho did not bolioye Caldwell knew snything sbout it ; at another, ho testified that ho supposod that Cald- Smith denied, posi- tively, that he was engaged in _the purchase of ‘members, aa Spriggs hod testified that he was on Saturday, and that he knew of the uso of any gilior money in tho ctuvass thongh ho had heard that Clarke was buying votes. i Tho only other witness whose testimony throw much light beuesth the surface of this dark eubject was D. B. Authony. editor of the Leavenworth Times, Ile testified to havinghad a conversation with Caldwell Jast summer, in . which the latter said tho election cost him abont $60,000. Ho also gavo come particulara abont some money, £6,000, that Caldwell had lent to Burke, tho proprietor of & paper in Leavenworth, for services during the canvass, snd for which he had.taken Burke's notes. An- thony desired to purchase the pness, and de- sired to got the notos, Caldwell refused to give them up. saying that he never intended to col- lect them. " On cross-examination, it was proved that Caldwell Liad sued on ono of theso notes for $2,000. Barke told the witness that he gave the notes, g0 that the transaction should not appear like subsidizing the press. The witnesa further said that, in & conversation with Caldwell, he told him that ho (witness) had been the means of making one of the members of the Legisla- ture, Dyers, cost him moro than he otherwiso would. Byers came to the Witness, and said he had been offered more than $2,000, which Caldwell was to pay for his vote.- Tho witness told him that he was a fool, for he could t more, Byers afterward said that he had got 5,000, " Caldwell diepated this; and said that ho had not advanéed on Byers. AtTopeks, Cald- well offered witness the Governorship of ' Wash- ington Territory, if Le would stop his opposition Witness replied that he did not see how Cald- well could give him that, as ho had alread promiscd it to Jes. F. Legate, sud if Logato di not have it Kalloch would. Here tho witness ve &_long cxplanation of the local fight in the lcpublican party in Leavenworth, growing out of the milrood oporations of Len Smith and Qaldwell; accusing them of corrupting the City Council, nd doing other improper scts. He then said_that . Coloncl Andereon, the local agent of the Kanses Pacific Bailroad at Topeks, who tos- tifiod on Satwrday, came into his office during the legielative iuvostigation Inst winter, and sai that 1io was trying to get pay for s $3,500 note that Caldwell owed gun, and that if it was not paid . he womid go befora the Com- mittes and tell all he knew. Ho said that howas one of Caldwell's principal agontsat ‘Topeka, and that, for his servicos, ho was to re- cofve 25,000, .They had paidhim 31,600; that he Liad bought a houre, and that if they did not pay the other £3,500 he wouldbo ruined. He spokeof Carson's purchasing themember Crocker,and then i«;u‘ng $1,000 back. After this converuation, derson got passes to Chicago, and said that if he did not get the money he should go to Topeka. If he did, he shonld go out of the State. Anderson aftorwarda said that the mat- ter had been arranged, and Lo went out of .the State. Anderson also told witness that arrangements bad been made to pay Snod- , Chairman of the Legislative Committee, monoy to extend the investigation to the elecs tion of Pomeroy, Six years ago, 80 as {o lot Cald- well down easy. The ' importanco of this witnoes’ testimony in ~ regard to Anderson will be appreciated when it i8 remem- DLered that it agrees subetantially with that of two other witnesses who have been before the Committee, while Anderson denied nearly every- thing that they have £3id. Anderson’s manner was 80 evasive as to convince those who were listening to him that ho was mot testifying honeatly. Five or six other witnesses wero oxamined to-day, bat, though their.ovi- derce disclosed a terrible state of demoralization out of the business, and placing it in t30 kduds of o fow persons, who would soon monoféliza tho whola straw print paper manufacture of; the country, end pat the price of paper as high as they conld met it. Exnarta who ara thoronghly in politics, it added vory little to the knowlod‘f‘u which the - Commitice got from the witnesses, whose testimony has already been reported. The testimony thus far taken is of the most startling charac- tor, and discloses 2 statoof affairs in tle Kansas Legislaturo thut could Lardiy bo imegined be- foro. It is hardly poseiblo to conceiva how Caldwetl will meet much of the evidence bronght out, especially as tho most damaging portion of it lies beca given by his persont fricnds who were very unwilling witnesses, His regignation or-expulsion seem almost ine itable, though Lie still asserts, in privato con- versation, that he will be able fo clear himsolf. TIE IRON-CLAD OATH. A bill to repeal tho oath of offico known ng * The Iron-clad Oath,” introdnced in tho Rouse by Mr. Beck to-day, lacked a few votes of the two-thitds mecesaary for its passage. Thera were 123 yozs to 66 nays. TIE TNION PACTFIC. Tho Union Pacific question cam? up again in tho Houso to-day. Mr. Hibbard tricd to pass in in the morning liour a bill ropeling the vinth section of the Army A]g:mprintion hill of ilarch, 1871, which directa tho Secretary of the Treasury to pay tho Carn’{mny one-half of the amonnt sonually oarned for traneportation of mail, troops, and supplies, but Mr, Sargcnt meraged to cxheust the hour by the roll call, whick thraw the bill over to 3londavnext. Jus before the Honse adjonrned, Mr. Hibbard moved to sunpend the rules 8o a8 to mako it an amead- mont fo tho pending Legislative Appropriation bill, ‘providing that all sums' exrned by the Pacific Reilroad sball be retaincd and applied on its indebtedness to the Government. i mo- tion was agreed to. Mr. Sargent followed it with a motion o also make in order an amondment directing tho At- torney General to instituta procecdings in equity to determino whether the Company Las fuliilied its obligations to the Government, bt giu House adjourned without voting on the mo- on. AN INTERESTING FTELD POT: INVESTIGATION. 1t is probable that the Wileon Investigating Committeo will cndeavor to sscertain the amount of money paid by the Union Pacific Rail- Wway as counscl fecs to Senators and members of the Tonea for legal services that were moroly nominal. It is believed that there is s broad and futeresting field of investigation in this di- Tection. Iublic opinion will be likely to con- demn the ‘Congressmen who took Iarge fees from tho railiay and rendered no corresponding logal servico in rcturn s surable with Credit Mobilier stock spoculation. It is ehown that the Company havo expended hun- dreds of thousands of dollars in_securing influ- ence in Congroess by this method. The Commit- teo may think it worth while to inquiro whother any of tho moncy can be recovered and -applied on'the debt of the Company to the Government, Already many rumors’ aro afloat that appear likely fo asanme the tangible form of explicit charges sgainet certain Senators of having sc- cepted.hoavy foes from Oskes Amea. A Jetter #us received from a prominent Con- gresmman to-day, slloging that, whon a Western enator’s election was pending, Ames sent him $10,000 as a retainer for the railroad, telling a 8 friend at tho time, that lie was thus secaring s poserful friend in the Senate. THE DURELL INVESTIGATION. Judge Kelly snid to-dav, upon boing asked the reason for introducing his resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the ofii~ cial action_of Jndge Duroll, of Lonisiana, that while he did not expect to prove anything, still Tio thought the matter of so much importance in view of the gravecharges alleged as to reqnircan investigation ot the bands of Congress, Ho says he hopes his resolution may solve the Louisiana dificulty by means known to. the Constitution. Judge Durell is charged with usarpation of Jurigdiction, and with baving, in a mero decree, overthrown the State Government of Lonisiana. If this be truc, it is An impeachnble offence, =ud the House should at once procecd to present articles of impeacliment to tho Senate. - FINANCIAL. Tho Senste Finzuco Committes has r ed & draft of a bill from the Secretary of the Treas- ury, to accompany its forthcoming report on the Tegal tender question, under Senator Scott’s resolution of inguiry.as to the power of tho Secretary to expand fhe currency. Thia bill is prepared inaccordanco with the adverse opinion of tho Committca upon tho Secretary’s right ju this direction, and fixes tho limit of the circulating medium ‘st $356,000,000. A provision is medo, however, for the issuing of 319,000,000 to bo Leld as a reserve in extraordinary contingencies. On this proposition the Committee will hold a meeting to-morrow. It is understood that the majority of the Committeo are opposed to it. It is also stated that, if the Secretary fatls to have thia proposition favorably recoived by tho Finance Committes, ho willendeavor to have the Ways and Means Commiltec take action on it. NOMINATIONS. ‘The Presidont to-day sent fo the Sonate a brace of nominationa which indicate a curious chango of position, These were tho names of Judge Bustecd, of Alabams, who resigned the District Judgoship of Alabima, and was ap- Pointed to tho Supreme Bench of this District; and of Judge Humphreys, who resigned tho lat- ter position, and wea appointed to the position formerly hold by Busteed. Both these con- firmations will bo bitterly contestod, especially by the Bar of this District. ! INDIAN TERRITORY. B. R. Benner, President of the St. Louis Board of Trade, arrived here to-day with the memorial adopted by the National Convention, relative to the reorgamzation of the Indian Tor- ritory. The memorial will bo presented in both Housoes of Congress to-morrow. TILE COTTON TAX. The sub-Committce of the Ways and }Means, to which was referred the bills introduced in the House providing for the refunding of tho cot- ton tax, will report to the main Committeo to- morrow. Therois an cqual division of sonti- ment on this question, and it is not_at all prob- able that the views of the sub-Committee will bo presonted in a shape to having the matter up for tinal action. TIE TARIFF QUESTION. The sub-Committeo, compored of Davwes, Roberts, and Kerr, to whom was reforred the question of the expediency of opening the Tax ‘| ana ‘Tarie? bill for the purposo_of making modi- fications and smendments, will report to-mor- row adversely on the same, the principal reason given bolog tho shoriness of the present aca- sion, and the confusion thst would inevitally follow if the task were attemptcd. (7o the Assoclated Preas.} THE CREDIT MOBILIER INVESTIGATION, ‘WasaxyoToN, Jan, 18.—The ng;eei:d Commit- tee, of which Judge Poland is Chairman, to in- vestigate the Credit Mobilier charges, resumed its session this moriing, and Mr. Dawos, of Massachusotts, being prosent, was sworn, and submitted & written statement. Hs says he nover was the ownor of sny Credit Mobilier stock, but ho agreod to take ten shares of stock,” but tho sgreement was rescinded before the stock was transforred. In December, 1867, ho had $1,000 which he had no ocession’ to uso, end ssked his _collesgue, Wash- bum, how he had better invest it. Mr. Washburn recommendod the purchass of an Towa & Cedar Rapids Railrosd bond, say- ing that Ames had these bonds. Ho wont to ‘Ames and asked him to gell him such bond. Hs Teplied that they wero alf sold, but he would let im have, for his thousand dollars, ten sharos in Credit_Mobilier stock, and guarsntee him 10 per cont intcrest. Mr. Dawes thon told Ames ho would take the stock. He gavohim the thonsand dollnrs, and took the receipts of the stock to be delivored in the fature, Subsequontly Dawes loarped that s suit was sbout to be commenced in fho Ponnsylvania Courts, by Dulf Green, sgainst Ames sud his sssocistes, to got possession of tho Crodit Mobilier charter. When ho_returned to Washington ho_told Ames be did not want any such stock, and Ames paid him back the money and 10 per cent interest. In the meantime, he had received one dividond of 35 per cent, which he allowed Ames in settisment, he paying Dawes the bal- ance only. In answer to questions by Judge Poland, Dawes testified that to tho bes of his memory it was at tho beginning of the December session of 1867 that Lo lot Ames kiavo the $1,000. The dividend was paid to him in about three weeks afterwards. e _transaction was rescinded in January, 1863. Enew pothing of the market ‘value of that stock. When Ames said he would guarantee Lim 10 per cent he thought the in- vestment would be a one. . Hastinga seat lotter to tho Comumittes, proposing to show that a Iarge sharebolder in the Union Pacific Railroad, and also the Credit Mobilier, testified in 2 Californin Court that he, £aid shareholdar, had used the money and stock of the Union Pxcific Road, and of the Credit Mobilier, to bribe Congressmen, to inaugurate influence, and to_carry fhrough, by bribery and corruption, legislation in the intercst of rail- roxds, Hastings asks the Committeo to pro- cure the reeords in the action in the Fiftesnth Judicial District of Californis, in San Francisco, of A. G. Elliott vs. Ben Halladay; also in the same Court of the action of John Nightingale vs. Ben Holladsy. Hoalso mgfi:!u t they ex- amine 25 witnoss V. H. L. Bames. Jaw artaer qually - con- those Who ombarked it tho- of Eugene Casserly, attornoy for the Central Pacific Railroad in Sen Francisco, and ask for the Toasons sppesring in tho addressmsda by him ‘Barnes) before 5 meeting in San Francisco at the request of a_high oft Hastings ssked Jeara to read to the Committee an extract from 5" eddress, crles H. Neilson, son-in-law of James Brooka, swi Witnees produced his certiti- cales of stock in the Credit Mobilier, tho first certificato being for 100 shares, dated Dec. 56, 1867, ard tho sccond for 50 shares, dated Feb, 2;.:, 1563, Vitness subscribed originally to 100 shnres. Did you sign for them ? do ot recollect. James Brooks, my fathor-in-law, put me in a way of getting that stock by ndvancing money.. Al the divie dends ¢camo to me, and I got the monoy. DBrooks did the business. He told wit~ ness lie had a chauce to pue him in the Credit Mobilier, and did so. Witness was not presout ot the negtistion. Don't remember who fur- nishad certificate. . Did not romember how hs cama in possession of tho certificate. E Q—How was {ho matter arranged be- hrpf;\yau and Brooks in reference to the money 8id? P o arrangement was made simply by Brooks advancing the.money, and I receiving the dividonds, I gave mo security to Brooks when the money was advanced ; gave no note or bond. Did not think that neceagary betwocn father and son. I hegan to receive dividends very shortly after getting the stock. Received ouo dividend in money amountin o £9,000. Did ot rememter when. Had paid a portion of tho money to Brooks. Purchased the second fifty shares with money borrowed from Sidney Dillon, Brooks furnished nono of it. Thonght hio paid over par for the last fifty sharesof stock. Drooks hod no connection witl: the last fifty shares iu any way. ‘Tl wholo stock, 150, shares, Lolouged to mie, and all tho divi- dends wero mine. Brooks had no ownership in any of them. Ho simply advanced 10,000. ‘There was no understanding thathe was to de- Tive any benofis from tho slock. On the con- trary, it was nndertood that witness was to have the whole of it for his own nse. By Mr. Niblack—Brooks originally mentioned the matier to witness, aud staied at the time that he had the power of putting witness in the Credit Mobilier, but made no explanation be-. vond saying Ledid not care to hold the slares self. To Niblack—Knew that he paid a premium on fil? shares, but did not remember how much. Did not know whether Brooks had any agency in rocuring tho last fifty shares. Brooka told him 0 was entitled to fifty shares additional, and. told him to go and get it. BATo McCrary—Witness received, besides 99,000 in cash, 822 shares of stock in the Union Pacific Railroed, received in tho way of dividends from the Credit Mobilier. Turned some of them over to Brooks and some to Diilon. . Gave the latter enough to cover theloan received from him. Still owns 500 shares of stock of the Union: Pacific Railroad. None of his stock has ever been held in tho name of Drooks. o Croga-exsmined by Mr. M’Comb—Received 50 ehares additional sfock Ly virtue of his owne:- ship of 100 shares. Did pot remember having recorved notice that ho was entitled to 50 ghares edditional. Brooks paid for tho first 100 shares. Witness did not pay for it. When ho went to tho offico to get tho stock ho found it alroady paid for, and in his name. Brooks is in the habit of putting witness into good invest ments. Did not remomber -any particalar ono. Did not remember from whom lie received the dividends. o A'Comb waived further cross-examination lm:ll to-morrow, when Judge Black will be pres- ent. Brooks then asked that various records from the War Department be produced beforo tho Committee, by which ho wanted to show that A'Comb wa3 not to be bolieved. ) Niblack—Well, that is a matter that wo will tako nuder _consideration. . 7 Drooks—I want to show -that 3I'Comb is.n man not to be believed under oath, and & man of bad character. I also wantto have summonod Lyman Elmore, H. F. Puliys, Calvin Slade, General Donbleday, and the ex-Mayor of New Orleans, I forget his nome. . M'Comb—Bexrj. F. Flanders is bisnamo. I can give you s good many more names:if yon want them. I would also like to givo the Com: mittee Bomo nemes in referonce to hir. Brooks' character. Brooks—Well, I can give you names for a mor- a1 or immoral character. . 2 A'Comb—I bLave no doubt you can havo thom mado to order. I will o very gled to comparo chiaracters with you, however. TPoland—Well, those witnesses bave nothing to do with tho Credit Mobilier? B:6oks—Xo0, uir. A'Comb—1If it is & question of character, T £honld like to furnieh o list of names. I should like pll the loather trade of New York, Boston, and Baltimore, where I havo dons business for the past_twonty years, brought here, togother: with A. T. Stewart and the leading business men of New York; with General Crossman, General Meiggs, Genoral Babbit, and other army officers in the Quartermaster’s Dopartment. Mr. Poland—Well, it we conclude to oxamine witnesses in rogard to charscter, we will give you tho ovportunity to reply. : M'Comb—Very well, sir. That isall I want. 1 am perfoctly willing to stand on the record. THE TETON SI0UX. Acting Secretary of the Intcrior Cowan has replied £o tho House resolution calling for in- formation relative to the Teton Bioux Indians. Their proper namo is Titwans. :They are a nomadic people under the care of the Indian Agents of the Upper Missouri, and number 6,000 souls. CONGRESSIONAL, SENATE. NEV BILLS. WASHINGTOX, Jan., 13.—A large number of now bills were introduced and referred. MINERAL LANDS. Mr. GHANDLER introduced a bill exempting ‘mineral lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Min- nesota from tho oparations of the Mining act of May 10, 1872. WATER LOTS. Mr. PRATT offered » rosolution, which was agread to, calling cu the Becretary of tha In- terior for information in relation to the number of lakes and other bodies of water which have not been included in the surveys of the public 1snds in the States. POSTAL TELEGRAPI. Alr, RAMSEY gave, notico that on Monday next he would move to proceed with the Postal Tolegraph bill. COLLEGES. MATICULTURAL N 3 Mr. MORRILL (Vt.) called np tho bill to pro- vide for the furiher endowment and nn{pott of Agricultural Colloges. He offercd a subatitute Tor the bill providing that tho proceeds of the sales of 500,000 acres of public lands, at $1.25 per acre, uliall be appropriatod to each Stato and 'Perritory having such a college as contemplatod in thie bill. Mr. WINDOM offered an amendment provid- ing that the bill shall not boconstrued to change or limit the operation of the homestead and pre- emption laws. . SHERMAN said thebill would give awsy over £34,000,000. He alzo cxpressed a doubt as to the constitutionality of the bill. The distri- butions wero not to be in proportion to the pop- ulation, but upon & plan which will give Arizons, for instance, with only 17,000 inhabitants, as much ss would be given to Ohio or New York. The original act establishing Agricultural Col- ogos had been s_great disadvantage to tho ‘estern States. ' “i» financial condition of the nation at this time was not such that it conld afford to give_away for chimerical projects the whole proceeds of the public lands for the noxt ten years. 5 Mr. MORRILL gaid Jr. Sherman was mis- taken in his statements; and that the greatest intercat was felt in this bill by the mechanics and farmers throughout the country. Mr, THURMAN said thero was no Congtitu- tional power in Congress to distribute public money in & manner 80 irregular as to give three hundred thousand people, in & sparsely sottled State, the same amount a8 to four ons and balf of !penplehx the Htate of New York; but even if it were Constitutional and just, it would be impolitic to make such a distritution. The bounty of the Nation should be distributed, either according to tion, or to those lo- calities whereit is most needed. Massachu- setts, for instance, conld more ensily establish and maintain an agricultaral department in co; nection with one of her existing colleges, with- ‘out a dollar of public aid, than Texas could do it with the aid of three millions of dollars. ~3r. Thurman 8aid, alzo, that he had little confidence in thaee Agricultural Colleges, and did nof be- lieve they have becn s0 successfulas their {riends represented. Mr. PATTERSON denied that it was necesaac- 1ly just to distribute aid for-educational institu- * [ Continued on the Ziahhy Paced NUMBER 148 . OUR GOVERNORS. Notes from the Exccutive Mansion. From Governor Shadrach .Bond to Governor Richard J, Oglesby. Qur Chief Executives for the Past Fifly Years. How the Governors Look in Their Portraits-—~Their Record in History. From Our Own Corvespondent. ¢ SrRENGrTZLD, I, Jam. 11, 1673 ‘The Executivo Mansion, built by the Stato ag thie home for her Governors daring their torm of ofice, and for their portraits when thoy are Gov- crnors no longer, is & rod brick building set in the middle of a block situatod about the centrs of Bpringfield. There is nothing grand or gubernatorial about the edifice, and many of the private residonces in its vicinity surpass it iz architectural beanty. Trees not very noble, and shrubs somewhat scarce and stucted, etznd at unogual distances in. the grasa, the untrimmed edges of _ which, like the unkempt hair of a woman, aro distastoful to the eye fond of gazing on bold acd woll-definad lines. This is the fault of the Legielature, whiéh bas always failed to approp: money suflicicnt to keep the Execntive Maasion sud grounds in order Lecoming to the dignity of the State, z THE PENCE, ¢ or paling, surrounding the aquare, looks very innocent. It is a plain fence,—s very ordinury fence,—no better than thoussudsof farmerabave in front of their homestesds ; sad yot moro monoy Les been appropristed for tho re- pair of that femce than would build it ten times over. In the old days, when tho Governor was paid $1,500 & year to main- tain his family and tho grestness of the State, money was donated to him to fix up the fence, with the distinct understanding that it would go into his pocket. Tho necessity for this shame- ful subterfoge is not yet atanend, andyota few thousands could be spent judicionely in ar- namenting theso grounds and renovating the mansion. Tuia brings us back to THE MANSION. - It bhas two storics and a bagement, and is large enough for s school-nouse or barn. A flight of .stone steps leads to what courtesy demands shall be denominated the grand entrance, which opens o:t alarge Liall, from which a corkecrew stairwayleads to the " npper regions. On either side of | this hall aro parlors, or reception-rooms; sad 6% tho walls of the hells and parlora hang the TORIRAITS OF ALL TAX GOVERNORS who have wizlded the sceptre in tho State since it was admitted to tho Union in 1818. It is sad to atand in this picture-gallery, surrounded by these rolica of departed greatness. Each of thesa men, in his day, played a prominent part in the drama of life; their namos were familiar 1o every citizen of the State; in some instancos their fame had jumped its boundaries to the world-boyond; nosrly all stood high for a timo ‘inthe estimation of their fellowmen ; and now many of them are forgotten, snd, ono day or another, the wave of oblivion will wash out the ‘momory of & majority of the romainder. ‘Tho paths of glory lead but to the grave. There are thirteen of them, eight of whom have returned to dast. The pictures are worth stadging. They are part of tho historyof the Btate; and, now that another Governor is about to earn the right to stand beside thom, » skotch of those who proceded him, and whose effigies aro befora us, will be timely and appropristo. .. GOVERNOR BOXD. The first in order is Governor Bond,—Shadrech by baptism,—who began tho Gubernatorial bus- iness after the State was admitted into Uncle Sam's family, in 1818, According to tho portrait he was proprietor of a fine Roman nogo, which presided with dignity over a determined mouth. The countenance is pleasing. The choeeks are heavy, and ornamented with whiskers, The forchend rises to considerablo altitude, and ie broad. He appears in o military coat, gold opanletics, and sash. Daylight *was observed ‘by him ‘first in Maryland, whenco he emigrated to the American Bottom, in Monrbo County, and became & farmer-politician. He was in _the Torritorial Leglalature several times, was in - Washington s _Congressman, and Tieceiver of Public Aoneys at Keskas. kia. He was o substantial, farmer- Itke man, of strong common sense, without any pretonsions to loarning. In his first message to the Le; ture, he called attention to tho Iili- noid & Michigan Canal. Dauring his term tha m;l was removed from Kaskaskis to Van- In 1821, tho State Bank, founded with- ont money, wholly on the credit of tho Stat, waa organized,—the bill creating it, and all the disasters it entailed, being passed over his veto. Colonel Manard, a Frenchman, was the Lieuten- ant Goyernor. In connection with the banking logialation, » resolution waa offored in tho Sen- ate requosting the Secretary of the Treasury to Tocoivo State Bank notes at tho Land Ofices in payment for tho public lands. Putting tho question, M according to Ford'a history, sid: ‘“‘Gonilemen of do Sonato, it is ‘moved and seconded dat de mnotos of dis Baak be mado Land-Offico money. All in favor of dat motion eay sye; all against it say no. 1t is decided in de tive. And now, genilemen, I pet you one hunder tollar ho nevot e mado Land-Office money ;” snd **he " wasn't. ‘The first and last duel ever fougzht in Illinoix fook place during_this Administration, betweer two men nrmed Btewart and Bennett, in Dolle- villo, St. Clair Connty. It was intended to bos bogus affair, to_ridicule Bennett, who sent the challenge. Btewart was in the secret, and nc Dall was put in the gun : but Sonnett, who wai in earnest, slipped oue into his, unkzown to the seconds or hia sdversary. thoy fired, znd towart was killed. nnett ran zway, but two years afterward was _coughi in Arkansas, brought back, =and con- thet. ernor Bond refused to pardon him, and he was hung in the presecco of a_vast maltitude. Bennett wes a fool to live in that age. lie should bave had kis lot cast in theso dass of cul- ture, progress, and unhung murderers. GOVEBXOR, GOLES was the pecond,--1822 fo 1626. His picture shows a faco of the Grecian stylo of beauty, if there is any besuty sbont it. _If there is, it is of » rough and untasited kind. It Is & sfrong face, tho lines indicating power sad will. The kair ia silvered with sge. He is dressed in a dark coat, & black stock, and standing collar. He was born in the Mother of Premidents, and inherited slaves, which be bhrought with him to £t. Ciaiz County, and cmancipated them, in delanca of Iaws regulating the manumission of boud- men. He did not gise the bonds usual in ruch cases. Ho was indeed an original Abolition snd ran much risk by his bold action. Heo luig the foundation of a Free Stata in Illinois. and proserved it from tke curse of Slavery. Ho had not been long in the Btate befora ho too): an sctive part in politica. He was well fitted for a contest. He had been Private Secrefary to Ar. Medieon, and hisjiedncation was improved by extensive travel in Europe. Ho precipitated tha contest between Blaveryand Freodom. Crawford, then Secretary of the Treasury, and Calhonn, intended to be candidates for the Presidency. Oneof the Benators from Illinois, Ninian Ed- wards, favored Calhoun, while the otker, Jesse B. Thomas, advocated Crawford. The Guber- natorial election cxme. There were four caudi- dates: Joseph Phillips, the Chief Justice, and Thomas O.Brown. ons of tha Sunreme Courk