Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1873, Page 1

_The Chicago - VOLUMLE 26. FURNITURE. BEXTRA - Announcement. AT COST. "W @ aro to retire from the Retail “Trade, and shall dispose of our en~ tire stock of Parlor, Bedroom, Dining, and Office Furniture AT COST. Our entire stock to. be fore February 1, 1873. The Iast opportunity you will have of buying first-class goods of our own manuficture AT COST. The store now occupied by us to xent. WEBER FURNITURE CGONPANY 220 Wabash-av. ‘WANTED--FEMALE HELP. BOSTGN CARRIAGES. BOSTON CARRIAGES. REPOSITORY, No. 222 West Washingfon-5, CHICAGO. .SLADE BROS., Agents. Oldest Boston Manufactory. ESTABLISHED 1830, Howard Slade, Buoccessor to Robt, Slade & Bon. PHOTOGRAPHS, Children’s Photos sold be- F doll; d BEST e ol s BRAND' PUOTOSRAPLIC PARLORS, 500 Wabnsh.av. ; GREAT REDUGTION, Rembrandt Card Photos only three dollars Jer dozen, at BRAND'S. FINANCIAL. B. F. Allen, ‘W, A, Stephens, H. Blennerhossctt. Allen, StephensdCo. ‘WILL DO Business that Eanlers do on terms that safe Bankers do it - 26 Pino Street, New York. (Do mo Stock Buslucas) Dowmestic Bankers. FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE APPLY TO HENRY GREENEBATM & (0, BANEKEBRRS. LETTERS OF OREDIT, FOR TRAVELLERS, avail- ble throughout the world, COMMERCIAL OEEDITS opened to Importers on fa- vorablo terms, DI continually ad| mllng claims satisfactorlly for undrods g thom, to us for colloction. in and wo will provo thls fact. Promptnoss is out nothinz if wo mako no colloctione, 11'8 Morcanitlo Uolloation Agoney, s Fieat Mad: Money to Loan D2 Chicago Oity Proposty. 81,000, 82.500, $3,000 i hand, MEAD & COE, 9 Wost Madlson-at, NOTICH. Lamar Insurance Company. All rennns having clalms agajnst tho nbove Company will ploass proscat fra s (66 atjustment to. STATIONERY. COLVER, PAGE, HOYNE & CO, Manufacturess and Jobhers of PAPER, Blank Books, Stationery, BOOKBINDERS' STOCK, TOOLS AND MACHINERY, 118 AND 120 MONROE-ST. MISCELLANEOUS, $22,250.00 CASH, And the following Real Estate, to Exchange for Merchandise. 5 Lots In Wolllgton: 30 Lots in Milford; 10 Lots in Watackoo: 70 Lots 15 Riiwoods 70 Lots In' Martinton: 10 Lot In Martinton; 60 Lot In 8(, Atin: 60 Lots {n Grants 18 in Gaodna] 80 fots Ip Groto; 2 Lot iu Bloom; 4 vt Glomwrood, Iicas Lnisaro all voll loostod; "All oF part of thaabove will bo oxchiangod on s onsh bails, o VAR ol GIILDE & MOYTON AR DR COTES, Room G, 146 itast Madison-st. REMOVALS, ekt BRI, b REMOVAL. Houss, ¥, Hothann, Gondu Jalin Tlapd, Tesdor tor; Gonrgo Oh 1o G S Ry PomBIL A, Jaldor, MEETINGS. Attention, Sir Knights, I t, Bornard O , , it Goreenn ot S, Domad, Copatedr, e, tup oidag @l B, 0. By ord " 216 DICIERSON, Recordor, SAMANA BAY.- Something Concerning Vl’reslddm Baez and His Republice e His Earlier European Fls'oai 1. Schemes. The Seoret Eistoryb “of the Ban Domingo Negotiations, Some Light Possibly on dolonel Fabens and tho Now Purchase, The following comes to us from an authentlo sourco, and may bo takon as furnishing the clue, firat to the attompt to scoure the purchnse of San Domingo by thia Government, and, following its failure, the now roalized sohome of tho purchaso” of Samana Bay and its sppurtonancos by an aa- soclation of Amorican capitalists, This Iaat, without caroful watohing by the public, may prove only a roundabont and more costly mothod of comploto- renlization of tho first mohomo against the Treasury of tho United Statos. From thoe statomonts following it sooms that the necossitios of Baoz, a8 principal, have for somo timo boen coupled with the purpose of cortain bitten English spooulatcrs to got back thelr in- vostmonts. With this introduction, wo give placo to tho following romarkable communi- tion : " - FOR SALE, A BEPUBLIO, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : 8in: Your resdors will appreciate cortain in- formation respeoting the 8an Domingo question that will come in just at this juncture. In fact, the public have only as yot rocolved the third volume of this interesting edition of political echoming, and I propose to remedy this omis- sion by producing Vols. I. and IT. A PODTRAIT OF BAEZ, Like every other novelist, I must ask my ronders to look back a fow yoars, say to 1805 and 1866, and to make the acquaintance of a certain individual in tho good ity of Bordeaus ; his ha- biliments denoto not oxactly poverty, but the noxt stago to it; his skin is brown enough to prove o decided dab of the tar brush, but, on tho othor band, his bearing is orect, of the medium height, light gray hair, and about, say, 50 yesrs of ago. This, gontle roador, is Sonor Baoz, ot that timo ox-President of the Republio of Santa Domingo, and 1118 ODJEOT IN VISITING FRANCE that of ralsing & loan wherewith to drive his onemy, Cabral, from whouco ho himself had only beon ousted o short time proviously, ¥or yoars that lovely island, a porfoct paradise by nature, has beon turned into a speciea of bear garden, or atamping ground for these two men and tholr adhorenta; firat one, then the other, would ob- tain the ascendancy, and which ever gained the day immeadiately set to work to mako all he could by plundor in as short a spaco of timo as possi- blo, for the tenure of power never lasted long with cither of thom. Months passed away, and poor Bacz was fast beginning to realizo the sad fact that raising a loan was not quite such an easy operation as his " snnguine imaginstion had plctured, sud that the Fronch Government carod not one straw wuedhsr ho or Cabral governed Lis beloved Republio, whon one lucky day he foll in with the truo horo of this work, one Edward Herzberg by name; now Herzberg was but a clerk in a mercantile house in Bordesux, but ho was one of thoso olever fellowa who, out of a vory slender salary, managed tolive in what may bo called a very ploasnnt style. AN ALLIANCE, offensive and defensive, against society in gen- eral, was entered into, and ax Baez's means (uever atany time plethoric) were now begin- ning to wax “small, and beautifully less,” ho became tho guest of his newly-found friond Horzberg. Again months passed sway, and still Dame Fortune was ag obdurate as ever, until, ono morning, a ray of hope shot into poor Baez's heart, on the recolpt of alotter from certain of his adberents in Bt. Thomas, who felt cortain of ousting his sdvorsary, Cabral. * Ho wont, ho eaw, ho conquored,” and, again in his Prosi- dential chair, ho and his Cabinet forwarded the necessary documents to Herzborg, who thon bocamo the duly acknowledged ¢ CONCESBIONERE " ot the Ropublic of San Domingo, with power to raiso & loan on the Paris Bourse of 8,750,000 {ranca. Horzberg changed the sceno of tho oporations to Paris, and doubtlees did his lovol best to got tho monoy, but tho Trench fish wouldn't even nibble, 80 much more make a lively dash at his balt, Hopo was fast giving way to despair, when, with & fow of his remaining sous he one day sought relief from a very aunoying appetito in tho cafo—whore ho met with ono S{meon Web- ster,an Englishman; now Simeon delighted in the imaglnary titlo of “fnaccial agont,” ond & casual sdmission of this fact at onco brought out_all Horzborg's troubles; Bimeon latened, smiled (& pltyinghumllo), & smilo that soomed to #ay, tho onsiest t! i\g in the world in my hands, It succoeded, and Bimeon becamo a llnancial agont in reality for the firat and only timo in his* life. The next day saw thom ON THEIR WAY TO LONDON, but stravge to esy, for somo roason Herzbo found it convenient to change his name, an landed in England as Edward Hartmont. Now, whateyer Herzborg might have been, certain it is, Harimont was s boggar, not a sou in his ‘mchub. meon dld tho magnificont, add hin . took luma e lie ouse in ¢ ‘London, fed, clothed, lodgod, and physicked him for sov- oral months, at the ond of which timo both Bimeon and the Concessionore began to lfind ralsing loana almost as dificult a game in Lon- don ag in Paris, Gradually Hartmont had his oyos oponed to tho disagrecablo that Simoon knew ay much about the dutios of a financial agont, a8 ha did of differcntial calouli, so it wag docided to call in the assistanco of a nowly- formed friend, one Bogley, who, a8 he had the rivilogo of lifung hia hat on raro occasions, on ‘Change, to oue or two of the monoyed world, was looked up to by the worthy pair a8 'THE MAN '‘T0 DO IT " Begloy strutted his short period, nsy even suc- ceoded #0 far, strange to say, as to induce Hart- mont to becomo his snrtnur, and tho firm of Hartmont & Oo, was duly eatablished at No. 0 Groat 8t, Holons, Londou. Now, asin this coun- try, so in London, it is not an uncommon thing for two or more parties to owup{' the same room in busindas, and No. 8 had long bobn in the pos- sossion of one John Oglo, & ship-broker, (vho I must not omit fo eay was n vory gront orony of DBogloy's.) Of course Ogilo was soon as convorsant with™ the dotails of {ho proposed loan ts any of thom, and Iartmont soon found that the only man amongst them whio roully uuderstood whathe was about was tho wily ship ‘broker; Ofla #aw this, went in s 8 slooping partnor, and tho lot united to oust poor Simeon, who, finding no other road open to sat- iutaction, commoncoed A BUIT IN OHANCERY, which, doubtless, I8 in as sdvanced a stato at this prosent date as Clinncory euits usunlly are: 0glo now took tho helm of the sinking slip and went vigorously to work, Messrs, J. & W. Bliarp, woll known men iu this line of business, wero appointed solicitors to tho Company, an ina veryshort poriod thoy succeeded in ine ducing 1 bmlodnuro:% "::5“ ‘u:g“‘mernhmtu of the - L:n?i.;): and Edinburgh, IuTllh hold of theloan. ‘We havo now arrived at the month of Deoember, 1869, The Liamaons Woro Ln oarneat, Hartmont sk placo . docondly, of & rich doposit, of guang 0 " capeolally in tho tropics, but nothing that aver ¥ CHICAGO, » WED 396 MILES LONG, FROM, Wil AREA 27,630 URGHASE bad not trolled in vnln‘ o fish was on his hook, as, how many a slip 'twixt river and -baulk, as wa soon thall seo, A commisalion of five woro sant out tq exain- {tie tho soouritie offorod for tho ropayment of tho lonn, especially tho bait Inid to capturo tho! worthy soodsman, at the head of which was 3r. Henry Lowaon, one of tho partnors In tho & Martmont; an engincor, a chomist, and o naval officor, who all arrived safoly at their dontina- tion (tho City of Santa Domingo) in the ecarly part of January, 1860, v * THE BECURITIES conslsted of tho rovonuos of the country, in the snid to exist on the Tsland of Alia Vols, and tirdly, of cortain gold mina, &o, &0, - A fow daya saw all tho party, excopt Hartmon on their way to examino tho guano doposits, ant the momont their backs wero turnod Baocz and his agent drow on the Laweons for & good round sum of monoy. = a The month of Maich saw Henry Lawson back In London firmly porsunded in his own mind that all the securitics offerod wero tworthlosa. Novortholass, on his arrival ho found that a vory Iargo sum had boon sont to Bacz on falss repre- sontations mado by that party, and at tho oarneat solicitation of the knowing alip. brokor, Thore was nutmng elso for it, thoy wore " BUOKED IN," gz to rogain what thoy had lost thoy must go on, and at Iast the loan was quoted on tho Stock Ex~ chango, damaging articles in soveral of the pa- Enru appoared,and finally it was withdrawn, Tho aweons (who roally wero victims) wroto sov- ornl oxplanatory lettors, but nll tono use; the 8t Domingo Ioan was veted a swindlo, and all who had a Jiand n it sufferod moro or loss. All this happenod whilo Hartmont was still in 8an Domingo; in' the month of June ho re- turned as a Colonel in the Dominican Army, and again breathed tho broath of lifo into hia” balf doad associntes by now and still more subtle ideas. Paris had boen tried and falled, London was no bottor, now lot us try tho pulso of Unale Sam, says tho litho Israoclito (Hartmont inn Gorman Jow). Lawsons make tholr last throw by supplviuihim with funds, and off he starts for New York. 18 IIE GOLONEL FABENS? Tor two years ho aticks to the President, but finda that horse won't ride; ab last, aftor an onormous amount of schoming, the presont Bamaona Bay schome comes out. lzimv I would he inclined to ray, what noxt my worthy little Col- onel Fabons, ‘alias Horzberg, alias Hartmont ? Bofore concluding this lottor, I think I will take tho apportunity of oxpressing an opinion rospecting e THE ISLAND OF BAN DOMINGO. - Asstated in a formor romon of my lotter, it is little short of an earthly paradize, ~I have dur- ing my lifo beon considorablo of. s travellor, havo soon approachos it in besuty of sconery. Tho folinge is magnificent, and tho mahogany cannot be equalled in auy part of the known world ; it also oupplies moro lignum vito to England ond this country that can bo obtained {from evory other source. : : Frults, especlally tho orange, lemon, and citron, hiave not their equals under the sun, and sufliciont could be .produced in » fow years to, mako thera o vory clieap luxury on overy table in the land. 'The sugar cane fi:’o“‘! larger than any I bave soen clsewhoro: Ihave some growing in a back yard in the cl&{ threo and a half i diamotor and fif{oon faok high. . 2 Tho wholo of tho eastern half of the island is flat, and is in consoquenco - deaignated the Blanos ; it is covered with long grass, and in somio places brush, but thero is nothing to pro-: vont i?fl being enai‘y brought into cultivation. BAMANA BAY 3 is tho third flnest bay I have soon, Rio do Janeiro being first, and Port Jackeon in Sydnui harbor being gocond ; all the navies in the worl could anchor in it, and findroomto swingat their anchors, deep water ovon close to tho shoro in nches in " somo places; it abounds in flahb;ndv tho Slanos with wild cattle, brought thero by the Bpaniards three hundred years ago. Some of the bulls are enid to bo magnificont snimaly, and awfully forco, As regards the political : OBJECT OF THE PURCHASE, ono can form o vory fair iden; but that Ileave to other pens than mino to denl with. Certain it is an onormous irade is to bo dono by tho ea- tablishnont of a frec port at Samaus, for the re- sourcos of tho country aro vory large, and, tal- ing winds and currents into consideration, it is Splondidly situatod for that purposo, belng just about half way between the windward islands and thoe shores of tropical America, and dircotly in the northeast trade winds. BT. DOMINGO - in_ a city in ruips, situated at the eotranco of the river (Ozams) on tho south const,as shown in your sccompanying map. It was no doubt fwo undred years ngo in Spaunish handsa pran.z strong place, boing surrounded on the sout) and wost by fortiflcations, now alaoin n state of ruin and useloss for purposes of defonco. Tho soa breaks on thoe eastorn 5ido against rocksso high and Jagged aa to render them unappronchable ; tho north side sbuts on the river. 'Fhe river itself is o niero ditch, and all but useloss excopt for emall craft, thoro being ouly nino feot of wator over tho bar at tho bost of times. A tre- menduous sur! is continually breaking on it, and o downward ourront rendors it by no means an casy place to ontor ; onco inside, and no lovelior spot on carth can bo found. : TUE CLIMATE i8 Qifforent from anything I have_oxperlenced in any othor part of the troples, innsmuch as you Vi Vi Townrds sunsot tho ghiqya, hase ool pickis Jowards supot sho cool, gontlo land wind which, by midnight, will allow of covering to the oxtent of a sheet, and somotimes a blankat. TIE PEOPLE I had rather not write, for I alivays find myself otting angry whon I think of thom; a cross otiveon o Epaniard and s nogro, with 1ho worst features of both brought iInto strang relief, is not prepossossing, to ey the lonat of it. Lnzy i no namo for their laziness ; turbulent, brag- garts, supcrstitions, ignorant,—~there, thero, I'll stop and finish _my lottor Ly advising tho now mastors of Ban Doininga to offer all and overy ono of ite present inhubitants an inducomont to quit, for Boonor or later thore Is bound to boa. row between men of euch aopposite tendoncios and ideas as tho American and the Dominican, Santo Domingo in the haude of a moderately thrifty race of people would koon bo a place in whicll it would bo dosirablo to own a littlo roal ostato, ospocinlly water froutage on Bawmana Bay. Yours truly, Br. Doaunio, S Iundreds of Adventurcrs Anxious to Emigrate to Sumann—No Stock for Snle, Bpecial Deapatoh to The Chicago Tribune, Ncw Yonx, Jan, 31,—The roport is not true that tho poslponement of the meoting of the Humana Bay Compauy {s due to any interruption toita plaus, The incorporators will probably ‘meat horo this weck to bogin tho work of draft- = ?"hfwl\;"“ shot at tzdcg l& nn“-i known gu- 'y, in the upper part of the: city.” Ono ball struok him in the shouldar, but h’h forco was nfinne from passing through the wood work of the cab.’ He was not -hurt. The onginoor ro- {mfls goelng throo mon, who flod after firing tho wo shots. Tho. Railroad Company offor 8600 roward for tho :arrest and’ couviction of the gullty parties. [ ’."BUTTER AND, CHEESE. Annual Meeting of tho Northwestorn Dairymon's Associntion at White wwantor, Wis, .Spectal Despatch to Tha Chicago Tribune, © WnITEWATER, Wis,, Jan. 21.—Tho sevonth an- nual moeting of tho ‘Northwostern Dairymeon's Association commenced at Whitawater, Wis., .this ‘aftornoon. Among the mombors aro the leading : dairymen of Yilinols; Wisoonsin, Xowa,: and Minnosots. The mooting promisos to ho ono of tho bost-attondod and’ among the most valuable yet held by it. ‘Tho aftornoon eession was ocoupied with tho appointmont of committoos: aud other miscelln- noous-business, . = 2 3 ‘Tho evoning soesion was very largoly attonded. An appropriste addross of wolcoine wna dolivered by J. 8. Partridgo,—not & matter of moro form, a8 tho citizons generously entortain delogatos, he annual address of tho Prosidont of the Associatlon, 8, Favill,” of Lake Mills, Wis,, was briof, but admirable in its good senso. Ho com- menced with words of nmlsmtl\]nllcn, stating thot tho past . yenr. ha in tho main, Deon favorabla to the doiry intorost, Food had been abundant for tho herds, -Tho atmosphore had boon fasorable for making and curing dai: goods, and prices had boen such s to give o fal rofit. The markots liad boon botter, jn part cnune of improved quality, and in pnr‘ bocause new. markets had heon t?‘mnad up.. Bending cheese to Now Yorkand Y,ondon from Wiscon- #in. wag succossful., These. markots can sgoln be made .useful. to the dairymon of tho Northwest. A briof history of the growth of the dairy intoroat in the Northivest was givon. Ho had boon in the busingss twenty-five years in ‘Wiaconsin, : He hadsold cheeseat Geents s pound. Biuco the factory system had been inaugurated the growth of this interest hed -boen very rapid. Bix yoars ago 80 factories wore ropresented in tho . association, and thero- were -few othors tho. Northwost, Now _ there are ‘probably 100 in Wisconsin, 100 in Illinois, and 25 oach in Iowa and Minnesots, or 260 chooso fac- tories in tho Northwest. *. It is probable 100 now ones will bo ognmd this year. “Tho foar that the bueinoss will bo overdono is unfounded. . The BAMO Toarn wors u!’i‘:’lwnod,lln -Now York forty {gm muc(‘:. 1‘_!) don;nnnd has ‘oqnnllcd o oupply. 8. incroase of 0] ulation hnpn nlmo-&’i ualled .tho hmrl;nf:; of dairy products. . Tho dhlry invoveat aannot.ha. a8 ropidly inoroased as many othbr branches of agrioulturo, The fumber of hoge. moy. bo doubled in one year, of sheep in two yoars. Tho area in grain oan bo extended indofinitely, but it takestimo tocollocta good herd of dalrycows. Tho inoronsed production.will mnlnl{ be in the Woat. The old dairy rogions will slowly, if at_all, in- oreasp their prngueu."mmgraat soourge of abor- tion, which we have escaped, is vory prevalent there. - . R ¥ » Many farms in the West aro mot sulted to dairying. Unless naturally or artificially sup- jed with good water, no farm " is suited’ to this iness,. Many farmers are not adapted:to the business. They lack .the requisite .oducation, and worse, thoy lack the noedod patience and porsoveranco—constant care night and momn- ing..: Thres' hundrod .and .sixiy-five days in® tho yoar Is.. réquired of . dairymon. The . work . is mot so hard as grain ralsing; but muchmoreconfining. Tho business must bo ‘mado a pormanent ono if it is to bo successful. Expoctation. of a fortuno in a fow {’nmu will always bo disappointod. Large num- ors ave thinking of tho cow rather than of the plow, a8 in tho past. Tho best ocows: must be Bolected,:and the best of care given thom. - Milk for the pail must como from ‘the foodin the of tho cow = The must bo stuck to, woll understood and carried on - with enorgy. | It will givo larger Emmu than other branchés of agri- culturoe. Tho success of dllrylnim the North- west must depend largely on the choose and butter-makors. Theso must study their busi- nest, and strive to excel in tho quality of the goods thoy produce. . A In the negessary absenca of Prosidont Taylor, of tho Wisconsin Btato Agrioultural Socioty, who was to have dolivered an address, Pro- fossor M. Dliles, of tho Michigan Agricul- tural Colloge, was introduced, and gave an address, ointiug out the moed of o system In eftorts to improve our -agrioulture, urging rather a divorsity of nm‘m thon any onc specinlty; the adaptation of tho system fo the olruumsnnccn. and tho’ neccossity for adapting scientiflo toaching in agriculture directly to moauth Lbusiness proflt, Tho addzcse presontd many valuabla R}o'mlu aubnbrlol’ abatract would give no good en of it. . Prosident Hazen, of the Wisconsin Dairy- men’s Aesociation, gave a report from tho meot- ing of tha Amorican Dalrymon’s Assoclation, ot Uficu, N. Y., Iast week. Aftor somo rambling discussion, the Conven- tion adjourned until morning, THE WEATHER. Yar Dopartment Prognosticationses Reports from Various Points. ‘WAR DepAntMENT, OFrFior oF AR Omer BroNaAL . OFFICER, DivisioN oF TELEORAMS AND Ruponts ron TNE BENEFIT OF CoMMERCE, WASH- wotox, D, 0., Joan. 21, — Probabilitios.— Tor Now England, windsé shitting to northorly ond wostorly, with falling temperature, risin, ‘baromoter, ond clearing Wweathor, accompanics Dby occasionally light snow, Iortho South At- lantio and Middlo tntes, rising barometer, frosh to brisk to northerly winds and clear and olearing woathor, with falling temperature over tho lat- tor, and possibly aveas of light snow over the northorn portion. For the Gulf Statos, falling baromotor, somowhat higher {emporature, southeastorly aud southaily winds, and increas- ing cloudiuoss, with ‘possibly throatening wonther, TFrom Tonpossoo northward over the Ohio and the southorn portions of Alichigan and Wisconsin, ,winds shifting to southorly and onstorly, rising temporature, oloudy woather, oud, possibly, light raln, _TFor the northern por- tions of l\flnhlflm and Wisconsin,s ousterly to northorly wiuds, oloudy .weathor, and snow, For tho Northwost, winds shifting to northorly and. wostorly, with risiug baromoter, falling tomporature, and cloaring, bub partly cloudy woather. A portion of the afternoon telograph roporta from Minuosota and Dakota Is missing. it 2 usan 05, Aunthonys Arpaxy, Jan, 21, —The case of - Busan B, m‘.z o constitution aud laws for the new colony. 'ho steamer Tibor will not depart for Bamana Bay for ton days. Part of her froight will bo roady-made houeos for ofilcorsy’ use, Handreds of adventurers oro anxlous to omi- grato to Bamans lln:r but the Gompany will not !onun‘} thom until & ocolonizivg Bystem s adopted. TBu mmpnxg is offoring no atock for exla, this mattor also being.in embryo. 5 Ut ra e L, 5 A Ralirond Enginecr Fired Upon. QOano, Jan, 21,—Last night the engineer of an incoming train of the Calro & Vincounve An(hml:j, ehm’dud with illogal voting, camo up in tho United Siates District Cours to-lay, ou motion to discharge tho writ of habeas corpua aud disohargo the d.;;(aunor Irom quutod{. ol den, counsel for tha prisoner, made a lengthy argument in_ Aupport of the motion, Judge IIall donied the application, uvlug that e did not doom it to be his daty 'to decido the quos- tion as to the right of women to vots, thus giving the prisoner the npyurtunlt{ ‘whioh ho understood she desired of carrying the case uj to-the Bufioma Court of the United Btaten, an thon obtaln a final deolslon, Daily Twib WASHINGTON. Flgrilg_er Detals of the Credit Mo- bilier Investigation, The House Finance Committee Not to Interfere with Boutwell and the Syn- dicate. The c.'xl'd!vm Scandal-~Proceedings in Congross, Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, 3 OREDIT MODILIER. s ‘Wasmvaton, D. O, Jan. 21.—Tho Credit Mobillér.Committoo No,2 bogen tho examination of E. H. Rollins, tho Seoretary and Troasuror of the Union Pacific Rallrond, to-day, and, oxcept a .small interval, this session lasted from 11 o'olock to 6. Two lmge black trunks wero sgainst the wall, and thoso wore open and balf filled with book ind documeonts, and the tables and ohairs woro~slso filled with mammoth volumes, labellod * Btook Ledgors,”" ‘* Rough Minutes,” ** Lottors,” &o. Tho witness scemod losa familiar with tho booka than tho Chairman of the Committeo, but gave his testimony, such 81t was, with good naturo and franknesa of manner. Thé hurpose of tho Committco was not woll developad, but some interesting points wore obtained. Much of the testimony related to various contracts for building tho Union Pacific Railroad. The Hoxio contract sooms to oxcite suspicion, s it was shown that, whilo the con- sideration of it was $12,600,000, that $3,000,000 .in addition oame out of tho/Company in somo waynot definablo. A:mnoto for .the -$3,000,000 wag givon by tho Credit Mobilior as collatornl soourity, in tho caso brought agninst tho Credit Mobilior in Ponnaylvanin. Hoxie's contract was sottled in 1867, Tho suit was sottled in two yoars aftorwards. In 1869, the caso of two years bofors was oponed, and tho $2,000,000 paid and chargod to the account of the Union Pacific Tiallroad. Atkinson, of Boston, has tho noto, and Mr. Rollina could nssign no rosson why tho note hos not been rocalled. * Auother important point, olicited in the in- quiry to-day, wos tho disappoaranco of £126,000 from the funds of tho Union Pacific Railroad, in May, 1871, and nobody know whora it went. Tho only'way ft is accountod for in undor tho hoad of of spoclal logal exponses. The Diroctors, ot .their muounin!ny , considerad the itom, and oppointed Thomns . Beott, (t. M. Dodge, aud J. 'L\ Wilgon, the two Iatter of Tows, naa Com- mittoo to audit tho accounts. On tho noxt day they roported in favor of tho amondment, and & resolution dirccting Mr. Rolllns, as agent of tho Company, to_pny tho special logal expensos. Ohecks and drafts from the Treanurcr for the sum were prosented to Rolling, and he indorsed them, That was all he know about it. Yot ho mau directod to pay the olaim and was respouni- o, Ogkes Ames, although prosent,at the meoting of tho Directors, tostifiod subsoquently that ho know of no explanation Liaving boen given for tho large sums being thus disburaed, and thus far it fi, o mystory, Sonic of tho questions of Mr. Hoar simed to point to his beliof that it was used in what was called tho ‘‘lobby of Wash- ton." It Las beon remnrked that in March, 1871, two montho ‘boforo thi- itons - waa paidy- ths ‘famoua ninthiscction of the Army bill was passed, - directing the Seorotary ofell . Trcasary ‘o pay- ‘the road in monoy the amount due, and in epite arroars of lntzirgab it was paid. Tho testimony, fo-day alao olicitod tho imporiant fact that ot 4 meoting of the Directors of tho Union Pacific Railroad, last month, it was decided to issuo additional Londs in tho sum of 316,000,000, which woro to bo ealled “‘a sinking fund,” and socured by mortgage on all grants and overy npccieu of property bolonging to the Company. Tho bonds, howover, are not yet issuad. - Rollius tentifiod that tho cost of tho Union Paciflo Tail- road to tho Company was eighty-cight millions and about six hundrod thousand dollavs, . M'Comb and Durant wore present during most of the examination, . Boforo tho sension closod, Oskes Amos, boing present, was questioned in rogard to the 126,000 specinl feos of. which ho know nothing, and-also as to whether lLio know anything of the £10,000 which Durant had fur- nished to olect Mr. Harlan, He was also ignorant of that. A# to whothor he had assisted, with monay in any election, ho frankly szid he had, and being queationed furthor, bo said that Hoo- retary Boutwoll and Senator Morton had tel ographod to Boston that mouney was needed in Indiana to carry tho October clection, Ho maid hie had contributed 22,000, and his brother Oliver “tho snmo amount. A “Why did you sond it to Indinna ?” asked Mr, Slocum, 3 “I placed it whero I thought it would do the most good,” he snswered with o lnugh, using the Ianguago employed in his lettor to NM'Comb. Thig sot tho Committeo in & roar, and they at .once cdjonrned, . Oalkes Ames has reforrcditolin long-lost mom- oranda. He can only rotain it for a day or two. Thera will bo noed of furthor explanation from all tho Congressional gentlomon who dabbled in Oredit Mobilior stock, and with the rocovery of 1iis memory tho cousciousncss hascomo to him ihat ho js possessed of vouchors, memoraudums, and such like dooumentary evidonce, wheroby ho cannotjonly unfold, but can substautiato it, too, to tho confusion of many honorable Congross: mon who aro now huppy in the conviction that thoy stand all right upon tho record, and befora tho country. 80 it may bo stated fhat the ro- covory of Oakes Amew’ memory is secondnry in importanco to tho discovery of his memoranda. In tho light of tho oxamination of Sonntor Dattorson _ to-dny, tho romak of a membor of tho Investigating Committeo liaa somio significanco. Ho said_thnt this Credit NMobilior business has been nearly seratchod out, and thatwith its comploto unoarthing would como startling dovelopmonts. Ames folt him- solf placod in this position, Ho stood bofore tho country as a man who had entorod Congross moroly to corrupt his_colloaguos in hus own in- torests, With tho ovidence of tho Congrossmen who had boen bribed, givon as Loretofore pub- lished, ho 18 rogarded by bis businoss associntes in the Union P'aciflo Ruilrond as a man who had fioclmwd an immongo corruption fund, which nd boon furnished to bottor tho intorests of the corporation. Foeling wronged on ail sidos, Amos las dotormined fo show that ho doatt honestly by tho Oredit Mobilier in distributing the stock whoro it would do thadhost good. ‘ho firat effcct of the rostoration of Ouless Ames’ montory told with snd offeot on_Senator Pattor- son. To-duy, he came boforo thoe Committeo in tho lofty matmer becoming a Bonator who has Dbeon ehargod with questionable transactions, bub went away with o subdued afr, that marked a molancholy contrast., In an iudifforant way, he, the Now Ifampshire Bonatox, obaorvod to the Committao, by way of introduction, that ho had cosunlly hoard that Ames had momorands, which confirmed the Inttor's recollections as to tho former's boing furnished with Crodit Mobilier stocl, Ho simply wished to stato that ho had aupposcd all along that Amos lad invested his (Pattorson’s) monoy in Unfon Pacifio stock and bonds, and” had "sold them for him and paid over tho profite, To fortify this statemont, Pattorson produced a lettor writ- ten to him by ~Ames during the Into Bonatorlal contost fn Nuw Hampshire. 13, H. Rollins hnd assailod Patierson in that con- tout for o\vnluf Credit Mobillor stock, and thia lottor wan written by Ames to show that tho Looks of the Company did not credit him with Huch u\mcwhl&n Thin statemont soomod to eob Pattorson nll ri Eht before the Committee, ns it ad proviousty done in Now Hampebiro, but Ames hadn word fo say at this point, The Intter, whilo Patioruon was making his statomont, Lnd heon bending over the table with his hands up tohis face, intently eludying a holf shoot of psper, whioh was béfore him. This proved to 0, subsoquontly, a vory important documont, Whou ho commotieed to reply to Pattorson, thore wos & dramatlo silenco fn tho room, 1o pro- ceaded to give a correoted account of his trans- sctlous with Patterson, Ho had invested 8,000 for him in Credit Mobilior in Jau- lmz 1808, On tho 14th of Fobraary ho pald him 2,334 in caels, which woro tho proveods of (ko ) , to wit, 83,000 In salo of tho firat-bond afiug" o vit €300 tn onds, minus Union Pacifio first morign, retained for intorest ; als.” 50 sbares of Urion Pacific stock. On Junoiw {1868, ho paid him 1,800 a8 n 60 per cont di,.. ond. ' Bomo timo in 1871 he sottied the transaction, and gnve him sbout 80 sharos of. Union Pacific siock. Ho supposod that DPattorson know' ho was buying Crodit Mobilior stock. o talked of nothing olsg with him,: Amoa oxplained Lis lottor by eoying that it was litorally true, although in- tondod to givo n wrong improssion. His good naturo led lim to write at Pattorson’s impor- tunity, to help him out of hia clectioncering tronblos, Pattorson again 5}"0& up and sald his donial ; Ut ho know Amos had invested Lis 83,000 in Orodit Mobilier stock, whon Niblack asked hiln it ho_had not borrowed the monoy from ox-Mayor Emory, of this city, and explain- od to him tho profitablo charactor” of the luvast- mont. This also Patterson deniod. Whon *tho Committoe loarnod that Ames had all the cortificatos with him which he sot aside for members of Congros, they wanted to go ‘on with his final oxamination, but Lo neked for dolay, aying that ho undorsiood that otlior gon- tlonion winhed to modify tholr statomonts, and that ho had rather waft until they hnd done so. If Amos romaing in his present mood, and malkos a8 offoctive uso of his momoranda as ho did in this partioular caso, tho bottom of - thiy traneaction will yot bo reached. e yng, Brooks cnsnyed nuolllcraxillnnntlunbc‘ foro tho Committoo of his Crodit Bobilier con- dition. It was genorally romarked thatif Lo Iad mado such & statomont . in - tho firgb inslance, instoad of indulging in a virulont, intemperate spooch, donuncintory of M'Comb, he would staud much bottor boforo the country than Lo now docs. As ftis, itis considered that his dofence to-day has bouofited his case matorially. TIHE CALDWELL BOANDAL. Senator Caldwell commoncoed his dofonce to- day boforo the Committoe_on Priviloges and ZEloctions. Honry Foote, O, B. Braco, J. G. Roa~ Hor, George Bmith, and Thomas R, Fonton woro oxamined, and testified that Caldwoll "was invited to bocomo & candidate for - the Sonato by 140 citizons of Loavonworth, and that thoy did not know of any monoy boing paid to mombors of the Logislature”for their votos. No important fagt proved by tho prose- cution was refuted. G. H. Btillwoll sod'T, O, Manning, nowly arrived switnesses, wora called for tho prosccution. Btiliwell confirmoed tho toatimony of Colonol Anll.mn{ in rogard to An- Qorson's doclaration that Caldwell was to pay the 23,00 note, and that this money was in pay- mont ffor services rondorod nt the Benatorial eloction, M““"‘"fi,w“ o mombor of the Liogislature, and admittod that Lo mado tho arrangement awornto ‘? Koarnoy, thot Oaldwell should furnish to Manning $2,000 as o loan as _an inducoment for his vote. Tho Committee adjourned till Satur- day to givo timo for the arrival of additional wit- nosgoea from Knanuas, SAN DOMINGO. It is proposed to iniroduce & rosolution in tho Senate nt an enrly duy, enlling on the Prosi- dont_for informntion in rolation to the proposed purchago of Ban Domingo, und whether such purchago is made with tho advico or at the sug- gostion of the Excoutive brauch of tho Gov- cramont. THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH DILL - will come up to-morrow in the Henato,ns the regular ordor aftertho *“Ton Sloop” billis disposed of. 1t will ho suyoclad to a torrific raking flro from Honators Conkling, Carpentor, Bohurz, ‘Trumbnll, and Thurman, who have all’ beon ox- omining ' tho ~question, and have praparod #poochica against tho Echome. THE OBEQON INDIAN WAR. ‘[licro " 18 comeiderublo npprehonslon felt by army officors, and others acquaintod with the habita and disposition of the Pacific Coast. Iudipns, that the portion of them near tho Modoo Resoryation will be encouraged by the advantago which Cap- tain Jack hos obtained over tho United Btatos forces, - to make o war on the whites on their own account, - In that ovent, there is no doubt that our “officors on the Pacific Qonst will com- bine their forces with - thoso which will-bo called out by tha Gavarnnre nf fln.‘.lfunfia. ond Qregon. and mako o war of complote oxtcrmination. Army officers . o _ nlygndy binting mb this ond, Tho petitlons of-4he “Peaco Commis~ ufonorn for mild trentmont are yiot moeting with groat favor, Goueral Canby, who is in‘command, wliile General Scoflold is ruaticating in tho Sand- wich Islands, is fullg ontrusted with power to prevent furthor outbrenks, and will bie ably aus- tainod by tho militsry autlorltios horo and tho civil authorilics in his section of the country. THE ADMINISTRATION ORGAN ON TIE NATIONAL MORE LOUIBIANA VISITOLS. Pinchback and Coloncl McMillan, Sonator- eloct from Louisiana by tho Warmoth party, ar- rived hore to-day, and other prominent par- tizans of both organizations oro oxgeutud'fn 5 day or two. Pinchback announces his purpose to koop Lis ovm coundel, and to do Jesn talking, but both ho and his companion announce tueir purposo of - remaining hore until the Louisians. e, NUMBER 156. and advied sald Committon that lio would proceed 43 rofund thio romaining $000,000,000 uthorized (o be r fundodat 5 por cent, upon the samo terms as he did tho Iast $155,000,000°of tlio $200,000,000 heretoforo r fundod, tinieas some nction was' takon oxproasing dis< approbation of that cotirac, and tho Committee havin heard {130 proof 7iro and coli,, and having no suthority any opiion, excopt thraugh tho House, by s apnofutcd, dooma 1t to bo ite. duty €0 In; and proofs hoard or taken by thom bofor thio Houne ; therefore, Tetolved, That it 1n 'Inoxpedient for the Secrotary of tlio Ticoasiry to rofund thio bonds of the Govornryent undor tho proviefous of tho act of July 14, 1870, upn flio torma and througle tho agonales and machiner: omployod by him in tho oxchiauge of tha last $135,000, Wl of tho $200,000,000 horetoforo refunded under safd act: i ‘Firat, bocausd tho presont 1s not o favorablo. timod owing {o the condltlon of the mioncy-markets, for thed United Btates to seok to forco$300,000,000,0f Sta Londid upon the markot, s nd, bocauso, by ho terma mado with. tho Inet{ Byudicats, and agaln proposed, tho Sccrotary tndor taken fo pit it out of tho powe of tho United Blatsag orany subscquent Hecrotary, to uso tho money subd scribod for tho United States'bonds for three monthe, for which courso thoro in 110 suthority of lnw, an Deoausa it 15 au Indiract mode of paying » commlsolon to the Byndicato, not suthorized by law, nnd iu excess of tho provisions of tho act of July 4, 1870, - ) The subatituté was voted for by Beek nnrH Korr, Mr, Brooks was absont, Tho opponent woro tho romainder of tho Commitice. Tha subatituto was, therofore, rojocted. ufi"& Eorr offored tho following ns o suhe slitute : Resolved, That 3t 1a the Judgment of this Committey that it haa'no legal or loglalativo suthiority to expres in it ofBicial capacity, any opinlon or advico to any of « flcor or. Departmont 0f tho Governmout of tho Unit: { Biates, 6zcopt through tho Housoof Ropresentativea, ‘Tho substituto was also votod down by u part 7 voto, and Roberts’ resolution was thonadoptes, Book and Korr voting in tho negative. COTTON TAX. Tha Committeo on Ways and Means had hefovs thiom, to-day, tho subjact of tofunding the cu: on tax, ONFIRMED, » Tho Sonato, to-day, confirmed the followi 5 nominations: James G. Borvico, Associate Ji: - tice of tho Bupremo Court, 3ontans Jacobs, Consul at Montovideo; Andrew mone, Indian Agent, Milk River Agoncy, M tann Torritory; R. A. Wilbur, Agont for € 3 Papago Indians, Arizona; Samuol B. Buchnuil, Indian Agent for the Moscalere Apache Agenc -y Now Mexico ; Lovi B, Dudloy, Buporintende: & of Indian Affairs, Now Moxico; and William ( - Diltz, Rogister of the Land Offico, Ironto.q, Missouri, > " BPUNIOUS ONAMPAGNES. New Yong, Jan, 21,—Dealera in native winca hero wore greatly relioved on Saturday, upcy tho announcoment {hat tho Commissionor ¢t Intornal Rovento hod made o final deoision exompting from tax imitation wines of hor.a manufacture. —— ) CREDIT MOBILIER, THE WILSON COMMITTEE, ROLLINS' TESTIMONY, b ‘Wasnmiaton, Jan. 21.—Mr, Wilson's Crodib Mobilier Committes oxamined B, H, Rollins, of Now Hampshire, He stated that prior to boing Becretary of tho Union Pacifle Road, ho was en= ployod by & company in Washington in gocuring & Aubsidy of bonds and attends ing to tho adjustmont of nccounts with tho Quartermaster's Departmont, It was showa by Rollins, from the books of the company, that tho first contrach for tho construction of the rond was made with 3. B. Hoxio. This cone tract was nssigned to the Orodit Mobilior. Tha Boomor contract did not appear in the books. Tho Onkes Ames contract Wwas necopted by tha Orodit Mobilier and assigned to the T'rusteos. The Davis contract was acceptod in November,' 1868. Tho wilnoss was nevor connocted in an;y way with tho Crodit Mobilier. 'Ehu committee fook & recess. Aftor rocess the examination of Rolling was' resumed. The witnoss stated that tho wholas cost of the rond way 988,669,007, Thore wora £126,000 paid for logal expenses, No statoment was made a8 to when and to whom payment wa: mado; did not think any part of tho money wal puid to influence legiglation, Tho witnesa saict that in tho transfer of the Union Paciflo oflica from Now Yorlk to Boston, 254 bonds of the Com« any warg ost. and all oforts fo recover theuy wero fruit! OARES AMEH 085, was aalled, and tostificd that ho know only by report of Durant having pnid Scnator Hurlax §10,000. Ho had provious to Durant's tostimouy hoard through newspaper correspondence of ‘monoy having beon paid, Genoral Boynton for ono baving~ published’ it. The witnoss i. reply to a question said ho contributed §3,000 last Octobor _for . soveral polits ical purposes. in . Indisna. He ~ had been applied to for sid, and thought thatwns w good way- of spending monoy. - Recoss till & p.m. At tho evoning session, ' E. If. ROLLING was_rocalled and examined as to the assets of tho Union Paciflo Railroad Company, which » - ar to bo of differont stocks at thoe par value o ge.asa‘ano, held a8 collatoral socurity for va- question is ended. GREDIT MOBILIER, Mosars. Porry and Ashton, the Governmont attornoys in tho Mobilior mattor, havo hold two consultations zs to their duties undor their ap- pointment, and seom to have.no idon of what thoy will do,—whether thoy will begin suit ngninst tho Union Pacific Railroad for the recovery of the balance of the semi-nnnual in. terost due tho Governmont or whother the Soc- rotary of tho Treasury will tako possossion of tho rond on bohalf of” the Government. Some- thing of a dofinito natura will bo done as scon ns the present inquiry is onded. i _ BOUTWRLL'S LAST MOVE. The Ways and Mcons Committeo, to-day, practically uceedad to tlo courao racommondad y Secrotary Boutwoll in rogard to the new 8yn- dicato. 'Thore is o good deal of indignation oxprossed on the part of membors, who criticize the Committes vory soveroly for having lod the country to beliovo by their long inveatigations that thoy wore opposed to Mr. Bontw ell's theo- rien, Tho action of tha Committoo herotoforo Las been such thot it :wus thought thoy wero dis~ osed to resist the forcing of tho addit ional ouds, instoad of which, by their rosolution, tho anpuro the Secrotary that they will not, at the Prsent sossion, make any nnomqg to intorforey witk any thing he may do. Membors say it would have boon more pr oper for the Committee 51133 Secrotary then to ha ve taken the coursa thoy id, QURRENOY BILL. Th~ House Bankiug and Curroncy Committes to-day authorized Mr. Merriam to roport Liw bill for the repoal of tho usury section of the National Qurroncy act. ‘The Lill also allows Nationa] Banke to ro- coivo or pay intorost at_tho rate allowed by tho Stato in which the bank is locatod, and providos that it sholl bo Jawful to contract to pay and ro- celvo intorost ab any rate, if tho contract isin writing; otherwiso not. . Special D ’;l?-Aggz%hk Trib Special Despatehs to The ago e, New Yonx, Jun, 21.—Tho fiyrf'u.v' whoso closa rolations with tho Administration give its Tronsury nows an oficinl afr, says it has infor- mation from Washington that Socretary Bou- woll will_nok bo disturbed by Congross in. Lin Drosont descretion over tho farty-four millions of groenbacks hold in yeserve for I'raasury omer~ goneien, nor bo opposed in the ronowal of tho ‘ Byndicate," Ibsnys also that Bherman'a bill for conditional nlmc!e rn{muutu nest Jdanuary lag not the slightost chance of P«suiu' ougrass, nud his tosolution concorning thu uso of any part of tho forty-four millions of groenbacks hal fionn on the calondur of the Bouate, to romain hero for thoe balanco of tho session. % Home of our noighbors,” coutinucs the Times, “in thelr virtuons indignation at the notion of the Admin- itration jn Gotohor in avoiding tho throatoned mouo{‘pnulu by tho usa of a discrotionary power ovor the forty-four millions of greonbacks, ave kamd onougli to apologizo foe M. Tautwel, Le- oauso of his absonco at the time from Washing- ton, This is wholly gratuitous, The truth is, tho roliof then nftorded was the act of Presidont QGrant himsolf,” 1'To the Aassociated Press,) THE VALUL OF A TOUND BTERLING, ‘WasynaroN, Jan, 21.—Tho Senate Finance Comuitteo havo decldod to report a bill fixing §4.80 05-100 08 tho valuo nt whluqx & pound storl- ing shiall beroceived by tho ofilcors of the United Htatos Govornmont. THE BYNDIOATE, In fhio Commitice of Ways and Moans, to-day, figxlz' 1. Roborts offorod the following’ resolu Jtesolved, That the Chalrman bo requestad to infor 0o Bocruiary of. the Troabury That.foia Commins doea not nroposs to roport any now legislation with re- S{:‘l&l‘w to tho nogotlation vf” the bonds of the United &{r. Dack offered the following as a substitute:- icuzas, The Hooretary of tho Tressury has latd boforo. the” Comrmiiss, of! Wapa-and Hears what ho Wi Liad dong In refunding (o body of tho Usited isiot. — s to have posred a resolut ion equarely jndorsing, rious lossen, Adjourned till to-morrow. THE POLAND COMMITTEE. DURANT BECALLED. WasaIvaToN, Jau. 21,—Mr. Poland's Cres'd Mobilior Committee recalled Mr. Durant ti 3 morning. Ho produced a list of po whom ho had transferrad stock. think sny wes held in trust for Qongresse Ho producod tho recolpt of J. B, Alley for & ) sharoes, 8t 160. Ho further testifled that the 5 sharcs'in the name of Grane wore hud by hint 1 truat for tho bouveflt of tho witness. 1he au.y Oongrossmon on tho list aro Boyer and Alley, BROOKS' TESTIMONY. Tho following i8 tho testimony of Mr. Brook. Br. M'Combiwing giorn in tho eaxly part « £ this investigation, that I was the only momb.r of Gongrass within his knowledgo to_whom Lic 1 been given Credit Mobilior stock to influenco «r bribe othor membors, and that fifly shares hr L thusbeon given mo, without consideration, L naturally enough, when thus outraged, felt ire dignant and denouncod Lim 08 porjuror, M. AI?’:‘:J having sincosworn that thoro is not o1 s wnrgol truth in this part of M'Comb's fabriea- tion, and thia having boen confirmed by Ainca® testimony, I ought, porhaps, to lot tho caso ree and T should lot it rest thus, but for the persic'= ont offorts hero to impair the tostimony of Lot!. Tho following lottor from tho acting Sccretn: 7 of tho Interior shows my first official relation with that road : WASIINGTON, Jan. 20, 1872, Ion, L, P, Poland, Chairmun: & Sm; The Ion. James Hrooks, of Wow York was commissioned Government Dirvctor of tlio Union Fi= cifio Rallroad, fora torm of ono year from tho ¥rd d- 7 of Octobor, 1807, and the oath of ofiico filed by him 11 this Dopartment was takon March 23rd, 1868, (8ignod) R, B. Cowex, Acting Secretary, It will thus bo scon that for nearly six monthy I declinod to tako tho oath of oflico. My Lositi- ton orose mainly from tho foct that thera wis discord in tho Board, and whilo that oxisted, [ did not want to bo In it. When this discord wrs over, in complisnco with a promiso I hed made to mot, I " took oy sent in ths Board, fo tho apparont satisfacticn of all tho bhitherto " discordant artie *. 'Tho gacrifico was something_to mo, for in th 3 official position I could not_bo n stockholder in the Union Pacific Road, and if I becamo u stocl- Loidor in the Credit Mobilier, though anothcr corporation in nnothor Btato, I svbjected m)- solf to misconstruction, honeo I was compollc 1 to ronounce & right to purchase, at par, from 1, 0. Durant, 200 shares of Crodit Mobilier, aright belonging to mo, n tostifled by Lim, in 1806, oarly Iu 1867, boforo I wag & momber of Co: ross, and whioh did not become valuablo unt.l ocombor, 1867, I snid, thoroforo, to Duran , o8 ho has alrondy testiled, that 3 Qovernment Dircotor, T could not, and woun!l not, oxorciso my right to purchaso 200 shar 3 thon above par, but wonld transfor the right (o 0. I, Noilson, mf’ gon-in-law, to who, 88 o gloc ¢ operator, the right would bo valuablo. Dura- b mado 10 objection, Aave as to tho mumbor « L shares to bo transferred, and ho has nlatid (hit he compromisod on that by uull[nf to Ne 100 shiarog, with five Unlon Paciflo honds in v dition, and » coytnin number of shares of Uni o Paciflo stock, which wero immodiatoly ontor | upon tho books, st iv to bo seon l?' tho recor's in Neilson's own namo. I did not then rec and have nover slnce recolved, ono cout of p from tho transaction inmy own orin any oth ¢ names. I havo nover receipted for, nor hnd any di+ - doud or allotment in any form frow auy sha:i 1 entered ontho books in Notlcon'wname, eitlier - rootly or indireotly, I did not give Noilion f, 2 money to purchago tho stock, dacmiug it wi- r to mako him pay me than to give 1t to him, [ advancad the purchase monoy ns alosn, nylo teatifies, and only as a loan,and held him rospy sible for paying'it baok, a8 woon as ho cou'l, Henco, probably, a8 Mr.'Amos testifice, althon, I have ontirely forgotten the trausnction, [ TContinued on tho Ziahth Zaqe