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HOW AN EOCENTRIC VERMONTER WAS BURIED, - THE PRODUCT OF PRECIOUS METALS. . JOTHERN ILLINOIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. FARMERS' CONVENTION AT OTTAWA. : SEE TERMS ON FOURTH PAGE, No. %9. A. Glinton-sf A regular gommunication of Vm. ening, at Ts o' Ghintonet., for b MBETINGS. Masonic. B, Wi o, N o e n it e fedesy ‘ciodk, ¢ Letsing Thall, No., 12 Greial e Gt el = P EDI LB, Sco. CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1873. | stoc | Mobiller_pa WASHINGTON. - Further Progress in the Credit Mobilier Investigation, A Painful Episode in Which-the _Vice President is the Chief Actor. The Wonderful Loss of Memory of Oliver Ames on Pacific Rail- . way Matters, ~ * The Caldwell Senatorial Scan- dal to Be Heard From To-Day. Proceedings in Congress Yesterday, Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, THE CREDIT MOBILIER BCANDAL, WasmxotoN, D. O., Jan. 24—The Credit Dobilier Investigation Committeo, to-day, had & most oxciting and sensational session. A large crowd was attracted by a report which geined wide circulation that the Congressmen and Senators who hsd been damaged by the late evidence of Ames, were about to unite in & con- certed attempt to break down his testimony. It must bo confessed that the manner in which Ames has been alternately badgered and threat- ened by Congressmen who desired to cover their tracks, has crested & sympathyin his behalf, which was far from being felt a week 2go. Many of the epeciators, to-day, were Congressmen and Benators wfio are not included in the list of thorecipients of Oakes Ames’ bounty. The gentlemen who atiracted the most attention wero Ropresentative Eelley and Vico President Colfsx, who, it was an- nounced, were desirious of cross-examining Ames 28 to his statement of the day previous. When Ames cama into the Committee room ha looked as if ho meant business. He took his so- cuatomed seat at the tablo, and, pulling some papers from Lis pocket, nervonsly fumbled them till his cross-examination. ' Kelloy was the first to question him, Ames reiterated his previous statements, that Kelley Lad bought ten shares of Credit Mobilier stock, and that aftor paying for the same out of the cash and bond dividends of 1868, a balance of $329 was paid to Kelly b} Ames in a check on the Sergeant-at-Arms for that amount. Here the check was produced, which was mado payable to “W. D. K.,” and which had been obtained from the Sergeant-at-Arms, Kolley had no further cross-oxamination to make, except to get at the amount of th Crodit Mobilier stack, which Ames now professcs to hold for him, and request Judge Poland, the Chairman of - ths Commitiee, h;d take charge of the eame, subject to his orders, The passage between Vico President Colfax and Ames was both painful snd humilisting, - and at one stage roquirad the interference of & member of the Committee, who suggested that before these part;e& compromiged thomselves further by their conflicting statements, that they be allowed to have counsel. It was evident from the start that there was perjury some- where. The Vice President, even more nervous and sgifated than in his previous appearances before the Committes, denied having received ona cent of dividend from the ton shares of which Ames had. purchased, etill insist-~ ing that Liohad lost 8500 on tho orignal pur- gml;em money, which Ames had nover returned A%x:in Ames called on the Sergeant-at-Arms for his books and papers, when the following check was produced : o WASHINGTOX, D. C,, Juna.24, 1658, Sergeant-at-Arma, United States House of Represent- atices: 3 ; 8.C." or bearer §1,200, snd charge toimy Osxes Ases, Colfax then, in the most eolomn manner, swore that he never received this money, and asked Ames why he did not in his first examina- tion stato that ho had received it. Ames inti- mated that it was becanse when the investi- {;nclon was firsb opened up, he desired to ct everybody off o casily as possible, but since it wos dotormined that ho must tell the wholo truth, he was reluctantly compelled to admit what ho hod previously desired to conceal, and he cortinued with an'energy and determination which has beon foreign to hiis manner thus_ far. “My statements about you are true, and no amount of hard swearing upon your part can make it appear otherwise. ero is the check mado payable to you, and you might as well ad- mit it, firat aa Jast.” 3 It would be impossible to convey an idea of the sensation which was producod by this exam- iuation of Ames by the Vice President. The more nervous and excited the one seemed o the Committoe, thoe more detormined snd obstinato tho other appeared to grow, until the repésition became ‘almost monotonous.. Colfax insisted that he had not received the bencfits of the check, while Ames es persistently reiterated Lis statement that he did, and that there was nousze in trying to get out of it. After this painfal spectacle, which Insted up- wards of an hour, the Commitfeo adjourned nn- til to-morrow, when Ames is to appear sgain, with more vonchers and documents to substan- tiaio his testimony, already givenin the Sargeant- at-Arms’ books. e One distinguishedname appears astheraceiver of Credit Mobilisr stock, which has not flgured at all in these trunsactions as yot, and that is Bonator Logan, of Tllinois. According to these books, he Teceived $329 on the general Credit day, to-wit, Jan- 20, 1568, on account of Credit Mobilier dividend. “Ames said this aftorncon, privately, that whon he was osked the goneral quostion the otherday, as to whother any other Congreseman than those_in- cluded in A’Comb’s original list Lad been given stock, ho had not forgotten Logan, when ho re- pliedin tho negativo. He éays the full histos of this transaction is as follows: That hecred- ited Logan with ten shares of stock, and said nothing more fo him sbout payment thercfor until the bond and dividend be- como du that Lo then went to; him and gave- him & check on.the Bergeant- at-Arms £or 9329, telling bim that the dividends paid for tho ten shares, and allowed this bal- ance ; that Logan kept the check for a fow days, when Ko returned it to. Ames, saying that he counld not afford to keep it, inasmuch 28 the TUnion Pacific wes about to ask Congrossional logislation, and he wanted to -keop clean. - a0 In tho Wilson Committoe, the esamination of Oliver Ames was col;‘tinu;id, but it was ap sre;:t £o the Committes that his momory is hourly growing woree, and that httlo of value will bo elicited by continuing him a3 & witnass. Al- though President of the Union Pacific Railroad for several yenrs, he devalo%u an ignorance of its ffairs and its business that is eppalling, and the heaviest_transsctions and the smallest are forgotton. If sny transaction is not wholly for- gotten or nover known, it is remembered only in such a vague mauner as to be of nonse to the Committeo. A rather sharp cross-exawmination was couducted by Mr. Sheliabarger and Mr. Wil- son, which reeulted in worrying Mr. Ames con- siderably, in relation to the 8126,000 for special legal sorvices. The witnosswas President of the Union Pacific Railroad st. the time the amount was allowed, and said ho never eaw the account, did not know what it was, nor how it s used, nor who gotit. Ho seid he did not want to know what becamo of the money. He vas asked why ho did not want to know this: He did not answer very clearly, but the infercnco waa that he thonght it w2a used impro orly in Washington. " 17.2n said Bhellaberger, ing & large stockholder in the Company, acd its highost officer, would you mot think it wes -your ~duty to ' prevent . this large expenditure in sn improper manner?’ Ames simply replied that hehad confidence in his brother and Mr. D. 3L Dadge, who had chargeof the business of the Company in Washington, and this reply he reiterated wheneverhe was pressed closely. “The expenditure of this money, which unquestionably wont to the lobby, is 60 cleverly hedged that it will be surprising if the facts ara ever elicited, unless somebody with s better memory, or better informstion, is found. On the subject of-the “82,000,000 overpayment on tho Hoxie contract, g- it sppear that he g0t - 814,000,000 instesd of 813,000,000, Mr. Ames soswered more readily, ‘but not more clearly, and the two Companies, the Union Paci fio Road and the Credit Mobilier, were so mixed up- that it was irapoesible to understand his tos- estion was asked whether the timony. The que A8 Union Pacific Road would b able to pay the note if it was presented. This Ames thought was doubtful, less ontside help wae obtained. He 2dmiti the Oredit Aobilier and Oskes Ames had assisted the Union Pacific when it was in- volved: ‘M, Hosr then askodif the' Company ‘were able now to pay their debt without outside infinence. " Mr. Ames hesitated half & moment, zind gpen eaid, I prefer not 1o answer that ques- on. Mr. John B. Alley, who sat by, remarked to some newspaper reporters sitting near: ‘“No, they can't pay its debts, and never could ; but it is an outrage for a Commiitice to expose its Weakness, to the great injury of innocent stock- holders.” - i It was a frightful commentfary on the manago- mont of the two interested companies, that while they were able to declare millions upon millions of dividends, the Union Paeiflc Railroad has never seen the time when it could pay its debts. - Presidont Clark, ex-Vice President Daff, and other important witnesses will not be examined until Tuesday. No session’of the Commitice will be held to-morrow. 2 OTHER RAILEOAD INVESTIGATIONS, Judge Poland, in the House, to-da; 7, esked to bo excused from taking up the investigation of the Dnb\:&;m& Sionx City Railread, and also tho Contral Pacific, on the ground that he nad toomuch to do already. The inquiry would have been referred to the- Wilson Committeo, but Mr. Hoar, s member thereof, soid that the Committee was overrnn, and could not undor- tako any more railronds. ‘A compromise was effected, and Poland took the Bioux City, and Wilson {he Central Pacific. A portion of tho Sioux CityRoad was built bya construotion com- pany,similar in its operation totho Credit Mobilior and orimlzed by Oakes Ames & Co. It is inti- mated that cortain members of Congress had in- toreats in this ’rond, and got big dividends, which are also said to be recorded in Oakes Ames' mysterious pocket-book. CLATMS OF LOYAL CTTIZENS, The House Committee on Claims to-day suthorized -Mr. Boardman Smith -to report his bill regarding the compensation due loyal citi- zens for property taken ‘during the war. It vides t the Court-of Olaims shall have g:-fiaaicuun, under such rulesand regulations as loy ‘may adopt in that b , to deter- mine and report to Gcmgmfla upon the claima of such citizensof the Stales not declared in iz;aumcuon, a: Ioyal during ¢lho ‘war, for compensation for private property lo- cated in such Btates not declared in faewerockion, aud which wag taken during the Rebellion by competent authority of the Government of the United Btates for publio use, within the meaning of the 5th article of the amendment of the Con- stitution of the United Btates, Section 2 of which provides that for the purposes of tho act, and 1n detormining the jurisdiction herebyconferred, the Fifth Amendment of the Constitutionshall ba deemed to require just compensation for private property, whether real or personel, takon in time of war for military p: 8es, wherever the same ehall have been taken by the Government, under and by virtue of its right of eminent domain, It also &ri)vidcs that in casea where such property was taken for destruction to provent ita fallin into the hands of the enomy, the damage shall De the value of the property in its sed con- dition, The important foature is added that ‘hereafter all such claims shall be forever barred, unless presentod to the Court of Olaimg within £wo years, the Court to report to Congress, and its action is therofore not final. ABSENALS AND ADORIES, The House Committeo on Appropriations had up for consideration to-day the subject of arse- nals and armorics. There are at prosent twen- ty-three arsenals in the country, but, under the new principle of graduslly reducing tho num- ber in order to concontrnte tho armament of the United States Army iz thres subdivisions of the country, appropriations for only thres will be made, those at Springfield, Masa., Rock Island, 1L, end Benicia, Cal. A fund of §50,- 000 will be placed in_the hands of the Sccrotary of War to be used to keop the others from going to ruin until théy can be disposed of. This im- proyement in our arsena! syatem makes » yearly eaving of $160,000. - : GOVERNMENT CLAIMS ON'RAILEOADS. ., Thero was an intoresting debats in the Senate to-dsy, on an' amendment offercd by Senator Edmnnds to the Legislative Appropriation bill, providing that the Secratary of the Tressury ehall withhold from all railrosd companies to which the United States has loaned its credit, and which aro in arroars for intorest, all pay- ment for account of transportetion of Govern- ment froight and passengers, until the interest due by such railroad companies to ihe Govern- ment 18 paid. Amendments ‘were subscquently offered, lloving the railroad compunies that might foel aggrieved to- enter suit in the Conrt of Claims, with power to appeal to the Snpremo Court of the United Sfates. Tho proposition was opposed by Senators Bhorman, Stewart, and Cole, and it ia thodght the Senate will refuse to #dopt it. Several Inwyers in the Sente ao of the opinion that such “legialation would conflict with the acts of 1862 and 1864, concerning the Pacific Railroad. - It is held that, whilethe Gov- ernment may instituto suit to compel the com- panies to &ny the accrued interest due, it cannot withhold the payment for its transportation of freight and passengers on tha roads, for which express stipnlation was made bythe act of 1864, There aro those, however, who contend that it will be perfectly in accordance with ths law to withhold 50 per cent of the smount. due, a3 pro- vided by the House amendment to tho bill, © TIE CALDWELL SCANDAL. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elcc- tions will resume its investigation of tho Cald- well bribery case to-morrow, The defence will produce witnesses to show that Caldwell stands well a8 a business man; that he was the candidate of a~ portion of the peo- ple of Leavenworth for the Senate, that the testimony of many 6f the witnesees for tho prosecution is unworthy of belief. Mainly out of courtesy, the Committee will continue this hearing, but a large proportion” of the pro- posed defenco is regarded as entiroly irrolovant to the chargo of bribery o the evidenco thus for given to sustain it. - "' THE LOUISIANA MUDDLE. o The decislon of the Suprerme Court of Louisi- nna, affirming the valldity of the Pinchback Gov- ernment, doos not help the Senate Committeo on Trivileges and Eloctions at all in the proposed inquiry into_the complication and troubles in that Biate. The examination of the cases of the Senatorial contestants has been postponed until Monday, but meantims the question is preszed home upon the Committeo a4 to what right it has to go beyond the certified returns of tho Commisgioners, even though they are satisfied ihe Board is illegal, or to questson tho action of the Caavassers, althongh they are confident that thoy had the proper returns. - In tho finst place, it is. mointained by & majority . of the Committcs that the Senato, being & rapresent- ative body of States, has no nght to g0 boyond the legal formuls, which might indi- cate that all Stato requiroments had been com- plied with on the part of parties’ presenting tho usual credentials, either as Senators or Elec- tors.. There has maver beon an instance yeb where the Senate has assumed the authority to inquire whether the local statutes had been complied with, or whethor the State lawe had been violated. The-difficulty in the present in- stance is that” & prccedont msy be establishod which will enable the Senato sub- sequently fo go_into -eovereign Biate istnes having 5 mere local bearing, and docide upon them. The House has a right, when the creden- tials of its members are presented, to inquire not only into the election returns, but also to go into tk_avflwboiqt wn'd;::do'léba cln:‘;‘;l. Tb;! #ame privilege, it is arg -does nof long to the Senate ac ol Thig Gomraion propose yet to have another aession, in which they ahall dis- cuss the general questions arising outof the Sherman resolution. - = [To the Associated Press.) LOUISIANA. ‘WASHINGTOY, Jan.2i.—The Senate Committee on Efertirng, this morning, owing to the absence of witucases, postponed the exsmination con- cerning the President and Senatorial election in Louisiana until Yonday, and then went into se- cret seseion to discusa tho question whether the decision of the Loaisiana Supreme Court, yes- terday, does not precluds them from =n inguiry 8s to tho logal statzs of the presext State Gov- ernment. i i - ! ARE ROW A LAW. The President to-day approved the following acts of Congress : An- act to abolish the grades H _jlunc}('i ‘but and_ of Admiral and Vice Admiral in the United States Navy; anact to vide for the erection of a ublic building in Nashville, Tenn.; an act tran: erring the control of cerfain Territorial poni- tentinries to the geveral Torritorios in which the same aro located ; an act to fix a time for hold- ing the annual scssion of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes. , TIE OABINET. No business of public imporiance was consid- ered at the Cabinet meoting to-day. CONFIRMED. - The Benato, in executive session, confirmed the nomisation of J. C. Bancroft Davis to bo |- Assistant Sscretary of Siate, vice Charles Halo |- resigned. THE INDIAX CENSUS. The proposition to take s careful and gimul- taneons censns of all the Indian tribes and bands of the United Btates and Territories, during the Ppresent, year, which has been embodied in a bill introduced by Representative Scofield, and ro- ferred to the Committce-on Indian Affairs, meets with tho concurrenco of a large majority of the members of Congress, and is regarded as |* a long-needed measuro. DIPLOMATIC VISIT. New York, Jan. 24.—Colonel Juan Macias, the English Minister of the Republic of Cuba, goes to Washington to-day, where ho will visit ‘tho President and Secretery Fish, to oxplain the mnsz feoling in England about Cnban mat- ters. It ia stated that meny prominent officials of Great Britain have roquested Colonel Macias to make tlus visit. gt CREDIT MOBILJER. THE POLAND COMSIITTEE. OAKES AMES’ CROSS-EXAMINATION. WasurxaToy, Jan. 24.—At the sitting of Mr. Poland’s Credit Mobilier Committee, this morn- ing, Representative William D. Kelley cross-ex- amined Oakea Ames. The witness reiterated his testimony that hia held, as the property of Mr. Kclley, 10 shares of Credit Mobilier stock. Thay Dbecame Kelley's £mport in 1808, when he paid, for them. The dividends the witness alzo held? for Kelley. Ifo also hold for him 10 shares of Union Pacific stock, which came into his hands. ocarly in 1808. Besides the Credit Mobilier: stock, witness holds for Kelley 40 or 50 ehares of Union' Pacific stock, and some income bonds, ~-.. 4. 1+ Mr. Kelloy then examined Ames as follows-: ' Q.—Can you furniah the Committee withiihe list of the property you hold for me ? k: » A—Yes, sir, I think I can by to-morrgw. < * ¢ QHow aid X pey you for the Credit Mobilier_ st - - L A—Inthe first place you were to pay mo $1,000 for stock aad interost. - Q.—Did I ask you for Credit Mobilier -stock, or did you ask mo to take'it 2 A.—T don't remember now, butIknow you took it ; had loaned Kelley money prior totho } Credit Mobilier transaction. Q.—How soon can_you deliyer my ten shares of Credit Mobilier stock and dividends? = A.—[Ames producing certificate of Credit Mo-+ bilier stock from his_pocket] I can deliver them now, 8ir, and the dividends you can have soon. Kelley—Hand them to the Chairman, with the, Tiskt of dividends for my use. Ames—[Handing certificatos to Judge Poland]$ —If you say youdon't own them, I don't ses- how you are entitled to the dividends. ot Kolloy—But you say I do own them, and I tend tomako uscof them. : Ames—Certainly, sir, thatis what I agree to perfectl: Q. n I roceive these from the Chairman, will I or will I not be your debtor ? A.—Yes, for §750. Q-—How doos that como? A.—If you reccive all the dividends, and I don’t take my pey, you will owe me 8750, which I loaned you. The Credit hiobilier stock was all |- paid for by the first dividend of bonds, and the cash dividend in June following. ‘Q‘ —]-)Did you ever hand me a check marked . K. 2" A —Yes, gir. { Q.—Were thera any other checks oxcept those marked ¢ 7. D. K.” and ““8, C.” & E'!cs, Bir. o How many ? - A.—Tcan't tell. Iseo J.F. Wilson indorsed” his, and Patterson indorsed his. R Ames to Kolley—You don’t deny having re~ ceived £329, do you? 4 g Kelles—No, sir, I don't deny having received T do deny having received the cheek alluded to by Ames. "I cannot remembor of hav~ ing received it, and T donot believe I reccived it. To the beet 'of my knowledge and belief, I did not veceiveit. I havoalways regarded as a loan the smount I received from Amos. 7 - Ames—Didn’t you ask me ropeatedly when you k‘;onlrl get any more dividends on that stoc] 3 £ A.—Xo, eir, I do not rememberof giving Ames, a noto or Teceipt. 3 Q.—By Ames—What was £aid when I handed you $750 ? 4 < A.—1 cannot tell. X bad asked you s fow duya before for a losn. Ames eaid that Kelloy had asked him about dividends on the stock. N. G ORDWAY, Sergeant-at-Arms of tha House, was recalled, and explained how the businees of tho office wns conducted, private tccounts being kept with each member, as thoy frequently sent. drsfts Lome, ote. He produced tho books, sod undor dato of Juno 24, 1363, pointed out an entry of £320 paid on acheck marked “W. D. K.,” and signed “ Oakes Ames.” Healso prodaced the check, and testified ho believed it was in the band Writing of Ames. Judge Eelloy denied that he had had a meet- ing with Colfax, Patterson, and Garfield last evoning, to detormine upon tho course they shonld pursue to break down the testimony of Ames. "Colfax, he stated, left the city at 1 o'clock, yeste:&.‘x , for Tronton, N. J, CLERES CALLED, Aoses Dillon and Thomas B. Preney. clorks in the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, srero examined as to the checka and ontries. The formar, who _is Cashier of the office, testi- fied that he wonld bave paid a check marked W, D.E.” or “S. C.” to Ames, if he had handed itin. Ames mado a draft of £10,000 to his ‘private scconnt in June, 1803, Ames—Will you turn to the baok and ses if & check for £532 is charged to Colfax. The Witness—It is, but I sec nothingto the credit of his account, excopt mileege and salary ; :f‘e no credit to the accountof Colfax of a $1,200 eck. L. L. CROUXSE, i corréspondent of the New York Times, was the next witness. Ho testified tiiat he bad quite s number of conversations with Ames o the sub- Ject of this investigation, at lcast five or six times; had o conversation with him about the 7Tth day of January ; thought it waa after Colfax made his statement bofore the Committee. Question by Colfax—Did ho say he heard my statement ? AT think ho did ; T am not certain; as T al- Inded to the statement myself I got the impres- eion that ho heard it. Q.—What did he say ? A.—We had a genoral converaation, and I call- ed his attention to the fact that your statement did not agreo with his testimony in the begin- ning. In rufionse e made a general remark, and I boliove he eaid he had no record, but al- wayB carried in his hoad those matters. "I think Do said ho presumed Colfax was about corzect. 1 did not understand him to say he carried things in his head enfirc!g; my recollection is fixat?fl said Colfax ia probably correct. He said nothing about S1,200. Ames—Did 1 tefl you Colfax's statement was sabstantially or probably correct ? ; A.—T think s0; I think you £aid probably cor- rect. Ames—T eaid nothing of the kind. Crounse—Then I must s2y that I will have to withdraw my confidonce in your statements yon ‘mado in regard to others. Ames—In your despaiches to yeaterday's Times did Cynu state the facts as thoy occurred before the Committee. Thoy were a direct con- tradiction of the festimony.” That is all I know. Is that the character of your despatches? Crouse—My despatches to the Times have been very fair? Ames—Yes, generally, but that one yesterday was very unfair and vory untruthful. Judgs Black—Where was this conversation with Ames ? ) 5 A.—1It was at his eeat in the Homse, The wit- nees inferred from what Ames said, that he had kept no record of the transaction between him- self and Colfox. _ 2 Q.—Now what is your recollection a3 to the preciee words Ames used ? A.—My best recollection is that he used the words, ‘* probably correct.” DISCURIIVE. Amee—Well, this is noproof in the case, a8 far 23 I can zee, either for or against. Judge Poland (to Ames)—If you desira to make a statement inreference to the conversa- tion between yourself and Crounse, you can do 80 noOW. . Ames—Oh! I'had no conversation with him. 1t was mere casual coaversation with him, sad I it wo NUMBER 149, did not eay five words. I don't remember of saying anything to him about Colfsx. ‘udge Poland—Yon knew he was & newspaper Teporter? awer—Yes, sir. Kelloy (to Ames)—Do tho ten shares of Credit Mobilierstock placed in the ands of the Chair~ mun of the Committes, subject to my order, bear any portion of the dividends nnder-the Ozkes Ames® contract ? Amcs—Yes, ir ; thoy are entitled to 21l the dividends, Eelley—I desiro to eay, Mr. Ohairman, that you will plensa hold them'to my-order. g Colfax inquired 0f Ames why he did not crogs- cexamino him abont that check. when he gave his. testimony. v Ames—I did not want to bring it-ont; I wanted to letdon off as easy 25 I conld; I was in hopos d not come ont. Ames to Colfax—Did you roceive that $1,2007 Colfzx—I did not. "Colfax thon requested Ames to produce his griute ‘memorandnm-book, Ames replied he did not have it with him, but be had reffeshed his memory daring the rocess, snd brought with him such extracts from it a3 e thought nocessary. Ames then read thero. from entries showiug the amounts paid to yn Tious porsons, which were put in evidence on Wednesdsy. Colfax—In conversation . at Wormley's, did I, not tell you I had novor receivod any dividends 2 Ames—I don't recollect. s £ . Niblack suggested that the investigation was volving the character of a number- of gentle- men, and if all this questioning wes to continue; he Lioped tho gontlemen accused ywould be alt lowed conngel. * Judge Poland—Well, if we have lawyers here, we will Liave to go all over the matter again. Colfax—3r. Ames, in your private memoran- dum book, which I hope ‘the Committee will Eave brought here, have you the pames of the members of Congress whom you let have stock 2 5 . » A.—Yes, sir. 7 —Will you tell me why you mnde thavcheck which you €2y you paid me, payable to 8. C.,' vhen you made the one.yon say you_gavo to Allison, payable to “Y¢. B, Allison " ° : A.—¥ can't eay; for somoof tho dividends T did not put in any names, ‘ Q.—Did I give yon,any receipb for this check ? A.—No, sir; it never belonged to me. Q—Have yon ever told me during the past four years that I'wus the ownerof this stock ? A.—Tdon't know whether I did or not. I Lnow if anybody "has told me in the last four years that 1 own,'my own hat. [Laughter] I do not understend your version of the affair at all. 1 gave yomtho check, und bers is proof of it by tho books.” What is the use of trying to get around it, or over it ? Colfax—Where was I when you gave me the check,—in tho chair or on the floor ? Ames—Ol1 X dont know; I can't remember t. Colfax to the Committee—T repeatiexactly as I stated before, that I nover received & dollar on any account from the Credit Mobilier; I novor sa thio check, and don't kmow whethor it wag signed by 0. Ames orOzkes Amos—why he mado this chedk papable to 8. 0. I cannot imagines Icould net have added to my income ' $1,200 ‘withont remembering something abous it. - Dur- ing the waole of this four years ha has never Itroposcsi to pay me anything, and nover told me was thie owner of tho stock. I told Ames I would uot buy into a_ Iaw-suit, and that-ended the mratter between us. N 2 Axice—Tho check for 8532.74 completed your PayTasnt for the stock. Judge Poland to Coltax—Do you admit that ¥Ou gave him a check for 532,74 Colfax—I suppsse g0 ; I thonght at the time T “wros paying him $500 on my purchage and inter~ «est, but did not understand that this completod -the transaction. I understocd that the fdivi- «dends had been earned, and wero unadjusted, and wonld go to make up the balance due from e, but did not. understand that they completed the purcimse. Ho did not remember of Ames | saying anything about selling tl bonds, When the e§ao_ were paid by the wituess, ho had the imapression that the proceeds from these bonds, when sold, would go to complete the purchase ; ho supposed he did pay Ames the $532 by chack on tho Sergeant-at-Arms, but was confident that Be mnever received any check for 1,200 from Ames, either payable to 8. O.,” or “Schuyler Colfax,” orfor any amount whatover. He sup- poeed tho check marked “8. C.” was Some mcmorsndum by which ho settled the msiter citer he (Colfax) told him bo would “hizve nothing to do with the stock, and would mot buy into a lawsuit. Hoe had never received a certificate of stock, and 10 proceeds from it. He liad endzavored, since he had been Speaker of the House and Vice President of the United Btatcs, tomake his salary and private income pay his bills, and had been in the babit of mal- ing, every month or two, stutement of hiy financial “condition, but'had sever proserved these statementa. If the Committes would ex- amine the checks in the First National Bank, wheroe he kept his account, thcy would seo thay be always wrote his namo on tho back of checks, without being asked whether payable to orderor bearer. The singularity about this matter was that Ames stated that this check: was payablo to 8. C.” and others received cl.ocs payable in their names. Ames—3r. Colfax, did I not tender you & statemont of the salo of bonds Yeceivod a5 divi-'| dends, and you gave mo that 8552 check for the balance due? = ; Colfax—No, sir; thoro might have been s slip of paper. A memorandum of £532 duo. Iam not certain about that, Amea—T ask you if T did not give you a state- Ei:udt; showing credit derived from ‘the salo of nds 2 Colfax—TI deny it. Ames—T am sor7y to hear you: Colfax—You told me some dividenda had been earned, but were unadjuated. Ames—If he denies it, ard says he did not, I don't want to ask him any more yuestions; that is enough for mo. i Colfax—Read from the formier testimony of Ames, and ask him what he mcrnt when Le said "tI ,d? not know whether ho or,I own the stock " Ames—T understood yon owned it, and wanted me to own it. Ames further testificd that he called on Colfax the night before ho &:\mes) made his first statemont beforo o Committce, and asked him Colfax) if they understood each other. olfax eaid, “‘You will testify to the truth,” and he E.Ames Teplied, ‘*Certainly, I am going to do that.” He now supposed that Colfax had got an idea from the testimony of Crounse t he (Ames) was going to testify the same as Colfax. Colfax again resd from the testimony of Ames, and asked him how he mads certain parts of his testimony then agree with what he had testified since. Ames—T have refreched my memory since from my books and the books of the Sergsant-at~ Arms. “I don’t think you can swear hard enough here to get out of it either. Iremember allnow, and bave the vouchers. X Colfax—to_Judgo Poland—T rest the case, sir. The Committes adjourned until to-morrow. THE WILSON COMMITTEE. OLIVER AMES' TESTDIONY. Wasnrvaroy, Jan. 2£.—The Wilson Investi- gating Commitiee to-day werain secrot session soveral hours. . At 2 o'clock it _resumed the examination of Oliver Ames. Ho testificd that the sum of $128,000 was aet apart for special legal expensos; had not the least ides how the money was used ; never heard that any member of Congress ever received any of tho moncy; was nevar in Wash— ington while the legislation was pending on the onijec! of tho Dpion Pacific Railroad. 6 wit- Dess was cxamined at length. He supposed the ‘money for special legal services was furnished for the purposo of obtaining favorable logisla- tion, but could give no information as to who Bu.{' the money, or towhom it was paid. General odge and Oakea Ames were here in the intercst of the road at the time of the legislation refer- red £, and in that gentlaman he confidence. The Board of Directore had always looked to Oakes Ames to look after Pacifc Railroad mat- ters at Washington, and believed he wonld do for the intareat of the ro: what was nec Witness gaid tho note for two millions was given by the Union Pacific Boad to the Credit Aol or under the anfluucontam&;‘ tho n$° ';:l d:Ll.l‘l B outstanding, an i proceeds we g0 fo the. stackholdors of the Crodit_Mobiliar. The attention of the witness being called to the entry on the Pacific Railroad books giving credit of about one million to the Credit Mobiiier, the witness gaid that this money was advanced by the Credit Mobilier on account of the Ames con- tract. The entire control of the Union Pacide Railroad Coiapany waa turned over to thie Board of Trustees of the Credit Mobili The Comumittes adjourned Liil this event Atthe evcning sessicn, the- witness said ha katew Oakes Amea had Credit Mobilier stock in- trust in tLe winter of 1867-'65. He did not knowto whom it waa sold except from what he had heard, Damely, to mombers of Congress. At the timo 3 Oakes Ames took the stock, s great difficulty in selling. it. witness) wzs led liko a - lamb slsughter, when ho took with -relutyeeg a lorge number of shares. Cakes Ames tep- tioned the names of sevoral members of Cra. gress whom he wished to take stock, smo them Colfax, Boutwell, and Wilson, bot do oy, clearly recollect tha other names.’ We wante; fo gt a good class of people in the stocks g Dot expect any legislation ; had obtained all vre thought necessary. Witnces bad an ides that Oakes Ames disposed of the stock in the war that had just come out. Witness, beins skert how it happened that tho stock was sold a when it Was Worth 160, and had received izi~ dends, re({)lied that at the time tho arrengomen: 4 Were made thst his hrotber should have siock, it was not much ubot: par, This was st tia capital st was increcsed. e Chairmar -Zluvs you knowledgo of aus bonds, stocks, 01 any other thing of valme bat- ing been given by persons_counccthd éithor with the Credit Mobilier or Union Pacitic Raii- road Company to any ofiicer of the Governmazi for procuring the acceptance of the road, or as: Ppart thereof ? A—Theard from Snyder, Superintendent of tho road, thot he paid Comelius Wendcll, o Government Commissioner, 825,000 for eccent- ing the road, This was in 1866 or 1867, Wenuuil thee was la (tha “the baving Deon _nppointed by = DPresi- dent "Johnson. Ho was paid in monoy. Snyder said Wendell came there o declared he would not accept the rond unless were paid for doing 80. Snyder, cn his o hhm‘%onnd with:ont authority from me, p £25,000. * When I called Snyder to account, eaid ho paid the money under tho suthoiily -t Dr. Durant. Suyder retsined the money (h:a puid - ont - of ~tho freight receipts. We dell wss making tho raid in L of & Washinaton paper, aud what he was a blackmailing operation. At that time w2 wero putling on the road such cars and loco; Lives 2 the business required. Snyder was perintendent of the road pretty much dusiiz construction of the road, but 1s uot at tlie ent timo. g : During the examination the witness ssid Dr. Durant was Vico President of the Compsny : the time the money was pai tie. 3 did not know, nor had he hoard, vl any other Commissioner Laving been paid.” Knew of no membor of Congrese, excer.. General Butler, having been . paid a8 connsel v tho Union Pacific Railrosd. At ike timo of tu) conflict between Jim Fisk and the Compeny I was paid 86,000 ; did nov know of any men .of Congrees who rendered eervica to the Cr Mobilier or to its even Trustesa. The Committee adjourned until Mond=y. —— CONGRESSIONAL. ' SENATE. FPRESIDEST PRO TEM. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Mr. ANTHONY wes choscu President pro fem., inthe absence ¢ the Vice President. 3 2 A WIND-MILL. Mr. WILSON introduced a bill to sutho: the construction of o pneumatic-tube road Now York to Chicago. THE APFROPRIATIONS, At the expiration of the morning how Senate resumod the consideration of ths L l‘;;‘i‘u, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Mr. BHERAAN 'said that thers were questi conneoted with the currency which it was pensably neceseary for Congrees to consi a0 early doy. There was elready 5 law ro the transfor of 325,000,000 banking capital £ the Enast to the West, which the Comptrolie= _claimed to beimpracticable; ond there wes also the question of the right of the Becretury of the Treasury to reissne any portion of the ro- tired and cancelled United States notes, RAILWAY PATMENTS. MMr. EDMUNDS offered an amendment to tho Appropriation bill, directing the Seeretery of tb > Treasury to withbold all payments to any rei: way company, on account of freight or trans- portation of fny kind,to the smount of srw ‘Fayment made by the United States for interas: upon the bonds of the United States issved 10 any such company, and not reimbursed. Mr. STEWART made o point of order that, tha amendment being new, “legislalion was nds in. order upon the Appropriation bill, lThrs 'RESIDENT pro tem. overruled the point, of order. Mr. EDMUNDS advocated the amendment. 'was necessary, he eaid, for the protection of ¢ people, and if’ it violated in sny way the log Tighta of tho railroad companios,thoy might redress through the Comt of Claims. _ 3 SKEB}%AN enid the question involved in the amendment was one which could nottn zeadily actermined, and, as it was bardly pe. neot to this bill, ho regrotted that the ame: ment had been offerc “Mr. Sberman lLaving expressed a ‘donit 83 to the jurisdiction of tha Court of Claimys iu the matter, 3r. EDMUNDS offered tho follow- ing addition to Lis amendment And any such company may bring sult in_the Court of Clalms to recover tho prico of such freight and transportation, and fn such suits the right of eacly, €company to rocover the samo upon the law and facts of+ the case shall bo determined, aud either party to such: suit may i{%&l 1o the Sapremo Court. Mr. SHERMAN gaid Le fearod this amend-. ment would narrow the position of the United States Senzte in the mattor. Mr. EDMUNDS said that if ho did not know tho great anxictyof tho Semalor from Ohio (Shnrm:.\ng to keep this money in the Troasur, Lo would be tompted to suspect that, for uoms grent public reason, the Senator was tryiug (o tind out how not to do it. o Mr. BSTEVENSON offered s rubstituts for Edmunds’ amendment, directing tho. President. to institute guits in the Court of Claims sgainst tho Pacific Rsilronds, to recover the interost paid by the United States on the bonds issued for tho benefit of said rcads. In advocating this smendment, Mr. Stevenson eaid all the ¢ porations of the conntry wero gigantic pow Varring upon the rights of the Gavormmant aa | tho people, and warned them that 38 they we:. not willing in a disputed case liko this fo sub- mit to a fair adjudication, there was n power i the Jand whick would rise up and pat them ail under its foet. 2Ir. TRUMBULL gaid Le was not an advocata of the railroed companiea, but he wished them o bo treated fairly. He then reviewed the hin- tory of the legialation providing for the co stroction of a Vacific Bailroad. Under- tha e of 1862, by which all compensation for servi rendered to tho Government by the railroads w: ‘withheld, nobody, he aid, conld be found to b the road, which rendered nocessary thoact of 1 providing that only one-half of guch compen:= tion should bo rotained by the Government. T withhold the whole of the compensation due to the roads from the Government would, therafore. betoviolate the faith of the United Slates pledged in the act of 1864, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. [The VICE PRESIDENT sppoiuted aa_con- ferces on the part of the Senateon the Viendw Exposition bill, Mesurs, Scharz, Harle, enc Caasserly.] Mr. ‘BTEWART presented an amerdment, which ho said he would offer at the proper tim:. a8 s substitute for Edmands' amendment. In directa the Attorney General to cause procesd- ings to be instituted in the proper Court cf the United Btates for the purpose of zescr- taining if any obligation of tho Union DIaci Central Pacific, or any other railrozd company. created by the actof July 1, 1662, or the act July 2, 1664, in relation o interest on bonds, mains mfififiued, aud to enforce the ssmo if suy there be against raid Compouy Gr comyanies. Mr. MORILL (Maino) preseated an_amz ment directing the President to take such meu- ures as may be ncceseary to recover Irom Pacific Railroad Companies the intereat ¢ tho United States on tbe bonds igsuad fo; use of either of aid roads, and conferring jur diction on the United States Circnit Cour: the Bouthern District of Now York, tobkear: 1 determine the same, subject to appeal 28 in other cages, Pending action, the Serzie went into exe:: tivo session, and 8 Adjourned until Mo HOUSE. - XOT ENTIILED TO YOTE. Mr. HOAR, from the Commitzcc on Ele mnde a report that neither Do Large wor Do contestante, n:0 entitled to geats 2y Deprezsc tives from bouth Carolina. Afser pa srga- by Mr. EOWEN, the contestent, in his o- balf, end after a biief dusct m, the re ‘waa ‘sdopted without a division, NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS. The House then wout into .Cuwzmittes of tha Whole on_the Naval Apnrops 0l consideration of the bill was iniarupicd by.: business of the Diairict of - Coldmlia: whirh specielly aesigned to thin dey. aizer. pars large number of Lills relating to ske isr. the Honse Adjourned,