Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1873, Page 2

_man of !%a intelligenco nnd 'apparcnt honesty " xant of, its businosa s excuudlnggrnlmn 0, 4 "gere upon wich the money” was paid aro Tom . _when tho largo - dividend wes declared, but ho WASHINGTON. - Spectal Deapateh to The Chicago Tribune, OREDIT MOBILIER, Wasmxarox, D. €., Fob. 1.—In spite of tho gonoral anticipation, Judge Poland's Committeo to-day was dovoid of specinl intorest. MuComb, Who was tho prinolpal wiluoss oxaminod; pro- duced a lotter from Gonoral Dodge, in which tho Iattor announced tho defest of the Rato bill by s aloso contont, and thon asked ;whether it did not pay to Liavo frionds in Oongross, Ho also, spoke in dotall of & combination with Amon, in whiah tho latter had triumplantly sald: ‘! Has Mr. Colfsx’s ruling pnid, tho inventment of -ptook?” Jidge Poland announced that with tho oxnmination of lwo moro witnosgos tho investi- gation would closo. Theso nro Oskes Ameh, with his origiual. memorandum book, ard Vico President Colfax, whoso dofonco will not com-, wmonéo until aftor Ames’ roturn, - Althiough nearly all the witnoesen boforo tho Wilson Committce aro troubled with ignoranco and forgotfulness, the Committos aro nevorthe- lera making considorabla progross_ in tho inves- -tigalirn; but o londing featuro of *tho-inqulry, that in regard to tho dishouost disburacmont of £230,000 Fi:y Joo Rtewart, and of ©120,000 to otber partios, is an much n conconlmont as it s thio day {ho examination of witnossos bo- an, The Commitico, howover, bavo oubnb- “lished for a cortainty that tho - Oredit Mobilior sud the Union Peeific Rallrond. - Company wera substautinlly the samo; {hat ihe Iatter was go manipulated thab willions of dollars ro- verted to tho former; that thoy monopolized tho entivo conntruction and equipment of the rond and ghut ont competition; that soveral millions of dollera have disappoarcd_from the funds in a very mystorioun manuor, and isstiil unacconntod for liut the Company is substantially bank- rupl and cannot pay - its” dobts; that 200 or 300 ot vond, aflor boing finishod sud accoptod Dy the (iovernment, was sgain placed under con= tract ab o rato no muoh lighor that the Credit ‘AMobitier mede threo milllons of profit ; that tho. coutrnols of Hoxio, Drvig, nud othors were moro protences, thoir persons boing put in as dum- tulos by tho Oakes Ames or Credit Mobilior con- tract ; that Governmont ofticors lovied and col- locted _ blackmail; that rival intorests iora hought off; that conflicting rosds bad immonsa gumn of monoy lnvished on thcm}»umt tho im- meisé Oalon Amen_contract was - for the bonefit of Colfax, Brooks, Garfiold, Pattoraon, Bingham, WVilson, Kolley, Tus. F, Wilon, and 'iho othor stockboldera, or the Credit Robilier; that tho boalks of tho Unlon Pacific Rond and Orotdit Mo- bilior have been kept in such a manner.us {o cover up aud conceal tho lmpm,};ur notiony from the publie, and all thiu to the injury of tho Goy- wtnmont thd tho lonst stackholdors. Afr, Bnider, for two yoars General Tickot and Frofghit Agont, was thio fivat witness to-dny, and, Eave that he teatifled to-peying Cornelius’ Weu- delj, wf that time Governmont Director, 835,000 pu blood monoy, his evidenco was not impor- tant,, “ho “Vico Presidont of the' Union Paciflo Tailroad, John Duff, was put upon tho stand for the firaf timo. Io in°an- old gontloman, of- bendsomo appearsune, his bair an full bowd " boiog " of | piro whito; bub us o witness Lo was of little sccount. How s i A0 long - conndeted with the f'g:«lld!\fi:!‘;(ilh‘:fio:melnl png!muu, and Lo 8o Igrllg‘; edit Mobilicr 1eetifled thatlo was ot in tho own rocords fn which his namo appenrs 3;?5:‘11“51!5 that he participated in the 4) and ‘cont -dividonds with alacrity. In\lozhmyell;_ che wes . of the Committeo to “audit the unaccountsblo . oxpenditurcs -ered by the $126,000 extra lognl oxpenses ho fvol‘; mnot h{ #ho room whon tho subject was ' do- clded, snd know notbing sbout it, and nover hoardanything nbout it. Tho-Committeo was | Beott, - Dodgo, Duff, and Wilson. The-lattor refuged to aok. Tho noxt was presont, and o tho only ono-who can show what tho vouchers Beott and General Dodgo. Thp-lnttnr&‘éxic n- his..way here " from S22 "Susy artiva Dotoro thio Commitice ends' ita worl, and mey uof. . Dillon, one of the Directors, and nlso ona of tho wealthicat_men’ in the Compauy, was tho next witnogs, Ho also is” an 'old, white-heired man, whoto life, hio said, hed beon ‘spont in building. railroads, “Ho lncke.the pducation and ciltura of the othor rich men in tho Company, but has much practical knowlodgo. - Ho was examined as an export, bint wag ignorant and forgetful on im- portant points, and nothing now was obtainod fvom him. Dr, Duraut wan egain called; and ho submittod o rathor a sovore cross-examing~ tion, with' tho comr’msmo aund craftiness of & man - having..complete control of hianind and manners, Ho.eeid, what should be firab mentloned hero, that ho bad nover given any money or bonds to Thaddeus Stevens, nor had any to his - kiowledge ovor boen givon Btovens. 116, howaver, advisad thomanngoers of the Union Padifio Railroad to roconcile. tho- difforencos bo- tween them and the -Leavenworth & Pawi¢o Road, and this was done at rathor smart cost, obably, As’ to. witness' l‘lon.llx‘lg'flil ho abso- fi:!ely know nothing, yot ho gave him, fo Lo expended ' na © Btewart plonsed, nearly - & million of dollars without voucher or rocaipt, +Stowart might have lept three-fourths of it for sught I know," said Durant, Durant was sick o good deal of tho timo, poor man, He medo, however, one very important statemont to this effect: Ho never paid for the influence of s member of Congross, slthough during that time & member approached him, this being in 1864, and offored to gell Lis voto, Ho also snid that at ome. time' four mombera came to him, ropresenting thomsclves '8 Committes controlling ocither twonty-four forty votes, and wauted to pegotinte Shiem, it Do rofused o doal with thom, Ho ndded grimly that his memory was bad a8 to‘ ngwos, tomatimes, but not at others, He mado’ this statement, yet not a single membar of the Committeo pressed for an answer, Thoy did, howover, press Btewart strongly, the other day, when it was suggostod thet some newspaper smen wers involyod. A resolution has Lpen peascd by the Committeo, and permission will Ls obtained of tho House, to allow the Cheirman and Boston, to it New York, Philadeiplus, to visit New York, p) lnls, ol date trke testimony on important poi not ba reached hero. CURRENCY BILL. T'he House Banking and Carrenoy Committea will xoport o bill nest: weck which provides for iucrensing the onrroncy fivo millions por annum for five yeara. ' 1t will o offercd ne ¢ substilute tor iepresentalive Nonrae's bill ealling for an wdditional Iseue of §25,000,000. - BIVER DPROVEMENTS. o . The Weatern River Commissioncrs bad an in- terview with tho Prozident, to-day, relative to the improvemonts of tho nevigation of tlia Ohio Rivor,’ ‘On -~ bebalf of tho dclegates, Mr, Thurston mnde an claborate statemont of tho objects for which the visit was aade, Fho President assured tho committes, in Teply; that lie was fovorallo to all mensuros svlifch looked {owards - securing choaper aud bot- tor transportation from the Weat {o tha seaboard. Ha thought the agitution of the subjeot was em- juently propor, and oyprossed tho conviction zhint at no distant day Congreus would bo com- ypelled Lo logiulation in tho intoreat of tho Wost- prnproducars, - . . i .. {70 the Aasocialed Press) Wasizaroy, Feb, 1.~The followlng s tha spublic debt statement for Jan, 81 Bix per cont bonds., ¥ive per cent bouds, 1,341,140,700 $1,311, @ 1,7560,010,000 16,608,000 2155420 4,538.4 - 358,008,138 + 20,035,000 44,051,604 Total coln bond Law?ul moncy debt. fiwu‘rf\l el 2] tender Ougliflu(m of deposit... Fructionr] currency. .Coln certlicates, ... vase Total withoul Jutereat, Total dobbuese s 233,401,765 s i) 21,448,880 Total intorst. . 1853 Total grom deb Corrern B2,200,445,630 o . o é;‘::fi.‘i‘&,fl,;am iy 1oz lio rc(lu}sxfi(é)l‘\ ek s provide Total In Troasury Debi lexs cash fu Troastty, aring the month, . is%fi:'fignd|gm=x-|:1]cnl:ull§ax1‘mlmo‘o, e X 2 wiul money, ‘pany, intereat puyablo ju 'Sy & e ! outatanding..o. oo 3 Iull':‘r:fl’:\ccruad and not yet paj v Interest pald by the Uniled States, 18,600,281 noterest repull{ by the transporiatl Satbia Dol ettt prid by Uitei Yot Tho reason for the increnso of the publa dobb §a statod ab tho . Treasury Department to bo on seconnt of $ho paymont “durlug tho pust month of Interest out the Pacific Rallrond bonds, over thio amount rotefnod from " tho pay for sorvices rendered, of §1,820,374, But for this, tho debt would have been dooreused B81 ,fl0,0'JD.HB‘. There wore ‘also disbursed fromn the U'roasury during Jan: n to_{ho ordinary .ox- ment. A peculiar dollciciicien In the pontal rovonue, malking thio [ Nobilior It would lnvo boon Inorcnsed ta thnt | nonsion to-dny, having adjauracd over Ull Mon- total.nmount of tho oxtraordiuary oxpoudituren | amount, tho 138 milos having beon inclndod na n day. during January 84,000,204, g The Beoratnrylol tho Treasnryto‘dny nddrersod n lottor to the hendn of Dopartments, {nolosing n rosolntion of the Houso Instruoting tho Soore- tary to inform the Ifousn what approprintions aro nocesuary for the flseal year for onch Dopart- mont to moat the oxpoensas of roalngu on oltleial ‘buslions on aocount of thoabelition of thé trank- ing lprlvua;;m ‘I'ho Becrotary roquestn ihat ho bo. furnished an cetimnte of the nmount ro- suimd by ench Dopartment on mattor vovolvoid, lstingulshing Dotweon writton and printed mattor, giving, if posotble, tho data on which the eatimato {8 basod, It in ptavusml to auk nn ap- ymmlnlhn for postnf;o on olliciol matter for onch Dopariment, and auc is requested to givoall de- toils on which tho estinntos are made. NEW DANK, Tho First National Dank, of Baraboo, Wiu., with o copital of 850,000, {a suthorizod Lo com- monco businosg. LOUISIANA. Tho Committes on Iiloctiona hos summoned Bolden, ox-Attornoy Genoral of Louisiana, who it 1 ntated will malo startling dovelopmouta re- garding Loulsiaua politica. —_— CREDIT MOBILIER, THE POLAND COMMITTEE, WasmNatoy, Tob. 1.—At the sitting of Poland's Gommltteo, to-day, A'contn 'was rocalled and sald that sinco hlu formor tes- timony ho had found additlonnl papors rolating to the invostigalion, A number of lettors bo- twoon Amos and tho witnoss were produced, but only one was put in ovidenco, ns relovant, ‘Thia was dated Deo, 17, 1808, and was from Genaoral @G, M. Dodge, thon Ropresontative, to tho wit- noss, Tt contained & poatoript, snying Wo bost tho rato rosolution to-day 61 to 78—oloso voto.' Tho witnosa recoived anolhor lotter from Amon in Fobruary, 1808, which ho could not find. In it was the remark “DIid not . the etock transferrod to Colfax pay?" Ho supposed Ames roforrod to some rullng by Colfax o3 fponker; conld not yomon‘or: the oxnct Innguage of tho letler, or what was the raling roforrod to. Tho witnoss sajd Durant's. copy of the record of the Committen on tho Union Paciflc Railrond showud that Brooks actod 08 o momber of .that Uommitteo on Jan, 23, 1808, two dnya bofdro the. big dividond was de- clared,and nlso as Inspootorat the cleotion March 9,:1805, Ho nsked the Commiltoo to call for thono rocords to contradiot .tho lostimony of Brooks, that he did not qualify as a_Diractor until Morch 29, 1868, Tho witnoss lind no por- sonal knowledgzo of any oxponditura of monoy for any P“‘T‘""’ In Washington. Ho wag on tho Committes to examino Durant's necotinty for some four of five hundred thousnd dollare’ ozpanecs, Upon reporting Lo Alley thint Durant's avcounts woro sll right, Alloy replied that if (hoy wero right thoy muat not let the ypoople know it, a8 Durant must not bo reliovod from the odium cast upon him by thoso nc- counts, e 5 By Alley—Witness did swenr in Pliladelphin that Alloy refuced to sign tho res)nrt, end gavo 08 hig roason, that Duraut wao o dishonest man. He ropeatod that tostimouy now. Alley wus the part of tho contract, 1lo favther oxplainad tho subject, und aaid ho wan one of iho sovon Trius teos Lo whom tha gontract was rosignod by Amos. No Governmout Dircotor hnd over beon o stocl= loldor in tho Oredit Mobilior, nor Lied any stool ovor boon 8o transfored, « TIHOMAR 0, DURANT waa rocallod, and said Lhat in 1864 ho, mndo nr- rangemonts with Jag, B. Stowart to soltlo tho dificultios with ontaldo parttes conee=ned in the Lenvenworth & PawneoIiailvond. Hostatodsthe 1iinit hoyond which hio conld not 80, us botweon £400,000 and €500,000, Thora wna no iroublo with Congreny, hut among porsons, somo of whom desived tho tormimi fo bo. Kb, Louin otliors soveral ollior polnts, Durant pnl«‘ Btowarl cortnin bonds nftor tho legisiation of Oongress that yoar, but toolt no memorandun, No monoy that lio had evor honrd of was spont among Uangrensmen, No Lond of the Unlon Preifle Raflrond CnmEnuy nssod to Stowart, Thoy in part wore of the I'acific Railroad Enat- orn Division. 'Tho witnoss anid hie nevor had any ofticlal busingsn with Thaddous Slevons. djourned till Monday ot 10 n., m, REPUSED A DISSOLUTION, PuADELTING, Fob. 1.—In the Common Ploag, .Tm'[fin Allison rofused tho pmfiur of o potition of the Crodit Mobillorfor n disnolution, whioh wasatked for on tho. ground that sinco July, 1868, tho corporation hay transnctod no business. Tho Judgo eays Congreas In now {nvestigating na to the claims of tho Uovermmnont ngainat tho corporation, and, theroforo, the Court should not do anything o projudios tho righls of tho croditorn of Ltho concern, - 3 g = CALDWELL, Wasursaroy, Feb, 1.—At tho sitting of tho Sennto Commiltea on Eloctiony to-day to Inves. tigate theallagad Lribery in tho mattor of tho. eleotion of Caldwoll, Souator from Kausns, A. CONSTOOK g testiflod that, In January or Februmry, 1871, ho was Looldecopor in’ Scott’'s buuk, Lenvenworth, Caldwell and Ton 8mith had accounts thore; do not recolleot that Morrin did ; donot racolloch tho check on the Knusas Paciflo or any othor railrond drawn by Diorris sbout that time, Ono morning Nnrtin, Scerotary and I'rensurer of the Misxouri River endjAtchison & Topoka Railronds, draw ‘a_check by Onldwell on day Coolke & Go, Philadolphis for ©10,000; sied ho would hinvo to- go to Topolka on an anvly Lrpls §- thinka- this waa just baforo tho Sountorial olection ; rocollodts about tliat timo n-ohock drawn by Len Bmith, indorsed flrst by Andorson, thon by Carnoy, flually by tho bank; do nob rocollact othor “checks by the partios montloned about. that timo. Tho entrics in Beott's ledgor wore not in the witness’ andwrliing. Judge Crosier submitted that the witness could tell nomoro about tha book than its own pngon ahowed, Mr, Morton rend tho, following ontrics of chocks or drafts cashed on Oaldwell's necount Jan, 9, §3,601.17; Jan, 11, $203.41; Jan. 18, §7,182.56 3 Jnn, 19, 92,000; Jan. 20, 810,000 ; Jan, 27, 45,0005 dau. 26, 51,000 I'howitnoss had no rocolloction of tho draft for 5,000 drawn by Catnoy on Lon Smith, dise, connted at or collocted through the bank. x third mnan of the Comumittco, and xofused to sign, o T ALLISON RTLOALLED. . B. Allison, of Iows, was rocalled and ox- amined by tho Hon, Job Stovenson, 'Tho wit- nees had boen o ntockloldor in tho Iowa Ialls & Bloux City Itrilvond, but had sold his stock some timango. Hoope:, Ames, Speaker Blaino, and others wero stocihioldors in tho rond. It wag chartered by Iowa, not by Congrosa, JOIN T, ALLEY. Alley desired to roFly to 3’'Comb, Yoland notified Lim that any reply mustbo short, ng this was not tha placo to setile difilcul- tiea betweoon M'Comb and Alloy. Alley then doniod that he bad medo any statd® ment “to M'Comb in regard to' Duraut, Ho stnted, algo, thot his interost in tho Uuion Pa- cific’ Ttailroad nt tho thme of Oakos Ames' con- trach was 1,100 sharcs, His intorest. in tho Credit Mobilier was 250 sharas, s 0. M. GBANE, wea recalled, and teatifled a3 to boing notified by M'Comb, while. Dr. Durant was in Lurope, that he (Cranc) had bettor keep his own countol, ag Brooks had gold out to the ather party. 3 2 COLFAX'S COUNEL. Mr, Poland, Chairman of tho Commitiee, re- colved n noto from Judge Hale, eonnsel for Vico Presidont Colfax, atating that ho proforred not to appear heforo tho Commnitice uatil ‘Ames shall raturn. - Tho Committes went into secrot sezpion; and, nftor throo hours thoreln, * Adjotrned to Tuesdry, at 10 a. m. ‘THE WILEON COMMITTEE, < HNYDER'S TESTIMONY: Wasamvaroy, Fob. 1.—At tho sitting of tho Wilnon Crodit 3obilior Committee, this momning, Webater Snyder, tho former (encral Buperin- tondenb of the Union Pacific Railrond, testiffiod that he .did not Jmow many - Government trickators or -Com- misglonors who_wero paid auything bosidos their mllonge and expenses for eorvicos, exdept Cornalins ’undvllall, who isl ltlhz;td. \\'aur}ell wankb~ ed 25,000, and he'was poid tho samo for goin| ot Toriitory, n 1808, Weadolr: howaver, did not pny much altontion to tho roa when thero, 3 ‘Wendoll didn't eny ho would mako s favorablo roport. Bowo 60 or 80 ruiles of roud wors to bo examined ot that timo. Tho witness peid the money on his own responsibility, In con- versation with Dr. Durant, than_Vico Prosident, that gontlomnn daclined fo anthorizo tho pay- exigoncy, lowaver, re- quircd tho payment. Ollyor Amoe, President of tho Rond, wrote the witness, sayinglhe did wrong -in making tho payment, The ivitness ¥mow not why he was removed. It was nevor intimated ho ‘was removod for paying Wendell, ‘The money wns charged to tho sccount of con- tingoncios of construction, o gave eccurity for payment of moncy also on his own account. Wondell gavo no_renson for demending the monoy ; ‘ho wanted it ad “blood.” The witness folt justified in paying tho money, owing to tho peculinr exigencies at that_{ime,—ho baing 800 or 900 miles wost of the™ Missouxi River. o Jooked upon Wendsll as oxacting “blackmail.” Tho rond was first-claca thon, T, P, Blair and Genoral Buford, the othor two Commissionors, phowed no reluctanco to discharge their duty, The Board of Directors of the Compauy tacitly acqulesced In ths payment, OIABLES 0, VAX SANDY, Speaker of the Rhodo Island ouso of Ropro- pentativer, testifiod that lio had no deflnite knowlodga of ‘the payment of money to procure logislation on tho subject of iho Union Pacifie Railroad. In tho suiis by Paland, J, annrdE and others, in tho Rhiode Teland courts, ngalnal Durant to racover corlain monoyus, tbo wilness was Durant's Inwyer, and was also retained .by the Union Pacific Company aud Crodit Mobilior. It was then concoded by tho np]mslnf parties that Durent's necounts wero gottled. 'ho suits. wore still pending, It was charged that Durant gpent the monoy of the suspenao account of tho nion Pacific and never properly accountod for it It wasnot alleged thut ho spont the money for corrupt purposes, Jomy nUYE testifiod in March, 1871, ho was sppoluted on the Committeo of the Oompany to seitle tho ne- count of $126,000 for spacial logal sxpouscs, but declined Lo Borve beeauso ho luiow uothing about thom, He cnme to Washington at tho instanco of Oliver. Ames, President of the Compauy, at tho tims of Sacretary Boutwoll's action'respect- ing tho withliolding of cortaln manoyn from tho Uplon Pacific Raflroad, o mot in Washington, Rolling, General Dodgo,” Bushuell, Tom Keott and othora, why said that the Jegislation on the subjock would ho right, He did mot pry & dojlar to puy Em‘ky in Washington, and pald- hfo own Dboard. bills while thova. Tho witness could give mno information 08 to tho objocts for which tho sums in tho ens- pense account woro puid out, o hrdno kiowl- edgo of lgwyoers boing omployed hero, Oliver Amas and John J. Oisgo wore nq‘palutad a Com-~ mitteo to examno and soltlo tho suspenso nc- eount,” ‘The Company wero to charge such pay- ‘monts to tho construction nccount, ~ ‘The witness tostified at Inn[filh touchifg tho action of tho Orodit Mobilior in buyfng Unjop Paclile bonds, “&o ; plao tho rolation of tho Onkés Awwq gon- tract. v L : ' BIDNEY DILLON = tentified that tho presont pro&mrty of tho Orodit Mobilior consisted of lands nt Couneil Bluffa und Columbus, worth about $155,000, and a nato of *tho Union Pacific Railrond Company for $2,000,~ 000. - As the noto had noyer been protented, ho presumed [t mhfhh be considered good, Tho reason why he did not try (o colloct the mono; was that It might embarrass tho Gom!mny, portion of the land will bo required by the Com- pany, Tha yomaiving portion of it would thus o doubled in yaluo, “He boeamo Presidont of the Credit Mobilier in AMsy, 1871, Binco the Oakes Ames contract uo buelness lins beon transncted by tho Oredit: Dlobilier, oxcopp sot- tling up Its nffalre, Iho Credit Mobillor otvus botween 1,600 and 2,000 shares of tho Union Pa- ciflo Railroad Oomlmny‘u stoclt, Tho witnoss was not in Washingion pending the Logialatures of 1604 and 1871, Ilo knew nunxlng sbout tho enspenso account, nor ubout the 8126,000 for gpocial legal exponsos; did not know of an; money having boen paid by tho Paecltte Rallroad Compauy (o gny memiber of Congross or any ofll- ooxdf tho Governmont, cithor dlranllg or indj- reotly. Asto how tho18% 1ailes of road nlrendy conipleted was ombraced in' tho Ouken Ames n adaitlo o5, 81,340,000 £ tho Doasd f Bublia Works thig city, snd Dl,\wu,th on account - 0f the . ' contract, The witnoss said if it had not been PUt nko thoqontrgutpm bulle by the Ovedit | Mr. Morton read cortain ontrios of deposits by. Onldwoll, which the witnoss conld not oxplain, Ho (hon turned to Len Smith's account and rend the folloviing chargos. ngainst hims Jan, 23, 87,0005 Jrn; 24, §200; Jan, 30,:£500 Tob, 6, $414.41; Fob, 11, 58,000, P T X Tho' booka of ‘tho Firsb National Banle of- - JIOUSE. Aftor somo rcl(mhmr{ businoss of no public importance, billa on private land olalms were conaidorad. | . DILLA PARSED. ¥ Among the Dbilla passed woro tho follotwing : To_seouro o more officiont adminintration of Indian nifalrs; appropriating, ont of the dapau- oso indomnity fund, £125,000 for dlntribution amoug tho officors and erow of the Wyoming and “alkdengon," ns baunlly for tho dastruction of tho pirutical venrols at Simonoaski, Japan. DRIVATE CALENDAR. Tho Honeo, at 8, wont Into Commltico on the private ealendar. A Jong digeussion took placo on the bill for the paymont of nx}’mnew Incurred in tho nué\ propalon of Indinu hostilitien in Mon- tana In 1 47. gecordlug to,tho oxamination of tha report of tho Inspoctor, Goneral Jamea A, Hardlo, Tho Oumml[’luo xaported the bill, but 10 nction was talion by tho Houso, + Tho bl for tho roliof of cortaln coutractors for construotion of vossols waa rojoctod. Leavonworth were examined while Comatocle, wag serrching for Caldwoll's account, Olnrle eaid hoind been crogs-cxamined con- corning the conyeruation ywith Creo, editor of tho Luowrenco Standard, for the purpoge ot showing that tho domsuding tho presont invostigation wero thoresulls of conspiracy botwoon Croo and Limeolf, ‘ JUDGR CROSIFE, . : Cashicr of tha First National Bank, testified that Caldwoll had nu nccount on the 9th of January, 1871, and has ginco; it waa n doposit pf 810,00 a4 o trost fund, and has remeined about uy de- posited; that iy the only account ho has, . GOMSTOCK wag_oxamined by Crosier, nnd sald he did not recollect paying thio chock for 810,000 on Calds well's account ;. did not nay to Major Hoplkius or auy one elso that ho did not know anything of Calawell's necount, oxcopt what the books show ; bad no converantion with Olark nt 8t. Louls about these accounts within o month; madon memorandum of iho books necessary to shiow Caldwoll’s transactions with the bank, nt Clmk's roquost. The memorandum was furnished uftor the witnesa camo to Washington, Ho furnished o similar list to Caracy nb St Louls, the day Oarnoy loft for Washington, . MAJOR UOPRING E teatiflod that Comstock told him substantinlly that Lo know notbing of the account except ‘what is ehown by the book . 201, 2'DOWELL teotified that in n convorsation with Carnoy, tho day of the second ballot, Carney said if Onldwoll had aa small o voto as boforo, it was eyident ko oould not be elected ; his frionds woro dotermin- ‘counterfoit tobncco atamps, I know ho -would od_thnthio shonld azain become n candidato, and hip moant to do.so, e nskod witness’ ad~ vico:' Witnens advised him not to, on the ground tunt it would bo bad faith, and that he could not Do eleoted; Imow that Carncy had agreed to withdraw, bub did not know nuylhing of tho £15,000; had Lieard nothing of it at that time, COMATOUK wes reealled, and produced tho books of tho Tirat Nntional Bank, showing thore on Jan. 17 o dobit of §580, and on tho 35th ono of £200, Thete wero not unusual amounts for Smith to draw, Both Bmith and CaldwolF had largo ao- counts at the bank, LEN T. GMITIC was cxamined by Crosler to contradict Carney's evidence. Tho witness nover gnid ho had ngreed, and nevor had agreed to pny £5,000, 600, or any othor amount, to any Legislator for his voto; did not any that the price of votes wau about 1,000, o anything likoit ; novor enid ho was bound to carry tho olection if it cost him 150,000, , ‘Tho only cheek hio over asked Jacob Smith to *cagh wng one for 8150 ; thinks he did apeak to him about cashing a check for £2,000, but it wag said in_the_presenos_of othora: that it was a moro joke ; denied individunlly Carnoy’s statoments that ho bad offered to bribe cortain members named, Judgo Crosior producod (hie chock for 87,000, which the witness suid ho drew at tho ot House, in Topoka, on the 10th of Jnnuur{l. "Iho chocle was shown to Comstook, who enid it wan cashed on thoe 23d of Junuary. Crosior called attention to tho fact that Car- noy's indorsomont wes not writton with thessme ink ny tho face of the check, to disprove Car- noy's statemont (hat (he cliock was drown on the 29 or 93 ; that hoindorsed it ns soon ag it was Danded him by Smith, . ‘Tho witnegs did nof have o convorsation with Caldwell in Carney’s presonco, in which tho for- mor snid tho clection had already involved him an- exponso of £40,000; that ho must go on and epond money frooly to carry the election; did not eay that ho would ghare exponges with him if not ‘olectod, 2 Morton oaid it 1723 not cbviony that Carnoy'n indorsomont ou the savon-thousand dollar check wrd in differont’ink, Hmith sald Anderson was not pregent when tho chock wos drawn, JAMEA T. LEOATH . was oxamined by Crosfer, who nsked that tho testimony of S?xlgg, g"l\'en Jefore the lnveatl- - gating Commiltes at 'opoka, bo produced, for fim renson that ho teatifled to certnin things Tioro thal ho did not mention thers, Logato Les- tifiod that there novor waa o party eancny on the Senalovial cleotion, Anthony came to Topckn torribly opposed to Caldwell ; cumo to Lim with instructions not to voto for Caldwell, pur- porling to bo resolutions adopted by the citizoun of tho ward, which he (Legato) ropresentsd, "ho noxt day, wilnees loarnod thab mu,ly worn adoptod Dby throo men, who met in @ liquor anloon outsido of the ward; Anthony admitted 1t ; Anthony £aid Lo would go bucl nnd gob up n maoting ; came back noxt night, and said Oald- well's men liad tulen poseession of tho meeting; enid to witucns, if Culdwell is elected, the afx ears fo como aro & blauk tomo; **if Caldwoll golug to bo elected, I nm Saiug to get pomo rionoy out of him ;" "ho anked me {o holp him ; refused, aud caid if_ho wanted any money ho nust got it himoel?, 110 loft my room und went in tho direction of Oaldwell's room; when ho ro-'| turned ho spoke of Culdwoell iu very disrospact- fullwguago ; think hio said ho waa o nig- gavdly whelp; " thet ha conld not got n cpllar out of Lim; gslkied him if ho had usked for monoy ; ho snid ho had; dow't thinlk ho meu- tioned uny emount, . Judgo Orostor submittod an af|davit by Benae tor Pomoroy, stating thet, noon nftor Caldwell's oloation, huth Clnrko aud’ Crvnoy sald to him hore, In subatanco, that they usedtheir influonco to cloct Caldwoll. * Clarke said that ho wes sur- prised that hd was not advisod that an afiidavit wau to bo introduced, 1o wan willlng to_admit thut Pomoroy mennt to stala the faots, but ho had fallon irito an errgr couverning tho l3ngusge ho (Clurko) used, ¥ Tho Committeo thon wenlt into n connultation, with alaned doors, In n fow minutes tho doors wero roopenod, end the investigation was nd- Journed until 10 o'alack on 'Fnesday morning, whon the romaining witnessen will bo examinod, and Caldwell will' mako hia statomeut, aftor which tho case will positlvely be clouod, psables. S CONGRESSIONAL, BLNATE, WasuniaroN, Fb, 1—1ho Sonate was not {n On motlon of Mr; BANKS, tho Bub-Committoo of tho Saleot Commiiteo on tho Condition of tho Pnciflo Ratlroad nnd Orodit Mobilier woro author- izod to tnko tealimony in Philadelphis, Now York sud Boaton, At 8:35 p. m, tho Hougo ndjourned. NEW YORK. * Twoed’s Jury=-%What tho $2oss Snys of ¥liu IrindesNogro Sympathy for tho Ounban Slaves-wThe Rothachilds and the Lnto Presidentinl Election«-Tho Gtolkes Onsox=Niiscollnueous . Local Xtomw, Spectal Deapateh to The Chicago Tribune, New Yonr, Fob, 1.—It is gonorally admittod that the Tweod jtiry was one from which no vor- dict of conviotion was possiblo, At lenst threo Jurord aro charged with solling out to Treed. Ono hna boon au oceupant of Blackwell's Telaud, o othors aro eaid to bo convicts, and othor ngaln cithor have no visible means of support, or such moans only a8 aro not creditable, It would soom ng if tho panol had boon purposcly mado up by the Qommissionor of Jurors to so- euro tho rolonse of tho Boss Thiof. . Tho prose- ontion ay thoy could not overoomo tho corrupt mnohinery of o Sherlfi’s offico filled’ with Tweed's boneflciaries, nor soouro justico undor & Jury law framed by tho Tammeny Ring for ity own protection. ' Tho. oath of #oorecy talon by tho jury, assoon nait wes locked up to doliborato on a vordict, ‘iudicated its rottouncan, 5 DBoss L'wood was intorviowed aftor tho trial, and thns gavo vont to bis virtnous reflections: lveod—Yos, it hga boon & woarylng business, I'm gotting tired out of it. It's onl. & political trial. Thero's nothing olae ju it, f' know thoy will nover pot a jury to conviet mo. What thoy 8oy is, that thoy ‘stood elovon. for nequittal and two for conviction. Reportor~Elaven and two, that ia thirtoen. Why, thoro woro only twelve jurymon. How's hat J"fiwued—Why, thore wae one juryman and n udga, ., Roportor—Tho trlal has not taken sway, your ‘habit of Joking, I soo. ; P'wood—I think Judge Davio is & vory clever Inwyoer, o vory thorough one, but I think he wag Judgo, counsel, witness, and jury, and all, i this cago, - 3 ? Roporter—Did you expect & disagroemont ? ¥ Tveod—No, Toxpected bn acquitinl. Thore ia 10 ovidenco that thoy cun bolieva' to convict, ‘What it s all donoe for is to harags and persacnto mo. Whon ley issnod o bonch warrant thoy errcsted mo, Thoy know they could find mo whenevor thoy wauted me, Alout themiddlo of the trial L had information from quite n rospone siblo man that ono of the jury was in thagownr of tha prosocution., Ho haa soveral United Btatos indictmonts hanging over him for using Lo ngainst me, 8o I'was not surprised at the disagreomont. g ' Raportor—Thoy intend to bring on & new trial at onco; T supposo ? Twaed—So thoy say, Well, Pockham Lins gob nothing olso to do, Nobody ever heard of Lim till ho got started in this reform business. 1ls fathor supplied him-with brains, I am told.’ . Roportor—You aro afrald of tha next trial? | Tweed—Nob abit. It is only o waste of time, thut's all, T have got twonty moro years to livo yot. I'monly 60 years of ago. “limo works Wonders, thoy say, and it will woik a change in this, Guess I shall live It all down. ) I'i:p aboye sorves to show that Twood con- sidora ho las boon practically nequitted, Tt in nearly cortain ho will bo tried #gain eardy in the spring. . ‘I'wvo prominent colored M. Bcathon aud Rev, Dr. Garnet, loayo noxt onday for Philadelphis, Baltlmors, Washing- ton, and all tha principal Bouthern citios down na far as Now Orleans, for the purpoeo of holdiug Ouban anti-slavery moctings, and obtaining sig- notures to an addioss to the Prosident. It1s also | {robnbln they will wait on {ho Prosident to urge ho claims of liberty to the Cuban slaves, In o paper on Fodoralism, read beforo the Lib- eral Olub lagt night by Mr. Delmar, the follow- ing romarkablo paseage mnade some sousatio *ho poople bave tacitly committod tholy entiye iIntorests aud fortunes to tho kcelplug of two po- liticn] partios, whoso leaders and managoxs, n- stond of Congross, a8 wa intondod; swiy {hoir dostinios, It ia charged that, knowing this, the Tothschilds, through thoir Amorican sgont, ob~ talued control of one of theso parties in'tho gon- eral olection of 181]«‘]S angd throw it into confusion by abandoning its Presidential candidato on the ovo of cleation, 80 s to afford victory to its op- ponent,whogsfinancial views moro nearly accord- od with the intorests of that great house,” [70 the Associatedt Lress.] Now Youx, I'eb. 1.—Judge Davis, this morn= ing, rofused to grant the motion for the imme- diato ro-trial of oed, Thore was a logal doubb sbout' continuing tho torm. Tho regular torm will commence on Monday, and the case éould bo brought on by giving tlio usnat notice, : Tho counsol in the Stokes murdor caso, in tha evont of thoir foilure to obtain an order for n now trial from Judgo Boardman, will apply for o -sluy of proceodings, nnd theroby secnro o review of tho cazo by & full bonch of the Bupreme Court, and on & failuro they will go to tha Court of Appoals, s ¢ Aniong thom woro numerous nfildavits nllnf- ing irrogulnritios and openly-oxpressed hostili oy to tho prigonor by jurors, Oue special afdavit in by Mury Bean, stating that on_the day of tha murdor, on going pust the Grand Contral Hotel, 8bo saw Fisk, whom sho Lnow while o domestio ot Long Branch, go innide the Frlvntu ontranco, and instantly back out, pull oué a pistol, caud ra- entor, As sho passed tho hatol ehe heard tho piutol shots. Blio was nbout to marry at this timo, and her. frionds fenring she would Lo lockod up as & witnogs, dissuaded hor from toll- ing what sho eaw, Bho' gives numerous rofer- endos to respootable partics. The motion will Do decided on Monday, Itis stated that the authorliles around tho City Hall aro shout petitioning Goveruor Dix for o pardon for Fostor, Cloorge A, Everott, charged .by Fannie O. Bhotwoll with having ‘abstracted €60,000 worth of bouds from hor inconnaction with' Frauk A. Brooks, arrived horo last night in custady of do- tectives from' Ohicago, Ho offered bail this evaning for trial, Pator Outler wna arrested horo to-day, charged with being concerned in the Lank robbery st Waterford, near oy, o ghort thuo eince. In tho Og'm' and Torminer Conrt to-day, Tudgo Bozrdman honrd counnol in ko mattor of tho bill of cxcaptions in tho caro of Stokes, = Tho Judgo decided to excludo frem tho bill tho allo~ gotions in roforenco to Stokes® having been nb- gont from tho Court whila part of the testimony waa hoing takon ; also, that tho Judgo was at ono timo off tho ’Juuuh, Dbut allowod thom to bo brought In by sfiidavit on the motion for n now trial, Tho Judgo thon eigned tho bill, Tho motion for & now trial was then commonced and tho papers in the eaeo read. 3 . Rosidents of Staten Ieland are romonstrating to tho Loglalaturo agninst the ealablishmont of quarantine hon}:ltlfls in tholr midst, ‘Tho Cuban Auti-Slavory Canmittes hero, of whioh B. I, Soottron is Ohairman, and Rev, H. 1. Garnot Seoretary, havo issued an nddross to tho DPresidont and” the peoplo of tho Uniled Btates, nsking for their support in tho mave- mont for the ubolitlan of slayery in Gnbn, Tho gontlomen mentioned will visit the yrinclpal citles for the purpose of halding Cuban anii- alayery moutlnffl and to Fnrsouflly urgo atton- tion 0 tho mattor upon the Presidont, Conltliug, the dofuulting Becrotary of the Merkot Bavings Bank, fa to roturn from Mon- treal, upon conditiou that he bo fiunrahmud im- nmuity, nnd toatily concerning the misappropri- ation of tho bank'monoys, in tho euit ugalnst Troofiont Yay Namo, * ° g i = Al About o Woman. Vinomva, Novada, Fob. 1.—A lot of Chinamon at Oarson, fought with knives and piatols, {o- dny, on ncoount of & woman, ‘Chrow wore killed ond a number wounded, ey Tolegraphlic Rrovitivs, Tho Convention on Dircot Trado and Emlgra- tion, to which delogates .from tho citics of the Bouthwest aro invitod, will be held at Augusta, Q. on the 11th ingt,, not 2d, citizons of Now York, -|-dolegation in dividod, they will judgo iho cana © STATE LEGISLATURES, ILLINOIS, Spectal Deapateh to d'he Chicana Tribune, THI: CINOAGO FOLICE IMRROGLIS, frnmvarierp, Fob, 1.—Tha mombora outstde of Cook Couuty take doop futorost in tho polico imbroglio, aud'ave prapared ta ' Bavo Ghicago,” *an ono of them exprosced ik, ho Gook County delegation will nob contral tho mpttor by any moaug, and on Monday morning netion will bo {nkon {ndopendont of thom, A rewolutlon will Do Introduced instructing (ho Tudiclnry Commit- teo to proparo o bill to abolish the Board, Lot torn .aro being . rend by, members from prominont cltizons of Ohlergo wrglug prompt actlon. Mr. Armatrong recefved o lettor from Hon. W. II. Kiug, and Mr. Ray, of McLoan, ono from Field & Leltor, contalning tho following oxtraott **Anyor Medill haa our fulleat sympathics in tho contont now Fulng on botwaon Inw and ordor, ropresented by him, rud tho worat olomont of the community, ropresonted by soung of tlio membor of tho Yolico Connnia- #lon, Tho mun{.;o of a DLill nbolisbing tho Dolico Board would pivo us and o large part of the pooplo of fhis city gront natisfaction,” Thoso gentlomon will gludly .ronpond to ‘the appeals, Tho country members will not bo in- fluonced by thoso from Coolt County in favor of the Bonrd; who, they thiuk, nro nlm{fly acling from motives of gratitudo to tho polico influonce, which In somo oasos nomitiatad and electod them. TIL C0OK COUNTY MEMBERS, A dey or o luco flio Couls Gonly doloen- tion wora in favor of ,ubolishing the Polico™ Board, but *“the boys" havo beon sondiug lot- tors and tolegrams’ requosting tho gontlomen whom thoy nominated to oboy their” behests, whother right or wrong, Snoh was {he com- muniention ™ of Mr, Maleon, tho Do lico Olerk, to Nhis momber, Mr, Oleson, Tho Iatter is n vo nico young man but it was Indiseroot in him to rovenl Lo sourco of Lin indpiration, Whatover ho does in tho futuro will bo set down to tho eredit of Mr. Matson, nud Mr, Oleson will be simply * Mat- *son’s boy." JTow_mnuy others nra under the thumb of olty officials” or city politicinna it in impousiblo 10 #oy. Thoro nra undouhtedly moinbora-sinooro in. their heliof that the Doard' shoulil vo sustalned. Othern nro not, and it is sad to know that all tho Ropresontatives of tho pooplo do not ack upon their houest convictions nt aro awnyod by political considerations. .dr, Bradwoll, tho lender of tho Republicans, Leliovon | tho Board should bo duolished, and will rune doubtedly lead tho lémy in tho raatter, in ordoer to snva ify credit. Bomo Ropublicens will not follow hiny, and not o few Cook County Damo- crats will back up the Board, 'Thero ia a fooling of joalouay on the purt of somo momlers, Los cnngo of tho nssumption of loadership by *Mr. Bradwoll, and it would not bo surprising” it an offort should bo mado to dopose bitn, symptoma of insubordination having alroudy sppeared, Tho membora outsldo of Cook Connty hoped that tho gontlomon roprosentiug that county would bo able to agrao upon some solution of tho problem, In that caso they would willingly hovo voted for whatover proposition was pre- sented to them, Now they ave free, and, au the upon its merits, with o strong seulimont in fa- vor of sustziniug law and ordor, CORREGTION, NMr, Condon, raferred to in theroport of tha naeoting of tho Ohicago mombera at Sprivgfield, on Fridny night, o being oppoacd to tho Meyor's Dbill, was not presont o such meoting, iTein woll known, and has firmly oxprossed hmssl it favor of the Mayor's bill'and his ‘netion in tho present crisls. . : ' " peetal Deapateh to Tho Chicago Tribune, COPYING THL JOUBNALS, 3 BenmvarreLp, Fob, 1.—Tho copying of the Journnls and lewa for printer's copy and porme- nent presorvation in the State Dopartmoat is rogulatod by law, the Socrotary of Stato boing sllowed not exceoding 8 conta por 100 words for tho supervieion of tho work. Thore wns an ag- gregate of 4,106 pages of Semato nod Iouso Journels of {ho Wwouty-seventh Goneral Asgombly, each pago avoraglng 600 words, malking & tofal of 2,403,600 words, which had to bo copled twico at 8 conts per 100, Thet would mmount to €3,941,76. Then thero wero 800 pages of lawa, or 480,000 words copied “ouce, whicli, at 8 centa por hun- drod, amounts to $334, maliig atotal of £4,325.76 a8 tho outside figure allowed by law. 1t scems that ox-Sacrotury of State Rummel s alrondy drawn from tho Preasury tho sum of £17,330.G4 for this work of copying, nnd that thora in snother bill of €8,000° in the Auditor's ofilen awniting nction. 1t is olatmed that thora in o mistako in the counting, and it will. probably be mado tho subjoct of Leginlative invastigntion, Thero ig & curious discrepancy soinewhora. EXECUTIVE MANSION, <= Alr, Conkling, ownor of -the #tuont ¥estdencs [il thia city, Lns proposod to the_Ohairman of tho Banate Committeo on Publio Tnstitutions to kel it to tho Stato for un Exceutivo mansion, Ho nsks £50,000, the canb four yeura ngo boing 260,000, "T'his revives the propotition o convert ‘tho prosont mausion into an l}nuhriu{u Asylum, TIE LATE AT BUSHNELL, - - Tho morning was ocoupied in oulogies upon tho charactox of Mr. Bushnell, who, in nn inter- freet, of t'ia death of tho Ton, Nuhewioh Bushnoll, stesibor of tho 11 a0 of Représentatives; ticroforo, Texolved, That this Gonernl Argombly linn loat ont of 1t nblect membors, the Slato & cltizen fitled to graco tlto higgliost positions in il gift, and wa a wise and dis- ereol_counnellor aud_collcagiio, (ho superiority of aehoeo taleuts nnd ntelloctunl aufturo, and whoso ter- liniftuteprty anc exalted purly: of chiraolor, wo bad Iearned fiyw ohort (0o o prize and approclats, Lieavtzed, That we motiers deoply his untimely death, geoneriyg o enn nfle o had bach porstizded for b sl kirag In hia life to enter thn publlo servico, - * Jtesolved, That wo respectfully tendor onr fieartfolt sxinpathy and condoletien fo Gl beroaved family in thetr nfifction, and trust {hoy miny reeolvo from’ itio God of tho widow nud (he fathericas nirength to bear tho Litternesn of thelr groat calnnity, Tesoleed, That th Prestdent of tho Sonato appoiut ton wrombeéry to ationd tho funcral of o deceaced, - Nesolvedy 'That tho Becrelary of tho Henata bo fne structed to tranamit to tho funily of decensed o cay of this preainblo and resolutions, which aball bo Bprea vpon thie fournal f the Benato, ; Hegolted, That, in furthor respeot to his memors, thgy Benato o now adjourn, : Honator BURNS enid = ” My, President : It becomos my painful duty Lo aunonnce to tho Sounto tho 7 denth of Hon, Noliemiah Byshe nell, ‘s member of tho Ilousn of Ropresentadives of tho Twonts-clghth Genoral Assombly, who died t his homo In Quinoy,nt 4 o'elock yoatords aflernoon. A weolk ago yestorday Mr. Bushnol nud X Joft this nlliv' for our home. 1o had been Jn poor "Loalth for eeveral dn{a beforo, but nefther of us bad any forcboding of tho ead ovent Ro noar In the fature. ITo was takon sick lmmudlntc(l‘y aftcr reaching home, and, thongh snrronndod Ly all the kindness aud.caro which In no movo norrow and earo, and whove, 'tis 8nid, ““all toars nhall be wipod from our oyon.” The disonzo which produced his death was of nnn- ture to cause him extromo phia!cnl poln, which hoboro with tho fortitude of & man and tho pationt voumgnntion of o Ohristion., Iam not qualiiled to prouonnce his culogy, ovon if my: head were not bowed down with grlof, It woul tulro a mora. eloquent longue than mine- ta do {uunno to tho groatnoss nodat tho aame time, o the gontlonosa of his charnctor, He wasn noble mon, an honest man,—*tho noblest work of God." " ilis abillty T necd hurdly dwall Tipon § hin praiso had coms here boforo bim, and, $ious. ands who had nover kuown Liim, knew of him, As o lnwyer lto lind fow, it any, oa\llflfl in tho rofession, He 1o o profonnd stadencor thy i, nnd one of its most sbie and accomplislied oxpounders. . Hls was no ordinary mlmE' Tho yango of his mental vi.lon wod not bound- by his Fmi'cu!lnn, for o biad travollad other and widorflolds of thonght, and_was daeply versod in deloneo and litoraturo, , His intelloct Was enl- tivated in o bLigh dogres, and Lis memory chiargod with o fund.of informntion raraly £o by found within tho compnas of a pivglo mind, Ho rootised Iaw for thirty-fvo years in tha Clty of Juincy, whero lo was known and lovod by'the entire community, by the dpoor 88 woll as thr, rich, Ho wns generousand kind. Thoro was 10 duplicity or dun?uou in his composition, i word wan navor doubtod; ha wasabove TOPIanoly, Ho hina **lott footprinta on the sanda of t his oxemplo will shine brightly in the and thoso who follow in hig footstops o} Auturo, nnot bo fay from tho right wny. . Porsonally _ filond, my. advibor; s whom T bthing, ViE Y ted, " I fool hig loss ore keenly than words c it oo Toss Io Lin goin, nud il we reatices: of sorrow on Lis gravo, ns n tributo to his mom-. ouy, lob us ovor bear in mind that tvo, too, nro travelling towm:l]lhn tomb, and soonor er ftor —wo kuow not how soon—wa i L ai!fl\t If’nlln ltl)l' %unlth.“ i NI Snten i r. Dregjdon submit th resoltion for to action of the Belatar o ™ ‘Tho resolutions wero amended by ndding that, & Committes of ten, on. the part of the Senaty; be eppointed to attond the funaral, d Tho regolutions wero dopted, and Senntors-| Banford,'Burns, Hampton, Gi onn, Chsey, Ferrell, and upon reassembling adjourned, LOUBE, o Mr, BWAN éntered n motion'to recongider.the vota adoptivg the mnjority roport of the Jadi- cary Committoe rolativoe.to tflo publication of documents in foroign laiguages, - < - A moysago was receivad from the Sonato, an- nommln{; tha pnssage of tho bill amoncing tho, Inv rolating to tho appointmont of Notrajes Paiel 31, MOORE (Adnms) announce tho ddcense of 1Ton, Neliemiah- Bushnoll, ‘of,&&ingggmny. i Chairman of the Judiciary Ormmitteo, in o fom remnrks, confessing his' iv.ability to do'jusuel to tho momory of tho decriaged, . He submitted in concluslon, resolnticas of sympathy and mo- speck, and providing for the appointmont of.n S{:al:;t;:e Of twoniy-five to attond tho funernl Tho yesolntiune wero supported by Mr. LANE (Haucock) in voniarla'of an eminontly ologuent charaater., g Mr. LOETZE also supportod tho fesolations in rolnsrks of feoling and evident emotion, - -, Ale. ODBILY afluded to the doconsed In torma o'f'eulogy. followed by Messra, HAY, ARM- SIRONG (Grundy), BALLOW, sud ROGERS, ‘Tho resolutlons ivore unanimonsly adopted by aising vote, i Tha " following_Committeo was sppolnted Moore (Adnms), Ballow, Hay, Armstrong (Gruns. dy), Rountrop, Cascy, Sheriden, Carpontar, Brangon, Dunbam,. Goldon,- Hildvip, (St. Olair), "Hart, Lano (Haucock), Liotzo, Blaw, Thomas, Oberly, Shermun, -Wamer, - insooro, course of short duration, had won tho estocm and affection of tho General Asgembly, In the Iouse, his colloaguto, - Mr. Moore, spoke brfofly and woll of' ‘his virlues, nud was followed somowhat in tho samo afrain by Mr. Lano, of Hancock, and 5. Oberly, Br. Hay, who Lnd known Lim thirky me’ dwolt upon his ability in Lia profession, us stady and rescarch, and, above all, the high moral worth of tho nian, Ho was an irropara- ble loss to tho Goueral Assembly, and his Place could not bo filled, Mr, Armstrong, of Grundy, paid o fecling tribute to the memory of tho do- cozged. Mr, Ballow, who was o colleague of tha doceased, yeturued the thauks of his conotitu- ents to the Speakor and the House for tho 'co- teem_in which thoy Lold {heir dopnrted friond, Mr, Rogors, of McLeau, fallowed, and, on mo- tion of Mr. Annstrong, of LaSnllo, the mombora of tho Honso will wos nrR{ynforlh{x‘tydnyu. Rog- olutiona wero offered by Mr. Booro oxpresaive of the feelings of tho louso, and ap) ointing o Committoo of twonty-five to nitond tha funoral of tho docensod, which will ccour at 2p. m, on Mondey. 'The rosolutions were adopied unani- mouslyand in silonce by a xiuh\l{c vole, and tho Houso adjourned, Mr. Ray will buve taq tako t]lx[rl Busbnell's placo et tho hoad of thio Ju- cliry, In (he Sonate, Mr. Burns, tho Benator from Quinoy, dolivered o oulogy, concoived with ex- gollent tasto, and doliverod with excooding feol- ing. Ho hud beon tho life-long friond of tho decensod, end know wherof he spolte. Appro- priato resolutions were adopted, und o Qonimit- teo of ton appointed toaitend the funoral. ‘““ Donth loyes o shinivg merk,” and hos telen awny prabnbl{‘tl.\o ablest and most useful mem- bor of either Iouso. His deatly haa cast o gloom over the General Asgembly, TRAMWAYE, Mr, Mann, of Knuo, has introdueed s hill thet is familiar to old mombers. It rolutes to lnying fromn and wheol woys on streots end roud, ne- | cording to tho patent of My, Lustinky, of Eigh. 1t is & copy of tho bill whioh pasued the Sonato & year ngo and was killed in the House, 1t will gearcoly bo moro successfal this year, PERSONAL, It is stated that Genoral Thomas Osborne is o eandidato for Wardon of tho Louitentiary, and thet tho Grand Army of the Ropublio will bo summoned into activo sorvico fo got him the laco, P politicinns, in peoulating upon ko futuro, aoeort theb the Ifon, O. B, Farwoll will retivo or bo retired from political lifo at the cnd of his second torm hu Congress, end that he and dlr, Hesing and My, Rehm hayo detormined thnt the Ion. Jokn Rountree shall be run on the Repub- liaan tioket s his succesnor, ‘This iy’ vounting Fumhnl egun o long timo bofore the peried of neubatfon shonld begin, 1t is aaid that in this connection Mr, Itehm would liko to be Buporin- tondent of Police, and that the pronont troublo benys remotoly upon tha programme. ‘flio Hon.' 0. I, Hiner, ox-Btuto Auditor,iy ro- covering from nn illness that wan nearly unto death, TARING IT DACK, T'he ITon, Johu I, Seanlan, in his romark abonk {'supromo contewpt ” in the’ printing in foreign lungurge dabato, did not desire to capt rotlectionsa upon foreign lingos, but upon the pfecadonts net by Linglely Parlinmonts 800 yonrs ogo, 'Phis oor- rectiou in made al his carnegt wolicitation, ity PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL, BENATIL, T Bramaricy, Feb, 1, Ay PETITIONS, Ty Bonator RHIPARD—I'rom oltizenaof Rook Island, nsking additionnl Bnporvisors; also from cltizons of Molino, patition of samo tonor, Re- forred to Commitico on CQountios and Township Orpnization, ‘T'hio PRESIDENT presontod regolutlons of the Oliicago Bowrd of Trada iu regard to polico difil« nu}iifu. TRoforred (o the Commitieo on Municis palition, : ¥ Bonator BURNS, of Adams, nnnounced ilie do- couso of Hon, N, Bushnell, membor of the Houno of Toproseutatives, and, after oulogistiv ra. marks, offered resolutions s y ‘Wasuras, Tho fepate has Ligard, with profound’ 1o« COonnolly; Massio. Adjourned, = . Py - I0WA. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, BENATE. . 2 Deg Morses, Town, Feb, -In the Sonato, to- duy, tho Flougo amendmont to Title 26 of Prisons. sud Penitentinries was concurred in.: .= . . . The Scnato then considorod Titlo 20, of Pro- “as’ roported from cedures in- Partioular Oanes, the Judiciary Committoe, and, -after considering tho namey making no material- clianges, furthor cousideration wag Pusipmmd until Monday. "Tho Houso bill "Witle 18, in rolation to tha rights of property, roported from. tho -Judiciary” with amondments, was_then " considered, - Tho substituto .ulogmd by the Housc for Soction 1, Chaptor 4 of tho iransfor of personal property, o8 raported by the Commissioners, was stricken out, and'tho original section roinsfated, N + Beatlon 14, Obaptor 6, of Vendore' licn, was stricken ont, and the origingl section retained a8 réported by the Committeo. " Gl - Benator Cempbell moved to strikeout of Clinp- terd all the sootions roloting to the keoping by Oounty Auditors of & transfor book, Loat— yoag, 16; nnys, 16, tho President giving tho onsling voto. Bootion 15 wes amendod by striking’ ont County Auditor as an ofiieer o take acknowl- edgemont of deeds. 2 Benator West moved an amendmont of Bec- tion 1, Chapter 8, Hmlliné: the valuo of Lome- stends oxempt from judieial salo to 86,000, Lost, Further considaration. of. the bifl' was podiponead to-Mondny. Oun mation, Benator Clanssen was nnanimously requested to rosume hisposition on tho Judleinry Committeo. Adjourned to Mondpy. = HOUSE, T'ho Houso, in Cominittes of the Wholo, re- sumed , conglderation of Titlo 23, compensne tion of oflicers, Bection 15, Chaptor 8, way amondod, reducing: tho milenza of phyriciang examining insano persons from 10 to 5 conts per milo; nlso allowing miloage to Commission- erg of tha Insenoe, in addition to thoir por dier. Section 23 was amended eo as to reduco tho compensation for publishing the delinquont* tx list-from 20 o 1p conty for onch dencriptio Hootion 24 was amended o ag to allow arbitra- tors to bo paid more than $2 per day whon fil\rhm{ agroo to the samo; also that - oight oura shall bo considorod a day's work. Beetion 1 wan nmended, roquiring jurors’ fees bofore Justicen to bo taxod as pavt of the oosts, ‘Tho Commniittco roso end roported progrois, The amendments niade in Commitice wore adopted, oud tho bill pasecd. Titlo 74, relating to criminal cousidered in Committos of tho tor 18, relating to grand jurley, ivas amonded so 85 10 ahollsl: the vight of the defondant to chals longo tho panol, and’ socurs to {ho Btate tho right to chnlleuga cu individunl juror. e ¥ fow othor amendmants wore mado, Whon tho Cammitteo raso mud reported progress. ‘Lhe Conforenco Committeo on tho disagree- mont relativo ta the bill making appropristions for postago, reportod in favor of ngreeiug to tho Benato nmendmont, Tho Howso rofussd to agres to report, . Adjourned to Mondsy morning. i Sikiasng WISCONSINS Special Despateh to T'ho Chicago Trilune, DMapisoN, Wis., Feb, 1,—~The Honato was not in session to-doy, nud in the Assombly thoro way 1o quorum topass spproprintion bills,” Iu the At sombly govoral local potitionn and remon- slrncen wera prosented ; also pelitions from 8. Crofx County for conforring tho land grant on | tho North Wisconsin Ruilwny Company, tcsolutiona wore adopted ~instructing the Ju-~ diciary Commltton to inquirs whothor tlio condi- tiona of tho contract of tho Bupreme Court Ro- ports publishors, in regard to the price at which uly should be furniehod. citizons of. thia Stato, bad been compliod with; nlso that no moro businogs shallbo recolved after tho 5th of Tob- rnry, . uvxcopt bills rvoforred to . some Comnilttce on ar before that doy; also, giviug the ngo of the Asgembly Chawber to tho -Rells rocodure, waa Vholo. Chap- f ,. DEs Momss, Jowa, Fob: 1.~The Iowa Blate ‘Grangpo Rdjourned eins dis at 10 o'clock to-night. rond Committeo @y Wednosday to Lioar aigue monts ou tho diw yonltion of (ha Innd grant. 'Tho royolutior ‘for n Constitutional Convons tlon way lxosl.pv ned to 'Pucsday, and that for printing 1fon, ¢, D, Robinson'u” nddross bofora ha Btaio ITie’ Printing Oor amitteo. ills ware jutroduced {0 nuthorizo Incorporated villages la” Juy ont, chnngo, and opon sirocts, nlleyn, na?y publio wnates thorelu; to amon: Chaptor )3, Gonoral Tiawa of 1871, relativo to Interest, wo that only tho oxcesn ovor lawful rate #bril Wy'forfolted i)y caso of uanry; flxlu&'md- Mden .Ym]‘rcu of tho Hupreme Court nt 20,000, Botinte bills wora concurrad b providing that Yiovor.tlor all (i lawn ghall bo publishod to- geihor, und 10,000 enpies of tho volume printed. Ao regulating tho publication of tho laws in tho Blate paper. Amendlng {ho Chapter 146 R, 3., no a8 to provide for giving notico in case of fnknosin dofondants iu ‘actions in rolation to xeal ostato, or to quiet titlo therato, 2 Arsengbly blllo paseed to probibit selning in bayoun, Mackwators, and sloughs, To nwmend Ohnptor 10, Roviaed Btatutes. 1o facllitate tha settlomont of ontalos of deccased porsons, Wherathore 13 no property sxeapt {ho homestond, and that exem, pt from relzure tor dabt. Adjourned ty) Monday oveniug, B —— %, OHIO. CoLuxmus, Feb, ¥ .—In tho Iouso a resolu- tion wu's offered ins meting tho Oblo Sonntors to 180 thedy fnflnenca m_firuqum tho pastago of o Iaw t5 roduco tho aluiica on raflroad fron lcal Socioly wan roforred to tha love and affaction conld prompt, La nevor | to &0 The resolution A rono “from is slok couch, but pnosod | roforesd Mer et Connatiion, " am et gway lo ihat botter Inud ‘whore thoro | Rolntlons. A bill was i:troducod pregeribiug urdform rales of compomration for Prohats J'adgon, aud to roduca tho tinao of advertlsing Tolico of enlos from aix to tyd' weakn. .., In tho Sonato, u bill was intxnducad to repoat thelaw which tuxes groso roce(pts of forelgn in- surgueo companion, avd to pivvide for tazing thoir aunual gross rocofis ; to authorlzo pose 8ONS. conneetug with banks to act as,uotarica Dpuldic, oxcapt in exyen wheyo 1o banic sueh Hcr- onis counoctod with in dircely iutoroated i treaxaetions, . i T ARKANSA®, Litrri Rodrx, Ark., Fob, 1.—Ther Houso bfllé contirining cor.tain acty dono under S so-callo Qinlar of Tiipazt, pasrod. It now goos to tho Govornor, o st ied o Houo cm’[ln% Jurh\iction to tho United " Siates of n cdrtain block o (pround Bolacted Court St 8¢ aglte for o Poot Ofico and’ NEVADA, L,\'mnmm. Nov,, Fab, 1,—A Dbill prosed, tha T :gis}ntm:c‘ ?ju!l tx;ccr]:;‘.‘cr.\ tha{uaovemo:‘s np; oval, rgpealing tho law requl & -dopoefit o €Eor00) 17 pen fotoion {nanranco compaaies fr‘bxng businoss iin this State, and tho doposits will bu roturned ,to the companics. ¥ PR s e DES MOINES. The Rowin Stote Grange Conventionss Ii'th Day’s Proccodings, iSpeetal Lespateh to The Cheugo Tribune, Thogitat boinecs this morning was the passage of s arepndmont to tho Constitntion, largoly redhioing all feen of chartor and - membor~ uh-/n. %b-wnn stoutly opposed by thosa wio wonted to lava® the handling of - tha frgds, aud unddrstand tho profits thorefrom. 0d 61d form ccduony cariiod the day, aftor n ffexca-batile. Tho)Committeo appointod to in- * featigatio tho -flnakoelnl condition of the Btate nnd Netionnl Souiotios mndo & report fully showing that the investigation had boon thor- 1 : hing, Tho fas 11 g;::fig&fk Etocle, Starnc, and Roynolda were 1o .;’;‘;,“3‘,{', _h:?:::'“:ga du:ina/, bfixa t?xu"gnn"nngg epp . Sertety : litio ¢ ho_Bonato, at 10:35, took an’ hour's recens, | -}ffifimfig u::t 3:3&1 pr‘xj\?llu.‘m fho ocm:mx’i‘t‘:‘:: - |{aleo, redommonded cnluug,un meeting of the Convention of Iatrons immodiately ral - organization af tho Sooloty; also, tio Nntlonal Necrotary, bo Tequired 50,000 bond. a ttoo of ono from each Congressional Tistrict wa3 appointed to investigate tho al- Hogod corruption in tho fnancial managoment of the National Grangb, and to open correspond- enco with otlier Btato Grangow, looking toa ro- organization af tho National Hocloty. A momorinl, vas adopted nsking tho Legisla~ 1 Natiom: turo to. regullmio railvoud torffe. Resolutiona woro passed sppointing n Grango agont for sach railroad in E:B State ; organizing tho entire Grange of Iows into a compnuy for the redue- tlnn of - oxpreas rates ; providing for printing tho code "of lEu_nrflot in turcl[in Tanguages.- Des Molnes was 8 plected as the place for holding the nexb State Ghzngo. Im tho evening tho now ofilcers of tho Granga woru installed. A. Gommittee of nine, v.pPoIntuzlln investigato thoinancial condition of tho Stato and National Graxagon, appuented a Sub-Conunitteo of throe— Trigy, of Arundy, Walker, of Polk, and ‘Hart, of Ranry. This Cominiltee, ns oppointed, s a trinniph” for the invesXgelom end The sub-Committeo will probably yisit Washing- ton. This onded tho buainesv, aud tho Graugs sdjouxnod sine dis. @ : —_—— FIRES. Desiruction of Propeity nt -Vorioue Poinis—Four Pemons Burntd tao Death, | -Moxreeuien, Vi, Fob, 1,—Gould & L\Ons woollon factory, at Northfield, was burned 43¢ evening, Tho loas s about 100,000, ) New York, Fob, 1.—A firo this morning fn the five-story building of Wood Bros,, 740 Broad= way, damagad the prdperty of Nicol, Cololisha & Co., upholstorers, over 930,000, and of tha othor occupnnts in various sums, amounting to $20,000. .Woods Braa, lose $75,000. Insured. Spectal Despateh to ha Chicago Tribune. CEDAR RAPIDS; Tosvn, Fob. 1.—A fira destroyed tho house'of Aloxander Cairns ot Now J ‘efferson, Town, “last night. The bodies of Alexandor Cairng, Ionry Ceirns, and two littlo children wero found burned to s crinp. The fira is sup- posed to bo the work of an ‘incendinry. Logs about 2,000, ' Speetal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune,” DesMoes, In, Fob, 1.—A firo lnst night, goven miles nortbavost of Jofferson, Green County, dostroyed 4ho houso of Honry Carnes, Tour porsons “wore burstd to death in the houso, . The viotima were Alex. Carnes, Henry Carnes, and his two childron, sged 5 and 7 yorrs, Tho fire oceurred about .midnight, is supposed to bavo caught from s spark fzom {hio chimney, Thoneighbors wero awaken~ ed by tho light: of tho bwuing houso, but thoy renched the tecno too Into for assistance. * Tha bodiod wero tatan ant of the 1ins to-day, burnt ‘and obarred beyond rocognitwon, ‘The Carnea ‘brothora wero, oxecllont aud hard-working farmors, 5 Loxnox, Teb, 1.—Tha firp to-day In the Cens tral Dlock of tho Royul Liflitary Acn’leml’, at Woolwich, deatroyed " ihe ontirs block. Toial loss, §250,000. Arpaxy, N. Y., Teb, 1.—The Stark Lnitting mill, ocoupled by Scott & Btewart, Coloos, * was buziod to-day, Loss, $:0,000.% Hoveral :lady opuratives woro badly burned. Duzuqur, Towa, Feb. 1.—A firo this forenoon dostroyod tho dwellne of Leo McDuniol, situats et on Bluf? atycol, 'Pho loss {3 botweon 81,500 and £2,000; lnsurnuca‘ £1,000, in the London & Liverpaol & Qlobo. Lhe {izo wey cousod by & defective fiuo, THE WEATHER, War Beparimont Prognosvicntions. Ontrcado, Feb, 1.—1'%:a prodiction of the Signal Boryico * probabilities” yestorday of * cloar and cold weather” iu tio Noxthwost wes verifled so fur as Dakota, Nobradke, Minuoiola, Iowa, and Wirconsin, are concorned. At Omaha, for ex~ amplo, tha thernomoter indlentad 9 bofow zero emly, this morning, and &t Cloyoune 1 above. Wo iav no voporty this mosning from uorth or west of Milwaukeo 3 ot tho Juttor placo the mor= cury: indieated nhovo zoro—tha same ot Grand laven, Michignn—and 8 below at Alpenn. At Davouport, _Iowa, ] sbovoy. Chicngo, 18 nbovo; = Kookuk, § sbovo; Indiannpolis, 8 above ; Dotroit, 6 nbove; Buffald, 1) abova ; Pittaburgh, 9 above ; Torons to, 9 abovo; Burlington, Vt., 8 'nbovo; dtontroal, 1 abovo ; Quoboo, 6 bolow ; Portland, 21 above 1 Boston, 24 abova; Albauy, 16 abovo; New York, 23 abovoy Philadclphin, 20 chova ; Laitimore, 19 sbove ; Washington, 16 abovo; Wilmington, N, C., 40 abovo; Olerleston, 87 above; Jaokson~ villo, Fla,, 48 Wbovo ;. Naw Orloaus, 46 abovo 5 Momplis, 80 ibove; Kt. Lonis, 18 nbovo; Loule: villa aud Naehville, 23nbovo, Bnoving ay Clove- Inud, Buffalo, Rochouter, and Oawego, * At Ban Tvaucioeo cloudy, with morcury at 46 albovo, 0 —_ A Scotch Vordicts Meareins, Tenn,, Feb, 1.—1ha case of Jamea 1. Fournoy, luto Unitad Statea Marshnl of this district, for cmbcu]lng 14,000 of tho ostate of J. Doauer, o bankrapt, was dismivsed to-day by Judgo Fllppin, of tho Criminal Court, for want of juriadivtion, —_— ‘ PorlePucking ut Oincinnati, CrvorswaTy, Fob, 1.~/The hogs slaughtored . Jiors during the past month nwnbored 23,708, 'i[ganate%tnl numbor durlag tho scason to daioin X e — ‘ . a roformars, -~