Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1873, Page 1

The hicage Daily Teibune, - VOLUME: 206. ART GALLERY. Children’s Photos For Throo Dolla dozen, e s B Stk | PIOTOGRAPHIC PARLORS, 590 Wabashany, COPYING. TAKE YOUR 0ld Pictures of De- To BRAND'S, to v them boauti- fully copled. v BRAND'S ' ART GALLERY, ; 506 Wabash-nv. Colebrated * Shadow” aud| “Rembrandl” Photographs, - |Only 83.00 per dozen. ALDEN FRUIT. For Cheapress and Health, ALDEN FRUXT ts aqul in all sespsata to tresh i ebisons AIsoRBIiS: Aad soonomy: ORe. 0 sugAT nocossary to swooton frosh ar orudo frult is ample for &un *‘ralsined” prodacts, Tho natural fresh ceased Friends BRANDS ml for rlel; 0 d -sau00s, AN superiot to 2olor, texturo, aud fiavor of tho fruit romein and reap: Dosr, by propoer treatmont in watar, after tho lapta of frantc. Aldon {rulla. sro sviporato o7y our i, the ofontive sd da- ortaof taaacta and dasia beioy ahor o preparation for cooking. are TETERN POURDS OF EVAPOMATED AP ARE EQUAL TO A BARREL OF GREEN s now offered in this market. Call on your grocer for ALDEN FRUIT PRESERVING O, 45 Michigan-av., Chicago. WI?DDING GARMENTS. A SPECIALTY. 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT On all garments ordered of us during the present month, Shirts to measure, EXTRA dur- able and pertect in fit I Y, IMPORTING TAILOR 6857 _ Wabash-av. TO RENT. Skanflmgyau 05 Amerika” Building, 1S FOR RENT to 'pifi?nl?:ifh[l‘:‘l;l:v;hflbm weekly aper. The Dross-work for such a publioation would by 30 &t roaxonablo ratos. he ¢ B oae at reakonablo ratos. ~ Inqulre at the **Sksndloavon FINANCIAL, GOLLATERAL LOANS COMMERCIAL PAPER, Funds on hand for First-Olass Loans, at sl times. v 0. R. FIELD & 00, 151 Monroe-st., Kent's Blook, MONEY TO LOAN On Ohicago Oity Property, improved proferred. 88,000 10 haad, MEAD & COE, 79 West Madison-st, XRealw Estate Loans, am prepared, on behalf of Eastern Capitalists, to megotiate largo loans for long time on first-class improved Culcago ProDORE AN 0, PERIKING, clioltor Rooms 13, 13 and 14 Kon ullding. INSURANCE, SUPREME OOURT OF THRE STATE OF NEW YORK. In the Matter of the North American Fire In- surance Company, Notics is hereby given that, pursuant to the atatate in such caso mado and provided, & sccond and final divi- «dond or distributive paymont of four centa on the doliar of thadobta of the 1ate North Amorlcan Fire Insurance ‘Company, Will ba made on the 19th day of February, 1873, at tho offios of tho nndersigned, recelvorof sald Company, at No. 1 John.st., in the ity of Now York. ‘Dated Now York, Jan, 27, 1873, IWYLLIS BLAOKSTONE, Recoirer. PHOTOGRAPHS, $2l5@ $2.50 PER DOZEN for 'I'htrzg Daya. Best Borlin flnished $i Onrd Photographa at $3.50, at EAIL IS, 12 58 217 West Madlsonsat, L] Y. M. MELANDER, Assiatat, FOR SALE. TracimaTingn &Paper AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, COLVER, PAGE, HOYNE & C0, 118 AND 120 MONROE-ST. BUSINESS CARDS, J. M. W. JONES, STATIONER, * PRINTER & BLANK BOOK MANUFACTUREZ. ;- 0BADIAH JACKSON, t:Law, removed to Rooms 4, 8 Forby 8 VAot 0.o Chiaag, - 24 & Forbes .. HAIR LUXURIANT, NOTHING!!] Adds go much to the beasuty and charms of & lady than a luxuri- ous growth of Hair, Use Man's Hair Lumriat, MEETINGS, Masonic. egular communlestion of Hlane) ? A. B, will be held thi %‘ Orlental Listy at750 ;. Ex Gy B WASHINGTON, Further Details of the Credit ‘Mobilier Investigations. What Ames’ Memorandum Book Revealed. Entries of Three Transactions With Viee President Colfax, The South Bend Statesman De- nies all of Ames’ Al- legations. ’ The House Passes Farnsworth's Two- Cent Postage Bitl, . Proceedings in Congress Yesterdays Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, AMES’ MEMORAXDUM DOOK. ‘Wasnryaroy, D, O, Fob. 11.—The attendance at Judge Poland's Committoo Room was unitsu- olly largo this morning, the atiraction being Oakos Ames' little book and tho rovelations it was supposed to contain, Vico Prosident Colfax, who was of all othors most intorested, was proa« ent early with his counsel, Judge Halo, of Now York. Amos came in rather late, a fack of which Judge Poland was not slow in reminding him, Ho confessod judgmont, and immediatoly took his soat opposito Colfax. Ames’ appearance wag the signal for businoss, and tho mombers of the Committee adjusted thomaclves for worlk., Wben Ames ran hin hands into his‘capacious pockets, all eyes woro atrainoed to catch a glimpso of the book, which 1t was supposed ho would produce. Ho did bring out & small diary, but it was not the original from which 80 many copies have boen takon, and which was cxpected to contain addi- tional faote sbout tho transactionsbetwoon Ames and Congresgmen in Oredit Mobilior stock, To the utter amazement of the Committce, and tho manifest disappointment of the cu- rious crowd, Ambs soon gave Judge Poland to undorstand that he had not brought the original memorandum book with him." Imitat- ing the oxamplo of Colfax, Ames had sccured the aid of couneol, and the book was in the pos- soesion of tho lawyer, This lawyor proved to be Horaoo P Clarko, Prosidentof tho Unton Pscifo Rallroad, Judge Poland was inexorable in his domand for tho book, and would not allow the proceodings to go on Hll it was produced. The Borgemt-nt-finm waa despatched in eoarch of an Clarke, found that gontloman at breakfast. ' It _apponrs thaf Amoes was under the improsston that Colfax’s counsel would cross-oxamine him first, and thet Colfax himsolf would explain bow ho camo by tho $1,200, if ho did not get it from Ames. 1 waa vory cfoar that Ames wantod Colfax to show his hand first, in order that ho might tho more en'uutusll{‘trip him up with the record of his lltlgs }Lc(zk ut Poland vamuld t?xfl ::lml to examine 8 manuer, and 80 tho inal Momoraudum book Bad fo bo_produced. dtio entrien in it seemed to be scrawling memorands wrilten within pencil and to -run past tho Erlnted disry ~ datos, 80 that tho contained momorands for 1869 n8 well as 1868. 'The closost attontion was given a8 the Credit Mobilier entries concerning mem- ‘bora of Cougress ware read out, Tho develo, menta did not come up to expectation, the only new mattor of any special import being an entry in January, 1869, of 1,500 paid Bchuyler Colfax in certificate bonds, with intorest on the same in cash to the amount of 76, It contained a largo amount of private matter in no way connectod with Oredlt Mobilior, and Amos insisted that this part of it should not be examined by the Comnmittoe. Judge Poland thought that the purpose of the {nvestigation would be bost served by - allowing -| the Committes to go througa the entire book. They wore to be the judgos of what was, and what was not, connected with the Crodit Mobil- ior. As goon a8 the baok was placed in the hands of the Committeo, they diecovered that it veri- fied, in all important xgmnlm, tho evidenco heratofore given by 08, Judge Halo, Col- {ax's counsel, commenced & cross-examination of Ames, with a view to confuse him, and broalk down his former testimony, but it was useloss. The momoranda aud the avidence of Ames wore iliore, and it bocomo painfully evidsat, that no smount of logal tochnicalitios could obliterato them. At every step the cade of Colfax bocamo moro hopelessly involved, and eyon his friends among tho spectators could not shut their eyes to tho fact that he had mado a mistake in again appearing bofore tho Committeo. Bafled at every attempt to break the forco of Amos' testi- mony, Ju Hole made an effort to open up that part of the cmso relatin, to Ames' famous lottors to A'Comb, bul Poland quickly informoed him that thoy did not propose to 5“ over tho whole casc again. Ho was thera to represent Colfax, andif he hud anything to show in that case he was at liborty to proceed. Halo was rathor ourtly informod that the lettors to M'Comb did nob affect tho caso of Mr. Colfax, Contrary to goneral oxpec~ tatlon, no attempt was mado by Colfax or his counsol to explain how ho oame by tho 81,200 for which Amos swoars that ho gavo Colfax a check on tho Borgeant-nt-Arme. Tho paying teller of that oflice was placed on the stand, but when quostioned, he could not swear to whom ho had paid tho check. The uvcnlng session of tho Commlttes, whereat Mr. Colfax was understood to explain his possession of the $1,200, is rogarded as ovon more unfortunate. Colfax’s explanation. is voted ‘‘too thin,” and whon he concinded, & goneral smilo of inorodulity pnesed over the countenances of tho spoctators. Instend of holping his_case, it is tho goneral opinion that ho injured it. THE WILSON COMMITTEE, Mr, Wilson, the Chairman of the Oredit Mo- bilior Committos numbor two, returnod horo 1ast night, and will resumae tho talking of testi- ‘mony regarding the Union Paoific Railroad. An important coneultation of the Committeo wna hold in sccret sossion to-day, at which were prea- ent Mesers, Wilson, Hoar, and Shellabarger, and it fs understood {hat decisivo_courao_was ‘marked out regarding the report, which will bo rendy in a day or two. The Committeo are now waiting the roturn of Goneral G. M. Dodge, who {8 undorstood tobo in Texas, He has boen written . and tolegraphed to In vain, and a Deput; rgosnt-at-Arms has puty boon sent in fluflu(fi of him, with direotions to bring him back, It is reported that the Doputy found General Dodge engaged with his dutieson the Southern Pacitlc Road some distance from ordinary communication. Tho reports, therofore, that Goneral Dodge was on his way hero, and that be was daily expooted to arrive, wore started by the encmlos of the investigation for the purposs of misleading the Committeo. P Tetor M, Day, a former enginoer of tho Union Pacifio Railrond, gave favorablo testimony for the Road, but nothing of apecial interest was elicited. Tho roport in both Committocs will bo rendy a8 soon ns the testimony is olosed. THE MORMON PROBLEM, The House Judiciary Committee spent the en~ tiro sossion of to-day in discussing the TFroling- Thuysen Mormon bill, which is in substance tho same ag that of Delogate Merrill, a synopsis of which rocontly appesred in the despatohes, The third soction ywas roachied whon the hour of ad- ournment arrived. 'Thoro is little dnugorof o ill belng passed this session. TUE WHITE HOUKE was vigitod to-day, in sccordanco with the in- structions of ‘the Houeo, by the Com- mittee on Publio Buildings, to _ascer- tain whether It fs fit for an Lxcou- ilve oflice, and residence of the Trosidont. 1t yas found to be very muoch crowded, but the uature of tho report of the Committoe to the CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1873, Houno has not boen discustod, Bome membora of the Committos are in favor of adding an- othor story to tho bullding, ond thorouglly ovorhauling and ropairing it, in order to mako it snfo and hoalthy, Othors aro for providiog a new and sultable building for a Prosidontinl ros- idonco, and making_ the prosont structuro into Txooufive offices and recoption rooms. THE OANAL REPORT. Tho Sub-Committeo of tho IHouse Commitioo on Oommerce, appointoed & woolt ago to roport ulpon tho varlous canal projootn boforo tho Houso, submitted slelr report to tho full Com- mitteo to-day, The roport is almost-entirely statistical, i quito voluminous, and covors_tho Jamos Iilvor, and Kanawhe and Ningara Falls, tho Atlantio and Gront Western Canals, and tho projocted onlargemont of the Erio Canal, It wag ordored printed to-day, aud will bo sub- mitted to tho House on Thursdny noxt, which day hns beon sot apart for tho considera- tion of this question. In concluding tho roport the Committeo soy that, because of h\cnmglutn survoys and esiimates on tho groator part of tho projécted routos, as well o8 on no- count of tha short timo remalning in which this Congroes can_take action on amatter of such importanco, they cannot recommond any action, and submit the various billa on their merits, with a rosolntion declaring that early logiclation to moot tho mr{lfimmuutu of tho casa is domand- ed. Thoy will thon submit n bill for tho croation ° of a Board of Commissionors of Commerco, which 18 idontically the flrst soction of the Dill introduced b; ", Bholla- barger, and that a8 nid on " the tablo a fow days ago, with the recommendstion that it paes, as undor its provisions tho Board will collecs tho informntion that i8 nocessary to gotion in tho matter of cannls, and prosout it to tho noxt Congress for its guidanco. CALDWELL. Tho rosmn in tho Caldwoll case has been poat~ oned till Thursday next, The Committoo on rivllu%nu and Elcctions have beon dovoting their lelsuro timo to soveral logal quihblounlaofi by the defenco, Buch as thb ona suggoested by Caleb Cushing, to-wit: whothor, _undor tho Constitution, tho Eenats is nob lmited to scts of bribo committed aftor o Bonator 18 olocted rather than boforo, It i pretty reliably ascortained that thoro will bo two reports. 'Tho majority roport will recommond that Caldwell's goat bo doclarod vacant, while the mluaruimpm will tako tho ground that the charges of bribery aro’not proven, It seoms to bo o question of much spoculation, if these two x%ponn aro submitted in the mannor foreshadow~ ed, whether & {wo-thirds voto can be obtsined to snstain the majority, Tho roport on the Clay- ton caso is instanced, a8 showing how roluctant the Senate is to oxpel any ono of its mombors. POMEROY. Thoe Pomeroy. Invostigating Committco mot to-daynnd declded to tolegraph to Kansna for Yorl, Sunpson, aud Horton to come on lere as witnesses, The;Committeo slso decidod to notify Pomoroy that ho conld have a hanxing to-mor- row if lie #o desired. Tho case against Pomeroy, g’ tho witnosses summonod L bo roady to tostify, is substantially as follows : That York made knownt to B\m{mcm and Horton a plan whereby Pomeroy could bo caught ; that Yorlk was to notl{’y Pomeroy through a third person that ho would like to iavoan intorviow with him, and that at this interview he should propose to' sell his vote; that Pomeroy readily acceded to an intorview with York; that prior to his departure to see Pomeroy, in accordanco to a previous atrangemont made under theso cir- cumstances, York submitted to a strict search of his person by Horton and S8impson, when a small sum of money was found thereon and taken pos- eossion of by the two parties; that they 'then accompanied York, it being dark, nesrly ‘to tho door of the room whore Pomeroy was stopping, where they saw him ontor ; that they waited till ho' came out, whon York exhibited the monoy which Pomoroy had pad him for his vote, This will substantially Do the caso of the prosecution, Pomeroy will wait till tho case against him is made up, whon ho will appear befora the Committee and mako his statemont, probably on his honor as a Senator. A RELIEF DILL, The Benate Judiciary Committes roported back to-dny Senator Logan's bill providing for tho reliof of cortain Federal officora who sufferad by the great fire in Ohicago, with an nmendment. o geotion authorlzing the Attornoy General to receive secondary evidence in an*mun of tho claims of theso officials waa stricken out, and anothor substituted therefor, which provides that the Attornoy General, in tho sottlement of Bonjamin H. Oampbell's ‘accounts, Ia suthor- ized to allow him 85,760, orso much thoroot as the Attornoy Genoral may bo satisfled was burned in the fire, The accounts of the Mar- shl oceurring _before the firo may be sottlod upon such ovidence ag shall satisfy tho proper accounting officors. Y ‘The House bill for the reliof of Edmund Jusson, of Chicago, passed to-day. TREASURY DECISION. The Secrotary of the Trensury has dirccted that tha coupons of the two-yoar notes of 1863, whioh may horoafter bo prosénted dotached from the notes in violation of the notico on said coupons that *this coupon it vold if dotachod from the note nxcuyt by an authorized officor of the Government,” shall be paid thio kamo ns if tho notes and coupons had boen presented to- gethor. PROTESTS. Potitions have constantly beon flowing to Congreea this session from citizens of Minneso- ta remonstrating sgainst tho bill now pending in tho Bongte togother with an amendmont in- troduced by Scnator Pomeroy, by which two hundrod thousand acres of agricultural lands were granted to the Btato of BMinnesotn to aid in the improvoment of the Mississippl River, by building & lock and dam at tho Falls of 8f. Anthony, tho land to bo sclectod at tho rate of one soction in & townehip, and to be sold to mctual seftlors at §1,25 por acro. The amonded Dbill provides that pinc lands may bo selectod and sold, in lien of agricultural lands, tho aalo to bo at auction to the highest bidder; but is wholly silont sy to when, where, by whom, and at what minimum prico, or on what notice. ‘I'ho most vigorous remonstrances of sll came, in g printed form, to the Sonate to- day, and it'winds up in the following vigorous manner: This LIl ia_ostonsibly to improve navigation of tho Missjsipp! River below the Kalla of 8t Anthony, 1t {s o fraud, Tho Legialatuve of Minnesota hus given all its interont, presont and prospective, to the go-called Nuvigation snd Manufacturing Company, Let thls bill b reforred to the Commitice on Commorcs, where it properly bolongs, and the fraud can be exposed. If 1t is coutemplated to improve navigation of the Mieais- sippt Rivor, fot it bo done by the Engincer Corps under tho dircction of the Bocrolary of War, and not by s jobbing stock company, THE NEW POSTAGE BILL. Gonoral Farnaworth's bill ta further amend the postal laws, which passed tho Houso to-day without n discusaion, Rruvidu! : first, that aftor the 1st of July next all poatago or lottors shall be charged at tho rato of two conts for each half ounce or fraction thercof. TFrom this {8 excopt- ed book, magazine, and newspaper manuscripts, and corrospondence passing botweon authors and publishers ; and algo, correspondenco on ostal cards. Becond, that after the 1st of anuery nest, undor such regulation and in suoh menner as the Postmustor General shall proscribe, the postage provided by law to bo pald upon printed matfer or mailable mattor of Sxo second class ehall in all casos bo prepaid and oollocted at the offices rospectively whore such mattor shall bo mailed, and the postage on daily nnWeFlpuru not excuoélng four ouncos for each copy In weight shall bo obarged and col- lectod at tho rate of 16 conts per quartor. This is a reduction of one-half in the preaent rates, Third, that weekly newspapera within the re- spoctive countlos where the samo are printed and published may pase through the mail free of poetage, and magazine and newepaper manu- goripts are dovlared o bolong to tho third class of mailable mattor. Nowspaper exchanges are not intorfored with. . e CREDIT MOBILIER, THE POLAND COMMITTEE, TIE MEMORANDUM JIOOK. WasmiNaToN, Feb. 11,—Thoro was a largoe audlonce at tho mnaunq’ol Judge Poland's Com- mitteo this morning, ViceProsident Colfax and his coungol weroprosent, After waiting Lalf an hour, and Oakes Amocs not appoaring, as ro- quosted, Judgo Poland sskod if Ar, Colfax was roady to submit his proposed testimony, Judge Iale, Mr. Colfax’s counsel, ropliod that it would be manifost injustice for Mr. Colfax to got on tho atand until' Ames should complote hiy testi- mony. About 11 o'clock Amga appeaed oronting a sonention. Judgo Poland fnquired if hio Lad the original memorandumn, copics of which ho had produced boforo the Commlttou. 3 Amos—1I undoratand that evidence is to bo put in to impoach my testiniony by Mr. Colfax, II)fly frionds say that I ghould havo that ovidonce be- fore I produco my hool. Judgo Poland—1The Committeo think it should be produced now. Ames—I huve loft tho book with a friend, who " oto,, and he has logal knowledge, to oxamino into the mat- ter. . > Poland—Pleaso gond and Rot it now. The mocgmungn hore must bo governed by our judg- ment. . ‘Amen—Horaco F. Clarko haa the book, six, ‘A mossongor was despatohed for it immedinte- ly. Thore was some disappointmont when it was Tiscovored that Amon hiod not brought his book, Hin nnswors o8 to tho whoronbouts of Olarke woro short nnd to tho point. He manifostod the utmost coolness. Whilo awaiting tho return of tho mossonger, Amos produced 8 memorandum-book, showing, May 4, 1807, sold G, Bradford 100 sharen of Oredit Mobilfor at par, and gave a discount of 5 or cont; that Sonntor Pattorson Flld him for Em 80 shinros on tho 81st of August, 1867, Tho improssion of tho witness, wlen giving his for- mer fostimony, was that Pattorson ynid him in Decembor, 1867, Witnoss mado on outry of Pat- tormon's payment at tho timo. As to the Towa Talls & Blonx City atock, ho heldit as trustoo for no ono _in particalar, Bubsoquently, ho lob Monsra. Doobe, Gardnor, snd Aaron Hoopor have some, and also lot ilmgl.mm have $600 or 600 wortls, The Committeo took a hour, 7 Aftor tho recoss, Horaco ' Olarke uri‘punmd boforo the Commitieo, and sald, on behalf of Ames, that ho would declino to produce thomom- orandum book. Ho thought the Committon ghould not look into privato affairs, Olarko, howevor, allowed a_comparison to be modo ss tothe entries in the book, and tho tostimony of Ames. Mr. Poland then requested Ames to show such original entriaa on tho books na rolated to tho mattors testifled about. Tho flrst ontry was thon rond, ag follows: (it was datod Tuoesday, Jan, 14, 1868) “IToury Wilson to orodit by cash sevent dollars on sccount of the Crodit Mobilier stoc! of America, Thon followed an entry under date of Fob, 10, ** Paid Honry Wilson 584 dollars.” The witness testifiod that tho ontrics,'wero not in ail cascs made. at tho timo of tha trons- notion. Undor date of Juno 32, 1808, a stato- meont appoars of Henry Wilson's sccount, show- ing 81,200 in Unfon Pacific Rallroad bonds, 8950 in Qedar Raplds bonds, o caloulation of interost, and a chook for £328 given him: Tho witness then turnod to Jan. 11, 1868, and road as fol- lows: * Dawos, Crodit' Mobilior of Amorica, Jan. 11, 9800 ; Jan, 14, 285 ; total, 81,006, Tho Witness, in oxplanation of tho ‘enlry,’ said tho $1,085 wag the par valuo of the stook and in- torest on it up to that time. This sum was paid to Dawens. ‘I'ho witness then turned to & lonf in tho back of the book, and the entry, without dato, under the head ¢ Cash Accounts," wns: {H, L. Dawos, by cash, $1,085, amount duo on Dond of 81,0005 Crodit Mobilicr, 81,000 ; Union Paclfic, $1,000.” In oxplonation of this, Ames atated that Dawes took the bond and paid the di¥eruncn botween 80 por cont dividend andits valuo. The witness then turned to dato of Thursday, March 5, 1868, and rond ns follows: Reeoived of Bchuyior Colfax, chock for balanco, 8534.72." Tho noxt entry was a check on_the Sorgeant-at- Arms, 1,200, given Colfax, bub tho dato was not givon. Then tho following: “Colfax, 20 sharos of Credit Mobilier; ocost $2,000: 7 months 10 days intcrest, 886,72 ; total £2,080.72, long § por cont bonda at 807, O1,051; Paid Marcht 5, 903472; 9,000 U. P. stook; ‘2,000 Crodit Mobilior stack.” Tho witnoss next producod an original state- ment, showing o caloulation of amounts duo on thirty ehares; twonty shares, and ten sharcs. There wore no names on it, but ho toatifled that oither it or a copy was shown to oach ono of tho fi“"omn’ for whom ho held tho stock in trust, 11 the names on the book having o cross mark affixod, wore sottlod with. The next entry was in June, 1808, “Doposited with the Borgonnt-at-Arms, $10,000.” Question—Havo you an entry on these or any other hook in reference to Colfax? Answor—I have, Judge Poland—Well, lot us see it. Ames—Lot us got through the book firat, Judge Poland—No. Womust sco the ontry, .- Amos producod the book, aud read as follows : « Friday, Jan. 23, 1809, paid ‘8. Colfsx $60.75 for intorest on 1,500 cortificates U. P. R, B." The witnoss testificd that the tertiticates alaued to were dividends,on the 'Oredit Mobilior stock, and the monoy was pald hero in Waghington. Q.—Have you boon sblo to findgny receipts signed by Colfax ? A.—I haye not, found any yot, but havo soarched carefully. ; 5 The wituoss thon road an entry from dato of Jan, 29, 1808, showing that ho racoived 8780.50 in monoy and coupons of tho. Cedar Raplds Rail- rond bonds to ve investod in Credit Mobilier stock ; took the coupons as monaey and mads tho investmont. On Fob. 1, 1808, delivered to G.'W. rocess for half an Beofleld certiflcate No. 846, for tén .sharcs of Cradit Mobilier stock bought' for his nccount. On ¥ob, 9, 1808, ho ronchod Washington _and _delivered Glonni’ W. Beofiold, ono bond, 1,000 10 shares of d of G. V7. Bcofield, for stock, 81,000; receivor balance due on bond over dividorid, 816588, April 24, 1868, received of Wm. B. Allison, 8371, balanco duo on stock eold Lim, Then followed o statement in figures, showing the yaluo of £1,000 bond, oto, The next ontry was in rofer- onco to James F. Wilson, showing $829 paid him, and the caloulation above referred to.' Tho witness theu road ontries in tho case of Pattor- gon, coplos of which and the receiptswere beforo the Committeo a fow days since. Ho next ox- hibited a statoment in’the cass of Bingham, which agreos with the figuros submitted by that gentlemen. The witness bas had no sottlemont with Garfleld or Kolley; ho road the entrlos in their cnges, and teatified that bo paid each of them 2329; has no roferonce on his momorandum bool in referenco to Speaker Blaine, In settling with Painter, ho %nvn him a check reccived from Bartlett for a ‘edar Rapids bond; hod settlod with a Mr. Lo- gan, and gave him a check. . Quostion—Have you any more entries ? Answer—No, sir, Question—~You beliove wo have now soen 2ll tho entries on the book in referenco to any of theso gontlomon? Answor—Yos, sir. ‘ By Niblack—~Had not found reccipts from any of thoso gontlomon of any importance; had found one of Allison without date, His clork was now making further search, and ho would know some timo this weok, {¢ ho should find nny. Thoroceipt by Allison was ag follows : Ttocelved of Oskes Ames ten shares of stock of tho glrad.ltfl Mobiller of America, which I Liold subjoct to s ordor. In snawer (o clueutiann by Mr. Halo, counsel of Colfax, the witness tostified that he Joft the memorandum booka at his offico in Easton, when ho camo hore aftor the holidays. Tho ono for 1868 was brought to Washington by his son sinco, nnd takon back to Easton by Kennody. cs was then put through a long and severa cross-oxamination by Judge Hole, a8 how tho coples were mado, but the witness teatifiod that th:X wore not coplos of the original entrics, but made up of various entries. ~Whilo tho cross- examination was in progress and after it had beon kept u& on hour or moroe, Judge Poland notified Mr. Halo that the Committeo was thor- oughly acquainted with all these mattors, hav- ing had it all in evidenco, and if thoro wore any inconsiatonclos in Amoa’ statomonts, the Com- mitteo could judge for itself, He thought this all a waste of time and going over what tho Com- mitteo alroady had. | The witness further stated that he did not romombor of having got any recoipt fram Colfax, and never said 8o to_suy porson. He remem- bered he gave to Oolfaxa check for 81,200, ‘When he mado hisstatement in Decomber, to the offcot that he could not xremember if ho had pald Colfax any dividend, he had not secn the memo- randum, and his memory was not refreshod. Questlon—Did you meun then to tell a lia or tho truth? Ames—I won't answor the question; itis an. impudent ono, n oxplanation of his formor testimony, the witnoss said he desired to mako it as ensy 28 ho could for all these mon, and he had probably had orrod on thelr side, but now they came in hero to mako him out a liar. After much ban- toring of words botween Olarkoe, as counsel for Ames, and Halo, as_counsol for Colfax, Judge Poland announced that unless this was stoppod tho Committes would be compelled to dismiss both of thom, as thoro was o groat chattering for nothing. N Amos (nointlnfillo Halo)—I havebeon think- ing so over eince he bogau, - [Laughtor.] Tho witnoss was positive ko either gave or showed Oolfax s statoment showing baance duo, (Oolfax) gave a cheolk for balauce, It i not probable that he would huvo qlvsn mo & choolk for $534 unloss ho Imew what it was for, Ho ig not go groon aa that, [Laughtor,] Colfax ni:vusl:‘ notifled witnosa that he would give up tho staolk, At first the witnoss wanted to got all theso mon off a8 easy as possible, and rather staud thoir view of the caso, not rolyiug on his own monlory. - BIDNEY DILLON, olork in the offico of the Horgoant-at-Arms, was NUMBER 177. rocalled, and tostified that it was his improssion thnt ho pald a 1,200 check marked *'B. 0.” to Onkes Amog ; thought ko pald: him in two 8500 bills. In talking with Amos during the last thirty hours, tho witnoss had asked him if ho did iob pay {ho chook (o bim, and Amos said e thought it was vqr{ likoly, Tho witnoss could not awoar lto paid the cheok to Amos. Tho Committae took a rocoss until 7 o’cloclk. TARCLAY'S LETTER. Tho Committeo. renssembled at 7 p. m., and Vico Prosident Colfax road the following lotter from o Wuuunmnn whom ho_ deolared to bo the bost parliamentarlan in tho Unitod Biatos : Ornznn’s Orriox, Houss or l\zrnznznum,} UNtTED BraTES, Fob, 10, Ion, Schuyler Colfaz s . DEARBIm: AL your rsquest, 1 hiave oxamined tho Proceadingn of the Houso of Ropresentativos for the #esslon of Cougress conunencing Decombor, 1807, and onding _July, 1803, 88 roported n the 'Cone greasional Globe, hovo oxamined all your rulings o Spocker ‘o evory Proposiion modo during tho entlre acafon by tho llon, E, B, Washburne and tho Mon, O, O, Washburne, in rclation to the Unfon Pacific Raliroad, and find' no ruling mado b; i’nll that was not, in my judgment, commandod au uslified by perliasmentery law, Very respectCully, Joun M, BAROLAY, Journnl Clerk Houno of ftepresontalives, COLFAX'S BPEECH, Mr. Colfex then addrossed tho Committeo, aa followa : ' Guxtuptne: Last afl T was one of & number of fovoona‘tn mubile lito hatgod with hwiog been bribed ¥ glfts of stock in tho Crodit Mobllier, from which enormovn _ dividends had beon rocelved, and for which cerlain Ioglslation had been pro- cured, I roplied to theso charges fn a spoech ot Sonth Dend, Bopt, 25, 187, in which, aftor showin, tliat tho most {mportant part of this leglalation ha Docn enncted four yoars befars the alloged brllory, T responded ton porsonal attack, as follows, which I read from tho Olhicago Jnter-Ocean, of thie noxt day : 4 Nover having inmy life s dollar of stock of any kind that I did not poy for, Iclaim the right to pure chase stock in tho Crodit Mobilicr, or Oredit Im. wmobiller, If thero is onoj nor doX know of any law Bremb\dng ft, Do I neod to add that melther akos Ames’ mor sy or offered o glvo ono or tenty sliares or two hundred shares in Oredit Mobil- {or, or any other railroad stock, snd that unfortunate 1y 1 have never seen or reccived fo thovaluoof s faithing out of ho 210 per cont dividends or tha 800 per cont dividenda in cash, stock, or bonds you have read nbout for the poat month, for 100 Jarcanty aoe the tonth of 1 per cent. I havo sald that if twenly ehsres of it could Do purchased at ur, * without busing into o prospective aw suif, 1t would bs o good investmont, if itis nsvaluabloa stockns ropresented, but nover 1aving been plaintiff nor defendant in o Gourt of Jus- tice, I want no atock at any prico with s law suit on top of it,” It will bs scen from those extracts that I publicly’ claimed, last fall, the right to purchase the dlock, and avowcd frankly that 1 would havo beon willing to pay for twenty aliares if T did not buy into & prospoctivo Iaw suit, but - ihat no possiblo’ profis con induco mo 'to involve myself in Miign- tion, Huving over four years bofors this spocch voluntarily abandoned a contract to purchaso st & rato 1 had stated, and on tho very grounds I had stated, and having' no cortificato, Do ownership of glock n ft my answar o tho charges then mdo ars tho exact fruth, and thoo I frankly sccoptod, also, whstover odluh might attach to. willingnesa 13 pus? ohinse, nmd 1o hiold its stock 5 X then undsrstood 4, I will add that what I then said Jnst Septombor, ihat noither Qakea Ames or sny other perdon ever gavo or offered to ivo mo any of this stock, has boen ropeatedly printed during this scesion with the essontial word * givo ? omitted, cntirely changing Jts nenro, Ames having sworn, Dee. 17, i hin original statement beforo tho Committeo which he doclared [Boe paga 21 of the evidence] embodied tho exact facts ihat fie could not remombor having puid mosny divi- dends, now d a that in June, 1668, a check payne Dlo o tho inltls “ 8, 0," or beator, for twolve hun- drod dollas, but not ndored by mé noraasons clsty | waa paid by him fo mo s & cash dividend of Orodi Mobliier, n anawer. to this clarge, I Topest sgain fhat I have mot tho slighteat’ knowledge, oF recollootion, or -bolicf, thai I evor Eaw ' this check, or any other check of Ames, Hl ho presonted it ‘before tho Committee, nor that I have evor been pald or proffered by him, directly or indirectly, in checl stack, or bonds, $1,200, $100, or $1, on any nocoun whatéver, I furthor stato that I havo not th slight- et knowlodgo, Tecollcotion, or belief, that T over heard there wan or could be any cash dividends on Oredit 3obiller, till the discusaion of last fall, sud T posiivo 'aa X . can. bo, .of. any fa paat, that Ames ‘uover '5poké 10" mo of this last [Qividend, and nevor pwid of proffered to me 2 poreon or.thraugh any other channcl, any check, or ‘momey, or bonds on that, of wy olh accounl, ' 1t ‘seens {o'me. im&oeslb!a snd incredible thet I should ‘EZgvoreceived the-ciieci without rémemloring that addition to my o d y.in' o cheok )y incaome; -and . esp drawn 80 singularly to {nitinls, sud not containing my namho at all, nor could I have talked fo him when ha Zalled, an-1 abort lotting the $500 which I had ;dh‘lm %‘lflmdlk +if ho )ugn paid me an oyerplus. 0f1$700, ‘I must 'add that, until to-dsy, I have ‘néver heard of a cortificate for §1,600 of Union Pacifio bonds, or tho$Gd interest on which Ames says ho paid mo in Jeuuary, 1809, and I would not hayo becn more sstounded to have besn ‘with the assassination of ono of bis {lion I hayo beon by his charges that hie patd ‘Tae cither $1,200 or $00, or any other smount whatover, on stock that I hed sbandonod, I will add that fof over four yoars1 havespokenin my family of this transaction” - exactly 8s I doscribed ~ it fn my: ftesimony of ° Jam. 7; ' nomely that I’ 'hnd . contracted to purchaso, ha id ‘bout Bive hundred dollar ; had heard fareats and a rimonious litigation smong ita principal stockholders, and had thorefore sbandoned 16 without recolving nny dividond or certificate, butat tho loss of tho monoy I bad paid upon it, and of the fact of thoso conversa~ tiony, X will produco cvidence, © I como now to the bank g“tmll of $1,200 in bills for Juno 23, 1808, aud tho Committeo will rémomber that X Teslly 'invited tie examination of my bank accoints by Atating to thom unsakod that I kopt my accounts at the Firat National Bank, whero all my oliocks deposited wonld'be found indorsed by me, whether payable to order or bearer. Diflicult as it 1s to'rocall all transactions of five years in o publio man’s ife, T will state to tho Committeo whero ail tho mvnng camo from, dopusited from Juno 2, 1809, and ‘will add {hat it wos tho month immediately succeoding my nomination for the offics I now hald, and the total doposit was $1,008.03, snd fhcre belng no previous doposlt than the 1lst of Jupe, it shows that this amount wss tho sc- oumulstion of moneys pald to mo dmne tho intorvening threo weoks, This is also proven by the dates of tho checks deposited, One chock was for £1,800, dated June 13, signod by J. N, Seymour, sinco decossed; ono for §250, dated Jusis 12, signed by , 0. Cardin, shd ono for $500, dated Juno 17, signed by T. Douny & Co,, nono of them having tho slightest con- nection with'tha aubjoct of investigation before thia Committes, Of doposit, bills of $200, I am positive, wero pald by my stop-father, Matthows, on account of a dobt he owed me, In December, 1867, X pald $155 for o plano bought for his daughter, tho liock for which 18 in the bunk, and X agreed to wait for moat of it until summer, whon he oxpected to bo Datter able to pay me. After my nomination, in May, 53, 1 had nunibericas oppeals for contributions for Dolilical exponach in various localitles, for proces slops, bands, charity, roligious aid, &c., and I bd promised to contribule as promptly and Iargely as posaiblo to liquidato the exponses of gamvass i oy slisrly-conleuted Siate of Indians, 1, thoretore, ssked Matthows to pay the indobtodness a3 toon aa’ bo could, 8o 28 to aasiat mo in meeting thioso demands Incldent to my new position, During the month of Junc, 1863, and as nearly 2a 1 can fix iho fime, about the m{ddlo of the manthi, ho pald $200 in bills on account, and carly tho next month lio pald mo smoiher instalioont, complcting the paymont, be- fore Congress adjournod, lato in July. I am vory confidont that tho '$200 formed part of the $1,200 doposited, being part of my cash receipts be- twoen tho doposits of June 1 and 23, About the timo of this {llmm! o8 noar as I can fix the date, abont tho mlddio of June, and very soon aftar tho pay= ment of Matthews, I was opening my letter mail at the. breskfast-table, in'accordanco with my uausl. custom, and found an envelopo witlin anothor euvelope post: markod Now York, On opening tho inner enyelopo I found it contained & Iotter writlen by Georgo W, Nes- Bilt, congratulating mo most_cordially aud warmi, on 'my nomination for the Vica Presidency, and saging that the writer desired mo confl: denttelly’ to remiltouce enclosed to sid “mo in the Liesvy expenees of the canvass, but wishod It kept socrofy a8 nolor his faally ok oo ono would ever know it, unlesa I told them, Enclose in thls was o grocaback, or & National Bank note, for $1,000, Tt waa 08 gratifying ns it waa lbera), and, hold- inig up tho lottor aud bill, 1 seked tho atiintion of all my family to{t, and then read thom the lstter. The fugt of sonditg so large a bill by mail was commented upon, and tho magnitude of the gift was discusacd, whon ‘Matthews romaried that it camo in ‘{nna time, roforring to the appeal of (ko Obairmsn of e Indiana Ropublican Cominittes for money to aid in tho arrangomonts for tho canvasa already in sctive rogress, ‘Tho bill wus then passed around from hand o tiowd sud examied, T am suro 1 doposited {t witl th10 §300 X had recelved fi0m Blatthews, and purchasing an tho very sy day, snd tho banls Looks show It a draft for tho exact smount of this remittance, and' in exact accordance with the donor’s wish, and exactly as discusscd at my tablo at the time, mentit atonce to {io Chinirmon of tho Ropublican Jomuitteo n Indi- suspol(s, Fortuuately, this does notrest oumy own teallmony aloue, Living witnesses will tell the Com- mittoo tliey romombor thia roception of (o bill sud tho contenta of tho lottor in which it was enclosed, and that §t was at ouco dlscussod how 1t could bo uséd to carry out Nesbitt’s desire, and the draft presonted aud sworn to by tho Cashler of tho bank proves that the very day I doposited $1,200 in bills I ‘Lought and remitted out of my deposit the dratt for 5!,050 to the Chairman of the Indlana Btate Commit- teo, ‘That draft, indorsed by Oonuor, was found in {0 bank hore, and luid before your Committeo tho noxt day aftor’ tho bunk doposit was teatifed to, wy coune at o tino prombiug o couoot b With'my ovidenco, My family at (ho timo consistod of miy wotkior, slncedoceased, my stop-father, Mr, Matihows, aud my hnlfsister, Mrd, Uollister, whusa resldonco ia in & distant town boyond the Rocky Mountslus, X asid it waa fortunato thero wore living witueascs to this boaldes myaolf, for, thongh an exawination of tha accouuts and papers of' Nesbit was mado by lia sxocu= for ot my yonueaty Neab hisviag diod ihe” past yoas, 0 traco is thove found, Hehad carried out _ozactly what be wroto; that {t was intended to bo confiden- i ‘wnknown svon o ble fumily, wud it it wed re: yealed 1t would Liave to be by me, Iie ovidently sent it in s bill, the moro surely to sccammitely this” object, During tho Iast oight or ton years, the aconmulation of my fotters haa beon g0 extraordinary ihat it has beon my regular habit to destroy fully nine-tenths of them, Thioso that sre not destroyed aro not filed, but kept in their envelopes until they crowd my dra -8 and rothon tled up but not ohron! . “ fo be whorover room for thom can - fonnd, ono -of tlf. UHouss loft that 'Sy of i to find a box full of old lottors tiius tiod up, {3 oas of which Thad antirely ovorlooked, I have ¢ ) threa times over all the latters L have proterved; T3t have nat found this lotter nor any political lottera: "ATune, 1868, Tho acknowlodgmontof this draft ¢ 1,000, aent'to Tudians, cannot. be found, though fc & xatoly dari @ ltself, aws) Mr, after I Indeed, omployes, iho Gapltol fox the Benato wing, $n, 1663, ha tho bonk wnm sble to find tho 3 Tho Jolter wwnmln:ingd the throo' "hoecks oponited on o 2 of Jun'g’, havo also been destroyed, so that Iam unable fc cithor tho five Jotters relating to tho transats: na of that day. I romombor cMatinctly {hat aftor % . i .omis nation my mails ficroascd enormously, amotiiting ity i not Hometimes ono bundred lottors per day, and that pregorvation scemed impossiblo, T remem< her, 88 others do, moro ihan onco slmost flthg” & wasto- with _ fragments of destroyed lettors, but _ ag nodd pa to tho deposit of tho draft, which _testifics for itself, thero aro living witnesscs hero to prove that 1 rocelvod at tlat imo this thousond dollar bill, ono of them Lisving made a threo thousand mile mid-wintor Journey alono o tell this Commiiteo her recolloction of 1t, When my bank rocaipt was oxamined Lero the Qashior. was asked what tho forty-fivo thoussnd dollars foollngs meant, and bo "replied to tlio ques- tlon that it wan {ho debiis and when {he _accounts wero finally balanced, 1t ‘was telegraphed to tho New York une that night thet Bir. Brooks stowod that I doposited $45,000 in ons year, Tho infcronce, of course, was that I could Tieréoro eaeily havo forgotton thio $1,300 In queation, As my general accounta haye thus been made tho sub- ot ot disoussion, andsa 1 bavo mo secrels 1o regerd o them, I fool it my right now to correct this misetatemont, This total was for threo years, not for ono, year, nsmely, from December, 1865, 1o October, 1806, . inclusive, and embraced besldes other cash accounts, changes mnde in my investments, tha avails of a Iaborfous life, and which ™ changos woro maluly on tho advico of valuod frionda in New York and the Weat, On the debfor sida aro purchases of 5,000 soyen-thirties of tho bank between Docomber, 1805, and April, 16863, malnly from recelpts for loctur= ing; ono shars of tho New York Z'ribuneatock st 0,000, in Janunry, 16673 s prescnt of 1,000 in tha cac- 1y part of the samo year to my mother, then & momber of my fomily; an investment of $5,000 in an iron com= any of Laké Buperior ; an investment of $5,%00 n Ennflu of tho Pennsylvanis Btoel Uom&:my: o house and ot In Bonth Beiid, near tho Post Ofice, which, X am glad fo siato, in worlh now mearly doublo 1o $2,500 ald forits a loan of $465 10 Matthows, a8 stated ; sn veatmen} of $5,000 {n the Westorn Rolling Mills, and prymentof $1,76010 Mr, Rickston Burroughs,formoney orrowed of him, This amounts to $30,000 out of tho 45,000 transaction theso threo years, The doposits on tho credit eido ibat emablod mo 1o pay thesn amounts wero as follows : During these vears I.was locturing on my slagocouch ride of 1665, i Acrow tho Continent,” during November in the lioliday. res cess, on BSofurdsys . in tho carly part of the’ ‘gession nnd - duriog tho spring, when_Cougresa adjourned in_ March, recviving from $100 o $200 por locture, I roceived in ull over from this source, of whith I estimate $10,000 wis doposited here, I sold $5,000 in and slso mold the T'rid- 1ung share for $6,100, and Matthewn relurncd tho $155 e owed me. Besides these {toms, T s0ld 62 sharea of Adams Express stock st 72k, and alot of second- ‘mostgago bonds of the Alton & Terre Haute Railrosd Tor, Sk, Toaking about 331,000, Which ofseta (B $30,000 In’ inveatments charged sgainat them. Couirae, the Committoe underatands that, in book ace counts, where changes of investments are mado, the eamo mmomey ofton figures threo or four timea ovor, Thus, I doposited my locturing moncy, bought soveh-thirties, sold thom at an ad- vanco, nd used the procaeds for_another inveatment, 1bought & Tribune shoro mainly out of similar ro- colpte, s0ld it nt on_sdyance, and again_invested tho procesds. A large pert of the maney I drow from tho Bergeant'at-Arme, for my salary was deposited in Dbank, AsIpaid my housekeoping exponsea thers, it ‘has taken all my dividends, besides my salary, 10 psy my oxponsen {oF the past LAC dozen yours, anit henca my willingness to follow tho counsel of better finan~ clozg than myselt fn investzoents aud changes of fa- vestments, T answor to questions of Judge Poland, . Colfax fes- tificd that ho thought ho received $1,000 the day after ho roceived tho money from Matthews, When tho ‘witness told Ames that he (Colfax). must be out of it, Ames put his hand In his pocket, {00k out » small coln, and, offering it 10 ‘witness, safd, ¢ Consider I have bought € back.” Witness alwayd ‘had a_groat ropug- Tnanco to Iawauits and drew out of the Oredit Mobiler'. for that -rosson.. Tlo would Lavo been glad to get out of Oredit Mobiler ata cost_of twico the sum ko paid Ames.. Ho received the 81,000 from Nesbitt about the middls of tho monih succeeding iho nomination. 1f Lo hnd recolved tho §1,000 from New York nnd $1,200 ffom Ameaaiao, ho would Bave' doposited boli of k s . O, W, MATTIEWS ' s swors, Tho wiiness tostifled that he was thestop- fathor.. of -Qolfax, 'and resided with -him -in 1867 and. 1808, and . borrowsd monoy him in '1868, as related Dby Col aid, Tiim $200 About tho 16th'of June, and another hundrod sbout the 1st of July following. The balance was paid at tho adjonrnment of Congress, The witness cor- toborated tho test{mon; ice Preatdent Colfax in rolation to.the recoipt of $1,000 from Nesbitt, At the breakfast-table Colfax held up the lctter with tho $1,00, snd sald, “s thousand dollars from a gontlomsn almost o stranger me,” His other -sald, ‘read . tho leiter,. Bchusler.’ It was a shiort lolter, and congratulatory in its tonc, Tiyg verifor begged Coltax to ncoopt. tho onclosed, with- out paming tho smount, The witnoss thought the lot- ter was received about threo days sfter ho paid Oolfax the $200, and, when Amos falled, the matter waa the aubjoot 'of conversation. Mra, Matthows and Mra. Ames velng great frionds, much sympathy was expresacd for Ames by’ Mrs. Matihews, snd Colfax smd: “Nover mind, mother, Ames owes mo & litle, and never sk fim for it until ho §s able to pay mo.” He mentioned tho amount as $500, but did not say what it was for, M6, 'CATOLING HOLLISTER wansworn : Witness resides in Utah, and is a half- slster of Mr. Colfax resided with him {n Washinglon 101898 ; romembored that Colfax recelved a thousaud ollar bill while st the breaktast table in June, 1868 3 {t Sas enclosed ina lotter congratulating him on his nom'nation, Theletier came from Nesbit. JUDDE: HALE. sald: Nesbit was & wealthy statonor and papor manufacturor of Now York, and Do ‘conld oiter ovidence to that fact, o wonld also state {hat 3ra, Colfax was prescnt, and could testify as to tho fhorteand dollars, sho haying boen informed about ft on the Colorado frip fn thosummer of 1608, ‘Judgo Poland extd the Committee did nat desive 10 hear further testimony on that subject, AMES WAS REGALLED, Hobud no kuowledgo of any monoy being paid to w1d in the clection of Scnstor Carpenter, General But— ler recommonded that Carponter bo employed s coun- el for the road about the time that Carpenter was a candidate for the Souste, Witness would not agreo to employ Carpenter, as they dld not want any counsal, #od “arpoator. ' waa not_employed, Had n6 knowledgo of Mr. Alley or any other Direclor faking such sction, Witness never mado any statomonts sbout Carponter being employed as couu- #ol for the road in presence of Buflington, or any athor ‘member of the Houso, Haud no knowledge of any ap- plication being made to the Central Pacific TRoad to re- tain Carpentor, HON, JAMES BUFFINOTON waa aworn ¢ Q. Did you have any convereation with Mr. Ames, or hear auy conversation, in relation to-r, Carpenter bolng employed a8 counscl 7 X ~No, slr; nover, Q.—Did you have any conversation with General Butler in reference to that matter 7 A.—Somo {imo ago I hesrd General Butler state that » propoeition had bren made for the Union Pacific Tailroad to retain Mr., Oarpenter as counsel forthe Union Pacific Railroad, Chairman—Toll us nll that was safd, A,—Gonoral Butlor sald that Qarpeuter's friends had pent down here {o have Carpenter retalped as counsel for the sum of $10,000, Hosaid that Alloy objected to it. Witness id not know if General Butler was em- ployed JUDGE POLAND announced that the oxsmination of witriesses was now concluded, If any now svidenca should be discovered the Committee, of course, would hear it. The Com- mittes then adjourned till' to-morrow, when they will proceed to make up tholr report. ANOTHED WITNESE. After the adfonrnment of the Committeo to-night, Vico President Colfax roceiyed the following despatel from his married alster i Towa : “Rerraaa, lows, Fob, 31,—other wrote me In the summer of 1868 of your recelving & one thousand dol- lar bill; mentioned 1t with other Hllnfiu, showing how much you were approcisted, Searching for latier; ‘will sond it If found, (Sl%nm\) Many 8. Cowirs,’ TThe obove despateh will bo tiled with thio Committeo to-morrow, S THE WILSON COMMITTEE, PriLADELPHIA, Feb, 11,—Chairman Wilson, of tho Union Pacific Committev, is here to exam- ino, as alleged, the payment of money to James T. Wilson, of fowa, but of which payment Wil gon donies all knowledge. - THE SENATE COMMITTEE, The Senate Uradit Mobiller Committes to-day rocolvad coplos at tha tastimony taken by Jmllio Toland's Committee. The Uommitteo oxpeot to meet to-morrow. 5 LOUISIANA, WasninaTon, Fob, 11,—Tho Loulsiana Inves- tigation wos xesumod to-day, MARBHAL, PAOKATD tostificd that sl the oficiala in Now Orleans nacknowlodge tho Kellogg Government, and tho only opposltion 4 on the {’ut of thosse claimin, to have boon olocted on tho Tusion iicket. fow of tho business men and somo of the poli- ticians_think if the Molinery Governmont could know to-day that Congress would not flually sustain it, {&_would Lo abandoned, and thint ‘those of - the Fusion ‘Logislaturo who aro entitlod to seats in the Kellogg body would ga thoro and take thoir weats. Packard furthor teatified that tho Kellogg ofiicials are oxeouting the laws guiotly as is usual in m{e Btate. The MoEnory Government lhes appointed some offi= cors, but thoy have not sttemptod to do am thing in confllct with the other officers. With- out _tho asslsianco of tho troops, & quornm of tho Kellogg Logislaturo could not have assem< bled, Thoy, howevor, morely kopt the mob away. Tho L:Rllaln.tum s now suatained by morsl_forco, oro is no furthor necessity for Unitod Btates unyport. On cross-oxamination, the witnoss sald hio be- lleved tho :tulut provailing in Louisians {8 in somo rospoct attributablo to this Investigation, snd thoro might have boon & conflict hd it nob boon instituted. If tho United Btates had left tho two Governmonts to fight out tho baitle, McEnery would have triumphed, bocauso he has more of tho disturbing element. Moat of' tho whito taxpayors would profor- to pay taxes to tho Governmont, Norton waa the candidato of witness, and KoUoEg of Onsoy for the United Btatce Bonato; can’t give ou tho reason_why ho was proforred to other opublicaris, He never took s prominent pard in politics. orton naked tho object of theso ques- tions, Govornor Warmoth said he would prove that Duroll lssued ordors affocting tho eloction upon agreemont that Norton should bo sent to tho Senato. “ Packard continnod : Billings supported Nor- ton, and the witnoss supported him, bocause he thought ho would make as good o Benator as any other Ropublican, and becauso ]!ll}lni!(. whom he wanted to bo hnnntor, declined in his favor, Ho bolieves Durell was not actuated by any such consideration, That hie actod upon law and evie denco only. 3. B, BECRWELL, Unitod Btates Attorney for the District of Louls- inna, was sworn, and oxemined at greab length rolative to tho procoedings boforo the Couria in Louisinns, in rogard to tho election, and prac- tico of eald Courls, He thought the order di- rocling the Marahsl to take posscssion of the Btato Houso was issued on Driroll's owvn motion. Adjourned until to-morrow. It is oxpooted the case will thon be dlosed. RCE POMEROY. WasniNaToK, Fob. 11.—Tho Pomeroy Investi- gating Commitles mot this morning. Vitncsses wore sont for by telograph, and the examination gm c%rfimnnco ‘immodiatoly, The sessions will o public. e — CONCRESSIONAL, SENATE. Wasmxazox, Feb, 11, Mr. THURMAN prosented n memorial of the | Hintorical and Philosophical Socloty of Ohio, * nsking the Government to purchaso cortain his< torical papers. MARINE SIGNAL CODE. Mr. OHANDLER introduced a bill to adopt the international code signals in the merchant gervico of the United Btates. BOUTHERN OLAIME. Tho bill to continue tho Southern Claims Com« mission passed. Tho Senato thon took up the calendar, and the following DILLY PASGED : Authorlzlng the Sccrot: of War to hava » monument erocted at Balisbury, N. 0., to tho TUnion soldiers who died there in prison; to es- tablish the Custom House value of tho English soverosign or . pound eterling, and fix tho par of oxchango; granting the right of way aover tho public lan to - the Denver, Goorgotown & Utsh Railroad .Oompony, of Colorado; granting thoe right of woy to the Denvor, South Park & Pacifio Rail- ‘rond Company, Colorado. - [Mr, STEWART on- tered & motion to reconsider the vote by which those two railroad bills passed.] To provide for ‘obtaining information of tho condition of the banks organized under Stato laws;, to remit the exoisa tax upon alqohol used by universities and colleges for ecientifio purposes amandl;fnum -act to promotothe development of tho ing résourcos of tho United States, It oxtends the time when tho first annual uxgondltnx‘e on min- ing claims may be made until June 10, 1874. An ack to enforco tho etipulations of tho Convention of 1860, with Yenezuels ; smending {ho Shipping Commissionera’ act. i & Adjonrned. HOUSE. . JOUN CIINAMAN: " A petition was presented from Beaver County, ., Temonsirating against the location of Chinese Isborera there. SUNDRIES. ‘The Sundry Civil Appropristion bill was mada the special ordor for to-morrow. The bill appro- printos about 627,000,000, : BIVERS AND HARBORS. Mr, BAWYER, from the Committes on Com- morcs, roported tho Kiver and Harbor Appro- riation bill, which was made the speclal order E%x_;,jfigudny noxt. Tho bill sppropriatos $5,- ,400. X TICE METERS. 3 Mejority and ‘minority reports on {he subjoct of refunding to distillers tho monoy paid for Tico motors wero mado from the Commilttes on Ways and Aleans by Messrs, KERR and BECK, aud ordered printed. BILLS PASSED. A bill passed suthorizing tho Prosident to na« gotiato the cession of n portlon of the Croek rosorvation to tho Seminoles and Bac Indinns. ‘The bill passed to pey the heirs of George C. Bostar, of Pooria, $25,000 for losges in construot- ing iron-cied stormors. 'ko bill authorizing the building of the Mon« tann & Wyoming Railrosd was amonded in some dotails and passed. THE NEW TOSTAL DILL. The bill furthor amending tho postal laws, ‘making lettor postage after July1 two conts, wae reported. An amendment was adopted striking out tho words “‘actually and wholly” from tha soction rolating to weokly newspapers, so that it will not exclude thoso country weekly papers having o portion of their editions printed in large citics. Mr, FARNSWORTH ezx- plaing the bill at longth, As to the ‘prepayment of nowspapor postago, Lo made the following statement : I'ho postigo revenues Tnat year wore, on lettors, $19,354,000 ; on news- papirg and porlodicals, $985,940, g0 tho revenna rom lettors was twenty timos as groat as thab from nu\vupn})cl‘fl, while the nowspaper maila weroe twonty times the weight and bulk of the lottor mail, In 1870 there wore in round num- bors printed of dally papers in the year eight hundred millions of copies, or an avorage of over two and a half millions a dsy, Of weekly papers, six hundrod millions of coples, or an average of over eleven and & hall ‘mitfions & woek, Of monthly periodicals, one hundred million coples, or an averago of over eight and s third milions a mounth. The ~lowest rato of postage on theso publications was at L)msonc on dailios, $1.20 o year; on weeklies, 00, and on monthilios, 190. *Ho thought it nob tao much to say that 10 per cont of tho dailics, ond 8 por cont of tho woeklios and monthlies asged through the mails. It that wore so, and ? the postogo had been collected on it, it should have giomu a rovenue from daily &)a ors of 8807,393 ; from weekly papore, 61,846,163, and from monthlios, 880,000, making a tolal of £3,069,845, while tho nctual recoipts from these sourcos wore only $085,940. It was, therefore, ‘manifost that but a small part o the postage on that which constituted the groat bulk of tho woight of the mails rocoived by the dopartment. that oventually Congress would : evory man who wused the mails ¢ pay for their use, but ho admitted thatthera was now s feoling of deferonce to_the country wookly proes, to tho oxtont of allowing their olienlation froo of postage in the couaty of pub- licfion. As to the affect of the proposed bill, it was his opinlon that, whilo noxt year might show s slight doficioncy in the postage received from lotter mail, within two yoars the present revenuoe would be canght up with and pssaed. As to the pm{mymwt of mowspaper q?““g’ that was not to go into effect until the st of January noxt. E. I, ROBERTS (N. Y.? moved to amend by making the postage on dally nowspapers not ex- cooding four ounces in weight, 15 cents por quazter, Aftor discussion, 0. The amondments offerod by Messrs, GAR- PIELD and HIBBARD, in respect to magazine aud newspapor ‘manuscrlpts, woro agreod to, and tho bill was thon passed. Tho bill, a4 amended, reads as follows: (¢ enacted, ete., That on and after tho 1st dny of e sl mmattor whioh s wholly oF Pty in writlug, excopt book, muguzine, nng newspsper manuscrip(s and corrooted proofs pussing botween i thiors 5md publlshors, end, cxcapting, o, cormespands auce or poutal cacdsy o all printed inatter whloh fe o marked a3 to convoy any ather or furthor nformation than 18 conveyed by the orjginal priut; cxcept correoy ttan of mare {ypographical ervors, n ail matter which {a sont in violaton of Iaw or the rogulutlons of tho De- parhnout respoctiug enolosurcs, und on ull matter to which uo specifio rato of postago fa aasiigued, poatage tho amondment was agreed {Continwed o the Eiahth Iagel