Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1873, Page 1

' GHICAGO, SATURDAY; FEBRU - Duaily RY 15, 1873, NATIONAL BAN | 7 ob omioAdo, Nithwtst _flm@qaflfl Homoests, Oapital Paid-In; - $500,000. Surplus Fund,” « < =° 80,000. Aobéunts /bf. Merohsnts, Monufudturéts Corporations; Oapitalists, Banks; and Bank+ ors respootfully solicited. . TRA HOLMES, Preatdent. orey st Comaerats HAT) BUnkof Chiou. odist Church Block, allowod on deposits, payable somi- July 1ndJan L8 AUGVILLE, Prostdont, Exusrx Rexo, Gashlor, - R ny by or gle) ouling st 4 -ign(fl further notloe, 2 ;fio etk st 9poul12d to bis os ot orodit wioh s oan b0 105 OLARIK-8T., Mot ! 8l nt tnt " Btx per ognt tntarg REMOVALS, REMOVAT. HARTMAN BROS., WIEOLESATLE WINES & LiQUORS, 266 & 208 South Halsted-st., CORNEE HARRISON. GRAND OPENING MONDAY EVENING. HALLOCK & WHEELER HAVE REMOVED TO 169 RANDOLPH-ST,, near LaSall, b1 all e St oo Bovt end arvovy ook ot % BUBBER & LEATHER BELTING, HOSE, PACKING, AND ALL KINDS OF Rubber Groods, o be found YW ‘o be found West of New York, at leus than Fastorn STATIONERY. (fice Stationery Goods OF ALL EINDS, AT WHOLESALE AND BETAIL, CULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & 00, 118 AND 120 MONROE-ST. = e ] REAT ESTATE TOATS savoral sums fn hand for loan upon first-olass Ohicago property at qurrent rates. 1am also prepared to srrango & loan of 85,00 to 810,000 to bapaid overin Marah, and another o£$20,000 to be pald over in April, bath at9 per gent, bub tha security must be very cholos aad the borrowers men known to be prompi in paying, I also have a sum of B18,000 to $30,000 for immediate invest. ment, on the tarms lash mentionsd. . NORMAN 0. PERKING, Solloltor, Booms 18, 18 and 14 Kendall's Butlding, COLLATERAL LOANS COMMERGIAL PAPER, Funds on hand for First-Olass Loaus, at all times. - . O, B. ¥IBLD & CO,, 161 "Monroe-st., Kent's Black. AN T .. Tn the buetnoss of aoll tho soal mnbmmfl:mu"fix‘flfi'-fih:hwmfl’fihm w oo momey Spon beds o ik bt the Joo Toriamas e St toh FRASIER'S Mercaatile Gollaation MISOELLANEOUS. THRER CELEBRATED Vergues Eleciro Chemical Baths now peranontly. established . = ! Eaatlay Ao, Nontliah Gout, £5d all ghroalo Aflos. tlo; e %fi:&%&@k&‘:‘*&wfl"" e aios and R B S P D ki EMPLOYERS IN WANT OF Good Printers OAR OBTAIN THEM THEOUGH THE J. W. DEAN, Propletor, ESGororsl Printing Oftces and Shesgimans eauiel BELL & €0, Artist Tailors, Of New Yo e As T, holatst Boarn Satal il CONNO ur days, whi oomplels o of ssumpios of tho vory Iateat wna Bammer Goods i wear, d B A N, S one GOOD FLAG POLES, Ready made or made to order. Orders left at Gilbort & lubbard's, Bhip Ohandls Rirth O tpeniarets il oseins o tisa 0 MEETINGS. i Masonie, TALLATION, om of W, r;.“:.'x' (h(fl“ T fl:'{u “Hn?:‘\.nmlu-‘\'n.:m'fi’gum attend, By order of the W, AL, U1 3. . DUNLOP, fecratary. e Masonic, . 0, of ¥, B. ol 7, There will b neld gt sag’ er’.-;i;d.-{':finf;ol ol ou B o B rasetlg, Buds (45 riads matio :iit.?:.‘:‘;" e olal Oommunios- A, JULLUN A, KATZ, Hooretary. : ' Masonic, Union Park Lodgoe Hal, having b . igo will meel thts (i evoning, and il fu T R oI B ot O ANDATE W R Notice. An Cool nm»fiifi'& o amsordity L"'i’u;nu.',‘,gfln"l’."nfli“ ad jay of Maroh next, at 10 o‘cloc) m,, at the st Gtk it Ihiaaso, Yeb, U, 1678 £ ratary, ‘Further Details of th hio will be pleased unhu‘!?rn in and” at 08 of Spring | WASHINGTON. Oredit-Mobilier In- - vestigations. The Wilson Committes Look- ing Into the Central + -+ - Pagific Railroad, 'Wh'dt' 0. P, Huntingdon Knows About the California Road. ‘The Sherman-Garfield Relations with the New York Stock Exchange. Will Ames and Brooks Be Expelled from the House? The President’s IMessage on Mormon Difficulties. Proceedings in Congress Yestorday. Spectal Deepatch to The Chicago Tribune, DRIDERY AND CORRUPTION, ‘Wasnmwaror, D. 0., Feb. 14.—The Ways and Moans Comipigtoo commenced its investigation to-day of the charges of bribory and corruption in conneotion with cortain logislation obtained Iaat winter by the Noew York Btook Exchango. Alr. Olintpn Colgate was the only witnoss oxam- ined, His tostimony, togother with his roport, ‘which hg handed tho Committes, covered the facts alreidy stated in thoso dospatohos, Judge Chas, Bhe will be oxaminod to-morrow..Hia atory will be about as follows: Legrand W. Lookwood, who was Presidont of tho Now York Stock Exchsdge, two yoars ago, wroto Judge Bherman, asking him to take charge of the Job of having tho tax on borrowed capital ro- moved. Holding the position of Unitod States Judgo, Bhorman could not undertako it, but he turned it over to his formor law partner and brother-in-law, Judge Bartloy, and also Richard Pargons, who was at tho time Marshal of tho United States Supromo Oourt. It appears, how- over, that neither Bartloy nor Parsons wanted their names montioned {n connection with tho office. Consoquently, Shorman conducted the corzespondenco in his own namo, Ho will admit lmvlnF written the lettor inclosing & bill fo the Btock Exchonge for 210,000, but the monoy was to be divided botwoeen Judge Bartloy end Digk Parsons, Scnator Shorman, y, csused an_oxamination to be mado of ooy argumenta or briofs that might have been filed with tho Committes on the subjoct, Noth- ing of the sort ¢an be found, nor did any person appear before the Committeo to advocato tho smendmont, oxcept General Pleasonton, oz~ Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Tho ques- tion now is, what did Judge Bartley and Dick Parsons do to earn ' tho] GI0,0DJ, and ‘what did Colgate do to incur the 0 bill of expensos which resontod tho New Yorl Btook Exchange, With rogard to the connection of the olerk of tho Ways and Moans Committeo with the affalr, it is proper to na{ that, mot- withstanding the ovidence of Colgate, the mem- bers of tho Committes still believe in their olerls's intogrity. IT MOBILIER. ORED) The Wilson Committes mado littlo progross in'their Iabors to-day. O, P. Huntington, the ‘Vioe President of thé Central Pacific, supposed to bo the porson having the greatost knowledge as to its history and ite presont position, was examined ; but whothor, owing to tho' fack that the Committen did not put the right sort of questions to him, or whether he ovaded them, is & question to bo docidod upon resding tho testimony. At all events, nothing was obtainod of ME value to tho investigation. William M. Evarts wss present as tho counsol of the witness, but oxcopt an occasional suggestion ho.had no!.hlnfio una; The Oom- mittee seem determined to delas 0 invostiga- tion as long as possiblo, whether for tho pur- pose of giving the Poland Committee tha firat opportunity to_report or to enablo ndditional nosaos to.arrive, {a not known, Thoy havo not yot docided whether thoy will summon Gov- ernor Dix, but Mr. Clsco, and 8. L. N, Barlow will aoon appesr snd teatify rogarding the ro- ceipt by Dix of 850,000 whil Miniater to France, for siock not worth & quarter of the amount, Geueral G. M. Dodgo, .the only witness left having any knowledge of the mystorious $126,000 spent in the Washing- ton lobby, ia still unacaounted for, and the Qom- mitteo have no knowledge agto his whereabouts, Ade&l‘xt Bergoant-ai-Arms has been in pursuit of him for some time, and ho has beon rogardod by the Committea as the “Artfal Dodgor." ‘This afternoon Benator Harlan was™ recalled, and was examinod at length by Messrs. Steven- son aud Stockton, relativo to cheoks received from T. O, Durant in 1805, The quostions were framed with s view of sacortaining the exaot dates of tho checks, and what_ disposition was made of the monoy for both, the Honators ox- amining the witness intimating thnt the monoy was not used in tho Towa clection, and their questions oreated the impression that thoy ex- ywhd o ahow it was paid to Harlan as a reward or acts done while Beorotary of tho Interior. After tho waste of many words and the con- lun;rtlbn of much $ime, the facts wera flnally elicited that one cheok was. paid to Harlan in New York, but ho has it cashed by Mr. of the Methodist Book Conoorn’; that he, as a mondfihraugm the money to \VnhlnFton. and that Harlan himsolf distributod it, ''he Com- mittee propose to follow this up by ascertaining Itfwhum 1t was distributed, and for what pur~ ose. 3 Carlton, THE GENEVA AWALD, David Dudley Flold waa boforo the House Ju- dieiary Committo nnd mada an argument in be- balf of his clients in conneotlon with the Goneva awi . He roprosents the Columbian Insur- ance Company, which lost amillion dollars, and lanow bankrupt. Ho urged that all quostions under the marine law snd the Iaw of nations ehould bo submittod to the Courta without logla- Iative rules dictating the manner of thoir award. Ho was frequontly interrupted by Goneral But lor, the Acting Chairman of the Committeo, who is opposed to the insurance companies, a8 al. roady seen by his bill, but Mr, Tield was found to be more than a matoh for the ssex states- man, ‘The subject was disussed noarly all day in the Houso, Butler making ulan@u ocoh on_his sido of {ho quostion, willa Voltor, of Now York, followed in a long addross on_tho alde of Field, Dvarts and Ousbing wore both on the floor, the former faverlug Kield's view, and tho lattor Butlor's, A volo will bo takon ab 1 o'claok to-morrow. FILIDUSTERING EXPEDITION, The Administration organ here, this morning, hoa a poolal to the effack that o largo and well: organized filibustering oxpedition will soon sail from New Orleans for Oubs, under commaud of » wall-known ox-Oonfadorate Goneral, wha is now & prominont supporter of Giant's Admiuls- tration, The orgaulzation is composed of ol- diora of both the }ederal aud Coufodorato ar- mics from every seotlon of tho country, many of whom have already arrived, Lxporienced pilots have been engagod. THE AGBIOULTURAL COLLEGE DILL, The frienda of tho Agrioultural Qolloge bill will make another effort Noxt Monday to pass it in the Houve. BPECIE PAYMENT DILL. The motlon to_raconsidor Boualor Bhorman's Bpeolo Paymont bill will cowo up in tho Henato -nothing except ita banded debt. to-morrow. Tho frionds of tho bill have can- vassod tho Sonato, and claim & majorily. BENATOR POMEROY'S INVESTIGATION will commenco on Monday noxt, whonsll the witnossos from Kansas on both sides aro ex- pooted to bo prosont. Pomoroy profossos to bo very confldont that he will bo Ablo to prove a cago of conapirncy agninst bimself, and that; in viow of this ovont, ho has assurauco that Ingalls will not bo givon tho sont. TIE OALDWELL OASE. At tho porsonal request of Sonator Caldwoll, tho Committeo on Priviloges and Zlootions have postpongd the_roport in his caso until Monds; noxt, Caldwoll aslked this favor on tho groun: that ho desired to awnit the return of his attor- ey, Judgo Crozler, from Thiladolphis, £o con- sult with him on important matlora concorning hiniself. It is bolioved gonorally hero that, in view of the report to bo mado {n the onso, Cald- woll dosiron to consult with his attorndy with goforonco to_tondoring bis. rosiguation 1 the onate, ATES AND BROOKS. Onkes Amos ling boch & more lutorcsting ob- Ject of observation than ovor boforo, ns it i oncrally bolioved that he will, within the noxt low dsys, -be nrraigned boforo the bar of tho House for oxpulsion, Whilo tha- members of tho Poland Committeo hava little to sy on tho subjcot, ovarybody about tho Capitol is satiafiod that tho Commitlos will roport in favor of ox- polling both' Amos and Brooks. Thero has al- roady narisen 8 pgood deal of sensation on' tho subjoct, and the mombors aro rapldly iaking sides :even: bofore tho tostimony is printed for ciroulation, A large number of tha beat Republicans have grave doubts about the L‘m"“ of roporting ‘in favor of ux’pulalon. ‘Thoy say that if thoy intend to, expel Amow, thoy must oxpel him for bribory of ‘mombora of Congross. As thosa recalving bribos aro a8 culpabla a8 thosa offaring them, it s not soen how tho Committeo or tho House can avoid including all who wero dobauched by Amos, Dosidos, good Inwyors say that tho Houso. Committeo cannot pupish ‘a mombor of Congross for what ho did provious to Lis connection with that’ Congress, ona bis _oonstitaonte . hava.- tho right to dotormino what citizon sball represont them. under tho law. Thorofore, it is urgod that the Committoo, ought to bo careful in this report, Tf rosolutions of expulsion are presentod, many of the members will fool almost compbilcfl to vote for thom, although thoy rogard thom as un- just. Itis known thatif an offortis mado to ‘oxpel Brooks and Awmos, tho Domoorals, support= od by many Republicans, will movo an amend- ment to the rosolution, that all thoso implicated in the Oredit Mobilior shall bo included in con- neotion with the two men named. There will bo more oxcitemont and interost on the floor of the Honee, whon this roport is made, than there has boen for many months, As for Ookes Amos, porsonally, ho 18 porfactly solf- possessed and” fearless. He uufi'u it thoy mako an attampt to oxpol him, 1o will dio vory hard ; that it will tako the wholo Houso to nssnssi- nato him. Ho nn{a that ko is in robust health, and that whon tho pillars of tho tomplo fall thore will bo n good many poople round,— ‘monning, probably, that o hag moro racords and papora than ho has yot shown, and that others will bo implicated. I, ho says, ‘this expul- sion oceurs, what will it show? It will show that no man must heroafter tell the truth asbout Congrossman, Laok at it," continued he, with somo oarncstness, “How are tho world snd poople_to rogard it? What do yondo? You oxpol Brooke for lym?, #nd you oxpol me for tolling tho truth, Dah! Bah!™ [ the Aesocfated Press.) THE SENATOIIAL OAUQUS, WasniNaToN, Fab. 14.—At an adjourned meoting of tho cudus of the Republican Sountora this moratog, 1t waa agreod that tho rogular appropriation bills, sn tho bill reported from the Committeo ou Education and Tabor, and some measuro yot o bo roported from tho Judicary Comunitteo on the Aformon Guestion, together with bills op the rcglllnr calendsr, can bo takon up without a single objection, The Finance Compittess Bl for a fomumption of ‘speelo pay- onts and the Postal Telograph bill were, by a yoto of iho caucus, oxcluded from measures to be acted on, Blllanot mentioned should Lave to tako thoir chances, Tho caucus also voled to readopt the rules adoptod to« ward tho closo of the last session, prohibiting all smendmonts to appropriation bllls'not strictly.gor- mano to thelr respectivo aubjeots, providing that a ma- Jority of tho Senste may limit the debate on auy ono amendment to fivo minutes for each Benator. Reporta on questions of privileges, liko Louisiona and Kaneas malters, will not, of couse, coms within the re- sirlotive ruls, THE DANKIUPT TAY, = The Prosident bas signod the act amendatory of the Bankrupt law, LODISLANA MATTERS will romain under consideration probably four or five days longor. CONFIRMED, Tho Senate_confirmed the following nomination: Tostmaaters, J, P, Thresher, Benton Harbor, Mich, ; AN, Lincols, Menasho, Wis.} John M.Brainard, Boone, Towa ; Willism W, Mitchell, Associate Justico of the Supreme Court, Utah Territory. i LECOGNIZED, The President recognized Robort Battier, Consular Agont of France, at Memphls, Tenn, ———— CREDIT MOBILIER, THE WILSON COMMITTEE, WasniNaToN, Feb, 14,—Tho Wilson Gommittes tock & rocoss until 1 o'clock, a8 O, P, Hunlington, a wit- Doas, had not anpoarad. ' John J, Olaco, of ‘New York, has boon sumnioncd, and, if it ‘is_roported favorably by the sub-Gommittte, Governor Dix and Mr. Barlow will also bo sumnionod. Oeneral G, M, Dodgo has not yet sppearcd, and it 15 foared that 1o is ovading the aummons, 3 O, P. NUNTINGTON, Vico Prealdent of fhe Coniral Pactilo Raflroad Gome pany, was oxamined before the Comrultto, thia aftore DooD, with roforence to thia constructlon of ' the road, o dotatlod the financial embarrassments under which the Company labored in" bullding the road, - The firat contracts, ombracing, pothapa, soventy-foilr or -soven- ty-fivo miles of rond, - 'woro "let - fo" eight or ten _dlfforcnt partics, The Contract and Financo Companv was_organizad 1667, tho witness thought, to procure Iabor at rossonablo pricos, and tako contracts for conntrioting lioread. Howas ono of the incotporators, and boliaved the copital stock .wn8 $5,000,000, Withess got the mprossion that tho ‘Contract aud ‘Finauce Company was to_receive, 1 payment for bullding 600 milcs of road, a part in sfock of the road and part fn bonds, The Company was fo Duild and oquip the road, Befora the Contral Pacifio Rallroad Gompany hiad lot the contract to the Flnance Oompany, thoy (Central Pacific Company) lad alroady Boughit largo smount of iron for {ho road, and tho Contract and Fluance Company pad tho Central Ps- clflo Gompany for it. Tha Qontract and Financo Com- Jany, recelyed tho” Goveramen nds, The wilness' improssion was that tuo Contrct ~ and Financo Compeny mado nothing on this contract, but & cortaln amount of stock, and_tho stock was ot thon wortli moro than 10 o céaty aa collaeral, | Wituoss roselved dividonds on he contract, and some stook ; also, a fow land grants, but could 1ot remembor how much, At presont 1o holds perhopa $1,000,000 worlh of stook in tho road, ‘but don't remomber how many ahares ho hold'fn the Flnanca Company. Don’ kmow who mado the cone (s Company, ‘Tho improssion of thio wit- ness 15 that tlie Coutract Gompany now owes Little or Tho floating dobt in covarod by cash of ita equivaiont; don't know what proportion of stock af tho Contral Taciflo Rallroad waa owned by the Contract snd Finsnce Company. Tho stock of tho Central Pacifio Gompany would 5iot have Dbrought ten toots on tho dollar in tho mar. ket at tho time of the organtzation of the Finance Company, Tho etock was taken ovigin- ally at par by friends of tho enterprise, Tho stock of tha Contral Paciie Company hsa no matket value § don’t kniow how many stockiioldors thare aro fn_{hio z08d, It was the mpression of the witnoss that o Qozou men or Arms control tho majority of the slock of thio road, but 18 not positivo on that pont; could not give an Idea what the stock would bring now, By Slelisbargor-—Suppore tho Government should raquiro paymeitt of the vwholo of the somi-annual ins toreat on e Govornment. subsidy, except whot you pay in tho way of {ranspotation, would you bo ablo ‘Punctually to meet tho Intorost? 'A.—I hinve no doubt that tho Central Paoifio Ratlroad Gompany can meat all logsl obligations, Q,—Could you, in tho case staiod, pay the Interest on e Govormusent ulely, s ls0 G o bonds 4 they e and first mortgage A,~1 have no doubt the Gomflni could, "Tho witness, in furthor examination, sald the gross earnings of tho road wero $13,800,000, and that the run. ning expensca wero & llitlo over 40 por cent. No dividends bave been paid o stogkholders, Dy BIr, Hoar—Is it not your bellef that persons who have been prominent in the mansgomont of the road, includlng yoursolf, invo recoived cousiderable valuo, eithor in mouey, bonds, or stocks, as profiis on the contracts mado for lta construction'? A—1 think wohave mado somo money. If I have recelved any ot all, it {uas a stockholder, snd in con- nection with the Contract and Finance Company, 1 Q.—Aro not your profits more » million of dol- ars ‘A.—Nat actually ; but I think the nominal or face valup of the stock of the Qoutral Yacific Rallroad re. ulqvml | rould equsl «\1:-‘: tiia = —18 it 0ot your belfee that your firm_recoived, 1o ubapo of bouds, Cousldorablo pronls ou°y’m‘3 shinros A.—My {mpreasion Is w have rocolved 2ome valuo I onds, Q.—1a 1t 1ot more than one hundred thoussnd dole 1ary, sceording to your beliof 7 ol I think very ikely. —Ia it 110t ovdr five Lundred (honsna dollsrs 7 Aot tivo bundrad thowsmud dolors, 'l1o witnesy, having beon {nterrogated as to the busle yoaw 9f Franchal at Vashiogton, sid it wes ia brin tho attention of momboru of Gongresa to thie views o the Compuny on pending quostioiss, Qi 18, Franohal concoruod fn Wit 1y koow asthe *lobby.” A.—Not at all, 1 i agent of the ontral Pa- cific Railroad, Ife i above repromch, The witncss aald Lo was Licro Ju 1834; rocollpoted msetiug Joreph Frauc) B, Blowart ana man of coffdorablo influence; The Vitheon baving bean romindod that Bteyart tostided s recolved money from tho witnoss, tho Iatter said if Hiownrt had g0 testifiod 1t was true, 1le gnve Stowart i1 8 propet way, to explain tho af- ‘lences had nover given monoy r pald, directly of indirootly, to any nombr of Congeesn, fov the same, intoresting Timeclt In Any matter .conacrning the Gentral Paciflo Rallroad, Tfo find no knowlydeo et monoy hnving bocn aid by others for such prrvoses, fox didt s gvor Havo By negotintions with ont and Hallett eirémove tho oppoaition of the Kansas & Tows Railraad Company, to the aot of 1804, for tho benefit of tho Paolfio Tailroady 'A long oxamination followed s8-to tho slock and bands, Intorast, eloy of the xoad, is Mr.’ Bhollabargor nskod what was the ‘sggrogate amout of profits divided smong tlio membara of - tho Gonstrtotion Company for hat contract “Tho witnasa roplied ho did not know, nor wors thero any gontlerion who conld answer tho question now in s pax of tho cantry, - The books oo, wara i Call fornls, ;Nothing,was dono that wae hot broperly donc, o rosd was bullé_nt less oxperas (han any other Tond, proportiomately i fo Jongth and undor 1lite cire cumatances, Tho Company lisvs dono everything thioy agroed to do for tho Govornmonty which had been Datfor sorved than tho Compang. Adjourncd Uil to-morrow, THI SENATE COMMITTEE, At tho sitting of tho Souato Commitieo this morn« | ing, deited that o Gvor. owhod, ia any way, stock of th enfed_that ho ovor ownod, in any way, stock of the Grodit Mobilior or tho Duion Paciig, " BENATOR PATTERION - s madon long statemont, i which Lo said tho aly A foronco1n tho ovidence betweoh him and Amos was i rolatlon to nn- inveatment of §3,000; which Patterson gave Amon In 1007, to invet for 4im, thoro belng no Torence rolative to the $4,000 atmilarly given Amcs in 1800, ond which wero invoatod in Union Paciflo so- curities, Pattorson aiatod. ho bad no writion momo: randum relativo to tho first transaction, and dopsnded upon s memory, and belleving hat {no invostment sras ‘made . Union Pacifio’ stack, tho eamo as tho socond invostment, lod him to deny, uring the carapalgn; that ho had sn_fnveatmont it Orodlt Mobilior, Patterson produced lotter-from .Onkos Ames dated Jan, 19, 1674, in which Amea statos ‘ho had_written. a loitar to Jioliins, saylng . that ho (Ammos) did not think Patioraon was tho owner of Grodit toven if ho had.there .was 10 : in ownlng bank stock, . Oon= veraatlons with Ames, and the lottors which it induced, confirmed him i the ballof thit Lis two fnvestments ‘were in Union Pacifio Ballroad atock and soouritics, 1 : doubt bad exlsted on the subject, thars was nothing which could have influénced il o represcnt to the Committes or countyy that hia inveatment was made in Unlon Paclfic Ratlroad rather ithan in Oredlt Mobilior, Patterson said ho was ‘much_surprised” when Am roduced tho recelpta from Pal ob, 18, 1808, and May 6, 1871, Patterson said ho knew by Iind given Ames somo Tocelple, writton by Ames, but ‘hada't tho llghteat impression’ they wero of tho char- acter which they aro, . . Pattorson contlnued : T cantiot denyfrom the {nspoc- tion that I have madotbat my signatars to thoso papers {3 geauine, and L om wol awaro it a to bo prosumed 1 1 knowlodgo of all tho facta stated in thom. 1 can only account for my ignorance of their wording by tho ontlre trust sud confidonce I reposed fn Ames, . I xo- gorded him as & fricnd ualng my moans 0 a3 beat to Promofo my intorost, ahd thersforo readily signed whotover he > wrote, without . (hai : care and olroumspection which ordinarlly attonds ‘business transactions, In fact, this wasa friendly rathor than n businoes lr-nnclfon&mcu gavo liitls thiought to ita charactor or dotalls. It restlts from tho admiselon mado of the gonuincasof my signature, that Amies’ statement as to the inveatmont of $3,000 ia sustainod, and mino erroneous, Pottorson farthor eaid, had he belleved his first inyestment had boon sade by Ames In Credit Mobiller, o would have g0 atated, s Le statod in: roferenco to thie otler investment, 88 ho had no mors objection to owning stock i one, thon in the other, and ownership of stock in the Union Pactfio Railgpsd on'bis leglalative action, iz, Paitermon wet info long explanations solative had'no {nfluence fo Bia lettor o Ames, a8 he later's ovidonce, ~ and then ' rehearsod, _ seriatim, sl tho iroumatances of matters bitvioow hird 30 Amos, shoing that he (Paerson) was lod ntg oppaTant grave ‘underatanding from Amea' conversations, loiters, efc., relatiro to the circum. stances, that' Ba wwas mot 'the awner of any Gredit Mobilier stock. e made his® statement with that frankness which should characterize stch communica- tlona, 3¢ ho 148 beon misjudged in belloving that hia awnership of siock is compatiblo with the oxerciso of bis legislatiyo obligations, he will bow to tho dofor- mination of the Committee, while, holding his own opinions to the contrary, 5 Rocoss. - ‘The Committes reassemblod at half-past 2 ’clSck. BENATOR IATLAN waa rocalled, snd, in answer to questions of Sonstor Stevenson, eald be had not found tho dates of the cliockn roceivod from DUFanS ; had LEVer boou cupita of tho chooks o tho atub sinod they were given away ; T d.‘f'l‘ 3 wn find 'a conyoreation with Durant chicoks, and aaked him Jf any chea n by him, or paid out of the funds of the Unidn Paciflo Ratlroad Compsny, to aid in the electionof witnosa in Tows, and 1o repled in the negative. -« 2r, Btevonson—I have boon notinad: that stube wero shown to you in s C ttes-room,in {lie Capitol,befora thess proceedings wore introduced, I would 'profer ot would expmaine yoilr papors, as Jou 83y you Totain Preas copled, n order that you:-msy refiesh your ‘memory, Tho witneas ropliod he woud sxarilne the papers and ho could probably fix tho date, Hohad 1o recols Tection of Linving boon shown tho stubs, or caples of chiocks, in tha Capitol..- The witness wanted to know If fhiore wero any witnosses sgoinst him; if 80, Lo had the right to haar the teatimony beforo Xeplying, - ‘Senator Stevenson ssld he had been informed by a gontloman that tho fact could be proven that the Biube, or coplea of tho checks, wera shown {o Harlan {o a'Commitéee-room in thaOapitol, Ho (Btavenson) 1 mot any it was xo, but had boon 80 told, and deaire {0 ssk Horlan about It . . M, Btockion eaid he had been ifformed that the $10, 000 ws not uso dfor eloction purposes, and ho therofors desirod to sak Harlan 1f ho recelved tho monoy him- velf, and i no, what he did with it, Hobhad beon Intormed_that tho monsy, wat ives Harlsn for an- other purpose, and mot for slection purposes. Ho did not ssy it was true, nud, therefore, asked the question, Mr, Harlan ralsed the queation nato tho suthority of the Commilieo to goluto all these sub- Jocta, Tt'was for tho Commities to investigata the chargo of Credlt Moblller corruption, and not all theso outalde queations, ‘Senator Btovonson—Ihave seen charges publishod in a leading Ropublican papor, the Clnclnnatt Gazette, charging that thia_money waa given to influence tho nction of Senator Harlan while ~Secrelzry of the In- rlor. Senator Stockton eafd Durant had stated that this aid n tho eleation of Harlan, as po Tho witness now raiscs the pola, that i will mottalthi truth iout It wntil ke inda aut what wo expect to- prove. Tho question ho Qestred to aak tho witness now, 15 1 What disposiiion o made of that money? If Senator Havlan desires or prfers fo postpane auswering this quelion untl anothor tmo, I have no objoction, It s not a matter of curfosity on my part, This thing' hna been ‘made publio in tho nowspapers, and 1 feel it my. duty, 28 8.miember of {he Commitioe, to sak the question. Harisn sald ho understood the Beuator from Ken- tucky (Btovenson) to say ihat Lie had additional fn. formation in regard to the cheoks, and he thought he had a right to that information ‘before being called upo to festify, ) orrill said the membors of the Gommitteo need not givo th witasanos tholr Tossans for saking uestions, vory Sonator on tho Comumittee Liad s right o ask any auostions b desized, without glving aoy rosaons to tho a8, ; Stackion askod the witness sgain 3f e got tho maney from those two chocks, - ko ‘AT got thb monoy fof one, T remomber dlatinotly, and T suppose I got that for the otlier slao. Thoy wore ‘both under my contro], however, o~ . Q.~Who got the money ? —I indorsod it, and gave it to a friend to get the money, Whether be gave money to me or handed it %o gomo friend I don't remember. Q.—What {a thename of the friond to whom you ‘handod the check? S larian~—T 4o not waat to briofs 12 the macnes of othors, : . fee Slockton repested the questlon, : Harlan—Well, I will moko inquiry of the Chulrman Af it {8 necossary that I shall answer that question, Tho Commitleo-room was clearod, sud, after a cons foronce of about Aiftcen minutes smong fhe membors, the door was reopened, and Morrill, the Chatrman, announced that the Committee was of 'the opinion tha any question askod as fo the distribution of money re- ceived was pertinont, Tho question was then asked, # What was the namo of the friend 7" A,~Qarlton. Q.—Do I understafd that you banded him the chock 7 . A~Yes, eir, ~Yoa, sir, —What was dono with the mnnn‘y afterward ? It was undor my control, but I sm not dlstinct whether Oatlton handed the money {o me or a friend, Q.~Do you rocollect in what atat the money was ? * A—It was in aurzency, Qfi-Yon have no recollection sy ito what Oarlton did with 167 A.—Tt was used to detray. tho exponsea of tho ciec- Hop {n Tow, I Lave rjo doubt, .It yras spplled as funds are usually applied in such cases, Q.—owarda your elaction ss Sanator 1 A—Woll, yes; towards tho elsofon of tho Legisla- ture, too, By Blavenson—Wiinesa did not yemember Oarlton's first namo, 1le was sgent or Becrolary of the Motho- Aist Book Concern in Now York Olty, and resided in Now Jersey; did not.know.vheru he could be found now. . Q.—DM you rocelva any othey funda from any agont, employo, oF oflicer of any Fallroad company 7 ANt that T know of. ol The witnesa then oxplained that Lis was In NewYork, ‘whera Lo recelvod tho chisck from Btowarl, and anke Curiton whoto & bauk was, Ho atked 10 1f I had any bauk buainess; I told Lim yos, I had s ghieck, e re- plied, ¢ Woll, our bank clerk will attof to it,"and I gave 't tohim, Witness did not remember tho namo of the bank, Oarlton Lad nothing to do with tho dise Aribution of tho money 1n Tows, Q:~Who hiad chiargo of {ho distribution u Towa? oA nusmbsr of frionds. X do not romember tho W, Q,—Can you give us the namen of same ? A1 whl iy to mako out & lak," 1f the Qommittoe desireat, \Wilam 11, Gorkbil) vasd oma of o frianis with him whon he got tho check, and the money m luvo beeu Landed {0 bim, Mo was notsure Wi it was andod to, Q.—Did 'you bring that money fo Washington with you from Now York, or dopoalt it fn Now York 7 e Meszon undor dale of | the | soveral Territorles bavo nn..mn(h contained uniform A.—Tant fiot oetain whotlir I bronght it hers or gavo 1t to a friond fu Now York, E . Q.—Namo any person, either nm or in Now Yorlk, ta_whom that 5,000 was distribtitod, i Harloit-1Vol T Toavo it o tho Ohatriiati if £ am' to angwor that, i Tho Chairman notified Marlan that ho myist auawor, iTarlan~Tt wiil roquiro adiie eflection, and porl #ome Goarel, for me to ascertaln thopames of a} tha Jcties who uned tho fund. Ono, I romember; was B, ol , Noble, Q~Who dld Noble got it from ? , A/=T don't romomboer whothor from me or some ono'glao; 5 1n' anawor to tho qiicstions of Scott, e witnosa tes- flod tiat ttio monoy was wsed (g paylng tho otpontes of rionds i the Sonnfgrial cloptiolr, S0 far as it do- pended on the withoss™ was sd used; M, Btovenson—Did yow, atfor May 1,1805; to Jan, ,3868, Toceivo any ollier ioney from duy Prostdonty Vice Presidof, Tm or nmplelu of any of tho thros ronds known s tho Facifio Roads? S A.—Not thiat I sm nwaro of, 80 {ar8a I can 0w 1o’ momber, Btovonnon sald ho had #omo othor ntian, but should potpono thom o ‘mald axamipation a8 to tho date of tho checks, * Wriglit—Soma portion of tho monoy waa used to do- fray exponscs already incurrod in the clootion : did Jiot tiink much of 4t wont 10to thohands of tho Ohatr- man 8 tho State Bxocutive Committeo ; ot any rato, & largo portion didnot: . ‘The Comumittes adjordned nntil to-morrows Pt i CALDWELL: . .- WaSTIIOTON, Fob. 14.—At he toquést &f Henataf Qaldwell, tho Senato Commiitoo deforred tho presenta~ tlon of thelx teport in Lix cato until his counaol shall soturn from Philadolphin, It f8 currently roported that Galdwell fotends to resignm, in tho ap) ension «| that thio Committoe's roport recommend his expul- ulan{ or, at losat; conlain vary sovora censure, amount- ing {o offoct to such 8 reoommendation. Tho belief that tho roport will Fecommarid &t Joaat sovere consure seoms to bo well fovindey i TN NEW YORK STOCK EXGHANGE, COLAATE'® STATEMENT. T Tty WASHINGTON, Fob, 14.~COharles G, Col -M}'H:u d charge of tho tax and olaim businees of the New York Block. Exchange, testified before the Committes on Ways and Moans, {0-doy, concorning tho passago by Congroas of an amendment modifying the rule reqdic- ing, tho mnun{)finmplu;od in carrying; stocks, gold, bonds, ctc,, to bo rated, and oy tox ne capital at.tho Tate of ono-twonty:fotirth of 1 per cont per month. Home poragns, ho eaid; put in claims for servicea ren- derod tho Slock Lxchange for socuring tho pasaago of this amondment, * adding that 'no mnionoy was 1id to any ‘person conneoted with tls Intermal: Roveuus. - Dopariuent 02-Cougress, 2. aven binlod at,oxcept in one caso, when Goorgo W, Baasalt, Clork of the Ways and Means Committes, offored hissorvices for $250 por month for tlio acason, and a contingency 0f $5,000 1n casa the amondmont roforred to becamo a Iaw. ' This proposition was doclined by tho Btook Ex< Eh:mild, and Basselt was never paid, although he (Col« ate) bolloved the Exchange racolvod s great benefit )y reason of having the proper roprosentative at Washington, The Lxchange,oss body, nover have oen called on for a dollar il relatlon to the amond- ment, _Other witnesses aro summoned for lo-morrow. ‘The witness sald when he camo here ho_ bLrought a lofter of introduction to General Ketchum, of the House, which_he presented, and asked for o.copy of Duell's DI, Ketchum eald he know nothing about it ; that it would naturally be referrod o the Committes of Waya an eans, anc nt ho could gontloman who know all about introduica him to s ; it. Ho introducod him to Ir, Dassett that morning, Daasott sald tomo_that Ketchum bad told him that ho could {ak freoly with mo, and Bastclt thon made the BEonosiiion already atated, \itnoss aleo satd tht tho tock Exchange recelved a lstter from Judgo Shorman, of Ohio, enclosing & bill for $10,000, This amount was clatmed on the ground that bie liad provared an argument for Colgato, and hod used his influeace witl Dis brother, Scnsfor Shorman. and Goneral Garlold, g ——— 5 THE MORMONS. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON TIX MORMON PRORLELS, WASHINGTON, Fob, 14.—The Presidant sont the fol lowing mosssge to Gopgreec fo-lay : =~ " Exrourive MaNetow, Fob, 14, To the Seitate and House of Representatives : T consider it my duty to call_ the sttenti o3 1o {ho condition of aifairs in thoTersitory of tah, and to {ho dangers likely to sriso, if it continues durizlg the coming recces, from o confllct between the Federal and Territorial authorities, No discus. 6lon la uocessary In rogard to the gemeral policy of Gongrass rospocting tho Torcitorios of the nitod States, and I only wish now to refor to somuch of that polley as concerns thoir judicial affairs, and tho onforcement of the laws within thetr borders, No ‘matorial differences ars found in res of tho Torritories, but an ex- hov it has beon {hia invariable nc tors in the organlo a Sty oF Gongeuas 1o lace. AmdX 1 civll and olicy ot Gon o_place and keop the an D oo, WA o LRIt oxceptione: in tho hands of persons nominated by tho President, snd confirmed by the Senate, and that the gonersl ads ministration of justica shonld be ns prescribed liy _Congrossional ensctmont. Bometimes the power given to_the Territorisl Logislature has been somowhat Inrgor,snd somotimos somewhat smaller, than the power gonorally conferred, Nover, however, have powers been iven {0 & Territorial Legislature inconsistent with tho dea that the general judicaturs of the Territory was to ‘bounder the direct supervision of the Natlonal Govern- mont, Accordingly, tho organio law creating tho Ter- rilory of Utah, pasecd Sopt. 9, 1830, provided for tho appointment of & Bupreme Colrt, the Judges of which a7o Judges of Lho District Courls, & Clork, & Marabal, and an Attornoy, and to these Federal ofiicors {a con- fided tho jurisdiction in all importsnt matters; but, | 84 decided recently by the Buprame Court, the sot ros Qi the jurors {o sorve in these Courts to be scloctod (0 sixch a mannor s the Torritoria] Logialatura sees fit to prescribe, It has undoubtediy beon tho de- siro of Congress, a0 for aa the same might be compati- ble withs the supervisory control of the Federal Govern- ment, to leave the minor dotalls connected with the administration of law to latlon by Iocal anthority, but such & deairo ought not to govorn when the offect 1 bo, owing toflio peouliar elrcumstances of tho caso, to produce s conflict botween the Foderal and Torritorial authorities,or to impede the enforoement of 1aw, or in any way to endanger tho posce and good or- der'of the country, Evidently it was nover intonded to intrust the Torritoris) Legisiature with power which ‘would enable it, by creating judicatures of its own, or increasing tho jurjsdiction of Courts appointed by Territordal autliority, altnough recognized by Congress, to take tho administration of tho law out of tho hands of tho Judgos appolnted by tho Preaident, or o inter- fere with their action, Beveral yesrs of unhappy ox- yperlance make it apparent that, in bot &pocts, the Territory of Utah requires spocis! legisla- jon by Congress, Publio opinion in_that Torzlary, roduced by clrcumstances too notorious to require urther notice, wakes it necessary, in my opinion, in order fo proveut the miscarrisge of ‘]\uflu, and to maintain the _supromacy of the laws of tho United Blates and of the Federal Government, to provida that the solootion of grand and ‘petit jurars for the District Courts, if not Put under ‘confrol of the ‘Foderal officers, shll bo placed in the hands of persona entirely independent of those whoure detormlned not to enforce any act of Cougress obnoxious to them; and also to pass soma act which shall deprive tho Probate Courts or any Court created by the Territorinl Logislature of any suwerta interfere with or jmpede tho action of tho jourts beld by the United Btates Judges, Ism con- vincod that, #o long as Congress leaves the selection of urora totholocal authoritics, 1t wilt be futlle to piako any efficrt to enforce lawa not acceptabls to a wmajority of the peoplo of the Territory, or which In- terfores with local prefudices, if they provide for tho punishment of polygamy,.or any of its afliated vices orcrimes, I prosume that Congross in passing upon this subject will provido all ressopabla snd safeguards to sccure honest and compotent ‘whoee verdicts will command confdence, an: gusrantoo of oqual protection to sll good and law- Soidiog citfzeus, and, st tho somo fimey make 1 wn- leratol 0d that punity, roper jurors, be o orlme tannot be commilted with im. 1 iavo befaro sald whilo tho luws creating tho provisious in rospect of {he judiclary, yet Congress hes oocasfonally varled thosa' pro. vislons_in minor details, a8 "the _ciroumstances or tho Torritory affected scemed to demand, aud In creating the Territory of Utah, Oongress ovident thouglt that circumstasices ther might Toquio Judl- clal ramodios nob nccossary in_other Terrilorics, for, in Sectlon 0 of the nct croating that Territory, it ia' pro- vidod that u writ of error moy be broughit' from the declsion of any Judgo of tho Bupromo or District Courts af the Torritory to the Bupremo Gourt of tho Unitod tates, upona Writ of hadeas corpus, involving tho question of personal freodom,—a _pro- interted in any ofher 'Torrilorisl Vllllml e b that Hy the T acl excepl 1af creatin, 10 ‘erritory of New . Moxco, This extracrdigary provision shows that Congress intended to mohld the orgsnio law to the peouliar neceasitios of the Territory, and tho Iogislation which 16 now recommendod fs1a full bormony with the_procodnt thuy established, Ism advisod that the Unitod Blates Courta in Ulah have ‘boen nltlflumhlmnbd by the action of the Terrl- torlal Loglelature, in conforring oriminal jurisiiotion aud tho powor Lo fesuo writs of Aabeas corpiie_on tlie FProbato Courts in the Torritory, and by thelr conso- uent interforence with the administration of justice, anifestly, tho Leglslatura of the Torritory cannot givo suy. Court whalaver tho paver to it chargo by habeas corpus porsons held by or undor process from "the Courta created by Cougress, bul compladut Is modo that persons &0 Lold have been dlacharged in that woy by the Pro- bato Courta, I cauot doubt that Congrass will agreo with mo that such s stato of things ought not longer to be tolorated, and that no class of persons l:f\vhcru ehould boallowed to trent the Inwa of the Unitod Blates with opendefiance and contermpt, _Approhonsions are entorfaiued thal, it Congross wdours without any action upon_ thid subject, turbulence and disordor wi follow, rondering militury intorferonce nucessary, 8 mulfiluaumqrnn:{du rocate. In viow of this, pid athior obvlous consideratlons, I earacetly recommend that Congrees, at tho present ‘seasion, pass Sowme uch which will ofablo_ tlio Dstriot Gourls of Utal fo pro- ceed with Indopendence and efticionoy in the admins- testion of law and fustico. (6iguod,) U, 8. Gaan, Prosldent CONQRESSIONAL. BENATE, CONORATULATING BPATN, Mr. EDMUNDS offered o rosolution congratulating the pooplo of Spain upon tho pesceablo establishriol of a opublican form of government there, and di- recting tho Preaident to communicats lo tho Spanish Goverament a copy of the resolullous, Laid over, and ordored printed, INTEANATIONAL BTATISTIOS, Br, FENTON iutroduced & bill, suthorizing the aribun NI SO, | 1,30 £,008 ¢ © NUMBER 180. e Xinsraz Eresident lo Invite the Intornational Batfs ' Gone ‘gross to Hold the noxt scesion in the Ulted € 1, RELIEY DILLS, Lt Br, ORAGIN introduced threo bills for the reliof -of Beour & Uo,y of Perino, Becor & Uo,, and of Zenv Hocor, INAUGUBATIONX DAY, _Mr, HARLAN fatroducod a bill to doclare ¢ Inaugu- ¥ation Day ¥ a logal holiday, S TOBAGCO, 3fr, BHERMAN, ffom tho Committeo on Financo, yoported ndversely on tlia Houso bill amonding tho Ins tortial Rovenue Inw, ao aé t allow producers of tobac« ©0 to soll $100 worth of tobaceo aninually to conaumerd 8t tha placo of preductlon, ) ‘Mr, ANTIIONY offorod & resolut{on desfrood o ex- dite businces, romavidng that unless some stick reso- fitlon bo adopted, bn oxtra sossion will be refuired to, ags the bllls nuwufiy 10 ea o1 the Government, Trllg resolution wan iad over, Br, ANTHONY seyiog Ho would eal it wp to-morrow. ¢ V10K PRESIDENT sppointod as o Comuities n the psrt of tho Bonate to mako iho Docossary Foparatlons, foe the iuatguration, Mesars, Gragin, a1, a0 Bayerd, d Hou to Toviso, consolidate, and amond the Inwa rolaticyl o' pontons, was amondod In sovoral par- tioulare, snd passad, Orle of the amondments limils the compensation -of agonts and sttomnoys smployed Dy the applicanta for pensions. < SIIE NAVAL, APPROPRAATION DILL came up a8 unfnislied business, ALADAMA, Mr, BIGE moved 0 postpono it for the purpose of tuking up his rosolutfon, dircoting tho Commmities o Erivilbgos snd Elootions to Inquiro whettor thore ia 1egnl State Govornmont existing in Arkansas, but thio motion was lost, C " wAvay orrioEms, fr, GRAGIN offersd 68 amendment fo the Naval Appropristion bill; providing that oMcers, when pro- ‘moted, shall nat draw thelr pay unitil they'sra spectal- Iy aulEum by the Prestdént {0 All Yacancles, and B b et e b W, the promotions ahall u K o u::é phich thoy belong I8 ordered for examination, o, . . EDMUNDS offerod on ameondment autliorizing ttio Bipromo Court to allow amendments, either in form o it subatance, in Appeals in priza_cares, wherd 1t appears that notico to appeal was filed with the Qlerk ot tho Court bolow within thirty days aftor the render- fug of ths deolsfon, Agreod to, 2 . .EDMUNDS offorcd an smendmont, providing thst no monsy ropisted by this mct shall bs ex- ponted on o ngvun:]lim'ng)ll ‘engines cona joted for during tho war, - Agreo (s, QRAGLY offercd asl amandm fncressing the pay of Totired naval officers from 50:{0 75 per cent of iho pay to which thelr rankor gradawas entitled, wher {hey. wers retired, and providing that no ofiicer on the e T it ahatl bd amyloged o setive duty, sxooph i ‘war tme, . o On this smendment thers was somo dobate, in the courss of which Mr, SHERMAN ntated that we have mors khmrlhm tbhx:lmf u:;nun naval officers s :are nocessary for tho cxlating navy,- # Mr. &OAN sistod thBl(, a short tima sgo, wo had "one commissionod officer to overy four mes in the nayy, T amendment was losts : & . SPRAGUE stibinittod conforence report on the Fortiieation Approptiation billy which was conourred o, UTATL. A message was recelvod fron the President; calling tho nttention of Qongreas (o tha dauger of confilct be« toen thie Federal authorilios snd Terrlorial dathori: o8 fu Utali, Tho Senafo went into Exooutivo sesslon, snd soor afior Adjourned, HOUBE, T1{% CONGRATULATORY HZSOLUTION, 3r. WOOD askod leave to offer his resolution of yes- terdoy with reforence fo tho Spaufsh Tlepublic, Mr. Willard objeoted, uitless it was reférred to thio Qome mittes on Forelgn Affairs, The resolution waa not en« tortained, E SUNDLY APPIOPRIATIONS, “The Houss, in Gommittes of the Whale, took up tho sandry Appropriation bill, which sppropriates 059,820, tho considoration of which was intevrupted; at 2 o'clock, by the bill for tho to tho specil order of the day. coming up 88 the special order of the day. TPomiing. disoussiony, Mr. NIATACK Fade a conter- ence report on the Fortification Appropristion bill, ‘which was agreod to. Mz, AN, also prosonted the conforonce fegort on tho Consular and Diplomatic Appropristion bill; whish yan sgread o] - Mr, BUTLER (Mias), viio roporled the Gonors Award bill from {ho Judiclary Gommiltee, opened tho Qiscusslon upon i, oxplaining tho objoct of the bill, The firat queation tb bo dstermined, he suld, was tho ueation 3 b tho ovmeraulp of the '$16,800,10, whion tho Dritish Govornmont bad sgreod to g-yu\naem. nity for the Alsbama depredations, S0 far as tho Judiciary Committeo was oonoerncd, It had dotor. mined that the money was éhe propucky of the Unitod Btates Gavernment, fres from trusts, clajms, or conditions, If -that was tha correot dofermination, thon_ thore remained ta tho Goverament to provids only for such oquitablo distribution of should seem to Gongross to be accordin ciple of natural equity. and.Justloss. Trould digpose of o grest nusiber of Ca cam up, on und that the Government had this money in trust. The Government oould not bo mado trustoe sgainst te will, and it had slated oxprosely {n ita inatructlont to the agentaat Gonova that t shonld ot be mada {rustoo forany of thismoney, Nobody claim. \owever, sxcept the {nsuranc compantes, Thess demandod that tholr claims should bo frat paid and, belog s body of great waith And power, they b ‘Drotight before the Judiclary Committes two or more ablo ond sloquent coundel, who msde arguments and aubmifted brisfs. Tho same srgument had boen sub~ mitted to tho Bonais, and that clatm had boen met by vote of two-thirds sgainst it, for the reason that the Insurance companies entered’ into business of insur- ing na o matter of profit. They took no risk but upon tha theory, which aa ruls was the fact, thet the pre- miums would equal tho sisk. They had received (n er promiums much more {han all they had piid out. ANl 'thot they claimod o have pald out was a Tittle ovor $4,000,000, and they had recsived in war promiums over six millions, 8o that the {nsurance Companiea had made a cloan proflt of two millions out of tho war risk doponding on Alabsma depredations, thorofore It did not Boem just that the {nsussnce com- ponies should be paid. “They wers the ouly peapla Who went_into the war s s business. It scemed oquitable, howevor, and the bill provided, that where insurance compantos made an actual losa on tho bual. fhoy " should be, petd ‘g0 rata out Whatevér balanco might - or poy. i) clatma; first, of citfzons whose property had beed destioyed by tho crulser; second, of ofiicors and crews who fost tRolr Wagos, etc.: third, of owners, etc. whoss surance wee'less than their loss, etd. Ths insurauce companes olalmed that they wore subrogated to tho right of thie insured, That was trus as s prinolple of Iaw, but such subrogation waa_that, when anything vins savod out of the wreck, the underwriters, after paylng _the co, woro entitled to’ what as saved, Tho difioulty lere was, how- ever, that thero was mothi which tho nesured had suy right, Nocitizen of tho United Btatos had any right- against the British Government for any of thoscts dono, and thua tho insurance Com- ‘Dpnlos wors subrogated’ to the rights of men, who Liad 1o rights, The ship had gono to the bottom, and the anly ibing that, remalned above the ocetn mas the right of the natlon to clsim that Great Britain should ke good {ta natlonal qbligations, or should answer for tho consequences, 1t th United States Govern- ment nd gono {0 war with Groat Britaln, Instoad of taking money in_settlement of the _claims, bow many of the insurance companios, o asked, would claim to Bave been aubrogated to the Hghts of ths Governmont? Tlioy would bo in the condition of the Irlshman, who found himself an {nformer tho penally waa' ffty lashos, ond the informer was entitled fo one half. Io thén procooded to answer tho various technical and ueations as o tho dotalls of the measure, In Toply ton quostion by Mr, PETERS, he expressed the Boliie that tha smount to be pald under the bill would not oxoced £14,000,000 in ourrancy, principal and in- roat, Mr. PETERS offered an amendment making the intorest payabls, not from tho date of the Geneva sward, sa provided $n the bill, but from the data of loss, M, POLAND offered a substituts Tor the whola bill, v, POTTER said ho at firat thought the Inaurance companics wore not entltled to receivo anything under tho awazd, bus subspquent roflect{on brought him to the opposite conclusion, o offered an amendment to carry out his views, 3 Mr, MONROE offered an smendment extending the operstion of the DIll to the dameges done by the Bhenandosh bofors her arrival at Melbourse, Mr, EAMES offered an smendment extending its operation {o the damages done by all crulsers or ves~ sols beating the Confoderate fag. ‘Thie previous question was then seconded. Tho voto on the bill will bo taken to-morrow, Adjouraed, THE PACIFIC COAST. Soveral of Captain Jack’s Band Ine dicted for Murder~Court Docisions =eForgerics, Sax Franouco, Fob, U—To-dsy the st Jaciaonvily, Oregos, fnaleted 8 ley, % Hocker Jim," * Ono-Eyed B Humphrey.” *Litfle Jim Dostos “ Davo," belonging to Gaptatu Jac for mucder 1n tho Srut degros. M . Drotherion and son, survivors of the Drotherton family, swore poste tivoly that thess Imllans wore in the 'band which masaacred (he settlors on Lost Niver laay Dopomber, It beliovod tho Sheriff will not try to make any ar< ¥oats £il} the result of the Pesce Comniaaion fs known, “The Bupremo Ooust of California, in the caso of L, E. Orane vs. iatbor Oommlmionor arke to-dsy, xo- Veraod the doolsion of the Ninoteenth District dourt, of {bis oity, which, it Leld, had no $uriadiction to {ry the causo 'In qudiion. ' The Harbor Commiselon frauds will bo trled on the merits of the cato, "Tho Peopls va, Bouthwell, test caso {o try thio of tho drawing of tho last Grand of this TThe Bupremo Court atao held that { Iy drawn, _'Tho result of this decial tho Harbor Gommiuaioner, xnd » number of othes pu sons acouselt of crime, have to be prescated before & pow Grand Jury, - ey Boveral lold forgorlea of checks, purporting to bayo been drawn on the 'United Blates Assiatant Tressurer by disbursing afficors of Arizona wero discovored by M. elton, -Noae ware paid, Thoy smount to several thousand dollars, It {s thought tho portios gulltyof the forgerioa aroin tbis city, The matter fu in the hands of the dotectives, “Partioa iu this city complain of tho slovness of the transpostation of frelght on tho ¥ailroad from tho money as to the prine @rand Jury Facod Chare #0ld Doctor d of Rlodocs, York, Goodn shippod on tha 17tk of January last from {bt city bavonotyet arrived, - v o - Antong tho indictmonts overturned by the decfsion of the Hupremo Court iu tha Houthwell caso, thers aro thoag aguinet Black and Arnold for the Arizona aiamond frauds, , M, Loe, otfornoy, convicted of the orimo of em- bracory in the Brothicrlon forgorys oasc, sas sentenced by the’ Munieipel Coutt tirly avoniog o pay fAndor $1,000, or to bo imprisoned in tho County Jall for one year,' i “ WALL STREET. Xoviow of the Money, Hond, Gold, Stoclc, and Produce Markots, * Special Despateh to The Chicao Tribune, New Yonr, Fob, 14,—Monoy conlinues siringenty ranging from 7 to 1-02, closing at 7 gold, Prirae mer- contilo papor fs hold o¢ 8 to 10, with Sow nales below 10, aud mony as high as 12, . BTOOKH, * $ The atock market wan quict, though firm, and closes * gonorally higher, Lako' Shoro loaned Sat to-dsy, which, in conneetion with the fact that there is » large short intoroat In it, loads somo operators to supposs ik is bound to rise. Tho struggle for the control of the Union Pacifie will soon commence, ‘as the eleot{on takes placo on tho Sth proximo, The Hon, H} F. Olark will bo o candidsio for seieloction, it Gommodors Vanderbilt will probably throw his ine flucnca fnto tho scalo agatnst him, Tho rumors from Vnalington, abant thie. atock contino strongly ue avorablo. It in roported a resolution lisg bean introducod into the Tegislature to inquira of Erfo Compuny how much was lsburaod for * legislafivo purposca® lst winter. Tbis ia to bo followed by un fuveatigation into tho doings of the Pacifio Mail Company, 0 GoLn . wos_more activo, and highor, ranging from 11& 0 Alsg. Tho imports Of ~dey - goods for tha weok ending to-dsy amounted to $3,005,845, aud® o mmonnt = markeled fo §3,105,857. ‘ha totalimporfa'to bo ofiiclally reported to-morrow sill o Aot §13,500,000, exceoding by £250,000 thoso of any sweok thin year, ' It {8 rumored that the gold clique ars quartolilg, having spparently fajled in thoir plan to Jock up 8vo millions of com, Korelgn oxchango is ‘sl woak and declining. TONDS, Governments wero dull aud steady, The now 88 are ‘off in London, and tho cable reports o very steady ‘markot there, showing no disturbance on account of Bponish affatrs; P w p PRODUCE, “Flour~/The arrivals sre larger, and the expori sud Iocal demand moderate.. Wheat ia firm, dull, Bhippera cannot Al ordors for lack of freight room. Tho milers buying spaciogly. Pork vus dull st 81455 for now mots, cash; 50 brla oxtza primo sold ot 411,80, Incut meats; » modcrato business was dono salted shouldors at an advance, 250 boxes sclling o Bio for February, Dry salted hams are very frm 400 plckiod ahouiders aold at 830, Tacon firm, with salen of 500 boxes at 7 1106 for long cleaTon. Bpot, sn Ti¢o for snast clear for Anpil; Tio asked for ahor cfosr on the apot, Lard wis~ higlicr and fairly sative with sales of 850 tcs Weatorn o B0 0n tho spot an for Fobruary, and 830 for Mareh. p N FIRES. et Destruction of Property in Varions ew Youx, Feb, 14.—A Baltimore despstch says o, oataneive fotort and fre-brick. feolory of Qeorgo O, Hicke, -% {.ong&; Polnt, was burned last evening, The loss Is $70,000. NIWBYOII Fob, 34,—A fire broke out this morning in {ho Now Havo & Tarlem Tallroad {relghtt deot, damaging tho property of the Company $30,000; Jue- r's machinery manufnctory, about $20,000; Thomas onea* glans factory, also 820, voral othiers Tost it srmilt arauntd, fn all rodching $100,000. 81, Louts, Mo,, Feb, 14.—Tle wooden-ware factory of Wm, Brown, in the sauthern part of this clt", was alrost Wwholly.destroyed by fira botweon 1 and 2 o'clock {ls morning. Tl loss o oaimated at from 355,000 to atiranco not ascortained, mr. I!muu, Fob. 14,—The loss by the burning of Braw & Co.s woodonware factory, this morniny , w0 now atated nt $30,000, Insured in the North Bri tisly § Nesoaul, iy, Spnon, Clnany Biie? Honie, Now Xon 4 “Phamfx, Now York, £,000 Bt. Léfll;‘lhtmn. d:loggfl ; Bt.J0s Tire and Marine, 000; Merchanis, A g 3 s eiat Deapatoi o The Chitéago Tribune, Rzoxvs; Tows, Feb, 14.—At an carly bour this morning & fire brokaout in tho disnccting-room of {4 Uologo of Fhgalcans, ond EOOR et It was only . 10 P 9 forts on the plyfl_ of the firemen. that the ullglngwni savoa from totul destructiou, fire and wator ste cstimated a¢ 3,000, fol insurance,’ AMany valusble epe¢imens {1 Musenm wero damsgod or destrosed, tle firo fa_unknown, The faculty torfere with tlio spring courdo of | ~oonTHTerices {1 Vil by the Cuflu: octures, W] ot ownod by William Morse, was Diged thie -morni Loss, $10,000 ; insurante, 897,000, - THE WEATHER Onaaao, ¥eb, 14.—Tho Signal Bervico roports below zero ; 4 below at Montreal ; 1 below ab ton; 1’ above at Toronto ; zero at Burli 4 sboveat Portland ; 13 above at Boston | . Now:York ; 22 above'at Washington .u‘o :’B » Onarsaton } 45 nbove at Jacksonvijls <l At Covinge, e e m"""é"fi:ffa. abovo s ot Duluih and’ y i #ai Marqiictte, 7 above; at Alpen: Bt BAU, B 8bOYE o koe, 1D above; at. Obicao, a 4¢ Grand Haven, 11 above; at Dotroit, 26 at. Bullalo, 17 ubove ;. at Rocestor, 10 sbave s "Louls, 28 sbove ; at owphin 54 Bt New O 3 at Mobile, 80; at Loulbville, 28; at Oincins natti, 03, Buowing at’ Oheyenne, Dillwaukee, mnd Grand Havon. - WAR DEPANTMENT, OFFIOE OF THE OHIZF SIGNAL, Orr10Es, DIvisio OF TELEGTANS AND REFOBTS YOR v Fob, 14,—Probabiiitica; ¥or New England, on Satur- day; southerly winds snd rlsing temperaturs, _For the :‘né\n- aud South Atlutls Staten, allog Baromelers oudy snd pa oudy westlier, The Loujslana w‘fl?oxluynd to tho Alleghanies as rain,and 10 tho Jake region oa anow by Saturdsy njght, Essterly 'En‘im'i&.%ywmd; Tl rain continiie in the Gul? tates, New Yo Feb, 14.—The groat snow-storm of Wodnesda: n{l‘lghl and {fuh:rdny Las blocked up the atreots I this Gity and iho railzosds in this vicinity. Yo i tho second great anow-fall of tho season, Tho snow on the lovel is about 8 foot deop. UTAH. All Olenr on the Pnclfic Rond—Nor« mon Disgust at Going to Arizona— Tho Snints Iopeful-Silver Ships meonts. i BAvr Laxe, Feb, 14,—The snow-storms of the fow days on. the Wasatchi Division of the Union Pacifio Ratlrond were continuous and of great soverity, but the big enow-plows drive through overything, and not s single passenger or freight traln has been delayed, The usual report to-night is, all trains are on e, The passengers are enthusiastio in thelr pratsoof the road and its management, Quito s large pumber of Bainta are leaving for the new soltlemont in Arizona, Bome of high worldly des {gree regard their call with fll-concenled dissatisfaction, and are half inelined to rebel, Thore is conslderable remonstrance, but the Church orders aroim and terable, affairs at Washington sro still ealng publio stiention, Tho Mormons profess ihe utmoat confidence §n dwlulln% the efforts of the Adminfstration, not at prosent, but in the fu. ture, The church organs 1gnore, a far aa poxsible, the lygamy question, P equto Hoopcr' ffort {s thought, even smong the Mormons, to ba very wosk, ‘Apostio’Ctnnon 18 moey depended upon, Brigham makes isdue through bim slone. : A axtraordinary amount of ailvor bulllon was T« celvod to-day from Ploche, in travsit Easte s beiins e | _LOUISIANA, Governor McEnery Kssucs o Warning Proclamuation Agninst Certain Uns nuthorized 'fax Colloctors, New Ongzowg Tob, 14,—Govornor McEnery, to- ey, lasued the following : '%'Information hus reached me that certain peraons protending to bo Tex Gollectors in (ho ity of New Orloans and in parishos of tho Slate, but Liaviog no leas) suthority therefor, nro lssuing clroulsrs and noe ticon to tax-payers to_como forwsrd within & certain time to pay tliolr taxea and llcnse, threatening cor- {ain ponaltles prescribod by Jaw_sgalnst rartioa falling to comply with such notics, = Now, I, Join MoEzery, fssne. this, my proclamation, warning wl tom Heanke payors_siot to oboy or regard stch notice or domangs, but to rofuso and vosist the same t0 recoguize #s the only lawful porsons charged witly {ho coliction and enforcemout of {axes tsoss who hold over as Tux Colloctors under the Governtient of the I Blato sa oxtating on the 4ib of Novomber, 1870, and {1100 who Liave beon appointed and comrmisslond by fho mdoraignsd. Full protection will bo guiarant B mmant (0 all clfizens of tho Slato sganst {8 paaslties or violouos which miey bo atigmplod by 0 snny sok to euforco tliol D o scorotsd thelr usurped powors and st 1 tho premdises,” e g Ratirond Acoldents, | Special Deapatol to The Chicage Tribune, unwgfwu, Feb, 14,—John Trofrether was killed Hiero this morning fn_tho raiiroad yaria by catching his boot In frog, ashe was Funalug'along tho track, from which he could not exiricate bimself, The cats passod over bis body, e was Lorriuly manglod, QrvomNaTs, 0., %b, 14,—A passengor frain on the Iudianapolis, 'Olicionati & Lafoyote Ralload, golng sty Tk nigut, e off the track mosr Olovd, Oble, 'he'Pullman_sleoper was overturned. 2 whoulor-biada hrokan, aud sl wero brulsed, Wt nono serlounly injured, and ac! thority thi . coldest fveather this morning at Quebsc, 11 dfifi;," 3 54 Pincos Keaterdnys el . 1= ‘Tho 01 - syl wm”x’.?z:}:s. v oxs, N. ¥, Fob, 1.-~Tho Erie kmfig mil, YWar Departmant Prognostichtfons. ; | Tur BENZFIT oF COMMERNOE, WASHINGION, D, O, . .