Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1873, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDA 3 FEBRUARY 27, 1873. e TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. xEME OF SUBECRIPTIOR (PAYABLE 1Y ADVAXGE). - -00 | Sundar. 2.50 aily, bpadl...- ST2-00 [ Sonday -85:30 Parts of iho same rate. Toprovent delay and mistakes, bs surs and give Post Of5es sddress in full, tncluding Stato and County. “Remittancea may bo made either by draft, express, Post 0Bice order, or in registered letters, at our rsk. ‘TERMS TO CITY EUBSCRIRERS, vered, Sun 2 couts per wack.” Ly Golivered, Rindsy Sactoded: 3 conis bor week: Addross - THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison nd Deatborn-at., Chicago, I CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE—Washington Nows: Debato on the Ex- pulsion Resolutionin the House—Other Congres- slona) Matters—Advertisoments. BECOND PAGE—Ths Polica —The Law Courts—Prosocutions by tho Humsna Socisty—4. Chapter of Accidents — Suburban Notos—Mardi- Gras Festivitice. THIRD PAGE—Railrosd Matters: Farmor's Moeting at Eariville, NI.—Tbs City in Brief—The Ohicago Ex- position—Advertisements. - - FOURTE_PAGE—Editorials: Oskes Ames in Tears; Tho Lonisians Government; Pomeroy's Last—Our- nt News Items. m’& ‘PAGE—Tllinols Legllature—Japan Letter—Mar. Kets by Telegraph—Advertisaments. & BIXTH PAGE—Moustary and Commercial-Baflroa 0 Table. szvx’:vmi'n PAGE~Operatic: The Maretzek-Jarrett Squabblo—Rape and Burder—Kanses Desperadoos —Smell Advertisements; Roal Estate, For Bale, To Rent, Wanted, Boarding, Lodging, etc. UGHTH PAGE—Forelgn News—New York Matters— ‘State Legislatures—Miscollaneus Telcgrams. ek i TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, AVICKER'S THEATRE Madistn street, between’ Btate Lcm‘l Dearborn. Engagement of Edwin Booth. ** Fools Revenge." E ACADEMY OF MUSIC-Helsted street, sonth of Medison. ¢ Counterfeit.” . HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE—Randolph stroet, be- swoen Clark and LaSalls. ‘*False Shame.” MYERS' OPERA HOUSE-Monroo street, between State and Dearborn. Aslington, Cotton & Kemble's Minstrel and Burlesque Tronpe. Ethiopian Comicalities. GLOBE THEATRE—Desplaines atroet, betweon Madi- son and Washington. *‘Neck and Neck." TEOMAS CONCERTS—Afternoon, Michigan Avenus Baptist Church. Evening, Union Park Congregationsl Church. BUSINESS NOTICES. 'UGH SKIN MADE SMOOTH by TAR;OSUE' ‘manufactured by Czswel New Yor) '~ WHOL) KET, %lh'kEZAUO.. Bankers, 10 Wall- P. 0. Box 1635, New g YS»] INDIGESTION, DEPRESSION of Sruc'unl ‘:nd GE\;EI:;IA' Debility. the Ferro Phosplorated USING JUNIPER Hazrd, & Co., i Callss Bark (Calisaya Bark and Iron), is the Bt tomte. Mada by Ceimell, Tiazard & Go , Now Yorks 54 3014 by Druggists- 'S COD LIVER OIL_ AND LINE._THE am;'mum{.?x this safo and oficaclons preparation it " ributable to In the cure of Eicne att Iis Intrinsic worth. bron ‘Srhiooping ‘cough, o e e Mtor and o1l consampiive syrapiois, i had 3crofalons Susfor, Derior, it cxual. Letnoononegiect tho early sym B hater agontis g“"u,"x hand wfifg wsifi P ost, dungs or throat. ailoviate ail et fuage S throse, i tared only by A. 5. Wilbor B o an, "Botd by al Cragglata, TEIS SPLENDID BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE. hatrdyo is the bestin tbe world. The only irue and par- fect dyo. Harmless, rolisbls, and inttantaneot - intment ; no ridicalous tinta or unpleasant odor. 11} offects of bad dycs and washos. Producos im- modiawaly 5 s3pod black of natual brown, tad loares tho iz cloan, d Desutifal. The gonuine, signed W, B ot “Sald by all _drugeists. CHABLES BATCHELOR, Propriator, N. ¥. NSUMPTION CAN BE CURED_IT IS B e S hmitiod Pakt thg only medicines Giat will curo Uontumption, are Schienck's Palmonle Syrup, Sea- A e B out the liver and restore it to a healt condition, purge off the fonl alimo aud dfllnlleg haster tarforing with. thels Deoper RSimel ofany othor tning toat by £hd can bo taken with satety by all ko Seaneod Toalo gires thag lo o tiomach tod other , 2 good , aad assista to ige: £088, Sirenetbons tho gonaral ytiem, and the porton will in flesh. disoased matter In the i and "Thé Palmonic Syrap ripens the Jungs, a0d oxpola 1t by ezpestoration; heals sli sores cavities in the lungs, and thus are persons restored to Bealth who had been’ given up as incurable with Pulmo- nary Consumption. Ina few cases the modicine may not wacceed, not from any want of power in the modicines Bicmsolees, bat wolely on ‘acconnt of the Gmpradence of using the e 3158 great error with most people 1, that they do o1 ke proper cars of themusives, aad, by exposurto Gor dinpand cold atmosphure, aro cont adain, e thfng will do.them & iem any good. i 20 siat» hiove vary emphatically, thatil pecole wink to " {hey yIustavold exposure, damp, cold, or change- esiber, particolarly duriog 1h wiater ur earl P sast Dot taka cold, nd, {5 my extends geperienger Lbare fOBn0 1t etk erio vomaga bn & woll CombEied room o A hermometer, regulato he tamparairs st oF nend B o A ratio to tho "Tie tomparstara most gratefal and ‘buman eystom rAug! s, but it may be mad lower, to snit pect itfos. temper L O omtzart tus host of tho body (n abont e o Real ey &ama proportion {5 which it 1 2 v . d this f tem ture is oofaro tho et foBgeDial, for 1t Heither sabsusts the O eteat exbsbe, - MALLIN Ln ths oo ol vl caithenics will Do ample 4o give & g 50 heaithy cirealion of thoblood, sad saterially N sssist digestfon, o dist reqaires strict attentlos. A nutritious and 3 .a:fiddm “diot 15 necessary to sssist 13 making good Dy oma ac & kuowledge by experience, what ooy 430 what does not sgree with thom. 3ol sl anbatances (hat are heavy 6n the stomach, and seem to with it; uso or such articles as ©aco demonatraten are Tight and proper. Fally believe that, noxrly sil cansumpiives, who take mmfl{'flfifilm!fllfl"flu‘l' directions, and practice Tilictly tho above diet and regimen, will get well, as fhoustads iave bocn cured who haws taker' proper ‘cara ol e, iodmaed Bengackes Foimonlo Sy, Bow- o Fills, s de i J, B. SCHEXCEK, M. D. Schoncics Pulmonte Syap, Seswesd Tinlo, aad Mandrako Pills, Froveres N ooppnor ¢ soN, sad Areliate., Philsdalpala. alers. And Hé E;::;‘:,s 5‘5“‘@;. and dealers. The Ghitags Tiibume, Thursday Morning, February 27, 1873, Alexander H. Stephens has been elected mem- ber of Congress from Georgla. It will cost $10,000 to investigate Senator Pom-~ eroy's 87,000 bribe to York. The aggregate of appropriations by tho pres- ent Congress will be about $190,000,000. Both Housee of Congress approve the bill ac- cepting the exchange of the Bridewell lot belonging to Chiczgo for the site of the old Post-Office, which the city wishes to obtain for the Fublic Library. Ought the United Btates Government to build n first-class double-track railroad, from the At- lantio to the Mississippi or Missouri, for the purpose of eheapening freights and fares? The Senate has dirgeted the Committee on. Trans- portation to anawer this question. Members of the Legislature of South Carolina, and other citizens of that State, have signed a memorizl to the Benats charging Senator Pat- terson with bribery, and petitioning that he be refused his seat. The Benate has approved the bill passed by tho House, in accordance with the enggestions of the President's message, that immediate legislation is needed to falfill our obligations under the fighery clause of the Treaty of Wash- Sngton. Goyernor McEnery calls upon all the srms- bearing citizens of New Orleans, between the ages of 18 and 45 to enroll themselves at once on duty ¢8 miljtis-men, and continue as long as the present emergency in public affairs con- tinues. The fact thet Morrissey, the New York gara- tler and prize-fighter, when elected to Congress, wes admitted to his seat, no man daring to raise bi voice sgainst him, is cited in the debate on the Credit Mobilier Committes's report as s prec- wdent against the pover of Congress to ingmirs into misdeeds of members bofore their election. A very latgs meeting of farmers was held at Bloomington, yesterdsy, to consider the trans- portation question. Speeches” were made, and resolutions sdopted, denouncing the monopoly policy of $he rairoads. The decision of the Supreme Court in the Alton case was said o hevo been made in time for the Legislature to change the law so that the companies could be- constitutionally restrained. The resolution proposed, yesterdsy, by Mr. Blaine, in reference to the Credit Mobilier caso, is inappropriate, becauso it reducas the miscon- duct of Ames and Brooks to the lavel of that of the other persons implicated. It Mr. Blaine would moveto expel Brooks and Ames, and loave his resolution to apply to the others, it would enswer the purposes of justice better then the Teport of the Committee. Failing in this, the House ought to adopt the résolutions of the Committee. There is danger that the Emperor of Germany will encounter some of the same troubles, on account of his army, which he used to have, ten or twelve years 8o, a8 King of Prussia. The German Diet mado & certain allowance for the maintenance of the German army for three years. Now, the price of provisions and supplies issomuch higher, that the appropriation will nothold out. Of course, the Emperor will never think of reducing the army as an economic measure, and he may find himself in a se- rious snarl if the Diet refuses to incresse the ‘three years’ budget. Mr. King, the Postmaster of the House, de- nies on oath knowing anything shout the distti- ‘bution of money to secure the Pacifio Mail sub- eidy. Nothing hut the golicitation of Col. Rich- ard W. Irwin was used to secure his co-opera- tion in furthering the scheme. But Col. Irwin waa hardly fortunate enough to find co-operators on these terms throughout Congress, nor even by extending the generous hospitalities of the Pacific Mail mansion during the session. Ir- win’s testimony a8 to what he lnows would be more valuable than King’s a8 to what he doesn’t know. ‘When the Utah bill was under dobate in the ‘Benate, yesterdsy, Senator Sherman tried un- successfully to have swicken out the sections limiting the amount of property to be held by the Mormon Church, forbidding it to celebrata ‘polygamous marriages, and denying naturaliza- tion to aliens living in bigamy. Senator Morton raised the guestion how far the United Btates was responsible for the existence of polygamy in the Territory, a8 Congress had failed to annul the ncts of the Territorial Legislature legalizing that institution. Tho bill was amended so as to provide for the election by the Legislature of two Jury Commiseioners to act with the Survey- or-General and the Marshal and Clerk of the United States Courts in selecting jurors. Ono of the most scrious eflects of the Credit Mobllier developments is the depreciation of the value of a good character generally. When a rich and infinontial firm is declared a bankrupt, the credit of all business men is more or less affected for the time being. Soit is that when men, who have borne such good characters as have Colfax, Wilson, Dawes, Garfield, Patter- son, and Bingham, are implicated in disreputa- ble transactions, good character is at a discount, and people rofuse to recognize the merits of & past life a8 an indication of fairness or truth in the present. The same principle reacts even upon Christian churches and :Young Men's Christian Associstions, for regular attendance or certificate of membership ceages to be a ‘pledge of honesty. In this sense, the Congress- ‘men who have been implicated in Credit Mobilier have wrought an injury which extends beyond . the limits of their immediate constituency and their own brief span of life. The railroad freight question has come up in the Minnesots Legislature, Mr. Thompson's bill to regulato freights is copied from that par- tion of the Nlinois law which has recently been reviowed by our Supreme Court. It prohibits all discriminations, and provides the death- penalty forthe first offense. The Minnesots Legisiaturo wilf have an advantage not enjojed by that of Illinois when our present law was passed—the ndvantage of knowing how far the common law and constitutional law will allow them togo inthe direction they are moving. The Supreme Court of this Sfate has do- cided virtuslly that it is competent for the Legislsture to impose penalties _for unjust discriminations (such discriminations being prohibited by the common law before the Legislature acted upon the matterat all), and that the penalties must be proportioned to the offense. With this light before them, the Minnesota legislators can hardly go wrong, One Capt. Devorouze, a Frenchman, has in- vented & miner’s knapsack which promises to prevent the future recurrence of death from choke-damp, 80 common in mines. Succesaful experiments have been made in the Paris cata- combs. A glass case has been set up, into which & man goes with his knapaack and imi- tates a miner's actions. His knapseck ia of tin, and is filled with a supply of vital air, a reserve fund of which is kept in a cylinder nesr by. When the man stoops over, his nostrils are closed by means of & spring, and he takes in the air through a gutta-perchs tube with & bone mouth-piece, which he holds constantly in his mouth. The apparatus interferes in no way with the usual work of the miner, and, in the experi~ ‘mental glass-case, & man goes on with his work in an atmosphere of carbolic acid, which slmost instantly kilis 8 rabbit and & chicken that wera placed in the same case, but without the saving kmapsack. The disheartening debate on the Credit Mo~ bilier business drags its slow length through Congress. No vote was reached yesterday ; all the time being filled by epeeches dull as only Congressmen can make them. Mr. Bingham made one of his most characteristic efforts. The gist of hin argument appears to have' been that his voice was the voice of a represonta~ tive of afree people ; that newspapers in happier timos were the Palladium of the libertied of the people, but that their course in the Credit Mobilier exposure was an attempt to dictate to the representatives. of the people; that tho ‘movement to punith Congressmen for their share in the corruption was an attempt to be- tray the rights of the people. Mr. Bingham pub- licly thanked God that, nnder the shield of the Constitution, the representatives of the people ‘were 8a free ag the representatives of the press, Gen. Butler's speach reaffirmed Ames’ honesty, and the want of jurisdiction on the part of the Houso over the cases of Brooks and Ames. Scannell, the New York murderer, now on trial haa already found direct evidence that heis in- gane. The family physician has come forward to swear. to it. dence, it is interesting to inquire into the responsibility of the Scannell family, the family vhysiian, and the suthorities Who vermitted In connection with this evi-- this insane man to roam al:out with murder the epecial object of his insene malignity. It will be remembered that Scannell made soveral” attempts upon the life of the man whomhe finally killed, and onco injured him 8o severely that he borely escaped death. Why did not these evidences of Scannell's insanity induce the authorities to inquire into his mental condition at the time, and put him beyond the possibility of carrying out his murderous purpose? If insanity is to be recognized as an excuse for the crimo of murder, it should also be recognized in cases of attempted murder, and the demented creatures should be consigned to the asylam or prison. Thia is & case in point, showing the failure of.the police system that does not attempt to prevent crime as well as bring crimi- nals to punishment. i i Ytis very evident that the prevailing~senti- ment of Congress favors the establishing of the principle finally that no Congress can take offi- cisl cognizance of fraudulent acts of its mem- bers committed during a former Congress. This sentiment does not appear to be very croditable to those who have advanced it 0 earnestly. The precedent has not herstofore been regarded as binding. It was neglected in the case of Mr. Mattoson, of New York, who would undoubtedly bave been expelled if he had not resigned, and 1n the expulsion of Mr. Bowen, who was expelled for acts done before he was & member of any Congress. The precodent, once firmlyestablished, would be dangerous at all times. It is certainly opposed to tho popunlar ides of Con- gressional sittings, which, [though distinct in matter of jorganization, have s continuity of daties and interests. One of the few re- maining checks upon the conduct of Congress~ men would be taken away by this rule of action. The leat days of Congress would bring relief to many members, who would be thus assured of an immunity from punishment &t the last fall of the gavel. Mra. Abby Sage Richardson curiously under- rated the value of her information concerning the relations of Mesars. Nesbitt and Colfax. Her testimony, accidentally secured, shows thut Mr. Nesbitt bad proffered Mr. Colfax the quar- terly gift of $1,000 uring his entire torm a3 Vice-President, which Mr. Colfax seems to have accopted ag naturally as if it bolonged to him. Mrs. Richardson forther testifies that Mr. Col- 1ax’s mother told her that, after Mr. Nesbitt's death, Lis sons wrote to Mr. Coltax indicating it as their intention to carry out their father’s offer. Itisnot known that Mr. Colfax discour- eged the generous intimation of the sons to carry out their father's wish, and the pre- sumption is that ke has received the quarterly installments of $1,000 each. As the payment of these sums began s year before Mr. Colfax's insuguration, there would be five years in which they were masintained. The gross sum would be £20,000 which one family gave Mr. Colfax for his gracious conde- scension in accepting the office of Vice-Presi- dent of the United Btates at a salary of $8,000 8 | year. The Chicago produce markets were rather more active yesterday. Moss pork was active, but 20c per brl lower, closing at $13.10@18.15 cash, and 313.45@18.50 seller April. Lard was moderataly active, and 10c per 100 Ibs lower, at 87.55@7.57}4 cash, and $7.80@7.85 soller April, Meats were in fair demand, but a shade easier, 8t 43@45¢c for shouldors; 6}@654c for short ribs; 63(@63¢0 for short clear; and 8@8¥ec porlb for 15-1b graen hams. Dressed hoga were quiet, and 20c per 100 Ibs higher, closing at $4.60@4.70. Highwines were dull and nominally easier &t 8635@S7c per gallon. Lake freights were nominally firm at 12}¢@13¢ for corn to Baf- falo. Flour was more active and stoady. Wheat wag moderately active, and 3{c higher, closing at $1.19 cash; 81.19% eeller March, and $1.21% seller April. Corn was more active and firm, closing at 81@313c cash or seller March, and 813c seller April. Oats wero in fair demand, and steady at 253@25%c cash, and 26}$@265¢0 seller April. Rye was quiet and steady at 633¢c. Barley was less active, and a shado easier, at 695/@70¢ for regular, and 713{o seller April. Live hogs wore 1n active demand,and light weights commanded a further advance of 10c. Coerse mized lots sold slowly at Tuesdays prices. Nalos wore reported at 84.50@5.20. The cattle market was firm and e shade higher. Bheep were quiet and steady. 1t is not to be denied that the principal point which Mr. Oakes Ames and his apologists made in his defense was possessed of some -morit. They held that, if the sélling of stock worth 500 for 100 was prima facie evidence of an intent to bribe, then the acceptance of etock worth 500 at 100 was prima facie evidonce of an_intention to return some service for the gift of tho differ- euce betweon actual] worth and purchase-money. There bavo boen, and may be, cases in which certain gifts may be made with intention to bribe, end sccepted without any intention to be bribed. Ifs man accepta & ring, awatch, & ‘basket of wine, & box of cigars, or some such present from a friend, he may do so withont thinking for a moment that the domor intended that he should make some return for it, though the domor himselt might expect something of the kind. It is very doubtful, however, whether this construction can be placed npon the transfer of Credit Mo- bilior stock to members of Congress. As intel- ligent men, they must have known that a atock +which would pay for itself in wo or throe divi- dends was worth considerably more money than theywerepaying forit. Their relations with Oskes Ames were not sufliciently intimate to warrant a gift out of simple regard, and simple rogard in the most intimate relations doos not prompt gifts of this pature. So far, the point which Oakes Ames makes is a good one, but his appli- cation is false. It does not relieve him of the odium which attaches to the transaction; it only makes a worse case against those who accepted the stock at his hauds, - . In the personsl defenso which Mr, Oskes Ames caused to be read to the House, he seemed to be &s anxious to justity the former msnage- mont of the Union Pacific Road as to exonerate himself from the charge of having bribed mem- bers of Congress. Hebegan by stating that the contract for building 100 miles of the Unfon Pa- cific Bond was first lot to H. M. Hoxie, * the only contractor offering to undertake so hazardous an adventure,” and that eix months demon- strated Mr. Hoxie's inability to perform his part of the contract. Tho fact is, that the letting of s contract involving & rosponsibility of millions of dollara to ¥r. H. M. Hoxie, even if the con-" tract had been bona fide, would have been & frand on the part of the Union Pacific mansgers. Mr. Hoxie was an Tows politician, had formerly been United Statea Marshal of his State, and, at the time of takine the contract, was an emoloye of the Union Pacific Company. He was, and is, & ‘very pleasant gentleman, but had no means to |- carry through & contract for building a single bridge or & mile of the road. This fact was well known to the managers of the road. More- over, it did not require six months for Mr. Hoxio to demonstrate his inability to carry out the con- tract, nor was it intended that he should have this or any other stated time. 1fr. Hoxie made his proposition to build the rosd Aug. 8, 1864, and this proposition was not accepted till Sept. 23, 1864, nor ratifiod until May 12, 1865. ‘Bofore its acceptance, Mr. Hoxie made a writton agree- ment, Sept. 13, 1864, with Thomas C. Durant, to transfor the contract he was to re- ceivo; after the final ratifiestion of the Horxie contract, this agreement was carried ont, and the transfer actually made. By a compari- son of dates, it will be found that Mr. Hoxie did not receive his contract until he had committed himself in & written agreement to tranefer it. Themen to whom it was transferred were the men who controlled the management of the Union Pacific. .1t was evidently the intention that Mr. Hoxie shonld not even be permitted to have an opportunity of using the contract for his own benefit, or for the benefit of any others than those who gave it to him. From this it will be understood “why Mr. Hoxie was the only contractor offering to undertake 80 hazard- ousa venture” as building the Union Pacific Railroad at $50,000 a mile. OAKES AMES IN TEARS. It appears thst Oakes Ames drew tears from his own eyes by the eloquence of his speach, as read by the Clerk of the House on Tuesdsy, and moved the Eympathies of jtho spectators to an alarming degree. The affecting portion of his remarka related to the enormous riskheranin taking hold of the Union Pacific Railway, to wit: These, then, are my offenses—that I havo risked reputation, fortune, everything, inan enterprise of in- calcalsble benefit to the Govprnment, from which the capital of the world shrank; that I hsve sought to strengthen the work thus rashly undertaken, by fuvok- ing the charitable fudgment of the publia upon ita ob- stacles and its embarrassed condition; that I bave had frlends, some of them in oficial life, with whom T ‘have been willng to shive the advantogeons opportunities of invest- meat; that Thavekept o truth throngh good and evil report, denying nothing, concealing nothing, re- serving nothing. Who will esy that I alone am to be into the poclets of those favored individuals’ who constituted the Credit Mobilier. Theee facts are plain matters of record, which any one msy reed in the annals of the Globe and the testimony before the two Investigating Committecs. They are not to be got rid of by any sentimentality of the gort in Which Oakes Ames is just now indulging. He admits that the Credit Mobilier made a profit of 810,000,000 in tho coustruction of the road, ‘which he thinks was small enough. He omits to mention that they now own the road in addi- tion, which stands in the market &t $17,000,000 more. " 8o, according to his own testimony, he weeps for £27,000,000, which was exactly the smonnt of the Government bond subsidy, ex- cldsive of interest. - ———— THE LOUISIANA GOVERNMENT. The message of the President to Congress on the subject of the condition of affairs in Louisi~ ana}is & sort of posthumons justification of what is now conceded to have been a hasty and improper interference by the Executivein the domaestic polities of that State. states the case to ba: That Judge Durell, of the United Btates Court, made a decision; that the Marshal reported that the decree of the Court might be resisted, and ho was therefors authorized to use the United Btates troops to execute that decres; that subsequently Judge Durell's action was confirmed by the District aud Supreme Courts of the State, and the President has continued to and maintain the Kellogg Government, snd will continue to do so unless Congress shall shields his ioterference and the employ- ment of the troops behind Durell’s order, and The President uphold otherwige - direct. The President finds & vindication of.the act in what he calls the subsequent judgment of the State courts. The country has just had the report of a committee of seven Republican Senators, each of them a lawyer, They declare that the inter- ference by the President and the action of Judge Durell were without the slightest legal anthor- ity. They say that Dureli's orders were rank usurpations, and that the military might be used as legally to seizo the Capitol at Washing- ton as it was to enforce the execution of Durell's decrees. But Mr. Morton, one member of the Committes, falls back upon the so-called dscis-" offered up aa a sacrifice to sppease s public clamor, or | ion of the State Court as a reason why the Hel- expiate the ain of others? Not until such an offoring | logg Government shonld be sustained; and the is made will I belleve it posaible; but if this body shall 0 order it, that it can best be purchased by the choice of a single victim, I shall accept its mandste, sppealing ‘with ‘unfaltering confidence to the impartial verdict of history for that vindication which it i proposed to deny me here, Mr. Ames wopld bave the public infor that the organization of the Credit Alobilier, and the im- ‘mense profits which it accumulated, as well as the widespread system of bribery and corruption President, in his message, adopta Mr. Morton’s theory as the only escape from responsibility on. his part. How far this theory of Mr. Morton and the President is justified by the facts can ‘bo determined by = brief investigation. I his report, Mr. Morton thus speaks of Durell's proceedings : The conduct of Judge Durell, sitting in the Circuit and overwhelming judgment of the Senate, and of every court and lawyerin theland? Can & Judgoe decreo s titleto property with out having jurisdiction in the csse? Can aman holding title from a pretended judgmezt by & Pretended court maintain thesame against all the world, becanse, nnder the same decres, he was constituted, by the same Judge, the exclu- sive arbiter of his own claim? Is there no remedy for a conceded fraud and usurpation by & Judge, and must his decres, issned npon ax ex-parle statement, forever remain binding upon which he inaugurated in order to secure the enjoyment of those profits, which were the direct result of atraud upon the pecple, were necessary fo the construction of the Pacific Road. Befors we pass around handkerchiefs and all take a good cry, it would be well to re- view the evidences of grief. The neceesity of the Credit Mobilior was clearly disproved by the report of the Wilson Committee, and the char- scter of its operations is properly stigmatized by the instructions to the Attorney-General to commence suit to recover what has béen filched fram the treasury of the road and from the Gov- ernment by Oakes Ames aud hispals. As the Court of the United States, cannot be justified or do- fended, He grossly exceeded his jurisdiction, and assumed the exercixe of powers to which he could Iy nodlatm, * ° But the pretenso that, in 3 sultto perpetusto testimony, tho Court could go beyond the nataral and reasonable jurisdiction to decide who con- stituted the legal Beturning Board under the lawa of ZLouiatans, snd to enforce the rights of such sa it might determine £0 bo membern of that Board, and to enjoin others who were not, is withont any foundation in law or logic. * * His order issued, in the Kellogg case, to the United States Marshal to take posscssion of the State-House for the purpose of proventing un- Iawful assemblages, under which the Marshal called to Dis aid s portion of the army of the United States, 2s a pouse comitatus, can only be characterized 83 a gross usurpation, This statement by ¥r. Morton, 28 to the charncter of Durell’s judicial conduct, is of whole Credit Mobilier turnedupon the logisla- | jigelt a complete refatation of the the- tion by which the Govornment was made to re- linguish its first mortgage and subordinate its lien o & private morigage, & review of the man- ner in which it was obtained may disclose whether Oakes Amesand the Credit Mobilior +ware neceseary to the road for any other pur- pose than “securing enormous profits from the construction of the road. The Credit Mobilier had for its base of opora- tions the bill which was concocted in the sum- mer and fall of 1868, entitled “ An act to amend anactto aid in the construction of a railroad line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other pur- poses,” the original act having been approved July1, 1862. Tho section of the bil upon which the corspirators mainly relied to carry out their operations was tho tenth, which is as follows : 8£0,10. Andboit farthér enacted, that Sec.5 of sa.dact besomodified and amended that the Umon Pacific Rajiroad Company, the Central Pacific Railroad Company, snd any other company authorized to par- | tempt. had any official returns of the election before them, made ont & report declaring Kellogg to tobave been elocted Governor, and also de- clared a long list of persons elected to the Leg- islature. ploy the military to seize tho State-House, and admit no ome not been elected by the Lynch Board. The Legislature thus elocted, as Mr. Morton says, by the judicial usurpation of Judge Durell, im- peached the Governor, and uspended him, and declared Pinchback to be Acting Governor. It then sbolished the State District Court in”order to getxid of the Judge; it crested another Dis- trict Court, to which Pinchback appointed Haw- kins, ome of the Lynch Canvassing Board, as Judge ; and this Judge Hawkins, thus appointed 23 & consequence of the original usurpation of Durell, 38 the Btate Court, whose decision affirming the legality of Eellogg's elaction, of Pinchback's Governorship, and his own appoint- ment, is ‘cleimed by Mr. Morton and the Presi- dont a8 s judicial determination of the question that ia conclusive upon Congross, even in the matter of the election of Senators. ticipate in tho construetion of sald road, may lssue thelr first-mortgage bonda on tholr respective rallroad 2nd telegraph lines toan amount not exceeding the amount of the bonds of the United States suthorized 10 beissucd to said railroad companies respectively. And the Ifen of tho United States bonds shall be subor- dinate to thatof tho bondsof any or cither of said companies hersby authorized to be fssued on thele re- spoctive roads, property, snd equipments. And said section s further smended by striking out the word “forty,” and inserting in leu thereof the words “on each and every section of not less than twenty." The fifth gection of the original act which was thus smended provided for the rcpsyment of the Government bonds issued to the Company, and made the issue and deliveryof fhem to the Compsny a first mortgage upon the road, tele- graph, and rolling-stock, the bonds, without reckoning interest, amounting to $27,000,000. In addition to this, the fifth section provided that the bonds could not be issued until forty consecittive miles of the road had been fally completed and equpped. The amendment, therefore, left the Government, with its lisbility of $75,000,000, principal and intorest, without’ any prior lien for security, and allowed the Company to raise money on the means the Gov- ernment had farnished, giving a first mortgage for security, thus obliging the United States to pay off the firat mortgage bofore it could legally avail itsel? of any secarity it might have. This extraordinary messure met withnoactive opponents in the House except Washburne, of Tilinois, and Holman, of Indiang; who fought it by every possible means, patliamentary and otherwiso, for several days. At last, the bill was called up by Mr. Stevens. The amendments which had been offered were voted upon till that proposed by Mr. Washburne, to strike out the section subordinating the Government lien to that of the Company, was reached. Mr. Wash- burne demanded the yeas and nays, and the result was—yess, 33; nays, 8L - The bill, not baving been engrossed,. went over to the noxt dsy. It was then called up by Mr. Brooks, who demanded the previonus question. Mr. Dawson then demanded the yeas and nays on the passage of the bill, and it Was passed by s vote of 70 to 88. In the Senate, the bill met with no opposition, and pasged withont a division. The passage of this bill gave to the Union Pacific Company £51,000,000 in money (not counting the interest on the Government bonds), &nd over 13,000,000 acres of land, upon which they piled $10,000,000 of income bonds and 610,000,000 of land-grant bonds.” The * necessity " of the transactions, to which Oakes Ames refers 80 touchingly, may be estimated by the fact that, of this §74,000,000 in money. uearly one-third of the amount went ory repeated in the Presidents 8s to the action of the SBtate courts. It must be remembered that thers was a State Government in existencein Louisians. As soon 88 the probable result of tho election was ascer- tained, resort weshad to Durell, who,to his dishonor, became a party to the most disgrace- {ful judicial act known in our history. He, as Mr. Morton says, in defiance of *“ law and logic,” took jurisdiction of the question asto which ‘body of men claiming to be the legal Canvassing Board should exercise thatduty. Ho decided that the man named Lynch and his associates ehonld canvass and proclaim the result; that the pereons who shonld be declared by the Lynch. Board to be members of. the Legialature, and no others, should act as such; that Warmoth and all others should not canvass the returns nor declare any persons elected ; that all persons claiming to be a Legislature otherthan those do~ clared by Lynch should be arrested for con- message Lynch and his associates, who never Durell then issued an order to em- declared o have “ Nor does this thing end thers. There wasa vacancy on the Supreme Conrt Bench,and thia was filled by Pinchback, who appointed one Morgan, Judge. This Court,—which was at any moment as lisbleto be impeached and suspended by the Legislature 88 was the Governor,~hastened at an early day, through Cnl]ec_eoz Casey, to inform the President that it would uphold the election of the Republican ticket, in & mere collateral isaue, to which no person interested waaa party, decided that Morgan was legally appointed by Pinchback ; and it is this decision of a Supreme Court thus constituted, existing by the mere sut- ferance of the Legialature, that one of its own ‘members was legally appointed, which the Presi- dent apd Mr. Morton insist is conclusive upon Congress, and cannot be investigated by any ‘human authority. This procession of events in Louigians may be thus stated: Durell orders that Lynch declare who is elected Governor and TLegislature; the Lynch Legislaturo deposes the Governor and installs Pinchback; the Legisla- ture and Pinchback abolish the District Court, and creste s new one; Pinchback makes one of the Lynch Board Judge; this Judge declares the Legislature and Pinchback legal | The answer to this is, that if Durell was the impostor and usurper that Aforton represents him to be, and the whole febric of the Kellogg Government Tests wpon his original *gross usurpation,” does not the whole fraud from be- ginning to end fall with the indienant rebike all persons interested and upon thecountry, to the disgraceanddishonorof republican government? The fraudulent character of the Durell decrees, and consequently of all the proceedings based theraon, is attested by the legal opinion and Sen- atorial judgment of such Senators ea Carpentar, Logan, Anthony, Hill, Trambull, and Alcorn. Politically, theso Senators may be regarded as in no way fnimical to the success of the Republi- ean party ; but tho case in Lonisians was too fla- grant {o admit of any extenuation or apology. It is one vast frand, and they propose that it be cast aside, and that provision be made for an honest and fair election. POMEROY’S LAST, The attempts of the variona Congressmen, implicated in the recent exposures, to escape from the consequences of their acts, seem to grow thinner and weaker as each fresh attempt ismade.” Mr. Colfax’s jump from the frying- pan into the fire, is fresh in the public memory. The lschrymose Harlan, who wept when he found Durant’s checks in his pocket, songht to explain. And now comes Pomeroy, who has re- joiced in the cognomen of “ 01d Subsidy” these dozen years or more, sud upon his honorsss Senator (whatevor that may amount to) would have us believe that he did not offer Mr. York ©7,000 for his vote. On the other hand, ho tells & pleasant little story, which is admirably calcalated to convince Gen. Q. O. Howard and Brother Harlan that he is not guilty of bribery, but which will fail to make any im- pression upon any one else. In the language of the street, it is ““too thin.” The subsatanca of Mr. Pomeroy’s yarn is, that he had a friend, J.A. Page, who was about to start s National Bank at Independence, and, being desirous of assisting ‘him, he borrowed $5,000 of the Second National Bank of Topeks, and put it in his valise, 2nd that & few days afterward, when Mr. York called at his room, he gave it to him to take to Mr. Page. This is a pretty little story. It is well put together, is plausible, and would undoubtedly create /s favorable impression towards Mr. Pomeroy in the absence of countervailing testimony. ~In the first place, however, it must be remembered that Mr. Pomeroy does not make this statement upon oath, but upon the suspicious basis of his honor a5 a Senator,—a security of no ascertaina~ ble valne in any markef, The first obstacle which it meets is the plump denial of the whole story by Mr. York, whose word is, at least, equslly trustworthy with that of Mr. Pomeroy, and who certainly msy be supposed to know ‘whether he took the money for Page, or whether any money was given to him for that purpose. ‘Thus far, the statement of Mr. Pomeroy is bat & plain affirmation met by an equally plain denial from Mr. York, whose honor as a member of the Kansas Senate is just as valusble, for pur- poses of this Lkind, 2s the honor of s member of the United Btatos Senate. Thus {far, therefore, Mr. Pomeroy has proved noth- ing, and, if his case could remain in this shape, be might alwsyuhave the benefit of such a doubt 8 might arise from the comparative vzlue of his bonor as & United States Senator againat the honor of Ar. York as a State Senator, but un- fortunately for his case there are other circum- stancea which militate against the theory of his inndcence. N In tbe first place, Mr. Pomeroy's conduct, ‘when the annonncement of York's exposure was thade to him, was that of a guilty man. He was sitting in his hotel at tho time, and, when a friend told him of what had occurred, he sud- denly started as if he had been struck, gave a long whistle of. surprise, then dropped his chin into his hands, with his eyes fastened npon the floor, and remnined in this meditative po- sition about ‘two hours, During this time a note was brought to him, saying that if hs would deny Mr. York's statement in writing his friends ‘wonld still make a fight for him in the Legiala- fure, but he answered not. Hia face grew flushed and pallid by turns, and finally became half red and half white, and, at last, great drops of sweat stood upon his forshead. For forty-oight hours b8 neither elept, ate, nor drank. Pablic feeling in Topeka was 8o bitter against him that it waa feared he might bo mobbed, and a guard was placed at the door of hia room. His friends gave out that ho was delirious, and that he conld not live but a short time, and in this man- ner sought to manufacture sympathy for him, in the midst of all which he suddenly loft for Washington. Is this the man- ner in which an honest man would have acted ? breast, and, with the ramrod, pushed the tri; The ball was & medium’ bized Minie. Shm, passed clear through Winkler's body. Winkles ¥as s pot-hunter by profession, being nicke named * The Robin Hood of Bridgeport,” and had, mseltadly declared that his last shot should be fired at his own heart. At the Coroner’s in- mest yesterdsy afternoon a verdict of accidantal ooting was rendered. THE FARMERS. An Agricultural Convention on Raile way Fares aad Transportation ag” Bloomington —'Thhe Experience of Some of the Delegates on Paying Lew gal Fare, Special Dispatch to The Chicagg Tribune. BroowmNaTox, IlL, Feb. 26.—At 10 o'clock this | forenoon, a convention of the farmers of Mee Lean County, representing the varions clubs and granges of the county, in the proportion of one delegate to every ten members, assembled in tha . court-room. At least 200 farmers, délegates, ang - others were present, overy township being Tepresented by men of brains and sbility, Joshus Brown, of Normal, Vice-President of the State organization for - thia district, was called to the chair asTemporary President, and Josoph Carter, of ° Norml, and Nosh Franklin, of Lexington, wera - named as Secretaries. A committeo of five npon permanent organization was sppointed by the Chair. g Daring the retirement of the Committes, W. 0. Catlett, of Lexington, made a few Temarks, pointing out, a3 a fortunate circumstance for ths cause of the farmers’ movement, the fact that - the Iate decision of the Supreme Court had beam - rendered before the adjournment of the TLogise Inture, and that there was yet time {n the pres- ent seasion to mend the weak points of the 1aw. A letter from the indefatigable old pioneer of - the movement, C. AL Smith, of Kewaunes, was read and rece ived with great satisfaction. The commuuication urged ngon the Convention the , x.:nac:aaity of unity an inching persever co. Beveral delegates gave their experies railroading at Kl:gfl gl:!tes, all axp?;!:i:g“u:’.: determination to maintain their rights upon . railroads peaceably if possible, but forcibly if. necesaary. The Committee on Permanent Organization reported as follows : President, Joshus Brown, Normal ; Secretary, Jos. Carter, Normal; As- nistant Becretary,” Noah Frankliy, of Money . Creek. The Committes also reported a pro= Does the consciousness -of innocence invest s man with all the physical and moral effects of guilt, and paint them upon his countenance in such unmistakable characters? If he had been innocent of this charge of bribery, would he not have exhibited the calmness of innocence, firmly ond perhaps indignantly repelled the chargs, and at once have stamped out the accnsation, by showing then and there the object and destination of the money which he had given to York? What was passing through his mind during the two hours in which he eat with his eyes fastened tpon the floor ? Was he concocting this story of the Indopendence Na- tional Bank a¢ that time 7 i 1n addition to Mr. York's denisl of ths whole story, and to Pomeroy's own conduct at the time, which had not the gemblance of innocence in it, - but, on the other hand, every sympton of the most positive guilt, and the utter im- Pprobability of the story, Mr. Pomeroy’s general Teputation must be taken into account. His ‘political record for the past fifteen years adds heavily to the weight of circumstantial evidence #gainst him. There is no festure of the story which will bear investigation, and, for all Mr. Pomeroy has yet offered to the contrary, the charge remains unanswered. SUICIDE OF A HUNTER. A German, named Carl Winkler, residing at No. 22 Church street, committed suicide yeater~ dsy morning by shooting himself through the hoart with a shot-gun. He was boarding with a family named Knoop. Yesterdsy morning, ‘while eating breakfast, the family wers startled by hearing the reportof & gun in Winklar's gramms for the business of the Convention. Mr. Brown declined serving ag President, and, on motion, Mr. Catlett, of Lexington, was sub- stituted. The report of the Committes, ag - amended, was then adopted. The Chairman then appointed the follgwis committes on the permanent orgwaization of 5 Connty Club: S. H. West, of Wewhs J. W. Abbott, of Lawndales J. M. King, of Normal; . F. Johnson, of Money Creek ; John Cram, of Lexington. On motion, & Committes on Resolutions was .E;pcsn_zed, as follows: Joshua Sells, of Dale ; J. - Springer, Allin ; 3. . Rowloy, Benjaminvillo; %m H. Phillips, Danvers; John Carver, ire. P! w.um- ghu rudmd g g &f several resolutions, which, ere referred to the proper committe Cefi:al:}i;;l_nldjomed nnfilp2 . M. o 8 oon was occupied in the preparation and adoption of = constitation, which appears well adspted to the wants of the organization, after which there was a discussion of experiences. in the railrond movement, and of ways and meaus to accomplish the desired ends. ™ i An evening sesgion of the Convention way - held, and occupied in discussion, and in the ld&phnn of a serios of resolutions. No step in the movement has been g0 repleta with interest as the Convention held hare to~ day, and it is ovident that every farmer of tiie county 1a enlisted in the war untd its tcanmn* ation. lxd:[e‘g‘ iiziai(m of the Suprems ourt is reg: only as a t og to plete victory. Much interest was manifested in’ the recitalof the trouble which occurred at Lexington, on the Chicago & St. Louis Railrosd, Iast night. At that place, twenty farmers, many. of whom were delegates to the Convention, took the -night express for this city, and offered8 cents per mile as legal payment. The train was side-tracked, and held there until a force of forty men arrived from this city, npon which the pro= testing passengers paid tho regular fare, 65 cents each, and tho train procseded apon its wsy. PERSONAL. ? Philip Philig‘u sailed for America from Londor on the 22 insf > Who's got Judge Booth'sbat? The andscity of the man who would rob iis Judge on.tha bench of his_silken tils, or exchange it form soedy stove-pipe! Among the arrivals st the Tremont Housa yesterday wera the following: AL Morfit, Bale timore ; J. D. Marks, Philadelphis; Frank B. Holmes, Boston ; 8. H. L: t. Lonia ; Jas, H. Fleming, H. B. Beach, New York; E, L. Davison, Springfield: John A. Knapp, New York; C. H. Pond, M. B. Wheeler, Cincinnati. Among the arrivals at the Matteson House, Jesterdsy, wetq the following: H. . Cutting, uffalos G- R. Ayres, Philadelphia; J, Macklin, England ; W. T. "Norton, Claveland; J. P, Fairs loy, Indianapolis; E. L. Hawks, Decatur; Masj. illiam H. Joffers, Clinton; 0. K. Luj b | New York; W. F. Sanders, Montaua; J. W. Malcolm, Galesburg. Among the arrivals st the Gardner House, - gesterdsy, wero the following: 8. A. Badger; ° ston; 8. McGregor, Troy; W. H. Dunbar, Boston; J. F. Lewia and wife, Racine; O.S. Willey, Madison ; S. M. Levy, New York; W. O. Porkins and wife, Cincinnati ; G. D. Harrison, Atchison; N. A. Hamilton, New York; J. C. Andrew, Lafayette; A.J. and wife, Wia nona. Among the arrivala at the Briggs Honse, yes« terday, were the following : Ggeorgu L. Beott and wife, Prairie du Chien; J. B. Dallas, Pitts- burgh; G. W, Kimball, Nobraska City; R. A. Brown, Rock Island; J. W. Robbins, Kantucky; J.W. Hammel, Cincinnati; J. A. Parker, Syca cuse; John C.McCarthy, St. Psul; D. Shuig, Milwaukee, Among the arrivals at the Sherman House, esterdsy, were the following: O.P. Aumore, - ounisville; C. Burroughs, Canads; P,lenig‘g, . Little Bock; D. Morrison, New Orleans; G. W. Whitehead, 'Lincoln, Neb.; J. C. Fagan, Color- ado; T, A. Horton, Now York: J. F. Gor, Washe ington; N. L. Shattuck, Fargo, D. T.; B. Thompion, Nashville; Dr. N. W Wollans, hin- neapolia; P. H. Kelly, 8t. Paul. At tho Tequest of a large number of e Dent citizens, among them Mahlon D. Ogden, N. B. Judd, Gov. Bross, Chsrles Randolph, George 8. Bowen, W. K. Niton, Hoory Greens- baum, J. 0. McMullin, Robert Harrls, W. W. Chsudler, and Hugh Riddle, Gen. R. A.’ Camer- on, of Colorado, has consented to deliver a fres lecture, on Saturday evening, at the Board of Trede Hall, on * Colorado: 1ts Resonrces, Ql- mate, and Relatians to Chicago.” Px;;ty who was alected Siate Priater of Kfi- #a8 o Legislatute, enrlyin January, boen compeliad. to ask the Supreme Comst Tor - mandamus to get his commission. _Mrs, Myra Clark Gaines is tne victim of 8 dse ion by the Louisiana Supreme Court, Feb. %3, . * ghm g invalid the will under which she claimed property in New Orleans. Mrs. Gained is. howover, undaunted. Benator Pomeroy has bought s house ox Franklin Square, at Washington, next door to tho residence of Secretary Robeson, and will continue to reside in the Federal Capital 183 labby agent, * with the privileges of the floar- Gerrit Bmith comtossey to Sosan B, Antiont d ) E that he is ashamed that ho ia & man. hardly expect any i'ympuhgeupan that subject from one who seems to sorry that shais s ‘Woman. Dr. T. W. Fry, of Lafsyetto, Ind., who hss soveral times nFEnrzynpod his district for Congress, died Feb. 24, aged 59. He was Surgeon of tb8 Elovanth Indiscs, in 1861, snd after® Division Surgeon. In 1867 he was sppointe’ Assegsor of Internal Revenue, —— Frozensin Propellers on Lake Michiz gan. & Mirwauxee, Feb. 26.—The latest news from- the pm&ellor essenger i to tho effect that 833 lies In the ice, five miles off Btooy Creek, be- tween Whitehall and Little Point Ssuble. * 658 is surrounded by ice between fifteen and twenty foot thick, with no immediate, prospect of lease, She has a limited mpplg plenty of provisions. Al on board ar: room. Upon entering the apartment they fonnd Winkler upon hiu'bed weltering in blood, with a bullet-hole through his heart. . He was perfectly dead when found, having been killed inatantly. By his side luy his gun, and his right hand clasped the ramrod. It was surmised that he coolly sested himaelf upon the bed, and, cocking his gun. pisced tha muzzle against bis left The propeller Manistee is still off Ludingta Her situstion may be likened tos fish in s bssiz- A heavy ficld of pack ice, one mile or mar® square, surrounds her. The water in the chad~ nel where she stack fast is congealed to 8 dqza of fourteen inches, while undornesth ber tbe pack ice i8 nearly seventeen feet thick. the-it thus securely held prisoner, bam% i move in any direction’herself, and beond reach of easistance, excent cver tho ice, PR R s sy = of fael, o well. ) S