Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1873, Page 2

9 P THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, TARCIT 9, 1873. 1 - - i i i i s e 3 rolume, by parties preparing to build residences Tor their own occupency, evd whose demand is for moderato sums, This cizes of borrowers will increzso 8 the season edvances, for 2 multitude of homes will be built this season, and it is in mnswer to in from this source-, that this reference is mado, the state of -the lorn. market favoring this line of calls, while valua- tious in the hands of our approved author- ities in such meticrs nttosting a good degree of ... Brmmnees in_current pricea.of property. .The — geqmgt differences of views as to value exiat in e intermédiate quarters held uncertain between former residence and prospective busincss use, s mixed stage, the ares of whiclrhasbeen largely extendod by the fire. ‘The matter may be summed up that, at the. rate of..imnterest :amed, monoy is eagy to be obtained on Chicago real estate mecurity. - ) ; TIT RELATIVE, INCBEASE OF REAYL ESTATE VALDES' Y “TO POPULATION. g Tt isnot_uncommonly supposed that the in- crease in the aggregate valae of the roal estate of o city is in oxact proportion to the increase of Eopn.\monv- That this is not the case is shown some statistics recently compiled by Mr. (7 artin, of New York, to show the relative incroase of population and values of roal estate in that city. Iu 1860 the consus gave to New York 813,669 inhabitonts, and in 1870, 949,292 ; ‘so.that the - population increesoed 128,- 623, or loss than 15 per cent. Estimating the sunsequent increaso at this ratio, Now -York would bave in 1873 980,830, and hsve gained 167,211, or 21 por cent on the popalation of 1860, Tho resl estate of the city, on the other hand, incroased its tax valuation from $397,853,869 in 1860, to $742,202,525 in 1870, and §797.145.665 in 1872 In other wards, whilg tho population in- . B. ~ *croased bt 21 per cent during twelve years, the valze of real estate had more than donbled; and while the City of New York had added, from 1860 t0 1870, but 167,211 persons to its permanent population, it had addod to its rolid wealth, in -real proporty, the vast sum of £399,264,796. Tn order.£0'show how this increase of value bas been distributed, Mr. Martin divides the city into two distriots of about equal arcas, drawing bis dividing line at Fortioth atreet. Of theso the lower or southern section iy built- up sud thickly settled, while the otber {s four-fifths of it still vacant. The growth of theso two sections, in regard to their real catato valuatjon, i sug- gestive, and is shown in the folloiving tablo, condznsed from Alr. Martin's mora voluminons satistics : Southers area, Northern area. /§355,149,208 '#12,784,616 982,272 47,100,303 350,320,025 49,000,339 $50767,883 51,419,499 55,000077 54,735,408 365, 24 61,029,960 393,022,660 80,070,415 45331745 102,705,517 503,310,025 117,426,230 33,306,020 150,204,743 563,846,485 173,535,040 5S340LTIS 195,707,535 59,110,416 20,006,250 797,11 5 conclusions from the above fgures for comparison with _similar tandences, of population snd prices Of ground in Chicago, one of -¢he most moticosble oints fo, tuut whilo tho trade of New Curk hes increased enormously, the greater part of those who Liavo been drawn thore to partici- pate in it have been driven to the remote sub- arbs, boyond the “ northern ares’ mentioned by Mir. Martin, of which, a8 above stated, four-fifths is still vacant. The point, however, i8 that, not- withatending this “ northern area” of near suburben property has boen skipped over by population, il bas increased more in value than any other. While the southern ares, thickly built up into ono vast hive of trado hos only in- creased in valuie T0 per cont in tmeive yoars, the norihorn ares, still four—fifths vacant, like tho Eelt of property a mile wide next outside the old city limits of Clicago, has increased 600 per cont in'tho same time, - ; In regard to the remoter suburban districts, Mr. Martin's statistics aro less compact and av eble, but thoy ehow that, notwithstanding . th greater portion of the instesso of population _been driven to these districts for residonce, the increase in value of the real estate does no! compare with that of the near suburban district In what he calls the *‘northern ares.” The dis- trict in Chicsgo which would ~nearly correspond to the “ sonthern area ™ of New York would be bounded by, say,” Western avenue on the west, Northern avenue on thonorth, and, sey, Thirty-ifth atreet on th south. Assuming that the experience of rqrg estato valuesin Chicago will result like thatof Now York, it leads to the-conclusion that the value of ground outside of these bounda:les, and not more than, say, three milea bayon them, will increae in_ valuo eeven times as fast, 28 the averago value of tho ground iusida tha etreots mentioned. In the remoter suburban quarters thers will be too much space_to pormit ::}'fl.\mg like the seme ratio of increage of lues. ~In a fow spots where atiractive s,ng - ban towns® will be “built . there will 'he a large incrense of valnes, but, judging by Ahe ex- perience of New York, not_one-fourth s great asin the near suburl mgl!akictnz'xfleen, 8y, faree and six or seven miles distant from the ‘busivess contre. 3 SUSTMARY FOR THE WEES. . The following is the fotal amaunt of city aud suburban’ property transfersed during tho week ending ‘Baturday, March8: CGity prop- erty—Numbor of eales, 170; considaration, £837,876. “North of city limits—Number of enles, 4 ; consideration, £5,700. Bouth of city timite—Number of eales, 19; consideration, §59,120. West of city limits—Number of eales, 10 ; consideration, €332,350. Total sales, 203. Total consideration, $1,955,046. SATURDAY'S TRANEIERS. ‘The following instrumenta were filed for reo- ord on Eaturday, March 81 CITY ruorerty, Depuyster st, n w cor of Desplaines st, 8 f, 100x119 £t, dated July 10, 1672 ; consideration, $3,000, nscs 6, © of Loomis st, o 1, 352102 It, dated Feb, 23; conrdderation, 81,257, Iucker sl, n of Chitago av, W, Lot 50, dated Feb, 19;; considerstion, $2,100. of Green st, & 1, 50x100 £t, rest Randolph e, 50 £t, deted 04 17,1570 conalieration, 15000, ' L inn ¢, ol Wrong st, ¢ 1, 28 1t o alloy, dated Mern & ;:am}d‘?iug:f’sfifi. o aian 8, B of Wrong 'ty e f,25 Tt to alles, dated Mz 6 ;uuunsidmfiag s i urlléff av, 1 of snd meer Thirty-third o, o £, 25x 200 £, dstod Dee, 10, 1872+ soneidersiion. $900.. 2 01, 253124 ohawk at, 43 106 of Sophia b o f,25x123 S-101t, Wilcox et, 153 2-10{t w of California f, dsled izl 4 ; consideration, $900, dsted Mareh1; concideration, $1,500, Nora av, 200'f4 1 of Hirech #f, o f, 251126 £t, dsted arch 8; ‘consideration, $450. 3 Oakloy st, nw cor of Taylor st, e f, 99 4-10x100 t, dated Bept. 2, 1872 ; considoration, 3,550, Irving pace, 1 of Jackeon st, w', 4ix148) ft, dated erch 67 cousideration, $4,000, 3 West Monroest, 28 310 Tt w of California av, 1 1, 953124 t, dated Jline 20, 1872 ; considerntion, $750. Quinn st 8 of Wrong st, e £, 25 {t to alley, dated Feb. 16; colsideration, $325. California 3v, 8 ¢ cor of Havard st, 6 acres, dated Dez. 12,1872 ; consideration, £22,600. Quiun et 5 Of Wrongst, e 1, 45 1t toalley, dated Feb, 19; consideration, £325. South Park av, bet Thirty-first and Thirty-second sts, w £, 47 6-10 foet to alley, datod Merch 8 ; consider- ation, £5,500. Lot 15, in Wilcox's Subdivision of o Gacresofne X ofne i ofne i Sec13, 19, 13, dated March1; con- sideration, 3,600, Lot 1¢, in Block 2, of Block19, of e 3 Sec 31, 39, 14, @ated March 1; considertion, $500. B et, & w cor of Tucker of, Lots 1 to 6, dated Jon. 22; considleration, 32,000 o Lot 51, in Hull's Block 25, Bec 33, 40,14, dated Fob. a1 considerati . Lots 41 and 42, fn Elis’ East Addition (except Sub- Lot 4 and 263133 feat), dsied May 10, 1872; consider- ufl’izh $47,500. -Afth 6t, 0 of and near Rhodea av, &£, Lot 25, asted duly 2, 1972 constderation, 3,00, ! s of and near Onondaga st, e, Lot 3, @atod March b conaideraton, $a00. 0 ¢ Lot §, in Walslvan 3¢ of Block 10, of & o X Soc, 20, 89, 14 dated March 8; conslderation, $1,900, \c Ly nin: st 3 o comer of Taadiey s, Lota 41 ~(excep! and B), dated H - eration, £10,000, g £330} il SIR0U 8Y, & W corner of Thompson st, o 7, 48215 £, dated March 8 ; consideration, Shom. " ° ZLota 180 3, s Block 11 Baveramosd, ;s an wvenswood, dated Feb 203 eonalderation, §1,500, e 2% 5OUTI OF CITY LIMIITR. Lot 85, in Block 1, of n T4 rods of 1 e X Scc. 4,38, 14, dstod Teb. 7, 1672; consideration, $760. nderwood 8, 275 1t 0 of Forty-third st, e f, 25x 238 1t, deted Feb. 15; consideration, $200, North ¢ Decrpath av, Lots 45, North av, n w cor of Deerpath av, ), 20d 6, dsted March 7; consideration, $10,000, i THE WEATHER. - War Department Proguostications— Reports from Various Sourxces. Wiz DEPARTMEST, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGKAY. ExBvICE, DIVISION OF. TELEGIAMS AND REPOLTS FOR THE BESEFIT OF Co: WasmINGTON, 3farch 8.—Probabilities—For the lake Tegion, westerly winds, genenally clear weather. For the Middle and South Atlantic States, partly cloudy weather with ‘weeterly winda, The storm centre will develop in Texzs and extend northwand to Arkunsas, F Artificial Flowers. ‘The manufacturing interest of our city kas received 4 new sddition by the starting of & factory for the manufacturing of artificial flowers, ~ Alessrs, J. Cox & Go., of No. 182 East Madison strect, are the gentlemen who hzve chosen this line of businesa. Mr. Cox 48 not only a practical manufacturer, but a man of good Saste and al Articles which leave of pleasing the krade, as well in styla . a. price, 18 iheir buying of the material from first hem unparalieled faciitien, fazg ges Popular Election of o Postmaster. Tzrex HAUTE, Ind., March 8.—At an election held to-day, by the Eepublican® voters of this n!tymln ne dicate the choico for Postmaster, Nicholss Tibeck ro- neived & majority of 577 over all other candidates, SCHUYLER COLFAX. His Reception at ~His Home in South ; Bend, Ind. Addressof Welcome De- "livered by Mayor : .+ Miller. The Vice-President Reiterates His Guiltlessness. He Is Still Conseious of His Entire Innocence. Trusting Countrymen Present Him with an Address -of Confidence. Scencs and Iu;:idehts of the Qccasion. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. SovTH BEND, Ind,, March 8.—A few wWecks 8go, after all the testimony in the Mobilier case was in, it occurred to the citizens of South Bend, that, under all the circumetances, the proper thing for them to do was toturn out and reccive thelr fcllow-townaman, Mr. Colfax, on his return Inua the aceno of his la- bors, They decided not to have an oficial and formal reception, but that the affatr should be & spontanoous outpouring of the affection of the people. Thercfore they appointed a Committes of Arrangements which sctto work to learn when Mr, Colfax would rvach here, and to organize the spontaneous reception. THE TESTIMONIAL, At first it was determined simply to meet him at the dcpot, welcomo Lim, and escort him homo, - Subsequertly it was felt that, whilo the unabated confidence entertained in Rir. Colfax would be alrown by tho reception, yet it conld beputina moro durable form. Consequently, tho following paper wus drawn up and left in one of:the Dewspapor oflices for signakyres: “We, tho undersigned, desire, on your retirement from the incumbency of the vecoud highest ofiice in ihe gift of tho peopls of the Usited States, to oxpress t0 you our cation‘and honest pride ¥e havy ever falt, in ihe purity of personal charactor you have lways maintained, and tho honorably &ucoéss with which yau'bsve ivariably sdminister all the trusts committed to your care d: the many years you havo passed in public Hfe; and, having, 48 dwellérs in the home of your £ youts snd maturo yeie, studled your characterand life thoroughly, we, With. out regard to our spolitical views, wish espechally at thts Hme o permanent record an exprossion of our herty sympathy with you in the terribla ordeal o which_malice, misrepresentation, and falsification have so unjustly subjected you, and in our unsbated andcomplate confidence in the honesty, truthfuluess, and purity of your personal, official, and businessdite and charactery “Sourn Bxp, Ind., March 8, 1673.” ThEs docnmont was very numerously signed, one of tho,_sigpera being a ’fif““ of the Zimes, Whose ‘modests lod him to hide Lis truo name under that of John It is etated that many moro siguutiires could Irsve been obtainod had thero been time, and it ‘will boglaft open for names for several days. THE COLFAX BUGGY. In ‘the course of time it was proposed to meke'on~ + | sthe clty, make their iheir pluce aro cer- fother, addition to the programme. The Studebakirs, ‘Who arclarge wagon manufacturers here, hve rocent. Iy heen/turning out & new-kind of buggy which they Gall tho * Coliax,” the pecullarity being that it can casily be chabgod from a single to a Gofible, sest. They thought that it would mot' be amiss to givo him ono on tho occasion of ‘la roturn, snd they set to work to bulld him an ex- tra nice one. Then it wns suggestod thata homie ‘might be bought, and hitched to thid buggy, and tho tesm would be’in readiness for him at the depot. The programme waa {o havo the talking dovn thers and then'let him get in bis new carrisgoand drive upp to Dl house. But the horse part of the proposition dell throngh, and the buggy was not done in time, 5o that its presentation will have to be postponed to anafher sy, THE ¥TRST PERFORMANGE. Early in tho forenoon a fire broke out in the town, and s large frame building wag burnt down ; but tho excltement which it occasioned “was over beforo the #mo for Mr, Colfax’s coming. _Saturday is the favor- ito dsy for the farmers in the neighborhood to com to urchases, and get the news, and they ware accordingly preseut in. great numbers, with their wivés and children, thoagh thero were probably ‘many more than thero would have been if no recoption was to have como off. 'The citizens, of course, turned out. Afew fiags floatod from tho public buildings and some private dwellings, and all tho men in town,— with the excoption of theone whoso house had burnt down, and who felt a gloom which not even the coming of Coltax could allay,—were out on the treets, THE ARDIVAL. : Tho {raln arrives from tho West at 12:30, but, fo some time before that hour, the platform was so close~ 1y pacek with men and women that it was diicult to -pass through them. The band-wagon, the double- tesm which waa to carry Mr. Colfax to the Court- liouse, and tho other carrisges for the uso of the mem-~ ‘bers of the Committes of Arrangements, formed in tho rear of the depot. The Msyor, and the other members of the Reception Committes, had taken s western train and goneup to_Laporte, whero they met tho one an which wus Mr. Colfax. ‘Thoy all shook. hands, . The ex-Vice-President smiled upon his fallow-townsmen, and they expressed their delight that he had returned t0 them 10 leavo them no more, .. When his train reached_the depot hore, the church bells bogan ringing, and ‘the atcem-whistles set to blowing. Under cover of oll this demonstration of happiuess, Mr. Colfax got out of his car, carpet-bag in Band, and barely had timo to reach tho platform be- -foro Somebody was shaking hands with him. He gradually worked bis way Uirough tho crowd, busp. g the legs of eomo of them with his carpet-bag, and ahaking hands with the remainder. Peracverance and suavity did their work, and he finslly succeeded in ex- tracating himself from the fangled mase of men, women, and knee-high children, who were continually stretching up hands which scemed 10 have ne bodiea conected with them, and singing out, “ How do, Schusler I"_Their confidénce in bim show~ d no sign of abatement, Whilo ell this was going on, the cornet band, drawn up in musical array ot ono end of the depot, devoted itself to “ Home, Sweet Home," sud similar uirs, Tho intention was better {ban {lie execution, for the good-natured crowd was perpetually treading on thetocs of the performers, one of whom wailed out his grief through hiz cornet. ' Tho little im- &y well valled though, by the spirited accompeniient of,a locomotive which stood a few steps off. THE PROCESSION. After Mr. Colfax was onco out of the crowd and safe {n his carriagc, the procession started off, tho South Bend Cornet Band, an organization bound in blue and whito, leading ‘the way, and the carringe which boro Mr. Celfur, the hordes gorgeously be- plumed, followed clogo_behind, The procession marched ap to tho Court-Honse, through streets lined with the teams of the farmers, ind_between sidewalks Slled with people who were rsciug aloug to get 3 good chance to hear Mr, Colfsx's defense, Women who were dotained at home by, necessary engagemente, leaned over the front fences, with the'r bables in their arms, and nodded to the fellow-townsman as he rode by. The Jooks of. the citizens were aa pleasant as tho sunny weather, snd of the many huudreds present. not one eald a word against Mr. Colfax, or ovan scemod ndifferent to his return. When tho carrizge Tesched the front of the Court- House, Mr. Colfax got out, and had to shake his woy through s _crowd about 5a denso as tho ope at tho depot, Finally, after having grasped severaldozen. borny palms, ho made his way to the steps, where o platform had been crected, and on which 1o took his seat along with Mayor Miller, ex-Mnyor Humphries, and one or two aged and respectablocitizens of the place. Three cheers wera called for and given, and then Mayor Afiller read the following -+ . . WELCOMING ADDEESS. On behalf of ‘your townsmen snd friends, it I my Plessant duty to” speak, the words that bt faintly ex- Press your welcome home, The city, county, and dis- trict of which, from childhood, you have Loen a rosi- dent, the constituency yon havo’ soTong and worthily Topresented, and tho frionda who, from youth to matie Tiood, have looked with pridenpon your saccess n iife, all bid you welcome, and bid ma to cxpress to you thelr continued confidence 2nd undimishied regards. You are no stranger here, Tho citizens who firat saw and appreciatea the struggles, pre-eminence, and honarable ambition of sour -early life,” who have . had long. masoclstion’..with you ag & neighbor and a fellow-cifizen, who. have ‘with Jealons prido seen and felt the restlt of your con- stant efforis on the eide of tho principles of justico, of right (as their immodiate representative), conedivo, themselves best qualified to give an estimsls of your character, and Tender s just verdict upon your con- duct. That verdict hins been by thom freely, promptly, and justly given. Nelther the insinuntions of insidis _ous foes, Tor the charges of your enemies, can chinge it. Nor can calamity or detraction rob yor of the we deserved esteem of your friends and neighbore.- That confidence in your integrity, ever felt by them, and earned and won by & constant’ blumeless “privats and public life, cannat be destroyed by the machina tionsand artifices of scheming trlcksters, to impair o impeach your coursa of usefulness ito your coutry, and your foture advancement to the highest honors by the Republic to its worthiest citizens, "We shall ever, as heretofore, whether 83 a public represcatative, & privato citizen, or the future recipient_of _ still higher homors, gladly wel- come your return to our midsf, keeping un- impaired onr full trust in & character for truth, in- tegrity and. ‘which has been g0 well merited, and Tetaining that afféction for -your person and char- acter that has lod, and will ever lead, us to proudy call you our own Schujler, : udience of probably 3,000 peaple, who occasionally pplamded and sometimes laughod.. They were no Doro and o lcss demonstrativo than the South Benders have been when listening to his speeches in' the past. His specch was us follows ¢ B COLFAX'S SPEECI, i s, Mavon, NEIoNDORS, 25D FRIERD3: By h would bo cold and._eallons indeed, if it did not throb more quickly and happily at such’ s welcome home ns this one with which 1 am honored, and the gratitude for which it would take a lifetime’ to exhibft. Hero youhave known me from childuood. . My goings out and comings in have been before your eyes, My char- acter has boen formed in your inidst, and you know whether, fora - s ___rAUTEY FUM iz of Thoney, T conld be induced to shipwreck it, - When you come' bither, therefore, by the thonsands, spon- taneously, and, &5 1 am glad to be told and toknow, not confined to political friends alone, but participated in by prominent and lifelong political opponsnts to honor me with such unmistakable ‘manifestations of your unabated confdence and affcctionste regard. 1 feol it due to you, as well a8 to_myself; to exposo the utter injustice of the cruel charges on which I bave been arraignod during the past winter. 2 I8 GRIEVANCE, : If T had becn o confeered and wicked criminal, T cculd not have been parsued with more malignity by a portion of the American press and their Washington correspondents, Day after dsy, every possiblo cir- cumstancehas been cxaggerated and telegraphed s ab- solato proof of guilt, Dey after day, it hos been do- manded that I ehould explain thls, or that, or the other point, and, when explained, the ‘ssme malicious encmics have tortured, nd pervertod, snd misrepro- sented the explanation, determined, if possible, that the reputation of theman they hated should bo do- stroyed, and 58 day by day they poisoned the public mind they rojoiced almost with shouts of exultation at Laving efiocted, as they hoped, thelr work of ruin, . T4 FRANENESS. The frank exposure of all wy financial affatrs 31d no good. This disclosure of the sacred coufidences of the dead only guve them {resh opportunitiva for cavil aud felsification. Tho testimony of my stepfathier and sis- ter, and, unimpeachable as you here ¥now them to be, waa denlounced as unworthy of belicf, 44 CONBCIOUS OF RIS INNOCENOE.” These encmiea were determined on_having thelr vic- tim, but, conscious of my entiroinnocenceof this crucl and wicked charge, and confident that Ho who lmow- eth all things wil, in Ilis own_good time, maka that innocence manifést to- all, I have'stocd wmmoved amid this tempest-storm of ‘vilification and injustice, willing to Lido my time for the completo vindication I Imow 1 80 cortain to come, LETROSTECTIVE. Let me read from the Chicago Inter-Ocean of Sent. 26, 1872, the following cxiract {rom the speech I do livered here the previous dsy. It was made, you will remember, in reply to tho charge that I was one of tho *“ Tywelro Apostles” who sold out £0 tho Credit Mobiller at £20,000 apieco; who had been ‘bribed by gifts of stock on which_enormous dividends Dad beca paid, and for which certain legisiation hud : becn enactod. THL ORIGINAL DENIAL., “Nover having in my lifo o dollar of stock of mny ¥ind that T dfd not pay for, I claim the right to pur- chase stock in tho Credit dlobilier, or Credit Imniobi- lier, If therod, ane ; nor doX know of any law pro- hibjting it. Do I heed to add that meither Oakes Ames, nor any other person, ever gave or_offered to give o one ehare, or twenty shiares, or two hundred. shares, in tho Credit Mobilier, or_uhy other railroad stock, and that, unfortunstely, I have mever scen or roceived the value of a farthing ont of the 210 per cent dividends, or, tho 800 per cent dividends in cash, stock, or bonds, you bi:ve zoad about the pest montl, nor 100 per cenf, nor tho tenth of 1 por cent. I have said that if twenty sbares of it could be purchased at par, without buying into s prospoctivo law-sult, it would bon good invest- mont, f as valuablo a stock zs represented, but never Daving been plaintiT nor defendant in a court of jus- tico, I want no stock at any price with o law-suit on top of 1" i CEANGED WITT PRETARICATION, Although I thus publicly clatined the right to purclaco this very stock, and avowed frankly my willingness to Luy, own and nold twanty shares of it, if I could do it without buying into o lawsuit, and thils sccepted all the odium thore ¢ould ttach to purchasing if, a5 I then under- stood it, Thavobeen charged with ®prevarication bo- czuse Idid not go.on and state thet I had witldrayn, years before, from an incomplete contract to buy . iwenty sharcs, losing what T had paid on account, - If {Thod supposed thatadenial or explanation of &n ’ eatirely diffcrent charge than that Ivwas answering would bo required of me, I -should certalnly havo done 50, s ttwould havo strengthencd, fustead of weakonihg, what I was stating, but tlatTcould mot foresco. An - cminent divino onco * sald, rather irreverently, “If man's forcsight wero only ta s ae Lin hindsight ho would bo but a Littlo lower than tho angels ;” and my way in speaking haa ulways becn to discuss and explatn pend-. ing issues, and not to discuss or explain thoso that ‘were not pending. NE ILLUSTRATES. But lot 08 test this by on flusiration,—a method which often brings out a disputed_point moro vividly than argument, Sapposo sby ond.of you hed been charged with having been given sharéa ina woolen faciory ; that from theso shares you had received enormotis dividends, and that, s 3 payment for theso gifinund dividends, vou bad. wided corrupty in carry- g through legislation in regard to the duties on'wool, would you not regard it as a suflicient au- swer ‘fo such charges ‘to fell the public that you had all your life publicly advocatad the scala _of dittics alleged to have been carried by corruption? ‘Bosides this, their enactment. had Leen & year beforo these alleged gafts; that you had mever owned any stock inwoolen factories or anything else that you had not paid for; that your sharca hisd mever Leen given you, and that you never reccived any such dividends, Now, if you had voluntarily withdrawn as Ihad, st o pecuulary loss,over four years before, from an _‘sgrecment to buy | su stock n a woolen fuctory,* you would regard what ‘T Bavo supposed 2s o euflicient refatation of 1 charge that you had been bribed by gifts of stock and enormons dividends. But, 1f you 3dded to this the frank statement that you had said you would bo willing to buy this very factory stock st par; end to hold it, if it would not {nvolvo you in litigation, would, you not think that your. answer would be full and thorough on overy practical point that the wanton calumny required you - tostate 7 -No one could have been misled by my speech, on the vital point that, though no such stock was ever given o me, I publicly avowed my willingness to bear all reprosch thut could attach o an Investment of my monsy at par o8 1 then understood it. - I8 ENEMIES CALLED AS WITNESSES, But I donot intend to rest tho srgument on fhis ‘point here.-_T call my enemiea as witnesses, ~ - Thoe New York Trbuns of Sept. 26, 1872, published o™ teleg lghic abstract of this speech, with the following head, showing that 1t fully udderstood that my denial was {0 tho charge of having ad, stock glven to mi “ Never owned a share in the Crodit Mobilier that ho 1d not pay for.” 1t was emincatly ficting that this samo paper should, on Jan, 24, print literaily a quota- tion from the speech with flio’ cssential word “give” Ieft out, and then bso:repeated charges of my un- truthfulness on the quotation it hnd_thua altercd and falsified, [Mr. Colfax hero exhibited the paper. Tizz CaIcAGo TRIBUNE also, which has almost dally sasailed mo the pest winter for nlleged prevarication in the spocch, did not understand it ot the time. It de- clared, cditorially, Sept, 27, 'in commonting on my speech: “Mr. Colfax claims the right 1o purchase whatever stock he thinks proper Even when offered im ot par, and when_ tho acerucd dividends are more than equal to its par valne,” And on Sept. 28, the next day, it £aid ogain (L quote its n- sinuations, also, although my payment of §504 dis- perfections growing out of theso difficultics were pret-" proves that of it), na foliows: “ Mr. Colfax claims that he had the right to purchase the stock of tho Credit Mobilier, or any other compauy.” Ames got thin stock put in his hands that bo might sell it at par, and pay thio par vulue of it out of ita then necrued div: idends, which 8 in fact making o present of it. Ac- cording Lo Mr, Colfax, recciving Credit Mobiiior stock st par, with accrued’ dividends, equal {oits price, would'bo & straight out-purchose.” AT THE INTTSTIGATION. When T testified on the 7th of January, after the holiday recess, during which recess the Hon. Mr. Amcs 83id he refreshed hio memory by Lin memoran- Qum at home, I-doclared emphatically, as 1 did hero Iast Scptomber, that I had never received n dollar frora him for dividonids, nor, tndeed, on any account. what~ ever, He wua present |n the Committes-room, and did not deny this, nor dissent from it, though I asked him to crose-cxamine me, On that very afternoon he told Mr. Crounse, of the Now York Times, who swore to it afterwards before tho Committee, that my statement was probably correct. On 'Dec.s 17, im his dividends,” and Mr, Allcy, his cssociate, sworo before the Committeo [see Page 311 of the report] that beforg tho holidsys Mr, Ames told him that I wou substan— tlally correct inmy statcments as to ihe transactfon, In spite, however, of the original testimony.of Lis, ‘Which ho declared embodicd tho exsct fact, and his expressing his concurrenco with my statement to _Alley and Crounse, sud listening without dissent to my ‘testimony of Jan.7, he camo beforo the Committee on. Jan, 22, with 5 check for §1,200 payableto “8. 0.7 or ‘bearer,“whiclt ho claims he’paid t0 me Juno 20, 1663, Dbut whiich betng payablo to no onc'a name requized no indorsément, and could as well bo cashed by Mr, A, or |- Mr, B, or Mr. Z, or by Mr. C, or eny one else. Never ‘having een any check of his'in my life till T saw this one inthe Committce-room, I asked him if my name was endorsed on it, and ho snswered no, Asking him if he remembered whero T was, when he handed it to, me, he snswared “No.” Asking him if he could not remember what T said when 80 large o check waa hand- o4 me, e again suswered No.” Asking bim,if ha had any receipt for it he answered “No,” Asidng him if he over gave mo a certificato for the stock Astounded st this, attempt, on & check payable to . initinls and not to my name, not indorsed .by . me, aud for which no receipt coulil ba produced, to destroy my testimony, I immediately had the Bergeant-at-Arms, on whom it was drawn, summoned with his cachier and bookkeeper, to testify as to whether they had ever paid me the money for any such check, and they. all answered that they had no recollection of having done 50, but subscqueatly Mr, Dillon, tho cashier of the Bergeant-at-Arms, testified that whilo he could not swear with- positive cortainty after the Iapse of Hon Tz 03 he” hak pat ™ fats ey | M. Nesbite, awors that X had fold him that summer of. 8. 7 check fo Ames Mimself-(seo rige 477 of thy | baving recelved £1,000 or 2,000 from 3z, Neabitt for ], and that when ho had asked Amos, only Hours before, if he had not done it, Ames had -replied that it was very likely. [Soe page 8l of the re- port.] In regard toome portion of the checks from Ames, drawn for this June dividend, thereis no con- troversy. Fourof them had the names in full of Lo- @n sad Allison, both of whom returned their divi: londs to him, s0d Patterson and James F, Wilson, Four of them, however, for this very same June divi- dend, were made out payabls to initials, namely : 8, 0.1 81,200 ;" another 8. C., $600, which, ho says, ars infended for Scofield ; " W. D.'K., $329," claimed by ggbt’a be for . Kelley; “0, A, ga9n by him_to for Garfield;’ but Kolley, Garfield, and T have declared that nelber of s sver #3w these inftial chocka. Scofield ssys be may have Teceived the money and_settled it afterwards, but he does not remember =ny uch dividend. Kelley and Garfield are positive they ever saw the checks, but that Ames Joaned cach of them $300 about that time," and I repeated that T never saw tho check, &nd mever. received a dollar of money from him in my life. It is MT, Colfax then came forward and addressed an | & very significant fact that there are no indorscmenta * carefully-prepared and written out original testimony, || partly for political, with the distinct understanding ke swore sbout me, on Pege 20 of tho report, as fol- | that recelving thom should creato no obligation on my lows: #Norcan T remember having paid hira any | part, bub. that Lis famlly did not desirc to havo his which Lie {nsisted I still owned, he ‘snswered *#No,” | offered to show themall 1 had expended politically, on eftber of these initfal checks, and that no rocelpt has been nteq for either of them, 28 there has been for samo of the other checks ; all of which con- firms me {n the conviction that they, with the entrics in the memorandum-book sbout tliem, relsted to the controversy between Ames and M'Comb in, tho 2rComb suit, and - that. 3lr. Ames did stato the €xnct facts {n his’ cariioet testimony, confirmztory of mine Tather than in his_latest testimony. After they had produced {hese chécks, Lo claimed to bo acting as trusteo. These memorands, if made ct the time, may have béen memoranda of thatrust...— DILLON'S LETTER. r i I will now read to you the frank Istter to'mo’of Mr: Dillon, tho caehder of- the ergeant-at-Arme, & gentlo- man whote integrity is besond all question, Which let. ter, I think, oxplains the wholo matter concluaively. OFFICE 0P° BERGEANT-AT-ARMG, HOUE . . or REPRESENTATIVES, WASHLNOTON, > | March 2, 1873, Dean Sm: When Mr, Ames made (he deposit of $1,000 in June, 1868, in this office, my mind was natu- Tally excltod a8 to the purpose ho had in View, and was all at sca tll the chocks camo to be presented. Then I surmised that M, Ames was the Acting Chairman of Bome investigating committee, and that, a3 the Con- fingent Fand of (e Houso was exhastad Lo was poy- ing the expenses of the, Committeo hims - propristion shoud be thade, I am very confidert that the checks fo initials or bearer wera sl pald to 3ir, Ames himaelf, snd espocizlly the ome of 1,200 marked' “T6 '8 G, or bearer® I then thought he wsa himself drawing the ‘lion's share’vof. his .own. ' deposit. . These -ihoughts Dad passed out of my mind till Mr.'Ames camo into the offica this session snd demandod that his checks should be ehown hiz. = The moment Issw them T recollected all thess thoughts of over four years foro s vividly as though they bad ocourred the day béfore, and, as soon s Mr. Ames had rutired, ITe- marked to Mr, Ordway, tho Sergeant-at-Arms, that I had patd that §1,200 8. 0.7 cheok to Mr. Ames him- Bolf; how I had paid it, namely :_in two $500 and two $100'notes, I was remonsirated with, however, and urged not to testify under oath to such belief, 02 it was fmprobable that I should recollect transactions of such b ekiracter for four years, . Being unfamiliar with the lawa of evidence, I very paturally did not at first stato my strong impressions, but_tostified .8 to the facts onily.” At my socond examination, howover, I freely staiod theso trong impressions, and, if T hsd-had the self-possession of one sccustomed 'to the courts, T world have stated the - foundation for these decided impressions, This strong impresslon that I had paid this ¢S, 0. check to Ames was conduced by himself in answer o a question I put to him_only the day be- fore my second oxsmination, I ssked him: *Did I not that - check to you, Mr.-Ames?’ ond he “replied, ‘I. think it very lkely:” Indeed, the more T havo thought of the whole matter, the more firmly T am convinced that Mr. Ames drow tho'money for the §1,2008, O, check himself, If he had, when writing {f, intended it for you, why did heiot, as ho did with several others, who have ac- Xnowledged the receipt of the money; Write tho namo i full, "All ‘the members who are eharged with the initinl checks deny ever having seen them,and I re- peat, 35 1 tostifled at my socond oxamination, that my very strong jmpression i, that I paid all tho interest checks to Mr, Ames himself, Tendering my congratu- Intion on what I regard as your triumphant vindlou- tion from the well srranged plot to injire you in the estimation of the peoplo. I am, very respect- fully and truly (Signed) Afoses DILLo¥, Cashier.” ‘W, BOOTT BMITH, - 1 will also read you' from ho following sbsolutely conclusivo letter from W. Scott Shaith : 4 OFFICE o¥ EVENING PnEss ASSOCIATION, WASEINGTOY, D. C., March b, 1873. On the evening of ' the doy alluded ts, Mr. Ames camanto the roam aforesaid, upon whom .T.was call- ingat the Arlington House, and, after a talk to some extent on various matters, ho eald, with much carpest- ness, that ho was surprised to seo that you had stated. before the Poland Commiitee that he (Amee) still owed you that sum you had d him as gub- scription. -to “ha; stock .of tha Credit: Mobiller, “Colfax estonished me, sald Ar. Ames, ‘and I have been looking up the matterto ecw if ho is cor- rect. I remember wéll of his paying me$400, and of his coming to me afterwards, aud saying be- had con- cluded to back out of the wransaction ; but my memory 18 clear, and, in fact, T know thut I paid him back his ‘money at tho time, aiid tho matter was then closed up iliout his takdag tho stock, or tay paylng over to bim any, dividends.” X was much impresscd with what Mr, Awmes said, and -believed, ‘as he - stated; that you had mever taken the stock -or Tecelved ‘anyof the: ‘dividends, and, 1 confess, that ea between the public statément made after his conversation avith me,in which he maintained yon took the'stock and received tha dividends, and his rivato statoment, T folt that 1 must accept the latter, ,Eelinflng that Mr Ames, in his former statement, wus influenced by some unexplained motive, In the six years I have represented leading papers, - East and West, at the capital, among the very few men in Con- gressional 1ife, whose integrity I never heard im- eached or called into question, you are one. . The ro- cent Credit Mobilier lnvud?uun has not shaken my Judgment, aud I feel that when the public excitement Bulsides, and the facts ‘can bo locked at dispaselon- ately, the people will continue 1o trust 5ou s they over have in the past,” Siocerely yours, - - (Signed) W. Scorr Sarrm. MATTREWS' TESTIMONY. Mr. Colfax then- mof gnm m:ri‘?n““;:gdut H’:;. Matthews (on pago 494 6 roport) in re to 1] time when he abandoned this -stock, snd which testi- mony on this point, he stated, -the papers had not printed. It was confirmaatory of his own statements— Mr. Matthews telling him in the winter or early in the spring of 1868 thot hé thought the Credit Mobilier an |* institution wheres the big fish ate up thelittle ones, aud’ that in a couple of months afterwards Mr. Colfax toid him his investment~in- it lhad gome up, that there was & prospoct of o lawsult, and as he bad never becn in ome, helhad backed out, and did Dot have any interest in it; and further, thathe (Mr, Ames) failed, and 'Colfax’s mother expressed great syw- thy for Mrs. Ames, - Oolfax replied that Ames owed gllm 3200, but he would never ask Lim for it until he got bl {o pay it, £ .' ‘AMPS’ TESTDMONY. Hoalso réad from Ames® testimony, Jan, 22 [page ho $500, he ouj 0 had to pay the $300, which waa cntirely Inconslstent with Ames Laving -proviously paid im '$1,20, which would have becn $i00 mora.than tho amount Colfsx had paid Ames on account of thestock. - -~ - e - S 1K ANK AGGOUNT. - Mr. Colfax then proceeded- a9 follows : When my ‘unk account was Lrought befors tho Committee, and 1t was shown that I had depositod $1,200. in currency on Monday, Juno 22, 1856, two days after tho date of Ames 1 wasTequited: to explain whero Iob- tained it. My counsel, the yery next day, laid beforo tho Committee s draft’ for §1,000, purchased by me st very 22d of June, with s check out. of this §1,200 depoeit, nnd indorsed over to tho Chnirman of the Iri- dians State Republican Committoe, to whom, a8 the cancelled draft ehows, it was patd. My counsel promised to_connect this with tho subscquont testimony, 3. Matthows, a5 ho has the documents to substantiate, told them'sll that very day that he could testify ex- actly whero Itall'camo from. My sister telegraphod mo from Utab, that she remembered tho and the $1,000 bill of the middle of June, I would Dot present this testimony behind my accuser’s back, he having gono home to Magsachuiscite. Tho dsy Do returned, my sister mosnwhile having made a 3,000 mile winter journey alone, to tastify as to what all my family 80 well remembered, Mr. Matthews, Mra, Hol- Lister, and, all testificd to the reccipt of tho $1,000 bill at tho ~ breskfast-table .with & _congratulatory lolter. Tpon examination, 3fr. Matthews fixed the dstous within two or threo days after hia payment to me of $200 in billa on the piano dobt,which ‘payment of his waa on Jan. 10 or 17, 1563, This testi- mony was confirmed by the statement of anotker sister in Towa,who remembered that my mother wrote to her in June, 1868,0f my having reccived s thousand-dollar-, bill, to which ghe had referrod cepectally, T was fur- ther confizmed by the testimony of . Matthews,that, in the samo conversation, it was understood,snd siated, that I would send this Nasbitt remittance to Indiana, and that tho baak books aud tho cancoled draft proved that I did send it that very day, the 224 of June, out .of the $1,200 deposit. This remittance of 8o large an smotinl f7on & etrunger _was ridiculed by many as impossibie, and tho fact that ‘o was dead and could not {estify o8 to his own contl- dontial donstion was cruclly commentid or. - THE OTHER NESDITT REMITTARCEY, ‘The Committeo, however, after having closed tho ‘public testimony, commenced examtning privately my bank account during other montlis than the one in issue. Learning (his, I notified them at once that I had received other remittances at that session from this ssme generous donor, partly for personal use and lotters published unless sbeclutely necessary, and by the advice of counsel T had not referred to them, Is 1o oxplunation requeated of mo as to preciso sourees of tho currency deposit of June22. I placed them Low- ever, at the disposal of tho Committee and.they wera subsequently made public. They chow that in April, (1808, hie sant me §1,000 for nal uses as e free gift, | charged | havo stated what is the fact and that fn July in & letter, which dId not refer tomy nomination at all, a5 thelost letter of Juno did, ho sent ‘another thousand dollars for political uses, making in all nt that sesedon, in his April, June and July remit< tances, one thonsand - personally-and two thousand litically, I showedalso by another droft of $1,000 dorsed- by me July 18, to tho Chairman of the In- diana Republican Cormittee and returned to the bank pald and cancelled, that I hod sent his. $1,000. remit- tance of July to Indiana as I had -one in June, sud thus two drafis circumstantially prove both remittan- ces and their dates. [RIr. Colfax here exhibitod both of them, the canceled drafts of June and July.] 3 . Tstated to the Committee that I had used still mors in Indiana and elsewhere; for- legitimate campaign ‘purposcs in that cauvase, contributed by friends, and ‘personally, and for household expenscs, I did this ‘Dbecause I did not know how far -these inveatigations were to extend, judging from the Tesearchos afier my specific explanafion of where I got the- mouey depos- 1ted in June, 1868. But the Committee declined fo in- quire into these items, and henco this inforzuation has en loat to the world.” I willnot weary you by fur- ther details, You have all.read the voluntary afida- vit of my hfe-long fricnd, . . : RICKETEON DURROUGHS, 2 ‘who, though he'had only heard of tnd ot even read my statement as to tho $1,600 remittance of June from litical uses, proving, by his repetition of tlie larger Fom four s over, {hat 1 iad evideatly told him of ‘both the June and July remittances from Nesbitt. :Ho =dded that I informed him I hsd sent Mr. Nesbitta contribution fo the Republican Central Committce at Indianspolis, as I havo shown you I did, I resd mow an extract of a letter from - © - < - - - owIvER 10ST, ome of the leading business men of New Yotk in the leather trade, who writes mo: “ You will, doubtlees, remember that you honored me with a visit st my house in Stanford in'June, 1869, and, while there, you stated you_would Like to cali "on Neabitt, whose Boaband had recently died. - Youstated to mo on the way that ALr. Nesbiit had been exceedingly generous and kind to you, that he . had- sent -to you, 144 two or three thousand dollars o help on the campalgn. ¥ou also stated that Mr,: Neabitt- seemed - have.no selfish end in view: that he was deeply” nterested the success of the T pariystad. caly dusived of you that you wonld feel freq to ams o his house with Mr, Nesbitt, snd know him to bos man of large wealth and generous decds. 3 “-I could read you more letters T havo received on this subject from confidentlat friends, with whom I con- verbed moro or less abont this gederous man. But it 19 needloss. . 0 axormER. . LETTER. I must read you, however, o _bri«f .abstract from a- loiter written by {lie Hon. . D. Defrees to A, R. Sam- Ple, Eaq., of this city. Hossya: “iTou mow that four vears ago tholong and intimate relations which_had exieted between Alr, Colfax and myself were broken off, but my senso of justice will not permit my eympathy with the bitter and crucl de- punciation’ of a-portion- of tho public press against _that gentleman. . L Eave knosm Mr._Colfax_{rom bos-. hood, and I do mot belleve him to bo corrupt, nor would ho muko a statement under oath hodid not be- levo to be true. I know how easy it is to indame the ublic mind on sny subjoct. snd_Now uzreasonable it comea when Inflamed. A reaction, however, alwsys takes pl nd in that resction which is bound to como in inctanc, s more reasonable, a more. clritable, and a much léss vindictive feeling will exist townrd all Hicse gentlemen.” Need 10dd tGthis gencrots snd voluatary letter, that, having beard how vigorously ho Lad defended mo against ali refloctions on my fategrity and truthiul ness, I 'wis glad, tho first timo 1'met him, to tender him publicly my grateful thanks, and, shaking hunds together, : the unpieasant alfenstion- of the past four ‘years ended, and, I trust, forever. - aEweman pENIAL, Many minor points fn this maiter I would liketo analyzo at lengt, but I huve refurred to these, which havé exclted the most discussion, and do Dot wisk to unnecesearily prolong this'atatement, Tho falschoods Ahat'have beon telegraphed over tho country during the investigation have beon persistent snd ma- licious, was astounded, when, for the first timo in my lifo, T ‘saw fhe 8, C.” check in the - Committo-room, and found Jt was fo bo to mo; 'snd this ostonfshment was telegrephed 25 the evidance of my guilt. Next, It waa tolegraphed that I was going to try to prove thatIre- ceivid tho $1,200 froms Jagper. Sehotnakes, Braars & Barren, and, when it was found that this wis false, it ‘was telegraphed that I liad to change my tactics, nnd charge it to a deceased man. When I wroto to the Committes in regard to tho other Nesbitt remittances, and the destreof Lis family, and the declsion of my counsel, that they should not be presented, to account for o doposit on'a certain day in June, it was telo- sphedl that I had written toihe Committee that Thad orgotten them, and, when anotlier fulschood was telo- graphed that ‘T after Nesbitt’s death, acted as “his sttorney of lobbyist, the Postmaster- General officially reful i, and showed Ihad dome no more than any Congressman could hiavo done without criticism, and no' more than—T can add—than I have done s'to my department busi- zess, which any constitucat of mine, friend or foc, asked me to Luve decided Justly during the year I rep- resented this District in Congrees, Here 1 must close, From first to laat I Lave stated all tho leading practical poiota n this transaction n ideptical and uochanged guago, and T sm not reaponsible for tho malicious perversions and twistings of these statements with ‘Which some newspapers have-been filled. In the con- fidenco of tho family circle, before you bere in public speoch, and in tho Commiftee room ot Wyshington; T OUR EXPOSITION. Meeting in- Its Interest Lasf Evening. d A Large Number of Influential Citizens Present. “Urgent Importamce ‘of the ° Fair Set Forth. = =~ A Committee Appointed to Solicit Sub- scriptions, Ete. 5o -The Add.}'esses by fian, W P 74 dooibau‘g"l;, Mayor Medill, and Others. Pursuant tos call in the daily papers, s moeting of citi- zena{ntercsted in the proposed forthcoming Exposition ‘was held, last eveaing, in the Open Board of Trade Hall, about 200 gentlemen present. Among them wero many distinguished citizens, who testified, by their presence, to the importance of the ovent anticipated. HON. W. ¥. COOLBAUGH: " 3 called the meeting to order, stating thst he had been requested by the Committeo previously sppointed to doso, Beforo doing 80, bo would address’a few words to tlie meeting, The Committco that had been sp- poluted ropresented tho intarcsts of the city 80 faras it cowd. The Committeo -had several mpetings, and resoived that it would bo expedicnt’ that a grand exposition, representing the manufactures of the Rorthwest, should be beld this fall. - The question was whether & permanent building should be erected, or whether it would be better to provide temporary arrange- ‘ments for a fair during the coming fall: The situation was another question, which waa disposed of by the cholce of the lako front, The Committce were famil far with the fact that there was a diversity of opinion &8 to whether, firstly, should there be any exposition ; secondly, what sort of arrang.ents should be made; and thirdly, what shonld bo the situation of it.” It re- mainod for the meoting to determine these questions, The speaker doubted whether thore. was_suticlent in- that I never received a dollar of dividends on the Credit Mobilier or the" Tpion Pacific Rallroad from Mr. Ames, or any one elss. On_ all ccoasions I ‘have -stated that, whilo T swould '-be willing to buy it at par and hold it, as I understood it in 1569, no prospect of liberal dividenda could induce me to buy intos lawsuit, For ovor four years, by Mr. Ames own testimony, although wo have both been attho Capitol, there has nut been a word exchenged between us a8 to dividends on ‘this stock, Couid there bos stronger confirmation of its abandonment? I stand | before you consclous of no wrong-doing in this matter, in thought, word or deed. ' As was represented to me by Alr. Ames, Iagroed to buy twenty shares, After- ward, and within a few months, on my own con- victions, I abandoned i, prefe to lose ‘what "I had paid than to’ Lold ft. 1t never influenced a vote, or a ruling of mine In the slightest Qegree. Mind, and heart, and consclonce, all scquit me of tho unjust impatations to which I have Leen subjected. My record has never been stained with dishonor or fs icatlon, and this extraordinary mani- festation of unshaken confidence, and unchangeablo regurd by old friends who have known me from boy- hood. answers o thousand malicious attacks, and tariils my heart with a gratitude I cannot express in words, {The opening of Scott Smith's letter, -partly given above, states that the couversation with Ames was at fl‘fi‘; gxllinglcn, the next evening after Colfax had tes- THE TESTIMONIAL, Dr. Humphreys then. presented to Mr. Colfax the mucli-signed testimonial before referred to, which had attached to it 1,500 names, regardiesa of party. Mz, Colfax responded. D, HUMPEREYS, LADIES,” AND GENTLEMEN: Tac- cept this testimonial with eincere and heartfelt thanks, 1know tho intent of it is to show by sour own written signatures, even moro thin by your per- sonal prevumce, your confidence and yoursegard. I ohall pass awsy in 8 few ycars ot most ‘but I ehall "leave -~behind " me, -if Go mpares my lifo, somo ouc that bers my nume, and it will Ee valusblo to him as he grows up, and if will be 8 happy thought for him that Lie can seo tis testimonial, given to the one whose name be bears, after 'subjecting himself to tho cruel and wicked charges that T bave znswered at .Weshington, nnd an. swored hero to-day, as I trust, #o acceptably and suc- cessully, Cheers. The following resolution swas then-offered: . & Resolred, That in welcoming Bchuyler Colfax home to-dny, after his twenty years of arduous publio ser- vice, in which he Lias been. excelled by nome as o model stdtésman, temperate, Judiclons, cnd faithial to prin- clples, we 10 50 with ‘undiminisfied confidence in us honor and integrity, both 83 public man and a pri- Vate citizen.” ke 1t waa unantmously adopted, and tho meeting then sdjourned, wheréupou several Iadies on the o ‘Hoaso stepe shook Gands with 3. Colfxx.’ 3 ‘TI: CHIOAGO TIMES. Owing to the numerous dates, referonces to testl- mony, etc., and the fact that it %es o production re- quirinig more sceuracy of . statement than a common political srcech, Mr. Colfax wrote out the remarks ‘which aro given above. When it carze to delivering it, however, he was unable to stick closely to his text, frequently going over the ground everal - times - in order to fmpress tho subject om tho sudience, nd occaslonally rucning off on eide issucs. There appeared in the " Times of Friday, nlstter from their South Bend cor- ndent relativo to r. Colfax 8 being s stockholder An somo of the manufacturigg cstablishments here, phich geealy ezcited tho Wraliof that geatleman. “He s e e = “Tho'Chiésgo Times had & correspondent hero—T supposa hia is down hero now at' tho table, Ho was over bero yesterday, looking about my investmerita in South Bend (¢ Givelt to Lim.] e says I Lavo eomo investments in the furniture faclory—that I am Vico President, snd that all the beadsteads -have the Colfux coat of arms on them. e says, further- more, that no young married couple can bo_happy without haying one of theso bedsteade, Now, I want to tell youI Laveno dividends on that, but if all the young married couples did buy the Knobloch bedatead, o will mako dfvidcnds pretty soon. Then he says : I Qo not know this gentleman, and therefore I am not personal—that Mr. Birdsell got one of his patents oxtended by my efforis, and that I had becomo s stockholder in the Birdsell Clover Separating Compeny, I do not know whether Mr. Bird- scll got any patents extended or mot, but he his forgotten more about the extension of patents then I ever knew. Itis the last thing the scnior Birdeoll wonld have ever employed me, to do. Ho never asked mo about it, and never poke a word ‘about his patent. To managed it himself. Ono thing 1 do not know is the Patent law, and ons place I never practised in, i tho Patent office; but the Birdsell Company afd say to me, if L would like to take some tock they would lika to'have me . _stockholder. 1 am # stockholdor, and I am not ashamed of it. [Cheors.] Iam a stockbolder in the Hewitt Chatr Company, and if every young couple when they get married, want fo be happy, lct them buy somo chairs, and wo will pay dividends then too. But 1 want to show ‘you the incxpressiblo littleness of all thuso thiuge, Issk you if it ia not the very refinement and quinteasenca of littlencss? T aakt the man himself if it isnot. [Homade noreply.] Tocome down here in my own town, in whoso intérest and proaperity I havo" alvays felt the livelicst intesest, where I bave mado investmentsin gas companies, and mover received a. farthing yet of dividends, Is not it imexpressiblo lttlencss to parade that, and seo if they canmot mako some point sbout Ar, Colfex? (Cheers.] When I get dividends,' as I ehall when all the happy couples get clover-hullers 28 well s bedsteads ond chairs, T shall invest them right here st homo in_thoso manufactures thut Lave mado our town 50 thriving and prosperous, and of ‘which we are all o proud. TILE BEPORTER'S FATE. The indignation caused in 3, Colfax by thoarticls in the Timnes does not seem to havo been confined to Lim, or was incited in others Dy his remarks, After tha speech was over, a yOUNE Man with a sandy mous- tache, o strong volcé, but weak” legs, marched into tho Dright House, and jnquired for tho reparter of tho Tymes. - After ho was informed - thnt that person was not present, ho -scized ‘some one Dear him by tho arm, took him over in fhe corner, and grow confideutial, It was his inteation, he £aid, to seek for tho man who wrote that letter; he yearned to meet him, Whén he had dono 80, he should inform him that some of the statements in that letter “wera 8 lie, sir,” snd if the reporter took any excep- tion to that ‘lankuage, he should spread his rloze over his faco as f it wero butier. Theu he sct of down town in search of that man, but he hastot yet found hiw, © - . -THE LAST INSULT. 5 Noris thissll. After the talking was over 3 large crowd remzined nesr the square, some farmers and. |. some city people. They. brcks up into groups, snd began -discucsing the speech. Eumebody in -one of these little gatherings observed that another romebody wWas 3 Times reporter. - The eccond eomebods looked ‘upon that a5 3 flzhu.ug word, and he called the sccuser 8 liar, Then he hit the alleged reporter on the nose, snd jumped on to him. Then two or three frienda of the man with the injured nose—which part of the body Besqus to be the objective point of sattack down here— Jumped on to the' necailsnt, oad thers wes & very pleasant free fight, lasting » few minates, after which several gentlemen walked off, holding. their noses very carefully in their pocket-handker~ chlefs, This litlle incident ehows the warm attach- ‘ment of the people to Mr. Coifax more fully thana thousand receptions couid do. . - As for Mr, Colfax, he went over to his honee, escorted by the Committee of Reception, and #pent ihe rest’'of the afternoon in receiving cails, 8o far a3 outward can indicafe anything, r. Colfax_appears to bo fully na popular here as he ever was, and hardly @ per- son can bo found who says Le belleves the chargea sgainst bim. - OAKES AMES. The Great Briber to Have a Public i Reception. ‘BosTos, March B.—A complimentary reception will e given to Oakes Ames by his fellow-citizens of North Easton, on Thursday next. : Big Seizure. ArsaxT, March 8,—The United_States Collector to- @ay seized the New Yozk Central Raflrosd propety at terest taken by the public in the matter to warrant the halding of any such exposition. * On motion, Hon. Jobn B. Reynolds was called fo the chair, and Moesre, Washington Hesing and James Nowlan sprointed Secretarica,” - Mayor Mcdill suggeated that the Secretary read the Tedolutions recommended by the Committee in their roport, which was done. 204¥01 AEDILL boing called for, said that when the question of the ‘Exposition was first suggested, he had cxpressed the opinion that it would take several weeks to warm the lo up to B0 great wn underaming. It Foo” navdly | posstble. that. tho clty - could be made enthusiastic in _a moment in rogard to it, for many reasons. Eversbods is deep- 1y en, ih his own affairs; manysro in doubt Whether this fall is not prematurs as a time for hold- ing the Exposition, thinking that not sufficient time has elapsed incs tho fire for the city to recuper- ate. But, 8s the question is discussed from time to time, the nocessary enthusiasm csn be evolved, and the fair would be s success in every sense of tho term. Failure in ‘an sttempt of such magnitude would be Qisastrous; it would bo botter that the wholo matter should end in talk than that it ehould be undertaken with a prospect of fallure, Chicago Lins proved herself aqual to every emergency in the past, and bad always miccoeded in oclipuing overy ther ity in overythizg ahe had attempted to do, By next Soptember the city would be resds for an exhibition. A lster dats would probably bo lcss desirable, bocanse the city would gradually lose the prominenco that it has guined by the great fire. Wo. hall be prepared in thie fall to show the world what has boea dono in & _very brief period. We have moro houses than wo had before the firo by thousands, and more people than we had beforo tho iro by tens of thousanda, Nearly all unsightly places will be coverod before autamn by mag- nificent palaces, the strects will bo cleaned, and e g in readiness for the entertainment of a large crowd of people. The railroads converging in the city will furnish all. nécessary sccommodations intho carrying line. Al the money that might be subscribed would undoubtedly b returned in full to to those subscribing it. He would not ‘like to promise a0y mon to psy him more than ho subecribed. It Toud not be- well to let it run iato s money-making sffair. If any money were made, it shoul go toward raising s permanent fund, for the purchasing of sultable 'grounds, and efecting suitable buildings. A cordial {nvitation could be given £0 tho world to come and seo what had been done in the way of rebuilding this city, toward which they bad- Deen 80 generonsly charitable. No city nd éver dono #0 woll under the “circumstances, and Do city in the world had 8o many friends. Ono hundred and fifty thousand dollars is & large sum for any individual, or for a few individuals, to furnish, but a very small sum for the wholo city 4o _contributé, It would, perhaps, Do the best way fo hiro experts o geo {0 the carrying out tho minor detals, A cunvassing committe should be sppointed. The Msyor _explained ai- some length the way in which money e raised for palitial , the getting together in a dark closet, and assy to those de- oled to the cause, or under obligation to it in any Wy, the varions stms that each was to pay. A similar plan should be adoptod in tho present case. The ‘money now needed should be ralsed from the hotels, which would, no doubt, be liberal, as publicans always are ; then from horse-railway friends, the dealers in ary goods, grocerics, Lardware, lumbe, &c., the news- papers, the office-hoiders, and, Lastly, fromthe banks. Further than this the inasscs would, no doubt, con- tribute something, Certificates of stock should be got up, nicely printed, and sold in a regular busincss way. - Thers would be littlo difficulty in obtaining the nccessary amount of money. 'The lake shore wonld be & good place for & temporary exposition building, but the fair-grounda st tho Stock Yards offered many -greater ndvantages. If that place wera selccted, our sporting men would, no doubt, assist liberally. A great turm sengerfest, or achuetzenfest would, no donbt, confribute Iargely to the success of the Expoui- tion. ' The Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce confemplato having & national meeting of cognato organizations ot the samo timo. There would be no trouble in Alling up the tlown on the occasion, and if Chicago erred in regard to its exywfinnhand Iost ita money o it, it would bo the frst grand blunder alio bad evor made, [Applaue.] ‘The Chalr said ho would Iike to say s few words. Tho Stato falr at Pooria would tako placo gn Scpt. 16, and hohoped tha two would not chah. That, Bowever, ‘would be a questioa for future deliberation. ME. HENIY GREENERAUA was called for. Ho seid ho wonld not like to dsmp tho ardor and courage of the meeting, but he could not recommend the courso suggested by the Committee. TIn his judgment Chicsgo was eitusted now just a3 she o Lsat year. Therawas o greatdeal to do. The stroets, sidowalks, and everything, were in » horrible conditfon. Times had been hard during the winter. experience s 8 banker had shown him such- dif- The Ex Hig that never beforo had business men ficulty in_meeting their engagementa, pusition would be better - postponed till the city was moro prosperous, tho _citizens declded to have the Exposition, he would gladly co-op- erate, though the project did not meet with his hoarty indofsement. Ho did not believe that the time was Tong enough to allow tho thing to bo dane creditably. . x) M, COOLDATGH ~ 203010 correct & misunderstanding on the part of r. Greencbaum, who had- spoken of tho Expositionas & colebration of the great Chicago fire. He would ex- press also his opinion that, if the citizens could build ap Chicago in one year, and_spend $50,000,000, they could in sx months erect o building costing $150,000, [Tumultuous applsuse.] . 3, crAE 8sid hehad concurred with the Mayor, snd heartily Delicved in tho suceess of the movement, and hoped it ‘would be carried through. | ME. RAWLAN was requested to_ssy something of the Cincinnati Ex- position, Ho said that the Exposition building was put up on guaranteed capital, not one cent of_which was paid in, and made a profit ‘of $230,000. There were many peopls in the Northwest who belfeved Chicago was till in sahes,and this Exposition would tesch them differcatiy. Othier rival cities wezo getting up these expositions to divert the trade to Northern Ohio, St. Louis, and in other directions, and, if Chicago wished to maintain her commercial supremacy, sho ought to do the samo tizing. 3. W, W, DOTNGTON thonght tho Mayor had expressed hia fiews. But ho diferéd with regard to the building, thinking it should cortainly be of & permanent character. He had but littio : Leart, professionally, to meke ,plana for . témporary bullding of 80 vast’ a - char- acter, A icmporary building necessitated - a certain amount of exposure, and few porsons would caro to risk thair goods in such structures. He would lend all the aid in his power, 5 i MATOR OADT, © ¢ £ of Hydo Pacis, wished o It the city have 8 quantity of Teal catate north of Hyde Park for an exposition for a term of years rent free. 1t wes on the lake shore, frce of acccss by stearer and steam-cors. He urged the clatms of Hyde Purk, and tendered the grouudsfor s term of yeara free of expenso, He had no dombt st wtemmporsey bullding on th ke {ront would e success! t, for o permanent aite, that named by Dim was worthy of conalderation. The question on the adoption of the resolutions offered b the Committce resulted in the afirmstive, - e RESOLUTIONS. B 3Lz, Crano offered the resolutions: Resolced, That the amount of the capital stock of the Tuter-State Industrial Expoaition shall be $150,000, in “7&“‘:"5«? st there mas fallest i = Resolr 676 may be tho fallest co-operation of tho entire city, £50,000 of tho stock s apportioned to each of the threa divisions, but only $35,000 in each division will be subacribed for tho present ; the -sub- scription books will be kept open to the reaidents of otk divaton oy rom Sared. 10 £ Aarch 15, Ancla sivo; Do one person, firm, or company_will be tilowed 10 take more than ten shares of the stock during such ; on and after March 17, the books will be.open to the citizens generally, who msy them sub- scribe_ for 2s’ many 18 fhey please, until= the - wholo $105,000 is taken; the The meeting was fairly well attended, there being’ remaiader, $45,000, to be subscribed for as required ; o subscription to be binding until the $105,000 is sub- scribed for in full. " Resolred, Thst n committea of nine be appointed to superintend the matter of soliciting subacriptions, three from cach division of the city ; such committea shall also take the necessary steps o perfoct the incor- poration of sald Exposition Company under tho laws Albany for non-paymans of zevenus tax, amouatiag to $460,720; v o of Ilinois. Resolred, That those persons who did residein the tho burnt district, and who contemplate ihel former plades. of Tosidence, ave coaanat tho purpose of subscription, as residents of the Dine fon In which they formerly lived. Resilred, That the above-nained Commities sha) conslst of 'the following gentlemen: North Divie 3. T. Byerson, A. . Heslng, . K. Nizon; Ssath o ;'#u:n.m “12. Bon}tim. AT €5, Jncob Revenberg ; st or 4. Bishop, D. W. Wi . B n, P, D. W. Whitds, Dot Resolred, That it 1s the sense of this m; tho recominendation of the Commitice o2 Tariot st only feasible, but highly desirable, and, If propess carried out, will prove of Immense bencff fo taory and profitabls to the stockholders, as similar enisd! prisés have proved elsewbere, . . o G Resolved, That an association shall at once T formed for tho pufpose epccifed in, tho Commitiess r and tht ita nume shall be “ Tho Inter-State Induras ‘Exposition of Chicago.” oL The resolutions were adopted, ind {he Tnsstiiy Journed, 2 ——— e a THE CITY IN BRIEF, ~ A young man named F. D. Foss had hia pock lioved of & valuable watch and o small sty money at the Wells strcet depal}ulerdny afternogn, At 2 o'clock this morning ‘word was recelved fro Bridgeport that Officer Koch waa worse,being delirigne: snd AlcVelgn rapidly sinking. TS Alex. Lowis has in training at Dexter Park tho cets. brated frotting stallion Byron, and aiso Mr, Browny sorrel mare, 2 The gang of thieves captured by the polico last dny night 60 Stato street mere ArTalgRed ehm tico Banyon, yesterday morning, and sent to fail ty await further examination under bail of $5,000 éach,. The committes appointed at the Tecent meeti; ‘Wabash avenue property-owners announce &m mg will present their report on Tuesdsy next ot 4 p, m., ot tke Matteson House. They Lave met with oxcalient success fn canvassing with interesfed parties, . A presentatian of two elegant stands of mad thin evening, at t. Potriciis Chach. copend 2 Desplaines and Adams streets, toths Gt. Patsichs Total Abstinence and Benevolent Soclery. Bishop Foley will be presentand address tha cangregstion. On Friday evening, while some workmen gagedinthe Water (Vorks tunaeh uader th Tives, near Rush street bridge, the caved ‘burlod on of them, natoed. B, MeOte, njariey o 80 severcls, internally, that Dr. Farwall, who attondey him, thinks his recovery very doubtful. Dexter Park s been leased by five well-imown an thoroughiy responaiblo gentiemen Interesiod 1n fd matters, who propoeo to hold 3 trotting meeting from lay 4 1610, when they will offer $0,009 in premiums, If this meeting proves o success, coother will bo az- ranged to take place soon after the Buffalo races, aod 75,000 in pursas will be given. -Justice Scully, yesterdsy, disposed of the following violators of the Sunday Liquor law: Parsons & Smith fined $20; - Alderman P. Kchoe, $10; Wilim B, Murphy, 310; Henry W. Colltns, 320 John Schrader, $2, O, P. Walsy, John Barbar, Brown & Branch took a change of vente to Justice Banyon, : Aike McDonald's gambling-house, at No, 427 Staf sreet, was ngain relded by iho potice faat mights sy the following inmates captured: Frank: fihom-u, Thomas Perkins, Hurry Floyd, P. L. Appleberry, James- Basey, Marcus Wilson, Eugene iller, Gay Lawrence, Hugh Higgins, sud Jobn Garrity, 41l of ‘Which wev bailed. A gas receipt was found in the Bouse, made in favor of John Lawlor. The mild spring weather of the list two or three - days nppears to have had a disastrous effect upansome of the new brick bulldings constructed during the win. ter. The piers in the building of Drown Brot corner of Clark street znd Calioun place, crum Jyosterday forsnoon, -and a workmsn engaged in Propping us the walls was severely injured by & heavy of timber falling upon his shoulder. No serioca delay will b cxperienced in the completion of tha Duilding, ss the damage, which amounts to sbout cue ; &l plers, Another building owned by the sume gentlemsn—thg Dew restaurant in courso of construction on Madison and Clark streeta—sufTered damsge to the amount of $500 yesterday by the caving in of the interior arch separating the dining snd lunch rooms. No omg was burt. 1t wassiated yesterdsy that a portion of the walls of the new Tremont House waa in s bad way. The ndme of special policeman ‘Anton Ssuvsge fs destined to remain beforo the public ese. Sauvagefs the man for whom the ex-Police Commissioniers aus- pended so many rules (obsoleto rules it is truej in order that his appointment on AMr. Washburn's recom- mendation might b - legal Capt. Fremch reported him s being Inzy and sworthlesa 23 a patrok man, and Le appealed to the Board for an investiga. tion. He claimed that at the time of the police war his brother officera st the. adison_ Street Station treated him shamefally, and made it hot for hir, and that ho was led into traps thereby. During the tuvee. tigstion yesterdsy afternoon, the Bergeants being prosent, it was showm that Ssvage refased (o abey ot era from his superiors. On learning this act of i~ subordination tho Oblef promptly withdsow his recom mendation, and Savage was left to his fate, which no ano will lament, g A @elegation called on the Mayor yesterday, consist~ ing of A. C.Hesing. The minor luminarles, who could only be regarded as satellitea of the great journe alist and preserver of the public pesce, wero W, K. Nixon, Esq., Maj. Dan Cornell, and Mr. WWinchell, Thy object of thie delegation was 0 secuze tho remoral cf the Small Pox Hospital, One of the reporters of Mr, Hesing's paper states that'itis on the great many programme to procesd tothie removal in the manner dicated by tho great.man’s hen AldL Bebaf- proxy, presumably the latter, to proeesd in~ close - carrisges to the Small Pox Hospltal, take out the inmates, convey them to tho e ) County Hospital, and then'tear down the present strus- turc, This programme {s evidently the correct one, Those who remember the petition of trick-bats on thy subjoct of the fire ordinance, will find it not difficalt o understany how tho great conserver of public order could resort to guch messures, Backed up by Ald, Bchaffner, the Sir Boyla Roche of the Council, snd “ Joe," Mr. Hesing's solitary worshipper, there ia esery reason to believe that the expedition would be success- fu),—unless Captain Gund has few quiet policemea on aty there, Armed with good and reliable weaposey £uch as bave roved succesatul 1n stmilar cises oo tb4 uth Side. D BIRTHS. T RIEURRANKAMP_Of s o5, 1. B. Gray, wils of L T N POt e 800, H. 5. Gray, wité of L MARRIAGES. ROSSITER—NESBITT—In Eaglowood, -March & by the Rov. Walter Forsythe, at tho residenco of tho Lride's father, D. W, Rossilor, of Ehlcago, and Mirs Lotla 2. e S idunc of the prshs poate by e e B £, P. Goodwin, Biram H. Martly s llm Butle £ £~ Janesviile, Wis., papors please cops. DEATHS. - PORTER—Tho funeral services of Mrs. Loulse Hynd- shaw Porter will be held at hor residouce, No. 157 Cala. metav., this (Sunday) alternoon, at 2 olclock. ~ Frieads G RATH . Mareh & Harey. A., ouly son of Anth g = . and Magulo McGrath, aged years dnd 11 Gaper goun of faneral given hereafter. AXTER-March 7, William Byfard, son of D, F. and Batah &, Bazten, at (o ago oF 1t mchn " % ofpneriloasuaday, acip. ., &% rosidence; No. £ o STODDARD—At Osk Park, March 8 XMra. Ablgall Steddard, mother of F. 3L. Avery, 2sq., of this c1iy, e ke fianA “Thoromalns will bo takon East for burial. BATCHELDER—O. C. Batchelder, of the wiilknows firm of Batcildor Bros., Boston, disd in that clty on the He was brother to George L. Batchelder, of this clty, and was one of the most successful and est young men of Boston. OMALLEY 3arch 7, 167, Patrick 0'Malley, ot the residonco of his parents, N olahst. Funeral by cars to Calvary to-day, Friands of the fam- 17 a5 LA 8 athoad 7 LAY i Lisut.-Com- ABBOT—At Fanchal, Madeira, oa Feb. mandor Walter Abbot, U. S. M., 80u of the lats Com- mander Josl Abbot, U. S. N., add brother of Mrs. Dr. N. F. Cooke, of this city. PROFESSIONAL. THE FRENCH DOCTOR, B.BRIARD, 10 an eminent French Physician, for many years coo- neotod with The Academy of Medicine, Paris, Which Is rogarded as ono of tho best Medical Institations of Europe. Duringhis connoction with tho Institation sssociated with the most eminent praciitianess af Franc = The Doctar foundod the Chicago Medical Iustitits, of ‘which b is now the Prostdent and Proprietor. Ho kas 8 Iargo Labotatory connected with his Drug Stare, a8 - 188 SOUTH HALSTED-ST.; And he is assisted byonoof the most learned Chemisis and Pharmaceutists In this country. Since tho establish. ment of his Institation in Chicago, hohas treated-with Egrent sucoess a larg namber of old chromio casos, ofow ez natare, bellered incursble. : Parsons at a distanco who may desiro trestment can alt the Doctor by Jetter. 2 ‘He componnds all his own modicines at bis Laboratoy, and forwards them by expross. - ‘Ho makos no charges for consultetions. All Ianguages spoken at his Drag Store and Rooms, 163 South Halsted-st. FOR SALE. First-Class Boiler and Fnne FOR S ALE, With or Withont a Valuable Lease, Sitaated in best part of West Side, at 63 and 6 Soaid Caznalst. - Very low for cash. Apply on premises, 0 A. N. RKELLOGG. ‘WA NTED. WANTED, SITUATION As foroman ot superintendent. by a frst-class mochadlct hias & thorough kaowladge of the eroction of 4 R P s D e anc : 9 years es superintende B e g oo e PP ENDEST, Coon Cobum & Co., Ghlcago, % Consnlting ]