Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1873, Page 2

P CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: 102 DAY, MARCH 10, 1873 His Reception at His Home in South : Bend, Ind. - d Dispatek to The Chicago Tribune. SovTs Bexp, Ind., March 8.—A few weeks ago, r il the testimony in ihe Mobilier caso was fn, it o7 rurred to the citizens of South’ Bend, that, under a1l $ie cireumetanees, the proper thing for them to do totuin out snd receive their fellow-townsmsn, . Colfax, on Lis'Teturn from the sceno of his la- They decided mol o have an offielal and formal on, but that the afiair sbould be & sponteneous ouipouring of the afection of the poople. Thercfore they appointed o Committce of Armangements which £ %0 work to learn when Mr. Colfsx would reach ture, and to organize the spoutancous reception. TAZ TESTINONIAL, > 4t first it was delerminied simply fo mest him at Gopol, wolcome him, and escort him Subeequently it wax .folt that, tbe mmabated confidenco entertsined i Mr. x would be thown Ly tho reception, yet it could %ina mors darable form. Consequently, the per was Grawn up snd Ief€ {n ono of the i offices for signatures: e, the undersigned, desire, on your refirement #;0m the incumbency of the second Lighest offico in The g7t of the people of the United States, to: expresa a our gratificetion and hionest pride e have cver i the purity of personal character ive always maintsined, and the honorable 5 with which you have invariably sdministered 7" rusts committed to your care during the mansy- haye passed in_publio. life; ond, baving, ua + fu the homie of your youth and mture years, “your character £nd. life thoroughly, we, ‘Wwith- d1oour political viows, wish especially at ent record an expression i the tation, end falsification unjustly subjected you, and in our anabated \o confidence in the honesty, {ruthfulness, ¥y of your personal, oficial, and busincss ife , Ind,, March 8, 1873.” i< docemont was very numerously signed, ono of tuo tigners brlug o reporter of tho Times, wWhose 1. Jed bim to kide his trae name uader that of 500 Siith, It s stated that many mord kignatures 25711 Liave leen obtained bisd there been time, and it .1l Le left open fcr names for several days. THE COLYAX BTGGT. T thg coarse of timo it was proposed to make an- ddition to tho programme, The Studebakers, 5 ure layge wagon munufscturers Lere, lisve recent- ‘Lies turniog out a new kind of buggs which they e “ Coifax,” the peculiarity Leiug that it can ¢ be chouged from 3 eiogle to @ 575l Sr. “Thes thought' that it would nob be occaslon of sz to give lim ouc on o His roturn, tud they set, to work to bulld him an ex- 1w mice ome. Then it was suggested: that s Lorse 1eight ba bought, and bitched to the buggy, and the Tesia vould be in resdinesa for bim at tho depot, Fin I ogramme was to have the talking down theroand thoon let him get in his new carriage and drive up to house, Dut the horse part of the proposition fell through, and the buggy was not_done in time, 80 that {25 prepntation will ave (0 be postponed to auotlier day. THE VIRST PERFORMANCE. Early in {ho forenoon a fire broke out in the town, and & large frame building was burnt down 3 but tho excitnent which it occasioned was ovar haforo the Tiime for Mr, Colfax's coming. Ssturday ia the favor- Gy for the farmers iu the neighborhood to ceme to ‘i, mako their purchases, and get, the news, and = pocordingly present in_ great numbers, ‘with 3¢ wiveannd ehildre, though there were probably v more than there would huve been if no reception Yo bave como off, The citizens, of conrse, turned St ATew fugs fonted from e public Liildings 24 some private dwellings, end all the men in town,— Wills the axception of the one whose house had burnt Sosm, and whio felt a gloom whichnot even the comig o Calfax could llay,—were out on the streets, THE ARRIVAL: Tho train arrives from the Westat12:30, buf, for some time before that hour, the platform was so close 15 pacek with men ond women that it wns dificult to gss through them. The band-wigon, tho double- fezm which was fo carry Mr. Colfax to the Court- Loiutr, 80 tho oher carriages for tho uso of the mem-— Eurs of the Committec of Arrangements, formed in the riax of the depot., ‘The Maycr, and the other members I the Reception Committee, had taken s western train ad gono up to_ Laporte, where they met tho ono on ‘hich was Afr, Colfax. They oll shook hands. The ex-Vice-President smiled npon his follow-townsmen, 354 they expressed thelr delight that he had returned Y% them to leave them 10 mare. ‘\Phen Bis trato reached the depot Liere, the church bells began ringing, and the steam-whistles set to Jlowing, Dnder cover of all this demonstration of Sappiness, Mr, Colfux got out of Lia car, carpet-bag in ik, and bardly had time to Tesch tho platform bo- fore homebody wsa shaking hands with -bim, Ho odunily worked his way through the cowd, bump- §2¢ the lugs of Fowme of them with his carpet-tag, and 8 king hands with the zemainder, Perseverance and Avitrdid their work, and he finslly succeeded in ex- Sricating himself from the fangled mass of wen, momen, and kneehigh ehildren, who wers Rinually stretching Tp hands. which seemed o have ne bodies conectod with them, and singing out, 1 ow do, Schuyler * Their confdénce in him show- <amo nigh of abatement. While all this v3s going ony: * §5e cornet band, drawn up in musical arzay at ono end B e e etatod. Hsel o Hom, Swect. Home, L cisoilar airs, The intention was better than' the o vation, £ar tlio good-naturcd crowd was perpetually Sing on the toes of the performers, one of whom o3 Sut La gricf through his cornet. 'The little irm- ctiona growing out of these difficalties were pret- e well vailid thougl, by tho Epirited accompaniment. ocomotive which 5000 & fow stepe off, THE PHOCESSION, After Mr. Colfax was once out of the crowd and wafein Lis carriage, the propession started off, tho Sinth Bend Cornet Band, sn organization bound in bige and white, leading the way, and the carriage e bore AL, Colfax, the horses gorgeously be- Diumed, followed close behind. The procession J izehied up to the Court-House, through streets lined 3545 tho teama of the farmors, a0 hetween sidewalks Tlied with people who wero racing along {0 get good Chapce fo hear Mr, Colfax's defense. Women Who oro detained st homs by Decessary engagements, leaned over {ho front feuces, with their babies in sheir arm, and nodded to the fellow-townaman as he Zode by, The lookn of tho citizens were as pleasant o8 The eusny weather, and of the many hundreds present ot one’said & word aguiuat iz, Colfax, or even emed indifferent to his return. When the carrisge Teached the front of the Court- Touss, Mr. Colfas. got out, 2nd had 1o shake bis way tnrough 8 crowd nbout as dense as tho ono st the 7 Tty siter Baving gray sped &;v:nlgg:e: By ‘made his way 1o the steps, w! D oo erected, and on which 1o 1ok his Soat uiong with Mayor Miller, ex-Moyor Hiumpbrics, &nd one or two aged- snd respactablo citizens of tho Place, Threo cheers were called for and giren, au tuzn Mayor Miller read the following VTLODMTRG ADDLE. On behalf of your townsmen nn 3 Flourant Auty fo° spesk (ho. Words ihat but faintly ez Fress youz welcome home. The city, county, and dis- Frict of which, from childhood, you have béen s res) Gont, ton constitucney yon_have so long and worthily repraccnted, znd the friends who, from south to mate Tivod, have Jooked with yride ipon your success in life, S bia sou wwelcame, and bid ma fo expresatoyou Their continued confidence and undimished regards, You are mo stranger bere. The citizens who firat saw end sppreeiatea tlie struggles, pre-cmivence, pnd Tonorabla ambition of your earls . life,” who Yove had -long sssociation wilh you &8 o melgubor apd s fellow-citizen, ~Who have with jesdons pride seen and fclt {e result of your con~ + eToria on the side of the principlea of fustice, of right (=8 {heir immediate representative), couce(vo themselves best qualified o giye an estimate of your claracter, and render a_just verdict upon your con- Quct, Thatverdict hes been by them {reely, promplly, nnd Justly given. Neither tho insinustious’ pf lnsidi- ous foce, nor the charges of sour encmles, can chango it Nor'can calamity or detraction ob yoriof the Qeserved erteem of your friends and nelghbors. ‘That confidence in your integrity, over felt by them, snd carned nnd won by 8 conatant blameloss private and publio ife, cannot be destrorcd by the ancchin- tionsnd artifices of scheming tricksters, to impair or Supeach. your course of necfulness sto Your country, Rud your faturc advancement to thé highest honors by thio Republic to it worthicst citizens, ‘Wo shall ever, as heretofore, wheilior 28 8 publio Teprosentative, ' 8. private citizen, or the fature Teciplont of still . higher houors, gladly wol- come your return {0 our midsf, keeping un- impaired our full trust in a character for truth, in togrity and petriotism, which his beenso well merlted, £nd rotaining that affcetion for your person and char- ecter that has led, and will ever lead, us to proudly call you our own Sehnsler, e 7. Colfax then camo forward and adarmssed an audisnce of probably 3,000 people, who occaslonally Zrsisuded ond sometimes laughed, They were mo Tore 20d Do loss demonstrative than ihe Buuth Benders have been when listening o his spesches in the past. His speech was 2 follows: - OLFAX'S SPEECE. & Mn_ Mavos, NEIgmBORs, AND FAIENDS: My heart would bo cold and callous indeed, if it did not throb more quickly and happily st.suc’ 5 welcome home s 1his one with which 1 am honored, and the gratitude for which 4t would take s lifetime to exhibit, Here Jouhave known me from childhood, My goings out 20d comings in have been before your eyes, My chasy acter has been formed i your midst, And you know whether, for & 4 PALTRY UM «of money, I could be induced to shipwreck it. When you come' ither, therefore, by the thousands, epon- tareously, and, a8 I am %l&d 0 bo told and to know, ot confinied to political friends alove, but participated in by ent and’ lifelong* political opponents 0 honor me with such unmistakable manifestations of your unabated confidence and affectionate regard. I feel it due to you, as well as to myself, to cxpose the. atter injustice of the cruel charges on which I have: been arraigned during the past wintsr, IUT8 GHIEVANCE. you in the terrible rrdeal | ‘entirely dead only gave them'fresh opportunities for caviland fulsification.’ The testimony of my etepfather end sis- ‘Aer, and,.unimpeachable £8 Y0u here know, hem to b, wag denounced ss nnworthy of belief. 4 CONECTOTS OF H15 TXNOCENCE."” 2 Thess encinics were defermined on_ having thelr vie- tim, but, conscious of my eatire insocenceof this cruel and wicked charge, and confident that Hs who know- oth ol thinge will, in His own_good time, make that intocenco manifést to all, I bavo stood mumoved “enid this tempest-storm of vilification and fnjustice, willing o Lide my time for the complete vindicatton I now 13 80 certain {0 come, 5 RETROSPECTIVE. . Let me resd from tho Chlcago Jnter-Ocean of Sept. 26, 1672 the following exizact from tho epecch 1 do- Jivered hiero tho previous duy. It wes mude, you wiil romember, in reply to the charge’ that I Rasono of the “Twelve Apostles” who sold out 1o 110 Credit Mobilicr at $20,000 apices; who liad been ribed by gifts of stock on Which enormeas dividends had been peid, and for which certain legislation bad Deen enzcted. - THL ORIOTNALDEXWAL, - «Never having In my life » dollar of etock of any 1:iud that I did not pay for, I clzim the right to pur- chare stock in the Credit Mobilicr, or Credit Immobi~ Licr, if thero f, one; nor do I know of any law pro- Lititingit. Do I need to add that meither Oakes Ames, Bor any otlier person, ever gavo or offered to give me one sliare, o twenty shares, or two Lundred &hares, in the Credit Mobiller, or_any other raflroad stack, and that, unfortunately, I bave hever ecen or Teceited the value of o farthing out of the .20 per cemt dividends, or tho 800 per cent dividends in czeh, slock, or bonds, yoit Bave read about the past month, nor 100 pes cent, nor the"tenth of 1 per cent. I have eaid that if twenty shares of it could bo purehase, x, without Puying into prospective low-sult, it would be s good invest~ ment, if 08 valusble u stock as reprezented, but uever ‘having been plafntifl nor defendant in a court of Jus~ tice, L'want no stock st any price with a law-suii on ‘top of it.” OMARGED WITH PREVARICATION, ‘Althongh I thus publicly claimed the right to - purchase (his very stock, and avowed . {renkly my willingress to buy, owm and nold twenty shares of it, if Icould do it without Duying iuto a lawauit, and ths accepted all the odium there could aftach fo purchasing it, ca I then uader- stood i¢, Ihavebeen charged with ' prevarication bo- cause Iid not go on and tate thut I had withdrawn, years Lefore, from on incomplete contract to buy iwenty shares, losing what I had paid on account. ~If 11ad supposed thata denal or explunailon of an ifferent chargo than that I was dnswering would be required of me, I ehould cerfainly havo done #0, 28 it would hevo ' strengthened, fnstoad of Weakenihg, what I was stating, but thatTcould not forcsce, An cminent divind omco smid, rather frreverently, “If man's . foresight wero only 28 s good ns Lia hindsight Iio would o but s liltle lower than the sngels ;” and uy way in speaking Lias always been to discuss aud explain pend- fog issacs, and ot to discuss or explafu those that wero not pending. I ILLUSTRATES. But let us test this by an illusiration,—a methed +which often Lrings out a disputed point more viridly than argument. Suppose any ono of you had been charged with huving been given shares ina woolen factory ; that from theso shures you had received enormots dividends, and that, as 3 payment for these gifth and dividends, you had aided corruptly in carry= $a7 through legislation in regard to the duties on wool, would you mot regard it e & euficlent sm- gwer o such cbarges to tell fho public that you had all your life publicly advocatad the acale of dutles alleged to beve been carried by corruption? Bosides this, their coactment bad been o year beforo theso alleged mfta; that you had mever owned auy stock in woolen factorica or auything elso that you Tind not paid for; that your sharea uad never been given you, and thet you had never received any suck Qividends, Now, it yon nd voluntarily withdrawn aa T had, at 2 pecunfary losgover four sears boforo, from &n ent to uy such stock in a woolen~ factory, you would regard what I have supy as o _ suflicient refutstion of & charge that you had been bribed by gifts of stock and enormons dividends, Bat, if you sdded to this the frank statoment that you b3d ssid you would bo willing to buy fhis very factory tock st par, znd to Hold 3¢, if it wonld not involve you in likigation, would you ot fhink that your suswer would be full and tharough on every practical point that the wanton calumny required you lostate? No one could bave boen misted by my speoch, on the vital poiut that, though 10 such slock was ever given 1o me, 1 publicly avowed my willingness to bear all roprosch that ould attach toan investment of my money at par 28 T then understood it, T8 ENEMIES CALLED AS WITNESSES, But I do not intend to rest the srgument on this point hete. I call my enemics s witnesses, Tho New York Zribune of Sept, 26, 1873, published a telegrapliic abstract of {his epecch, with the following Tead, ehowing that it fully updersfood that my denial ‘was {0 the chiargs of Laving had stock glven tome: % Never ownedl o shroin thie Credit Mobilier that he did not pay for.” It was eminently fiing that this same paper slould, on Jan, 24, print Literaily a quota- tion from the speeth with fhe cssential word *give™ lefbont, and then baso repeated elasgen of my e, truthfuiness on the quotation it bad tlius altered and faleified, (Alr. Celfax here exhibited the paper.] Tue Gmicaco Tamuse also, which hos almost daily assailed me the past winter for alleged prevarication in th spcceh, did not understand it at. the time. - 1t do- Clarod, editorielly, Sept, 27, in commenting on, my spesch: . Mr. Colfsx claims the right to’ purchase whatever stock he thinks proper Eved when offered liim st par, and when the acericd Aividends are more than equal to it par value,” And on Sept, 28, tho next day, it said sgain (I quote ita in- sinuations, aléo, although my payment of $534 dis- proves that part of it), na follows; ¢ Mr. Colfax Clatims that he hiad the ight to purchase the stock of fhe Credit Mobiller, or auy otlier company, Ames got {hds stock put fu Lia hands that he right scll it at par, and pay tho par value of it out of its then accrued div- idends, which was in fact making 5 present of it. Ac- cording to 3r: Colfax, receiving Credit Mobilier stock at par, with accrued’ dividends, equal toits price, would be a stralght out-purchase.” 4T THE, INVESTIGATION. WWhen I testified on the fth of Japuars, after the loliday recess, during which recees tho Hon. Mr. ‘Ames gaid Lo fefreshed hia memory by his wmomoran- ‘dum st home, I declared empbatically, s 1 did liere Inat September, that I had never received a dallar from him for dividerds, nor, indeod, on any sccount . wWhat- ever, Ho was prescat 1o tho Committce-room, and did not deny this, nor dissent from it, though I aked him tocrose—cxamineme. On that very afternoon ho told Mr. Crounse, of the New York Times, who swore to ¢ Afterwards beforo the Commitice, that my statement was | probably correct. On 'Dec, 17, in his Taveruliy-propared and. written ot original testimony, Tio swore about me, on Page 20 of the Tepart, 1s fol- lows: * Nor can I remember having paid ki any dividends,” and Mr. Allcy, his associute, swors beforo ihe Committee [aee Page 331 of (Lie report] that bafore thie holidsys Ar. Ames told him that I was substan- Hlally correct in my statementa 28 to the transaction, In spite, however, of the original testimony of Lis, ehich ht declared embodied tho ezact fact, snd his expressing his concurrence with my statement to ‘Alley and Crounse, and Lstening without disscat to my testimony of Jan. 7, ho came hefors the Committee on Jan, 22, with & check for §1,200 passbleto “S, G or ‘bearer,which ho claims he'paid to mo June 20, 1868, Dbut wlich being payable to 1o ono's name required no indorsement, and could as well be cashed by r. A, or Jix. B, or 3£, 7, or by M., o o ong clre, XNover Ving seen any cheek of his 1u my lfo ill I saw thia oue in'the Committce-room, L asked him if my nymo Sran oudoraed on it, anA ho snswered no, - Asking him it ho remembered where I was, when Lo banded it to e, ho answered ¢ No.” Asking bim 4f he could not Tomember what I said when 6o largo a oheck was hand- od mo, he again onswered “No. Asking bhim if be fiad any reeeipt for it ho anawered “No. Asking im if ho ever gavo me s certificate for the stock hich he insisted T still owned, ho answered # No." istounded at this uttempt, on 3 chieck payable to initialsand no to my name, xot indorsed by me, and for which no recelpt could bo praduced, to destros my tostimony, T immedintely had the Sergeant-at-Amms, o whom It was drawn, summoned with Lis cashiet 204 bookkoeper, to testify a8 to whether they bad over ‘paia me tho moncy for any such check, and they all swered that they had no recollection of baviug done 25, bt subscquently 3, Dillon, the cashler of the Bergeant-at-Arms, teatifiod thst’ while he could not pwesr with positive cortainty after tha lapse of yesrs, et Dl very strong impres- Son Swas tngt ke bad paid this yery $% o ehieck fo Ames himself [seo pago 477 of the report], ond it when o bad asked Ames, only By boars betore, 1f e \l;ud[ ot donz . Ames bud Teplied that it sas very likels. [Sée pago 451 of fhe ro- O Iasegard |5 one portion of (ho checks £rom Ames, drawn for this June dividend, there is 1o con- trovelsy, Fourof tiem had the nsmes in fullof Lo- an and_Allison, oflof whom rcturned their divi- onds tohim, nd Patterson and James ¥, “Wilson, Fonr of thom, however, for this very aame June Givt- dand, were mbdo out payable fo iaitials, namels ; "5, O §1,200 ;7 anoter # B, 0., $600,” whith, he £ays, 610 tulended for Scofield ; * W, D, K., §320,” clatmed by him fo be for Kelley; omp 0. 4., $129,7 5aid by him_to bo for Garfield;’ bui Kelley, Garfield, and T hoyo declared that selther of us evar sew these initinl cliecks, Bcofield eays ho may Lave oceived the money and_scttled it afterwards, but ho 008 mot remember any such djvidend. Kelley and Qarfiold are positive thoy nover saw the checls, but thrt Ames loaned cach of them $300_about that time, and I repeated that I never saw tho check, and never reccived @ dollsr of motey from him fnmy life. Itis & Sory significant fact that there ars Lo indorsements on effie of these -nittal cheeks, ond that 2o recelpt bas been preseutea for either’of them, as thara ns Teen for some of the cther " checlos; all of which con- frmie 24 1n the conviction that they, with (be entriés in the® memorandum-book sbout them, related to the controverey between Ames and M'Comb in the A'Comb suit, and that Mr. Ames did state tho exact facts i his’ carliest tosimony, confirmatory of mine rother than in his latest testimony. ‘After they had produced these chocks, ho claimed o be acting 8s trustee. Those memorands, if made sb the jme, may Tave béen memorands of th trast, ! DILION'S LETTER, 1 will now read £o yor 1l frank lotter to me of Mr. Dillon, the cashier of the Sergeant-at-Arms, o gente- iman whose {ntegrity 18 beyoud all question, which let- fer, 1 think, explaigs tho whole matter coudiusiyals. OFFICE_OF BYROEANT-sT-Aus, HODAL] * OF BEPRESENTATIYES, WASTINGTON, . 5 March 2, 1873, ' :Deam Sma: When AT, Amed mads the deposit of $1,000 in June, 1608, in {his office, Ty mind ¥as natu- Tally excited 85 to the purpos he had in view, Aud yrs 1 ¢ aca till tho checks came to be presented. Thed T furmised that Ar. Ames was the Acting Chairman of some investigating committee, pad that, as the Con- tingent Fund of the House wab exhansted, ho wis pay- ing the expenses of the” Committes himeelf Uil an ap. If T hod beena confessed and wicked criminal, I- could ot have been pursuod with more malignity by 3 oportion of the American press and their Washingion lenfs, Day after day, every possible cir- cumstance has been exsggeratod and telegraphod as ab- soluto proaf of guilt, Day after day, it bz been de- manded that I ehould explain this, or that, or the other point, and, when expiained, the ‘same malicious cnemies have tortured, and perverted, and misrepre- sented the e: determined, if possible, that $he reputationof theinsn they hated should be de- stroyed, snd os dsy by day they poisoned the public nind they rejoiced almost with shouts of exultaiion st having eflected, as they boped, their work of ruln, - - - postize of All my nanclal affairs did The frank e of sll my Do good, Tis discloaure of the sscred confidences of the ion should bemade. I om very confident that iho chocks to initinia or bearer wers all paid to Hr. Amss himeelf, and especially tho ong of §1200 marked “T6 8. G, or bearer” I then thought he vas himself drswing tho- ¢lion's chare’ of his pwn deposit. Thee fhonghts had passed out of my mind HIl Mr. Ames casie into iho offico this sesston’ and_demanded .that . his checks should baghown -him. The moment Isaw them I recolleciss) all theso thoughis of oser four years be- fore 2a vividly 3 though they had occurred the day Defore, and, a8 soan a8 Mr. Ames had retired, Ire- marked to Mr. Ordway, the Sergeant-at-Arms, that I bad paid that §1,200 “S, C.” check to Mr. Ames him- self; how I had paid it, namely : in two $500 xnd two $100motes, I was remonstrated with. however, and arged ot to teatlfs under oath to guch belicf, as it was Hmarobable thst I should Tecolleet traneactions of such I rcr for four seara, B:n7 unfamiliar with the Javes of evidence, T very naturally did not at first etate 1y etrong smpreksions, it testified a8 to tho facts onls. ALy second ‘exumination, however, T freels ‘tated {hese atrong impressions, und, if 1 had had the scll-possessicn Of -ohe accustomed 't the courts, T would Liave stated the foundation for theso dacided fupressions, This etrong impression thai I had peid this 8. C,' check to Ames o conduced by himself in answer to s quostion I put to him only the day be- fore my second cxamination, I ssked him: *Did I not pay that, check to you, Mr. Amea? and he replied, "*I think it very likely.! Indeed, the more I bave thought of the wholo matte: the more firmly X am convinced that Ar. Ames drow the money for the $1,200 8. C. check himself. If o bad, whon_writing i, intended it for you, why did Lie niot, as ke did_witli soveral others, who bave ac- knowledged the receipt of the money, write {ho naime infull. ANl thomembers who are charged with the inltial chiecks deny ever having scen then,and I re- Dpat, as 1 testified at my second exnmination, that my Sery strong impression Iz, that T paid all tho interest checks to 3r. Amen bimseff, Teudering my congratu- Tntion on what I regard ax_your triumphnnt vindica- tion. from ho well mrrasged plot to injure yon in the cstimation_of Ibe people. T am, very reapoct- fully and truly (Slgued) Moses DILr.o¥, Cashier.” 7, SCOTT £3ITH, . 1 wlll alao read sou from the following’ absolately conclusive lotter from W, Scott Smith: “OrFICE OV EVENING PRERS ASSOCIATION, WasimxTox, D. C., Marcl 3, 1873. On the ovening of the day alluded 10, Mr, Ames came into tlie room aforesaid, upon whom 1 was call- ingat tho Arlington House, aud, after a talk to somo Cxtent on various matters, he eaid, with much oarnest- ncas, that he wea urprined o sed that you had stated Dofora the Polard Comuuittee that he (Aines) etill owed You that sum you had origisally paid Lim as sub- Seription to tho uiock of tha Credit Mobilier, “Colfux astonishied me,’ waid Mr. Amos, ‘and I have been looking 1p tho matter to sce if 1o ia cor- rect, Tremember wellof his poying me $100, and of 1ia coming to me afterwards, and saying he Lad con- cluded to back out of {ho trausaction ; but my memory ia clear, and, in fact, I know that I paid him back hia money at the time, and the matier was then closed_up ithout his taking the stock, or my paying over o him 2y dividends,’ I was much impressed with what 3Ir. Ames eald, and believed, aa he stated, thui you had never taken tho stock or Jeceived any of the dividends, and, I confess, that as between the public statément made after bis conversation with me,in which o majntained you took the stock and received tho dividends, aud his rivate statement, I {clt that T must accept the latter, Tioving that Mr. Ames, in bis former statement, was influenced by somo uncxplained motive, In the six years I love represented leading papers, East and Weat, at the capital, among the very few men in Con- gresslonal life, whoso integrity I never beard im- Penched or called into question, you are one, The re- cont Credit Mobilier investigation has not shaken my Judgment, and I feel that when the public excitoment 2ubisides, and tho facts can bo looked at dispassion- ately, the people will continue to trast you as they over Lave 'in the past, Sincorely yours, W, Scorr Sxrrm. (Signed) MATTHEWS' TESTTMONY. JIr. Colfax then rcad from tho testimony of Mr, Matthews (on page 494 of Lhe report) in regard to tho time whin ho abandoncd this stock, 2nd whick festi- mony on this point, ho stated, the papers bud not printed. 1t was confirmatory of Lis own ftatemonts— AT, Maithiews telling him in tho winter or carly fn {ho spring of 1863 that Lie thought the Credit Mobilier an insttatiou where the big fish ate up the little ones, and that in a couple of monilm afterwards Mr. Colfax {old him Lis iuvestment §n it bad gome up, that there wun n prospect of a luwsuit, and a8 lo Bad never been iu one, Lehad backed out, and did ot have any Jutercet in 3t; and further, that' o (Mr. ‘Anics) failed, aud Colfax's mother expressed great sym- thy for Mea. Amcs. Colfax replicd that Ames owed im $300, but lie would mever ask Lim for it until he gotadlefopay it. - 2 - AMES’ TESTIMONY. Healsoread from Ames’ testimony, Jan, 22 [page 250}, that cven after Colfax’s conversation about uever ‘minding the §500, Le supposed o bad to pay the §300, which was entirely inconsistent with Amnes haviug previously paid him 51,200, which would have been 100 mors than the smount Colfax had paid Ames on. account of the stock, CHE BANT ACCOUNT. Mr. Colfax (hen procecded sa foliows : When my Dbank nccount was brought before the_Committoe, sud it was shown that I had deposited £1,200 in currency ‘on Monday, June 23, 1665, two days after tho dute of ‘Ames’ chieck, I was required to esplain where Iob- tuined it. My counsel, tho very next day, Laid before the Committee n draft for §1,000, purchased b’y me that very 22d of June, with o check out of this $1,200 deposit, and indoraed over to the Chairman of the In- Qiaua State Republican Committec, to whom, za the cancelled draft shows, it was paid. My connsel promised 10 connect this with the subsequent testimony, JIr. Matthews, asho has tho documents to substantia told them'=1l that vers day thzt bo conld testify o actly where it oll came from. My elster telegraphed me from Utal, that ehe remembered the SENDITT LETIZR and the $1,009 bill of tho middle of June, I would Dot prescat fhis testimony belind my accueer’s back, Do having gone homo to Massachusotts, Tho day Be returned, my sister meanwhile Laving madoa 3,000 mile winter journey alonc, to testifs as to what all my family 8o well remembered, JIr, Matthews, rs, Hol- lister, and, all testified to the receipt of tho £1,000 Lill at the Lreakfast-fable with a cougraiulatory leter. Tpon cxamination, Mr. - latthows fixed the dato as within two or three days after his ‘payment to me of $200 in billa on the piano debt,wltich poyment of Lis waa on Jan, 16 or 17, 1868, This testi- mony was confirmed by the statement of anothier sister in Yows,whio remembered that my mother wrote o her in Junc, 1808,0f my having received a thoueand-dollar- bill, to which she had referred espoclally. T was fur- thef conilrmed by the testimony of Mr, Matthows,that, in the samo conversation,it was understood,and statod, that I would send this Nesbitt remittance to Iudiana, and that tho bank books and thé canceled draft proved that I did send it thab vers day, fhe 234 of June, out of tho $1,00 deposit. Tus remittance of 0 large an amount from a stranger was ridiculed by many as impossibie, and {ho fuct that he vwas dead and could mot testify a8 to his own conf- dential donation was cruclly commented on, TRE OTHER NESDITT REMITTANCES, - Tho Committce, however, after having closed the ublic testimony, commenced examining privately my uk acconnt diiring other months than thuonein issue. Learning this, I notificd them at onco that I had Tecoived othor remittances at that eesslon from this same gencrons donor, partly for personal use and partly for‘mfidml, with the distinet understanding that receiving them should creste no obligation on my sty but that bia famlly old net destroto havo i eiters published unless abeolutely mecessars, and Dy the ndvice of countel T had not referred to thiem, Ta thie oxplanation Tequested of me as fo preclso sourees of the currency deposit of Juno 23, T placed them how- ever, at tho disposal of the Commifieo aud they wero subsequently made public, They show that in April, 1868, Lie sent me S1,000 for peraoual uscs as o free gift, 2nd that ju July in'3 letter, which did not refer tomy Domination at all, a8 theloat letter of Juno did, ho sent #nother thousand doliars for political uses, maling in allat that sesslon, in his April, June and July remit- tances, one thousand personally and two thousand politicilly. Ishowedalo by snother draft of 'S1,000 indorsed by mo July 18, to the Chinirman of tho Tn- ana Republican Committce aud returned o the bank Pald and cancelled, that I hod sent his $1,000 remit- fancoof July to Indians 251 Lad -one in’ June, and fhus two drafts circumstantially prove both remittan- cos and their datee, [r. Colfsx here exhibited both of {hem, the canceled drafts of Juneand July.] 1 sfated to the Committes that I had used still moro in Indians and clsewhere, for legitimato compaign purposcs in that canvass, contributcd by friends, and offered to show them all'T Lad cxpended politically, raonally, and for howehold oxpences, 1 did this Pecatso 144 not know how fir thens. fnvestigations wero to extend, judging from the recearches after my specific explanation of where I got tho money depos~ fted in June, 1868, But tho Committeo declined to in~ ‘quire into theso items, and hence this information hag Dacn lost to the world.' I will not, weary you by far- ther detalls. You haveall read the voluntary afidae vit of my hife-long friend, DIGKETSON DURROTGIS, who, though he hiad only heard of and not even read my statement as to tho £1,000 remittance of June from 2Mr. Nesbitt, swore that T had toid him that summer of having recelved 1,000 or §2,000 from 3fr. Nesbitt for ‘Political uses, proving, by his repetition of the iarger ‘sum four times over, that I had evidently told him of both tho June and July remittances from Nesbitt, Ho added that I informed him I had sent Mr, Nesbitt's contribution to the Republican Central Gommitteo at Tudianapolis, s I have shown you I did. I reed now an oxtract of o lelter from OLIVER MOTT, one of 16 leading business men of New York in the Jeather trade, who writea me “4Tou will, doubtless, remember {hat you honorod mo with a ¥isit at my houso in Stanford in Junc, 1869, and, while there, you stated yon would like to call 'on irs, Nesbitl,” whcso husband had recently Qed, You etated to me on the way that dIr. Nesbitt ‘had beon excecdingly generous sad kind (G sou, that ho had sent fo you, unsolicited, bwo ‘or 'threo fhousand dollars fo help on the campaign, You also sfated fhat Mr, Nesbitt scemed to have ma Selfish end in view ; that ho was deoply nterestedin o succesa of tse Republlcan farty and only desired of you that you would feal fren to come {o Lis house and tako mcal with bim, I was peraopally scquainted with 3r, Neabitt,and knger bim (o'bo's. 03 of large wealth and geacrous decds. T could read sou mors Jeftern T bave rocalved on this sibject from confidentint fricnds, with whom I con- ersad pior or less about this geaerous man, Bot it 1s necdiess, ANGTIER LETTER. I must read you, however, &_hrief abstract from 8 letter wflnc‘nmhy c“hn }Jz{n. 3. D. Defroes to A, B, Sam- le, Esq., of this city, Ho gays: 2 D Fon smow that four years ago thelong and ntimste relstions which had existed between Ir, Colfax an myeelf were broken off, but my sensc of justice ¥il pot permit my sympathy vith the bitter and cruel de- Huneistion of a portion of the publio press agaiust that geafleman, 1 Eave known Mr. Colfax from boy- hood, and I do nct holieve Bim to be corrupt, nor wonld he make a gtateméat er oath hedid not be- leve to be true, I Jmow how casy if iatn inflame the hlic mind on any subjsct, and_Liow Hnfeasgnable it Pocoman when infiamed. A reaction, howeyer, siwasa takes place, 8ad in that reaction which 1s bouzd to come in il instenca, = moro Teasonsble, 3 more charitable, and a much lesa vindistiye fecling will exist foward all theso gentlemen.” T0dd tothis gencrous and voluntary letter, that, 2 heard how vigorously he bad defendéd mo ali Téilections on my integrity and. truthful- ness, I was glad, (s St tino T met bim, Lo tender im poblicls my gratefil thaaks, and, shaking hands fogether, {he nnpleassut alienstion of the past four Fears eniled, and, I trust, forever, ~ ¢ GENFRIL LENLAL 3lany minor points jn tils matter I would like to snalyze ot length, but I have referrad fo these, which ‘have exciled thio most discussion, and Go £of wish t0 unnecosmarily prolong this statement, The falschoods 1bat have been telegraphed over tlie country during ABe inzestigation ‘hato been' persstont and ma Ticioas, was . astounded, when, for the firat time in my “lMe, I ssw fhe “8. G check in -the Committe-room, end found it was to be charged to me; 'and fhis nstonishment was feicgraphed os the evidence of my guilt, Next, it was telegraphed that I was coing to try to prove that Ire- “were both printers.} Y am plessed, ete., ote. .had pleuty of monoy, that he would administer on his Foed bub ald ot ko it then ceived the $1,%00 from' Jasper Schomsker, Stdart & Barren, and, When it was found that this was fdlse, it was telegraphed that I had to change my tactics, and charge ft to " deceased man. When I wrote to the Committce in regard to fhe othor Nesbitt remittances, and tho desireof his family, and the decision of my counsel, that they should not be prescnted, to zccount fera dopostt on_z-certain “day-in-June, it wae telo- graphod that I had written tothe Committeo that Ihad fargotien them, and, when augther falselicod vas,telo. graphied that ‘I had, after ' Nesbitt's death, acted a3 “Elg sttoroey or —Iobbrist, the - Postmaster General otticially . refuted. it, ond .. showed, Thad done no more fhan any’ Congressman could Bavo doue witliont. criticism, and o more than—I can add—than I have done 2a to my deparliment busi ness, which auy constftuent of mino, {rieud or” foc, asked me to have decided justly during tho year I rep- resented this District In Congress. Here T must close. From firet to lzst T have atated all the lesding practfeal polnts in this traneactfon in identics] and unchanged nguage, and I am not maiblo fox the malicions perversions. and {wistings of thess statements with which some newspapers have been dlled. - In the con- fidence of the family cirele, before you Liere in public £pece, and in the Commilte roorn 2, Washington, T have stoted what is the fact, that I néver voceived a doliar of dividends on the Credit Mobilier or tho Union Pacific Rsiirosd from - Mr. Ames, or any ome clso. .On .all cccasions I. havo stated that, while I would be - willing . to buty it at par and hold it, as I understood it in 1863, no ;pect of liberal dividends could induce me to buy to s lawsult, For over four-yearr, by Mr. Ames’ own testimony, although we bavo both been at the Capitol, there bas 1ot been & word exchznged belweer 1 08 {0 dividends “on this stock.” Could there bea stronger confirmation of its sbandoumout 7 1 stand Defors you conscious of no'wrorg-doing in this matter, in thought, word or deed. As was reprosented to mo Dy Mr. Ames, Ingreed 1o buy twenty sbores, - After- ward, and within o few months, on my OwA cou- victidns, 1" sbandoned ', * preferriog o loso’ what I had paid than to hold. it. ‘it mever snfluenced a vote, or o ruling of mine in the slightest degree, Jind, and heart, and conscience, all acquit me of tho unjust imputations to which I have been subjected. Aly record - has never been stained with dishouor or falsification, and this extraordinary manj- festation of unshaken confidence, .and unchangeable regurd by ald friends who have known me from boy- Thood. answers s thousand ralicious attacks, and thrills my heart with a gratitudo I cannot expresa in words. 1The opening of Scott Smith's letter, partly given above, states that tho converestion with Ames was at the Arlington, the next evening after Colfax bad tes- tified.] THE TESTTMONTAL. Dr. Humphreys then presented to Alr. Colfax tho ‘much-signed testimontal beforo reforred to, which had attached to 1t 1,500 names, regardiess of party. Br. Colfux résponded, - Dn, TIUMPRREYS, LADIES, AND GENTLENMEN: Tsc- cept this testimohial with sincoro and haartfelt {hanks, 1know the intent of it iy to show by your own vrritten signatures, oven more than by your per- soual preseace, your canfidenco and your regard. [ sholl pass nwoy in s few years at most but - I shall lesve: behind “me, if Go spares my life, same one that bears my name, snd it will be valusble to him os be grows up, and it will boa happy thought for him that ho can 800 this testimonal, given to the ono whosa name be bears after subjocting himsalf to the cruel and wicked charges that T have answered ot Washington, and an- sworcd here to-day, o8 I trust,’ 80 ncceptably’ and suc- cessfully. Chrers, = “Tho following resolution was then offered : * Rexolged, 'Lht in welcoming Sehuyler Colfax home to-day, after Lis twenty years of urduous public ser- vice, i which ho hins been excclied by none as a model etaténnan, temperate, Judiclous, and_ faithful to prin- ciplcs, we do 8o with ‘undiminisied confidence in hin honot cud integrity, bolb 8a s public man and a pri- vatecitizen,” 1t was unanimously adopted, and the meating then adjourned, whereupon soveral’ ladios on tho Court- House steps shook Liands with Mr., Colfax, Owing to the numerous dated, refarences 0 testi- ‘mory, ctc., sud the fact that it wes s production re- quiring more accuracy of statement than a- common political srcech, Mr, Colfax wroto ont the romarks ehich aro given above. When it came to delivering it, Dowerer, e w28 unablo to stick cloacly to his test, frequenily going over tho ground several times i order to finpress tho subfoct on the audience, and oc- casionally rurning off on eido issues. ~ THETHOUSAND DOLLAR BILL. - . . Spesking of tho letterfrom 3tr. Neabit incloting tho thousand dollsr bill, he rald ;- - 4 Tl lotier of July, which I bundied up with othera when Congress adjourned, and threw intoa trunk, and never sy it ogain until this iuvestigation,—o | only letter T had, after tha April one, that I could pro- duce, doca not s3y a ward about my fomination; does not refer to the Convention; does not: refer to my be- inga candidato for Vico President; doos mot say, ‘T congratulate you! Is it possible {hat this maz, who bad taken thia extraordinaryliking to me, and who was showeriug Lis money upon Ine, aud Ssying in July, ‘1l you want any more, draw upod me for whatever ou need—fs Jt ot sl possible, is it probable, 1 it Ju tho rango of human posaibility, that_that man ‘Would lot that tiomination pass without’ scnding me a letter cougratulating me on my nomiuation. Of coure o would mot, and, ‘wheil be did it, with his opeu- hearted generosity, the wost natural thing was tosend Tt o thoaaand dolsrs. - . 2 “But that is not all. I want to show you somethiny now. I suppose you would like to see what thia Cou.- mitteo saw,—tho first- letter I received from 3r, X Dbitt, Ihave gotithere. It is a Lalf sheet of paper. Tt vas o very small plece of paper to send o thousar.i dollars toa Strunger in, ~There ft 5. Iwill read it fo Fou 2 iy . “¢APRILIT, 1868 “(Dian Bax ; 1 beg your acceptance of the inclosed | [It Ces not say hiow wnuch] to asaist in defraving peraonal expenses during ihe present political .t poign. [Sent tomo personally.]. T beg 1o say that I L ever ready to forward {he lutcrest of & deberii. ” member of the craft, [That -does mot mean we li~ Tonged to s sccrét inititution, but it meane that ' 4 GEORoE F. NEiurrr.! 4 That {5 written in ink, with » postscript in pencil : 41 inclose s check for gafety. If you had rather re- céivelt inanyother_way, please mame your wish.’ That meant, though T did’ not kuow it, that he in- tended to send momoro afterward, Ho was worth milions, He knew my ealary did mnot pay my cxpenses, ond® it &id mot by several “thousands and more. . He had taken & notfon, as ho eetafo ns ho went along, and he mado his old heart giving tome.- - He {nfended 'to eend more, Ho ovidently intended o send a bill in. the letter in fnk. It was confidential, 2nd he intended to put a bill in 3 but, aftor writing tho letter, after getting through with his inkstand, ho took up & and 8ays, ‘Iinclose o check for safety, He had mever written tame before, snd he 88id to himself, ¢ Instead of sending the bill, I om -going {0 eend s check; und ho writes in pencil, I incloso s check for safety ; but, it you would lke it somo other way, Rumo your wish. 1 Sant this confidential. To send & Wil would keep it ith ourselves ; o send 3 check, it would have to be indorscd, ete. 'As 1 did not mention any other way, when hio congratulated me on My nomination bo eaid : T gend it to you, because T know-yon will bo called upon iu your State for campaign expenscs.’ e put in 2.0l 80 it should bo sbsolutels coufidential, as Lo shows he irtended doing in bis first etter, Ho saw tho first one went through safely, and so he sent a bill in the next one.” r MAKING UP WITH DEFREES, Tho full account of the reconeiliation -with John D. Defroes was ns follows, After reading Dofrees’ letter 10 A. R, Semple. Mr. Jolfax &afd:* % Need I add to this gonerous and voluntary letter, given to me unso- Heited thot I beard ot Washington that_everywhere, ‘wherever I was assailed, in the Capitol, on Newspaper Tow, on the strect, wherever nnyono wagged his tongue sgainst me, this old friend of mine, whoso relations were Lrokeh four sears ago, without being on any persopal relations with me, stood up and said, ¢ I Jiave known him from his boyhood,snd I will wager my life againat overy one of bis defumers’ that all tho money there js in this world ‘conld not induce him to doo corrupt act or swear to an untruth. When T heard of it, T eaid to the friead who-told mo first of it, * The very moment I can see him, I shall go .to him, aud tell him what my heart. instructs me to say to him.” Imet him ufteryards on p street-car, in Hio presenco of one of your citizens .I:was seated, with my wife snd child, in ono corner of the car, oing up to the Capitol, at night,—~for it was lato in f5% session, and we were holling cvening meetings. 'An be stood at the door, I loft my seat, and went np to ‘him, and #3id “8ir, four years ago au oid friendship as’ broken off by circumstances which I do mot proposo to go over; but my lLeart beats with gratitude towards you for staading . up here Sgainss nll my mseallauts, o the : most ‘thding hour of my life, and déclaring rot only sour Delief, but tho wager of your life if new be, in favor of my innocence.” 1 sald ? # There'is my hand, {f sou Will take it, and the past shall be {orgotten and ob- Titezated for'ever ;" and, when I did 80 Lo said, * Wher tho hounds were agains? you, Schuyles, tho old fealing camo back {0 me,and I could not o ansthing else But say what Tdid.” Iam glad to sas that old friend- ehip ha becn restored intact, snd all {1s years we have ‘been nlienated are forgotien. & ¥ g THE STDONENTDAT, 116 comments upon ALr. Ames us foilwa ; 1 Smigt i th say that anybody Eas svorn falsely. Ia thelapso of scaty wilh & falli g busiacss for several millions-of dollars, and an extension by Lis “raitors, {bia hat probebly ; [l outor b ming and, onshowing him this_ clicek, he thought he paid it tome, 1 donot propose to judge,” Gol ajoge can look 10to the hearta of every ane. All T kuawis, that, whion T appear beforo 1y God I the judgment, with my Ticys of etornal salvntion trembling in tho balance, [ #liall say to ilita, pe I £ay £o you, befors the nseembled Forld, acver did Ireceive, Gr have ofered to me, one Joliar from Mr. Ames on any acoount yhsfever,” £ tho bil from Nesbitt, by said Referring 19 the bill from Nes : -'fl.\n 1 u‘um £06d mother of mine tad lived ! tar I {alkzcd with her 0v7Cr twenty Limes abott this extrave- dinary remittance, snd she would. havsteatified toit s ‘suppose, the' men who. have been hunting thongh, for 793 blood world have maligned e, and, perhaps, IS etfe Sl sleepain hercomn: ol . oH sALARIE EFUSED, TTia spoken peroration ¥as s fallowd: . “T come back now to live and die {n fhistown of Soutts Bend, that T love 80 well, for o tempiations of farge salaries or widespread spheres of msetulnoea liewhers have fempted me,- In tho few Tonils past, G0 secept even énormous sslaries, gy my bsck upon the people -iba hove loyed . s 80 ad g0 wel, o8 whaae tears; 1 knos, will o dropped:upon my fotfin whea 1 busied 1A thogity of tho Dead on 50u- dor hill. T come back ioyou t0 be welcomed with open Soals and wiling bands, testitsing 4310, Gsy, vour e Rdento in and your regard for me. 1In the privaie ol Jito, moving in and out in the poscetul cir- 2 Epid BRagh by oey fo s vl $nonth by month, and et by zear T D meotnd your {amfy teblcs, 28 _vh'kh::gc . forth, and meet YOU 10 tue MaFts of by =0 Fhuic, pere, in thia Court-House Square, in {hie rorious i “public mestings we may have—never, while thia huart Pu tinaes t6 best, never shall T forget tha warm, the encroas, snd e siantic mARACE tn which you bave Fien me thia welcoms botis to-day. God bless yoa b THE CTICAGO TIAPS, = There appeared in thé Times of Priday, s letter from their South Bend correspondent relative to 3fr. Colfax™y ‘being s stockholder in some of the manufrcturisg s tablishments here, which greatly excited the wraih of that gentleman, He seid: .8 fair demend. Other grades are held withi increascd { Beforo the. Judge, mnawwg * The Chicago Témes had u correspondent bere—T supposc e §a down Lere now ot tho table. o was over here yesterday, looking about my investments in South Bend [ Giveit tohim.’] Ho says I have gome investments in tho furuiturs factory—that I am Vice Prosident, md that all the Lesdsteads have the Colfax coatof arms oa_them. e says, further- “more, thatho young raarried couple cab be_happy without having one of theae bedsts Narw, T went fatell youl hicveny dividnds on that, Lut if all the young married conip’et did tuy the Kuobloch bedstead, v will make dividends pretty soon. Then heniys: I o not kuow this. gentleman, and therefore I am not. pervonsl—that Mr. Birdsell got one of bis patents cxtended by my efforts, and that I had become 1 stockhokler in tho Birdsell Clover Soparating Compauy., I do not kmow whether Mr. Dird- Gl got' any patents extended or nof, but be las forgoiten mors ctbout the —extonsion of patents than T ever knew. Itis tho last thing the sonfor Birdsell would have ever emplosed me to do. Tie never asked mo sbout it, and nover spoke a word About bis patent, He managed it himself. One thing 1 do not know is the Patent law, and one place I never practised In, is the Patent oflice: but tho Birdsell Company did a5 to me, if I would Lko to take some stock they would like to have me a_stockholder. Iam a stockholder, and I am not ashamed of it. (Cheors.] Tam o stockholder in the Hewitt Chair Company, and if every young couple when they got mnrried, wunt to Ve happy, let them buy some chairs, and wo will pay ' dividends. then too. But I want to show ‘sou the incxpressible litileness of all theso thinge,” Iask you if it is not the-very refinement and quintessenco of littlences? T axk the man himself if it snot. [He made no reply.] Tocome down here in my own town, in whose {ntereat and_prosperity I have always felt the livelicst intesest, where I havo made investments in gas_companfes, and mever recelved o fortbing yet of dividends, Ts mot'it incxprossible Iittleness to parado that, and see if they cannot make some point about Mr, Colfax? (Cheers.] When XUget aividends, 5 T sball when all - {he _get _clover-lullers rry - couples 28 well s bedsteads and chairs, T shall iuvest them Tight here at home in {hose manufactures that have made our town 80 thriving and prosperous, and of which we are el 80 proud,” THE REPORTER'S FATE, The indignation caused in Mr, Colfax by the arlicle in the Tumes does not scem to have been coufined to Lfm, or was_incited in others by his remarks. After the speech was over, a young man with o sundy mous- tache, a strong voice, but weak legs, marclied into the Duwight House, and_inquired for the reporter of tho TYmes, ' Aftér he wis informed that {that perion was not present, Lo seized eome oue near him by the urm, ‘took him over in the comner, and grew confidential. It was his intentiou, he aid, to seek for the man who wroto that letter; ha yearned to meet lim. When Le kad dono 50, he shoald inform him that sowe of tho statements in that letter “were a lic, sir,” cnd if the reporter took ay cxcep- tion to that language, L shouid spread his nose over Dis face as if it wero butter. Then ho3cs off down town in search of that man, but ho has ot yet found = THE LAST TNSDLT, . Noristhisall. After the talking was over o large crowd remainied Bear the square, some farmers and somo city people. They broke up into groups, and began_discuscing the speech. Somebody in one of these Littlo gatherings observed that another somebody was a Times reporter. Tho sccond somebods looked upon that as o fighting word, and bo caled the accuser aliar. Then he hit tho alleged reporter on tic nose, and jumped on to him, Then two or threc friends of the inan with the fnjured noso—which part of thebods scoms to be the objective point of attack down here— Jumped on to tho_ assailant, and thero was a very pleasant - freo fight, lasting o few minntes, after which several gentlemen walked off, holding their noses very carcfully in their pocket-handker- chiefa, ‘This litilo incident showa tho warm attach- ment of fhio peaplo to dir. Colfax more fully thans thousand receptions could do, A for Mr. Uolfaz, hie went over to his honse, escorted Dy the Committee of Reception, and pent the rest of theafternoonin receiving calis. So far as outward sigua can indicate anything, Mr. Colfax_sppears (0 b fully ns popular hero s hs over was, and Lardiy o per- son'can be found who says Lo belicves the charges sgafnst im. WALL STREET. Moview of the Money, Gold, Eond, Stock, and Produce Markets. Spectal Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune, NEw Yoms, Fob, 8.~During the past week, money s been stringent at 132@ 1, with exceptional sccom- ‘modations st lower rates. » Gold epeculation has been strong, tho price havin risen from 14X to 115%, thohighest peint cf the week, and being highest for more than & year past, Casl: gold was made searce, and at the close loans wero aaigh a8 3/@3-16 for borruwing. Forelgn exchanges have drifted into demoralization a2d rates have declined to figures fur below anything cnrrent for' o long time past. The supply of bills agunst raiiroad snd other Londs has been. Liberal, and thio game is true of Lills against produce, not 1o Mien- tion Lills drawn sgainst nothing, The exports of produce from (his port for the week were 25,252,903, and the shipments of cotton from all ports, éxclusive of New York, 735,500 bales, worth robably §7,000,000, These figures explain in part the farge supply of bills on London, Government bands have been steady for the most part, while rallway morigages and other first-class se:utitiod have been firm, with moderate business, “Te stock market sturfed off with depression and i1i¢ renewalof Pacific Mail excitement, under which { rievs doclined from 1 30 8 per cent, and dealings were larga in estent, but aftorwards the excitement sub- ded, and the dopression gave place to a firm- e Teeling end the higher range of values, Although fho course of epeculation in imgpy shares was cucentric in the cxtreme, thero was o marked falling off in the volume of buaiticss during the closing days of the week, ond tho incresscd Armness was dite largely to the agitatipn of the 44,000,000 legal tender Qquestion, especiaily the semi-ufitial snnouncement from Washington, that the Socretary claims the right to reissuc theso Dotes at will. The greatest ductus- tion was in_Fanams, which advanced from 106k to 123, with_the 'highost guotation current at ihe close, Pacific Mail stated off with 2 decline from 57 to 43, but sinco then the price haa reached 57%, the kats dealings being at 57, Western Taion Telegraph fell off from 83 to85%, rallied to 831, declined to 8477, and later sold at €6, clomng at Harlem sold at 127@125 esrly in the %, and advanced fto 13, on favorable re ports from Albany concerning tho _extension of tho Company's tracks in the city. Union Pacific Tauged between 24 and 95X, with late dealings ut 35%¢, ‘Atlantfc & Pacitic advanced from 25 to 29, with most of tho improvement maintained at the close, The, forcign commerce of tho port for tho week wos a8 follows: Gemeral merchandise jports, inclading dry ~goods, §0,404,803; produce exports, $5,252,003, and specio exports, $004,253, Total imports since Jon, 1, 382, 471,624, agrminiat 876,673,575 Tast year ; fotal exports of B‘r.od\lca since Jan. 1, €114,209,975, against $37,687,544 t year. Tofal cxports of Specie mince Jau.'1, $il,- 226,960, gainst £3,203,675 lust Year. MoNEY. Money was actie and_stronger to-day, and ranged from 132 to . Mercantile paper nominal. EXCHANGE AXD GOLD, Forelgn exchango was heavy and lower agaln, oving partly o igh borrowing Taics for cash gold. Gold firm ot 1157 to 1153 on an active businese, eToCKS, The stock market was dull and prices irregular. BONDS, Governments wero firm, The Tegistered transac- tions at both Boards amounted to_$152,000, inciuding one sale of 100,000 of now United States 5 per cents, v PRODCCE. Tiour closes strong for ull grades under $3,00, with Srmness, but are comparatively quiet. Wheat closes fiem, ot an advance, With a fair demand for export. Wealern wheat quict. Pork was firm ond fairly actlve, with salea of about 1,300 bris, at £16.00 for new mess; £12.95 for extzs prime, and §14.00 for Western prime mess for . futuro ' dellsery, March mess is quoted nominally at §1555. 1,000 bris for Juno sold at £16.00. Cut meats aro moderately active, ith sales of 10 tea ry salted aliort cnt hams, 12 an 13 tbs, 8 14340 ; 50 bozes heavs Tickled bellich ut 73z¢, With éales of Qfy eelted shonlders at Gie. Bacon was firm and moderalcly active, with sales of 50 boxes long clear at 8c for city, and 50 bozes long clear Western st e, Short clear is guoted at 8yc Lard is firm. Western for March is quoted at 8916@8%c, With o sale of 5,000 fea at tho under figure; alvo 50 fcs on epot at §1ze. For future delivery; 3,000 tes for June sold ot 9 S16@IXc, ‘moatly at the higlier figure. ST. PAUL. Impeachment Trial of the State Trens« urcre—The Dodge Divarce Casesss Straznge Denouncment. Y Spectal Dispatch ta The Chicago Trivune, St. PATL, Minn., March 8,~Tbo preliminaries hav- ing been arranged before tho adjournment of tho Legislature, 10-da, the Scnate will sitasa Court of Im- peschment to try the Slate Treasurer,on tho third Tuesday of May; The Dodge divorce enit Lad a senastional'cnding fo- oy by am extraordinary afBdavit from Mre. Dodge, the plalnti, She confeases a plot 1o entrap hier hus- band into adultery; donfesall the other churges ahig has heretoforo sworn against hir, and_declarea that shio makes this affidavit because hér_counsel hsye re- fused her repeatcd requests to withdrow the case from gomet. "Bh pecifcally. ehiarges tuat er et counze, Fiuley by name, is {he suthor of her troubles, aoq the chief conspirator sghinst ber husband} 8a¢ Meatshe wao controlicd by him; that he pro- pord £0 e {0 poison, Ler husband, upon which she e her +opAdedea in him, and now ecks fo re- peir the wrong shicuad done, - The aficavit was made ‘presented to tha defend- ey Were gning into court to argoe 1 far Contiunaties and ia prescatation X cmplete curpiae to sll concern Flplas not belng 12 Court, fhe .fl(dn declined to h:xd; any Yusther motios untll he appears, ¢ ¢ - - ° Railrond Sait. Bpectal Dspateh to The Chicago Triune, OTTAW, TIL, Oct, 8.—A man namoed Kalstea wad led by'an engine on tho Chicago, Burlington & ncy Boad, at Mendota, Nov. 19,1670, The heirs fo ;6 Geeeased bring suit inl the Circuit Court for $5,000 Namagds, whick cult 8 Dow on trial, with two leading ttorneys of OEizzgo, 23 n ke mumber of Gtaws, on er side. 2 asas Popular Election of n Postmaster, Bz FUTE, Ind,, March 8.—At an_electi sday, by 11, Bepuhiican. votora of his aitr, to 1o dcate tho cholce for Postraaster, Nicholss Tilbeck re- sived a majorly of 677 aver all other candidates, Bank Forgery. Ew YoRx, March 8.~It was to-day discovered that Jen 1. Jonca, late clerk in the Southern Dank of Liis homo for Nashville, taking with him a largo . FOREIGN. SPAIN. " Loxpos, March 8.—A despatch from Madrid states that the streots in the vicinity of the Palace of the Cortes were thronged during the session yesterdar, snd thero was much excitement. Datachments of civic guards werostatiened at various strategic points, in anticipation of an outbreak, - It fs also stated that Figueras will to-day propoze an tmmediato dissolution of the Assembly, apnrp, March 8,—~The Committeoof tho Assembly, haviug chiarge of Figuerse’ bill for tho dissolution of the Assembly, are still in conferencowith the Ministry, It 1 reporied that 3 mixed’ dircctory will be ap- ‘pointed, composed of Figueras, Rivero, Orense, Martos, and Castelar, under tho Presidency of Pi y Tho Government will ba styled pure Republican,” ‘The provinces are undistarbed by the- Carliste, and are reparted qulet, The Gavernment farces yesterday dieperied a body of men attempting to join the Car- Lists, from the ‘province .of Madrid, Fifteen of the band, including its chiet, were killed, and a hundred taken, prisoncrs. ispatch from Pampelana, to-lay, eays thero is 0 trutl n tho reports thst o Garlisls are besieging that place. The insurrectionists cut the (elegraph lines and raflwass, severing connection with the town, and then upread the falie repdrt. ‘Tho Carlist foreo in the Provinco of Navarro does not number 3,600 mcn, Gea. Novillas arrived at Lagrono yesterday, and im- medialely assumed. commaud of ‘the Army of the North, L P FRANCE. Pams, March 8.—By the cxplosion, yeeterday, of & cariridge manufectory at Fors Mont Valerien, twenty- efght persons wero injurod, twelve of whom, it is stated, cannot possibly recover. LaTEn—It ia reported that 100 persons were injured 1n the cxplosion of Fort Mont Valerien, Loxpos, March 8.—A dispatcl from Berlin says that the Government of France has officially given Germany finencial guarantees for the psyment of her war ki- demnity, and that negotiations for the German evacua~ tion of French territory have already commenced. VeRsarLres, March 8.—Seven of tho Committes of Ten, members of the National Aseembly, to which the bill 'approving the Anglo-Freuch comuercial treaty ‘was referzed, aro hostils to the measure. s i GERMANY. BERLI, March 8, —Tho master printers throughout Germawy, to-day, lockod out all their empiojes Who are Unfonists, ———— GREAT BRITAIN, LoxDo, March 8.—Col. Egerton_Lelgh, Conserva- redlzs bean clected member of Parlisment from M- eshire, it ITALY. RomE, March 8.-The Pope, replying to an cddress presented to him to-day, sald that reconciliation with the Ttallan Government'was impossible. God woald unish the invaders of Ifis dom:nions, ~As the Catho- cs were cver nnshakablo in their faith, he had the imost confidence fu the ulimate tritimph of Uie ureh, OAKES AMES. - The Great Briber to Xlave n Public eccption. BosToy, March 8,—A complimentary reception Wwill ‘be given to Oalres Ames by his fellow-citizens of North Ezston, on Thursday next. NEW YORK. Protest Agzninst the New Charter— Bank Officials to be FProsecutcd— Southern Clubd—Tweed’s Case—The Scannell Fury—Blackmailing Insur~ ance Companics—Personal. (7o the Associated Press,) NeEw Yomg, March 8.—A very large meeting of German citizens was held last evening, to protest against the passage of the proposed new charter. It is understood that depositors are to crimi- nn].l);lproaecnte tho officers of the Eighth Na- tional Bank of this city. A meoting was held last evening by a largo number of Southern gentlemon, including most of the prominent business men_from the South who are residing here. Ex-Gov. Lubbeck, of Texas, and Col. Hart, of Georgia, delivered ad- drosses. 'The object of the meeting was to form a Southorn association for social, benevolent, and other pnrposes, which should include all gentle- men connected with the Sonthorn trade. It is reported from Albany that the logislative investigation into the case of Senator Tsweed will commence here next week. 1t is also reported that a lobby ring has been orgunized there, under Whose suspices certain legislation s to be songht, with a view to extort- ing money from life insurance companies in this city. geprga William Cart.a is severely ill of & species of typhoid fover. o Mayor Havemoyer has written & congratula- tory letter to President Grant. 1 Tn the Scannoll murder case the jary had not ngreed up to 10 o'clock. Last night the case wag closed about 6 o'clock, nd the Court adjourged until this morning. The jury thismorning came ] into court for instructions a3 to what constitat- ted insanity, and then returned for further do: literation. Later—The jury in the Bcannell case again entcred and announced their utter inubilitr to agrec even if locked up for & fortnight. The Judgo insisted on keeping thom locked up, and th%ngmn retired. ' e jury in the Scannell case could not agree, sud were “discharged at11p, m. They sare re- ported to be eight for conviction and “four for acquittal, MEMPHIS. Mysterious Murder---Railrond Suites= Sentenced to the Penitentiary. Mexpis, March 8.~Last December Danicl Goree, of Auburn, Ark., o wealthy planter, left smount of money. The last seen of.him was at Terrence, Miss., ovposite the month of Whito River with two rough-looking men, who had | becn put off the steamer Commonwealth, Yes- terday & letter was reccived here from Coroner W. Dizier, of Iberville, La., stat- ing that & body had been fonnd in_the river. there, with n pistol-ball in the slull, and several stabs on the body. From papers fonnd on the body he was convinced the remains werb those of Goree. - His money and dismonds aro missing from him. It is believed Goree was murdered and thrown into theriver. Neither of the men have beon seen since. They loft Ter~ rence in company with Gores. In the Second Circuit Court of this city, Jerome Pillow recclyed judgment for 314,000 sgainst tho Memphis & Cherleston Reilroad for injuries recoived several years ago. ill Atkinson, & notorious negro burglar, has been sentenced to the Penitentiary for twenty- one years. He eacaped from the Penitentiary, leaving four years unservod. Lt su b TP The Peoriz Fair Grounds, Prori, IIL, March 8.—All the difficulties in regard to’ the propor grounds for holding tho Stato Fair in this city have been removed. Fifty acros of ground in One of the most delightful locations adjoining the city have been procured, and an association of capitalists bave taken the Tesponsibility of fitting up the same_for perma- neat fair grounds. The capital stock of the as. sociation ia fixed ot £50,000, and has all_ been pledged. Tho grounds lie at “the upper edge of the city, with two railroads ekirting the same, and the Central City Street Railwey running directly into thern. Ample side tracks will be put in to accommodate all trains running to the fair. The Central City 8treet Railroad Company held s meeting this evening and unanimously voted to donate 34,000 toward fitting up the new grounds. Citizers and railroads will make np the smount to £20,000. Tho_peoplo of linois msy confidently look for tho fingst and best fitted fair grounds ever zeen in the’ State, with no leas than eight lines of railronds centering hore to-bring. in exhibitors and visitors. 3 e, YA —_— Connterfeiters Arrested.’ PrrLAPELPHIA, March 8,—Two men were ar- Tested horo and held for a farther hearing upon the charge of dealing in counterfeit money. A Becret Service detective found in the poszession of one of them 250 in good - money, whick had been given him for the purchaso of counterfeits, In o siable occnpied by tho other’ defendant, & fitiy-cent counterfeit plalo was found; also. a quantity of metal corresponding with nickel five cent picces, The prisoners will have a hearicg ou Monday next. HP Yyl - B — h ©Obitnary. PriLaperema, March 8.—Capt. Timothy Rog- ers,'aged 7y years, and Surveyor of the Board of Underwritérs, fell ‘degd-in- tho Tonth Baptist Chrirchl Jast evening, ot the conclusion of the service, Harz’ Laxe, March 8,—Capt. Joba Cunning- ton, father-iu-law of Unitsd States Senator TLogan, dicd this morning at Prove, of apoplexy, Heo was nearly 70 years of age. Ho was bomn in llinols, and seryed with distinction i the Mex- ican waf. - —_—— The New Eam:pshire Rragedy, Poateitasts, N. H., Morck 8.—The Sherift and solicitor of York Coznty have been Lere, and virtually decided “Smuttty Nose” Talsnd to ba in 3faino by assuming charge of the proceedings in the Shoals murder case. This morning they viewed the scene of the murder.and will bring in tho bodies of the women for burial. Wagner will zorgia, at Savannah, committed fraud on that b: 1 | means of forged drafts, to the nmun‘xxxt nv? sfilcosn 3 wad Enocked off the shelf inthe meleo and st ped at 1o'clock. The wounded and llall-l'm‘:e‘; woman, Mrs. Houtvel, has just beeu taken toths station-house, and confronted by Wegner. She is certain he is the murderer, thongh it was dark whon he struck Mrs. Hontvel end gHo only v “his' back ~fhrough— thoe window when L was.murdering hersister outside. ~The dangliter of Mrs. Jolmson, wheze “Wagner boarded in.this city, was also_presont, . and gave strong and cloar evidence agsinst him though nothing decisive. She telked to him soveroly and told. him he was not at home bo- tween Wednesday evening and Thuraday morn- ing, but Tio insists that he was lying drunk in one_of our_strects until 3 o'clock and thep went home and to bed. - ‘ Laren.—The bodies of the murderedgirls wera brought hero this afternoon. A medical exam-. inatioc was made. A handkercief, found tied round the neck of one woman, has been identi- fied a8 one-given to Wagner by a girl hivxe racont- I5. Waguer was taken to Portland to-night, and incarcerated, ¢ WASHINGTON. Congressmen to Get The Exera Pay They Voted 'Themsclves—Personal— The Senatc Commutices, Special Dispa‘ch to Ths Chicago Tribune, =~ - ‘Wasmyotoy, D. C. March 8.—The hungry : Congressmen, who, last night wera led to be- lieve that their extra pay would ba withheld from themon s logal technicality, aé in jubilant spirits to-night ot the change of sttitude on the part of Comptroller Taylor. The latter offi- + cial has been besieged all dsy by memlers, prom- inent among whom was'Ben Batler, the.great snthor of the bill. ' To be brief, the in- fluence has been too great for the Comptroller, and ho has succumbed to the ineritable The Sergesnt-at-drms by next ionday will receive o draft- for the 21,600,000 - purloined under color of law from the Treasury, and will pay it over to the mercenary Represen- tatives the first part of next woek. = The Republican S2nate csucus azread upon the Stauding Committeo this evening, and they will be reported to the Senata on Monday. “Theonly important changes areas followa: Morrill, of JMaine, i3 made Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, in &hpfl of Cole; Wilson goes to tho head of the Indian Committee, vice Harlap, ~ while Conkling and Frelinghuysen are placed on Foreign Relations in the vacancies created by Tatterson and Harlan, . G % To the Associated Press. ¢ Wasmr~aToN, March 8.—John P. Foley, & well known and accomplished journalist, has be- come manging oditor of the Washington Repub- lican in place of Mr. Shepperd, resigned. ‘There were hundreds of perszous at the Execu- tive Mansion to-day seeking iuterview with the President. Many ladies wero in_tho throng. Senators, members and ex-members .of the ‘House 18 usual, bad precedence of admission. Not a fow office'seckers prosented_their papers. “There i8 an erroneons impression regarding ™" the action of the First. Comptroller .of the Treasury, relative to the pay of members of Con- gress. - The fact is that he deferrad his decision, until he had considered the entire Appropriztion bill, This has now been done, and the Comp- troiler states that the payment in question will= be made, there being no luyfal objection. The following aro among some of the appoint- ments of Coliectors of Internal Revenus made in snticipation of the act of Dec. 24, 1872, abol- ishing the offices of Assessors and Assistant As- gessors: Mark Flanagan, First District of Mich- igan; Harvey B. Rawlson, Third District of ichigan; Crowley P. Dake, Fifth District of Michigan; Jemes Fishback, Tenth District .of Tllinois; John Connell, Fourtii District of Towa; William H. Nixon, Sixth District of Towa; Ed- ‘ward Scull. Sixteenth District of Pennsylvania;- - John R. Bowen, Ei sl'.tecnt'u District of Pennsy} vapia ; E. Blaine, Ninth District of Kentucky. The Postmaster General, to-day, appainted James E. Stewart, of Iowa, and Jobn B. Winner, of Tennessee, special egents of the Pozt-Offiza Department, with salaries of 21,630 per annum and §3 per dicm for espenses. L An adjourned meeting of tha caucus of Re- publican Senators was held this afternoon, . ot which tho vacancies in the Chairmanships of commuttees caused by the expirations of tho terms of various Bsnators, wero agreed to ba filled es follows : Morrill (Maine), Chairmsn of the Committee on Appropriations, in the place of ™ Colo’; Backingham, on the Committed on In- dian Affairs, in place of Harlan; Boreman, on the Committee on Territories, in placa of Nya ; Sprague, on the Public Lands Committee; Lewis, on the Commitiee on Distriet of Columbia; - Flanagan, on the Committee on Education .and Tabor; Brownlow, on the Committee on Revo- lutionery Claims. Mr. Howe leavas the Chair- mauship on the Claims Committes to b Chair- man of Committee on Library. Scoit succeeds Hose as Chairman of the Claims Committes." The ' Committees on Investigations, Ratrench- ment, Political Disabilities, and Alleged Oat-: rages in Southern Statesare all discontinued. No changes were made in-the Chairmanships of the other committees. After some diecussion the cagcus laid on the table the motion clcét a new Sargeant-at-Arms, only two Senators yoting forit. Considerable debate was davoted to do- terminiog the order of business for the present: extra sossion. It was finally sgroed to talie up- end dispose of the report of the Select- Com- mitfees on the charges affccting Senstors Cald- well and Clayton, and the report of Morrill's -, (Maine) Select Committeo ‘on the evidence zecoived from the Housa affecting certain Sena- tors in regard to alleged Credit Wobillior trans- actions. 1t will be recollected that just previona: to adjournment, there was an understanding that the Senate would at this extra session take tho case of ex-Senator Patterson, his frienda de- siring deliberation upon the subject. b Senator Anthony informed tho-csucus that he wished to resign his position a8 Prosident of tho | Senato o tempore. Senator. Carpenter will be . ; elected Presidont pro tempore, when tho caucus arracgement of- Committes 08 above indicated will be ratified in the open Senate. o : New Yomrg, March 8.—It is raported from ‘Washington thai the President, in tho latter part of March, vwill visit his farm near St. Louis. = | It is stated that Pancroft, our Minister to Prusais, has resigned. i Utah Items, SaLr Lage Crry, March 8.—Tho. re- ports from Washingfon concorning tha probable sppointments m Utah are exciting _tha grestest interest, Tho men- tion of Gen. Connor for Governor occasiony surprise, although, notwithstanding his radical anti-Mormon record, ho appears as acceptable ta the leading Saints a8 to the Gentiles. It secms, however, thore is general regret that Gor: Wood' shonld be removed. e Tho citizens of Cache Conaty are preparing to turnd out en masse to raise the anow blockade of the Utah Northern Railroad. The spring thaw - has fully begun, and tho - smow is rapidly disappearing. News from the various mining districts was nover before 80 encouraging. Tho indications on all sides point to the most prosperous season ever known in the Territory. i , Love and Murder. : SALIsBURY, Md., March 8.—On Fridsy George = Hall. 18 sears old, shot desd Amelia Shirkley, aged 14 years, while sho wus returning from school. “Hall had courted Amelia, and hsd writ- > ten her a letter which wus unanswered because, 28 she states, she had no time. Both™ belosg to respectable families. Hall has not yet been ap- prebended. z Stabbing Aferay. JAcESONVILLE, I, March 8.—A man by name of Jameson was fatally stabbed by one M. Douglass, Iast night, at Ashland. in this county. James Phillips was also severely cutup 'goo Clinton Jones at the same time and placo: Dougs E\:a and Jones have both escaped for parts une Suicide. . . . - _CnisPiero, Md., March 8.—A freight train to- night ron over and killed a man supposed to be ho murderer of tho girl Amelia Spockley, * mure dered yosterday near Salisbury. The train wad running at the rate of tweuty miles an bour.: : 'g:‘; man ran out and threw himself on 'ihe — e = i Cincinnatl Pollticss ' CricNsaTr, March 8.—The Demderats to-dsg broke looue ffom-tho Liberals, and no straight-ont Democratic ticket. Life Insurance Snit. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Triguns. ‘WasiIsaroy, March a.z;'rbe Enickerbocker Lil Insurance Company being susd in fao Court. of Bl more on the life insurance policy of 'a_deceased” Bit barid by thie widow, Lag sst up the defenso that‘®1 decezsed invalidatéd his contract by tha excestive 4 of intoxicating liquors, A Rallrond Accidents 4 POUGHRLERSTE, N. Y., Feb. 8.—A frelght-train 83123 south on the Hadson River Falirosd, to-night, 7an 212 the rear uf.ihe Albany way-{reight and passengel-Ti at Barrytown. ; Four cars of tho latlex were throzd from the track, csusing & temporary detention. 2 body burt, . g - Big Scizure: s March 8—The Unlted” Siates Collectar 1o York Ceatral Raliroad propett amountizg 4 ALBAST, dar seized the New probably be examined and arraigned st Kitte: &nd fakion to Alfred ail. Tho clock at Houtvers Albany for non-payment of revenue tax, $460,720, s wore r e W e