Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1873, Page 2

2 GRAIN WAREHOUSING. Mr, Olary Says Throo Por Cent of Railroad Reooipts Are-Not Reg- - « - istered, Though the Re- coipty Are Put on - the Market, - As God Is Jils Judge, le ad No Un dorstanding with Hough---1o Ex~ plains the .Character of ¢ 8plits,”” and the Dupli- cation of Recolpts, At the Beginning of tiie Panic the Houghs Were Largely. Behind on Grain Shipped Out of-Their Houses * 2 by Themselves. So Was Everybody Else--Mur- ry Nelson Behindhand in His Canceled Re~ ceipts. When Clary Threatened to Enforeo the Law, the Warchousemen Did Nob Caro a Fig for the Law, but Did Carea ‘Great_Tieal About the Newspapors. Murry Nelson Shipped’ Grain . Sept. 17, and Did Not Re- turn Receipts . There- for Until Oct. 6. Two Elevators Had a Large Sur« plus, but “They Would Not ~ Admit They Had Stolon It.” The Man Who Hendles Grain and Does Not Gain, Ought to Be Discharged-~~ Some Livoly Talk by the Registrar. v ‘Tho tostimony ot Stephon Olary, Esq,, Regls- trar of Grain, taken by tho Committeo of In- vestigation of the Bonrd of Tradoe, growas more and moro interosting, Tho following is a con- tinuation of ' this evidenco, Chspters I and 2 baving boon printed in the issucs of Tus Taisuxe of Wednesday and Thursdsy. B, CLANY CONTINUED: 3Mr. Clary—I would Hko to mako a liltle explanation of my teatiniouy delivered on Saturdsy beforo I go on hfx morning. 1 tbink I atated on Baturdsy that Jf tho Juspoctor Lnd fnquired sbont these mabiews dircet] Trom mo, wo #hoilld hiavo known it s dny ond a halt earlfer {liay wo did, T find, on investigation, thnt this 42 1oL ro 5 but tbat tho Tuspector disclinsged bis duty Yaithfully ns o ought to hnvo dono, Tho mie¥orturio of 1ho thing i hty’s Mr. Whiting, who attends to tiis Business, cuio to mo tho nezt_morning, after the firat #iv0 boat had been eancoled, tnd said ho had 1o Xe- fur from {he elovator, I {old bim to send up to the ®evatur atonce sod ascertadn, X supposcd ho had donoit; holsa vory falthful man, But, It scems ho waited wnbL 11 o'cldk for tho retutns to como fu ; bt Ahey did not como in on_that day, Then ho mido a mynorundum of the Conteat, tho Meer Park, l‘?‘\ Dirigo, and the Ifarey, tlio nntnca of {he bonts tfny 1% wnntod fo.“musco inqhiry about, on a littlo alg) of paper, sud'foldHr, Zimmerman, JOur meescnger, ta Bco DU, Porter akd inquire from' him about thess boain, 1o vieat up dhere, bt ks A(d Dot fiad abs» Dodg, and, a8 was Ids dut3, to slop and hunt him up, e ditwt dodt. Lo meroly stuck up his memorans dum on {ho desk, Torfor rays, and it in_probably true, thot o did Dok 7o that until Baturday aftor- noon, and did not know what it meant, but on furning o slip over, o found % was ono of our registration cards, Tho Inapectors waro not {n fault in_tho mattor ptall. Tho fault, whatove {f was, was {n onr office. aLr, Quairmou-—T surpais b Would o proper 10 fave €10 tostimany {okon usdsr catl, would it not? Thore mty bo somo oflier othor witnesscs, and wa ould 11k to hnvo it go that Ik would bo'ss pubstantial »s possible 7 . = 2, Warren—T shonld think {t would be nccessary fo lisve 1t takien well, nd 1 thiaiz 1t had betfer b sworn to, . 3Ir, Cliry—Tam williog to mwear fo anything X statoliere mow—at sy tmo Wereafter when it iy presented tomo, 1t thoreds mo ofver business, 1 wwould ke to follare thls tiiiugs littls fucthor, becatise, st seoms to me, really, I am tho peraon Laro moat on trinl, 1s thord any objection ? . ‘Tho Obatrmun—Oh, no sbiestion, Alr, Clary~1 want o stalo just Bero, by waz of a peraonal expiaantion— 8 Col, Hough~Befors you procecd, B, Olary, I vish fo ik tho Commilies omo aueitior for iny"un. formation, whothor thfa fuyeatigation stopa with iy traisctioh of ours, or whether It ia going lo g6 throug, und bring I overy otier lovator in the it Sit. Prieatloy—Tt has nothing to do with any ather ‘usizieos, a8 I underatand it, Nr, Wright, e Chinirmau—1 don't know what this transaction will dotermine, Ona thing may run into anotbier, aud dovelop somo gencrsl fasts, - Tho provincs of the Dome mittoo §s to fotlow tho thing through wherayor it loads, 1f thero s anything which lunds Seom thia transaction $uto nuothor, it §8 proper to ascorlaiu how fer 1t goos futo anofher’ dircction, X{ {hero aro ang Yraciices dotrimental to (10 genchal commerelal fntcrestn of tho city, which buvo & dircct bearing on ihis caso, 3t §s proper to go duto thom, . Clary--Slost corlainly, It there s anthing in my oilice not for the genoral’ Intarost of tho’ publia ¥ want to know it mysolf, Zue Chajrman~Air, Clary, you can go on no Btr, Olary~I was Gbout {0 afste that in m ment you know suont as much about ticoo thipes oa in (o'beginniog, Tuo mattes 18 fn & very Amall mube aboll. Mr. Hough commfited those frregularitics that 1 ntated Iast Saturday, That waa tho mubjoct-mattop for youtogoiuto, After T cama futa the afico, sx explatnad on Saturday, thoy wera i tho habit of dolng thcso thinga 85 L toll you, 2 Mr, Prieatley—Tho Modsrs, Hough snd othiera? Ny, Clary—Yes, sir; eyorybody. In dofng the Dusisiesn I vofor (6T will xpiin to you fn 8 momout now thg business da dono; I csndo it very easlly, Porhaps I had botlor begin in thia way : The frst Ahing that oocurs is this : ifero fu the book furalshed ys (akipg up a small ook full ot Sgurc o furnishod by . the Iuspeclor; and 43 it eppoar all tho ‘cars, ono day, of the frain that hns gons into tho Slovator tho day bafore, "Whis fa the account of tho graln, Wo get thia* book every morning. ' Wo keep it on a tickal fn this manner {iudicating] : * No, 2 eprlug, No, § apring, or whatever the qualities of (Lo graln tre, Now, thon, Wo lisvo thiat on our deske beforous, The conslgnud of owner of tho_grain comes in with the rocelps to reglstor, “Thero 1y the number of (ho socelpt, thie tate, o Whoss orderyand tho numilior of tho cof tho clovator, and hio ntmber of bushols, and o quality -of the grain, Wo compare tho tickot presented with tha roceipt, and chiock it of, - I¢ it -correapouds, all very well 33 it slow't correapond—well, now, ulo thig cise [pointiug on thabook), On the Yt of October Ass Jow hn No, oats, and the rccejpt callod for &,702 aud 2,040, Thora wns 1o such Bumbrr upon oyr zo- turn as 4,763, Jt thore was 81,953, Now, Ihen, undor thoold rule'sr, Dow would o o take'that Tacelpt buck and walt_uniil wa could sond up to tho clovator atd fiud out whether 4,763 meatt 1,762, Thut was tho way that wae_ douo, Now L may 88 weil explain hero that thore wera €0 nany of theso filtlo. diserepnucice, and phmost invariably 16 turaed out fhat the recolpl wes right, and _that some ane had mado a misisko In o rotupis, I bolleve tho relirns Wero w0 moro pro- tection, rosily, (hat {€ the reveinta ayly cams tn tllare, It ocenirrod {0'mo that it did not mako apy‘differcace tothe publlc, or auybody, whotlior we chocked them Off beforo or ‘afterward, for 1 alwaya did 1 within gn hiour or o, A o that gucation alout ono clork cbecks fog it off, wodo it now, Jf thero ia no dlscrepancy, thut1a tho cud of it. 11 thero v & disoropanvy, wo e quire into il (ssuos, and coesect them boforo o put thiom on our books, In that way we nave Hruo, aud mnke it less tuconveniont for tha Olovator mon Now tako tho louso of Jiugli Muber & Co. Perhaps Lhey would linve to corap $n and walk tweuty minutes or Lialf an Lour for ue {o éxumino Ui racolpta ; and it oceurred to mo thut it served no good purpess,’ I told Hammond, tho old Commigsloncr, ahout i apd ho #0ld mo to do 51 plonae, Thien I adopled th plan of Eeylsterlng Mo Yocolits whd checkin ‘fhvia off aftar- wards, Tho rosult proved as X oxpacted it would, Ju nfuety-nino cases olt of n hundred now, whero liore {8 mifatako 1t ia n clerfcal error in the cobying, 1t e to bo coplod with' grest rapidily, amd o couras, being copled by various pariies, w mis toko ‘mey occur, This man of mjhe Allicn, Ly hoen in ko Lustacss beforo, BIr, Tomys kinn, fao, bad boen In tho oflico before, Thie ian af ming, Jobn Allen, whom [ fhoughit it almost sacri- Jpiote (o chongo'when I camo {nto tho ofice, kina beon continually hurping upon this thing over sinco, Now it (s simply the questfon In rogard to tho Reglater's ollico that a o bo tried, Y taok the responsibility to chiango L the otber way, If wolisd pursued the ‘old plou o should uot have cancolod (liut rocoipt—tlicso Foceipts roforred to {n tho Hough casc, 1 stato it uuder oath, and oxpect to ywear o it. No atiompted frouda hava evor oceurred except in this transuction, 1f o hiud purkued thio old plan (s thing would not have Soourred, No hsrm was doue (o Buybody; Ro. Lot wvas futonded, and no damago conld havo hooa por- Bolzatod on shybody, for 1 would ‘Yave doicctod tha Tnintake whon 1 cunlo {0 call for the reporis, Tho Gusetion fn wiather wo shall Foturn Lo fho old aytoin, ou kriow How inconvontont § wonld iayo hicon, Crom , four owt gxparlonco, “Wion an conios i (6 livva in rocoipta registored, and you tolt him hie eawt get 1t untll to-morrow, you will find thae 4t would Lo vory inconvonfont, 1 oxplained {uls wiiola mniter lo o now: Boatd Iast apring, but {n tho rutes whiob” wa ndopfed—thierain 1o BiAtuo Inw upon this mibjoot b all,” 'Tho langnago of (hin ruln Is, {f tlio Ttoglatcar aholl Do sntlaNod tak tho Focelpts aro ¢arrect, ho may egin= er them, - _ P .. M, Watron--Yon nro awaro they nro not nogolinblo untll'yat reglstor them 7 : T, Olary—Zito Noard of Trade bavo n Tulo that any Tuan who offora o of Uiose Tosolply nob remtalorod, a8 T underatand it, 14 linblo to oxpulsion. Mr, l‘rlnlll(—! thiuk tho ruio maken it frrogular, Tio Teglatration In wint gives ihom fogaity. 0r, Clary—Thoro is flly 8 por cout of tha rafirond ‘Tacolts thint aro not regiatored at all, In those roporta Thad hora Tant, ook, you ey, ::;-‘ecdn, Afe, Priostly, . Thoy nro 1ot re ; B T erTuts aa nn%\u an'tho markot 7 N, Oinry—en, thoy sve Zalould sy tioro is & ot of 3. et ToURs 27, Glary hiaa ofd all T wantod {0 sy in regard 1 low thiat wis dono, and that. oxplains tho wholo miattar, Ono followa tho othor right nlong, As {ho purclinsets of goein, wo do not roturn thio recelpls 1o Mr. Olary's office wn(t hio line requasted us ta da it, and_{hon only for csticellation, bocsting we ship the fenin uncancoiod. 16 tat that oorreat, B, Olary? e, Olary—You do not return tho roceipta £0 mo une 44} soine tima nttor tho cargoes lavo boon shipped ¢ thion thoy havo to bo cancelod to mako up the amount sl ady Uik Ghairman~TIow much grain i ropeosonted by :hcao billa monttonad 7 Gk 30U toll widhout loaking om ovor Nr, Ginry—No, sfr 3 T cannot § T gitoss 20,000 ar 30,« 000 busabels or more, ' Thero {a ‘over 40,000 buskiols, "I guices, Thero are throo bonts thoro, * * ‘Thg lisirman (Ipoking ovor {ho bills]—Thoro must 0 70,000 o §0,000 busticls, Col, Monghi—If ¥ir, Warren loadod & conal-boat T 1098 1o would not bo called on fo roport it to Br, iary. Tho canal-boat would ba takon right olongaide of niy warelionss. Aftor tho shipmont -of tho vessal yiaa roported us hiaving Teft our houso, ho would take thom and cancol thom to msko up tha repart, Mr, Warron—As I understond it, thote {4 a paper {hat chatges that bogua wareliouso recolpts wero fasiod by Messra, Hough & Co, We want (o find out what the Registrar apd Inepeotor know about this thing. That 48 what we want Lo got at, oa I undorstaud it, an quick- iy and na short ha posaiblo, “Thon, after that, wo may ATy some of thosa slda fesues, The Clisirman—~Wa will only tako up questions wo ceaunot very woll dofer, If omo thing growa out of auothor, snil wo ihink it imporiant, we havo got to {ako ¢ Into tho caso fa, 1 comes up, W canngt go Vack and tako hold of i sftorwards vory woll, Iuu- deratand {bat wo oro fo oxamino esch one of tho charges o8 \l\tg sropreacnted by tho preas, M. C o knows, if Ho knows my beart, and T Xnow Ko doos, that T want tie tiing to bo_just as fuil and ag cloar ua it §s possiblo to by, It I havodono any- thing, or if I linve shown mysclf tnedicient, I'want (o fako (o consoquonces, - Tiyo Qliairman~In coutoction witlh thia thing, {t would not bo just in anybody not to allow tho partics “who sre charged an opportunity {0 elear them up, As, Mr, Glary ssys, liols really on (rial, to a corlain oxtent, Bome questions bave been handod to oo or suggeated by difforont partios, Of coures, any oo who bas ang. tiing b wishes to bring out rune right {o tho Com- mitice with i, Now lers is onc question; When the registor or transfor fo Hough & Co. wos mado, ws thioro, or had {here beon sny pravioud, nnderstanding with fTough in regard to them ? - M. Olary~—~Not, 58 God {s my judgo; nover a golita- ry word of any deseription, . "Tiio Ohafrman—If thore {8 any etatement foating oround to tis o¥gof, it is proper to leb Mr, Olary deny it . s, Glary—I will tell you fio 1t eamoout: This man !lnmmrry, o1 tha Tonich 18 ' Bpecinl fHtend of this Johp Allen,” T can prova they havo beon chockeby- fowl, and John Allen hins baon posting bim on theeo Charges or thoy mover would hayo sppoared in tho pa~ er. 'Mrh;:m nh;lmm—l)ld you registor these recolpls forohan APe. Olary -No, slr ; 1 did not. I want to ospialn to fhese gontiomon righthero: I'had almost rathor bo ealled 8 knavo than o fool, 0nd T do nob think T may be considered a fool, I sppeal to you all, that if Ihiad sny undorsinuding or any collunion with them, if T would havo dono tho businges fn tho manner in which Xdid, In tho first placc, Hongh camo v, us ho has been in the Labit of doing, and, without any provious conversation, b Hirows down bis xeceipta did saye s ¥ Dicro, I want yoii to_cancel thom ; atJoast I want you fo cancel thom," Thei & steppiod 1 to tho dosk— and bera wero all the boys ju the ofsico—and I mndo tha cancellation tickot as 1 siowed you ou aturday. Then, stopping up to the cancallation dea, I slamped ihem, I oxplsined to yon on Saturday, thii whon auytiing camo into our office for cancailation fhat Fhad mot been reglstored wo. stamped J5 with tho Registear's stomp in order to get a memarnudura of if, to pash through our books, After thnt 1 took up the ticketa anid put them on'tho spiko, A, Whiting wyites up theso booka of Hough & Co,, and othere, I did (hat in (his, caso and thought no fmoro of it, Saturday morning Whiting came to mo and sald, “‘Thora {8 o roport of theso tvo,"~—it {8 my ssmpreselon toy had four boats tu—Lo suid," X have no report of thaso boats, 1 think{his must hinvo been on Thutedny’ MOFDING, thotigh, < Woll," said 3, * in 1o mamo of benven wif dort 300 eand fp Lo the clovator And got the reporta?” 14 gaid ho would, 1lig cx Alion now I8 that. durlog tho sy bo Bupyosed they would coma {21, but noue came, and whon' the mensens ger atnrted lo go up thoro Xridsy morning, ho wrrols thls memoranduni, He says Lo explunod it to the ‘moascnger, to fuquiroif these boats had been unlosded, 1t waa aiinply tho names of tho hoats with tho dato opposita on which they purported fo Hiayo been une osded, ¢ ; Mr, Warren—What bosts were thoy? Do you ro- member , Alr, Clasy~Thpro wore four of them, I cannot te}l you without going to tho books of tho olico, Yer, T guess I can, too. Tt was tho Couteat, the Deor Fark, tho Dirigo, snd tho Harry, M, Warren—HTo could’ not ind tho roport of {he bonts, an I understand it 7 Mr, Clary—Yes ; Yorler eaya he dld not soo this memorandum until Saturday, Then he i not know whint it meant, e turned it ovor and ho found it was & registration” biank, He finslly concluded it was some inquiry in reiatlon fo tho oflice, and ho eamno down smmedistely ; bo-hnd been' to my office, and T Jizd beer'out, ¥ero wera six Loaa that had been can- celed and regis{ered and roporiod by tho Houghs, and none of thiem had “boen nnloyded, _Then I went'sub- sequently Lo tha Jjonghs' oftice, and 1 found the youny man, aud he eald what T fold you on Saturdsy, und destioyed tho socuipls, Mr. Worren—In Mr. Hough'sofico? *Mr, Olary—Yes, bir, Mr, Hovgh—I want to ask Alr, Olary whother the? recaipta woranot slgned thore, after cancellation, {0 make up our roport from?7 A, Clary—They ara the references T had, of caurso, Mr, Hough—THavan't we, at our house, and baven't o all tha tlmo, according foyour booksahid our books, hiad tho roceipta outstanding oxtended across and an- wered them all the ime 7 e Mr, Olary—Yos, slr; I* should say you hadl Wa ki what comes'in add o know what racalpts Wo 3y Mr,Hough—TIn theeo recolpts hare yon will find rep- resentet 80,000 bushels of grain wo purchased our. eelvea, 14 'wo have noyer {sstied a reccipt for these to snybods oetsido until Mr, Clary found that tho vosscl had gono {rum our houso, Ve had not reported thom 4l then, thiouh wo had Toadod thom and sent them off aud pail for thy. grain, When the host had gouo wo dasued tho rocalpluto him for cuncollation, Ho can celed theao recelptiaore for 80,000 busbiols which wore nat ta he put fn(o tho narkat, Tho Oha{rman=—You Wyl Lisva fully, Mr. Hough, tex Nore, & chiancg {0 explain WhoR Woaet through with this ate Mr, Clary—T want {0 inquire whother you under- atand my explauation’ in Nnn‘d‘u this m’nuer. You necd not anawer aa to whothor it I8 taclusivo or not, 3 unk sou whotlior If 1 had auy collusloa with Hough, I would not naturslly—yon need not stk tho quos: ton a# t0 whother you think my reasons are sufivlont. —would not 1 naturally have taken thess reccipts aud ‘stumped them both mydelf, and havo ot nobidy know what occurrod 7 1t would. bo impusaiio to bave col Iuded with thom {n tho way (ho busiuess was dono, 10 you nnderstand thot polut 7 s 0 Clipirman—T underatand your oxplanstion, Yon had no previoys understanding” with roference (0 1hls mattor with, {ho Houghs 7 psy you to Honig 3 My, Clars—No,air,’ AL frat X wonk owr to Hangh's oftieo'and ‘ackod” tho yonng man for snvxpisnatton, aud I took tho receipiaand dentoypd thiom, ana. thos I went back aud_got, Mr, Whiting, and sliwed hin T Dad offectually duatsoyed D receipts, E "Ftio Glafrnian—DII any ouie 14 HoUghs oftzn Knov (hid clyayizetances pttondiig tho discuvory of (oko o | coipts' 7 i e Mr, Clary~Yes, 38 explanation t0 me wns—I guess 1 told you' on Batupdny—tho young mon wag welting « peceiyt for nonehody e whon I cama in, T wod terribly excitod, Iawid: VBora, how fa tiis? Hore axo haft dozen boat-loads of cortf [t baye not #ouo (nto tha elovator I Hays lie, " Just lold on i mine o 441 T gt through heeo 1 aldso, Flhion ho snfd, Lurning round—ly was worso oxeifod” thap J was— #oyho: ¢ Haun't tho Coloncl somo orrangomentwi ot of ibin Kind 2 Says T, No, slr,® Thiou ko snge, # 110 told mo Lo maks ant thesa raceipts s that he Lud am arranemit WL You t s ol hosd curgoes wutil sucl; ({no ua.wo coid got them in position fo tnko them up aud glve good Fecelpls ag o suatituto for thetn,"” Bays 1, You may xely ipon this, that Cal, ough or unyliody elsa can make no siTangomout Wit me” I Jectureq him gomowhat, aud told him i 10 ad daaued thess it would havo bo ‘offchiag, ¥10 told me they hisd 1o disposition or fute ton whatbver £o fesue thom, Mir." Privaly-lloy long bataro you wond up thoro Defora you hind theso rturin brought to you sftee ship- iy thils corp—-liow long Lefors ft was sotiled oud Leo Fecelpta brouglit to you for cancellgtion 7 A, Glary—Tiieao W cargoes You refor to Wer be- llnd, Ono of thown from tiie ‘16th rud ono' of themn Lrom the 2011 of Boptaiber, /Phis taok placo on Bat- urday, Oct, 4, ¢t baalamentioned fn (hewo rocofptn” boats (hat Wers niok it to carry cotn 2 Wuro not tivy Alone-hoats 2 Thore Lhne Beou” aucls *Allegotious—tliat two of these boals were alone-huats 7~ Mr. Clary~I sngwer the questfon, Mr. Wright, by Bim vly!lnl(n(, yau if you o ot know I ysed 1o kiiow all (kv conat-bouta on the crock 7 Unfortunately, I Had Leed foread ouf pf (e businoss about sovoh yoers 840, and muay ba it would have hoen fortunate for ing 4 X'liad kopt out, . I kuow 110 morw now of what bouts araallout than you'do. Of coureo, when my atfention Yiss callad to it—without thinking' about it I hsd ovor« Jooked ho faat—but when my atteution was pilled 1t, that tho Hougha wore buying theso boats aud furn. iog them in to pio, I looked at the ticket andaaw the Loat arry, and {Jien I romemborad that my old part- ner ARburit buflt ber fop n sfona-boat a8 muoh ai fen yeara 0go, 1 thought 1o Dirfyo used to bo 4 graln. ¢arrylug boat, but Tsm told ahe bias boen stico chiunged Goguonotont, 4 i r, Warrou—What In this mark, 1,3 Mr, Olary—~The dato, s o&l"r. Warzen—Liayo thoss Loats ever bosn trauster. | " woro In tho bt of comin Mr, Olary—This Contest And tho Door Tark, ihay. in froquently, The Clialrman—Do yuu know i€ elthior of theso boats, ato in this lot of corn? ' A : M. Glary—T kitow Lhiny nin't, of courso, bocausotlisy could not éarry graln, ‘Thoy tluvor had ‘sny - corn i them of Iato years, ‘ Tho Olinfrman—ITow mony bots In all wore trans- forred? M, Olary—In that {ranmnction 7 Tho Chiofrinau—Yan, ol Mr. Olary—I don't tinderaland, o Qldrman—Well, fu all_thot have teon trans- forred (b covor tha fbddblodnoss. Do you kuow huow many boats tioro wero and how intichgrati {hiey ro- colvad, and whothior all tho recaipts for thoso Lonin wero roturied Lo your oflico for cancellntion, as should hayo been dono 1€ tlia boatk woro sont forwatd ta covor ths defictotioy, sud can 3ou give Uie amount of Lo raln. BTN, Olary—T conlt by an exnmination of tho books, 1 think, Now, for {natatico, in {ho ofher transnotion 1 rofor to, whoro Mr, Hough camo to mo and wanted {hono boats €a Da ¢ransforred in this cago, and ho would cancel {hotr rocoipts na X oxplained Saturday, I aaw nt a glanca nobody would bo harmed, If I could faclll- tato trado thoro was 1o sort of objoction, provided ho bad tho corn in sfora, Tho Qhiofrman-=Would it not have beon tho botter way {0 isvo presonted tho receipt? P Mr. Olary.It would bavo lon L botter wag? 1n some casea thoy havo beon In tho habit at th COy— ‘when thoy raport wo know very woll, aa wellng wo know snything,—tbat thoy hnve shippod out an; qunnm( of wrain befors thoy canceal tho recelpt, Yn fact, fhoy don't eancol tho rocoipt sometimes for threo or four daya bocauso thoy have not got_the amount in, and {hoy have not got the cargo mada up to report to me, ‘Take Armour, Dole & Co, Sometimes thoy roportod 400,000 bushols, to-day, for instanco, It {a nn jm- mensa job to ‘mnko that thing up for tho reglstor, cu a Lonltentisry. “Jhy Chafrman~Mr, Clary, wero nut two of tho ] Thoy don cancol ho ' recolpts wntll - thioy mAKa up theao staloments, #o that, roally, thoy don't uita comply with tho law, for that roquires, s T un~ Joretand i, them to cancel tho rccoipta bofors thoy. doe liver the corn, but thoy bavo these rocoipta in holr ‘watohouso. Thoro was throo or four daga’ delay in otting thom in, In such cases I havo urgoed then to 80t Shave alwaya dond ao vhcn X hve found shers Lehind, Whou X go around and fnd thoy bro not in X tell thom that thoy must furnish thoo recolpta, 1 muldfia Dboforo tho Grand Jury in sach caso If I chioso, but I da not think that worth whilo, Tiia Ghalrmsn—Aro {hoy not liabio to {ndlciment for dolng business withiout a licenso? M, Qlary—Tho firacoen (s by “information” fled within the court. ‘There s an indictment pendin, sgainst Hugh Mahor for shipping out grain ‘without eancoling rocoipts, and another against Munn & Bcott for ehipping graly without canceling yecelpte, on tho tertfmony of Georgo Armour aud olbor partles, 1 presumo tho Commisaionors did not. think {¢ pro ‘every tme I found an elovator two or threa dsys bind to go beforo Lthe Grand Jury, Iu tho end, thoy ‘mada thelr roports, The Houghs have mado thoir re- poris fully as promiptly na any other houso, All sum- uor, and moro promptly than BoMmE. Tiho Ohia{rmnu~—You desfro to comply with tho spirit of the law rathier than the technlcality 7 Mr. Clary—TI haYo como to thlg concluslon: When o Nipremo Court passca uipon, (his faw, and pro- mounecs it constitutional, then thoy have got to com- R_l! a3nctly with tho law or bave tholr liconses rovoked, ‘hiero 18 1o ponalty now oxcept for fraudulont recolpts and shipping grain without canceling roceipts, Tlo Olairuuazi—Excoph tho ponally. iavoived fn tho nd, *Mr, Olary—Tts a Penitentiary offense, sbipping grain without canceling the roceipta, Tho Olusirman—T underatand thog nrs liablo t6 pros- couition undor their bond, and liabls o havo thelr H- couso revoked, M. Ofacs-—hat fs tho ponalty, eally, or waa vo l‘::(nsdud 4 but they have takon no liconse and given no ond, Col. angh—Thero {8 no licenso famod, Mr, Olary—-I know theta ave no liconses {asned, ‘The Cunfrman—Ilow do you explain the practice of {esuing split receints to tho limlnEu ond tho other cle. valora? You may dedcribe the manner that thoy nre fssued aud thiefr reglatration, sud If you requiro th originni reglatered receipts (o bo roturnied for cancelln Hlon; o will givo you s cisnco {o_ ozplata all those ings, * MY, Olary—~This split business, 88 you-knoiv, 1s yery multffirious torn: it Ja dono fon very great ex- Tent, T do ot think 1 haye s tokct horo raptcaenting a spfit,” But {0 go back, Fopo & Davia, on_fhe Uth of Qatober, camo i1 abont fivo minutes eforo 8 o'clock in {io affornoon with & recoipt far six cara of batley, in {ho City Elovator, datod tho 0th, I stopped arotnd and aaid : * How ‘much inconvenfenco would it bo lo you {f wa sliould not regfstor thia recalpt fo-day? ~Wo Sufil Linvo 10 roport until tho noxt morning.” If wo Had pursuod difforent rulos-from_what wo are pursu- ing, wo should Lo mndo bim walt until we got theso Febhrus from tho elovator, Tio sald 1t would La o very serious fnconvenienco, # This barloy Iu due this nftor- DpRR, nd 1t would be s very nerlous_ pecuninry loss to fib.P (Thiy may have boen split, Xaw, thoy keep tho " oriqinal recefpt Apil cancel il L ‘o Chairman~Tho§ cancél it, r, Qlary~Yen, (ficy cancel ft, Mr. Warren. B, Glnry—Yes, ur, o Chnirmon—-Yo presume thoy cancol It, Mr, Qlary~I do kuow i becauso X soo £ 'tho noxt "o Obadrman—Thoy Felurn st coneelod reccipt a3 much as thoy retnyn theso receipls of shipment, Ar, Olary—Procigely, - Now then, Wo como buck and Tero i8 Lo cancelod secelyt whicl: 18 given to ux—this recolpt hey hinvo caticeled, thit (hoy Luve spif, It comes to us the noxt day—licro you can boe how it in op tli8 book, This originni recelpt fu cancoled on my ‘oks, a0 thiat I1 it should exer como In again wo know thkt 16 has onca beon cancaled, Then witcn oy givo s (hody coporln o ot avory ol day, wb tumi (0 thiaand "péo* if it carreaponda If it duos, all right. Now than, this'John Alfen hiero— ?(t‘r.Tl‘r{\)lu)—!Euu Wik« ieworaudum of (i splffs’ M, Clary~—Ver, cottalnls, Tt hia hicon proposed to yoplkp o mon produce the original roceipt, 1 safd I tlouglil that was uousense, wlhen wo know positively }h;: m\x't sy whether tho recolpt Is conceled or whother L in not, Mr, Pricetly—Who tsthis John Allen 7 Ar. Clary—To {a & young mnan in my offleo who 14 o and T can prove it. In justicato mywolf I should, Iant spring, Liovg o) the Commissfonorn T Ald nob want btm, T had considerablo respect for Lis family, aud 1 fold tho Gommispfonors T wiinted 0 retaiu hiniy and they did, o Jins paid_me off, e o Ohalrman—Do you not regisior any number of regeipts for the clovators? Mir, Olary—Gongrally, when askod o 40 g0, upen tho roception of thetr soll(e, ppd_ ufter (hot they finmedi- ately return tho original § this i done to Accommo- date the alovators, 7Tlig Clioirman—TWers any such splits issuod at tho culmination of tho Just whost coruer 2 B, Clary—T presumo so, very liely, thora afwaya ;. Xkoop tho books of soven clavatore myself, and 1 fonovw everyihing wan o straighi ue n string, N ‘Thio Ohnismu=Noiy, does ol it afford an oppor- fumvs, < in tho easo of thy ladt corner Liero, for poopla Sho Bhvo tiress racelpfy tc Fush iy thero ¢ nearly 8 o'clock of the last duy an® avk youi fo_egiater o lot of warchoaso rocelpln that aro splits, 2 they iZZy o you thut they will bring them Lac} iiita whilo? Dow't § give them an”opportunity to fssuo snd buy at thoir Jefsuro Mr. Olury—No, it ia_ridiculous, 116 Cliaimut—Tlia recelptUas 1ot Loen brought in, Iuuderstand they sro Issuod when they npply for em, Mr. dary—Rplits are mado at the slevator bfico, 1o Qhs{rman—Nov, supposing somna glevator pro- gnmnrlu wheat 1o doliver—we- hove had elovatord oro thst ave been in tho wheat busivess. in days gono by—supposiug thoy huve large shor(s out— + - e, Carg—Woll, s, Tho Chairman—And thoy wish to deliver more wheat ttan they liasom M, Gary—Well, g ¢ Tho Chnlrman~Now, they have a cerfain quantily of recpte dn_ (leir yosserslons-thoy may Lo Fulton Tocelpts or any olhur recelpts, Thoy miny make out s Iot of roceipts and duplien(o them thoy usk you'(a roglater thase duplicates aud to return them ‘to tho oflies o your lelsuro, - Now, can't oy thus ako'ad- vusta . Mr,gc'lury-l(a, «ir, thoy could not do it, for this rea- son— 1 “Tin Chistrman—They could not do it witliout de- tecilon, of courso,” % Mr, Olary—Nob without detection, You sep the Dolnt, and 50 do the ofhior gentlemen thero, “tue Chalrman—0f cattrso, 1o man woitld commit & exline it Lo propirly nndorstbod bimwolr, 34z, Chary—1hero Is a polut, Tor instancet Gearge .Arour & Co,—{hat i8 a houso thut doals very largef 1n that Fulton stufi—thoy corao in with & 10,000-byshel receipt, In othpr words, they hsve thirly cara como in, For convenienco thoy pit thom sl in ono Tecelpt, and put tho car numbers ou {ho back, Thoy send‘thoni fo our ollico, and that is reglatered, Thon thoy send porkaps twonly spllt rocipts, 'Thoy deliver it ta va- Tious parties spd places, Thnfl rotain thut original re- ceipt, aud the noat day, or tho duy ofter, I getdt, I know I gt 1t by compurlng i wilh tho rothrag, TLa Ohairman—You presume yww geb it, You linve got. ‘l: Ap eyory cese Lorotofore. . You presusaa you will ot AIr, (lary—Yes, sir, . S 3. Wareen—Bupposing this elovator should Ly at 40 or 60 cents loss, and give tho very smne recoipis to= morrow, 3o lisvo oy thew 19 do i : Mr, Clnry—<int might oscue St fiey fopk It ek ain, ¥ " "Mr. Werppn—Now, why could not yau nak the msa to'bring L_h';n Teeaipt \mnkyllm\q With 2o, Apllts mul ico it fho riaud of tho eleyafor was dualroyod o tat e 3 T + Warren—hint tuconvonlence would 1t 1o to i to 7o and got the plit vecolpt aud geb Aunger & 7 BIQUNO bl tholssamo di iy 0ok Mungor & at , Clary—Buppouing wor o o by PPUsing thoy would not lu‘! 1t goout sl Worrop—~Thoro 1s no resson why thoy should 3iF, Olary—Thoro {3 ng regnlation fn 1o Iaw in o gorio th=nothing tho ToruuIrIug i 16 dever e Tl Chalrman—Do_you (hink you are authorizeil 1o ¥egiuter, Undcr tho apiFit of tho liw, unless (hs portica would return canceled tho originnl vocelpt 2 You nro not compelled to regintor for tholr convenfenco, You say posliapa 1o would ok yivo it fo you ; yurhiha you ofght pefuse ta resister fu cago b did not give it to you, ihen whoro would ho bo 7 A, Glary ol that' e, ; o Chalrman—~You 3ro not compelled to regiaier Bl unleds ){qurl nn\fib«;pm ym‘x‘, e T, lary—If Fpuwdont thid Filo you must adopt the ofhor rula too, aud Pgke purs’ ryiiing thast goct jnto o houso, 1F 1hab recofpt - should pe ont mioro (han two days wo would dulect ji, ~ " - g Tho Qlalrmau—I oitr elovator mon wara yot kuowa to bo rempousible and Lonosablo mew, they might decolve yoiy and get ihe atort of yun 7 Mr, Ofary--Zea, olr, A, l‘rln.ll{—'flm whole object in accomplislicd by i bvtug (o "ot fiom fur tho twodsys, Tor orn Bt 3 o'clacktlicry may be Qi crpnco ©of 16 or 20 ceuta g bushol befors uxf :i-’t{dw ¢ r, Olary—And yet thoy would huvo to’cover up thelr tracii protty efoctually ; ft would bo a Poniteu~ tary olfenvo for iew (0 do ihat, Bir, Lricatly~Dnt §f thoy dodo It 7 Mr, Olury—Yea t mobt ussuredly auy frand of (hat eharactor 14 o Ponltuntlury offonos—i2 they mako and isutio nny rocolptu at ull of any untawfal charucter, Thie Clinfran—You know we luvo two warebouges nien utder fndiotment for (his sawo offenso? partioular frieud of Afkon ; ho is a snako in tho grass, M, Glary~oy theso tndictmonta‘brs for. shifplig ont raln Witholts candeling recolpta, 1X may lnr}:um it biys oxplainod this matior to Mr.,: Pioraon and 10 the Cpmmiasioncrm, My expiantidn Wan ax Uotord statal, Tt oconrred fo mo that the chauces for Apy fraud wora mp remoto Yhat. it whe vory wnllkely 6 o entered into, “~ . -~ % ~Don't you ik, Mr, Qlary, that it would bo hotler than to aubject tho pmblic {o inconvenjence in tieao things, whaiover it may. L', onough go thal you. miny be auro of enflro Mnllrl!{ in your oflico? Don't ¥ou think 1t svoulil bo bottor in do that 7 X “A.—Well, alr, my opinion wonld bo that {¢ would not Vo—that 1L would siob pay. . - e Q.=Taldng tho preteit dovelorimonta—thore, Gt courss, aro ealenlatod to’ unncttlo confidenco in all whrelionao raccipis, and a Hitle poraonal itconvenienco *hadl botter ho subjooted to than that tho general confie danes sholl bo withdrawn from ho gonorsl system of warshousa recoipta §.uud with such rumors and ro- ports flonting yound o4 oro now going from month to moufly and througl (o nowapapors wo uro in dangor of hinvig thio value of - thoso- rocalpts, an socurities, very sorlously impairod, You havo probably s motive o your port {hnl nas nothivg fwpropor about it— slmiply (o sccompiieh the trado, - A~Thiat i 1t, procisoty, i ol o Thin quostion I8 86 to tho proprioty of dolpg 8o ‘whoro it hise landed you, - 1 "Ac—1 nco ; and T can fay to tho Committoo that tn & fow cases, porhage, 1t would pay, but nobody rconld over peratiado o fhat it would pay gonorally “for tho troubla to ovarybody wanting o 1 aplit ? recoipt! Q.—It would pay, wonld it not, Mr, Olary, (¢ it was nelenary Lo proaorvo publioconfidonco in 'Waroliouso rogeipla? ~Certainly, P G Nocang §ou know to what dxtent our baglkn ad- 'yanced on thoso ectir{lfca—millfons of dollara all (o timo advancod on warehiouso roceipta 3 anil warohouso rocalpts must bo n sucred thing, and such procantions 88 o5t ocessacy must b {aken 4o prosorys tholr fne ogrity, : ~That is tho iidea, BTt e At e 1 bellove, about half million dollar, A 3 but that {a affectold by chanco, Q.7Do you wish Lo make sny furthier axplatintion 1 A—Ol, 110 ; 1 only ey what tlio abit of the ofico 1in8 beon ; and it wn quits 84 good an that undor tho Board of Trado, Thoso gontlemen thst axo tolking about thls“—they nover Aaw an original rocoipt, any- 'ml{—flmy nover hnd n receipt brought to thew befare apilitiug 3 but thoy did rco simply thia s whon s split Tocelpt waa brouglit in for reptatration (liey looked to 1001¢ thoy hit tho orlgintl Toselpt on thoiz books; It they had, they registorod tho epilt that como in. - Aftor 8 while, {¢ anothor ono of tho same_numbor camo in, thoy lookod to oo it, and reglstered 1t ; but thoy noves l{:\v ll.ln“!:r!mmfl, l}cc:fl‘lfl 0 warchousomen nover Bhowed thom any recefpts, Q.~You aro nn\znrl all the Board, of Trade could do s simply o rogister thom, eud ‘had nothing to do with tho cancollntion 2 > . A1 know thot." .- ¥ ; Q.~Tuolsw gavothom no powor, i AT just mention that 1o show tho Importanco of that, becauso wo know {bonext dsy, when We ga ovar ur roports, which are roturned to i, Q.1 {5 fmporiant in ono senso—tho law {a import- ant that gave you suthority; the Board had mo aue tprlty i thai uoatter st af, Whils you Bad, gy g s ~Yes, plr, Q.~1ave you Gver regiatered, or causod tobe regise tered, for the Houghs, of any oftier parties, sny waro- TJone recolpta for & high grade of grain, when tho Erain sopxesented by thio eceipts lnl&:filednlnwnr i, and it tho fact of much lower napoction was 0w o you o your omployes? A~~No, sir, That requires an oxplanation, X soo ho animus, Qi ou don't intfmafo wo bato auy antmus in this matter : A—Nat {ho slightest, I want to answor ovorything substantinlly that m|gnot occur in (L8 way 3 tho wey wa havo been dofng it, » For 1nstanco; wo have got on thin tickot hiora thoso mumbors, - Kow then, thore s & throngh car, rorhaps, No, 8 foriog whoat, Tl clork nt Flint & Thiompsou's mny mako a elerical error, and. ho may call it No. 2 spring “wheat, It comea into our ofico, and wo atamp tho recolpt, and it {s gono nlaat, ‘Whin wo do compare, wo chieck up, and find that dis~ cropunoy. YW go at onco to tho oldvator oflice and 506 how it is. In nluo times cut of ten the receipt is cor- Tochand onr returns aro wrong; ons time in fen it will Bo the ofher way, and If it {s 1n favor of the cleva~ tor, woleavo them 10 corroct it all themaelvos, 1 it da in favor of the consigneo, wo toll him of it, and thoy get together and strsighten it out. Thisis a '0’?' TaT0 ocenrrence; very rard indoed, I don't think T ever Emow oue 0 occur at Buckingliama', becausa thoy have 80 many chiccls and balancos upon tholr rocelpts that L thinkit vory rarely ocoura ditring tlio Lurry kore, Tho vory large, recolpls at, Flint & Thompson's did occur two or threo' times, but It ia a very rare occur. Tonee, Q.~—Then thit frregularity‘ocours on nccannt of your not wailing until you got o Toturns, 003 1ot frota tho Tnspector 7 & g A~Oue timo in ten, < 1 Qr I‘t"ln poasible, however, thioss errors might not bo' correet . A-=Thoro 3 0 cano n pofut hore, A da¥ or two ago 1 %as stauding au tho widowalk with Mr, Thompson, of Flint & Fhompuop, T know that Mr, Walcott cumo up A nld Qiey bod Gobaginy for whtch thoy had glven a recelpt—=for iuatince, No. 9, and shouldl bnve bom Tejected, and thoy hod'found 1t oub “throngh uh, pors liaps, or themncl¥es, T don's ¥now how, and had vemity ted 0 tho connjgnec, nud 1t could not ba fixed, - Q.—Of coursy up recetpts have Leon thus roglatored. witliout you havo been knowing (o the fact that it was sujmponer egitration A~No, pir, ot w, b, Olary, were he Hougha largely bebind 11 eancellnfions ot thio befiinning of {ho Iato paniom grad shippod ont of their housp by thumaelyes? A~Yea, sir,. —1om mich —Thoy werd Hahind tifo cargoes, I think{ and T dou't know but.they were threa; $ive, Anyyway, bocatso Thayo thom hore, tho Nabob and Kuupp, shipped out of the pIE Warreny —Wero thoso 01150 9 & A eAQ cargoos wore, aftor tho floating olevater irataelon, Lucauso st yas Al ATSEHONR] 35 romTaly. : ! G Q,;I-‘Yz’;u think thoy woro bebind two or threo car- goth A—~Yes, sir; po was overybody eleo, Marry Nolon was bohind very largely § by 48 2of on trint hére, but I- mention {t incidontully." o Q.~Did apy other clovator propristors during tho nfo allude i your yresonco £0 tho shipment by tho Toughs from thole hotin; that i, tho 8t. Louts Lleva- 40r, without correspondlug retirn end cancellution of ocelpta? ., 5 i A.—Xcs, ulr, ) Q.=What waa mald, and.by whom wasitsesld? I wortld liko to imow whiero theso thinga come from, A—~Murry Nolaon _camo o my office_about tiicse trannctions up_there, aud asid “ho: “Do_yon know what tho Houghs sro doing 3" Baid X: “ Yus, fully and. compiotaly® ¢ Well,"says e, “do you kuow that they ot tranafersing pinhy without giving ro- £ointa or 494w Xen,md 1, VY dog bt f daio they are cancaling receipte for an oquivalont amount, and that it they do {Lat, no harm can bo dono to nny» Dody, for fhey conld not bandls iicee bont-londs for ihelr’ yartics without gotting roceipta for them, sud Wl tho grain a sepresonted. by plige” grata i bia Btors, N0 " barm cnnl cclp:lalfl “\'fi' :m‘y." 0;1! n‘x‘u\:‘nri old - mo they Wero in 8 eaperata state, ang 5d Dot o e i oua Taaid Tebchld fook out of hem as prompily nnd sharply ps Yshould for any] R A T moct IwadF 1irod faya. thero we four of tesn yessola—not all loadad In’that way, you undorstand, somo of them loaded from Houghs! knd somo of {hiem from {hoss Lonts, tranaferred, sud oy presont recolloction of it 48, Loy Wers not more than yro o tusco doy obiud Wi i) g of Faportg, o Iaw requirds fhem {0 report to mo lo-duy whai tlioy shipped out yeatorday, nnd an we go aronnd threo tima a week it must bo tuforved thoy must seport to- oproN sty alifp out to-day ; they dontany of them do it; thoy alfega na a rosson that thoy don't g Tha cliecks ud oveeything down from tho clavator tl tha noxt day at b or 10 o'clavk, and. thoy have uo tamo from that timo to ruake tho rbporis, bif thoy have got Toceipls, anl it 4 e same reagdn tho Hovghs il- leged that they hndn't tins to get tha thing in alispata roport, it they did it promptly, and while Mr, Piervon was ioro fninlied tho Jast of thicao four vessolr, i Q,—Now, wor any of theag warchouso rocoipts that woro teauc for theso oats und alppod on cargoos— ero any of thuro sesaipta zeturtied o'y o plafece o of cacgas Uint wero shiped ot of tio housat: - A~That—~T could not tell about that, byt yery likely T could toll by an examination of Ly tracking up the recelyt, - “Q.—'hint 1z, Wovo tho recelpls ured—wero recolpts issuod for' the caual hopls, aud they wore trans- forred? ! : A=They yore, ° g G Aniwers {hey fodorsed by tho parties to whow thoio ctnal-oals word coasignod 7.+ .. s Aty o ; .—Tlien wore thése rotnrns fn satlsfaction Whfels was out of tho house? fuctionol grtly A—ljoy weze subsoquently~T dont know. }zk—-!r:rsn;‘»’ thlm"nwt\rll.!alhe:' thoso i:txua:‘ boat re- celpte w o flosted-ontho market here; you finvo 1o wioans of knawing thaty © o re Bere; v A.—1hoy wero on Pulsifer chietly, Q.—Thodden 43 .to arrivo-at tha fact, If such g the fuot—that thoso fecalpls, afior Lelug fdsuod, if trans- fots, S0 pub uon Ui askat. - —1liol o lp fio slouvt of It whidovor, thoy wero put ‘upol the marke Wers thoy behinds 4er look out Tor (ln\u:i my books, you lgnuw, , hut now you: underatand” that vquls valent numbors of ‘rovuiyip, fhnt s an equivaicnt amount of Rradn, was cancoléil {ox shpeo. shipments of pHhoryocelsity, R Qi it I proviousty rnceled A—dlog By, s —1t wos canceled pbwpqu; et ‘ = Caneeied susequenigy WA o fhres days, - ‘., e = QrThen I undorstasd that warchouse racelpls for iy Ui s Lesus sbiprod on bonpd of vessa ua anaferd, such grally preolpts wore ou'tho wurket lioro s hnu,’r‘we}u%th Ztorn Yk sl thay wero) 822 fho Haugh had othor rocelpte, ' i ‘hoy subsequently bought i thelr recoipta 2 A1 s Lho irat trunsaction, v Qi—Did {lioy before towo rocolpts woro rogistered In Your oilice—whnt dld they bring back nn equivalent nuwinboy of recolpta in tho markel ¥ ‘Aeio, slp, 08 T told vou tho otlior day. T told you oveiything tfie othor day, If 1 bud that o do ovar aguin T would ke thetp Biiug [ pecslpts thery on b apnt, . i QIS ou know o, or Lavo yon iny Jea how Janch of (iat gratn wag alloat in that woy ; tuAb s, how wany grain roceipts of that muount 7 AL Ho, 1 counot toll yo how much, Q'—Itow much do yoi think—do yoin tiiok 100,000 bustiols or 60,0007 g A.—\Well, T registeron ten rocelpts, pnd 3 should ik thioy Would roprosont in {hu welghborid of S0,0)) tniahols, bt s largo part of it wout on board rern vosals, 300 of 1t didu’t, D Now &, gisyz.did the Toughs or aid any ‘otttar parlies; o o alidik e 17ih of Seplombor, #ih out uny grabs frons sy ot g1 dd thoy oe aid any otfier partion, for Which tho ¥ecuylls wore not cau- Sty whth tho altorod frregulatlion bf dortath €loph tors lind bocoms a matter of publio mmm;l!n g i A1 don't bink thors was anything bouind ot thet a %% Mot yith thom alono ; T aak (hat wills reforonco 1o them, vr Wit seference 10 suyliody ulse, "A—Thoso allegad regularitica’cama out when ¢ ~—Abiout & weok ago, n A=A wiok ago on Monday? Q,~1thiuk they wers ontho sivech s Littls botoro fhat Hoo, § A—This {a {10 way it atood on tho 4th of Qotobor,— thbt wn Baturday, and it wns the Hnlurdgy ekdro Abieso nlleged irrcghinrition camo out : (o't you no0? . Q.—Now, I nlluda to on or sbout tlia 17th,> Do yoft Jocollect of iy eardo Lelug suinpod ot of tholr Hotke, or any otbor huuso, about thnt tine, for which xecelpta wora not roturncd? I will montion I A, Taglal for nstanco, on, ¢ Qe=1i us it about ke, . sz A1 will, Armour, Dolo & Go, had rmp'y\ml ont, on tho 17(h of Hopieml-or, 10,000 Lihela of 17 pyting wheat, Whon I camo Lo ffo round for tho roporiy ¥lifolywar, porlinps, tho Roxt day, or tha.day aéier, eallnd tho ttention of Mr, arrol, Mr. Armatit's mat, to 11, and ho told mo that Murry Nolson wed ‘him & considorablo nmount ot thods recoipte, Q.—1Is Murry Nolson {ho man that inquiredif tho Haughs wora chipplug out recolpla withiout gotting them cancoled 7 - - A~—Yos, airs ond I told tum that hio know wiiat Lo wna dolug, and did It, of course, at hia peril, nd jniat xoburn the'socolpts, i that ho didn't roburh uutil tho 4th day of October, 12 Flio whola of tliom, or any conaldorablo part of e : A—II0 bad—T don't know how mnny, but e Lad 80mo;;_Luk ho hadn't got thom all, Qo vou ko that o Lnd"somo ; aId you seo 0 1 : i\..—l could not tell, you know; I saw some ro- colpta, &—Yfln don't know that lbg that woro placad thora for the woro recolpls of wheat orteh ¢ . . , 10 1 lQ.l—Ynu only know thoy lad some warohouse ro- 3 H colpin A—Yon, sir, T could not toll what thoy wero, QN concollationn wero Tuade watll this maticr camo aut 7 A—Yos, alr, (1o Baturday before, Q—1 underatand this niatter has beon publio now for moro thin & week? : A.—I tell you this ; That some day—a _woel before I wroto this lotter (exbiliting lottor to Oommitteo)— thia 18 & copy of # lotter written to tho Commisaionors and & weelt or fon days, and T am nob cortain but §b was a8 Tuoli &8 w0 Weeka ; bt n wook bofor writing this lolter, which would wmako it a woek prior to Batur- duy, tho 4{h of October—Monday, T guoas, was_ tio 0l QYo dlonday was tio 0l aboti . welk prior to thls Xtr, Ploreon waa up boto, andwo had lookod this subjeot all ovor ; wo agrood hors, Whatevor Lo mny Bay in the future, that bo gavo mo crodit for doing tho boat X could 4n b9 promiscs, Itwsa ® prolty dolicalo thing to o, {0 go boforo tho Grand Jury _every (im Rid (it fa hat wo could dos 1t was hottor to gob thom to mako theso roports ; by sgrcomont botwoen s 1t was underatood that 1 was Lo go around to cach, ono of tho clevator officos and fay to them this thing could b dlono no fonger; that thoy miiat mako tio reporta accord. ing to Inw, or I was nstructed Lo go beforo tho Grand Jury and complain of them ¢ thon, i Mr, Ttood didu’t cliode to follow {6 up untll {bo doclston ‘of the Bu. promo Court washad_in tho premiscs, why, vory woll ; snd, anld I, {a addition to that, tho probability ts the wrhiolo matder will bo mado publio, 1 saw at o glanco tho law thoy didn't cato a fig aboiit, but_thoy did caro 8 grent deal about ita publicity, ond, among otbers, Mr, arrel, on this ono cargo, {he E, ' M, Portch, was in o lerriblt stato of excitoment ; Mirry Nelson’ hnd fauato Nove ork, and badu't, ziado aay provision for it and bie snid that it was just at tho tightness of tho pan- ic, and if o could rafso sty money o would buy tho receipts aud havo thom returned {0 mo ; but s it was 1 could not do ko, and what on eartl should Ho do? 44 Wel),” sald T, * do tho best %‘DXI can; thot is all I can #ay, As an ofiicor of tho Btato I can say you have transgreseod tho law, and you had better gat around to your position ne guick ns you can,” And Murry B, think, camo homs on tho Motc doy. ihat this ' is dated, Ock, 6, snd it ‘wea dlther, T guess 1t was, Tucsday morniug ; it might have ondny morning, 1 don't remembor now ‘whou tuls articlaof the Times firat camo out, and thoy Sl undoratood tint 1 way to foport on Monday after- noon everything that was bohind, Woll, whon T wrote tho fotter I made this statoment, and, an'you seo, Mun- gor, Whealer & Co, wero nons bohind ; Georgo Ar- mour & Co, were nono behind ; tho Ulinols iver Elo- valor woro nono behind: Elint, Thompson & Co, ywere behind 17,000 busliols, tho argo of {lip Perafa ; tho Duckinghumi lovstors nono : R, M, & 0. 8, Hough ouo_cargo’ {hoy had Tonoried (e T, A, Kimpp ; #ho liad boen bohind from tho 17th of Seplombor; they reported hor on this Mondsy ; nnd I callod Mr. Plers 8oiw's aitention to the facl; ho khow tho Knapp par- tleularly was behind, and 'L ealled Lis attention o th fack thoy had roturned {ho Knapp, which was behind whon Lo was hero 3 thoy returned the Nubob tho oflior dny § as the Natlowal Elovator wora bohind a cargo of o, they did not return that et day. low, then, sbout the middlo of tho aflernoon, Me. O'Dell, of ' Flint, Thompson & Co,, camo in and wos very much oxelted ; T told Lim I ould not wnake fisly of onio and flesh of anothior, and I should roport tho Wholo thing Just an {t was, .4 Woll," anid Lo, * lonyo your repors, dpen for nbout {hirty rinutes,” ' Aud i bout thirty minutes 1o camo bavk with cancelod ro- ceipts for that smount. Q.—Hiad flie rocelpts already beon canceled 2 A—Yen, ir 3 cancelod by “thomn ; thoy wiways can- celod tham beforo fliey returned thiem 1o me ; they made o regular roport ; Lo took them back and Subsc. quently mado & roport of tht caro, Q.~Tliose roturnod hadn't beon praviously cancolod o ~No, I think not ; they wers somo recoipta ¢ had Flokid up, undowbtedis, lind m?'i?md you ook at tho stub, cloar under thera [in- atin s00, Q.—I want to know whother sou looked nnder that suubto sco wheikier tiose bud beon proviously cati- celad, S A,~T am not quito cortain thot thoy werp provionsly eaneled, for the rcagon, Mr, Odell, told me, Lo got them of Kent chlely, ~I would like to'know whother you aro sure thoy arc not eanceled N'ccll{ll. A.~If you want me to ray, Lwill ey that they wera ot} they wore canceled by Flint & Thompsou, you undoratand, by tho punch, fn tho usual way. Vwenly per cent of aH the receipts’ that roturned to tho arg not cauceled in my otlice. ly 20 per cent, The elavator men aay thoy bavo dused thelr papor: a man calls ‘upon thein for the ?mlnl fhoy ara hound to deliver it, aud ihat no clrenmiocution can be adopted by any Inw to make them porform atherwido. Q—~When was the cargo of tho E. M. Portch abiliped 7 ; A~Lho 17th of Soptombar, . ~1y whom waa it slipped 7 ~O0ut of what eleyator 7 ~By whom; for whoso account way i shipped -1 don't know {hat, Mr, Warren: Q.~Who operated ho receints 7 A.—T don’t know that—only what lo sald; be told mo Murry Nelson, The Chalrman Q.—From whah elovator waa it shipped 7 A~It wse shipped from onoof Armour, Dole & Qo'a ; I don't know wluch, Q.~\hen Were the receipts cancelod against tho oargo? {hi=0n o 6th of Octobor—Lio seut mo up word tat atleroon bofore thifs loiter wont "oif- that ho had tio rocelpta, Q.-0n tho th of Octobor ? A~Yos, slr; Ut tucy were not roturned to mo il the next day ; but it fa porhupa safo Lo eny they woro oanceled on the 8tk of October, Q¢ wa shimed on tha 17ib, T undorstand, s, 8z, - Q.—And thoy reported to yon thoy had the ware- houso raceipts ou tho Oth of Octobor ¢ & “A.Yes, uir, i Q.—Noiy, Mr, Qlary, havo wug cargoen beon shipped from tho samo elovator during tho prosent year from wisich recoipta up to o prosont time hayo not becn cancolod sl “A~—Yor, Bir ; one, . Q,—When wera“siich_shipments mado, and how much of such nb;rmnmn aro yel uncanceled 3 A~Woll, Mr, Buckioghwm camo to no—I cannot tell 'you {hid oxact dalo Lore, but I can furniol theme— and tolil mo that thoy hind pald attor o fira_ avont $45,000 for grain, and I never oxactly understood it, but an betwoen the Lo warclounos—ona was burned, yon knaw, and the other wamw't ; {liat (hey kiiow of & Doltiva corlalaty, ulthaupli, of course, Tey Ladu't welghed thelr graly lagd fally that they Wero over u con- sidoralo quantity. Ihavo' forgotich, this momeut, wholbir ft was biirloy or wliotlior 1t was oats, my recollection of it s thiat it waa onta 3 “Now tnen, dhop, twiat auall wo do ? Beh) 1, WXlo T isng thatyhenun clovator-inai ships oul any grain, wiih out candoling the receipis " therefor, ho ahall ptalo whon and how' Lo tame into’ yosession of such grain, 1f you ship’ hat groly out ‘and nlote o me In Your Toporls {LAL you huye tie! gruin ovér, that no rocciptu are outslauding for it, I supjiose 1t would ba regular, for I caunot imnging tiat sy Ing pould bo good that would provont your takhig out tap OF twenty ‘m\‘md bushels of grain frow Your elovido? if ¥ou khould pappea to Yo that e over ; there should huaomo meahd of your gatiing (t and ho Qid {hat ddentieal. hing ; bo Shiippod riion of it, $d tho ‘alher portion pudorstand. Now, (hen, Armour, ‘but our cancollation thoro for yarlous roa- aut ;! 0 cargo, rolurficd » rouafng beliind, Dulo & Company werd i tho'sazia prstilon ¢ 'thers waa-|. el—1 Liavo forgottén (ho namo and thy datew St S, Tnrrel sodd to o tiey weso4n (hO. ARG GOl ditton, Was 1t on or atiout thio 90t} of May? BT cmnarton you Joh Afen s fell you,—bo has Tookud it up, " Vo it 3 1o sprisg or fally . N wat e sy T fhintc rometiime during tho apring, Mr. Bavrel.sald ta mo=—ho dll uot know anything about what Mr, Buckinghain had done, of coliysg—he sald to mu tho some lblu?, thoy knew. ey ; my recolicetlon of It now &, (¢ ht‘l ua.h{tn o tho vutne thing, and I-told HD so Lhitna BaldIi. #Tho luw requlrcs slms fif"'u".i“»"gfln shipout posing withont eancoling ro- celpta ?m— alnll atate (0 uio Wien AN h::'\v you You {84 fodioout” af e v o Inlo AL Saane NG Lo R A Linyo sk comnmiitud by oMY Aud the u* recolloction s, they roported fn u‘wlly thir s, tokd 1 ll‘ ‘yf?“ L if, Abdnt & aof it ; my récoliortion of now i, (hers werp 10,000 0r12,000 busliols thal wero not roturnod, Thoso ko oply cases nre \llbpnly cflifia 1 kuow of ; I guess fat “evlr uceurre: Q=Dia (lgu? R suation fow thls overplus canip fu 7 R i "Av-Oh, 110} {lioro was 10 oxplauntion to gio; fhoy wouia ok adinit thoy had klolun 1L Lt (he ttdroucy T dow waa that, in haudling two or three maillonn of ruin, aman (ko could not gatn o Hitlo ought o bo 5""‘"?1”“;1 agp pretended to loso? o o AT St g o) fdorstans that oy dowtt Now, from yonr posiffon as Regiatear, Lave You m§ mflmv::df kng\wln(g or rum.u-g[xfi- opluton a fo whiono grain {t suu (133 e phfjped. out iR that way 7 In rogard to (hut carga, ussunluyg {6 wan | the neighe \Ju‘r‘::‘oml of 20,000 busieis that Diad poyer boou Cajpr colud | A,—You psk for my opinjon, My opinion s that nuy #r0 both honopabile gentimngn, M, Juckinghum, and Arour, Dolo & Oo,, and J my Iera say, by way of oxplanniion, +~ thu 37, Barrot ‘atfeged 10'mbd that mn,hm.,a),t "oy hud woVbar Qo 1L imy to Job it run Alohg to tho' end of tho cuson, wiici $he¥ Woiglisd overy as thoy did fast year, Flint & Thompuon werd 14,660 busheln ovor, Armotr, Dolg & Qo, dil not want itjut fu that way exwctly ; tomo it was couclusive, and for thls reicon : that I wus woll satlsficd thal Guorgo Armiour, & man of hid fmmense means, didu't roully want tho prococils of what thot grafn’ would coma to, and T don't think Mr, Buckinghaw aid, You ukod foe wy opiufon, and 1 give it, Q~Thfs shipment’ oecursed sbuuttho timo of fuo vo you any {:;Vu(:gg;tlon 15 {0 tho quantlty of gratn th ihe; wiro: A~0i1, Tord, no! {hat wan fastfail 1 Ths tavbnii tort waa Jant £all § Lt thin waa: thin. shimers Backs ugham, so wndératand, didnt rowoigh, Thay could nML thoy had to take an oatiniato, I think all the reat qul om :Bglo“th!‘(ll. o —3e. Olary, live gl ron regintored s i e aary Cr e M0 "I;L-Nay ale § uotthat I kuow of, I- Bhould say not, M (e, Watron ¢ Q.~—Whio ina clinrge of tho regltry In yonr ofiico ; oug or e e At dn‘," or two tnon, or moro ? Tho Olinfrmnn : Q.~1tayo any bank officors dr ny bank moenrengors oyer recol second regiatration in voud oo *) "Colie foF m.—-ND, 8ir§ Af they dld, T nliould have thom kickoed out, Q.1 would liko to sk yon, Atr, Ol " alaiiped Hioso wazliguze Fosoipts, or tha stur o e cancolintion, - Now "GLr0 rodoipts, ot tha atub, fu'thn tbat, T undorstand Touso recolpt thnt my Dousg recolpt ba o 1ot 'mo cxplala-n Tegard b thnt 1t 55 ok past of g warec 8 valid recoipt, oura in 1o’ plico kg your pin En&:j:rg;lfil'l';u’:leu‘ul l‘l!V: thousand bustof 2 collation fn made, o qussiie ir SUEWLoT0 ol 1o that vory placo whero tho canicl mark 1s so ghe A.—This in tho roanon, And, in 1 10 30t that thly cancolation. To '.'nyh 3:32‘1{"? o ar Wgnl ;'.’lll‘l::"rfl; iunl:w n““{l‘nl?(.ll?om 1t Is tho law, LIt 10 N0y " dor (g rula of Iho Toard of Pradey ‘1O *otipt un- .ufij;-tl.hm 18 o rule of the Bosrd of Trade on that .—The rulo of tho Donrd o iThe o of of Trade roqulres rocaipta el Tod, thattn suppos ) oy are cancol v m{l:u%nrt ; ) thatls supposed to cancel .—In tho Orat place, T say, in our figaring In our offico, e pay no attontl °’5"§§P£ "; 1o ottontion ta 1t whataves, hocauss iy by ,—Tho Mamp or tha cancoliation 7 A—Tho cancollatton~ascapt to do it because tha faw r;fllflfl:: 1% Wo bavo to omploy anothor man for that T posD, ¢ Q.—Da I understa; S nd you to esy that tho cancellation A,—That cancollation in utility, X Bay that openly + IST San sheo W Fos n AT oan show lor. Fownon's that w0 could tol, it wo wat 50.£ag, Hherh mn 4hoso cargoos from those rocelpta that wero cancelod dn my offics, It would tako mo a long tlma to explain to u why, but 4t is sullielant for tho purpose—at pres— ) to—to say wo coull not do it, Tho way Ao thing hias been, thora ato 4o many of thom afloat, thoro aro 8o many recoipta that are not. cancolod in my oflico at M for much of tho shipments, Tho law prc. Bumes, of 0ourso, when a man shipsa car, 0, hio shinll o compelled to tako to my offlca precisoly the numbor of recoipta that ho tants mnuleg for that cargo, He will bring us 20,000 hushols’ recolpte, and wo cancol tliem ond tako a' momoranduns, 4 bo will go o (ho olovator, and his yessel don't take maro than 10,000 Aomotimes, and ho has got 4,000 of thiom romaining. ‘Tho elevator men absolutaly refuse to glvo him dupils cates at all, but at longth thoy do all eorts of wiys somotimes'thoy do and_somatlmes thiey dont. T that mon had 10 sarateh around, 1t was rogarded na not a compotent thing to deliver. Of ‘courao, in the dchiyery of Tocolpts, thoy Wwould paan them avor o ane othor shippor, and fio take thom, * The roason ir, thore wora 80 many of them afloat all tho timo that wo could ot clictk up ; and thion again we had thia ofhior oheck upon the elovators of tholr cancelod Tecelpts, Toturned and repo; tome, And 2 wasalludiug to comparing thie canceled recelpts as roturnod by law with the report that thoy bad writlon out, And, by the way, thoy go further than tho law requirca the Jaw slmply Toquircs ihat they shall return to me tho QesoHp. 4ion of the recolpt that thoy havo cancoled, nd yo othior Very Imyortant reason 1s tlile, tuat this cancolln ton of tho rooolpt ‘defacos thomt, Tho cancellation stamp laa vory bold ono. Igot 1t on purposs that it might bogoon, Wo_trled an oxporimont of stampias them a little further ous way or the otber, and the re- sult was it dsubed up {ho number of ‘bushels and the numbor of ho recelpt so thst, In somo cascs, we could not distingtilsh i, I then told Mr, Whiting, who dooq chilolly that business, bo must carry it back on that slubb, Affor tho Tnfer-Ocean hublishad "that gy calling thie_nttention of tho Doard of Trado to gy stamps that wero g0 jpdistinctly done, aud so forth, Ar. Whiting beeamo a littlo- frightened, and come moncod—and, for two or tirco duys, without my kvowledgo—stamped them about two inclica furtlor to tho rght, aud X found tho noxt dwy, in golng rousa to got up tho reporis, toat it took me’ thirty micutos Inter to devipher thean roceipts, becauno hio Lind danbed up the pumber of the receipt and the number of bushe Elfl& l.lbl(l blm'ul'o‘}l (nhxu!. !mc:( agaln on to tho stub; An orme of 10 hoys ‘at the olevator I o150 Lim, and to) i, i g i tuch fnk on, for thoy daubed up the receipts thoy could nt nndla thom, - Put a1 that omthre: the Inconventonce it wa, -And then dgatn thiosy elos ‘vator mon, when they take in those rocaipts, they bnve o eyphor {liow out very carofully and Agurs thom vy, and’they do not want thom daubed up, e ‘ Q.—Are siot tlie amounta put 2 1wo ‘diferont placos in the tlovator recoipts 7 i a3 A—QnlyIn ono place, i - 0r0 aro fgures in ono place end ¢ wrritton in another 7 v DA o (o e e Youtgo sound and havoan Lour's dutg oxamining these receipts, and you' fln‘g “J;l itisa lur'rll,hlu gflm. 1 o Vd : ,—Dvory man that boa stood at a bauk-couatos rfi\"‘";g':;: he looks bothat tho written atmount anl n{ o 3y : A—That' {8 » Jittlo mors particulnr business thon this, -Doth of hom raquira to bo dono very carefull 3o o :lffl“;““""“‘ it AW’ xnuy‘ ould ot {bat” cancelltion ho_dono by a Xuifo i B0 way, oF Uy’ seiovof Kniveat ) A~—Yes, #iry I got & miamp prepared whon tho olovator mon ffa Wont Info. (s nrsvBRomOnE of o Ifbiling cancolcd receipts, Twent wnd. spent e fivo doflura to get n eal. Atamp, and" Col. Morgay xaa 1p hera and would not lot ma use it then, and gaid tha Inw did not contemplato that ‘T was to stamp them at :l“' 'Jll‘l that ‘}!l‘l.“‘sn{flha\:mm; must eancel them homativen s 50 13ind 0 ‘sud tley can iom wud ratursed thew, o 17 844 ey caneed Q.—Wan It any mora troubla to do that than vhat sald " - Willfam 1o, ‘of! Yoit arp dolng? A.—No, not near g0 much, Locauss we can stomp Aozt ad i Lime, 3 th“fl;flw renson he gavo could not bo & trito roasen, o . A.~Then the Inw epecificall; vides that we Eny b xogiatered far, chncollation® ou the fuce of the r.g b, ! Q.—Talt only with a view of protectng the publie &.—Tho protoction of tho publio is Bopaeeorspiiae a8 uro as you live, for tho rensons X tellyou, 17 wo Lnow that an efovator man didn't ship outanyiling Withont my cancellation, why then, of course, it would bo salntary snd offectunl, bub as it 1s, it 1s nof, - A, Warten—Do tho men over send, you those ro- c“fl’mh hf o to e fces £ oné .~No: 1 go to thelr ofllees for conventenc aake; in the first place wo hisve speciul houra for doing it : wo Start onf ot Lnlf-past 10, I would tatbor do 80, flioro i moro 700m 18 thelt oW ofieee, and they bave afl tha Facelpta bofore thiom, and thoy ara’canceled when they aro prescated o mo, and we' take {hom alltako our Toporis and como away, ? (xa D& coxTnRuzD,] —_—— CANADA, The New Government of the Dominfon + w==Slietchos of Kts Various Nombors, Erom the Toronto Globe, Nov, 10, TILE JION. ALEXANDER MACKENZIR "' . - ‘ae born at Dunkirk, Porthshiro, Heotland, Mr, Maokouzio hag rosreuaulnd tho County of T,ambe ton, Ont,, eince 1861 ; and was returnod, undor tho dual system of reproseutation, for the Local ropresentation of Ontarlo fram the riding of Wost Middlesox in 1871, whon Lo was, appointed & mombor'of the Executive Councfl and Trens~ uror of Ontario, and hold -tho oftico for & yoar, Ho declined.a sont .in tho Canadian Cabinot in 1865, and has occupiod the position of loador of the Ontario Opposition in_the -Housa of Com- “mous since tho Unlon. Beveral important pubs lio mopeures oo thioir oxiatonce {o HI " Mackon- zio. In"1863 ho brought forward the agt amend~ ing thio Asscepmont ot of Upper Cinada ; in 1860, tho act congolidating and mmonding ‘the Acts® rolating “to- tho assecsamont.‘of proporty. Algo, ns Chairpan.of- the Qommittes on Alunicie pal and Aspessiment Lawo (1500), Ay, Mackopzio wroto and formed tho grentor part.of the Gonor~ ol Act on Municlpal Corporations, ote, ‘Hols Major of. the Twonty-reventh'* Lambton Vol- uvfoer Iufantry, Presidont ot tho Isolated ' Risk Firo {usuranco .om&mxy‘ aud Obnivman of the Cunadiun Baptist Edifice Boeloty. =~ -~ 3% 10 ... .THEIION, A, A, DORION, Q. 0., ' i8 & son of tho Into'Mv, P; A.Dorion, who repro- Borited Obamplahw jntho Ti. 0. ‘Assembly from 1810 i1l 1898 ; ‘wan born-at Bt. Anno do ta nrido, 1818, - wid cduenled st Nicolet Colloge, M. orion was ealled to thio Lowor Canadn Bar in 814, und orenzad Queon's Povrigol ‘i 1864, and oceuplos n'distinguishod position at tho Montreal Dar, ns well a8 bolug Professor of Olyil Laws, Viofoily Cpllege; Uobbnrg. Tp tg tho nte change” of the Goverimant, Mr. Dorjon wna Jendor of the Franoh Canadian Liberal party:of Quebeo, & popition whith ho has held- sineg the fivat onfored Parllament, o deolingd p sent in the Cabinot in 1857, was & membor of tho Exev thvo Counoll in 1858 for tho briof torm of iho ox. Istonca of the Govornmont § wnA Provincial Heoe retary from May, 1533 # January, 1803, ang At lonm’{- Gunopal - for Jinwer Canada from i 1868, 41l Maroh, 1864, whon-the aamh&qgn\ 17 tired from ohice. Ha gl fn the Cunadiah” As- uembly, ag mombor for Montres), from 1854 11} 1861, and_for Hooholaga from 1802 until tho Union, Ho was oleoted to hin prasont geat for Naploryillo, Queboo, at the last genoral elootion, PG AN, EDWAND DLAKE, M. A, Q. O. I ho sidast gon of o gt [Ty W Diaho, a distingulohod jurist of Upper Canada, who hnd atont in the Canndian Assombly from 1847 to 1849, was for a short time Bollvitor-Goneral, und mnbsequently Cliancollor of Uppor Canada. His othor, Optliprine, wns o granddaughter of F Humsowon i Wicklow i the" Dritiel 1oy 02]‘ Qo l—Iln grandfathor, thio Rev, Bdward D. Blake (of ho fawmily of cqntli:rpvn. Qalway), was Raotor of Kiltegan pud, Lough-Bugkiow; apd Jimal Dean, _dir. Binko was bopn in the Fownehip of Adolgldo, jn the County of Middlskox, and was eduoatey i tho Univorsily of Toroutp, Ho was oplled to the Lar {n 1650, knil, Alx yoars ator, ro- 0 elyed the digtipetion of Quoan's ‘Cojnkel, M, }flfl‘m ing roturnod_for tho Logal Loglslature of Ontarlo from tho Riding of Bouth Hngn i 1847, and was loader of tha Opposition In that Al sembly from 1808 i)l Decombor, 1871 when, on tho defont of tho Sangfiold Maedonnid Minfutry, ho wae called upon to forin a Govornment for Uniarlo, whivh ho did, acgopts it bo torn offy and sl thowaro-. Tor Ood'a sako, nat to puteg | ing for himsolf tho position of Prealdont of tho Exeoutive Connoll, and on ¢hin uculwluut\?n!"l]'fl- olootad for Bonth Tiruca by neclamntlon. roprogonted Wout Durham in the Commony from 1807, ho was rolurned for Bonth Brice and for Wesk Durham simnlinnoonsdy t the. mosoral ;}aullnuu in 1873, aud clecied to roprovont South ruco, TNG JION, LNTELLIER DE 8T, g1 In & Towar Canadtun by birth, n o of Vrncofn Letollior, Esq,, sud grandson of tho lale 0O, Cas- rain, Soignaiie of River Oucllo, Queheo. Alr. . Just wos oduonted ot 8L Auno Collegs, 1ig wng o mompor of tho Exocutivo Council and Minister of Agrioulturs from May, 1603, to Morch, 1864, nud sat for Knmournuka. in' {hh Oaundn Assembly durlng tho session of 1851, o reprosontod "the Granville divislon in {ho Lo;?lnlntwo Council from May, 1800, until tho Unlon; and was called to tho Bonate by Royal Proclamation in May, 1807, hon tn (EESEO A.‘:.‘»‘\,\nfx waa born in tho Jounty of Woytmoreland, Now Brunuwiok, md. recoived s cduention st f Grammar Sohool of the samo county. Ho waa oallod to tho Bar in 1847, and wad afiorwarda croatod a Quoen's Gonngol. 1o was & membor, of tho Exacutiva Counoil of Now Drunswick from 1850 to 1863, and alse for n short poriod jn 1snoé also, ho waa Attornoy-Gonoral from 1863 {1l 1803, whon Lo rotired from Lo Govornmonts His. m{mtflfllm nud oharactor woro rocognized by Lis boing sent as a dologato to England on Pube lio business with tho Ilon, 7. O, Allan in 1865 and to Washington, whither ko went in IBBJ with Mosars, Ginlt, Kowland, and Honry, on tha subject of roolprocal trade, Mo had o soat in tho Now Brunswick Assombly from 1852 until tho Uplon. = Io was roturned o tho Commont :ltx :hfa :{nntl:u nll lxefl;l. nnd by acelamation af ongral oleol Wostoar goner fon, for tho County of TUE TON, z waa olectod to R roprosont thio City of St A Now Brunswick, in tho Housn éz’tfnnflofihfi the Inst gonoral oloction. Mr. Burpos ho the publio offices of Dircotor orr%ho U;n\;: oration Lifo Asgociation, aud Vico-President of tho Evavgolioal Alllance. Imis rncostora bos longed to o colony of Puritans who romoved from Mansachusetls to Bhefliold, N, B, in 1709, THE MON, WILLIAM 10gs, mombor for Vietoria, Nova Seotln, waa roturnad at tho fcnnml cleations in 187 and 1871 by seclamation. Mo also sat in tho Nova Bootia Asgombly for hia prosont 8ent from 1850 yntil the Unlon, Ho ia Lieutonant-Colonol of tho Third Rogimont Victoria Militin, nnd a son of Mr, John nox::, ’:hrsllx:’xmagmerl to Nova Beotia from Boats o Jum now. FroitAg corene 8 mamber of tho Nova Scotin Assombl; 1851 to 1866, whon hio roprasented tho cymf:filfl uency of Shelburno, and again from 1959 until tho Unlon. " Ho was roturnod for his Drosonf Bost by acolamntion ot tho gonoral olection iu 1867, and at tho lnst oloction 'in 1871. Mr. Cot« fin's ancostors camo from England ot 5 romoly dato, and romoved, attor tho American Reyolue tion, from the indopendent coloniss to Nova Beotin, Mr. Cofln was born at Barrington, whero ho was educatad, and is now an oxtaneivg morchant, ship-builder, aud ship-owuor, TISE KON, T J, CAWTWRIGNT is & gon of tho Iato Rev. . D, Oertwright, Chap- 1ain to tho Torcos ab Kingston, and & deseond. ant of thoe Hon. Richard Cartwright, a N. B, Loyalist, who sut at an carly day in the DParlin. mott of Uppor Cauada. M. Cartwright gat (or Lonnox and Addington from 1802 till tho Union, and was roturned from bis prosent goat to rop- resant tho County of Louuox nt thoe goneral oloction in 1867, and again at'tho last election in 1871, Desides Lin political record, we find that Mr. Oartwright was Prosidont of tho lato Gommercial Bank of Canada ; ha ig at Proung o Dirootor of tho Canada Life Assurance Come pany, aud ié the author of & worl on (ho Militia Quostion, Mr. omwrlfih: Wwas roturned by bis i:,ol:utll’(e:fiut?t 2 1{.1 cgmndoknlt Congorvative, ut a Wi 0 Juto ositio iny wholo of 1ast Parliament. g LB THE HON, DAVID OHRISTIE camo to Canads from Beotland, where he was born 1 1834~ Mr, Ohristio fs widoly-known ag an agriculburist, and bas boon Prosidont of the Agricultural Associntion of Upper Cauada, and of the ew Agricultural and Arts Association of Ontario, Hosat for tho County of Wontworth In thio Canada Assembly from 1651 till 1854, and Zfor East Braut from 1866 i1l 1868, when ho ra- signed, but was clected for Erio Division, L, O., which iwruprcumnzcs! untilthe Union, In1867ha waa called to the Senato by Toyal Proclamation, © TIE TN, D, A, MAODONALD woa born in this Province, andisn younger brother of the lato Hon. Johm 8. Macdounid, Mr. Macdonnld eat for his prosont constituency af Glengarry from thie geuoral elaction In 1357 till tho Union. Ho was clected to the Commona in 1257 by acclamation, and was again eloctod in 1872. 3Ir. Macdonsld is a merohant, Ho was o contractor on tho Grand T'runk Railroad, and built tho aqueduct for tha wator-works of ilous treal, - Ho lins algo filled tho position of Warden of Stermont, Dundas, and Glongarry, and is at prosont Lioutonant-Colousl of “Milifia, Prosie dont of the Montreal & Oltawa Gity Juuction Railroad, and a Diractor of the Ontario Bauk, TIE HON, T. FOURNIER, Q. C., hiil) born ab - Bt Piorra e Becquete, L. O, In 1834, and, like the Tion. A. A, “Dorlon, " was olfucated s Nicolel Callogo. Ho was called to the Lowor Canada Bar in 1846, and_recoived the diatinction of Q. 0. in 1863, Nr. Fournior was ono of tho oditors of the nowspaper Le Nalional, publishod in Quoboo, and contosted an olectin for that city ithout succoss in 1857. Ho was first raturned to Parlinmont for hin Pl‘osnul constituency of Datlachasse by acolamatlon in 1870, and was ro- oleciod nt tho Inst gouernl olection, Ho also reprosoute Montmngny in tho Lol Legislature of Quebeo. .. THNE OON, R, W, SCOTT 18 son of Dr..8colt, of Prencott, whare ho was born. Ho was educated at Uppor Caunda Col- logo eallod to the Bar in 1848, and created Q. C. 101867, Ho sat for Ottawa in tho Canadian Ase sombly from 1857 to 1803, when he wag dofeated, but was elected in 1867 to tho Rouso of Assom- blyof Outario, sud having been ro-clected in 1671, wos choson Spesker, but resigned thab pleso to become Commissionor of Orown Lauds, an offico which ho has jnst vacated, i JUDGE ANDREW G. MILLER, Resignation of the Veteran Jurlst, Afe tor Thirty-five Yenrs? Service. From the Milwaukee Neis, Nov, 13, The-following lottor has been addressed by Androy G. Millor, Judge of the United Statcs , Court for tho linstorn . District of Wisconsin, to tho Hon, Williaw P, Lynde, Prosident' of tho Mitwaukes Dur ¢ s AliwAuzse, Nov, 11, 1873, The Hon, William P, Lynde : EAR S1r: ‘I'wo yoars ngo, then of tho ago nt whick Fodaral Judgas are allowed by law to ro- n!(r-n on a continuanco of thoir salarios, I wasin- clined to nccopt tha termaat the last; but, baing blessed with good heatth, and not having tho plen of infirmity, in response to the oxprossed wishen of nuincrous highly rospectable and ine fluentinl gontlomen of ail” parlios and profes- ‘sions to vetain my place, aud not belioviug it to be proper to retiro immediately upon arriving at tlia Rpocifled ago, I concludad to continue jn of- flco until the oxpiration of thirty-five years from tho dato of my first comminsion, . ° ‘Lo timo sek for wy resigning has andved, and T mako tho announcomont tbrougl you, ag lrosi- deut of tho Tiar Association, that this day T ro- sigu tho oflice of Diatriot Judge of tho United Stntes for thio District of \Visconaiv, to tako of- fect ou tho 1st doy of January next, An earlior day for my retiting would be agrooablo to me, and should hinve buay uot, but for an pmoynt. of busiuess ppudivg or submitted, and siot disposcd of, whioh requiros my attention in the moane ma, " L am the oldoat Federal Judgo in commlesion, ‘and the' kolo surviving Judge who adiinistorc tho Bankrupt uct of 1841; An Judge of tho Ter~ sitorin]. Bupreme Court, I attondod its aununl torms at Mndispn, aud. held the District Courts in the 'Whird Distciet of tho ‘orritory, whioh, hofaro the admisslon of the.Btate inta Lhe Union, was . compoued. of nina conntics; and also the tovma of tho Diutriut Court a8 Judgo of (ho Unitad Btatos, without missivg o torm for slck- Re88 Or any otlier cuuse, % Althauga Lié inuiiiuios of ago should nat ho mo.;-led RO &N oxeuss for my r«mx‘um L Y6, tor passing fLy-tour yoxr of my Nfe-tinig ju tho Inw, ae gtidont in & Twy oftico, *38.. & member of tho Bar, and as Judgo, thirty-five yonsa of the time in (ho publio service, I hogu that the ments bers of tho Bar nnd my follow-citizeny gonerally may appravo of my retiriug Irom ofilolal duty in \.l;; gl\-nn‘n‘v' a[]m!l ;1,5.4"!& ove the logul™profession, and est worthy practitionor 88 holding L\m?ncnn{ luuTmcol;? ablo ponitlon in this country, And T shall ratirg with " thanktuluoss to the Bar forthe nid they ronderod mo by thole briofs and arguonts in mylmdl;lul lp!lnnllgutlouu i ond with my boag Wiehtog 'for “thofe hruupnlity ond happinces, Your friond, atq, * : + Q. MliLLER, [t Whalloy, A, P, was examined in the TTiehborno trin), on Oor.'24, und declared that o bolioved beyond all doubi ‘that ho proscoution yue 4 desutticsl und Poplol gonapiracy to dopriva the olatmant of Lig vighta, o proyiqus duy he deolared, at p dinnor at Potorboyough, for \\'fdch ho sits inParilamont, that If funds woro nob tubgeribed by tho genoral publio ho would sell bis carsinges, overything hio possossed, down Lo Lis own cont, Iu ofdor to onrry out tho ¢aso to it tulloat oxtont, Richborne 3r. Whalloy, Iaving - i