The New York Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1860, Page 4

4 THE PUBLIC PRINTING. Additiona’ Testimony Taken Before the Senate Select Committee, Testimony of Wendell, Heart, Tom Ford, Defree and Hou. David Kilgore, Ons Half the Net Proceeds of the Present | Printing te be Applied to Carrying Elec- tons for the Republicans iu Doubt- ful States During the Envulng Presidential Campaign, &., &e., &o, We publish to day another iastalment of tho testimony | it is depen takes before the sclest committee, appointed by virtue of 8 resolution of the Senate of the United States, adopted im January last, io relation to expenditures from tne pro- ceeds of the public printing. The evidecne, as it appears ‘on the oilicial record, appears to have been taken in a, very irregular manner, as to the elucidation of certain points im order to arrive at facts, and this must be the apology for the following extracts. There is enough, how- ever, presented to give an idea of the governmental print- ing placer under the old régime, and the uses to which the republicans intend to apply it under the new : THOMAS H. FORD'S TESTIMONY. Q State your residence and occupation? A. I re- ide in Mansfield, Ohio; my occupation is of an attor- rs You have seen the resolution under which this com , Mittee act; please siate to the committee what you know touching the public printing, und the disposition of tne mmomeye which have been paid for it, or any othor matter Blluded to in that resolution? A. I know nothing of she disposition of the moneys that have been pala for it; and ‘ws tothe other matter alluded to io the resolution, the Committee must propound the questions; Icannot be the Judge of what the olber matiers are, @. Are 720 Mt the progent time the printer to the House of Represé: 8. ALT Q. When wers el second day of March. THR PENSIONERS ON THR SPOILS Q Are there other persons interested witn you in the profits of ths printing for the House of Representatives? A. There are eo.¢ persons that expect, I supp: a yShare of the profits a ‘he prinung. Q Who are they, and What ipierest have they in the weinting? A. Iwasa candidate wvaxpectedly to myself; 1 ‘“Swiever up unt)! within a day Or two of tue day when I » Gse1 reported to be elected; Inever thought of being was = “die; there were m, MY outsiders here who talked a cane ‘von the subject of whe House printing, and I * geuorally that Twa." Soldier, and if'l won a take care of the wou. M424; | made an opea D. Detrece, of ia. “Mu#P2ii8, Indiana; Vhiladelphian gue, ‘*: Paugborn, of iiifkm Moran, of vin y and > Dr. Wiigon, of Boston, and a clerk ‘&) Promised to » of Indiana; and then t. %® Was some talk ri something for Mr. .“Uichell, of Miaso. that was open and «.%PeRded on conting. but I do not know myselt ow that stands; tne a no obligation in any of 1."t080 Cases; snd in addith. to that Ihac thougn), and perhaps mtd, that I would teve care of some others if I bad money ; whes I mean was, that I would give them some money to go Leme—tuat I coa- sidered gratuitous; there was no obligation Feeling upaa mo; these gentlemen have no defined taierest; Mr. Do- frees has LO coniract nor binding obligation except to share if anything was made; Mr. Moran. ja in the same Biluation; the arrangomenis wita Mr. Pangborn were more defined, but subsequent oocurrences dissipated them; then I'firet thought of being a candidate, Mr. Defrees and Mr. Moran suggested it to me, and wanted me to give them a A. i believe it was on the 3 said to then. baitle I woula ize to Jobn third each, to which I aisented, not thinking of being a can- didate; it was & lovee conversation, after I was in bed; the next morning Detrees was again himself a candiaate, ‘and of course that conversation went for nothing; after it was found that 1 was really going to be a candi- Gate, Defrecs was the spesker for Moran; Mr. Moran told me that Defrees wished to seo me, and I told Defrees that 1 could not keep that reement; and then Mr. Pangborn was of the opinion there were members of Congress other than repubii- cans who would be disposed tofayor him; and I went into ‘an agreement, ifthat thing was accomplished, to use bim as rivter; that he might labor, and 1 would give him two. of the proceeds; but when the trial cam» to be made 0 persons were disposed to favor him or to voto or him, and that arrangomont algo fell through; by this dime Bome jroteons, and [ do not now remember who be- ‘cause the impression bad become pretty caneral that they owere going toclect me, and 1 canD~, say who it was, eaid to me that | ought to help Mr. Batley, of the Zra olllce, if I were elected, ab j said if | were elected I would, and that interest Biands in that way, undetermined and undefined. Q Have you no other agreement? A. I have no other ‘agreement in favor of Mra. Bailey; 1 have no othor agreement with anybody. By this time the impression be- ame general that I should be elected, and they broke up all arrangements aud voted for me, I wantto state that no member of Congress made any promiss; 1 mean acy condition precedent for hia vote, andI never asked but ‘one gentleman to vote for me; I poke to one, ® member of Copgrees, whom I had known, and to but one; I had heard he would vote against me; the amount of this pub- lic printing, in the first place, as 1am informed and be- Leve, bas in greatly exaggerated; Mr. Defrees has no obligation or promise, mora! or otherwise, upon me, only to do for him, as acompensation for his attention and ‘work, what I'can, cons.dering those other things: I would have fixed an amount that I was to give him, but I told him that the amount must be dependent upon and guided Dy what I bad to give tothe Era oflice and to outsiders; g0 that there iano amount fixed; Mr. Moran is in the same situation with Defroes; Mr. Mitchell, believe, has no obligation che me morally, by promise or otherwise; I ik he does not claim any; J had no agreement with Mr. Mitchell ;I did vot see him tllafter- waras; Ihad some conversation with some of Mr. Mitch- ell’s friends, in which I had agreed that if there was apy profits would help Mitchell eome; and it was not by those persons claiming it claimed, provided that the amount was to go to Mrs. Bailey; I have since uaderstood from some persons, I do not know who, that Mitchell had bome and did not claim anything. Q. What I want to ascertaia is the number of parties claiming, and the interest they claim altogether. You have said that Defrees, Moran, Mitcbell, Mrs. Bailey and Pangborn have expected to obtain an interest. Was there no specific understanding in any, way as to the proportion they were to get if the printing should amount to a cer- tain sum? A. There is none. Q. Did they agree to give you their support without specifying ‘rhat interest or share of tho profits they were to have? A. There was no specification of that kind, ex- copt what I have mentioned; I wish it to be understood that these conversations were not with mombers of Con- the ar- oir friends? it; £ did mot partake in I that your election would depend oe yeasty ot ‘howe persons who cametoyou. A. I not; they had no votes; somo of these poets make you believe they had a great deal of infla re hot any. bist = ne BIG ESTED OFFICE HOLDER’ aE eS Cates from rumor, that the p) wel , et wnc willing, of course, if I was elected to an oflice of that kind, if there were any profits, to share them. aye y thin; . 1do ow anything al ‘any arrangement. 4: for—you that those le had no mint you a nob kuow whether they influenced ? A. I could not know; but I suj jen that could. ‘Then it was upon that supposition that you agreed to tive thom this interost in the profits? A, I supposed that they could; but Icannot say that they had any in- THE RRAL PRINTERS Q. Doyou execute the printing yourself? A. When 1 ‘was clected printer I went to Mr. Heart, the Superinten. Gent of Public Printing, and he drew up an order direct- ing the public printing to Larcombe & English; that was the firet day that I was elected; in aday or two thereafter 1 met Ur. Larcombe and Mr. English, or one of them, and I went intos partnership 8; » by which the office ‘was to be eubject to my control; it is the same office that they have control of at ad be bg office—and they ere to execute the public printing. “e Is that agreement im writing? A. Yes, sir. This ar- rangement I understood to be a temporary arrangement; ‘and in that written agreemont they were to divide the profits, giving me acertain amount; when I testified be- fore the House committee I did ‘not know what tho amount was, for lwasina hurry when the contract was made; but [have since learned that. the agreement either states, or it was understood, that twenty per cent is guarantead to mo. Q. Cap you produce your agreement in writing? A. ‘Yes, sir; I will do it to-morrow, or on Monday; Mr. Lar- combe and Mr. Engligh, 1 believe, are the contracting | ‘parties with me; but in that] may be mistaken; at any , it ie the same young men that have Wendell’s office, ‘and are working there; that ie the contract to which I al inde, and which I will prosuce, Q. Was not a proposition made by one of the candidates for printing, in caucus of the republican members of Congress, called a @ candidate for printer a the ‘House, $0 give to the republican party, or toa committee } if they would elect him, « part of the proits not such @ proposal formally mae? ¥ $ { SPae it & & Mr. Defrevs had ii 3 ll i : ! that others had done so. Did you have any understanding, directly or indi- rectly, with any member of the republican party, In or | was brought sbect out of Congress, that if the republicans would elect you | _Q. On the eame day Printer to the House of Representatives, you would giveto | Yes, sir, on the eame day I mae the & committee of the republican party, to be used for party & portion of the profits of the printing? A. Inever | & very shor#time, at did have any sucb understanding, nor is there any pro- mise pre Set member of Congress es By resolution, refused to aooept it ; asked @ Buch ® promise, nor any pereod, for them. 2 . y y 6 on the ‘THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE SPOILS. OF AN burne, of $m Oru DAY on manen.i80, BAND AtTwaee cupmas'r | anything to do with it ART, AND JOR EnGuisn, (DOING A PRINTING DOSINESS ‘UNDER SRD ANS STYLR OF LARCOKBE AND ENGLISH.) OF THE SECOND the said Ford being elected printer p Ra, Dertuership. with tbe 1 sod need = Ripe sebee rising tr thw Fouse forthe arm ‘upoa owing terms ovndt Done others, to wi:: The sald Lareombe & Rugley sien farnish all the neseastr; cagh, end other mesos 10 Hood workasasine stylet cad te oe aby he enact Gpproval of the Buperiatendent of Publis Printing. fhe said garded his course towards mo as vor’ candidate baa e before the caucus of the republican members of printing was 4 1g about ft exoept by rumor; I haveheard | being the strongest man, they all yoted for him, with the made sach an offor, but | exceptionef Mr. Adams? A. After several ballotings— about it myself; neither Mr. Defrees nor any party told ms, snd pone of them ever e guch a promise, and I never made Buch NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDA Lareombe & hereb: arantee that the ft | meetings umber without eald printing i nt to twenty per eapium on aero Ft en tos cd, day; I cannes areKwe amount of tbe priniing 10 be 90 exreal She | let bow many ballotings 3, my impression ts he received the highost number of Ouse aforeesid. went is iho maki Ford to a wise ible for Hho uns or compancy’ of sald tstarhalets the votes on the execu 0 ereculed by th: said Larcombe &'Boglieh, the asic Ford shall rawe by myself. after tae. 7 So wes mot ety cae = of each and ay ines be received some fow Psortos ye My 9 wae ‘He was then the candidate hereunto sot é * veua Feoreary = rit fir; eubmitied, and ] am have been madé upon har MAS HH. FORD, Beal. LaROOMBE 4 ENOLISE. feat! JOHN D. DEFREES’ TESTIMONY. »b Q. State your lence and . aT a 1 indiana, Occupation. A. Tliveat | a and Lam & practical prioter. ANOTHER PARTNER IN THE PREFS. Q, Will you be kind enough to state wh:-ther or not you have apy interest in the preseat prin‘ing of Congress, and eo, what that intoreat ii? A. Ihave & coatisgont into: the proposition which ropesiiion whic! or 9th of February, one upov which I made the proposi renco to the books of tho Exeottiye Committes 1 resolution dato the Oth of February, * pears to be the first meeting of that co, Should give it my personal attontidn and help bim in its Manegoment; I oennot state definitely what my interost Q. Have you that agreement in writing? A. No, sir. Q. Do you know whether any other pereons are interested with Mr. Ford in the profits of the print. ing? A. Ido not, except by heareay that othors expect- date of the resolution; ier YORD 18-KIND TO HIS FRIENDS. ‘as thero say agroement or understanding between | the ¢ommittee, and who was present you and Mr. Ford previous to bis election that if he were ba tT to make that statement, if elected you should have portion of the profits? A. Did Mr. Washburne There was this :—Before his election | told him that if he | House? A. were elected I shou!d like to have an interest with him in | made in the the profit, and he replied that he was oue of the sort that alway care of his friends; aad, being an old ac. quaint 1 was willing to let the matter go. Q You bad no specific unceratanding aa to the amount you would recelve? A. No, sir. a Q. Were you not @ candidate before Congress yourself for public printer? A. Yes, sir; and ought to have been elected. A POLITICAL MISSHONARY. Q. Did you make, or cause to bo mnie, to @ caucus of the ‘republican party conv: for the purpose of nomioating @ candidate for printer, a propoeition tbat if you were elected you | (to that they pom give certain portion of tha proiits of the printing | as you fo the republioan party, dr place it in the control of a | bal lution authorized Mr. W: at that mooting, ing , however, is that it was in the not that Hovse, or did you examine? A. No; the proceedings of the Heuse; feercay wae Wo were balloting there ; ma Soee done in the House; Mr. Jeot whether it was made in the House or the caucus; cannot documents, or for electioneoring purposea? A. On the ight of the repub! can conference §{ authorized General Kilgore, of my State, to say that I would be liberal in my Covtribution in the dissemination of political truth among the people of the States of Pennsylvauia, Now Jersoy, In- diana, and Illinois, previous to the next Presidential elec. tion, for the purposs of informing them as to their truo interests, and who they ought to vote for for President, or something to that amount. Q. Was that proposition in writing? A. T think it was. Q. Have you scopy of it? A. No, sir; | have not. Q. Did you state what amount you would give? A. Lot me go on with my statement; Goneral Kizore paid be would like to be authorized to make this Statement, and I hastily drew up a note al- dressed to him, and it was to the effest of what I have said here; I am not so certain whether I fixed the amount or not, but I think I did say that I would contri rg in that way balf the profits; it was done very has- porn yty Pome iar sews tothe dutice of the com. ¢ form of a resolation, and eutered the minutes in the form of a rerolaiion? ns P? cetved. simply examined the number of days. y. fates aS certain about that. . Were you nominat the cat statement was made? A. Yeo ain, Se? wha Shak Q. Were you voted for in the House as ths candidat for printer to the Houge. A. I was, by every republican except Mr, Adams, @ son of John Quincy Adams. Q. How long were you voted for? A. Ido not recolicot; it was in the House or the caucus Q Your impression was that it wasinths House? A. “88 postponed day atter day for near 2 month; answer to some question; and it is probable it was mado Voom ROW many ballots there wero; 1 think ton or ffteem | in Doth. at Twas v, 104 !0r; there were one or two ballote a day. CORNELIUS WENDELL’S TESTIMONY. Q. You were nominated on the day that Mr. Kilgore ‘THE REAL HOUSE PRINTERS. made that p, “Position? A. Yes, sir. Q Mr, Wendell, who is doing the Houso printing? A. Q. You were Voted tor as the candidate of the repub. | Larcombe & Engheh, my late foremen. licans on the nen ‘287! A. No, sir, not the next day. Q ii Mr. Stanton moves’ ® Postponement several days, and it | A. No, sir, I have me contro! of it, but it anything is made was cone. 8 out of i, it will inure to me for the benefit of my ere ditors; Q. You were nominay.*! thongh on the day that propo- I bave made an amicedle nt with one of my prin- sition was mado as the ca, “Uidate of the republican party? | cipal credXors, with am understanding that the work will A. Yee, sir. go on, and an accurate account bo kept, and if thore shall ‘Q You stated, I think, that You received all the votes | be any profit, that it shall be applied towards the pay- of the republicans present in ti'e Mouse except that ef | mont of my debts. Mr. Adams? A, Yes, gir. Isbou!d :‘ke to say cio Ire- Q ve ue the public printer closted for the House” A. 0; because, mse Ford. office, he first writing | Q. What is your agreement with Wr. Ford on that eub- his fatL\er for the Presi- | subject? A. The agreement iva sort of partnorship agrse- ment With Mersrs. Larcombe & Englisk; the amount of it is that Mr. Ford shail receive twenty centa on the dollar res, si. | of the gross amovat of ali thatis done. Q. Do you know anything further than what you have Q Had you any understanding on the subject with Mr. stated, touching the matters mentioned in the reeolution ‘ord rious to hipelection? A. None, sir; I never hac under which the committee are acting? A. No, air, Ido Iwas nov porsonally acquatated witt him until not. after hie election. ‘TESTIMONY OF HON. DAVID KILGORE. Q Had you «nt expectation of doing the work in Q. Mr. Kilgore, was there not a proposition made by a | save ef higelection? 4. 1 had, with respect'to the other while an apprentice in a prin thas I ever did was in support dency against General Jackson. Q. Have you stated all you know about she printing and your connection asa candidate with it? A. Yé e House, convened for the Us eye of no- minating @ candidate for none to the House of Represen- tatives, that, if the; \d elect him printer to the House, be would giv sionnmeasiog poses? A. [here had a gor eter ir said in relating to combinations of different interests; it was not the intention, as‘I understood, of the republicans of the House to make a nomination, but to consult in re- lation to the various candidates, and try to concentrate their strength upon some one man; there hed been a good deal said—it was a mere rumor—abont a combina. tion from Maseachusetts to Missouri, embracing — PB pte gg PE Se aii igh agi ae | mQ Hea Mr. Ball any in‘#rest init? A. Tnever havo . Po you recollect their names? A. No, sir; | heard. 3 Teannot revollectibe namcss it was a coobination of «| Q. Did you not take cone interoat in recuring Mr. Do- Boston man, ® Philadelphia man, ome gentleman in Louis- | frees’ clection’ A. No, sir>.1 worked aard to defeat ville, Kentucky, whose name, it have heard, I have for- gotten, and a gentleman of St. Lous; those interests were combined, according to rumor, for the pupor ee securing a nomination of some one of them, acd securing abie to make an arrangement with thens, but with Frag Regt por I Yappened to be out of town at the time of hia election; it came up suddcaly after and Ball, who were candida‘es previously, had byen dropped; T hed no ar: with ether of thom, but we had -1 bad some conversetion, bat Q. Is Mr. Dofrees interceted with Fora now in this print- ing? &. I do not know; bat in a statement which’ he has published in his paper, whieh is publisted in Indiemapolis, Indiana, be says he bas. He says bo has an interest which will require his attendance here. Q. Do-you know the exteat of his Interest? A, ¥ do not him. Q. In whose favor were you? A. Gloosbrenner’s. I think I was instrumental ix oringing him: out, ead wa came within an ace of electing him, too. If I hed had hig election; Mr. Defrees told mo a Steerir ees, management of it, I I should have posed to enter into any combination with individuals for the DURpoee of dividing the profits with individuals, but Q, A combination was effected previously b-arod clection that be was willing to give « rotsonable share of the pro- | of Ford, by which Ford and Detrees pi Ning j atty in- fite, to be disposed of in the distribution of useful anes - peices fn I so understood from yy bus Ferd the entghterned democr: ‘or something a substantially to that e fect) , subject ‘othe Ooutroland dis; | Q. You know nothing ig sce port ert sn ete position of the executive republican committee; they Q. Does Mr. Ford attend Laverne — — . were to dispose of it in the furnishing of documents; if | self? A. He is about the Hocse and down inthe oc- my recollection serves mo aright, in his proposition - et begga i iyrgti pene sage per oe - pee he age | to make the siatement, he stated that ; apeals Se did tive con half of the net profits for the good of oy estat urrying an order, he seems to-be sttentive op Re omen eung. | Soren Q. Then, previous to Ford’s election, you.had mo ar- ‘Q. Was it a proposition in writing? A. Yes, sir; it was Tapgement with him, Dut i baa some arrangement swith cl ing, and addressed to me. rece? A. afBeient understanding 70 Eve Wan eee it with you? A. No, sir; I have not Pier Ae lhe ned erage a ods ty pers se looked fori; [did not know the object of the commitiee | ed he would, maxe, en arraugemetl mip me 1 soos sendin; here. i Be I Se icuaeit to you that if you can find that propo- gen ‘the work elsewhere I could not havo- complained; sition in writing that you present it at some other time, ut there was @ eH LSet i 5 find it. PrTOR- AoW corenormns OF Tim Sroms TO CARRY ExECTIONS x | _Q. Wore you aware af the time you made your arrange- DOUBTFUL STATES. ments with Mr. Crowell for prin' these Post Office Q. Please state the contents of it? aenet, ie oe hhh gd wel ohana ho vad. from svah an he would one-half the net to be ar y Jatded Wine Bacouete Bepublican pee Sourefut orn ti | walt or two yeare,1 bogan to have my euapiciozes we a- |” Tt will be thus percetaad that, elves 1862, there. ha Jor. oe —- AF tpn A phone F terwards began to grow more intimste, and I ascertained been no lesa than eight puvsiass Bieeseé. printers stom. Pg Mpedgevieicd or oa. van that is the cubeamce thet where {had calculated for one irspreasion, he quad ustnree had the requisite buildi ). betance of it was, that it was to be used as an | rupled, but having larger paper, and 1 saw ssonca einkonaeleg fand by the committee, for the distribution | there was « grest per centage: of documents? A. Yes, sir; but for no other purpose, I | rous orders and am satlsfied, because I have great confidence in the state- | Was fat. ments I have made. . Was Mr. Defrees, after that proposit batted by that cancus a8 their candidate for printer. Mr. Defrees was, I believe; the understanc was ‘we were not to make any formal nomination, but merely to get an expression of opinion as to who was the strongest A. hat | and by having slita in the he was 8 candidate for severab days. Q And all the republicans voted for him with the ex. | ception of Mr. Adams? A [think all present did, with the exception of Mr. Adams; Mr. Stanton at first did not, ‘but be subsequently did. Q. Was that proposition, when made, rece'ved favora- Diy or unfavorably by the caucus? A. I thought it was | Ceived, tothe printer, in which owe it wonld not recetved favorably. bey General; Mr. Bowman’s everything was wrong, and that he was sent | | the candid A. I belicve 89. | Q. And all voted for him for several days with the ex- | ception of Mr. Adama? A. I believe 80 Q, The proposition was never withdrawn by you? AT think not. teaieth oe, sir, Defrees paying the first, Spout ded that Mr. Steedman had no right | Q. They nominated him and voted for him? A. in thore cases of double | . Q In accordance with the understanding, Mr. nothing. Ido not recollect how many—Mr. Defrees received ‘ho fn highest number of votes the caucus ; there wero a | man of the House Committee on Pabdlic Printing? A. Dumber of ballots before that result wag Yroduced ; I | think 1} was Mr. Nichols. do not recollect how many; even after the proposition Q. On ‘was made, various ballotings were had. before the result you me“ie’ the roe » not know whether it was thst night or tenert nig! to settle aby di yafterwards, the mittee, ag I understand (for I was not tt thet mood ), Dallot shortly after ‘ey diepute arisen except iu one instance, mad Te cate t am's wean eieietne thas Septancs the comimtise, I believe, sustained oor louse —| ot rhether ade by some gentleman from Onle, or oy Mr” Wash, | Bowman's coustruction of the law? "A. ‘Yeo, at. —that the committee had refused to have Q. Have you now got that letter of Mr. Defrees, to which reference was made in your former testimony? 'A. Since the former examination I have hunted for that let- which was from the Wns of the nomination on Satan rahe, RAY » must | bling conversation of that I cannot speak with any oortainty aste whieh of those ware, the reasom why I fix One of three three oye nike fret “ho tod the 7, which ap- | totally unfit in e mimitioe; Iwas | there is as muob a 4s. but ft will’Dot be lowe than one fourth of the net prods; | icuken mee ae ar ia Math Tee, Wis dependent upon future coatlngencies; tho truth n is, | was submitted provious to the of the Executive . Ford ve not come to a very specific ye standing, but it inno: to be fern than thatamount, fp Wl op cn maby uae eto Wi of Illinolz—my impression now is that it was in the House. may have | by Mr. Nicbols in his ed to be; but I know nothing of other perroas being fa- Deus in concen 00 Bideany been ee Eee Commit. terested. tee had refused to have anything to do with it; the rego- burne, who is a mombor of make that statoment ia the cannot be certain; my impression is it was Q After the balioting commenced? A. After the ballot. ‘Bg commenced, though it may have boom in caucus on my better | cent., varying with the matier, whether it is more or leas appear on the proceesings of the T have aot examined | pixth or one-fif it would probably ap Pear in the reported proceedings in the Gloie, if it was ., Washburne will no doubt reool Q You eek of 6 xantation of ne Executive Commit- Ave nothing to do with this prin understood, being put on the books; i" ey fi t or custom of that committee to make memoranda of committee of that pariy to be used for the distribution of | domations they receive? A. It is the castom ef the com- Q. 1 donations are made, or you receive moneys for elac- tioneer ing purposes and the distribution of documents, aro you in the habit of makipg an eotry on your books?’ A. Oh, yes; we keep ® memorandum of all the moneys re ed. Q. Do you remember how many ballots Mr. Defrees was voted for? A. That I cannot recollect; I could havo told by looking at the journals, but I have no recollection, and did not examine the journals with an eye to that; I Q. Whriet that proposition was before the committee ho became the nominee of the party? A. Toe proposition wag really never withdrawn; and, as I said before, if there was anything anid affecting it, it was the statement of Mr. Washburne, if made in caucus; and I cannot be Q. le not your recollection thatne mention was made of the eotion of the Executive Committee in caucus, but that i: was made in the House? A. I cannot say whether Yea, sir; my impression was that it was in the House, io gentlemen who wer? candidates, some expectation. of | ou no suspicion of it? A. After a yearand» that ; aad then, with the nume- for composition, leaw that that Q. You saw that at once, did you not? A. Yes: butI know that the Executive Committee, at | looked upon that ag a small part; Talwaye th‘sught it cost | tnose who actually exconted the work, Coes ius hrm riveting, refused to bave anything to do with it? | him 20 cents in the dollar, unill witnia tha last two or | and even modorately estimated at '$250,000°on the A. Iwas not present at the first meeting of the commit- | three years. alone, excluding paper and binding; tee, but I understand that they refused to have anythiag Q y did you not do % yourself? A. The instant | whiie the a trains bonuses fee tore sa to do with the proposition. ft reverted to Mr. Nicholeon, ke to do opp pe deplore Q. That proposition of Mr. Defrees was made to the | it for fity per cent; I made s calguiation, and I | for th 008 no equi mated t i caucus of the republicans of the House? A. Yes, sir; it by T could fa, ae ied ae was to Pe the actual Printer generall; = ne Ponee wor of a . afterwards aM ewety ving ae wa. Was Mr. Del ion was made, | begun to inquire, and gradually Taarertained that bo had | wocare een ae ane eprewenting very PAC. effected an improvement, by havir.g his paper quadrupled vin which to. fosert the names of tae Post Office at th; top, and the nameof the the printers, of course was the most prom!:ent in the dis- Pute; it went on one occasion, I remeroer, to the Attor- idea appeared to be thet be everything; he would 0 Conduat the business, ahd: fut corstructiona upon the lsw as to do injustice, ke I con- conversations with the committes; 1 held a i Q But till, after is was made, they all wont for bim ag | with Mr. Smith, I recollect, on sevsral occasions; he was she Chairman of the Hours Cyinmittee; we would tell our ery to him, and he wesid decide; in relation to the deci- Sion of the Attorney General, it was on a dispute as to of Mr. Steedman’s bills, Lremember; he to make’ the composition, as it is | untd they are comparatively valucless. styled; there was no special arbiter; the’ differehee arose cr 4 OU: Of this idea that he knew it ail, when he really knew Q. In the Thirty-fourth Congress, who was the Chair- page 802 of the “testimony taken by the House of Representatives of the Select Committee appointed to. investigate the accounts of the Superintendeat of Pablic Printing,” is to be found the testimony of Mr. Nichols. He eays:—‘Our only power in reference to this matter 18 igputee that may arise between the Saper- iptendent of Public Printing and the Public Printer, in re- ference to bills of the printer; but there wre ear Saco ur: of the present Superintendent; and in General +. Q What was your bid?g@ga. T bid fourteen cents on the a 4 Q Are there considerable items of printing on which the fit is ap large af on the Post Office blanks? A. I do not Bink there are apy ; I can say positively there are none. 1 ig; thi merely aes, nid appea's; they “ere AD: “Bowman, leave this to the commitics,”’ would and we would goto see Mr. Smith, as the Chairman of Sacurday the ‘sforeeald, or any ‘or out: | before we balloted on Monday; I may be mistaken avect | (inc Then ; Jaz, shout the exrouiion of the, wk aforesaid. the wae * | ies, however, but: that is my lmspresaion; on the 13ih | w puncr be Graralie; 1 do not remember over Cin Blake ite fariber ‘snd. wadereteod that on tho. pes. Journals, te’ balotings Conrad: an appears from the | aboot tt: ax T before; they were differeacos of | cael of on Beer y elas eee the United States oa | i. nomination, and on the 284 of - Dofrees was put | opmion as to the construction of the law, mover endisg in apy particular personal quarrel. THE TRANSFER OF LHB ‘UNION’? TO BOWMAN—REASONS WHY. Q Have you not stated to several parties that yvar chief reagon for transferring the Union to Bowman was to got him out of the Superintendent's oflice, where ho 1) woe in your way? A. J may bave 60 stated, but a ran {a somewhat diffore from testimony taken here under oath; ia my letter, yo. 1 euggested Mr, McDonald when I ght of transte the Union," Attor wards, I was rather grat to have Bowman removed, (0 bo candid about it, for I deel him respect, as I have eald before; and lerence between mon of his tompora- Lot present at the mee of the committee, rine tbe of the House for the Thirty sixth Con Apk pociber oh It, and do mot now receliect how eer Ganaral Boe eee hese hede g hep atone ® practical printer, and Satan cranes estaba meets Ree 5 but there ia a resolution in | printing, and electioneered, as I thought improps agreed to give me an intorest in consideration that 1 | hott, Temused to have anything te do members of Congress t0 prevent the 0 of remem| the case 1a formal appeal to the Committee er the "House of Repre- , | sentatives, ane do perce to mind any instance alluded to {m0 THR Q. In Mr. Hear! | execs eee ordered, PI was a8 profitable as when larger numbers were ordered; can yenuaste. Pretty near- ly, what ia the proportion of Amount or of the cost of the Congress!onal printing for documents in which the ordi- dinary number are issued, and for other documents for which arger numbers are issued? A. On ordinary num- bers, 1 should think, the prot would run about 20or 25 per open; on thoextra numbers the profits run from 50 to 75 per cent; tak! the past six years, I should thiak, one- was that for which ordinary numbers were igsued, and four-fifths or five-sixths were for exiea numbers. Q. Mr. Gurley desires me to ask you some question’ I] relating to tho binding. What 1s the cost of binding quartes and octaves? What is it worth to bind quartos, and whatoctavos? A. I should thiak a fair price, if the binding is given ont ag i} is, would be twelve and a half cents for octavos, and sixty cents for quartos; I would state that I had tho binding of the past Congress for tae House ten cents for octaves, and forty-five cents for mittee to make sn entry of all the resolutions that are quartos, if my memory serves me, and I would not take it the same price; it does not Bay. foe tae trouble and a} attention and the capital; I have eighteen cents for octayos fore. © Q How came you to take the binding at lower rates than were fixed by law? A. I was appoiated binder at twelve and a half cents, and.commenced the work at that rate; Me. John @. Rives offered to do it fer ten conts and hile I was proceeding with it; the comaittee I mustdo it less than that or give it to him, ‘and a bit of rivalry and opposition imduced me to continue it at tem cents; [ could afford to indulge in the luxury then | of a little opposition. CHEAP PRICK, CHRAP WORK. Q. Has there been @ aillurence in the charaster and | quality of this binding at different times, when the price: differed? A. There bas; as the price has been de- le of the work has kept pace ly, [think; some of the binding bas been d's- 1; & is impossible to do the work, as it ought to done, for ten cents, in my judge ‘inferior stock would bo used—common straw boards; ani the work generally would be elightea in its workmanship. Q. Whose business is it t> inspoct and to gee that this A. The Suporiotendent of Public Printing; and I have heard a great many complains; 1 recollect an instance when there was quite a large batoh of work rojected; but, owing to persuasions and infiu- | ences, it was aay toalipthrough; J do not eoncetve that the work can be done at less tne prices T bave Btated, and do} it justice; Itcan be done, but it will be done on the principle of poor pay peor pret . Q Ought it to be ee Superintendent wher it is badly done? A. Ithink ¥ have kaown causes whero, if I had beea Superintendent, I would not have received it for ‘my own reputation’s sake. Q You state when and under whose superiatend ence this ocourred. A. I am not positive, but I think it, was under Mr. Seaman’s superintendence. WRNDELL'S STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL COSTOY THE PRINTING AND BINDING FOR CONGRESS AND THE WTRCUTIVE DEPART 2BNTS FOR THE PAST SIX YRABS: erersed, the sty with it ful - || work ia properly done? third ‘Sone greta... $1,028800 76 ir TeBB.... 4 Tt fourth Congress... 015,107 42 ‘Thirty-Afth Congress..... 628,851 23 Le eee -82,667)379 41 Executive binding (eat’d). 230,120 00 +s-+89,797,A00 42 1,808,749 70 EO. & GIDEON'S: TESTIMCRYS Qa bor sa im Washington; 1G, D2 70" do the printing for the Sepreme Court? A Q Upon what terms do youdoit? A. Ithaveacon- tract made with the Su; Court im.1845; *% was ‘wy public advertisement; and it was awarded to me orto ‘my then firm, as the lowest bidders; wo have bees doing ‘i uncer that contract since. Q. What is the agg ‘amount of your printing an- puaily’ As It varios from seven to ten or twelve thou- sand dollare a year. It deronds upon tte business of the court. Itis the Of the record of the court The lowest sum received cae year was $4,000, aad the bighest $18,000. ‘Q. It:-would mot vary much from that?» A. No,.sir. Q. What isthe rate of prices? A. I- receive $i 02a page for the composition, work, aad paper. Q. All that is stated in contract? A. I doliove it is; the contract was made in 1845,I bolieve; I have not Seon it fore long time. ; [think there was a. law passed requiring them to ad some gentlemen thought I had a good thing, and sed a resolution passed for and it was awarded to me again. . - . 200 WUCH PAID 3OR CONGRESSIONAL greseional A. Yeu, sine with Congress AT they less is parc. fe Gonarer twenty or thirty per cent for rea- sional or foF oxvoulive ns work. @ Though computed ina difforent manner? A. It is mouch the same; the Supreme Coust-work is done | Bp telions 4 tara legal term, I bebove. Q A bundred words? A. Yca, sir; I think according fo #0 many words; the page ‘s# ccrtaim, aize, and some pages contain more words aad some lees, depending upon the blanks. Q Whether it ‘9 lean or fa‘? A. Yas, sir. HOW TITS PUBLIC PRIMTING HA} RERN DONE. ‘We take the fellowing extract from the testimony of Jobn Heart, the Superinteadent, to show the manner in which the pubise printing bas been done since 1852, as adduced befcze the Senate Committee :— gress, and of these bi and metesiais for the execution of the work. Of ni ty, the work was farmed out to third parties at a reduced ne, vary nk Troms 3 te 559% per cemtane om the prices. The difference on the amount paid by the public to the printers elect, and the sum paid by them to ticular. eeional priting sae, ad including a. pert ch th ce, ant 01 a finy ‘seoond Congress "3 3 postmastara at the ‘ottora, and I said, well, he haga Senate. House. man, and uittmately to concentrate upon him; probably | good thing, and he woee it for half of what the govern- | gana Copgress, first session... $14,839 11 $26,822 90 two or three men were to be voted for, and were ly | ment pays, and bs ovynt to havelt, for he isa clever fel- | 32nd Congress, scoond session. 24.930 71 44,003 86 ‘yoted for; but ultimately we wore to cgacentrate our | low, std leads tae tooney when Iam stort ; but I most fri 88,972 26 91,079 21 | strength; the object was to get the aenso of the meeting | say have been astonished at tho developoments which 0,224 60 186,227 05 as to who was the strongest maa. ve been Tune of late. Q Did the meeting unite on Mr. Defrecs as the strongest Q. Were you a bidder for the printing of these post 81,567 46 «= 142,522 02 man? A. I think be got the highest vote; indeed, 1 am | Office blanlvg? A. I was; but I used another name; it would 54,859 17 . sure he did. eg have ‘seen in my name ff I had got it. 56,646 74 = 401,418 26 Q, Was he not voted for for several days by the repad ‘TB’, MANAGING MAN—HOW DISPUTES WERE SETTLED. 43,780 22 88,999 59 lcan party as their candidate? A. T think all the repub- | © When a difference of opinion existed between the RS algal at Se! | Heans voted for bim, with the exception, probably, of Me. | Public printer and the superintendent of Bole Printing, Total.....-sseeserseen,s+ $445,820 27 720,560 18 Adams, of Massachusetts; Mr. Stanton did not vote for } in relation to the compensation, who was arbiter? A. ‘The value of the public ‘ting depends as much upon him for several ballotings, and perhaps for several days, | On one occasion he went to the Attorney General with the | the promptitude with w! it Is executed as the manner | Q. How long was he acandidate? A. That I cannot ry. papers; in these differences of opinion, as betwoen Mr. | of ius execution. Its ostensible object is to have laid be- | collect; a reference to our proceedings will show Yiat; wman and the printers, I being the managing man for “ | fore the two Houscs of Congress and the country the con Its of tho first importance to intelligent ‘upon these jeots that the documents “aoula pe ey and Jaid upon the desks cc the membors of Con- gress; and if — withhel4 or nominal until the lead- ing measures &re matured, tho pi is comearenney worthless, except for waste paper; to which a large P secipelrer Of these documents is devoted. In estimating cost of the public printing, therefore, its value is an important element in the account, and it may bea question whether true economy would not be better consulted in avoiding the expense of printing thess documents altogether, than of having it procrastinated Tar Carcaco Crrx Cortxcror’s Orricr Ronag oF $19,000 —$3,800 in Cas AND $16,000 iv Cumcxs, Ko—A moat daring, and, as a irs thus far, profitable robbery, was oleniag ‘atthe Court House on Monday night, when the room on the second floor, occupied by City Collector A, F.C. Mueller, was entered, the safe opened, and $3,000 in currency, $800 in gold, a treasury warrant for $'4,000, aud other smail warrauts, besides al were abstracted. No clue has ag yet been to bear ft, ana bé can only be deeme: le care! in allowing the large sum in qu to re. main in his safe over night, since it is the liector's duty to deposite with the City sR ed }) and the money lector 1s warranted in kee; is what be collects after office hours, which he is reqt de the next day. ‘Yesterday morn! Hogan, the of the Court House, discovered door loading into the City Collector’s office 0; He entered the ter, but have not ‘beem able to find itf; it is probab There are the census blanks, are they not as profita- ‘ the "f rete eee seven sees A try wre | “EA MTRT RAT a on nae ne caer | Se Pre . were as é . substantiaiy ab totated before ad toh, pris 80 as these Post Office bianka? A. Yes, ing State, if you please, when Mr. Defrecs was nomi. | sir; there is nene. nated by the cavcns, and when he was voted for, and how long? A. My tmpression is that Mr. Defrees received im caucus the highest number of votes om Saturday, which I, think was the 1lta of February; we had bad testimony in’which you said you had occasion repeated Q. Ihave already referred you to that portion of your every instance he was wrong, and you wore in the rigui? | to Mosh Poe Orrices.—The Post Offices at Manches- Dutchess county, venswood, Queers ter and Ra‘ ly | county, bave been di ‘Tne Post Office at * ih to appeal from the decisions of Mz, Bowman, and that ia | Yookers, Westchester qounty, then ‘been obanged ”, name 1}, Y, APRIL 21, 1860.—TRYPLE SHERT. pa ‘eit wean mv : sali for the general bellef that exchange is advaneiDg, and that, early in May, specie shipments wil pro- ‘Treubi je Among the Filibusters. THRSATENED AFFAIR OF HONOR BETWEEN COLONEL LOGERIDGE AND GENBRAL WALKKR. (Frém the New Orieans Delta, April 14.) 4 GAR? FROM Con. TOOKRIDGR. On thé 10th. inet. 1 7,84 a work ontitiod ‘The War mn Ni- caragua,”’ by Win. Walker. Soon aftor reading the work xpectodiy met Wm. Walker on Gage: C. L Faysoux and ery particu- jer, informed him thet I would bold him, Wm Walk- er, or M) i therefor at xa. ey: To this Walker . % ane wered, ‘When you please, sir.’ the ot My subsequent course may be known tho jollowing lower addressed m Ook. Hor ever, I shall, in ja to the world, ‘oO trovertible evidence, such a6 official ts, ropm > letters, &c., from officers and mop wh) gorved under my | command in Nicaragua, which will prove nat Wm. Walker bas falsified history and misrepresented my course and conduct as ap officer and soldier while ip command of forces in Nicaragua. Respectfully, S.A LOCKRIDGE P. 3.—I now invite attention to the letter from Colonel Purdom to me, aad with this I dismiss he mater for the Sr. Cusries Hora:, Naw OnvKans, ‘April 12, 1860. Con. 8. A. Lockrmar:—Dear Sm—As you are aware, I delivered a note from you to General Wm. Walker, whi Tid of myself and other friends you withdrew, aud following note was delivered in its stead by myself to Captaid Faysoux (Goueral Walker’s friead in the allair), wit:— Sr. Coane Horst, New Onveans, April LL, 1860. Gan, Wituam Watker:—Sin—By advice of my friends I withdraw the note handed you this morning by my friend, Colenel R. H. Purdom, sad will propound te you the following inquiry:—Do you, in your history of “ The War in Nicaragua,’ whioh { have seen but yooterday, in ake earn saat comes, duriog, nd stroggie, charge me otherwise than asa gen- tleman of honor and outage? “tive will be hamded your friend, Captain Faysoux, by my friend, Colonel Purdom, who will reooive your reply. Your ob't servant In the course of the Aiirpotaedare ne even received a reply from Gen. Walker, of which yy ty ee is a copy cag iew Oguxans, April 11, 1960. Cor. PoRDoM:—-Sir—Capt. ©. I. Serer has just dell- vered me a note, signed S. A. ; and from this note, as well as from verbal statement, I gather that you desirg to be ‘a8 to certain por- tons of a book lately ome on the war in Nicaragua. For your satisfaction, I freely say that in the work alluded to Idid not intomd to impugn the honor or of 8. A, Lockridge, When I aim to mako char, ainet the character of Say man, let me ageure you it shall be in words not easily misuaderstood. I have the honor to be your obd’t servant, WM. WALKER. 1 then addreated General Walker a nate (of which I ne- glected to retain a copy) stating to him that the answer to the question propounded—to wit, whether or, not, im his 1K, he intended to impugn your honor or courage—was Satisfactory; for you will see that he clearly states that he did not. I further asked his reagon for addressing his reply to me rather than to you. To that note I received a verbal reply only, through Captain Faysoux, to the that General Walker considered that he hat given me— as I frankly admitted in my note to bim—a satisfactory reply to the question propounded, (which constituted the matter in controverey,) amd that, while he declined to answer my last question, he theroby intended no disre- spect tome, You will see, therefore, thata full, and, in my opinion, an ample disclaimer is mate by General Walker of apy intention to charge you, in kis book, wiih acting otherwise than es @ gentleman of honor and cour} age. His reason for addressing his reply to me I know not, but I will sosy er Rm all acquainted with the “code of honor’’ will understand—that I wasacting in the cspacity of your friend and representative. remain your friend and obedient servant, R. H. PURDOM. Tue Suir Norway—Dearu or Mrs, Jouwsox.— There have been so many erroneous reports with regard to the coolie mutiny on board of the ehip Norway, and the death of the wife of Capt. Johnson (daughter of Samuel Kellogg, Brq., of Kast Hartford), that correction is deeme1 necessary. Among the erroneous statomenta is the fol- lowing, which appears in the Washington correspondence of a New York Paper of Tuesday :—\\ A musiay occurred on board the ship Norway, before spoken of, while on her way to Cuba-with coolies. " Tae fight lasted from six in the evening until daylight next day. Thirty crolies were in two places in their wife and two daughters with him, aleo a lady pas- sepger and child. The lady died in the night from fright, and in the morning the child died aloo.” There was a disturbance among the cooiies, but af no time was it feared by the officers of ihe ship thas tho coo- es would get'the control. Mrs. Johpgon was not alarm. ed, and stated tothe other lady passonger thateuch dis- turbances were common among ths coolies, but they were ‘Dot dangerous. decease tock piace eight days after the disturbance, and that of her child twenty-two da; after. Captain Johnson has a lett w from her, written day before ber demise, in which she does not even speak of the coolic disturbance, not deeraing it worth of notice. She died of natural causes The ship was of thofirst-claaa, welt bag romper! with all the cemforts knowm to the beat, ‘Chinese ; more comfortable quarters, or bettor y {loom over'eiapgecarcle‘offrends, aud brings doop sad. loom overs ends; an 8 nees and to her family and relatives, it is a con- solation to them to. know that in hor final illness she had all the comforts and kimd care that-could possibly be af- fied oa ‘board the best of ships. Hartford Times A ,. _———————————LLLE FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Frrvay, April. 20—6 P. M. The excitement on the Stoc#. Exchange still con- tinues ; there was more real business done to-day than-on any single day since Auguat, 1857. Nor. was this business confined to the speculative stocks ;- it wos fairly distributed among railway stocks, State and railway bonds, and: miscellaneous securi- ties—thus indicating that the prosent advanceis not .mere brokers’ movement, bat rests upon a solid: basis of actual consumption by the peblic. For instance, comparing the sales of this morning with. the quotations six weeks ago, wo find-that Erio seconds have advanced in that period:3 per cent, thirds 83, and fifths 14 per cent; Hudson River seconds, 2, and thirds 5}; Harlem. first, 7; Michigan Centrale’ 80, 14; Michigan Southern firsts, seconds, 14, and Siaking Funds, 15 ; Texre Haute and Alton firsts, 15; Galena seconds, H ; Lake Krie and Wabash firsts, 5; Cleveland and Toledo Sinking Funds, 12 ;, and so on throughout the list. which have been freely supplied from home, 2; and other State stocks have disappeared from the market altogether. The advance, taken in connec: tion with the general activity of the market during the past month, indicates an acteal consumption of stock securities far more extensive than has been generally suspected. It shows that the country is richer, than has been supposed, and it foreshadows a livelier search for investments than is anticipated in Wall street. There were heavy sales of Central and other speculative stocks this morning by parties who have been buyers at lower prices, and also by the bears, who are increasing innumberand boldness. About four thousand shares of Central were supplied early in the day, and the price, which touched 80}, de- clined to 80}, closing in the afternoon at 80} bid, Against 80}, the extreme price of yesterday after- noon. The bears endeavored to use the statement that the Canal Board had directed the Attorney General to commence a suit against the road for the back tolls, om the ground of the un- constitationality of the repesiing act; but it produced very little effe®t, Erie fell back one per cent from yesterday’s cash price. There is a strong inclination in the street to use this stock as a speculative football, and ope- rators predictmuch higher prices for it this sam- mer. The western shares were all very active, es- pecially Toledo, which touched 303, closing $0 bid, and Galena, which sold at 64], closing that bid, against 643 yesterday. We have seen a despatch from the Toledo stating that the freight business this (3d) week is very large; they write from Ohi- cago that the business of the Galena is increasing. Rock Island did not vary much. Michigan Southern. advanced j, closing 254 bid, against 243 at the close yesterday. Michigan Central was steady. There was no change in Harlem or Hudson River. Read- ing was a fraction better. Panamaadvanced j. Pa- cific Mail fell back 3. Both of these stocks are scarce on the street. This afternoon the market was quite excited, and stocks closed firm at the fol- lowing quotations:—Virginia 6's, 93} 4; Missouri 6’s, 844 8 4; Canton, 23.0 3; Cumberland Coal pre- ferred, 14j a 153 Pacific Mail, 1043 a {; New York Central, 80} 8 #; Erie, 16§ a 17; Hudson River, 42a 4; Harlem, 13j 414; preferred, 393. 40; Reading, 4330 44; Michigan Cen‘ral, 49 A an ., erg and Northern Ingiona13f's 3: 00 secanteeae 254 & §; Panamp 136 a }; Illinois Central, 60} a 61; Galena and C’cago, 644.2 65; Oleveland and Toledo, $08 4; Chicago and Rock Island, 643 a 65. ‘We tear of no change in money. The amount of sh“rt paper which goes at five is increasing, and ‘long paper is done without difficulty, if the two names are good, at 5} a 6 percent. On call the brokers are offered more money than they can use atfive. We should have a decline below this but Boaton.. day is not excessive-—$! last year. This year’s excc’ss over ast is thus re- daced to about $400,000. The light imports of the past few weeks have had a very healthy effect on the dry goods market, which leoks considerably better thanit did a month ago. Still we look for heavy reseipts of goods in May, and further sacri< fices must be expected. Missouri sixes have risen 4} per cent ; Tennessees, | bably be resumed. sight francs, and 5.17} on account of parties here, that the Persia will take out some gold. ‘The following.are the last quotations of cht ex- ,Thange on Now York at the cities ns ir the qu “tions boing in all eases for gold:— —8 Ka . » . RK tse & 2-10 die, The import of dry gw0ds for the week ending te- 703,000, against $1,748,000 The busiaess of the Sub-Treasury today wne as follows:— The exchanges at the Bank Clearing House this morning were $23,147,898 04, and the balances $1,014,702 25. Sales of 5} per cent Treasury notes have beem made at j premium, and of 6's at one per cent. The following is the act reorganizing the Brie Railroad Company, uader the effest of which the stock has risen from $%to $17 the share:— An Aer RELATING 10 THE FORECLOSURE swp SALE CP mm New York aup Exum RamzoaD—Passmp APRIL 4, 1060— ‘THRE Firms BewnG i sik bili pists Hillel ‘i ‘de: EE fi RE unsecured anc judgment creditors of Erie Railroaa agree 6 becoming parties within time, shall have the right to receive for thelr reapective fe stock of the eaid Erie Railway Com: 7 shall be antioo- : It shall be lawful for the Supreme Court tode- id franchises of the New ree : Compan: with the stockholders and creditors, 1S eveld a forecioeure and sale, said company is authoried and empowered to issue preferred stock ia pop senor re! unsecured bonds and interest thereon, and such preferred stock shall be entitled toa dividend at the rate of seven per contum per annum, if earned in the current year, after payment of the mortgage interest Defore any dividend is made to the general stock, and also to issue and eell, and exchange its ds, under any and all of its mo ing in this ‘with the rights and por;, the recei the New York and Erle Rallroes. hericnore anponten. eo. 10, ‘This act shall t:¢ effect immediately. tf Pr hfe oe fa , im this State, on accoar ‘scription, is $2,800,000 ; on which ther: to $562,000. Tha a railroad bon: duo for; years’ interest, tr> tnet year, without Drovlag for i rest, was ten mills, and ten om (09 progsnt og Foreign exchange is in fair demand, without change in quotations. The bankers report an Upward tendency in the market; still, we hear of no actual business above 109 for sterling (and this generally includes a brokerage) and 6.13ga15 for for day bills. The shipment of specie on faturdey Dat pa rise tos good deal of comment; if the shipment was made and against bills, it must nave netted a loss. It is expected, however, 4 x — \ ereererteree 16 renames Sie x3