The New York Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1873, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 , ) Oreait moniner, for the purposes of this inquiry they | ever, in tustice to Mr. Ames, but more especially in jus- | trary, he stated that it held by hh their trustee. | 11 would be # long time, robab ly, before they woul it , CREDIT MOBILIER EXPOSE thay stand ac one. and T understand the inquiry to have | tce lo myselt, hat it never once occurred to mie Wat? mea hat wa ue language, as Bearly ag you. ai re. | enough ou! of it by make Deore ner outer | ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT OF THE BOCERT J | reference to all acte of mine which are of the character, | or in any way iniiuence my voto or action ax. Repreren. made with any en them? othe statemant he made to |) use anny witson np let Sots fh MURDER TRIAL, said to ee character, of the particulars on which the | tative; ratood hi Sosase te bases. My onntrect with tbo roed began by a ing som oi be gk than We wis ‘ear nd rae sei xo Boe mene | 7 ow, faa Kot sem t A ee ; mee cat noel a ye subscription to the Crodit Mobilier in August, 1865. My | slleht advance above par value: the ‘amount offered me | _ John B. Alley, uaving been stale swears, made the fol- | will be Suice things T hav ae he ake | About & veer. ago Tavble Garrabrant ang Vee fat if wife will take a couple of ehctiars of it Twill Winkle Bogert, her lover, were arrested and a The Great Congressional Scandal | cetermination to do so of course preceded that some short | Was very small and made li wel aie indicted for the murder of Ransom F. Burroughs, eaaad ttle impression on my mind, | lowing statement:— time. Ihave pointed out the nature of the undertaking | cidents which led ‘otis Tavertigatons” Mr the in- ‘of T wish to say first, with regard to Mr. MeComb’s state- , Ames | mentabout me agreving to give Mr. Brooks fifty shares ‘and the necessity I felt never offered me the | stocl iny | of the Credit Mobili intercession, oF, as he Paterson, Li! ‘ ‘as tried Under Official Investigatio cade: {RUM other time “than ast Nave ‘jt Garrated, ‘uct | pow modiies fy to Mr. Nelluoh, tntoke i ie mmese thoes Ea TE teat Wate ten eer wasany ofthe < ®, é ES Mine'by | Yucver bade a a q convicted at the last April term of Court conversation whatever of th re. wr. Moteaes] ition gore oF gold gabare of and sentenced to be hanged; but her sentence RE was commited to imprisonment for Ife by the + or public opinion; I began by :o'iciting my intimate | any other person or compote ferred to b; rn men im Congres possessed of means and | a,5ny aud anied that hasremeg With kes eve ciee ck i ber of Con; 1 (AY capitalists in the large elties; those whom I persuaded to ‘i ihe Ith of De fons oF wl Sading of talve Wn Be x A N OPEN Cc OMMITT E E » | cocoa hale nd dimdatigwanistig, for thor have cot. Pr) conversation between them on the 15th of De- stintions ie eahermenting. itn tats Met bi im, OF waeaaveaandsd i hm he cotta Os apenas lose Court of Parlons. Owing to the lateness in the tinued to act with me, but Ht is not #0 easy toreeall | ang eceminea."ERTES NECK RALMTORT | graeithimane angie kare or any Mumber et Shares of | Be‘iecty safe of course 1 did Heed i ee | term, Bogert’s trial was deferred till the Septem. ‘ Of louse, were willing to et r sposed of r, Ames | neither directly nor indirectly, i Is : " ide tl pints Oakes Ames Unbosoms Himself 6 19 | to members of Congress, to wench Question he | manner, ‘did fever ~propose "to give’ or'seh SF |’ after; not until hocame to eye aud wanted co know, Wine debra blag il cae i eer go in and subscribed yery largely; and in these cases I | {°, Soe about, Shoe 7 of plied that he wou! fer e ag Degotiate for, or have an; this 7 P $ Without Reservation offered to guarantee them against love; also I distinctly | questions and let him give Mrect answers; he bad with | dircetly or indirectly with Mr. Brooks or Mt. Nellaow. by Pye pets hs Oy had ont hice paauhice i | gud was consequently an indespensable wit: ° fomnomabon spelvinet4W¢¥: Wan, ke him his sworn testimony in the suit ‘which has been in- | or through him of them or any other party or person | which there were charges of corruption, tor reoruney ov hte nan sn oman; | Seid ge agave el commie ai | Theirs" nqie Mf, Nemvom tao Routan hon; aera | Rye geine Amegky ng as Motor; taqa cam, | ROOM Re TiAl as ABN Poet aa I have been reminded, though I had forgotten it, that | subject he had jormation upon the | sith anv bo: I ei eimeran tag ieee reel Cue ee eaerame tmnt re Teglune, | read ueny the December term. Tesreeay _ wee the Gay tion by the Chatrman—I see you stated in this tes- yinan boty trough him, rectly or Iaairecay there Hot Necenss: id in regard * Thad suggested it to W. Scofiel zat gould no: hoa more thorough and entire fabrication, | him; h ? set down for its commencement. Yesterda Messrs, Colfax, Wilson, Boutwell, Patterson, | {hat suerested itto W. Scofeld when the organization | umony in year examination in-ehlet that iS anares of | from Deetaniny to end than the statement of Macomb.” | mixed Se Mceateh aca or AA Nei O et caccnibe ane ee Jan “i $ Pi Prov ho Baie eae lobilier kK wore put in the control of | By the « hairman—Bight here, Mr. Alley, let me ask | shadow or suspicion of any im) ropttety cre aus to be ® | morning fifty-five of the seventy jurors empan- Dawes, Bingham Garfield Scofield equate, and it was increased with difficulty; it was | {) es, pee and ware given to members of Congress; | you in regard to the 100 shares of the Crodit Mobilier | to remain inte company ; I told him I did not see any | nelled answered to their names, Colonel A. B. 3 sham, 5 ; again inadequate and again increased, and tis time | fuejduestion was then asked where did you gain your | stock, said to stand in the name of Mr. Nellson on the | impropriety in hus owning’ twenty, shates of stock, or iit * ime | information enabling you to make that precise answer, | books of the Credit M ‘Do you Know anything in | his wite owning them; it was a bona fide transaction; { Woodrum, counsel for Bogert, moved that the trial 7 obilier. Fowler and Brooks Named. obtained only with the aid of an enormous bonus; | 4nd the answer given here is “From Oakes Ames!” A. rence to Mr. Brooks having any interest in that 100 | they were bought with her own moiey, as I myself | be again postponed tiil the April term, the reason during 1865-66 and 1967 of stock? A. No, sir, know, because a s " dividends nor roan and daring a, sbitite wal Boe ckholder in this Credit Mobitier Com- | |G. "Have you any inldrmition unon that subject? A. | myself and many cum, had been made up by Mr. Ames | given yeing his own (Colonel Woodruff’s) Il health. antly at work endeavoring to enlist oth: BAW vd 8 jone except wha’ ave obtained since this a- | A PRESENT TO MRS, a a] i of ultimate Sacco: nad of ewsipront thas wonkh comes Naja, Jou, connected with tt otherwise, than as a | tion came up; I talked with Mr. Brooks about it a fie | on the geeasion -of their tp Weltioe afterwards I | Beseld the trint would 1es0 veh dave er two weeks, = Jd gut every inducement and made every representa. | ° fe¥, aud are you familiar with its history and only information | have on the subject is trom saw Mr. Wo (old me about wis aterm eTaee, | aud he did not think, in his present condition, he REOKLESSNESS PAR EXOELLENOB. | 80 Sif Y'Belleved to be testinal ; | Proceedings? A. Thave been connected asa stocktiolder | told me; Wacgins that Neilgon appears a: a stoc Ttold him T did not see any use in his giving it back, | Would be able to staud the ordeal. ~ precisely to whol { Apoxe, or who. HPs | only, Bol a, director or a. manager; | 1 was | ot the Credit Mobiller. still, 1 he chose to give up what honesty belonged te | _ County Prosecutor John Hopper, on behalf of the NE Die: IRE Shares, but decided to postpone the time of payment, it | {{mllar with its proceedings until the present officers Q. You never had any knowledge or belief that that him, it was not for him tu object; I remember using this | State, sald that under the circumstances he would Ss guits imposaible tore tor “when ther sick was | $2oK Position, mince which time everything has been ONE HUNDRED SHARES BELONGED TO MR. BKOOKS T illustration with Wilson :—Said T, “You say you have no | not oppose the motion Bh Allo a Divi Paid | nee ea anes He Kept secret, snd I have never able to see the books or | A. No, siz, I never had any reason to suppose that they | Booed Wi nt vaets heesald Worth Ate eteng | ., The Court held 8 consultation, after which Judge tted vide: ¢ has not ai me in this respect; of io el ir, Brooks other thi A he i 5 janes an e nds aid | tm Jhed for profits th ok: Betas the time ai resent oMeers I reter to idney” bition President, and | that Twill explain what was my understanding. ‘0 | BiaPthe stocky he “kuew, ol to benone hin; Wilson Bedle announced that the Court was ready to ‘ohn B, Alley, of the Executive Committee; Ini hare ave you not iM proceed with the trial, and would make Droaghe O , d 4 ; fave never | - Q. Bi aay then sald Tn ‘Without Transfer or Pur- and with, which alone Teguld fulfil many agreements t | been able to get anything out of them as to the mann mgr mips ron cinta ie rahe Att wae come An gk T would you get frightened aad sturn itor | ho. interference with. the matter, but tritely Hid, Mnslied and gor the shares f'have Weated: thenerce | Mentofthe company in any way or mauner; the bo @. So far as Me. MoComb's testimony goes in any wa nes “| added the suggestion that M . chase Money. ment says 20; my recollection is it was 40shares. and | ation. Witness. then gave “the Piet to “imptieate you it was wholly about Mr. Brooks, a 1y 4 FICKPOCKET sODLD CRY, ‘rmiKPt Tight take the responsibility and 4 is conarmed by the share list, which shows that but | tMedit wevpiineas then | gave, the istory, of ane | the committee want to know all you know ard tohear | {order to got it binasell? Tthink that is the MGMT | the case at this trial Messrs. Hopper a SrEDAI From first to inst 1 was influenced by the same mot the intereatof, and aay upon, that subject, Please state | Ai notwanteven a breath of suspicion aguinst me; you | then consulted, after which the County utor to aid the credit of the road; i yo by Mr. is pure i y the same motives, | With the Ti lie Railroad’ the idea of the Brook: know thatit there is i said the interests of the State lab : h twas not until December, | Was'to relieve the directors and shareh id “note a. Fooks, qvether he Md oF | theve things itis myself; Tain as poor as ms UID esLSEN Woe en Re Rbain riot M’COMB’S STATEMENT | 2, 1m Sere ny 4 divitend, ant all these werent | Ulon Facide Rarond company trom aay tniisigunt | Uetween nin and You'apas) tho’ eubject} x, have | Hy rant tobe Fai ha haveloygn aaah ManC antl aris He deeue Haan pore ioreal eae there was a risk yet; It 30 prared ¢ roud was yot coms the di mo Roce mane Weatever heeantee eyerewning one | il my hat is that to wast Tl want it sil taken backer | that he would not move the Bogert trial at the tt Pclebee: Eos pa Sea loted till May, 1869,’ and in. Mi 1869, some of ushad | *! jaya that tah ing it ‘ a ot n raise avo relieve ind!- | wh do not want to have anyt ith i present term of Court. Forraise on our private ‘eredit several millions to enatie | 3P,snytning pa 7 Wine as ehargo wore, made Taken ME UBrOOmE eon | eave tho Se ea et ae ance Maat T | P Judge Bedle made no order until at the afternoon our ; from respan ; sd” there was in ape nn it Letters from O. A. to Justi: fy wi, complete the Work the si bepaa fds rock and ‘NEVER wid A DIRECTOR: > Bly n Mr. MeO impression of Niet Matorahat. fi intentions ip any shape or manner, for I do know I had | session, when Bogert was brought into Court, and, . the credit of the com| Hit ds pn the market, | oF Manager of the Credit Mobilier from its organization ny thin, ving any stock to him or hig | "0M expressing himself faverable to the postponement a Dut in the early part of 166s Sut wane v + | to the prevent moments @ was simply a shareholder; | son- in-law, json, ee Q. Please got on as rapidly as possible. You under- | the Judge set the case down pevemptorily for the His Assertions. tering, and T wan compelled dae aera NRE, | ie wad a Told hid ¢wn mam of abate Gight hundred |G. We dé not ask you whar Mr. Brooks says about it. tn | ed the money was pale Deck, to Me, Milo OF ard | Ath of April i Leguld got toe Topomt maa¥s but T strove to use thei | 4nd fly shares: these were fe trom those in | aifot your connection with this company, ax an ofllecr oF | Sy More aboutit; the charge was made in the news | Bogert was remanded to jall, where he has’ been et e him and the company. z er in A way that i thought moat advantageous in spreading | “@"You'cisim 200 sharon of the original stock and helt rT qus tnrfibence every here a a more, making 875: your claim is that by @ sub: OPED Have J Ob UY DOW giiee Os mz, BYOORE DAN. bajers this last Fail; When he told, me that tt was all confined over a year, and thas the matter went ‘m. Prism eeepc oP pa Sg ; tb: itd ‘whatever of bis ever owning @ al ek, and T suppose it was paid atthe Ging... |) over for the term. * fl 2a tases: ription mage you ar to these shares? a. Yén, | stock, directly or indirectly; none whateye) By the Guainwan—How long was Mrs, Wilson the owher Wile 1 will now speak of the, transactions with the indi- if rh i a " SBomebed. Has His 375 A, s subseription mi ie Sd. of March, I! . Did you ever ha ‘ of these twenty sharey? A. Some monthsI should think; fe Fiduaanamea in the letters produced by W. Mecomb and | "G "Ladieat shares you have never recelvod? A. No, | hinbecosting syeehave any eofrkatea th him about | {do not ahow about that; T do not recollect for it Was THE NEWARK OOURTS. Shares. Mr. Colfax is one mentioned; Teannot remember which | * Tot any, Dor any of thelr accrettons, soe ot .11|f oom peep ame ee Rete OF coe MiSLLOAT AONE oft CoUax is one mentioned; Teannot remember which |" G."And youchave @ sut pending to recover these | © J. Do you know anything in relation to any of there | case Was that of Mr. Dawes: Mr, Daweecaine to me and | A Man Who Prefers State Prison to Serve Go age mame stocks an pees couttent he hes pai e | wares? A. Yer sir: that auit was inditated iter a | dealings between Mr. Ames and any of the mombers of | Out woptliens’ he “aaid’ ne wont, ton MF. ‘AuweR ing im the Army. Fk oat ae HR Thought wine never transi ed te kine noe cany | Mitigent effort on iny part to obtain the shares from the | Congress who have been named in relation to shares in Geet MORE ae. ARNG Pee TR et oe hie To-day the January term of, the Essex county ever remember having pald over to him any dividends; | COMPARY amicably, thisstock? A, Ihave something that I would like to say | % buy a F Nr u "i ‘ Q. About what time was it commenced? A. papers | in relation to this m litth a Towa Railroads; Mr. Ames had sold several thousand JOHN B. ALLEV’S STORY. | Nihenestoson’e said something about that thing | wato-med un November, Bes, . Brooks, inorder to show io. the committee that frown the i dollars of then, I think. ‘to Governor Washburn; he said | Courts open, but as Judge Depue is presiding at from the ie Her Q. What nas become of the 875 shares which you claim? | very ci rt that he had been told that I was a director of this Crodit a or tria zabe' ding, and I was consulted about investin: 7 I sighs Pc, ie goer {nformation ta reference toltt x? had ‘anythin to do with him in any. such confi. | derstood it was @ good investment; if it bly be engaged with it for several days yet, the ent into the hands of Mr. Ames, into ands { Mr, McC ; WE WOULD LIKK TO 1N' us : His Inducements To Go Into | Bonded twenty, shares of thin 'stock. for $2,00, and tho | of akes Amex! the hands, of Mr. Amos, into the bends | dential rolations as thi; Mr. McComb lias very fully | yr, Dawes iaa moderately thrifty man and has talked | Dusiness tn the Essex Courts will be light for some a Pea: RON Tenens Tilt vsaed recesenet ued | Rooker he Cred Monit 20 Aare AE one imi and Ar RELATION 70, MR. BRooES Pears cortinpaiterececie oo dp ecient Ma HiRa eciadiie ce CORAL he Great Thing. gecurred to take it off her Aunds and return the money, Wy. ig) nt * | were of an antaconiailc character; £ was politically op- | saul thathe went to Mr ames to buy this bond: that | tied this term are those ef Hirsch Haris, the Mr. Patterson, of New Hampshire, agreed to buy thirt 9, ,Theve shares appear to be assigned on the Books to | ment af the Union Pacitie Reitroad Companys hi wis, | Mr. Ames had sald he had none he could let him | alleged receiver of the jewelry stulen irom : . a vupom ie, | Ovkes Ames as trustce? A. Yes sir; that was to distin. | did not correspond at all'with mine; he was in favor of have, but that he could give him something better than | Krementz & Co, and that of | Jacks and the shares of the stock, and received the dividends upon it, Dre hares of the atcck, an . | guish them from his own stoc jarge holder of | Mr, MeComb aud his party’ I did not feel avor of | (tat-and that he then wold him about the Credit Nobilier; | McNiohols, who atiempted to get Harris out on ut the a shever iransterred to him, although he | § in their management, sontequently r'Stoapyemudence | thar he asked Me. Ames ite thoaght Wt was s good | Straw ball: Billy Porter, alls OrBrien, who pleaded ¥ aid for it, th a How He Discovered Durant’s 650 | Paid frit, nes have stated all Tean say respecting | v2 And youunderstood there $75 shares to be the sharca | lations io Mr. Brooks that I could ot have done anything | $i! gy ae, Ames replied that it was. and that | Gritty petore, will be sentenced, Mollie,” one of $ 5 i Harris’ daughters, will also be tried for conspiracy. ‘ou now Claim; now will you state what knowledge you | of it Shares on A. B. C. hig connection With the Ra sin | have in relation to the dispontion of these tharos, or any | dition "to ‘that, “let, deer say hat. go. far | Feuaarked that It-he way not entirely sat advance of mine and fscquiescence therein; he yi" | of them, by Mr. Ames? A. My Knowledge is from Mr. | trom wanting ‘him to be a government. direc. | Could. bring it ik In the Special Sessions yesterday Ernest Helm- es — clined the stock, and nothing more need be said. ~ | Ames, oraify, and from Mr. Ames in writing. tor and giving hin fifty shares of stock toinduce him io | Money at any time; 1 bold. was tried and found guilty of a grossly im- pa Tarn DAES FARES, WATER. 7 PP, the writing you refer tot The witness bee a eavaramnent dircotor, Iwas opposed tok his being wAaS pn et! sag petra an take he moral assault on a young married woman named us ” ir. Dawes—In ember, 1867, he came to me to pur- 1 THE FOLLOWING LETTER :— ppomn Ae ROR and ce prevent | pn, sore ktverwarde that hie neighbor Larned, in Pitts; | Barbara Kinney. He was sentenced to a year in WAS THE TESTIMONY “DOOTORED 7” | cna eta ee aoe Hotter wen aeeueNtS see RUINS LETT oo ggg, | MEE Being appoluted: T was ih favor of another man, and | Heid had'naid win that the Grea Monier belonged | the State Priton. “Cum Norton, ‘a notorious Ce eee eee Te MG behets pr dhe Teason solely, thit 7 have tated) T think Mr: | to him, and that he was going to have a lawsuit about it, | Newark desperado, was again before this Court. —+——_———_ Gant lntercet oe. hits Iasi? Bay, pity ‘ton hie Rabon. urs of the 28d is athand, in which you | coincide in our views in regard to the management was going to ‘oust Ames, Allen and all of us; he said to | In March, 1871, he was convicted of a felonious idee He WERE ABER aliee: week 8 Bayard and Fowler havé written you | ot the Union Paciflc Railroat Company; afer Mr. alarm eceg, te monn pone him it, meant | assault and was about being sent for a year to ‘ow- government director en Mem vs AS ante acest per States Prison, but his mother, quite a decent per- A Suit Ordered by the Go t to | gaveme $1.00) to invest inthe stock som inguiries Re in’ relation to, thelr stock. Ihave. spoken. to Sraokevenmme, in ¥e me $1,000 to invest, inthe stock; some ume after- ’ e yy the Government’ Wards he came tome and asked what ir. Larned meant | {efroguita "Ot, parasite noe Min “sce hihin | Row things were he Sscertained that my views and | to be such a anpie DgCmPARY Laie there Was | son, appeared belore the Judges and softened the & gomupany where, there w Recover $5,337,736. By ateenyian Vine bees 1 otha rr pr ibadll oene iy toon. You ay, t niint not pat too much | with his own; alterwards, when he had some experionce statement there would pretty he “Sutiuation® he | magisterial hearts so that thoy suspended e stock, y, r : ‘one locality. have assigned, as fur a of the Board 3 went off, and [ heard no more aboutit till this affair came | sentence and allowed “Cull” to clear out in take the stock, and the contract was rescinded. "| an 1°have gone to—four from Massachusetts, one trom | fold mesos mubgequent to that. me, when ne woeaime a | quan the papers: then Mr. Dawes tov mehat test wat | consideration that he would join the r-gular Army. in such stocks or things thatel New Hampshire, one Delaware, one Tennessee, one | stock director, 1 Was in favor of his election as such, and t back to Mr. Aines, and he was very glad he | He did join, but on Friday was found by the police < knew would pay well; he aid 80 be: f this juss; Tmentioned | Ame! Wasninaron, Jan. 6, 1973, | {uetaohstocks on things thatal knew would pay well; Re | Ohio, two Pennsylvania, ong Indiana, one Maine, and L | he hashad no hesitation since that time in speaking of | Waeeolq amet was so; that tamil there was or accuse; | and locked Up as @ deserter. He told the Court , 4 have threc to place, whieh I shall put where they will # \ who told me it was so; that’ is all there was of thatcase; | @0d locke} ‘ ei ne o iw ‘The House, for the first time, made an earnest | pcyted It In twent (Becee acteeigisrp ont atea the | do moat rood pis, tm here on tne spot, and can | bet: Pe rs a dca al then smother colleague of ming. bs ee eh sine banks ebay 3 hog beri é Y ‘ 5 y y uw ter judge where ey should go. fy ei mioomnt! ' MK, BOUTWELL, BPORF TO ME ‘ord anc enced Ow y State Pi b resolve to-day to clear out its Augean stable and | pany socks: tetiied up this matter with him Ins | Mtoe “tity “dlvidend ig ould’ “wo “hould move | were naar RCOMnS FEELINGS TOWANDA MH | | whathe said to me precisely 1 donot reimember; T un. | Cuirsaid, privately, that he was sattsiled—State act to work about the herculean task. A majority | his hans at his desire. o Stoel our capital to $4,000,000, and. diatiibute {he se to say on that point, unless the committee wish to ask ino derstood that he agreed to take ten shares of the CE-dit | Prison Was preferable to being in the army. ef the members appear to be painfully alive to | | «604 to got ten shares of stock for him, and hold i Twelund profits made in ihe futures the Any per cent in: | “Qt You know’ anything in relation to any.maiters | Bad told Mr. Dawes and Mr.Wilson; he sald he thought it tlt owed the fact that the whole country is aroused | fife coulday furity he uever did pay ior itor recerve | cfeaseon the old stock T want for distetbutign, here, and | that haxe been sboket ol here, Fospectiug Mr. POOR De i Cea ra a coe MINOR CORONERS’ CASES, : : y Mr. ts; | any of those members of Congress—any one or all of the 4 i : by the suspicion that there exists a | 4, 1 wre, Bontweil J offered him some of this stock, and suae wre; will pel ei fo SC id think We | trunsactions referred to—you may state itt A. L-would | &f gee RVG, Rigs EAMLIN Gc: OH T-LTGIAE KeSOPRRO Se Li or on ees ook trae entered: upon his! duties fos vast amount of corruption im the highest Legisla- | there was some negotiation, but it resulted in his not ocoee one” Feet mtaittC me. feet 80 into the whole History ‘of this Urtdit Mobilier | {¢ 1 you, he does that for evorybody—f Taree Aate | the drat time yesterday, eid an inquest on the ture of the nation, The Crédit Mobilier scandal | ‘king the stock. Sh shows, th hi faith i Mi e jon. am oh nda ‘As to Mr. Eliot, of Massachusetts, he never agreed to us very great faith in its Mr. | pody of Michaci U’Reilly, an employé oi a Mr, Cal- 8. be able to borrow when we had | ‘The Chairman stated that that would be outside the | hic . seo he has, and think I shalltake t he ratio) Boutwell replied, “Yes, lio' sing; We are now out of debt | sphere ot thi ti formed the all-absorbing topic of conversation in | take any stock: I offored itto him, but he declined; I dng debts, res EOS bond diviaena'® | “PHe ls gation. ten shares of it;? 1 heard. n e about tbat tll er, i It @ tat ot cannot, ‘therefore, believe I ever mentioned his name to bh what say ‘ou to the bond dividenc Witness—Then I will just confine myself to a statement res rd no more about that this | lahan, hatter, of 104 Bowery. appears tial the House beforo the proceedings opened. About | Str Mccomy for'l never had’any reason to suppore he | SbaTyo!.tne parehamys My fed"and ook aud want, ther of taoty Dearing ubon this particular matter, butt am | gana voit, am| he wd Me that MY, Boutwell "'"” " "* | about December 9. deccased was sculded by the & dozen members had resolutions ready for ‘Mr, Kelley, of Pennsylvania, isanother;Trocommended | Sock in the Credit Mobilier; I have told them what whole history of the Credit Mobilier; [know that when thathe Rn EN Mp SS he ald not | UPsetting of @ pot of coifee upon hin. He was re- Presentation, to phe pitect, that, the jnventigg: tion should be conducted with open doors, Saoh of them was eager to have his resolution hat 1 the ot ity t think oe 1 80) p pim to buy, and be said he would hike to, bur had not the | Wey would get as dividends, ant they expect It; f Ualne Mey Aines nent, into, te, Credit, Mobilier it, was his | Kuow what, he never had had anything to with it; there | Maved to Bellevue Hospital, where he dled on Sat; to that fi 74 was polling range in Mr. A fe Mr. | urday. He inquired into the death ofa chil!, aged money tasbare to vay for dt: J fold him would carry tt | ent y per cent dividend we had better give them the ine; tow Og | com is i at, NMS cleecieta Meeb it are em nit invesuiients tha tmali | BAST: oe Meare led at avL West. Titty rat till he was able to pay tor 10; ud UCYer. Lok the | honda; it will not amount to any thing with us; some ot indistinct as to this Cte of i nds $s é the large holders will not eare whether they have the ather pecullar let mg go back & Way: be was.s man of moder te property and thrifty in recollection is ve: 4 ‘made if mol tire in his personal In- | Street, from natural causes, on Sunday, and upon 3 re ri Grat brought to the notice of the House. At the oan to him of $4 0%, T think, which he has | ponds or certificates, ns thoy wilt lent gneir omiy te the | and state tho: whcn the bill we; passed, in 1864, Mr Att ei i ; s rds kas belonging to mes | com Ye dove bee aes Pea Ret Pe aoe (3 Mrs Attics | togrity as an angel—a nobleman, if you will allow the ex- | Elizabeth Posten, aged fifty, who was found dead ommencement of proceedings there was scarcely | it being a transaction of Tong standing ean of small | Gu ats At sbey a ad Te LaEe cones ee teats Was dit the Tcitig Ration Gommmigee; you will all re: remion; now. im regard | to Mr, "sconeld, re: | by the police at Wer residence, 182 Madison strect, ® quorum present, but as the morning hour waned bette 3 Sgt ug that wis Underwood's; I have taken Quigley one- | Cite Railroad ‘was intense whon the efiective pro | wember he, came one day and told me tie | on Sunday. a ea He frequently talked with me very early in the enter. | fourth and you one-fourth; J. Carter wishes @ part ot it; | visions making it practicable to build the Pacific | Craait Mobilicr, and he asked 8 bout it; he had Coroner Keenan heid an inquest on the bedy of more members dropped in to present their pet ‘at y, ty at some future day we are to surrender artto him. | Railroad be Credit Mobilicr, and he asked me about he had an rise abont having some stock in the Credit Mobiller. and r OAKES AMES, be bod: a8 oii elo “ 5 Yours truly, z » | member that nearly everybody’ was in favor is, and at oue o'clock the House presented quite | I urged him to take some, asTdid many others; at that | "OO TS. as the totter was in Oakes Ames? | of building the road on’ almost any” terms; monte ; y : e base of the skull | M respectable array of members. The fecling para- | WINS mo"Memrs: ‘Grimes, Houper, and Alley, as f have handwriting ne Fecelved the fetter by mail, tedatier | Me, tincoin, ,Freaklent ff, he United Staten, ued Ciaamtrara wate Cane of oaee ture acer |: eine atte tereoricee oF 100 roma the Toot Ot Nos ragraph ot the letter has no retere! er ae e with whom I was Intimate, said a reat | Iti 7 mount was that something would be done to break | stated; it was perfectly notorious that I urged every | pa! lit . ‘1 at | recollect particularly; I do not know about | i s 7 busi en- | deal about it tome: he ut 24 Broad street, and died Sunday evening at his Member of Congress who 1 knew had any money Sronitier matter; that was on @ different business en. his case, only that he told me he | residence. A ‘verdict in accoidance with the facts me jaw in ted; you will, re- | idea in his mind that there was a i Wapitity about | Washington Andrews, aged sixteen years, of No. Hee a there was and told him just the situation: | 118 West Forty-ninth street, who @ few days ago THE SPELL OF SECRECY to invest to do 90. from first to ldet until | tirely,and referred to the Alexanaria Canal, Railroad was golug to take some or that Mr. Ames had agreed to which shrouded the Crédit Mobilier investigation. | every. share. of ‘the “stock "in ” the” crodit | and Hridge Company, running between Alexandria and Tras fotnk to take vote stock; whether he took itor not | Was rendered. He also found that J. Simpson, Mobilier was taken, and none suspected wrong until | Washington. T did not know until this affair came out, when I went to ed aixty-tive years, a lodger at Clark’s Hotel, ANOTHER LETTER, Mr. Anes about it, and he sald Members involved in the accusation tried to look | the enterp: Scofield did not take | who died yesterday, came to his death by apo- ro @ pecuniary succes: everybody that did so was ‘congratul ise vere » trary, ed through- ther letter was produced by the witness, as fol- y; I believe these are all the cases of members of " anconcerned, but were unable to master their emo- | ‘ary, everybody (ha did so ae cone arise and patriot. | lows: Me Congres 1 know anything about. plexy of the brain’ He also inquired into the tion. isin. Mr. Scotie reed to take ten shares; he Wasnincton, Jan, 30, 1868. ‘YOU WOULD NOT DO SUCH 4 FOOLISH THING jeath of a man named Harris, who died suddenly . - wards took it and paid for one—par and interest H, , McCown, fs to put your money into it, even ag good a billas itis.” | | Without finishing the examination of this wit- | yesterday morning at the ‘hotel of John steel, After one ineffectual attempt Mr. Frye, Of | quently he became dissatisfied with, it, assigning that he ‘Dean Sin—Yours of the 28th at hand, enclosing copy of | [ replied. “No, I woald not;” that bill was passed with | ness the committee adjourned till January 7, 1873, io. 316 Greenwich street. Apopiexy is sup- Maine, succeeded in bringing his resolution before | had heard there was a personal responsibility. and re- | letters from, or rather to Mr. King. "I do not fear any | the asent I think, of every member of Congress from | at ten o'clock A. M. posed to be the cause of death, seeing its T took feback, as Tagrecd todo with him, asin | investigation here. What some of Durant’s frienis may | New England, and it received the almost unanimous hes i ONE NONE ‘The same Coroner was notified to hold an inquest the Houge. Jude Poland, chairman of the investiga- | almost every instance I'had done. do ew ‘Tove courts ean te counted gon with an; panction et Congress; everybody in all ic on the body of an unknown man found by Oheer ’ ¢ r 4 n nd by your letter what 5 ; TRANSA| ting committee, defined the Star Chamber course | ,,A8{0 Mr. Fowler, of Tennessee. Tnover told any stock | for tone, and ain today with ny sales of sock. You | procured the passa AN OLD GOLD CTION. | Barry, of the Sixth precinct, corner of Mott and Park streets, in a dying condition, It is sapposed ee and hitherto pursued. He made the unwarranted JAMES F. WILSON, OF TO’ say none fo New York. T have placed some with New | under, it cou! z also bought and pald for ten shares, and’so did Senator | York; have agreed to. | You must remember that it was | New York and enlist that his death was the result of intemp pitali assertion that investigations involving the charac- | Ajjison, then a member of the House; Mr. Mc nearly all placed, as you say,on the in New York, | million; after spending that half million it broke down | Wonderful Tarning of the Legal ter of members of the Honse had always been con- | swears'l told him T had given one to Senator Conklin » | dnd ghere was but six or eight millions for me to place: | substantially; the gentlemen who had subscribed | apbles—Plaintiffs Who Sue for $16,000 destitution, sies itis ubsolutel true ; q i ver | ITeould notgive all the world all they might want o1 came to the conclusion that they would rather FE: ta] <3 fucted in secret; that it was unparliamentary to | ‘t,l#,Absolutely untrue; 1 nevar so sald, Nor aid 1 tie | of that. You would not want me to Janet than one | lose what they. had put in than to go further | Muletca Themselves in $120,000 Dam- SUPERBEATED STEAM. Thave now stated, Lbelleve, the exact facts | thousand millions to any one, We allow Durant to place | and risk their all; Mr. Ames came to me in Angan, agev—Big Thing in the Way of Extra publish testimony in the course of investigation tt ke 8 a said, ‘Ph th — —— relation not Tov all. those parties upon Mr. | 68,00 to some three or four of his friends or keep it him. . and said, “These gentlemen came on to see Eee digs im cases where members of the Senate, | blednmstitorsinmex fa ain tnreltvon pail ates | eit, ave cee thi nese Al ir fit | BG 4 Mandate Scheer and want you to goin | AHowamce. res hiscehde Oplstiins shee "erhaie Tr Yo : y 500 us, ink, Ww ol 4 rash, ‘ And former members of the House appear to be | 0, tticulars of much sales, Der Ot Pengo. any reco. | burn’s wove here, 1'will xo In for making our bond divi: to put in a large amount of | During those days of the war when gold bounded and the Danger of Using It. I said to Mr, Ames, “No man or body of men iz a that railrond under that charter with these | UP $0 @ height that made dizzy the verlest veteran | 11 i more than probable that the question o} ovisions in it with foot pointing out the provisions | operators of Wall street Livermore, Clews & Co, superheated steare will remain in suspense for lies . enough, Ie stion; I, of course, include under the word sales ever} dend in full. We can do it with pertect safety. Lunder- = Savant PB Ms sale th dag on a dati Bad mH ion by whieh any member. of Congress Hecame | stand the opposition to it Tie 4 express @ doubt as to whether the Committee | entitied to a share; as to what I said in my letter of Fivance EE on ‘i raire money pay if we ¥ qviaiang in Ie dear See ce eatcoaniier rould ever get through with the work, and conse- January 25. I ean add litle to what J have stated come short which i dont belleve we shall andit wo do | to Wien titan would invest money int with the | Were commissioned by Richard Bainbridge, then & | several years to come, New opinions of profes- quently admitted a possibjlity that there would be | to which it wasa reply, sought to yet the'stock allotted | moxey we get trom the bonds, The contract calls provisions to which I referred, which was & require- | well-known operator in gold and stocks, todo & - to me for the persons he named because he had promised | division, and {say have it. When shail see you in | ment in the charter -that' the books should be sional men and others interested are dally coming 40 report published at all, Judge Poland, who is | {2 M° (er te eee on ity explain why ft could not, | Washington Yours truly, halk d se4 You! | etopen until $100,00:,000 had been subscribed, and | iittle gold business for him. A misunderstanding | to tight, Yesterday Mr. Carvalho, an inventer of a personally an amiable gentleman of the old | did speak to Mi but nothing came of that; Talso We stand about like thix:—Here follows a statement of | thatnota share of the stock should be sold at less | groge in some way between the parties. This mis- od ip » . showed him dendeavored | affairs; a balance of over $2,000,000, with the remark, “In | thin par; I told him that the literal fulfiiment of rd steam heating apparatus, gave a representative school, has drawn much unflattering comment on | fi Sciccrirom those who had wanted the stock, persons | addition to this we can draw governinent bonds for two- | that provision, would prevent, the road from being | understanding, as is often the case, culminated in | 9¢ the eran the 1ollowing brief answers t himself for his attempt at secresy, {o select trom thove who had waned titeco on aswe | thirds of the work done in advance ot the track ifwede- | built; he replied, "I know that, because no body | 4 iawguit, ‘This was just ten years ago, The e A ig swers to ‘A had done trom the beginiling by making the number in. | sire 1f.’” of men will take that ceangpapility: ih Involves |e en his wae just ten years ago. Phe | some questions upon the main points involved im Mr, Niblack, another member of the committee, | terested as large as ; nese were incensed | * ‘Oakes Asgey lst of names, as shown toxday by me for the tnvestment ol at least SbiumiO0), fn order to en | sult was commenced In 18d by avermore, | ing céntrovefayt— possible ti h Nn fn | Ae eales they weré td pay for this letter. shows: it | the Orea(t ) aiié the parties to get control of thé'road;* now capi- | 2 pn whom rests the taint of having voted for sey aia not Sorat pH me bay fo wae any impfdpriety ta ine, “of M 3,000 | talists are Cigotter A very tinid ‘at that time I knew | Clews & Co. to recover the sum of $16,000 balance Having chatted about the discussion so far’ itt iS. oe $ bral railroad jobs, also spoke in favor of the secret | in selling these, because the thing was a success any | Patterson, of Now Huipsbire: 3,00) | thal It would be absolutely impossible to PTA ge of an account started from Richard Bainbridge. | tne newspapers, Mr. Carvalho alluded’ to the 3 e ci ry 7 r F * 21000 | to inves: $51,000,000 in an experiment; I every- mode of investigation, General Banks figuring | More than it did when afl was a specniation ta the | Mer OF IE en 0 | tO ayes ead iin that hhert conversed with members | Mr, Bainbridge defended the action on the ground | statement of Mr. Plimpton that at a certain point to-day as an absentee, Judge Merrick was c wi eek. and ths el) thrediené Congressional investigations and | Colfax, Speal ngress about it — with me; when Mr. | that his stocks were sold without authority, and | Of heat steam “disassociated.” ay jot, of ase Aines snggésted tha: anted me to go in'with him, ive lannerne ate,’ “4 the only member of the committee whe advocated | *ults before Judge Barnard, whenever t would not agree | Eliot, of Massachines Ames anggented that ne tacrounied me asacapitaliae: | that there were serious errors in his accounts, | | \‘Superheated steam,” sid he, vag Incapable’ af publicity; but the large majority was not to be | doubt, because 4 youd Rot, let his friend have Boutwill. of Mamachusct ‘6 he was very much yustaken in that—and said be wanted | which, when corrected, would show Livermore, isassociation P some my stock; i never been al t Ingham and jarfield, ot trinea with, because they felt that the honor of the | Siscover anything that could ‘make one tear, such | of Pennsylvania; Fowler, of Ter es from Alley. is on the he wi my influence, my advice and my assistance, he said :— jews & Ce. to be in his debt. The case was re- | the vessel whi hcoutains it, at a necessary de- Ea ‘ate You THIS aa on at THING?” Sioned ‘to John P. Crosby to hear and determine. | gree of heat, some substance Which has a greater and down on my des! essere, i reso. | investi certainly [had none to fear, and I told Feervary 1, 168. he put hi counting room; ad, but earl: case it | Chemical aMnity for it than the hydrogen with House hangs upon the investigation, So the reso- | im zos there ts nothing in this letter that I have not | | ‘The witness in reply to a question said the list was in | Tsaid, “It ts a great thing for the country and J shoul ee tg eae ee utaracttaur toe mieike Sisen ve ts aesosinsed)" Jution was given an explanation the intention under which it | hisown handwriting; he wrote thé names as Mr. Ames | be glad it T could with satety be pssociated with you and ifs, that there was little to be gained in prose- “Ig superheated seam, in your opinion, dau- " Was written, except the allusion to Mf. Washburne (and | read them to him from his memorandum book in the | gthersin putting the enterprise hrough:” he observed, | titts, er pre ergus 1! PASSED BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY, this I willexplain in connection with my proposal in | office of the Umon Pacific Railroad Company, in New | “I believe it can be done and Tam going to tell you aow | cuting the case. At this wine aaa de ony. ¢ ARM t a h a Let to the dismay of several members implicated in the. letter of the 22d. February, for the: belong his was early m February, 1868; its reason for | it will be impossible to build it under the provisions of | menced @ cross action against Live: ié, Clews ‘Not at all, if used with prudence, Let me ray, 2 if names was that he had betore written | that bill; Dut you can or! citing that ti writing st any, to which parties a list which he had given to me; and in that list he stated to the same subject), had become toferably weil known to the Crédit Mobilier scandal, whe did not dare to | all the world ‘hat the road was likely to be u success, and truct it by a contracti "oO. damages for illegally selling his stocks, and | however, that superheated steam cannot possibly ming stock’ inthe railroad | Cayo se eaek ora, a Sonne i exist in’ the same vessel with saturated steam. vote against it. Mr. Oakes Ames made a virtue of those ol us who had risked the chance had won a prize; | he had given a share to Senator Jai . Bayard, of subscribe a Wmited amount and be in no UPON THE JUR¥ CALENDAR FOR TWO YRAR3 nd when steam is placed in a vessel away irom to b ition then to ot | Delaware, the old gentleman, which Itound thatue had | danger of losing any | more than they have ON TI n ) , y necessity, Mr. Dawes was absent, Mr. Garfield kept | the'erant aunt had’ boon oncred milkore ereeiiee: meeOtee ich Lround thaé Le had | danger, oF 1onine y brother and meself ate going ty | it Was reached, and Bainbridge was pressing It to | the water and raised to tie condition of super tion to | heated steam it must be remembered that it ae ie there was first a complaint eee Mr, we burne ot . Have you other letters from Mr. Ames? A. T have | take hold ot this, and if you wii take hold with me i | trial when the other side made ap applic: huis place and the funereal voice of Mr. James Brooks | the value of the land grants; in view of this I desired other Jalters: Thave only one more here, and 1, would belleve itcan be put throuxh, and there is no danger iit | have It consolidated with the first-named case and | upon a different law than saturated steam, fe was not heard. Mr. Cox, who fathered - | that we should put it out of the power of any one to take iF hot to produce it now unless fam obliged to: Lde- | is properly manages he explained then in regard to 4 , and the then governed by the law of gases, which has been iis 5 aibougivtn Fever OF pit the COM | tae wiontomehads in iny views paid the governmint; | fire to say no'more tt tits ease than Tam compelied to | building sections 0 fad, and how it could be done | have both tried tog: Car vury long there ware ithe | Tid down by Marriott. And gases can be sub- mittee, came out strongly in favor of publicity. T was to get these OH nchigr ents sire for my personal vindication; this investigation is not | safely by & corporation; he’ went on, “I am willing to | ttlal went on. tt Wha very leat: ele Tots and | jected to an increase of heat with infinitely less tea Se tapedhingrhl sees chhenbooplin ee T wanted hen ae nd the bond: ratvided: Mr. Alle: bape oir, oe Fon torpat'in $80,00, i wantvoe tebe identitied with us; | wore out the patience of two or three sets of | danger than saturated steam.” others. Sam Randall, of Pennsylvania, moved to | heartelanema ya: MHI’ todo tis and the event | Atiother jeter was produced as follows:— ican ve made & safe thing to do, an § | Jounsch The bnd was at last reachea in June, | ‘How about banking res?” suspen’ the rules and adopt a resolution directing | Proved he was rignt; it was also compiained that we were | H. 8. McComs:— amount of profit be got out ete chie: 1871, and the summing up of counsel commenced. ‘To my mind it is perfectly clear that it is not " excessive in our charges for freight and transportation , Dax Sik—Yours of the 2st is athand. Am glad to | to me Yas of a patriotic chai pei e plan at that time | yer’ Everett P. Wheeler, tor Livermore, Clews | @angerous, because it is not attended with the gen- suit to be brought against the Crédit Mobiller | not that we exceeded our legal right, Dnt it was proposed hear that you are getting along so well with Mr. West, serace oe ag herdly. fei vg LL” fay 0 | &' Co, took two days ior his speech. | eration of fresh steam, and besides, the furnace Company and its stockholders to recover the | {9,tammel thatright: being a mere private runt hed | Hove You, wall Wing out a Min yohng iiioit. TaeuirH | served, “t want very much your Infuence a8 well at ‘your | Me, Robert Sewell followed for Mr. Bain: | doors being necessurily thrown open, there 1s & $5,337,736 which the Union Pacific Railroad Com- | trouble to look at the se 5 did not want | you the paper by mail that you pay for. You ask me if L | money’; we shall want pecuniary ald, and there is every | bi and consumed all of one day without hae Se ernie skenact Souicnen ae toxins pany is in default to the government for interest any assistance or privilege, but that our | will sell some ‘of yy Union Pacific Railroad stock. | consideration with me vind ‘we want you to go In. having concluded, An adjournment was had, bat he . y leval vested rights — should not be taken | I will sell some of It at pt ‘Credit Mobiller of = Mr. Niblack—And did you go in? We desire you to | pefore the adjourned day Mr. B-inbridge was | to take place the moment the heat is taxen away paid on its bonds, which was adopted. from us: 1 thought. ‘we had tairly bought or earned | America” Idon't care to sell, [hear that Mr. Bates of- | make this general statement as short as you can, thrown from a wagon and killed, A motion was | from the boiler.” them, and Tknewit any one would examine he would | fered his at $300, but I don't want Bates to sell out, I} A, 1 will not say another word on that subject: you is nl ANOTHER SELECT COMMITTEE. i ber hie tter of tt made to revive case on the part of the fee this, for this reason T wanted more shares to be | think Grimes may, sell a part of his at ga... I | wit remember tl ‘a matter of very great impor : x) be te ele hain, DARS—THIS DAY Mr, Wilson (rep.), of Ind., offered a resolution | sued, for I have found that there is no dificulty in in- | want, that $14 increase of the Credit Mobilier | tance toa very dear friend of mine, and therefore Id executors, w ich was hotly contested by the pl COURT CALENI HIS DAY. cing men to look atter therr own property; but no one | to sell here. We want more friends in thi Gou- | sre to sate very fully; we went into the Credit | tits, on the ground that @ defendant's executors — for another select committee of five to inquire or Aerie ta ay ballet a an it wid pever gross, ond 8 pes on) Be rate, tae ang is ie ce some de. og fa ra had’ no right to revive againat the wishes of the SUPREME Covnr—Cincuit—Tnrat, Tena—Part 2 O one lef of my fairness of intention | cult to get them 0 jess they have a suasion; i a] ¥ NOS, 1122!,, 2%, 407, whether any stockholders of the Crédit Mobilier | 204i, y y See eT ae ena ee inter e | Inner the Pecame’. waycamone™ others “senator | Plaintitl, Judge Ingralam erent tm adirmed the | 400, 164% dees yao ou 1823, 130, 440, 484, 595, hoid bonds of the Union Pacific Railroad Company; ABSENCE OF ALL EVIL PURPOSE not be interfered with. Hope to see you here or at New | Grimes and Mr, Hooper, a member of the House; » ‘time thi ied to the Court of | 646, 660, 684, ‘049, 054, $68 Part t—Held by Judge 3 or design; I can state that when I wrote those letters to | York the llth. Yours truly, OAKES AMES. | that Is all I know about members of Congress; Mr. | order. Plain! en appeale 6, |}, 642, 8, Part 1—I whether they obtained them for a valuable consid- | Mr. McComb we were iv no sort of confidential relation: ‘The witness was interrogated at great length, when | Hooper is a member of Congress now, and it proposed Appeals, where the order of revival was finally | Fancher.—Nos. 554, 1727, 931, 1382, - 417, 467, eration, &¢, Also adopted though our interests were largely connected ; before that mn Was asked :— that I should mention his name; he went in at the same adirmed, A year bad been consumed in tls 1423, 1047, 1049, agp, 106134, 1063, 1055, 1057, 1059, ? time TI had ascertained facts connected with him that . At the time you made the memorandum from what | time and on the sane Ground that I did; it never entered -ERLOCUTORY SIDE FIGHT, 1061} 1063, 1069, 1007. THE TESTIMONY DOCTORED BY ALLEY AND AMES. ble paeee tae 8 OS A in A Ty AO ‘iy Wect wie paterrace, of the flemind, 60 een ee ae bs ase on oaree and it was June, 1872, when Mr. ‘Sewell couctuded StereMe CocrtT—Generan Term—Held oy m5 or 0 ‘ e by 4 When the seal of secrecy was removed from the | _'Nireat ot expoctire was communicated, tome; | fra list which he ated, and gf mein Moores ater Aion York, and found standing | his summing up for the defendants. Mr, E, It. | Judges Ingraham, Brady und Davis—Nos. I, "ard ©. DURANT 81% HUNDRED any | Robinson followed in another long ch ior the | 6, 9, 13, 16, bata! 81, 32, 33, 37, 49, 58, 54, 35, 7, $0, he ineinde: Se that he Jaintiit, and Mr. Sewell was heard in reply for | 81, 82, 83, 84, a id me that he was goi ng to Biv C 8 me days alter {J aper | of stock which had not been paid for; we called Mr. Du- | the defendants. The case was then submitted to SuPreme Court—CramBers—Held by Judge Bar- the person; IN THE NAME OF THO price he compromising with emorat Crédit Mobili x informant will ler Investigating Committee by the | my jnlormant, Wit action ef the House the correspondents made a McComb; though perfe bo dhe Y SHARP! Mr, Ames tol hf a tt Midget was Yin" my’ innocence ot | na te qnel't asked Nits whom He “wa it | rants attention toit, und asked him what ft meant; hi nee my motives, 80 co) \s my innocence ot | wi med Tai im whot s ve nt’s attentio and asket meant ; he . " 3 34 i, 88 rush for the testimony already taken, It appears, | and my motives, so confident was Tin my innocence of | was waned Ime the names of some who are on. this | suid that wus fora HC; Ido not think he mentioned | the referee just betes ts pase fy Ai A Rad Nom, by Sly, Oy 19 346, 6 B7y iy, Why We, however, that sever al of the parties implicated in then, and after the teutimony had penn riven ts hr. Me- ‘of some who are nots a sand t0 me gt, that any hams to, me perhaps he aid: Yeo) T have forgot- pore rl ‘$120, cer ae y remarkable ending hg ER ‘Tutt Tenu—Part 1—Hela by ci of was in offere: pe relieved trom al e - e tock to Mr. uy re a! e hel ern rust; ol im he must Bl — aye. the scandal had anticipated that the power of the | fulty'and withdrawal of all the charges il would ac- re nae Ohio: Bpeaker Golfaxand | either pay the money for the stock or the gentleman for | to an action first brought to recover $16,000 by the | Judge Curtis.—Nos. 1109, 1267, 1825, 1627, 1848, 1827, press would create a sentiment strong enough to | knowledge that I held the stock in trust for Mr, MeComb; | some o' ry Ttold Mr. Black, who made me this proposition, that f | being here the trial of Mrs. Surratt and of his being a | bim that ft must be put pi FIG bie tera system, and gould not and. would snot io this, ait was not trae; | prominent 1 MF* isons remembered Mr. | did % at the House at its first Mr. MeComb says in evidence’ he offered to surren- jon an meeting after | dU; these and deny he had any such it 1 would settle his | positions ie gen er Mr. Bingham's name from his | whom it was held must pay; he rather declined; I told | persons Who are themselves cast in damages for | 1571, 1657, 1249, 1886, 1927, 1435, 1923, 1800, Part 2—~ Anvo different form than that, it the larger sum. The case came up yesterday before Had iby, dug Freedmau,—Nos, high nt 1522, § 1512, j ater iam Hie Craminent | “aster coneldgeable talking he transferred it te the com. | Judge Barrett, at Supreme Court, Chambers, ob & | 1308, 1512, 1402, 1124, 1160, 1108, 1604, 2026, Spe held; 1 had. some little. doubt | pany, and it was placed in the name of Mr. Dillon, Presi. | motion for extra allowance in addition to costs, Tecess would insist “that the investigation | Claim. or something to that effect: he repeatedly made Mr. Ames. doing what “he said be wes | none Finy. and stood for a whic; this was in | under section 309 of the code. The lawyers went Ring COURT—TRIAL TERM—Part 1—Held py be held with epen doors and that the | such offers, and | always refused to havi nything to do going to do, and J said to nim I would like, if he was | the Summer of 1867, according to my recollection; it was | on the history of the case, It was shown that | Judge Spaulding.—Nos. 700, 618, 1182, 1184, Loe, him after the charges he had made; ii the sulc he | going to give stock to these members of Con: to give | tor sale during that whole time: it was expected, I sup- | the referee reported in favor of allowing tor gold | 109s, 47s, 1164, 1240, 1242 toed, York 508, ideo aes: evidence 80 far elicited be given to the papers. | referred to these letters, and said they were very dam. | some to Senator Bayard of Delaware, and to Senator that Mr. Durant would fulfil his’ prom- h int it hed, which rt Was Seb sh Bagh oe = 5 , . Oak sing; T toh tit them ifhe chose; t knew T | Fowler, of Tennessce; also James F. Wilson, of Iowa, and ve it to the men whom he pre. | St the highest po! reached, which repo! Part 2—Held by Judge Gross,—Nos. 1107, 1213, es Ames and Alley, who had access to their | HiT inc Or anid nothing that meant anstting wrone to | Willian B. Allison, of Towa, members ot ‘the House; I ' weg Fe: | aitirmed by the Court of Appeals. In opposition to | y217, 1210, 1221, 1229, 1245, 127, 1220, 12381, 1285, 1 testimony during the recess, thus contrived, witn | a fair mind; the remark he puts in my mouth—viz., | known Mr. arere for many years; 1 know carried along; | the motion it was contended that, under all the cir- | 1259, 1241, 1243, Part a—Held Judge Joachim: bribed,” ac., isen- | he was incorruptib! Pak ee pertaining to 1 = Fea) FS=: ES fo be. carrying s he said, to take it then, so it a ray Songrese are it Was very diMicult to sell it; thére was not mach call tor | cumstances of the case, the counsel on the other | sey,—Nos. 1342, 1108, 1680, 168! the bags Shh se feat to heed it, covering up entirely uniuer Thala nothing of this kind to him. mons tal ead met ae een 0 te dag | hn [sed beg . So vs be wasa | side ought not to ask "tor ‘any extra allowances, 3 ot eS eh i tock I should ascertain just the con on W n hing; When we were put in cor , 1687, 1688, . their shortcomings and suppressing part Of the | 1. neat witsees calied wan Speaker piaine, who testi: Had ait Borer ec acention to it | Durant wi ed out, there Was & erent co the tables having been turned about so completely | Count ‘or Common Pueas—Taian Teem—Part great deal had been getting it; T called Mr. ys ? 3 O° person ‘hokls or ever | stated that he was to pay foritit he got it; Tsent thig | of things was existing road supposed tha rove! damaging evidence they had given, in order to | fed as follow: hsequently ; he did not undersi ill-teeting, and, as you may say, and such an unexpected result having been | 1—Held by Judge Robinson.—Case on. * 1 wish to state wi ition that ation,’ which letter I received about the A FIGHT OVER THE WHOLE FuING. achieved on their si For the motion it was ORT OF s GEN Held appear to the best advantage possible. The cross | 1 novcy gwnera shure of sock inthe Credit Momier i Vanuaryy ing emt immediately sents copy | Mr. Durant "ani iit party faid the Credit Mobiter | urged that this belonged to ihe class of Vdimentt) 1s PenOS TAR PER OMEEN Tod Dates foe examination of Oakes Ames was not given ont either by lit, purchase or in any way what- | to Mr. Ames; a arene epee Oe be atone i: “4 Boras 5 ve anginre custroee S Cpedtt Momier } an wextraordinary’ cases, aud counsel insisted | 47, 110, 116, ” 130, 181, 138, 140, ‘i eet tig , e 5 ot Fective oc ere was any con- | hi 0 e: . , 181, ahis afternoon with the other testimony, but, by F Fee ee eee eee ae iresaps | nection with it that would doueincontletwath Gisduiy; | should never have another contract, and they never | that be should avail hiiaself of the technical sword | Cour OF ORR ‘AND’ TRiMINeR—Held by Jndgo athe kind permission of Judge Poland, delayed fom ets, Mobilier, or from the Union Pa | [had told him that Mr, Ames had some stock to sell, and afterward obtained Contrast sratie, this, genatties farrett did not take this extreme view of the cane bpd a Election law—Edward A. Gross, jo Rw Kl Compa’ jected w! he N 3 Qntil this evening, Oakes Ames having in the | id hold forme any stock in either corporation as avent | letter, as 1 stated, to Mr, Ames; but in Mr. Ame @ Credit. Mobitier Would "keepon | aud granted three per cent allowance. ag gi a meanwhile ample time to make the necessary cor- Sony te ts Ose ss eahaecute an a ti wish goa gabon ‘sr Lh = ta me app ican’ Ye we re crename party , f— ——-——. ——— ----- Sutheriand.—Burglary--Christopher Foley aud Duy to wustive , . ; , , " “ reetious, Clude every form oF phuse of ownership in the Gredic | which Induced me to be parsicular, about the name were emlisied; his pride and. everything forbade it; he NEWARK’S NEW OITY GOVERNMENT, George Smith, James Dalton, John Quinn. | Felon ee Mobilier of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, both | notice that he excluded Delaware in the list T have give and his party tried until there was an election to . = x fous assault and battery—Join H. Miller, Willtam ast and present; I desire turther to state that some thine ‘ou, though in the letters he brings in one for Delaware ; revyent it; we all of us supposed, however, that the ‘This evening the new Common Council of New- | Moore. Grand larceny—James Olvany and William TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. nthe Spring’ of I88—the precise date Twit | Lasked htm whether in putting down one to Delaware in | final result would be that it would be ‘found for | ary wil meet and organize, the republicans being | Smith, David Willis, Henry Martin, Richard Morris, not affirm—Mr. Oakes Ames asked ime one, day nt that he had given any to Mr. Bayard; | the interest of all the parties concerned to allow y rho S| Thomas Braden, Thomas Sheppard. Burglary— Pain AON itl would like to purchase some stock in. the. Credit ave that one to Senator Conkling, of New | the Credit Mobilier to build it; this 690 shares | largely m the majority, as before. The features of | Henry Lee. ” Ry 7 m Mobilier; he said it would prove a good investment, and that ‘ave $1,000 of the stock to him,"” of stock still remained tor sale; Mr. Ames was — = ihe cominitice met, all the members present. Mr. | he could self me ten tharos of the ME a a ee ina iaittee reminded, the. witnest that the memor- | trying to sell It to everybody, expecially to those who had | the procecdings will be the revding of the Mayor's Pees Tae onship, between leMurtric, counsel for Oakes Ames, read the following | What above par; [think some $1,060) for the ten shares; | andam puts down Blaine, of Maine, at three, and he was | inttnence, power and money; he had a very heavy toad annual message and the contesting of the election ‘The billiard match for the champion ip ' statement as the direct ye ~—— a Geta a oe paa | eas you Lied ina, to be 5000 7 Yes, sir, f Bis shomiaees he feit that he had a big enterprive,and | ofthe republican from the Fourth ward. Mr. John, | Cyrille Dion and Mauries a J we oe ae hich po ‘i Mr. 0 ly that in regard ox t par value for the stock—thirty shares. was soliciting men from every quarter to come in Atte! smoctat, claims to have been “ 4 vening in Tammany vl TESTIMONY OF OAKES AMES UNDER OATH :—= to these shares there” wai lawsuit either this meme down Wilson, of Massachu- | finally he told ine one day that het sere arty or twee votes. The “hatter will be | been ene wrod for the occasion. The excelient engage: fiitca by Daly at the recent trial of skill © worth several jor one, that it these experis has made the beLUDg very ot te i . | handed over for investigation, doubvtiess, to the | play company build the | appropriate committee. No changes of any im undum pats Though, He. said, his | setts, at two. ts that $007 A. Yes, sir, $2.00, or twenty id undoubted ;f eon. | shares. going tainly would it we ase the stock, and | — Q. Did he state to you whether his stock had really | whole road ; the eapit beg to say, how: | beep transterred to these men! 4 Oh. HO: ob the cou | $,/,0W; if the company undertook to build the road | portance will be Made iD the city Olivers. | tively, Junderstand the committee as intimating that T was | pending or theemte, to state the parsicnlar instances in which I had transae- | {lided that Fd. not desire fo Done with mewbers of Congress iv reference t the | fheretore di «1 My. Ames? offer; nV