The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1873, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HE | dred diferent persons subsoribed $4,250,000 to the capital stock Oi the Sioux Cit road Company, and that in Lambard suit was br preme Court, the stock was held by about one undred persons, to the amount of $4,269,000, which was the whole amountof the subscribed capital, ‘the subscribers referyed bo were assessed foray per cent of the amount of their several aub- scriptions, and all except four paid up in tall, Gn the 15th day of September, 1864, at @ meeting of the direciora of the sioux City and Pacitic Kau- read Company, held at the office of Messrs. M, K. dessup & Co,, 69 Exchange piace, New York city (a majority of the Board being present in person amd by proxy), Mr. Jessup in the chair, the 1ollow- ing resolution was odered by Mr. F, Schuchardt and “TMEE SIOUX cHrY. “RING.” A Budget of Fragrant Facts for the Poland Committee. ART aaa HISTORY OF THE LITTLE GAME. adopted :— Resolved, first, That the Sioux City and Pacific Rail- road Comp: United aay request’ tho Fresidont. of i Bates, as provided lu soction 17 of au act approved July 2, Teak, amendatory ot an aotentitled, San act Co aid i ‘he comstruction of @ railroad and telegray Ul@MiRsourl iver to wie Pacific Ocean, ai How Lambard Sues Sioux City and What Ensues. ‘om tw secure to ihe garennmans the use or che same Rai im hotlieany, ba nd of .” approved J 4 eee the Sloux’ City aid Pactio Railrosd Company 4s the proper organization to construct aud operate the branch or said road provided for in section 17 of said act; and that he be requested to approve the organization of sald company tor said object. The Powers of Congress To Be In- dustriously Invoked. reaucaied io prea tho oregotig Fesakuions ta the Frent dentot the United States tor the purpose ein indi- cated, With a view to accomplish the same purpose Senator James W, Grimes, of Iowa, and Con, manu James f. Wilson, of lowa, had already ad- dressed a letter to President Lincoln, requesting him to make the designation referred to in the resolu- R Seale peaeidlctaes ten: above. ft a mooting of the Board ot Directors, 3 Fat r. Jeasup's oflice in New York, December Two Iowa Railroa © | So, 1804, ‘Vice President: AW. Hubbard, reported Iowa Congressmen. . THE THREE JNTERESTS. the receipt, from Secretary Usher, of a certified copy of the President's order, under date of De- cember 24, 1864, lesignating the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, “tor the purpose of con- structing and operating & line of railroad and tele- graphs trom Sioux City to such point on and so as to connect with the lowa branch of the Union Pa- cific Railroad irom Omahs or the Unton Pacitic Railroad, as such company may select.’ Congress- tae THE THREE AMES AND THE FOUR BLAIRS, on tI li d Fi map ae Fr, Wiison, who wae sent, zaoved fag nat the company accept and "approve the Tago Hoax “Not Inclined to Figure same. At this same miveting of “the Board of Directors, John J. Biair, of Blairstown, Now Jersey, Was unuantinously electoa President of the corporation, Mr, Hubbard resigned the oitice of Vice President, and Congressman William B. Allison, now United States Senator elect, w: elected to ill the vacancy. Congresaman James F, Wilson resigned the office of Director; Mr. Hubbard also resigned as Director. OAKES AMES, OF MASSACHUSETTS, and A, W, Johnson, of Maine, were elected to fill the above-named Vacancies. On motion of Mr, Allison, President Blair was empowered to employ the necessary engineers and assistants to make @ survey to accomplish the work before them, in Conspicuously.” ME WILL “REFRESH HIS MEMORY” NOW, A Plot “to Gobble Up All the Little Fellows.” 2 nae veke qnestion, “Tlow much was that? witness replied, and Pacific Rail- | “forty per cent. Assessments have been made on THE DISIANA MUD LE. jay, 1868, when the | this stud That is te iowest valuation.” Wit- LO D ht in the New York Su- | ness tes! that he was in Washington when the saint Sereda ES amendment to the bills for the Sioux Cl bila an Union Pacific and ity land grants passed; that while those v@ pending beiore Congress he made arrangement with Mr. Crecker for the tion of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, +t certain mom could control it; that he was at the time @ stockuoider and one of ‘the directors ol the Union Paciic; that he was interested in hay- ing the Union Pacyic fallroad bill passed; that Crocker was also 1teresied; that be and Crocker had been associated for ten years in building the Cedar Rapids and Missouri’ River Railroad avroas tho State of Iowa; Mr, L. B, Crocker was working for the bill im Washington nuder the employ of the Cedar Rapids and Missourt River Railroad Com- pany of which he was President; that the details of the agreement made at Washington were that “certain parties,” including three interests, should ‘go on and organize acompany.’? When the wit- ness was pressed to tell who represented THR “YHRER INTERESTS” que and the Sioux City Railroad Company, the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Kail- road Company and the members of Congreas from lowa;" witness testificd that he talked with Mr. Oakes Ames in reference to the organization of his: pionnsea Crédit Mobilier for Lowa; that one part of he agreement was that they should work boggtner. in Washington to put the bills through; that it was underat that Oakes Ames should have an in- terest; that as soon asthe bill passed Congress the power of the pew organization—the result of the agreement previously made—was centred in the contro! of a few men representing the two cor- Porations named, and ‘THR IOWA CONGRESSMEN ; that the latter interest—James F. Witson, W. B. Allison and A, W. Hubbard, members of the House of Représentatives trom lowa—were represented by Mr, Crocke: that these Congressmen were LSibseg to tho agreement referred to before the it passed Congress; that Mr. Crocker made an agreement with Mr, Congressman Hubbard that he should have one-ninth interest in the control- ling corporation, which was secretly invented be- tween Lambard and Crocker; that “Mr. Crocker acted between the different parties; he was the head and front of the whole thing, and kad the understanding reicrred to with the different parties as to how the thing should be managea. He controlled it.” Witness went on to testy that Mr. Oakes Ames’ understanding was with Mr. Crocker; that “Mr, Ames, being a member of Con- gress, was NOT INCLINED TO FIGURE CONSPIOUOUSLY in the thing at the time; that it was understood Mr. Ames was to have one interest, whatever that might be; that Platt Smith was to have another because he was attorney of the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company, was a prominent, influen- tial man in lowa, and that was one of the interests to be counted in; that Mr, Crocker said that Con- gressman Wilson was one of the members that Proceedings Before the Senate In- vestigating Committee. Testimony of B. R, Foreman, Governor Warmoth, John Lynch and Gencral Longstreet—How the Returns Were Fixed Up—Tie Pre- vention of Voting—-Official Action, Wasuinarom, Jan. 27, 1873. The Louisiana investigation was resumed this morning by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Morton called for the official returns of the election, which were produced by B. R. Foreman, of the Foreman Beturning Board, who was sworn and examined by Mr Morton. TRATLMONY OF B. f. FOREMAN. Tho returns came into his possession on the 11th of De- cember ; were delivered to himself and colleagues by Mr, Bragdon, Secretary of the previous Board; some of the returns had been opened; canvassed all the returns re- ceivet ; the returns have been in possession of the Board since the canvass under lock and key; did not examine the vote fur President and Vico President; rejected a few of the returns; polls No. 80f the parish of Orloans and No. 12 of the parish of Jefferson were thrown out upon evidence that they had been stuffed by fusionists; the whole vote of Iboria, St. James and St. Michacl was thrown out on secount of Intimidation practised during the vote. , Mr. Foreman was questioned as to the political com- plexion of the parties thrown out or not returned, bat he could not speak positively, though he thought most of them were republican, GOVERNOR WARMOTIC RXAMINED, Governor Warmoth was sworn and examined by Mr, Morton :— As Governor he did not make any certificate of the election of Electors; the law does not require it; he made acertificate of the result of the election which showed who were clected; sent copies of these certificates to the partics elected; these were the Greeley electors; is- sued the certificates on December 4; no canvass had been made by any board of cauvassers: were issued on the report of dir, Woodward, Assistant Seerctary of State; Woodward gaye the figures of the election; Woodward had noauthority to count the vote; had returns trom all the parishes but two; these returns were opened by him- Complete List of Directors, Offi- cers and Shareholders. CONGRESSMEN LARGELY REPRESENTED, The action of the House of Representatives on Thursday last, instructing the Select Committee on Crédit Mobilicr, of which Judge Poland, of Ver- mont, is chairman, to inquire into the doings of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, especially with reference to the pecuniary obliga- tions of that corporation to the government of the United States, is attracting additional atten- tion to the Cougressional bribery scheme of our railroad giants. Indeed, a distinguished railroad contractor and builder, who has already figured very extensively in the mysterious complications of the Union Pacitic and Crédit Mobilier, stated to the writer a few evenings since that an investiga- tion into the transactions of the Sioux City Com- pany will unveila more startling record of Con- gressional corruption and bad faith to the govern- ment than the Crédit Mobilier has yet developed. The land grant to the Sioux City road was con- | tributed by Congress in the same patriotic spirit and with the same liberal hand which charac- terized the aid to the Union Pacific Company. There was, however, A VERY MARKED DISTINCTION made in favor of the Sioux City road, with refer- ence to the usaal governmental supervision of in- vested national interests in subsidized corpora. tions. That distinction consisted in the extraor- dinary fact that while the appointment of govern- Mental directors was provided for to look after the lands given to the Union Pacific, none were deemed | necessary to superintend the disposition o! the lands given to the Sioux City Company. It is | given out that a powerful combination precipitated itself upon Washington and wrought wonders in favor of this corporation in the legislative and exe- cutive departments of the government. In view | of these rumors, and the advance already made in the House upon this government-fed corporation, @ brief history of the Sioux City and Pacific Rail- road Company is given below—being chiefly ab- stracts and extracts from certified records of the transactions of the corporation. THE “SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY") is @ corporation formed under the general laws of 1860 of the State of lowa, ‘pursuant to an associa- tion previously entered into by nine persons, | namely :—Platt Smith, L, B. Crocker, M. K, Jessup, John I. Blair, James F, Wilson, A. W. Hubbard, Charles A. Lambard, Frederick Schuchardt and William B. Allison. The articles of incorporation | provide that the company is organized to con- struct, maintain and operate a railroad from Sioux City, Iowa, to such point at and upon the Union Pacific Railroad, or the Iowa branch thereof from Omaha, as may be hereafter selected, under tne provisions of an act of Congress, entitled ‘An act | to aid in the construction of a railroad and tele- graph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of | the same for postal, military and other purposes,’ approved July 1, 18 and the acts amendatory thereof; that its corporate name shall be as quoted above and its principal place of business at Dubuque, Iowa, untii otherwise di- rected; that the company shall commence business August 1, 1864, and continue for a period of fifty years, the capital stock to be six millions of doi- lars, to be divided into shares of one hundred each, and may be taken by individuals or corporations, 4c. ; that the officers of said company shall consist ‘ol nine directors, who shall have the management of the affairs of the company, @ majority of whom shall forma quorum for the transaction of busi- ness, and any director may vote by proxy; that the nine persons named in the first article of incor- poration (quoted above) shall be directors until the first Wednesday of August, 1866, and until their successors are elected, and subscribe for at least ten shares of stock in said company; that the di- rectors shall elect a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer from their number, the two latter to hold their offices at the pleasure of the Board ; that the Board of Directors shall appoint AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FIVE, to include the President, who shall possess such powers as may be delegated by the Board of Directors, and which appointinent may be revoked at any time; that at all elections for directors each stockholder shall have one vote for each share held by him, the vote to be cast in person or by proxy, under such rules and regulations as said company may prescribe, provided that each director shall hold at least ten shares of stock; that at no time shall said company subject itself to an indebtedness or liability exceeding the sum of $4,000,000; that the private property of the ofMicers and stock- holders of said company shall be exempt from cor- porate debts; that om the first Wednesday in August, 1866, and annuaily thereafter, a meeting of stockholders for the election of directors shall be held and for the transaction of other business; shares of stock subscribed, to be transferred by the President and Secretary of the company at the option oi the holder thereof, duly 21, 1864, the stock subscriptions to the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company consisted of ten shares each to the mine directors named above, ‘The record shows that in November, 1866, the books of the corporation were oop for subscription to its capital stock, alter due publication had been made thereof in the State of Lowa, the terms and conditions of subscription weing ah agreement for the purpose of aiding the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company to construct a railroad and tele- graph line frem Sioux City vo the lowa branch of the Union Pacific Raliroad, for vaiue received, be- tween each subscriber, for himself, with the direc. tors of eaid Sioux City and Pacitic Railroad Com- pany, to pay to them the par value of $100 fer each and every share of the capital stock of said com- under direction of @ majority of tue directors conformity with the act of Congress and order of the President, and that said survey and location be compieted belore the ensuing July. The Presi- dent was clothed with full power “todo all acts and things tiat he may deem necessary” promo- tive of the interests of the company, At this meet- ing, also, official copies of Secretary Usher's and President Lincoln’s approval and designation of the company lor the work Were produced. A mect- ing of the board of Directors, held at the ofiice of the company, at Dubuque, Iowa, on the 16th of Junc, 1860, showed evidence of progress on the part of the engineers and other officers, Ex-Senator James Harian, of Iowa, succeeded Mr. Usher as Secretary of the Interior. He called aconvention of government directors, engineers and commissioners to meet in Washington on the Ist of peewee 1866, “to fix standard of Pacific Kallroad,” and President Blair was invited.. Being unable to attend, the latter commissioned, Von- gressmen William B, Allison and Oakes Ames to act in his place. THE SUIT to which reference has been made above was brought in May, 1863, in the Supreme Court of the city and county of New York, by Charles A. Lam- bard, plaintit, against John I. Blair, Oakes Ames, the sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, ap- peliants, impleaded with others, defendants. The action Was brought to secure plaintiff his title to one-ninth part of the capital stock and property of the Sioux City and Pacific Ruilroad Company, and to @ proportion of the shares of such of the associates who sold out and for a general accounting, &¢. Mr. Lambard com- plained, and alleged that he was one of the original directors and managers of the Sioux City and Pa- cite Railroad Company, which corporation “was formed pursuant to an association previously en- tered into by the nine persons fellowing:—L. B. Crocker, Plait Smith, William B. Allison, Morris K. Jessup, this plaintir (Charles A. Lambard) and, as the plaintii is informed and believes, John I. Blair and three others whose names are unknown to the plaintitf; and, as the plaintitfis informed and believes, the rights o: the three others have been purchased for the joint benefit of the other associ- ates.” Mr. Lumbard, in brief, states that he was. suddenly called to visit Europe, and requeated John 1. Blair to take charge of his interests; that Blatr agreed to do 80; that upon his return he discovered that the Sioux City und Pacific Railroad Company had been ran, regardless of his alleged ninth part; that dur- ing his absence blair, Ames, Allison & Co, had in- creased the capital and constructed so much of the road as to be entitled under the law of Con- gress to $1,200,000, or thereabouts, of the bonds of -the United States; that the same was received by said company aud deposited with Moses Taylor, of the city o; New York, and the National City Bank, in sari city, for distribution among the share- holders or tor account of the said company; that, as plaintiif is iniormed and believes, all but $517,000 worth of the bonds have already been sola, and the proceeds, or part of them, deposited in the National Park Bauk to the credit of Jonn I. Blair, or the Belvidere National Bank or the said company, but were still the property of said cq pany. Piaintit, fearing the withdrawal ot the bonds, asked that the defendants be restrained by injunction, which was GRANTED BY JUDGE CARDOZO on the 1ith of May, 1868. In June following Jonn 1, Blair, in belali of the defendants, made answer denying Lambard’s allegations, and moved that the summons and complaint be set aside, which Judge Cardozo on the 27th of July denied, imposing costs upon John J, Blair, Oakes Ames, Moses ‘Tay- lor, the National City Bank, the National Park Bauk, D. Blair, Charles E, Vail, James Blair, Charies Scribner, Sidney Dillon, Peter Butier, Wil- liam K. Kitchen, William E. Dodge, Joseph H. Scranton, William B, Allison, John B, Alley and Morris K. Jessup, the deteadants. On the 20th o1 August AN APPEAL WAS TAKEN by the defendants from Judge Cardozo’s order to the Generai Term of the Supreme Court, “denying all proceedings taken in the action agaiust said defendants.” Among the answers filed is one from Oakes Ames, stating that when this action com- menced he was a ‘bona Jide subscriber to the ries stock of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Com- pany to the amount of $640,000," and at the time of making the alidayithe owned the same. On the 7th of December, 1868, Judge Sutherland granted the prayer of defendants and ordered the tnjune- tion vacated and dissolved, denying a@ motion to continue the injunction. On the 30th of April following, at a special term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, JUDGE BARNAKD PRESIDING, the case came up in its regular order, when judg- ment for Charles A, Lambard, plaintit, was ordered, with costs and an extra allowance of $10,000. Ata special term of the same court May Ll, 1869, Judge Barnard on the bench, a motion was made by the counsel of Charles A. Lambard for judgment, to wit, ‘that the plaintif Lambard re- cover of the deiendants $222,160, together with 10,335 09 costs and allowanci oe an equivalentin 2,777 shares Oi the capital stock of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, with all dividends and proiits declared or accrued thereon up to the time of the transier.”’ This judgment was endorsed vy Judge Barnara, and duly filed May 11, isu9. A notice of appeal to the General Term was en- tered by delendants, and is YET UNDECIDED. During the conflictin Court between the parties in the above transactions soine very interesting facts came out in evidence. Mr. Charles A, Lam- bard, the plaintiff, testifies that during the time the bill in faver of the Sioux City and Pacific Rail- road was before Congress he was in Washing- ton and exerted himself in its behalf; that he made the agreement in that city with Mr. L. B. Crocker about how the company should be formed; that it should be composed at the start of nine persons, with a8 many interests; that certain parties should be directors and the benefits should ve received from Congress. The INVOKED | in behalf of the original organization of the corpo- ration. While on the witness stand Mr. Lambard under- went a lengthy examination and severe croas- the internal arrangements and financial condition of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, He testified that the original articles of incorpora- tion were signed by nine persons, and when asked who some of them were he said of A, W. Hubbard, James F. Wilson and William }s, Allison, “they are THREB MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM IOWA.” “Who is Platt Smith?” was the next “He is @ lawyer in Dubuque, interested in the Dubuque and Sioux City Kallroad,” was the repiy. “Who is L. B. Crocker?” “A gentleman from Oswego.” “Who is Mr. Jessup?” “He is @ merchant in New York city.” “Who is Mr. Schuchardt?? “He is also @ merchant of New York.” The witness testified that he was owner of abont one-ninth of the stock of the Cedar Rapids Company and owned $400,000 worth of the capital stock of the lowa Contracting Company, Witness swore positively that there was a combination to cheat him out of his inter- -ests in the corporation; that to get rid of him they (Ames, Biair and others) OFFERED TO GIVE HIM SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND juestion. DOLLAR: but witness refused to take it, as it was not his full ninth interest; that Hubbard and Wilson, members of Congress fr terest in the company; that one sold his to the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad Com- pany and the other sold to Mr, Oakes Ames, FOUR BLAIRS AND THREE AMESES, an, or the Executive Committee, and in a manner to be designated by them, in instalments, as may be required in the progress ef the work, but not to ex. coed twenty per cent on the par value of each share subscribed in @py one month. On the 13th ef June, 1868, it was officially an- When witness was asked who all these Bisirs and Ameses were that figured so numerously upon the stock list pes elsewhere in the HERALD), he replied, ‘fhe four Blairs are John I. Blair, his brother and sons. The Ameses are Mr, Oakes Ai ince, il 1 answer in a suit brought in this inst the company, that, subsequent to the “ay of November, 1866, more than oue hun- no city doth and his three sons.” He testified that at that | time (April, 1869,) he “valued the stock at three | mes the amount of money paid in.” To the POWERS OF CONGRESS WERE TO BE INDUSTRIOUSLY | questioning with reierence to his knowledge of | om lowa, owned each a ninth in- | 7 must be counted in; that according to Mr. Crocker ‘THR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MUST BE COUNTED IN and have an interest in this speculation, which was considered a very profitable one ;’’ that “the real controlling parties having this interest of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company“were Mr. Jessup, of the Sioux City and. Dupuque Railroad Company; Mr, Platt Smith, Mr. Crocker, Mr. Jonn Blair and myself in the Cedar Rapids and issouri River .Road—all these poreons ofcourse, were determined to make something out of this thing 3’? that in letting Mr. Wolf into the ring witness testified that “Mr. Crocker acted upon the authority of Congressmen Alison, Hubbard and Wilson, and Platt Smith and himself (Crocker), who were the parties in control, as they believed, of the organization ;” that at first ‘Mr. Crocker doubted tne propriety of letting Oakes Ames and Mr, Blair into tie Sioux Ring, fearing that through the agency of their great wealth they might combine and GODBLE UP ALL THR LITTLE FELLOWS and pocket the profits; bat upon consultation it was finally agreed to admit them, and they brought in their stock,” Judge Poland had better send for Mr. Lambard and take the remainder of his testimony. Officers, Directors and Stockholders of the Company—Congressmon Largely Represented. Since the reference by the House of Representa- tives of the inquiry into the whole subject of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company to Judge Poland’s committee it becomes interesting to learn who were the chief managers of the corporation at that time. According to an official report made December 15, 1867, by the President of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company to Hon. 0. H. Browning, Secre- tary ofthe Interior, the following named gentle- men were elected directors and officers of that company on the 7th of August, 1867, to serve one year :— DIRECTORS. John I. Blair, of Blairstown, N. J. William B, Allison, Dubuque, lowa, Perry H, Smith, Chicago, 1il. Dewitt . Blair, Belvidere, N. J. A. W. Johnson, Belfast, Me. Oakes Ames, North Easton, Masa Platt Smith, Dubuque, lowa. Joseph H. Scranton, Scranton, Pa. Charles A, Lambard, Boston, Mass. OFFICERS, John I. Blair, Blairstown, N. J., President, W. B, Allison, Dubuque, Iowa, Vice President, John M. 8. Williams, Boston, Treasurer. Platt Smith, Dubuque, lowa, Assistant Treasurer, James M. McKinlay, Dubuque, Iowa, Secretary. Charles §. Vail, Blairstown, N. J., Assistant Sec- retary. WwW. W. Walker, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chief Engi- neer and General AgRe J.B. Ainsworth, Dubuque, lowa, Consulting En- gineer. BXECUTIVE COMMITTER, John I. Blair, Bee an Lambard, ai Oakes Ames, D.¢. 4 William B, Allison. The list of stockholders to the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company daring the years 1867 and 1868—important periods in the pending rail- road investigation in Washington—will snow, in” addition to the original subscribers, a portion of whom are given elsewhere, that the same busy spirits who figure so conspicuously in Crédit Mo- biher transactions are prominent operators in the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, There isadne sprinkling of Congressmen in ‘the list, some of whom have since been elevated to the | Senate. Below isan exact copy from a certified | last (urnished exclusively to ihe HERALD, and now | | first published :— SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC -RATLROAD COMPANY—COR- RECTED List OF SUBSCRIBERS, 1 Oakes Aines, Boston, Mas JL Biar, Blairsia N.S. D, G, Blait, Belvidere, Ne Oakes A. Ames, Boston, Mass. Oliver Aime; econd), Boston, Mass, Frank M, Ames, Boste Frank W, Andrews, 00 John B, Alley, Boston, 20000 Ezra li. Baker, Boston, Mass. 0°00) Ezra H, Baker (wecond), Bost 20000 James id, Bealy Boston, Mass iy} John Bertram, Salem, Mass. ai Morriy Brown. George W. Ca Joun J, Coolidge, Boston, Mass, ‘onkling, Utica, N.Y. Colby and J. M. 8. Crocker and Delos De’ Prince 8. Crowell, Bast Denni Thomas T. Davis, Syracuse, . E. Davison William E. 0 Johu Dut, Bostor Wenry Fatnum. Sewail H. Fessenden Witham H. Garden Charles P. Gardn William F. Glidd Glidden’ & Williains. Mrs. Emma M, Gildden Mrs. Kate 0. Glidd Rose Gardner 3 Ly Samuel Hooper & Co... . William H. Horton, Boston, Mi Hunt Bros , Scranton, Pa..!...... Springer Harbaugh, Pittsburg, P1 Altred W, Jobnson, Beltast, Me. | David Kimball, Hoxton, Mats... ase | David ¥. Kimball, voston, Mass. - 1. C. Kiinball, Boston, Maan Wiltiam K. Kitchen, New York ‘ A. Larmbara, Boston, Mass. ‘A. Lambard got of M, Pardee) Edwin Lanison, Boston, Mass... #. W. Lincoln, Boston, Mass... Robert Manson fm 8. M. Marston, Jr., Boston, H. McCormick, New ‘ ew York, Frederick } rson, Bos Joseph Nickerson, Boston, Thomas Nickerson, Boston 2,000 rdson & Co., Boston 90,000 | dee, Oswego, N.Y... wan | it, Seranton, Pa. vi ose 22,000 | hallow, Kittery (Me.) depot 6,000 | ion. ‘ ; 110,000, Charles Seribner, New 7,000 Jobn B, Silsbee, Salem, 4,000 John H, Seranton, Seranton, 55,00) Wittiam Silver...0..c..c., 16,00) turop Thorndike... 20,000 James B, Pian, sparia, No J. 10,000 Jobn B. Tarner ahd E. T,'Watkin: + 30,000 A. He TWOMDIY eee : + 10,000 | James Vandeventer 19,000 Charles &. Vail Blairsto' 0.000 Mrs, sarah W. Walker, ¢ William Weld, Boston, 'Mass......... Stephen M. Weld, Boston, Mass... Mrs. E. M. L., Williams, Boston, Maas, 25,000 Horace Willlants, Ciliton, owas: on William Henry Wilson, Boston, Mass. 7,000 Bi} sy : ; Lov | 15,000 25,000 26,000, 10,000 100,000 10,000 2,000 BN) . 5,000, W. W. Walker 15,000 Platt Smith, 5,000 Willian L, Ston 10,000 Samuel Merrill 10,000 Wilitam B. Allison 6,000 A.W. Hubbard. 5/000 PH. Smith ula then enjoined votes were thrown out. sy, Mr. official returns el ter | Board was that self on the 20th of December in the presence of the mem® bers ie Wharton Board: the returns were put into the hands ot Mr. Bragdon, the Secretary of the Board, whowees directed to employ clerks enough to make a cal- ion of the vote of the entire State; the Board was from CONE or canvassing the returns and no canvass was made; © vote Was tabulated; no RXAMINATION OF JOUN LYNCH. John Lynch was sworn and cxamined by Mr. Mor- jon s— His name was insorted in the original act creating the Board of Canvassers; was not present when any returns made direct by the Governor were opened; was present until Mr, Wharton came in; witness and Mr. Herron yoted for Longstreet and Hawkins, the Governor voted for Daponte and Hatch; did not hear that Wharton and Herron had been removed by the Governor before this Vote was taken; the Board canvassed the vote for Presi- dent and Vice President before the 4th of December, and gave certlidcates to the parties elected on the morning of the 4th; sont these certificates to Mr, Bovee, Secretary of State, when the votes tor Electors were ‘counted; the Board had betore it, first, the returns trom United States Supervisors; ‘second, the returns trom the Stare Supervisors; third, affidavits irom certain individuals in certain parishes; had returns trom United States Supervisors from all but two or three parishes; the evidence before the Board showed that the Super: yisors had been driven t¥om the polis in many places; in New Orleans, comprising about one quarter of the vote of the State. the tally sheots agreed with the returns of the Supervisors; the returns of the Supervisors were sworn as correct by the Supervisors; these returns wore received from the Register, who was appointed under the law of the United States; the State Supervisor of Registration issued instructions that the Supervisors should countfirst the vote for Prosidential Electors and mombers of Congress; in many cases theye INSTRUCTIONS WERE NOt CARRIED OUT, and full statements of the entire vote were sent to the United States Supervisors; thinks this was the case in about half the parishes outside of New Orleans; trom other parishes only abstract stavements of the result were sent; from the parishes of St. Giles, Jensler and several others the Board had full returns from State otticers; did not generally have full statements of the results from State Supervisors; one of th: submitted to witness the returns he sent to t of these Papers, witness made an ment; this abstract resence the the Dp ol Board; thinks the Board did not have reports from State Supervisors from @ majority of the parishes; there were a tew parishes from ich the Board had returns trom neither State nor United States supervisors: in some in- stances parties came before the Board and made state- ments concerning the returns; these statements were generally reduced to writing and sworn to before the prover officers by the parties making them; in some cases the Board acted upon intormation which was not sworn to; these affidavits were sonietimes as to the result nd in some as to the reason why no returns were made ; in some cases THE’ PARISH AS A WHOLE WAS THROWN ovr, ed the votes, of persons who swore that they had been Illegally deprived of voting; in Bos- sier parish 1,159 such votes were counted; some of the parties who sent these affidavits, which were counted as votes, were not colored; some of the colored men so voting did not swear that they had been deprived of voting on account of race, color or previous condition; some of the affidavits were in the form ot printed blanks; most of the affidavits were prinied, and made no reference to the color of the party by whom they were presented; witness availed himself of all the meansin his power to obtain miormation; did not pretend that the results re- orted were technically correct, but believed they were in the mun; the whole vote of Macintosh pai was thrown out and 1,260 votes were counted upon aftidavit. ALL POW THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, Thinks that votes were counted by aitidavit in some parishes where only piace of the votes were thrown out; in some parishes, rom which there were no returns, th rd estimated the vote at about what they thought it ought to have been; witness’ opinion is that the whole number of votes thrown out did not exceed six thousand the affidavits received up to the time of the announce: ment of the Presidential vote were counted in that vot the difference between the Presidential and Gubernato- rial votes, as returned by his Board, was 1,237; the throwing outo! votes occurred before the Presidential vote was counted, Witness notified the Governor of the place of meeting ot his Board, and requested him to be present; did not make any inquiry concerning the returns; some days later General Longstreet made a demand upon the Gov- ernor for the votes and returns. To Mr. Trumbuil—Bovee was candidate for Superin- tendent of Police: the law would seem to exclude him trom the Board under these circumstances; Longstree' Hawkins, Herron, Bovee and the son of witness hai been appointed to office by Pinchback since the Board canvassed the vote; Pinchback was a candidate for Con- gressman at Larg AND THE BOARD COUNTED HIM IN; outside of the city of New Orleans the United States Su- pervisors, upon Whose returns the Board acted, were the republican Supervisors ; does not remember whether any returns were signed by'both republican and democratic Supervisors; the records will show; in some instances the Board took ¢optes of returns ma: private persons, Mr, Trumbull—D'd you have any official returns, ac- cording to the laws of the Site t Lynch—No, sir. Trumbull—Yov counted in some instances votes never cast! Mr. Lynch—Yes, sir; did so under the laws of the United States, and in obedience to the principles of justice; think ‘ihe afidavits counted were generally struck off trom the same press. By Mr. Ray—The reason why the Board had no was because the Governor refused to James Blair, Scranton, Pa. give them: in parishes known to be democratic Robert Blair, Johnsouboro, » the count was ‘taken ‘when the Board had re- Gamaliel Bradford, Boston, | turns; presumes all the State officers of election were Peter Buder, Boston, M. 0) | opposed tothe republican party; Mr. Blanchard was re- | quested to appoint republican commissioners, but re- fused. By Mr, Trumbull—By democratic returns witness means returns published in papers opposed to the repuo- Hican candidates; trom two wards in New Orleans the Hoard inade no returns; don’t know within 1,000 votes how many votes were cast in those wards; it is his im- pression that they were Greeley wards. By Mr. Morion—It Js the witness’ impression that the yotes m these wards were counted for President and rhor, aud thrown outot the vote for members of the egislature. ay Mr. Ray—On the Saturday preceding the day of the jon withess Went to the place of registration io regis- 8 Vote; THE REGISTER COULD NOT BE FOUND, continued his search, but could not find him; finally a triend of the Register told him that if he would indicate at what hour on the tdi © he would be at his house the Register would be there; the next day wit- hin his house, aud some — sixty nis Meighbors were registered ; notices of the time and place of registration were published, but the Register could not be found at the time and plage advertised ; sim- ilar complaints were nace 1n other parts of tne State ; most othe Yours had to travel as inuch as ten miles to be resistered ; it was evident that the polling places were so located as be meonvenient o J Here followed some questions as to the population of the State, the proportion of white and colored and repub- lican and opposition voters, in reply ta which the witness could not give clear and definite atiswers. Witness then testified that no publication was made of the places of voting in his parish; no paper was pub. ished in that parish; the evidence beiore witness! in all largely republican localities BYELY OBSTACLE WAS THROWN IN THR WAY OF SECURING A FULL VORK; witness saw a paper from General McMillan, in which he complained that he had been prevented from voting, and of the unfairness with which the voting was conducted, General McMillan explained that the matters of which he. complained in said letter were corrected, and the vot- ing Was fairly conducted thervatter. lengthy examination disclosed the fact that, accord- ing to the évidence before witness’ Board, the cbstacies thrown in the way of voters were against republicans, and not on account of race, color or previouscondition of servitude, General McMillan named two Commissioners of Elec. tion, whom the witness admitted were republicans, and others whose politics he did not kno Witn ht there were twenty-five white republi- cans in Carroll parish, but did not kiiow that there were ity: there probably were not as wany there as in any otlier parish outside ot New Orlean: General MeMillan asked several questions concernin the vote iu New Orleans, which whites. said he cowl not answer, and reserred his interrogator to the record, ithess could not sell how it was that his Board re- tarned 4,000 less votes for McEnery in New Orleans than were returned by other Boards, General MeMillan submitted certificates of the United Staves Supervisors that the returns of the State officers du New Orleans were correct. Witness said that this was the rule, but that there were exceptions in which the United States Supervisors noted errors upon the back of the returns, General McMillan submitted evidence to prove t dates and manner of the demands upon Warmoth for the otiicial returns. Senator Morton dirceted the witness to look at the synopsis of the evidence taken betore his Board, as pub- Ished in the President's and say at tine whether it ts or is not aM GENERAL LONGS1 en's THATH a General James Lon rect Ly Ra and examined by r. Morton, He testafled as follows :— y ruber of the Lynch Returning Board ; made an officr mand upon Warmoth for the official returns of the election; on the day the Durell decisionwas ren, dered I found. that the Governor was at Mr. Simms’ ollice; Simms seid that he wasin private consultation with him and could not be seen; Mr. Bovee offered to give the written. statement to him to be delivered to Warmoth, aud Simms declined to be his messenger; nes met near pul fature RALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1873—TRIPLE SHEEY. copies of the demand were loft at the Governor's office; Waemoth made no reply, did not give any returns, By Governor Warmoth—Don't know whether he pro- be the tasting ofthe egisiatnre. © || wae Sees r the mesting o By Genoral Me Mii o—Don't think that atter Durell’s mp Warmoth was invited to be present. 'y Governor Warmoth—Think the minutes of the do not show that Warimoth was elected chairman of the Board at its first meeting. 'y General MoMillan—Was satisfied at the time of the comand | that the returns were in posession of some a Tho investigation was then adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning, and te commitive then vent into secret session, DOWN-TOWH IMPROVEMENTS. Important Projects for Widening Ann an Beek- man Streets—Fulton Market to Become 8 Grand City Car Depot. (From the New York World.} ‘The unsuccessful endeavors of four years ago to 80 widen Ann street as to make 1t what its location and natural advantages unquestionably design it Should be—an outlet to the yearly increasing trade and travel of lower Broadway and Park row—are about to be renewed with increased vigor and energy, and with such improvements upon the Pians of four years ago that success may well be expected. At room 1, No. 58 Ann Street, a number 1 large maps have been and are being made of the proposed improvement, and from them the tollow- ing acts are gleaned:—It is the intention to make Ann street at Broadway 125 feet wide, taking 50 much ground on the north side of the street as will render the present Brent building its northeast cor- ner butiding. ‘Then the street is to run east- ‘d, the north side at a right angle to Broad- y and an obtuse angle to Ann street as now located, for about twenty-five feet, which will, of course, Cause it to gradually lessen in width, so that, the twenty-five feet reached, the desired general width of 100 teet will have been attained. Then the improvement is to continue on the present line of Ann street as far as Gold street, all the ground needed for the increase of width to be taken on the north side of the street. At Gold street, Ann street, Beekman street, and a few feet of inter- veulng ground will all be merged into an open plaza, most useful dor city cars, 160 feet wide at this point, but descending to gradually lessen in width, 80 as to be only 100 feet wide when Clift streetis reached. From here Beekman street is to continue 100 feet wide down to its eastern ter- iminus at East River, the ground necessary to give it this increased width to pe taken on both sides of the street between Clif and Water streets, and from Water street to the river only on the north side, the existing twenty feet “ortset” on the south side of Beekman, below Water, of course obviating the necessity of appropriating anything on the south side, Jt is also the intention of the principal projectors of the improvement to purchase Fulton Marke! tear down the unsightly building, and in its stea erect @ grand street car depot, which will be used by the Third, fourth and Lexington Avenue, Kast Broadway and Avenue C city car companies, and also by the Sixth and Eighth Avenue companies, @hould these two succeed in obtaining permission to run their cars across Broadway, and then join the other mentioned companies in the use of the tracks that will be laid on widened Ann street, through the new plaza, and in the widened por tions of Beekman street to the “grand depot.” All this will most naturally not only prove of immense benefit to trade and travel, particularly of lower Broadway, but also greatly ameliorate the existing condition o! lower Park row and Ann street at its present junction with Broadway, by relieving these of the constant aecumulation oj street cars, result- ing trometheir being the termini and starting points of five different city car routes, Another intention of the projectors of the Ann street widening is the establishment—as soon as the contemplated strect-widening improvement is finished—of two new lines of steam ferries across the East River, one to run trom the foot of Beekman street to Bridge street, Brooklyn, and the other from the foot of Beekman street to Willlamsbarg. it is worth mentioning that the widening of Ann and Beckman streets as proposed will necessitate pulling down only one building 01 great value—the arket Bank, corner of Pearl and Beekman streets—nearly all the other buildings affected being old and poor. This is particularly true of those on Ann street, from Nassau to Gold street, and on the north side of Beekman street, from Peafl to the river, not one of these last having more than twenty-tive feet of depth, In a few days the projectors, among whom are several railway magnates and not a few of the property owuers of Aun and Beekman streets, wili apply to the Legislature for the passage of a special law authorizing the contemplated improvements, the invelved question of costs, compensations, con- demnation o1 properties, &c., to be settled as pro- vided for by existing laws. Projected City Improvements—Plans for Widening Ann and Beekman Streets. {From the New York Evening Post.) ‘The question of widening Ann strect has lately received increased attention, and a number of the persons especially interested, including property owners in the neighborhood, have caused plans to be prepared for the contemplated improvements and will apply to the Legislature for a special law authorizing the execution of the work. It is designed to make Ann street 125 feet wide at Broadway, taking the additional space from the north side of the street, which is then to run east- ward for about 25 feet with the north side at a right angie to Broadway and an obtuse angle to the present boundary of Ann street, which will cause it te gradually decrease in width until it is 100 feet wide op the average, All new ground is to be taken on the north side of the street as far as Gold street, where Ann and Beekman streets are to blend in an open space, for the accommodation of horse cars, narrowing from 160 feet in width at this point to 100 feet at Cliff street, whence Beekman is vo continue of the same width to the East River. Between Cli? and Water streets, the new space is to be taken from both sides of the way, and from Water street down on the north side only. The Market National Bank at Beekman and Pearl streets is the only building of much yalue which | the proposed Changes will render it necessary to pull down. The movers of this project desire also to pur- chase Fulton Market, demolish the present struc- ture and erect in its place @ great street car depot for the Third, Fourth aud Lexington avenue, East Broadway and Avenue C car companies, aud also for the Sixth and Kighth Avenue lines, should the | latter two gain permission to cross Broadway Two gew ferry lines from the foot of Beekman street—one to bridge street, Brooklyn, and the other to Williamsburg—are additional features of the design. THE LIBERTY STREET MURDER, Investigation on Thursday. Yesterday morning Coroner Keenan decided that on Thursday next, at eleven o'clock, he would hold an inquest in Beilevne Hospital in the case of Mr. Nicholas B, Duryea, alleged to have been brutally butchered in Liberty street, on the 16th ultimo, by John E. Simmons, king of the policy dealers, fuil reports of which have heretofore appeared in the HERALD. The witnesses, of whom there ure quite a large number, will be summoned to appear at the time and place appointed, and it is quite provable the investigation will last for several hours. Sim- mons has engage able counsel to defend tim. THE CHATHAM SQUARE MURDER. Witnesses Released on Bail. James Reiliy and Francis McClinchy, the hack- | men who proved to be refractory and somewhat unwilling witnesses before Coroner Herrman, in the case of Charles H. Pieifer, alleged to have been most brutally murdered in Chatham square by | Michael Nixon, were yesterday arraigned before the Coroner, at the ony Hall, and released on bau, the first in $1,600 and the latter in $1,000. Andrew Fitzpatrick, of 203 East Twenty-second street, be- came bondsman for Reilly, and Edward Clark- son, livimg at 173 adison street, per- formed a similar service for McClinchy. Reilly lives at 197 Madison street, and McClinchy at 174 same street. These men were, iven to understand by the Coroner that the jury believed that they did not tell all they knew con- cerning the murder, and forthis reason they were sent to the House of Detention. Previous to leaving Coroner Herrman gave Reilly and McClinchy some Peckame advice, which may be useful to them in uture, . SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE PFEIFER FAMILY,” In addition to the various amounts received at the HERALD office during the past few days and already acknowledged, for the relief of the desti- tute widow and orphans of Charles H. Pfeifer, the unfortanate man who was so cruelly murdered in ham square, on Tuesday evening last, the fol- fois contributions for the same laudable object were received at this office yesterday. ch law or Justice. ~2 rc my 2 Finth avenie and Forty: 3 sixth strect. ee I 2 Mit Mi i 1 rs. Mrs. P. nu 10 Sarah Jane 1 A sympathize 6 Very truly 1 Thomas Smyth 5 Respectiully, ©. i Cash......... 5 Simon Heider. 1 Mr. Vergho. - & B. 1 E. Mueller. - oA Pree . 1 M. P H HL A. 5. (a little boy)... 500. French: THE HOBOKEN PISTOL OASE, John Ge-oltz was arraigned for attempting to shoot Anderson; but the latter declining to prose- cute, both were fined for ruManiy conduct.gjit was not at Mr. Unrein's hotel, but at Weiss’, that the affray took place, and it was the latter who pre- vented a homicide. WILSON’S COMMITTEE: John B. Alley Again Examined—Tbe Profits on the Oakes Ames Contract $9,000,000—Sen- ator Harlan Gets $10,000—Another $10,000 Spent at Willard’s Hotel— Hoaks Doosn't Know What For— The Ability of the Union Pacific Railroad to Meet Its Obligations. Wasuinaron, Jan. 27, 1873. The Wilson committee met to-day, at cleven o'clock. The examination of J. B. Alley was re- sumed by the Uhairmau. Witness had no knowledge whatever ofa protest been filed with the Secretary of the Interior ernment directors against a Coutract beiug made betwe: the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Oredit Mobilier, or any person connected with the Credit Mo- bilier; he never suppospd there way any such protest; ‘itness was wi OFFOSKD TO THE AMES OONTRAOT and to tts assignment in the manner it was made to trus- tees, not on account of any wrong to the Union Pactiic Railroad Company, but because he thought it would be injurious to Mr. Ames by damaging his credit if he smould not be able to go through with it, and he was also opposed SGeclaring dividends by the Oredit Mobiuer for reasons The Chairman—Do you know of $10,000 having been. pe toMr. Harlan? “A. There was never a dollar paid any inember of Congress or officer of the government while I was a director of the Union Pacific Bail road Company or connected with the Credit Mobilier, directly soy Knowles and belief; the ic or indirectly, to the best first T ‘head of the pa Oakes Ames; aboi lection to the Ser lection oF lection of Harlan, and that this fight; and further, that Durant wanted the Union Pa- cite Railroad Combany to pay it; Mr. SAID Hk WOULD NOT SUBMIT to its Paymont, and I told Mr. Ames he was right in his opposition; the money was paid before the Iowa Logis lature was chosen; this sum was never, according to knowledge, paid out of the funds of the Union Pacide Kallroud Company, nor did it appear on. the books of the Credit Mobilier. ‘The witness, fn reply to a question, said he did not know whether the $10,000 were embraced the “expense account” of $435,000; Dr. Durant this money had been spent secretly and confidentially, and that further information could not be reve: iy hin. but that newspaper men got good deal of it; as vo the latter he could not speak positively; the impression of the witness was the money was not spent at all; Dr. Durant said the money had in part been spent among members of Congress, and that $80,000 had passed to Thaddeus Stevens; Dr. Durant did not mention any other name ot a member of Congress. Witness and others acting with him at the time did net believe a word of Durant’s statement, ‘The witness was turther interrogated as to the expend. itures on “expense account” by Messrs. Durant, Bushnell a ry ithe expenditures ware alleged to have been made. in 1862 and 1864, but he never believed the money was thus spent; wituéss thought in April, 1864, @ resolution was passed by the Board of Directors of the Union Pacifie Railroad Company that a committee be authorized to go to Washington and procure additional legislation, and that such proper expenses as may be necoaty, shall be wi borne by the company; an item of put ie the account for this purpose; a resolution was after- wards passed sanctioning what had been done in accord- ance with the resolutiqn of April, 1sé4; witness kaew nothing about ‘ THE ITKM OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS, for special legal expenses, as this was after he had re- tired from the Board ; as to the $58,000 for legal expenses aid at the time of the first raid, Mr. Fullerton and Mr. ‘acey said the suit could be settled for that sum; wit- ness was opposed to It, and advised Oliver Aines to have nothing to do with the business; some time afterward he Jearned it had been patd to counsel, on an order signed by Oliver Ames; witness never assented to it; when Judge Barnard was impeached the matter was brought up, and Fullerton and Bushnell stated under oath the money was paid to Fisk, who promised to withdraw the suit, but did not do it; he went back on them, The witness was subjected to a long examination as to the building of the road and the mode in which payments were made, The committee adjourned until two o'clock. Evening Session. The committee reassembled at half-past two o’clock, when the examination of Mr. John B. Alley was resumed, from which it eee that by the Oakes Ames contract the parties par- picibesipg in the dividends and avails signed an irrevocable proxy to vote six tenths of the stock of the Union Pacific Railroad until the completion of the contract by the TRUSTEES OF THE CREDIT MOBILIER, the trustees thus having control of the company. ‘The witness was interrogated as to how it was a por- tlon of the road already completed was included in the Oakes Amex contract, which he explained by saying that the Credit Mobilier had spent money in building the road and felt it was entitled to a consideration, which was demanded, and the matter was compromised; assets out of which the dividends were made were de- rived trom profits under the Oakes Ames contract. Mr. Shellabarger asked—Suppose, instead of maki such division ot bonds, stock and cash, the assets dona! by the government to'secure a great solvent corporation tor all time had been invested properly and preserves as property of the railroad company, what would have ‘been the effect of such investinent on the value of the stock? A. The stock would have enhauced in value. Q. Did you ever know of dividends to stockholders hgh in"excess of the net earnings of the road? A. As jar as dividends on stock are concerned none have ever except on the earnings of the road? ¢ Credit Mobilier it was A SUPPOSED PROFIT on the road, which it was thought proper to divide. In the course of further examination the witness said the road never could have been built without a contract with some incorporated company like the Credit Mobilier; the protits on Oakes Ames coutract were eight or nine ‘mil- lion dollars, or sixteen or seventeen per cent, which was moderate considering the risk taken, the amount pended and the time employed. In reply to & question Mr. Hoar, the witness said the Union ello Hallroad Company stands better in public estimation from the fact that gentlemen of immense means are re: to assist the company in any temporary, emergency; the road 1s in a better pecuniary condition now than heretofore, with a prospect of increased value; he had no doubt of its solvency ; that it was ‘A VALUABLE PROPERTY TO STOCKHOLDERS, and would ultimately be able to pay the government in- debtedness, In answer to a question whether the comeene could now pay its indebtedness to the government an: Noe re- main solvent without the aid of outside parties, the wit- ness replied it could not; in three or four years, however, it could easily discharge its obligations, bat not now; the enforcement of the government claims would cause serious embarrassment to the company. b ae ibe said, interrogatively, might drive it into ankruptcy’ Witness—I do not say that; but it certainly would be an {mpolitic thing to force the company to immediate payment; the eifect produced on its stock by this im- esrahamore is merely temporary, but he had no doubt of the ultimate ability of the road to meet all its obligations. AN EXPLANATION. Mr. Alley made an explanation of the former part of his testimony. He did not mean to convey the im- pression that Dr. Durant told him he had spent consider- able money among newspaper reporters in Washington, but that he had spent the money with the press gene- rally in advertising and popularizing loans, &c. Oakes Ames recalled said that $18,000 ot the ex, account of the Union Pacific Railroad was exper Willard’s Hotel, but he did not know for what purposes. The committee adjourned until to-morrow morn- ing at ten o'clock. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. PROFESSOR HUXLEY was elected Rector of Aber- deen University by a majority of fifty-four. The office is for three years. GaRIBALDI 18 writing a novel entitled “The Hyena of Paris.” It is believed that this title ‘unm gallantly refers to the ex-Empress of the French. THEOPHILE GAUTIER left no fewer than sixteen unpublished manuscripts; among them are five long novels. THE CODIFICATION OF THE Law is assuming much attention in England. The success of the codes adopted some years ago in India is pressed as an argument for reducing the chaos of British statutes to convenient order and compass. Why does not Con- gress adopt the code of the United States Statutes recently condensed for its consideration by a com- mission “jearned in the law *” No Less than 400 books and pamphlets on the commemoration of the era of Dutch independence appeared in Holland in the year 1872, A SERIES OF LECTURES On legal topics, by the Hon, A. @. Riddle, of Washington, will soon be put» lished in that city. Its title is “Law Students and Lawyers.” CHARLES LOVANDRE’S pamphiet on French so- ciety irom 1830 to 1873, published by Didier under the title “Les Idées Subversives de Notre Temps,’” is attracting much attention in Europe. VIENNA has a great printing establishment for books in the Chinese and Japanese languages. THE Gardener's Magazine, published in London, claims to be the oldest of agricultural papers, and has just celebrated the issue of its one thousandth number. A PAMPHLET styled “The Emperor and the Pope” has just been published in Prussia, written by Herr von Gerlach, one of the most determmed antagonists of Prince Bismarck, whom he accuses of having “debauched the conscience of a whole people.” Gerlach is a Protestant and a politician of some notoriety, and his opposition to the policy of the Chancellor is therefore hailed with gratifica- tion by the German Catholics. “The Catholic Church,” he writes, “is now more zealous, more compact, more full of confidence, more enterpris- ing, more active, More ready for conflict and better organized than in the first half of 1871. In the face of this revival of the Catholic Church German Protestants are beeoming divided into parties more and more hostile. And in the miast of all this agitation and disorder in regard to doe- trine a complete change in the constitution of the Protestant churches is being planned.’ A New Humorous Book, that G. W. Carleton & Co. will publish in a few days, possesses the follow- ing extraordinary title :—“Light Readingson Grave Subjects; being a collection of epitaphs, amusing, curtous and quaint, frem various sources; to which are added @ few pages of tombstone inscriptions deemed apvropriate for modern use, By Charles Northend. boen made properly Dut in the case of