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4 fought in the battle of Waterloo, fifty-eight years ago. In his youth he had offered his life to over- throw Napoleon I. In his old age he saluted Napo- leon IL. on his way to the tomb. THE OHURCH. The procession winds through the meadows into ® narrow lane skirted by a row of laborers’ cot- tages, and stops in front of the little Catholic Church of St, Mary As Kentish villages are not generally populous with Catholics, you will under- stand why this chapel only contains 200 seats, It 4s smaii, plainly built, uncomfortable, and was cer- tainly not intended by its builders as the resting Place of a Napoleoa, We walked through it before the procession marched. In the front, within the chancel, were three chairs and praying desks. Here the imperial family always worshipped. The middie one (the Emperor's) was draped. in black, the little church was hung in black and the floor covered with black cloth. Asonly two hundred could find seats, most of those who had tickets came before the procession started. On one side sat a large number of ladies, amoug them jPrincess Clothilde, Princess Mathilde, the wife of ‘Marshal Canrobert, Princess Murat, Countess Pali- ‘kao, Madame St. Arnaud, Duchess de Montmorency and others of the wit and beauty and splendor of ghe Empire. A few Sisters of Mercy, who had been praying over the remains, took seats near the altar, ‘The correspondents came early, and had seats near , She chancel. THE MASS FOR THE DEAD. About half-past eleven the procession of clergy Yeft the altar and marched down the,aisle. Napo- leon was at the door of the tomb, and they stood @waiting. As the body was movedin the mourners and the Bishop of Southwark, who was to say the prayers, and the whole assembly arose; tears @nd articulate sobs burst from the ladies and many of the gentlemen. The coffin was placed in front of the altar. The Prince Imperial sat near it, Behind him were the Imperial Princes. There was rush and a noise as the few who had tickets found ‘their seats, But in time all were seated, and the Bishop, assisted by eight priests, knelt at the altar’s foot and began the solemn mass for the dead. The music was sweet and simple, the mass Deing a Gregorian plain chant, and the choir com- posed of boys from St. George’s Cathedral, London. ‘The various rites ef the Church were ebserved. Holy water was sprinkled upon the coffin, incense hwas walted over it, and finally, when the service was over, the prayer for the dead had been recited and ithe benediction pronounced, it was quietly removed (into a narrow alcove or resting place in the wall, yand Napoleon Ill. was in his grave. There was a qpause as the Prince Imperial advanced, knelt, ade a prayer and sprinkled the tomb with holy’ ater. Prince Napoleon followed his example, and they left the church together, entered a carriage ind drove to Camden House. As they started off here was aloud, long continued, hearty English heer, which the Prince gracefully acknowledged. }At,about half-past one the funeral was done. THE PROCESSION. jScones—Incidents—First Levee of Napo- leon 1V.—Emotion of the Empress. ) Slowly, as the morning broke, the fog which had ettlied down over Chiselhurst like a great, damp frinainsace lifted, disclosing the pleasant, roll- ooded country, dotted with comfortabyy farm cage and snug little cottages, the fresh, rural beauty of an English landseape, the village of Chis. Jhurst itself, with its two little steeples, and, last- , Cainden House, where lay the mortal remains if Napoleon LI. ‘The early morning was damp and cold, with that w, disagreeable atmosphere which seems to penetrate to the very bones, betokening cold com- wort and colder feet to the crbwds that had already Jbegan to gather around the gates of Camden nel to witness the funeral, { Towards nine o’clock, however, the sun broke Mhrough the mist, showing his face through a dim /Watery medium, as though ' SMILING SADLY non the scene below. Carriages full of people began Ro arrive and to dispose themselves along the Foad, trom the house to the church, over which the Yuneral procession was to pass, and the country ‘Rround resounded with the noise or trains arriving. from London every fifteen minutes with their loads of passengers, who poured in a continual proces- Bion up the winding country road leading to Cam- den House, On the east and south sides of St. Mary's chapel Ys @ furze common, which soon began to be covered with carriages from the surrounding country. There were all kinds, from the heavy px cart of the laborer, the old-fashioned tilbury of the farmer, to the elegant landau of the country gentleman. All arrived early, and ail disposed themselves to wait patiently for the appearance of the funeral procession. The people who had ar- rived on foot from the country, consisting of farmers, laborers and many others, the inhabit- ants of the village of Chiselhurst and the people (rom London formed themseives in line, with the mid of ing, TWO HUNDRED POLICEMEN, sent down from London, on either side of the road along which the cort¢ge was to pass, and waited patiently for the expected sight, regardiess of the mud in which they were standing and the damp, caw air. There are probably no greater sight-seers in the world than the English. Not only were the inferior and lower classes there in force, but the middling aud upper classes were largely represented, and I observed many young ladies, elegantly dressed, whom I should never have suspected capable of such endurance, standing four hours in the mud for a passing glimpse at that most interesting mourner, the young Prince Imperial, Napoleon IV. ‘The people were very decorous and talked quietly with cach other or questioned the nearest police- man. THE SPECULATORS. A number of villanous looking individuals, with long drab overcoats, slouched hats and faces that bore a striking resemblance ¢o raw beef, having brought out scaffolding from London and set up stands, kept bawling out, “A shilling, gentlemen, for a stand," “Fine view,” “Procession coming in & moment,” with the intention of inducing in- cautieus persons to mount on their rickety plat- forms in order to obtain a better view. A number of other seedy looking individuals, trying to turn an honest penny, were selling what they termed memorial cards of the Emperor—a little card, edged with black, on which were printed the name of the Emperor, the date of hia birth and of his death. An old lady near me, who could scarcely talk for crying, informed me that the Emperor fad given a rriage portion to her daughter, and she “did'nt care who was against him, she was for him; which he was just the best man in the world, and smiled so sweet when he spoke to poor people and didn’t put on any great airs like the English arts- tocracy; and that this New Year should come in in this way, and it wasn’t for nothink that her little Jonnny had brought her a bouquet of WITHEBED VIOLETS AND CAMELIAS on New Year’a day,’’ which Johnny ran errands sometimes for Dr. Conneau, and found the bouquets under the windows of Camden House and picked them up and brought them to her on New Year's Day. “And I said, Johnny, what do you bring me withered vioiets and camélias for on New Year's day? and he sald, {found them, mother,’ which \t was an omen, and it’s all come true so seon, and Qow he's dead.” When she had somewhat recovered from @ tearful outburst of grief, she and her nearest Geighbors opened a discussion on the merits of the doctors who performed the operation on the Em-+ beror, about which they seemed to be in some darkness, bat agreed at last that if the calculus had been properly treated with goose grease and catnip tea things would have been diferent, But now the carriages commence paMsing rapidly along between the long fies of expectant human faces. They are the carriages of the ladies who are to assist at the ceremonies in the church, It is now half-past ten, and the procession will soon start from the house. A man on one of the afore- mentioned rickety platform, trying to see if they are coming, apparently walks quictiy of the plank and falla to the ground, adistance of about cight feet, with a shriek that starties everybody. He is afterwards dragged out and carried of on a giretcher, though 1am umable to learn whether he NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1873 created the necessity for another (his own) funeral or not The general appearance of the vitage and the common at this moment resembles somewhat an election day or a Fourth of July celebration in & country village in our own country, with the excep- lon pt the absence of the noise and turmoil usual upon such occasions, There are probably 20,000 people present, and carriages and vehicles to the number of hundreds distributed over the common, But at iast the procession is seen approaching. It is led by fifty French workmen in blouses, bare- headed, bearing the French tri-color flag, taken from the flagstaff surmounting the Camden House, and nailed upon an ash sapling cut from the gar- den. Then follow thirty or forty men in black, with crape around their hats. Then the hearse, tall, black and stately, with nodding plumes, drawn by eight black horses, the two leaders | ridden and each of the others led by a man at the bridle, bearing a large bouquet of vio- lets, Then came the young Prince Imperial, pale, sad and downcast in looks, walking alone, his eyes directed before him, to where lies all that remains ofthe man who sacrificed France to keep this boy a throne. Well may he look with sorrow on that comMn, for it enshrines one who loved him well, and whom he can never greet again. Others follow; the Bonapartes, the Murats, Rou- her, Gramont, Fleury, Benedetti and many more famous men of the Empire, but the crowd does not see them. All eyes are turned on that young, girl- ish face; that boyish form, on whose slight shoul- ders falls the mantle of Napoleon the Great, the conqueror of Europe, And so the pageant passes slowly by, followed by the eager eyes of the people, who have respectfully uncovered, and the silence is almost painful. The procession, or apart of it at least, enters the church.» The people still continue in their places in the mud, patiently waiting for ittoreappear. | THE RETURN, At the end of two hours there isa sudden com- Motion, exclamations of “They're going, but an- other way,” and arush @cross the common, The cortége returns to Camden House in nearly the Saaue order in which it went out, the crowd follow- ing in a dense mass. THE LEVEE. Those who formed part of the procession were allowed to enter the grounds, After some time we were informed that the Prince would come out to thank his countrymen who had this day testified their sympathy, and we were arranged in two lines down the carriage drive leading to the gate. The people had congregated outside of the enclosure, in their carriages, and we could see their heads looking over the fence, watching cur proceedings with greateagerness, Suddenly there was a crash, @ number of shrieks, a confused noise of shouts and cries, and all the heads disappeared. A horse had broken loose, as it afterwards turned out, and ran through the crowd, dragging a carriage after him; but, fortunately, doing no serious damage. Just then the Prince Imperial appeared, and our attention was directed from this exciting scene to the one now before us. The lad was advancing slowly along the line, followed by Rouher, Canro- bert, the Duke de Gramont and several other noted imperialists. He bowed to each three or four persons as he passed along, and tried to smile his thanks, but his eyes were red with weeping, and the fresh, young, handsome face, little used to concealing emotions—a face which smiled s0 readily and so hastily but a week ago—made only a sorry attempt todo so now, which ended in a sad failure. He passed down one line to the gate and up the other back to the house, before the steps of which the Paris workmen were assembled with the tri-color flag. Women’s faces were seen in all the windows, the Empress Eugénie on one of the upper baleonies of the house watching the pro- ceedings, The workmen set up a cry of “Vive UEmpereur!” which was joined in heartily by the four or five hundred people present, amid the throwing up of hats and the waving of haudker- chiefs. The Empress bowed her head on her hands fora moment, sobbing convulsively, then turned and went in. This was followed by cries of “Vive UImpératrice!” repeated several times; then of “Vive Napoleon Quatre!” likewise repeated, Hav- ing thus in some sort proclaimed the new Em- peror and openly set up his claim to the throne of France, they cried “Vive UAngleterre!” several times, concluding with ‘Vive la Reine!’ then af- terwards quietly dispersed, And so ends the last act in this strange, eventful history. FUNERAL DAY IN PARIS, Apathy of the Population—A Dead Em- peror without Mourners. . Panis, Jan, 15, 1873, From the aspect of Paris to-day no one could believe that the obsequies of Napoleon III. are transpiring in England. All here is tranquil. The city which he enlarged and beautified and in which he was the one imperial dweller for twenty years offers his memory no tears, his grave no flowers, his family no conso- lation. It might be said thaton Thursday Nhpo- leon III. died at Camden House and that on Friday his memery expired in Paris. To realize how com- Pletely he nas perished it was only necessary to take the walk your correspondent took to-day at the very moment when his faithful followers were doing the last rites at Chiselhurst. Gayety ruled on the boulevards; the shops were open; the toflets were bright and cheerful, and almost every face was as radiant as the average phystognomy of the Paris crowd. In a promenade of several miles on foot through the city I did not observe one shop closed, unless it bore the inscription, “Boutique @ lover.” Neither was there a solitary house im mourning, and thus, publicly, at least, there was an entire absence of grief. Reflection suggested, ‘How would it have been had Napoleon died in the purple?’ “The end of December 2, and a long day at that!” “The fickleness of Frenchmen; the ingratitude of Paris!’ Walk down the Champs Elysées, The foot- pathis very animated, It presents one stream of life, of mirth, ofreckless enjoyment. On the pave- ment itis the same. Gorgeous equipages roll by; the cabs are even in more than usual demand, and that demt-monde, rendered amMuent and buoy- ant by the imperial regime, is as gaudy and brazen as on the Jour de l’An., No class of people 1s sad. To observe sorrow in the out-door crowd to-day requires very melancholy percep- tions. Thus that end which people were fond ot styl- ing “The greatest event of the century!" has made no impress upon that population which it concerns most, Itis true that the government prohibited demonstrations of any character that could pos- sibly be interpreted as political. Yet no order was given to prevent the ordinary expressions of mourning. The Ministry did a very silly thing in prohibiting*the use of the name of Napoleon IV. in the journals. It was on the plea that the mention of Napoleon IV, tended to foment agita- tion, Paul de Cassagnac, in his paper, the Pays, very coolly rejoins that if there is offence in calling the Prince Im- perial Napoleon IV, what is the argument which sanctions the currency of Henry V? The Gau- Wis ia in deep mourning and so is the Ordre, and both bristle with gloomy but theatrical despatches irom Chiselhurst recording the preceedings of each succeeding hour, ‘The moderate journals ignore the funeral, and, taken all in all, it may be said that there is an extraordinary apathy con- cerning the last sceme in the tragedy of the modern Cxsar among the phenomenal journalists, John Lemoinne, with that measured contempt which bas made his reputation as a daily writer, deals with the religion of the deceased Emperor, and shows how in using the Church he abused and weakened it, Among Americans there has been more regret than among any other nationality, not excepting the Italian and English. They say here ‘Oh, he was a genius; we cannot help admir- ing his superb talents!” And a little later we hear a judicial personage declaring, ‘Yes, he had brains, but brains without head; he was the Jim Fisk of France!” Every American traveller who has been here knows how Napoleon Ill. flattered and ca- ressed our countrymen, especially our country- women. Many of them were his spies, his tools, his toadies, So many of them as still exist here you may imagine are unhappy. They were waiting for the return of the Emperor, for the resurrection of lost employment, They, and auch as they, mourn to-day, MIGHTY MOBILIER. Wilson’s Committee Unearthing the Frauds of the C. M, The Disposition of the $126,000 Fund. Frank Statement of (. M. Bushnell of the Way the Money Went. GENERAL DIX IN A BAD LIGHT The Lobby Blackmailing the Union Pacific--- Appeal to Congress and the Nation. FULLERTON PAID $50,000 BLACKMAIL The True History of the Origin of the Monster Corporation. HOW C. M. GOT ITS CHARTER. Colonel Zeigler Tells How tho “Wild Bill with the Dutch Title” Passed the Pennsylvania Legislature. “FIXED WITHOUT A RED.” The First Company—Organization and Allot- ments—How the Giant First Collapsed and Then Developed to Huge Proportions. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 1873. ‘The Wilson Committee met at eleven o'clock, when B, W. Spence, formerly Cashicrand Assistant Treasurer of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, was recalled, and produced the original memoran- dum referred to in his testimony heretofore given, from which hemade checks and drafts for certain parties for an aggregate amount of $126,000, the subsequent endorsement by the witness, including the names of James F, Wilson in connection with $19,000 and General G, M. Dodge with $24,500, General Slocum asked whether witness did not give the check for $19,000 to C. W, Bushuell, instead of to James F, Wilson? Witness replied in the negative, General Slocum—Suppase Mr, Bushnell wore to say the check passed 1€/o his hands, would you not then say you were mistaken? The witness replied he would not. General Slocun remarked, apart from the evidence, he had heard Mr. Bushnell sy the check came into'his ands. Witness said the General Dodge check for $24,500 camo back to him from the National Bank of the State of New York. MR. BUSHNELL ON THE STAND. ©. W. Bushnell was recalled—Remembered being ata meeting of the Board of Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company on the Sth or 9th ot March, 1871, when the item ot $1 was under consideration: there were no vouchers he money was paid on his own statement; 1870, after the action ot the Secretary of the bonds of the company went out of sight, and there was not money enough to pay the interest on the first mortyaxe bonds due January 1; witness then detailed the circumstances ot his proposition to the company to receive certain fecurities on which te raise money to pay he interest due by the company; he went to. Philadelphia and saw Colonel Thoinas A. Scott and J. Edgar Thompson, who said they would assist in getting the company out of debt; he then returned to Boston and made his contract with the company; as soon as he secured his money he started for Washington; he came here mainly— almost entirely—to secure legislation of Congress. in order that the Union Pacific Railroad Company should be authorized to give @ mortgage on the bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs so as to make the bonds better security; he while here undertook alone to present the case, as was his custom ta such cases; he met the Iowa members, who would not move, as there was much jealousy about the bridge both at Omaha and Council Bluffs. Witness saw there was nothing to do but to address Gemeral Dodge, telling him to come on, pro- ising to pay him for his trouble: witness told him what he wanted; Dodge at once said ‘he had borrowed every dollar he could on bis Union Pacifle Railroad stock dur- ing the Summer and Fallin New York in order to carry on his business, and that THE “DAMNED BOUTWELL RAID" on the Union Pacific road has ruined him ; witness said, “T cannot help that, but you go to work to carry this game through and I will give you all you lost, your expenses and for your time; Dodge went to work, ‘and in less than ton or fifteen days we had the bill througn Congress just as we wanted it; all right; we settled all difficulties be- tween Nebraska and Iowa atthat time; I did take an interest in the legislation, principally to get up and have printed and distributed the opinions of the best lawyers and reports of committees; I had om ar tl government would repudiate the contract. with the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and I have no fear. the government now — ‘will do 80; we went home to Boston and had our annual election, but betore we went we became satisfied we could not carry out our arrangements without the help of the com- pany ja committee was appointed, when I said I prom. d General Dodge to make good’ his expenses for ser- ode 24,500, and it is possile I gave him fome thing. more; Colonel Thomas A. Scott having loaned several hundred thousand dollars, wanted $19,0%) on account; the balance of the $126,000 [ handed to the secretary of the company in payment of the land grant bonds T had purchased from it. pices, & figired up and I agreed to pay him WHA? DODGE WAS PAID FOR. In answer to a question the witness said he paid Gen- eral Dodge the money for aiding and securing the pas sage of the bill to mortgage the bridge over the Missouri River, and paid Colonel Scott $19,000 on account of money he had borrowed trom him, ‘Q. In what way did the Union Pacific Railroad Com- pany. obtain compensation for this expenditure of money? A. The only.compensation was to enable me to carry iny contract by taking one-half of their securities above the market price. @, other words, they gave you a bonus of $1250002 A, tt was to pay my expenises—lezal and otherwise, ‘The Chairman—The charge on the books 1s for special legal expenses. Why was itcharged in that way? A. It,was an error; itought to have read, “special and legal.” Q. Was General Dodge Chiet’ Engineer of the road at that time? A. I think not, but was a director at that time, . Who received the drafts and checks? A. I recéiyved them all; [do not remember any person being present at the time, excepting the clerks—Mr. Spence and Mr. Wil- liams; Thanded Mr, Dodge and Mr. Scott their checks; erhaps I handed Mr. Rollins his check, and the balance Pitandea over to Mr. Williams, The committee took a recess until two o'clock. On the reassembling the committee resumed the exam- ination of Mr. Bushnell, who said he bought two millions and a half of the bridge bonds, and gave eighty cents on the dollar tor them, when the outside price was only tity cents on the dollar! for $2,136,000 of land grant. bouds he gave seventy-two and a halt, when in. the New York Stock Exctiange they were’ fifty ive; he had to make the arrangement with — the pany to pay the entire npany, whiel at the time was the bridge: by the th legislation he p interest on the bridge bonds from ten ercent, and charged the company only the diffe: im the p. he was to pay for the bonds less what the company saved in three year: ts in the payment of interest. Witness gave additional in- formation on this sabje 187) and 1871, a director o Answer to a question asked by Mr. sh ness said he had no doubt the Union Company paid parties interest under the Oake Ames’ contract flve percent additional to the contract price in consideration of the rapidity with which the road was built and for other causes. During further examination the withess said his im- pressior all the checks and drafts trom Mr. Spence, rred to in the testimony, he handed the checks and draftsto the parties, including General Dodge and Colonel Scott, on the day of the transa n. Mr. Spence, recalled. said he did not remember that Colonel Scott was in the office at the time he handled the ¢ghecks, although he (Scott) was there during the day. GENERAL DIX'S INTEREST. The examination of Bushnell med. General Slocum asked how much stock did General Dix hold in the Union Pacific Railroad Company? A. Five hundred shares. Do you know how he obtained them? A. Not suf- ficlently to swear, even to my own satisfaction, @.. Do you not'know they were presented to him by Credit MObilier ¥ A. If you’ call Dr, Durant he can tell you. Q. would prefer that you answer my question. A. The first or second instalment was paid for by Dr, Durant, Q. Did this come out of Dr. Durant’s personal means? A. Ido not like to swear to that. In turther interrogation witness said Dix's stock was bought by Credit Mobiller at par. Q. Why did you give him $50,000 for 500 shares of stock of the Union Pacific Railroad!’ A. There was a variety of reasons:.General Dix was represented to us as some- what aggrieved by his having been turned out of the presidency of the company, and said he would rather remain President than have the office of Minister to rance. Q. Did he not write a letter to & M. L. Barlow, which pag nad We your bag ae h induced them to take he stock at par? saw the letter pur; hav boen written by General Dix, PUrporung te have Was itof such a character as alarmed your com- pany and compelled you to pay? A. We were ted from the letter and the reinarks of Mr. Barlow to think it ad- visable to buy the stock Q. And pay par for stock not worth it? A. I never dis- credited the stock, being more sanguine than others. Q. Who was treasurer when the first mortgage bonds were issued? A. Mr. Cisco was treasurer and General Dix president of the company. Q. What was paid to these parties for signing the bonds salaries? A. [never heard of anything being their salaries, ig been further interrogated, the witness sala he never heard of a retainer of $1),0g) given to a candidate for a seat in the United states Sedhte—M, H, Carpenter— on the ground thathe was A PRIKND OF THR COMPANY; he did not know of & single dollar having been paid in out }, 1864, 1867 or 1871 as a retainer to any member ef Congress. In answer to Mr. Swann the witness said Mr. Barlow read only a few lines of General Dix’s letter, and showed his authority to settle the matter tor Mr. Dix. 2. Was the letter in a complaining or threatening spirit? A. I think in a complaining spirit. ‘The witness, on reflection, atid he might be in error in stating General Dix’s stock was given i Dr. Durant; it was barely possible it was given him by the Union Pacific Railroad Company as extra compensation; his impres- sion was the stock was given to General Dix. GENERAL DIX'S LETTER. Mr. Slocum asked whether the letter was not threaten- ing a8 to the success of the bonds In Europe unless his stock was taken at par; to which quostion the witness re- piled he was not prepared to say, but to the best of his recollection something like that was sin the Jatier,, or at least Mr. Barlow so stated; Mr. Barlow on that occasion did not show enough of the letter to gain a full understanding of its contents, but it was not thought ad- visable or for the interest of the company to quarrel with General Dix’s counsel. In the course of examination the witness remarked that President Lincoln, when he signed the Pacific Rail- road bill, said it would’ be one of the proudest acts of his life if he could take a ride over the road to the Pacific; Mr. Lincoln could not then have anticipated that every year the lobby would attempt to levy BLACKMAIL ON THE MANAGERS OF THE ROAD. Having been asked to state what he knew the witnoss said that in 1869 the President was informed that a lobby was coming to Washington to induce such legislation as would reduce the price of the company’s bonds; last year the same thing was tried on the company; being jn the office the President said he had been informed that it wag necessary to provide a fund to be spent at Washing- ton to prevent the company from being damaged; the witness aaid to the President he would recommend that not a dollar be paid for such a purpose; this oor the question came up as to the company em- Ploy! ing counsel or the lobby, when the President sald he company would give to Congress and the committee all the faots which were known by {ts management, and, Mr. Poppleton, the counsel of the company, uld be sent to Washington to assist in giving all necos- sary information and see whet the road and its property could be protected without lobby and the em- ployment of money, as it was determined not to give a a , but to turnish every fact and ‘TRUST CONGRESS AND THK NATION. Mr. Slocam—Was not the sum of $50,000 paid to Fuller- ton as blackmail? Witness—Of course ; I ordered it to be paid myself; all know the origin of the controversy. General Slocum privately remarked that this was a matter of record on the impeachment trial of Judge Bar- nard, in New York. The commtttee then adjourned until to-morrow at ten o'clock A, M. THE ALPHA OF CREDIT MOBILIER. How the Giant Corporation Sprung Into Exist- ence in the Keystone State—Duff Green's Crude Idea Carried Out “Without a Cent”—How Colonel Zeigler Passed the Credit Bill Under an Alias—First , Organization and Allotments— The Father of the Corpora- tion Relates the Whole Story to a Herald Correspondent. % PrtrsBuRG, Feb. 1, 1873. That I might pierce the mystery in which the statements and counter-statements flying around the newspapers have enshrouded the origin of the Crédit Mobilier Company I went up to Butler to- day, a village handy to tnis city, and sought out the man who obtained the charter for the com- pany from the Pennsylvania Legislature, I wanted to hear the story from his own lips, and in this I succeeded, Colonel Jacob’ Ziegler, of Butler, Pa., whose many years spent in and about the State Capitol at Harrisburg never produced such famous fruit as when ke gave legal. form and substance to the mighty Crédit Mobilier snake, whose convolutions are now involving nearly every man of “influence’’in the country who has ever been within the sweep of its tail or under the fatal iascination of its eye. The story or the charter, which is herewith given, is in as nearly his own words a3 may be, and with as few interruptions as were necessary to bring out all the points of interest, THE TRUE STORY OF THE CHARTER. It was in the Winter of 1858, said Colonel Zeigler, when I was Clerk of the Senate, that, happening to be stopping at the Continental Hotel, in Phila- delphia, I was introduced to Duff Green of Wash- ington city. He was of the magnificent type of fine old Southern gentlemen one used to see in those days. Tall, spare, white-headed and clean shaven, and with a peculiar, quick, nervous and vigorous movement, he was a man that would have been noticeable in any company. But his mind was much more remarkable than his body. He was an imperial imagination—an imperial imag- ination, sir; there is no other word for it—and this, combined with a temperament of unmistaka- ble hopefulness, made him an exceeding fascinating man, If Train could be tamed down somewhat and his eccentricity modified with a strong element of method he would be such a man. This Duff Green had been the editor of a Washington newspaper for many years; but he failed at length, as such @ man was pretty sure to do, But the failure did not disturb his hopefalness in’ the least. He plungea at once into various railroad schemes in the Southern States, all of which were very magnificent, most of which have since been realized, but out of none of which did Mr. Green make acent. Poor Duff! he could predict things in the future in a remarkable way, as if by a sort of instinct, but it didn’t do him much good, DUFF GREEN'S PACIFIC RAILROAD. Well, it was while manoeuvring throngh the South and Southwest that Green conceived the feasibility of constructing a railroad through Texas to the Pacific Ocean. The idea once entered into him could never be exorcised. It took utter pos- session of him, like the devil did of the swine, and consumed him as the thirst for the Presi- dency did Henry Clay or Mr. Greeley. It was just about this time that the great French Mobilier Company, organized by and run under the patronage of the Emperor Napoleon, be- came known in this country, and Duff Green got hold of it. He came up to Philadelphia with a trunk full of statistics and documents, showing what wonderful things for France this company had done. This was the whole capital with which poor Duff invaded Pennsylvania with the intention of organizing a plan which would accomplish the then chimerical scheme of spanning the continent from ocean to ocean with the first Pacific Railroad, and which did accomplish it, too, but in a vastly difler- ent way from what Green ever thought of. THE ORIGINATOR OF TUE CREDIT MOBILIER. ReporteR—Then Dut! Green was the real origin- ator of the Crédit Mobiler Company. ZEIGLER—Oh yes—that is, he originated the idea; but Lord, he would have madea pretty mess of it if he had not fallen into, the hands of practical men, He had 4 charter drawn up which was a curiosity I tell you. Talk about the powers the present Mobilier charter gives! why Du Green’s charter would have given the company power to run, net only a Pacific railroad but the govern- ment of the United States and all Europe besides. It was full of wild absurdities and irregularities, such has would have snagged it in a far more easy- going Legislature than that of Pennsylvania—if any such there be, I took it and pruned it and put it inte shape—in fact got it all up pretty much new again. RerorTeR—Then you drafted the charter as it finally passed. Z#IGLER—Yes, Land old Governor Porter. Dut Green got Porter and myself almost as excited as he was himself by his glowing pictures of the pos- sibilities of his scheme as & grand measure of na- tional imprevement, and we entered into it warmly, and not only drafted the bill but got tt through for him, RevorTER—Were you, then, the only corporators? ZFIGLER—Oh, no; we three and Charley Hall, of Philadetphia, were the only men who took any real interest init. Then we.put tn the names of eight or ten other men, mostly politicians around Harrisburg—Asa Packer was one of them—and shoved it through There wasn’t any great difficulty, continued Zeigier. None of the legislators had any serious objection to it. Infact, they knew nothing of its Ree and we couldn't get them to examine it, ‘hat was the only difficulty, They regarded it IN THE LIGHT OF A JOKE, and we had hard work to convince them that it was not. They absolutely laugned us out of the name, for one thing. REPORTER—How was that? ZEIGLER—Why, when proposed the Crédit Mo- biller bill to them they first stared and then roared with langhter, It was such @ funny name, they said, What did we tack such a Dutchy title to our bill for? The title was illegal, a clear attempt to cover up @ snake inside with a name taken from a bill of fare, and se on. And, then, when I remonstrated with them and ex- plained, they said they were suspicious of such a damned French name, anyhow. cir constituents would at once suspect a bill with such a ridiculous joreign name like that; and so we dropped the Crédit Mobiler, and called our company the Penn- sylvania Fiscal Agency, 1 had more roable wit Dui Green now than [had with the Asscmbigmen, pg had no objection to the Fiscal avgens aH Dutt got angry at their objections to the © Mat Mobiiler and the joxes ae his project. He wante to abandon the whol . “What is the uge,’’ he ant to me, “of trifling with these ignoramuses? they can’t see a thing when it’s held right up before them, ana they make a joke of what their children will think the most magnificent work of the century. It is casting pearls before swine to let these fellows act on this charter. oded in calming him, however, I asked him what difference whether these fellows under- —TRIPLE SHEET. stood the thing or not—what difference whether they laughed or not at our bill, so that cars passed ity "So the bill came up at last, and, amid @ rup- ning fire ef humorous observations on the part of the members, designed to show that, while they wouldn’t stand in way of a harmiess project, they were not blinded as to its wildness, the char- esol cg Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency was passed, SIGNED BY GOVERNOR PACKER, NOVEMBER 1, 1859, Rerorter—From your sketch it is pretty evident Re pose was used to grease the way of this char- ZRIGLER—Not a cont, In the first place, we cor- Poratocs, were all poor and had no money to spend for it; and in the second place, there wasn’t any money in the scheme then. {t was too visionary, I don’t actually think that three men ever put through a legt ive bill by better or purer means and with less thought of money than we threé did that Fiscal Agency bill. I am sure Duff Green thought more of the glory and profit to einen that might come from it than anything REPORTER—What did you do with the charter when you had obtained itr ZEIGLER—We organized Enmeuee We met in the oMce of Oliver Barnes, under the Pennsyl- vania Railroad office in Philadelphia, ana elected omicers, I was elected secretary. We commenced business on a grand scale. Big allotments ot stock were made ail around; $50,000 was assigned to me, but that was ratner a farce, as I hadn’t a cent to take it up with. However, in consideration of my ‘distinguished services, they voted me thirty shares of paid-up stock, and thatI thought meant busi- ness. THE THING DON'T WORK WELL, REPORTER—What did you do then? ZEIGLER—Well, the thing came to nothing, not- withstanding an enthusiastic beginning. We opened books, but little stock was subscribed, In fact, the project was evideutly premature. The public wasn’t ready for such a big thing. ‘The idea of asking Congress for help, you must understand, never occurred to any of us. ‘The idea grew out of the increased powers of Congress during the war. Duf Green was a Southern and a State rights man, His idea was to get the States, espe- cially those along the line of the proposes road, to aid the scheme, So he went to the Southwest in 1860 to work oR Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis- sissippi, &c, There the war caught him and penned him up. He coulan’t get back for over four years. I don’t know whether he ever got back. Iam afraid he is dead, a8 1 have not seen or beard of himsince, Poor fellow! if he is dead, I hope he lived long Sueaap to see his great prediction realized in the completion of the Pacific Railroad, and not long enough to see into what a frightful slough of cor- ruption his pet idea “taken from the French” has descended, REPORTER—Did the rest of you drop the project when Green left ? ZEIGLER—Ne@, not immediately. In fact, we went to work rather actively. Part of the plan was to “develop” the resources of Texas. Old Governor Porter moved to Corpus Christi right away, and figured around the various operations there. invested $10,000 in Washington county sheep and sent them to Texas with a couple of shepherds. When the war came on, the ‘rebs’’ took all my sheep and conscripted my shepherds—one of them was killed in the battle before Richmond. I lost every split hoof of them. The war swallowed them and our magnificent scheme, RAISES A STAKE ON HIS'STOCK. REPORTER—And so that is all you ever got out of the Crédit Mobilier ? ZEIGLER—Well, not quite. The scheme kind of died out at that time, and for four or five years I had pre ths much given up all thought of it, till one day I was in Philadelphia, and Charley Hall, who was one of the corporators, came up to me, and, in the course of a conversation on other matters, said, “By the way, Jake, have you got that Fiscal stock yet?’ “Yes,” sald I, “I suppose I have it somewhere. What of it?” “Why,’’ said he, “Ican make a little something for you out ofit. Ican get you $275 forit froma lot of fellows from the East.” “Well, Charley,” said I, “I'll sell for that, and glad to get anything out of it, lam sure.” So [ sold my thirty shares and got my $275, and that’s all | ever did get. REPORTER—Are you not sorry now yeu didn't hold on to it? ZEIGLER—Well, I rather guess I am, (candidly replied the old politician). I wouldn’t object to some of these big dividends. I don’t know exactly what my shares are worth now, or were worth two or three years ago before this investigation com- menced, but Lew Hall, who was attorney for the State to recover the taxes due from the Crédit Mobilier corporation a year or two ago—you re- member that $600,000 suit, don’t you —decided against the State by the ee went to New York and examined the books. He told me that my shares were then worth $1,100,000, I think that was an exaggeration, but I know they were very valuable. i HOW IT WAS CHRISTENED ‘CREDIT MOBILTER.’? ReEPoRTER—You haven't told me how the company got back the name that it was laughed out of— Crédit Mobilier, ZEIGLER—Oh, that was done in 1864, By that time the name was quite familiar in this country, and didn’t sound so ridiculous. The name simply means a re aay for the “mobilization of credit,” and the members of the Pennsylvania Legislature had got this through their hair. So during the session of 1864 they got me to go down to Harris- burg and get the name changed from the Penn- sylvania Fiseal Agency” to “Crédit Movilier of America,” which I did without trouble. REPORTER—What do I infer when hee say “they?” ZRIGLER—Why, Barnes and Hall, I think. RePORTER—Did you know what their object was? ZHIGLER—NO}; 1 thought that it was in order to give the company less of a local and more of a na- tional character. i order to dispose of it out of the ate Z¥IGLER—That is what I was led to suppose. REPORTER—Was this before or after you sold your shares to Hall. ZeIGLER—Indeed, sir, I can’t remember, My knowledge in that respect is on a par with some of oe Congressmen before the investigating com- mittee. REPORTER—It was about this time, was it not, that the charter was taken to New York? ZEIGLER—Yes; 1 think so. I don’tknow how that was done either. I suppose Barnes took the books over bodily and delivered them to the New Yorkers, who organized the Union Pacific Rail- road;'but what he got forttorhow he got rid of the Pennsylvania stockholders is a mystery to me, The Supreme Court decision, Sao, the Crédit Mobilier owed nothing to Pennsylvan: ja for taxes, because 1t was “no longer a Pennsylvania corpora- tion,” puzzles me still more. If it was not a Penn- sylvania corporation, under a Pennsylvania charter, What was it? A STORY TOO THIN, REPORTER—What about that $300,000 story? ZEIGLER—Well, I guess I have told you all | know about the matter that anybody knows, except some of those deep fish which are dimly seen swimming around the Investigating Committee at Washington, but which no bait ean tempt to the surface. That story which appeared in the NEw YORK HERALD about the New Jersey Legislature refusing to pass such a charter for $150,000 and the New York one refusing $300,000, while Penn- Sylvania did the job for $30,000, is not by any means correct. Itis just asl tell yeu, and if the charter was bought it was when Barnes and Hall moved to New York, though wherher they sold it lcan’t say. Iknow nothing about it after it leit Philadelphia. A NAME THAT SHOULD BE ON THE LIST. “T hope to heavens,” said thé old gentleman, continuing, “that they'll make them produce the books at Washington and publish the stockholders’ list. I think Jacobs’ name ought to be among them, Ihave a notion at times to go On myself to Oakes Ames and strike him for something, on gen- eral principles as an original corporation; but I don't know; perhaps it is best not. My connection with the Mobilier has been an honorable one, Iam proud of it, and | rend I will not get myself into that bad mix at Washington, even to get some of those 1,500 per cent dividends that have been flying around.” Having received from the gental old gentleman all he knew of the origin of this never-to-be-forgot- ten company, which has worked such tremendous good and evil results for the eountry, we bade lum good evening. RESERVED SEATS AT ASSOCIATION HALL, To THE Epitor OF THE HERALD:— As Lam irom the country—consequently a “green one’—I write to ask if you know anything about the responsibilities of the ushers at Association Hail with regard to persons holding tickets for re- served seats, Wishing to hear Miss Emily Faith- fullon “Glimpses of the Great Men and Women I have Known,” and seeing reserved tickets adver- tised, one day when the mercury was three degrees below, myself and friend started out, a atth aka ing thought ourselves fortunate in securing goo gents, Upon presenting our tickets this afternoon for north side aisle, “D, Nos. 3, 4,” we found two individuals (at first signt one might call them ladies) occupying said seats. We appealed to the usher, who, after showing our tickets to these per- sons, "coolly replied, “Other parties are occupying these ladies’ seats, 80 I can do nothing for you.” Now, what I desire to ask aaa is this:—Cannot this be termed a swindle The Association riding itself upon its strict principles of nonegty {and justice, I have always supposed its hall was the one place in this wicked city where one could not be cheated. I should like to hear Mrs. Scott- Siddons on cretion § eatin & ren you waged Ps Mr. Editor, to invest agai @ “reserved seat ?” ; IGNORAMUS. SATURDAY EVENING, Feb. 1, 1973, NEWARK’S CITY HALL ON FIRB, Through the alleged gross carelessness of a tin- rooter Newark came very near losing its City Hall lastevening. About o quarter past five o'clock, finishing uy his job on the roof, the roofer dumped his bucket of red hot coals on the tin sheathing. ‘The result was that the woodwork underneath soon caught fire near the cupola, and in a few mo- ments the whole roof was enveloped in flames, Fortunately Chief Carhuff, of the Fire Department, was in the building at the time. His men were soon on hand also, and the flames were extin- uished before much damage was done. As it is, rater did more hurt than the fire, The ap Ao and the janitor’s family, resident in the building, were considerably frighten and jor a time a good deal of excitement prevailed, HOBOKEN’S HORROR. Light Breaking Upon the Hidden Homt- cide of the Elysian Fields. A City Car Driver Arrested on Suspicion—His Clothes and Switch Hook Found To Be Stained with Blood—The Vic- tim Still Unrecognized. After a most patient and anxtons research by the Hoboken authorities into the causes which brought about the untimely death of the unknown traveller at the Elysian Fields, circumstances have been brought to light of a strange and startling charac- ter. If these circumstances do not ultimately fasten gujlton the man suspected of having per- petrated the murder, they certainly will place him in an extremely unpleasant position before the pub. lie. Inasmuch as all the suspicions ‘thus far directed towards him are founded on evidence which, however strong, is nevertheless merely circumstantial, it cannot yet be said that he is the assassin, but it is not toe much to state that the authorities feel confident he is in some way connected with the murder. From the fact that conductors and car drivers in Hoboken are generally looked upon as individuals of good character, no suspicion was, even for a moment, . entertained against them, until it grew into a ooR- viction that bd NO OUTSIDE PARTIES could have committed the bloody deed. A couple of days ago Chief Donavan, of the police force, on one of his accustomed visits to the scene of the homicide, noticed on the snow, upon which the victim had fallen, traces of the footsteps of one Person leading from the spot, in a circuit- ous direction, to the corner of Washington and Eleventh streets, where the passing cars are frequently brought to a standstill. Those cars run from the Hoboken ferry te Eleventh street, erceping: round the corner be- fore mentioned in their course, They are drawn by only one horse and have no conductors. The driver stands on the outside platform and the pas- sengers within deposit their fare in a box withim sight of the driver. By the time the vehicle reaches this corner nearly all the passengers have alighted and gone to their respectiyo dwellings in the city. The thought immediately struck the Chief that some one of those drivers, having the deceased on board the car, might have directed him to Weelaw- ken by the pathway, then followed and put an end to his existence tor HIS MONEY AND HIS WATCH, or perhaps for revenge in case of a quarrel on the car. The Chief immediately repaired to the office of the assistant superintendent of the railroad and asked to see the car hooks and switeh hooks used on the road. He was shown the same car which had passed the scene on Thursday evening at or about the time of the homicide. The Chief seized the switch hook thereon and examined it closely, when, to lis utter astonishment, he found traces of BLOOD ON THE EDGE. The hook is about three feet in length, half an inch in thickness and is hooked at one end so as to be held firmly by the hand, The other end is almost trianguiar in shape, one of the sides being slightly curved, The outer angle of the triangular piece of metal is very sharp and pointed. On the curved edge were traces of blood, and on the pointed an- gle were REMNANTS OF BLOOD AND HAIR, This fact received full confirmation when a well- known doctor examined the implement with @ mi- croscope, and was certain that the traces were those of blood and hair. The blood corpuscles, however, looked pale, clearly denoting that the in- strument had been rinsed and washed in water. Stronger still was the light cast upon the sad mys- tery when the hook was brought to the Coroner’s otfige, where the body of the murdered man still lay. The pointed aoe e fitted exactly into the wound in the back of the head, and the ir on the uh) ls corresponded with that on the victim’s head, The other angle of the iron was then placed to the wounds over the right eye, and here, too, a perfect correspondence was observed. Then the curved edge was brought into contact with tha wound on the chin, when it was found that THAT FRIGHTFUL GASH was precisely symmetrical with the iron edge—all the wounds, in fact, had been inflicted with just such andnstrument. The examining surgeon, wha was present with the Chief during those operations, said that he could make an affidavit that just suck a weapon—if not that very weapon—had produced all the wounds. And now there was no time for delay. The Chief rushed hastily towards the ferry and awaited the arrival of the horse cars, on board of which were the drivers who passed the scene of the murder on Thursday evening. In a short time he had the four drivera under arrest, One of these was soon afterwards discharged, he having come into the employ of the: company only on Saturday, The names of the other three are Henry Benach, Fred Seldenach and Charles Berger. The latter was the same on whose car the blood-stained switchhook had been found, He betrayed emotion on being made captive. The others were scrupulously inspected, but no traces of guilt could be found upon them. They likewise answered in a straightforward manner whatever questions were put to them; but when Berger'a clothes were scrutinized blood stains were FOUND ON HIS COAT. He was asked how they had come there, and he amswered that he could not tell. He was asked what time he left the ferry on Thursday evening, but he replied that he did not know—it it have been before six o'clock, or at six, or at half-past six, for aught he knew. The cars, he remarked, did not start at regular periods, (The murder took place between six and halt-past seven). The Su- erintendent averred that the cars started regu- jarly every half hour from the terry. While Berger was answering the interrogations of the Chief and of nis aid, Burke, his voice was evidently nervous, and his demeanor somewhat confused. He is a stout man, above the middle size, about thirty years of age, with dark’complexion, black eyes, hair and heavy mustache, prominent nose and cheek bones, which form a face indicating great determination and impulsiveness. He has a wife and children residing in Grand street, near Newark. To this habitation Officers Kaiser and Egan ‘were despatched to ascertain whether anything could be found there to point further suspicion at Berger. After a careful examination 0! the premises, they FOUND THE WOOLLEN JACKET, and on that, too, biood was visible in two places. How this blood’ came upon the garment Berger could not say. He was, therefore, placed in one of the cells, and his fellow drivers were also locked up, it being believed by the authorities that they know something of the horrible occurrence. At seven o’clock the Chief and Aid Burke brought Berger forth from the cell, and, conveying him ta the Coroner’s office, suddenly confronted him with the mangled remains of the dead man, whereupon Berger again seemed confused, but stoutly de- clared that be had never seen the deceased before. Of course, it would be unjust to construe THE PRISONER'S EMOTION into guilt—the fact is merely stated as seeming to be one of the links in the chain of circumstances so adroitly coupled together by the police. One thing in favor of the suspected man is, the charac- ter of his previous life. In his possession were found some recommendations given him by em- ployers, testifying to his qualifications and good character. He was efile Ae conductor on the horse railroad between Hoboken and Jersey City. It is urged by many against himself and the other drivers that they, who so frequently passed the scene of the tragedy, and knowing that the mure dered man was not tdentified, never once came to the Coroners’ ore to my the remains. While in rger frequent! the cell, Bergen AVED DEEP Stans; Benack and Seldenack laughed and chatted as though they were at home, An oificer was placed in charge all night, and no person was allowed to communicate with them. This morning District Attorney Garretson will take the case in hands and use his exertions towards a further solution of the mystery. Mayor Schmersahl yesterday morn- ing requested Governor Parker to offer a reward for the detection of the assassin, but the Governor has not acted go far, It is hoped that such action may become unnecessary, and that further light may be brought on the case, Meanwhile the ill-fated de- ceased still lies at the Coroners’ office, without being identified, As announced in yesterday’s HERALD, several persons believed they had seen him vending medicines in Hoboken; but several others say that he isnot the man. ‘the coroner's inquest cominences this evening, and many wit- nesses Will be present. A photograph of the corpse will be taken and copies sent all over the coun- try. The INTEREST IN THE CASE continues in Hoboken, and every one is anxions te hear of the capture of the murderer. Throughout yesterday hundreds viewed the body of the Stranger, and crowds assembled round the station house when the arrest of the car drivers became known. The opinions of the people incline to one of two thi Viz., either the homicide was com- mittéd by one of the car drivers or it was com- mitted by a B yao well Known to some of them. While the dead body lay motionless on the snowy pera Within sixty or seventy feet of their track, t would seem as ifa poeng car driver could not fail to perceive it. There are a few other incidents in connection with the affair which, in order thar the ends of justice May not be defeated, are yey withheld from the pubic ear. cai in OF 7us GEnatasy TASKS iil pe jummon e Station house all perse who rode in Berger’s-car between the house of mE and seven on the evening of the assassinatian. ‘Those passengers are yet unknown, but it ia confi- dently expected that, in justice to the prisoner and to the community, they Will all put in ap apyear- ance and testify whether the deceased was tm the car with them or not. Ifit be once estabiished that he was on board it will, in connection with the blood-stained switch-hook and coat ang jacket, form ® powerfal combination of circumstances against the driver, whereas if the contrary be shown it will tend to vindicate the character of the acet though it y iL - pier gh it Would not remove ail gua