The New York Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1873, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. “THE SENATE'S SHAME. Credit Mobilier’s Victims Shiver- ing in the Storm of Popu- lar Indignation. PIOUS PATTERSON’S PLEA. A Long, Weak and Exceedingly Thin Statement in Extenuation.. A“COMEDY OF ERRORS.” ‘What the Great Besmirched Thinks a Friendly Rather than a Business Transaction. HARLAN HAULED OVER THE COALS. The Christian Statesman’s Sudden Loss of Memory. DR. DURANT’S CHECKS. Harlan Declines to Answer ‘Questions Until He Knows What is Ex- pected Lo Re Proved. HE MUST ANSWER. Revelations Qoncerning the Construction and Financial Oondition of the Cen- tral Pacific Railroad, WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 1878, ‘The special committee of the Senate, of which Senator Morrill, of Maine, is chairman, to inquire into the Crédit Mobilier charges against Senators, resumed its session this morning, and Senator Conkling, of New York, was called. The testimony of Mr. MeComb, to the effect that Mr. Ames told him that stock had been given to Mr. Conkling, ‘was read, together with the testimony of Mr. Ames deny- ‘that emphaticall r. Conkling repli never owned or receiv I can corroborate Mr. Ames. I by purchase, gift or otherwise, any stock or interest in the Credit’ Mobilier or thé Pacific Railroad Company. By the lacitic Railroad Com- pany 1 mean the whole road both the Union Pacite ilroad and Central Pucific Railroad, and 1 have never ‘Deen an owner to any extent in eithe: PATTERSON'S STATEMENT, Senator Parrenson, of New Hampshire, was then called and made the following statement: vestigution by the House Committee, of which is chairman, a contlict of statements between iinyself has attracted such attention as to make it proper. I should now refer to it. Though a stranger to Mr. Ames when I entered Congress, I became intimately associated with him in 1864, ina tour of obser- vation tnade in that year, under a resolution of Congress, of a portion of dur Northeastern coast. ‘Thrown "together for several weeks, that inti- macy ripened mto friendship, which induced on my part the utmost trust and confidence. In 1967, influenced perhaps by a previous offer of Mr. Ames to in™ ‘vest money for me which would certainly be productive of profit, [gave him $3,000, Subsequently, m 1869, I gave aan additional $4,000 for the same purpose. The contlict of statements to whieh I have re: ed relates solely to the investment of the first named & he $4,000, it is admitted by both of us, were Invested in the d securities of the Union Pacific Railroad Compa During the late Senatorial election in my State I was formed that a gentleman who opposed my ction to the Senate accused me of owning stock in th Mobilier, and had declared his purpose to use against me this alleged ownership of the stock, and so drew upon me some of the odium which had been excited in the public mind against that compa As No Written memorandum passed between Mr. Ames nd myselt when I deposited the $3,000 with him I had only my memory to appeal to in determining what had Becn suid as to the object of its investment. Feeling very sure that | had desired the first deposit to be Invested as it is admitted the second was, in the stock and securities of the Union Pacific road, 1 stated to my inform int very emphatically that tt was not irue I was interested in the Syedic Motilier. I liumediately sought an interview with Anes and fold him of the effort made to injure me, 1 said to him, “As you know I am not a stockholder in that company } youl be glad if you would write Mr. Roilins and so state, plied, “You are certainly not a stock- holder, and I will so write.” vf spares in detailing ¢on- versations I only ciaim & givé thé substance, not the words used, A short me after this Mr. Ames catné to my seat and submitted to my perusal aletter addressed by litin to Mr. Kollins, which was pertectly satisiuctory, and so T said Ames. On reaching home J found Mr. Ames’ lette y denial, notwithstanding Mr, Rol- y owhership of this stock. Zpenta telegram and a, letter to Mr. Aues, requestin to give me what he had writen io Mr. Rollins, aud Mually received the following letters ’ NOAX'S EPISTLES TO PATTERSON, Wasimxatox, D, C., June 9, 1872, Dean Sm—I have your telegram asking ine to give you Te substance of the letter I wrote w Kollins, You saw the letter. Tadded nothing to itafter you saw ft, and it is the only letter I have written him. tance of it wi heard he was making charges against, you, or Fepreventing you asa holder or owner of stock i the Credit Mobilier, and that there were wrong and. im- proper iniluences in relation to it. I wrote him that { did not think you ever had any of the stock, and, if you had, there wa no more lunpropriety in it than owning dank stock. Yours truly, OAKES AMES. Hon. J. W. Parrenson, Nonrn Eastox, June 12, 1872, Deak, Str—I wrote you trom Washington in reply to your telegram. Thave your letters of the Sth and 12h, this evening, here, on my arrival home trom Washing? I stated in tat letier the substance of my lecter to ns. You saw the letter I wrote bim, and there was othing in that but the truth, and that Mr. Kollinsshould say that the Credit Mobilier of America was a fraudulent concern, and that those engaged in ft perpetrated a fraud on the country, community or its stockholders is simply any untruth. ‘The stockholders of that company contained some of ‘THE BEST MEN OF THE COUNTRY and Mr, Rollins knows it. Such men_as John J. Cisco, General Dix, William H. Macy, M. James Brooks and many others’ ot New York; Gliduen ‘and Williams, Ezra Baker, Elisha Atkins, Samuel Hooper, F, Gordon ‘Dexter. Hon. Jon Oliver Ames, myself apd many others, and 1 am p @ay that Iwasa stockholder in It, aid that there is and ‘was nothing wrong in hol k aity more than 4m owning bank or railro Tr, Kollins should de a n charges, if you had been a toc! in the company, as you were not. If Mr. Kollins can find nothing worse against you than being a stockholder iy the Creuit Mobilier you must de the purest man in New Hampshire or in the United States Senate, Trusting you will not sutler because you are accused ‘of being a siockholder with ine and not Fealizing the profits, Tam, yours truly, OAKES AMES.’ Hon. J. W, Parrenson.” This conversation with Mr, Ames and the letters which it induced would have confirmed. me in the belier that my two investinents were in the Union Pacitic Railroad stock and secu ‘had, theretore, existed on the subject, ther g which could have infu. enced me to represent t olumittee OF the country that my investinent was made in the Union Paciiie Rail Foad rather than in the Credit Mobilier. So tr as Con- gress is interested in this investigation, the only legit- Mate object is to ascertain whether its members hud pri Yate interests in companies subject to its jurisdiction and legislation, as a basis for the turther inquiry Whether that interest had iuproperly inf! action. In this vie i 2 isle ment Was in the s from State au- ty iB No connections with Congres- sional legislation rather than with one which owed its existence to Congress, had received additional legisla: Gon, and was ina condition Which made future legisla- tion nyt improbable. ir. Patterson then quoted from the testimony of Mr. Ames beivre the Poland Gominittee on December I show to the effect that Mr. Patterson bought $f tae, which, wae transferred to a banking jouse jew York by his order, ments of Mr. Ames—s0 collection, which, as already stated, had been Confirmed by iny conversations with ium aud by his letters to uns and myseli—greatly surprised me ; still, appeared betore the committee I thought proper statements to the contrary notwithstanding—to give MY OWN RECOLLECTION as to the character of my dealings with Mr. Ames, and whatl had always believed to have been the move in which my funds had been invested, My testimony was given one month alter these statements were made, that ison n luding my version of the transaction | said thus explicit because I had Deen misre d not because I ace any brescl ot prc egrity in Congressmen por phasing ding it Mobilier stock nore than Payer, wool, lezal tender bonds, bank notes, bank stock, Or Any other species of property lable to be affected by Jegislation, but upon which Jegislation was net Anucipated at the tine of the purchase, Again, the saine idea ts expressed in the examination in relerence ent that inthe first conversation ever had 4s to an investment the Credit Mobilier hin. Mr. Patterson quoved from his any Wctore the Foland Committee, where he stated ould have twhen the stoe : do.s0, and, continuins, said—With these oe ne Money tO Fitek ADsiKS Be to my willingness to ‘becor Credit Mobilier when the subject was frst mentione me, Lanswered the inquiries of the conntitres the ata mehts of Mr. Aines being then betore reeollection and beliet at the um examination, Mr. Aines was again 2%, ‘when, in the by him ‘tigned i signed “by me, date Mey @. 187k. Again, on Yanuary sited juced another receipt written also by Him and signed me, dated Washington, February 1M, 1805, i need not cate that this was « src urprise to ie. Tkonw t had given him receipts in ove or two instances, but h. the slightest impression or recollection that they were of the character which they are. They were never alluded to by Mr, Ames in any of our interviews. andthey surc must have been equally beyond his own recollect ‘when in his conversation with me as to the Senavriu z eleetion and the charge made against me that 1 | ‘Was & stockholder in that company he said { was £0 wrote to Mr. Rollins, ‘The receipts, as 4 date prior to th fea from the inspection | lave mi shove vapers ix genuine, apd I : ts stated in them. ynorance of their word D Trepoved in Mr. Ames. had knowledge ly account for say leno. the e trust and confideace regarded him as a pend wes interest ore, wrote without that care and circum: business tions. 8S ACTION, ha cr or details. It je genuineness of tatement as to the in is sustained and that mine is erro- neous, I repeat now what I have always t10n to & Pro} Mobiiier. than in th ining these sso inv ownership iD 7. Tt was ENDLY RATHER THAN A BI ave Lies: shpmat results from the would have as re: on all occasions as I did rial eh stock and securi- in the Union Pacific Kaltroad, but never in ae Gyn Leg vee es without a doubt of itstruth. in one of these companies or an tiously state that no impro] spt. my soquieiuon ot it, ence Was. erted, ‘Gislator.. Whether these statements be IRA 20,88 | judgmen noimproper or corrupt in- DE. ommittee call should advert ie dressed to M 1 tars ris wae eighte before the mittee of the. Credit. Mobilier h occurred snortly after Mr, Ames had made this statement, so rise, I him in Boston and call rded as 2 mistake in first investment, He repli he recollected tt, but-very _Ikely he mn the deta xt wad a long time {itn requested:me' tosit down. and write out 1m he transaction. Th do, as I was soon to leave tor “write it out when you rett wrote the letter, ered to Hl. Rice, of Maine, A VER} If circumstances in for it, Linvite it earnest to one ther 2 ler—to days after Mr. Ames had testified that I had ora thirty ¢ holidays whic! led he had put the urn ‘ashington. had it copied. by my. by friend, the to whom I explained its con- tol a circumstances which induced As it issecn, the first and largest part relates to the first mes, in which he haa offered t hich resulted in my declining, ‘The statement ot my un- interview and its result was made ‘ecited me Credit Mobiler 48 L had no means at the time. derstanding: of that under the circumstan 70 ENABLE MR, AMES 10 REFRESI 118 MEMORY and to correct Mis deposition, it convinced of ‘Then followed the sentence. commencing, “If know if] purchased. at an . the road you can sai e to very severe criticism for this. Ithas even been raid that it indicates an attempt testify falsely. y, time any » &e, Ihave been subjected to suborn the witnesses: I ask attention to the fact that at th: time no evidence had appeared as to my $4, ment in the Union Pacific Railroad. Iconfess that Ihave a reluctance that my private affairs should without neces- ‘ides this, the public curiosit; ‘Well as what seemed the desire of the committe to the hunt tor stockholders in the ‘did not wish Mr. Ames to state mv ownership in the Union Paeitic Railroad without he was pressed, but ve him liberty to state all the facts. Under nces it was unfortunate I should have used an expression which was aubject to ¢! een conscious of intending so is imputed to me I should hardiy have er copied by my.wife or communicates Chae 9 have trusted nothing the committee sity be made public. rings rr eses embarrassment edi t is letter was in ition that I was the holder of Credit Mobilier sto: w, if the object of my letter was to proc! arrangement with Mr. Ames to free me from have written, “If pressed to know whether I purchased Cridit Mobiller stock you can say I did not, butpur- chased stock in the road.” I have said the first part of my letter explained ding as to What had passed i Believing this stateme would satisty and was correct, and he in tault, :—"Don’t fail to correct your original state It must not be reported as it now Of course, my request for correction was n the impression that my statement should Mr. Ames stated that 1 had written other letters which I had 8 asking him to call at ny Ames my unde ence to the ©) before the committee, make 4s to ats truth him other letters. written him have been no’ oom or allow me tocall at his. ng written the foregoing for the purpose of it to the committee, T received Inquiries irom my business correspondent in New York information which goes to confirm the statem by Mr. Ames of the transfer and deposit of stock in the it Mobilier to my account and benefit, with the firm hough previous communications ondent confirmed me in the belief {uation before the Poland Comimit- tee, that no such stock had been transterred to me or to To state this whole transaction orton, ilies & ¢ the sume corre: expressed in my es others for my benetit. First—I hand Mr. Ames $2 my money and purchases thirty 8 dilicr, bui never transters to me th tions it; he does not ask authority holds it'without my knowing he has even ‘Seroud—He comes to me some months later and says “I and pays me some money, for heed to the charac- his he repeats. From x impression that he had pur- chased for me securities in the road, and not an interest 1. , in his sult with McComb, Mr. ly understood, had sworn he did edit Mobilier stock In trust t had delivered none to me T had a rig! pression that I owned none. senatorial contest Mr. Ames den! both in conversations and in letters, that I holder in the Credit Mobilier; that I ever rece! the stock or any profits on any stock. to believe and assert the same! Then came on THIS “CO! have sold your bo which I receip! ter of the receipt written all thisas lett on my as | was, in my Had T not # right called an investigation, a ot New York. I wrote to Mr, Morton to le: and afterwards, on ny way throug! fucts of this case. I never spoke of truth of what I said than when before the committee of the House, and if in error I now protest the credit be- Thave made this state- which should characterize such have misjudged in supposin in elthor of th exercise Of fi, ua and notto me, my ownership patible with th panies is com- islative obligations and duties, [sh must hold wy own opin The committee tool SENATOR HARLAN The committee reassembled and Senator Harlan was ree: In answer to que 6 had not found: th ecks received from Dr. Durant; had never s of the checks or the stubs had a conversation with Dr. Durant in rela- ion to the cheeks, and asked him if any checks had been drawn by him or paid out of the dunds of th fic Railroad Company to aid the election Towa; he replied inthe negative. | tevenson—I have been notified that the stubs of ks were shown to you in a committee root Before proceeding to Introduce that wit efer that you examine y you retain press coptes, in order th % Ki The witness replied that Our Papers, as You say ay ¢ Would examine his papers, and he could probably fix the date; he had no recolle tion of having been shown stubs or cepies of the check in the Capitol; witness wanted (o know if there were it so he had a right to hear petore replying. said he had been informed by a gen- proved that stu hown to Mr. Harlan ina committee ihe (Senator Stevenson) did not say a been so told, and desired to ask Mr. ockton said he had been informed that the $10,000 urposes,and he therefore de « ¢ Feceived the money himscit, and it so what he did with tt. He had been informed the money was given to Mr. Harlan for another purpose and not for election purposes. and therefore asked e Any witnesses against hi their testimon: tleman that the iact could be of the checks were room im the Capitol Harlan about it. Mr, used for election 1 to ask Mr, Harlan if did not say it was true, ys RK BROTHER NARLAN. Mr. Harlan raised the qi 1 aso the authority of the comtmittee to go into all these subjects. It nimittce to investigate the charge of Credit: Mobiher these outside questions, seen charges published in a ati Gazetie—charg- @ the action of 3 1" Hen Mocormick, | Corruption and not a Senator Stevenson—L leading republican pape ing that this mone: ‘was given to intiue nator Harlan while Secretary of the Interior. uator Stockton said Durant had state was given to aid in the election of Mr. Harlan, as ne could shape the election, The witness now raises the Wf WILT. NOT TELL THE TROT finds out what we expeet to prove. question he desired to ask the witness now ix wha It renator Harlan ¢ v answering this question until . Tt is not as a matter of thing has been made public el ttany duty, as @ sex about it until h ni, id he understood the Senator from Ken - enson) to say that he had additional in- tucky (Mr. steve y jon in regard to the checks, and he thought he had witness again ff he got the those two checks, aber distinctly, and I suppose f gut that for the They were both under my control, @. Who got the money: A. Lendorsed it and gave it to a friend to get the money ; whether he xave the money to me or handed it to some iriend I dun't remember. Q. What is the name of the iriend to whem you handed money tor one, ’ Mr. Harlan—I do not want to bring in the names of Mr. Stockton repeated the question. Mir. Harlan—Well, L will make is necessary that wiry of the Chair- T shall answer that The committee room was cleared, and after a confer. ence of fiiteen minutes among the meabers | were reopened. wat the committee wa question axked as to the distribution of the money rée- ceived was pertinent. -_ the Chairman, an- the opinion that any question was th WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THR FRIEND? a Po. 1 understand that you handed him the check ? r. phe with the mon’ tuned whether Ar. of a friend, ape the money wast A. ig iti currency. 1 have no recollection as to what Mr. Carlton did . It was used to detray the expenses of the | election in fowa; [ have no doubt it was applied as funds are usuaily applied In such cases. Towards your election as Senator? towards the election of the L Mr. Stevenson—Witness first name; he was THe ollect in What §! J not remember Carlton's the agent or Seeretary of ETHODIST HOOK and resided in \ nuld be found now, RUN ew Jersey; did not other funds from a in New York ci know where he Q. Did you receive any «or officer of any railroad com Wot, Witness then explained 1 York, where he received the check trom Durant, and asked Carlton where the bank was; he asked me if tt any bank business; L told him yes, I had « check; Yell, our bank clerk will attend to it” and 1 cay witness did not remember the name of the bank ; hing to do with the distribution of (he of the distribution in Tow do not remember them ve ua the names of some? A. t wall t st if the committee desires it; William the friends with him wh yon ris | Carlton had nou written, as | nataber of friendst eck, and the money might have beer handed sure who it Was handed to, pring that money rk or deposit in tT brought ithe Q. Naine any person, either here or in New York, to whom that $5,000 was distributed. Mr. Harlan—Wel, 1 leave it to the Chairman if I ain to kind Chairmap notified Mr, Harlan that he myst an- signature to ure At ig to be Mr. Harlan—It will require some reflection and haps some search for me to ascertain the names ot all the patioounentet ;one, I remember, was B, 8. . Who did Noble get it from? A, I don’t remember whether it was trom me or some one else. in answer to questions of Mr. Scott the witness testified that "the money was used in paying the expenses of friends in the election; so far as itdepended on witness It was so used. Q. by Mr. Stevenson—Did you, after May 1, 1865, to January 1, ceive any other jnoney from any presi- dent, vice pi agoan or crap to e of any of the three roads known as the Pacific roads? A. Not that 1 am “Mr Stevenson aid. he had comme other questions to, ask r Mr, Harlan, but would postpone. them uot he (Mr. ‘dar. ian) should’ make the examination us to the date of the a Wrigna migekay iveurred inoins election did Boma ~ Bot think much of Ic went into the hands ot the Chair- Ite por by Executive Comiittee; at any rate, a Al " urned until ten pe ar glock the committee adjor THE CENTRAL PACIFIC C, M. Cc. P. Huntington, the Vice President, Before the Wilson Committee—His Ac- count of the Condition of the Road, and How the Contract and Finance Company Made Money. WaAsHINaTON, Feb. 14, 1873. Mr. C. P. Huntington, Vice President of the Cen- tral Pacific Railroad Company, was examined be- fore the Wilson Crédit Mobilier Committee this afternoon with reference to the construction of his road, He detailed the financial embarrassments under which the company labored in building the road, ‘Phe first contracts, embracing perhaps seventy-four or seventy-five miles of the road, were let to eight or ten different parties; L. D. Smith had one contract to build five miles of the ‘road; witness said Charles Crocker & Co, had a contract, but did not remember for how many Iniles wor the sum f money paid them; the Contract and Finance Company was organized in 1867; witness thought to procre labor at reasonable prices and take contracts for constructingthe road; he was one of the incorpor- ato1s and believed Ei was Vi cifle Railroad in the Bast at the 3 7 has also been Vice President from the organtzation of the company; witness got the impression that the Con: tract and Finance Company was to receive in payment for building 600 miles of roaa a part i lock of the road and a part in bonds; the company was to build and equip the road ; before the Central Pacific Railroad Com- pany had let’ the contract to the Finance Company they (the Central Pacific Company) had alread; bought a large amou of for the row nd the Contract and Finance Company paid the Central tle C the Contract ‘and Finance Com- first mortgage bonds; ess’ impression was that the Coutract and Finance ng on this contract but acertain the stock was not then worth more fen per cent as collateral; witness received divi- ds on the contract and some stock, also a tew land grants, but could notgay Low much; at present holds, perhaps, a inillion dollars’ worth of stock in the road, hat don’t remember how many shares he held in the Finance Company; don’t know who made the contract with this company, but he (witness) had nothing to do impression of witness was that te Contract ON DOLLARS; er ot the Central Pa- anization of the road ; st Company now owes litte or nothi oept its bonded debt; the floating debt is covered by cash or, Its equiva- lent n't know what proportion of stock of the Central Pacific Railrond was owned by TUE CONTRACT AND FINANCE COMPAN impression of witness was that he had no personal | of the first lettings of the Contract aud Finance Company, and does not remember to have been present atthe orkanization of the company, the stock af the Central Pacifle Company would not ‘have brought ten cents on the dollar in the market, at the thu ganization of the Finance Company; Was taken originally at par by sricnds of the enterprise; the soc the Central Pacific has no market value; don’t know how many. stockholders there are in the road: it Was thesimpression of witness that a dozen men or firms comtrol& majority of the stock of the road, but was not positive on that point;could not atthe stock would br witness hought soine stock a good while ago for money, but could not recolivet exactly whut he gave for it, but believed he bought it at about par: witness gave a list of THE ASSETS OF THE ROAD, stating that these include in cash beeween one million and two iillion dollars; he also gave an account of the debts of the compan, ir, Shellabarger—Suppose the government should ire the payment of the whole of the semi-annual erest_on the government subsidy except what you pay in the way of transportation, ‘would you be able unetualiy to meet the interestt A.’ I have no doubt that he Central Pacific Railroad Company can meet all its legal obligations. Q. Could you, inthe case stated, pay interest on the overnment subsidy and also on the bonds as they tall uer A. I have no doubt the company could. ‘The witness, in further examination, said the gross earnings of the road were $12,800,000, and that the running ere a little over forty per cent; no dividends holders. our belief the persons who have vlud~ mM ty been prominent in the inanagement of the r ing yourself, have received considerable values, ¢ither in money, bonds or stocks, as protits on contracts made tor its construction? A. I think WE HAVE MADE SOME MONEY? iT have received any at all it is ag a stockholder and in connection with the Vontract and Finance Company. Are not Kone profits more than a million of dollars? A. Not actually, but I think the nominal or face value ot the stock of the Central Pacific Railroad I received would be equal to that sum. Q Isit not your belief that your firm received in the ghape of bonds considerable profits on your shares? A, My Impression is we have received some value In bonds, it not more than one hundred thousand dollars according ur bel A. L think it very likely. Q. Is tv notover five hundred thousand dollars? A, ‘ot five hundred thousand doilars. Witness, having been interrogated as to the business of . Franchot at Washington, said it was to bring the at- teution of members ot Col ess to the views of the con pany on the pending questions. Is Mr; Franchot known as concerned in, what ts ye is the y Not at all: Mr. Franc agentot the Central Pacitlc Railroad; he is above re- proach; J haye known him sor many years. ~~ JOSEPH B. STEWART. In answer to a question by Mr. Hoar witnoss said he was here in 1964; he recollectéd meeting Joseph B. Stew- artas a man of considerable influence. Witness having been reminded that Stewart testifled that he received moncy trom witness, the Jatier, said if wart had so testified it was true, he gave Stewart 000 to be used in ® proper way to explain the rat the companys witness had never given money thing of value, or paid directly or directly to any cr of Congress tor the sake of interesting him in matier concerning the Central Pacific Railroad; he had no knowledge of money having been pald by others for such purposes, nor did he ever have any negotiations with Fremont and Mullett to remove the opposition of the Kansas and Lowa Railroad Company to the act of 1364 for the benefit of the Pacific Railroad. A long examination followed as to the stock and bonds, interest, &c., of the road. Mr. Sheilabarger asked what was the aggregate amount ot profits divided among the members of the construction company for that company t The witness replied that he did not know, nor were any of the gentlemen who could answer the question now in ountry; the books too Were in Calitor- done that Was not proper to be done; ad Was built at less expense than any other road ately astothe lenuth and under like circum. the company have done everything they agreed to do tor the goverument, which had been better served than the company. : The committee adjourned till to-morrow morning. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, MH ‘The fourth Philharmonic concert takes place this evening at the Academy of Music, Madame Nilsson-Rouzeand wiil positively appear in this city in Italian opera next season, beginning October 1. A proof of the great popularity of Mr. G. L, Fox is seen in the faces of many little children while contemplating the remarkable face of “Humpty Dumpty.” The rush to see “David Garrick” at Wallack’s 18 80 great that the orchestra has been put out of sight, and chairs are placed in the fiddlers’ places to accommodate the audience. A new play, entitled “Without a Heart,” by Mrs. Sheridan Shook, 1s soon to be produced at the Union Square Theatre, with Miss Agnes Ethel in the leading part. It is spoken of by those who have seen it as a strong play. Miss Ethel con- cludes her Boston engagement this evening and appears in Brooklyn next week, The Mills matinée at Steinway Hall this after- noon promises to be a very brilliant affair. Mr. Mills will play Liszt's ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream” and an arrangement of his own from Schumann and Chopin, with a transcription of the “Blue Danube Valse," which he never before performed in public. ‘The soloists Include many well-known names, and the programme Is not too classical for the popular taste. Miss Bickford, who, we are told, “came here a stranger and did not at first understand how tountie and unravel the red tape which certain incompe- tents have, by virtue of custom, tied about the efforts of strange artists fora hearing,” is soon to appear in this city ina piay specially written for her. We are further assured that she is “a come- dienne of true talent, who has conquered a conti- nent in a professional way, and is pleasant and handsome and quite magnetic enough to carry any audience with her.” We sincerely hope she may succeed in spite of the overpraise and faise ideas of “red tape’ which her tnjudicious friends are putting into the newspape: TAKEN ON ORANOE, George L. Ganty was arrested by Detective George Eider, on Thursday, on suspicion of being | concerned Inarobbery of some extent that took place one day during the week. Ganty was pre- viously taken by the same officer on Tuesday last on a Fourth avenue car, where the officer supposed he had intended to operat When they got to Union | squarg, on the way to Central Office, Ganty twisted {| himself out of tne officer's hands and escaped. | Detective Elder met kim in the street on Thursday and again arrested him. He was about taking the prisoner to Court yesterday morning when De- tective Heidelverg stopped him, saying, Was sent back to the cells, as he is su to be connected With a iobbery of $5,000, done by What is Known as “Red Tim's gang.” Captain Irving sent out oMcers yesterday to hunt up evidence against Ganiy, and he will be arraigned at the ‘Towbg Police Yourt before Judge Hogan to-day. ¢ Metropol! tan Hotel—I ke name of the hotel. Have you a copy of those papers? A. I have. luce the copy? yy, marked exhibit ‘A,’ and filed.) PIDAVIT OF MISS CATON. Batriaone, Md., Jul, manly omens. and, aft em) ites Treasury, did a offers, and for Near I mis ‘ome! POMEROY'S NEMESIS. York’s First Favor from the Chris- tian Kansas Senator. (Witness here my place, | did go itimore, Md., and slept eeeee eee ht of 29th of February, 1963, at said ‘whereof of the foregoing and within I and year above ALICE hereby sign my name this day THE ALICE CATON SCANDAL, before me this 6th day of Hyzaxp, Notary Public, The ailidayit of W. C. Carman acc i, the shoe ¢ Avie reoniyl 0 iin Son le oc! ni f the ofte nee. Q. After receiving these pupers from General Mc- £ to Pomeroy’s house? A, I did, ry Pai erenine and, if tances? A, I did; he receive me in what I would designate as his imide f red from the Kisrry ing present, and while I was Caldwell came in. Q. What, :f anything, did you do and say to Senator Pomeroy on that evening, and what did he A. After a few moments? general conversation, I remember his asking me when I was going home; I expressed the wish to have an interview with him at ence, and asked him if could not see him at hi committee room next mornin; uests and invite The Curious Use York Made of Some Affidavits. of the comm! Ewen did you that same even Q. Did you see what cir A NIGHT IN BALTIMORE. Where is the Young Man Who Slept with Senator Pomeroy? Py tant te is earliest conveni- The Danger of Appointing a Young Lady to a Treasury Clerkship—The Way York Convinced the Senator—“Knowl- edge is Power” Enough to Move a Land Office. Pomeroy excused me into the next the street, and indicated his r what I had to offer then; he sat down upon a sofa or lounge, I think, and 1 took a chair in front of him; I showed him the papers I had received from General. McEwen and-asked him to read them ; he said in repty to interrogations by me that he did write a letter recommending the appointment to @ position in the ‘Treasury Department of the woman therein reier- red to; that he was at Burnum’s Hotel in Baltimore, Md., at the time stated in said papers; that THE WOMAN REFERRED TO therein was there at the same time; at the same time said he did not remember the number of the room he occupied; did not know whether the said woman Occupied a room adjoining his, but thought her room was near his; could not say whether there was a communicating door between the one he occupied that bight and that occupied by the woman; he denied having any improper relations with the woman; said a youn; he could not then call to mind, went to Baltimore with him and occupied the same bed with him that night; was confident he could get the young man’s afildavit to that effect; said these papers were got W. C, Carman and some one else, I think by y, a8 a blackmailing scheme, had been attempted upon handler; I understood him THE SAME MEN WITM THE SAME WOMAN ad made the similar charges, himseif to his Tr gness to heal TorEKA, Feb. 9, 1873. The great Pomeroy-York political exposure and sensation has served fully to develop, as I set forth in my last letter, the curious scandal which per- tains in acertain manner to Senator Pomeroy’s social reputation, and which has now for tha first time, though @ matter of some little notoriety for several years past, been placed on record in an It may be as well for the people to know that the composition of the Legislative Investigating Committee is by no means of a parti- san character—t. ¢., so far as partisanship ordi- narily exists. In this Legislature of 133 members there are just 132 republicans of the radical stripe and one liberal republican, pendent, constitutes the purely political minority, and you may estimate his delightful position when hat, in answer to my question whether there any democrats in either House, answered by a member :— “Yes ; one—at least he is a liberal, and that’s just the same thing.” In the aspect of partisanship the two Houses, prior to York’s exposure of “the ola man,” were simply Pomeroy and chances largely in favor of Pomeroy for the Sena- United States official manner, man, whose name He, solitary and inde- yy and that the same thin; Senators Morton and to mean that inst Morton and have such things brought out against him, even if they were false, and did not want to take the time and trouble to disprove them; and that he would very much regret having such things said of him by persons of character and standing, but did not care what the democratic papers might say, as it would be. regarded as a political lle. Q. Did younot at the time you handed these papers to Senator Pomeroy speak about the Land Oflice and say In substance that you wanted to show him that you Were in earnest, or that you had never been able to make him understand the importance — of anti-Pomeroy, TWELVE YEARS OF OFFICIAL LIFE had to a certain extent strengthened him, so that he was a dictator, in a fashion, of the af the State, and though he had unquestionably be- come unpopular as arule among the people there was not wanting alarge element among the politi- cians who clung tenaciously to his same spirit of obsequiousness and self-interest that a political “king-pin” always commands, Committee of Investigation, then, is views only on this question of personality, and a majority, probably, were Pomeroy men, though just at present it is a little dificult to pick out any Pomeroy men, except those who were so zealous | and unfortunate as to have been blatant of their preferences just before the election of Ingalls, course they have got to face it, and as they com- prise most of the able men in the Legislature they make out to hold their positions with some dig- nity and considerable skill. to forestall the removal to Independence, a and explained FH to him personally? Independence, and that this matter of the pap referred to was known to several there; that the Democrat had already published somethin it, but that the better part of the communi never given credit to their truthfulness; but if we failed to got the Land OMce alter what he had promised to the people while there, and to Colonel Grass and Mayor Wilson since, probabie that, in their disappol ting the office and THEIR INDIGNATION TOWARDS AIM, ht use these statements against him; that iison was cognizant of the allegations and charges contained therein and was quainted witn W. C. Carman; that the removal of the Land Office would tend to make him triendi disarm any attempt to slander him oy injure his character in connection with these charges; that was, just as near as 1 can remember, my state- ment to him. Q. What else, ifanything, did Pomeroy say? A, In addition to what 1 have already in substance that he particularly stand by him in this matter, and pledged himseif on the honor of a man that the Land Office should go to Independence by the 1st of April, but wanted me to agree that it would be satistactory for him to promise its removal whenever the register and ceiver should recommend its removal or the ‘strip bill’? should pass, and I remember asking him whether he could get his colleagues to agree to such an arrangement, so I could carry back some definite assurance, to which he replied in substance that HE COULD HAVE WHATEVER HE ASKED of the Interior Department; that he was in earnest now about this matter, and would meet me at the | commissioner's office the next morning at eight o’clock and arrange the matter definitely. here took a@ recess, ing the afternoon session, on motion of Mr. Scofield, the resolution adopted at the organization of the committee, restraining the press from publishing the testimony until permission to that elect was given, was rescinded, and the CROSS-EXAMINATION OF SENATOR YORK ‘was resumed by Mr. Hutchings. Q. Did you know that sc davits before you went to Washington? A. I think Mayor Wilson tola me McEwen had these afi- davits; [ went to McEwen to learn what he knew about the matter; Icannot state whether I asked McEwen tor them or he first offered them to me; I cannot remember whether Wilson’s letter intro- ducing me to McEwen mentioned the ailidavits or not, but think it did, as Wilson had been in Wash- ington just previously and told me he had spoken on the subject to Mckwen, 8 not the purport of that letter .that was to furtush those afidayits to necessary, to influence Pomero, removal of the Land Oilice? A. to that, but | understood the object o! it to be to enable me to obtain the information from General McEwen to use as I might require in securing the removal; the affidavits I got from copies of the originals; 1 returned them through it is my recollection that General the originals, or knew where they were. When you weni to Pomeroy’s house that night ‘ou not intend to use those aMfdavits to infu- ence Pomeroy to assist in removing the Land Oftice? |, by showing to him the situation of affairs stated; the city of Independence four delegates to Washington, in- cluding myself, and furnished office rent fer one ear, paid expenses of removal of the office from Neodesha to Independence and assumed pay- ment of clerk hire in the Register’s and Recetver's office for one year, amounting to §: they issued scrip. THE OFFICE LIFTED, - Q. After this interview with Pomeroy, when you showed him the aifidavits, did you see him again before you left Washington? A, Yes next day at Commissioner Drummond the Interior Department, and went with Mr. Delano’s office, and from there to the Capito! with him, and afterwards saw him again in the.waiving room of the Senate cham- ber; 1 think while we were in Mr, Drummond's room he took me into a smaller room and gave me a letter purporting to be irom W. C. Carman to him about the charges made in the affidavita, with | the request that 1 would copy the same, return to him the original, and askin, irts with the divided in its that it was not Im- ‘tment in not get- ersonally ac- Thave said this much, likely misap- riven, he said iesired me to either the propriety or necessity of bring- Caton-Pomeroy affair present inquiry. It would, viewed by the people ata distance, present a spectacle somewhat re- sembling that of a stable full of jackasses kicking the dead lion, but no such ungrateful conduct is York told sucha straight cir- cumstantial story in reference to the whole bribery topic that probably the only man who would con- tradict 1t 1s Pomeroy himself—and then people But there were, of course, Pomeroy men on the committee, and they made up their minds that even if THE OLD CHIEF were humbled his victorious enemy should at least make no ev@luring reputation for himself out of the struggle. “The existence of the Caton scandal is well known,” they said; “but it is not so well known,” they further said, “that the virtuous York has used the facts ofthat scandal for purposes of blackmail.”” And 80, while Pomeroy’s political reputation was blasted by an insidious enemy his social reputation friends acting being indulged in, Loud Calls to Have t' would laugh at him. The committee Upon resum- en had these am- t superficial, and, in vindication of Colonel Bogy, worse than worthless one. We once more demand, in behalf of Colonel Bogy’s reputation and in behalf, of the democracy of this State, that the case be taken up again and dealt with in a manner becom- role of avengers. ing grown up men, eral lawyers on the. committee—indeed York himself 18 @ lawyer, ag well as a lawmaker and ex- soldier—and they apparently understand the legal maxim, “When you have got no defence attack the And that is just how the committee came to take up the Caton afuir yesterday and pursue itup to nine o'clock last night, at which time it Was understood they had got all they ex- pected to get out of York and would need him no more on the witness stand at ieast. committee had assembled the Chairman, Senator Guerin, read the tollowing despatch, which he was uthorized to telegraph to Washington :— ToreKa, Kansas, Feb. 8, 1873, that the joint committee to assist in the cannot state as McEwen were Hon. 8, C, Powrror:— Tam instructed to notify yo appointed to investigate charges of bribery and corrup- tio against you are now in session. c the committee is respecttully requested, uble to attend, any verified statement by you'of the 1 ostire will be duly considered by th y W. £. GUERIN, as I have alread: paid expenses of ter ot the York by },400, for which hairman of Committee, The direct examination of York was then re- sumed by Mr. Hutchings :— Q, Lunderstand you to say that you requested Page to agcertain if it would be agreeable to Pomeroy to see you in company with a friend. Had you then formed the plan to expose Pomeroy by the means afterward resorted to? A. [had not. . Had you at the time you requested Page to do this had any interview with Pomeroy except thé one in the hall and the time you went with Gilmore after coming to Topeka? A. Not that I can now Pomeroy to Secretar, Q. When you went with Gilmore did he ask you t was in this way—Gilmore did not know as I would be willing to see Pomeroy, and I told him I would not hesitate to go Pomeroy, a8 | Was anxious to help Gilmore if pos- Q. If you had not, at the time you requested Page to arrange this interview, formed this plan to did you seek such an inter- A. Ldid not seek the interview ; after being solicited severai times by Page to see did request Page to ascertain if Pomeroy desired, or wouid see me in the presence of @ iriend; but the request was not in the way of asking an inter- view, Dut as to Pomeroy’s willingness to have me take a friend with me. Q. Had you, at that time, any reason to believe that Pomeroy was using money to influence mem- vote for him? A, | had me to retain the co) in contradiction of those charges they shouid be brought against him by any one of any importance or character; 1 think it was in tadt same room that he spoke of THE “YOUNG MAN’? already referred to as sleeping with him at Balti- Witness was here requested to of the letter, which he did, and t) with him to see expose Pomeroy, wh, roduce the copy ¢ letter was put The amidavits which you got of McEwen were ished a few days betore the Senatorial election last month, were they not, and distribated in cir- cular form ‘about Topekay a sire to say it was done without my having any- thing to do with it, and that such publication was not made from the copies in my possession; he d them to me at the interview I had with inthe presence of Major Eldridge, Cap- tain Peck and Mr. Page; he said something about a Mr, Starr having ‘TRIED TO BLACKMAIL HIM or sell him the affidavit e to be published, bers of the Legisiatare not. Q. When did you first form the acquaintance .of A, At the time of that ine Simpson and Johnson ? Q. Was there any understanding between Simp- son, Johnson and yourself that you were to obtain evidence from Pomeroy to use against lim in the caucus’ A, There was not. Q. Have you stated in your previous testimony the substance of all the matters discussed and talked of between yourseli and Pomeroy at the last interview With himon the night of January 27, 1873? A, don't think of anytuing L omitted that I deemed of any importance; Tintended to state the substance of that interview, Q. Did you not visit Washington before the Sen- atorial eiection as the agent of your city to procure moval or the United States Land Oflce trom i ith whom did you go to Washing- ton? A. T left Independence De ember 26, 1871, for Washington; Judge De Long, now Mayor of In- dependence, had preceded me a lew days. Q. Did you take a letcer ire of independence, to General McEwen. Q, When you arrived in Washington did you see and solicit the assistance and Influence of Pomeroy to furtier the object of your visit? A. Ldid. 11 also see and solicit. the influence and of Senator Caldweil and Representative Lowey A. I did; [met those three gentlemen at the residence of Senator Caldwell on the evening of January 15, 1872, Jadge Delahay also being preseut; the deciston of the delegation at that time was unanimous in favor of taking no action ior the time being to effect the removai of the United states Land Office to Independence, uu Immediately or soon these three gentiemen visit General wesent your letter from Mayor ; 1 think the day following. Q. In your interview with General Mcikwen did you receive from him any pavers bearing upon the A. L received papers of eral MokWen op the gpm: ‘and that le understood and that tt would clect » the first vote; That Thad nothing to do with the and that Lnever knew about them until [ him, if it were dot him at that time fn: affidavits being published, that Starr knew anything reached Lawrence, on my way to To) spoke of having received @ Mr. Wilson, of Independence, soon ‘9) arrival here, informing him that Starr o Topeka witu those anidavits. Q ua have any conversation about the affidavits when you got the $2,000? A. I think not. Q At the ttine you were in Washington were ‘ou not the editor Oi a newspaper? had a financial interest in the South Kansas Tripune, but no part in its Management; I wrote to and received letters from Pomeroy in reference to the removal of the Land Onice; L received four and Witness produced a letter dated January 17, 1872, from Mr. Pomeroy, saying, “I received this from the hands of Mr. Pomeroy before I left Washing- ton,” and a letter dated January 28, 187) received this letter atter I got qQ. When and wi Wilson, then Mayor it. Witness also produced the reply referred to, dated February 6, 1872; also @ letter from Pomeroy, uary 3, 1872, and a letter in reply thereto, dated February 8 1872; Pomeroy, dated February 12, 1872, which witness said he did not remember having replied to. Q. (By Senator Guerin)—Did you or did you not, while in Washington, at Pomeroy, threaten to use the aMdavits you had against him if he did not use his influence to secure the removal of the Land Office? A. 1 did . % (By Mt, Sgotiela) —Thep What WAR TOU Obiect also letter from “Wait, I want that man.’ The prisoner | Mekwen,, and interview with Mr. Wilson’ Ay ain character of Pome! Such character frou x vit u ts Carman at Washington city? A. As near as! can ive the words, Taide petore HANDING LIM THE AFFIDAVITS, oui le about getting the Lind Office removed He tod the importance their success to yourself,” or “to you personally. Q, Did you, after saying this, hand him the aff- davits without further remarks on your part? A. It is my impression that I did. [have been refresh my memory as to whether I did explanation of my meaning to him before he read the aitidavits or not, and my conclusion is that I ao until wap yroee ri eo ae ‘ere you ut any time ronal poli friend of sodator Pomeroy, and, if Fal that friendship terminate, and what caused termination? A. I was at one time itical friend of Mr. Pomeroy, and never cause to think him unworthy until I had been to Washington; I did not then deem the intormation: ;: ee! received aj aye Bip fot ied to as ae in mang @ public stan ys as not until fan become a ah seen nod the position I now hold that I Togacied, it as my duty to declare against his re-clection, and I did so before Lre- celved my nomination for the same b poatt o Q Did you, iu conversation with P, B, Maxol any time pena to the late Senatorial seg De — abl means aang bee ihe Penna ere more ae; ing any that Mr. Pomeroy could use to secure his re-elec- tion, or rg Md to that effectY A. I do not think I did, but remember speaking to Mr. Maxon au pcs Stine ne ae a recated, an & disgust a iA ¥ tended etteet. good many—or words to that . YORK'S DISCLAIMER. At the evening session Mr, York said, in reply to permission to make any further statement he de- sired:—‘Until alter the late Senatorial election I have never spoken of my interview with Mr. roy at Washington. 1 never showed the papers. received trom General McEwen except to a few con- fidential friends. During the late contest Ihave never sought to use this matter against and knew nothing about the design of Mr. Starr un! the time staved. Ihad nothing, directly or im rectly, to do with the publication of those afi- davits, and the knewledge I gained from Mr- Pomeroy and his being at Baltimore, and so forth, Ihave kept sacred with me, so far as giving it to the public. Until I became a candidate for my parece position | never sald or did anything to injure Mr. Pomeroy lu public esteem, and in that matter of the affidavits 1 have kept faith with him honestly. I have never applied to him for any pubiic position or any personal favors of any Whatever, and i have never been injured person- ally in avs way by him, and in no sense have F been actuated in my late conduct by personal un- imiendliness to him.” Ky Mr. Hutchings)—Did you not, in this committee room, after rehearsing the circume stances of your interview with Mr. Pomeroy at his house in Washington, when you showed bim the Siidayita. use che follow! language :-—“L confess that the means employed by me to secure Mr. Pomeroy’s influence were questionable, but went to get the Land Ofice, and Igotit?? A. b think that 18 what 1 said, unless the word ‘“‘per- peed in there; I think I said “perhaps ques- lonable, Q. Did you then intend to mean that the show- ing of the affidavits to Pomeroy to secure his. influence was ‘perhaps questionable?” A, Yes. To Mr. Guerin—I went to Washington as the ey of the oly of Independence, and was fur- et nished with a letter trom the Mayor to General McEwen, with an intimation that he (McEweny magne help me. ‘his closed the day’s testimony, and the com- mittee adjourned until Monday morning, when Ben Simpson, J. ‘Gahorn, ). Horton and Governor tis said, wili be culled to the witness stand. THE POMEROY INVESTIGATION, Remarkuble Statement Before the Come mittee by a Remarkable Individual. . Louis, Feb, 14, 1873. Mr. C. A. Parasbacker testifiea yesterday before the Pomeroy Investigating Committee at Topeka, Kan., to the effect that Pomeroy authorized him to use money to influence the votes of Represent-- atives Davis and Cummings, but that he (Pomeroy) furnished him with no money to.pay them. also swore he was authorized by Jud; to offer Representative Bacon 000 vote for Pomeroy, and that he made the offer and Mr. Bacom relused it. He testified further that he was the guest of Mr. Pomeroy at the hotel during the can- vass, and, in answer to a question, live ‘at Waterloo, lowa, where hé was once eon- victed of burglary and served two years and a halt in the one but was afterwards pardoned by the Governor, it innocent of the crime; and further, that he told Judge Horton and Colonel Ennis a fe if they would loan him $50 he would leave the city and not appear belore the committee. He Horten said he used to being discovered that he was lew days since ~ BOGY'S ELECTION, Senatorial Inves= tigation Reopened. Sr. Lous, Feb. 14, 1873. The Republican this morning, referring to the minority report on the subject. of the Senatorial bribery case, submitted to the House yesterday, says that it seems from the report that very im- portant statements before the commit- tee have been concealed from the pub- lic, and adds that the report will more than ever convince the ple of Missouri this investigation has been an exceedingly NEW PHASE OF THE LOUISIANA HUBBUB New ORLEANS, La., Feb. 14, 1873. At a meeting of both Legislatures yesterday, the republicans agreed to accept the proposition of the fusionists to organize a General Assembly, com- posed of members returned by both Boards, pro- vided such course is acceptable to the national administration, A committee was appointed to, talegtaph the Washington authorities for infor- mation. “THE GERMAN LIBERALS. - Further Reorganization—Sympathizing with Havemcyer and Spain. ‘The German Liberal Democratic Central Com- mittee, recently organized from the. ranks of the late German liberal republican organiza- tions and of the German democrats, who effected a fusion during the late Presidential campaign, held a méeting at the Teutonic. Assembly Rooms last night. Judge Michael 0, Gross occu- pied the chair, and Mr. Anthony Erckhoff, on be- half of the Executive Committee, submitted @ feport, stating that the Piglet lection o Mingett a Se nanan and pyrene formation of the following —_ committees :—Finance Committee, Henry Woltmann, Dr, William Schirmer, Edward Bucks, Clans Puckhofer, Edward Schiisting, Adam John Honig; Committee of O font Goroner, Herrman, Henry Shields andothers. Committee of or Fnetee Micreon, Peter Bauer and others; Commit- leetions, Jacob Seebacher, Jacob A. Gross soe owners; Committee on Resolutions and Corre- fe ad Dr. Hartwig Gerke, Charles others. turalization, Andrew. Schmidt, G. ners; Publication Committee, Dr. Wendt and Resolutions were passed declaring that the at- tempt of the dominant party to change the pres- ent administration of affairs in our city is suff, cient evidence of the jolly of the democrats and. other friends of municipal reform te make coibi- nations and bargains before the _ election with a party whose leaders do not) hesitate to repudiate all promises after the same; and that they sympathize with the friends of re- form of @ responsible city administration in. rallying areund Mayor Havemeyer. ‘Resoiutions were also passed calling upon the- Commissioners for the revision of the constitution, to introduce an amendment. to the .con- stitution inaking common school education, obligatory a8 a means to root out the fucreasing corruption and crime in this country, especially in the large cities, ‘On motion of Dr. GEnKE a resolution was passed congratulating the people of Spain on the establish- ment of the Republic in Spain, and a long discus- sion ensued regarding the means of communi- cating this action to the Spanish government, without arriving definite decision, BEAL ESTATE MATTERS, One Sale on "Change Only—Several Goot Private Transactions. Only one legal sale was held yesterday on the Exchange, of No. 66 Front street, four story brick. store, 20.8x85.0 on one sile and 85.11 feet on the other, made by E. H. Ludlow & Co. to W, W. Thompson, for $17,700. This property had beer sold ub One Month ago, but the purchaser find~ ing the lot several inches shorter than tx spectfi- cation sued to recover his advance payment, and won the suit; hence the reselling of the property. At private sale we have the foliowing transac- tions to report: — By L. Friedman and G. Lespinass on the south vide of Sth stroek 78 fect Guat we Otten ot feat front, Wieet on r and Jo) feet deep, for $75,000." J ve, four story house sidé of U1th st., 10) tect cast of 2d av Tot dadvcabe tor 8. 180 By V. K. Stevenson, Jr. the three story fh stoop « brown stone house 175 ‘East brown st se 175 East 73d st., 2x45xhalt the block, By Mr. J. Weed Rell, the owner, one lot_on the south: west coruer of 7th ay. aud 143th Shy 2AJ1E4U0 feet, fu),