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4 many friends, May be half white good, half white bad. All boys here one mind. Want whites all one mind. I tell him truth. I want tell him gas before fight, same as white man after fight. Indian, I want no Indian law. Want same law for white and Indian. WANT INDIAN SAME AS WHITE MAN. When Meacham done talking, if he tell no lies, be same as white man. Meacham’s side only half-minded. This side all one mind. Igo Yreka. I go as white man; money in pockets ; go tostore ; buy what I want. I make more friends with whites. Mr. Meacham must not think treachery from any boys. They all act all right. Wash all the blood from these boys make them same as women. I only got new men. | SORRY WHITE MAN AFRAID TO TRAVEL THIS WAY. Like people travel every way.”” Captain Jack then went over the story of the fight on Lost River and directly denied .| that the Indians shot first, and then said: —¢ “Tell Meacham I want him to come to no gassing. Tell him not, be scared this man from paper afar off. He come to hear me talk, He hear no lie. He hear no more hard stories about me. Did not make first fight. I want every good. I am not ashamed of first fight: Glad to see white come to talk.” Mr. Fairchild then put a series of questions in order to find out WHERE THEY WISHED TO MEET, how many they were going to bring, and whether they objected to the Commissioners bringing soldiers, and Captain Jack answered, saying that “all his boys wanted to hear the talk. WHITE MEN MIGHT COME, BUT NO SOLDIERS. Soldiers make his boys feel bad. Twelve or fifteen white men come; want paper man to come. No want Lalake, Jim Parker or Modoc Sally. No like ‘them. Keep soldiers where they are. Come to-morrow; come first day ready. Come soon; tired waiting. Want to talk.’’ Schonches then spoke for a little, chiefly against Meacham and the Commission bring- ing soldiers. ‘Indians bury the hatchet. NO WANT TO SEE SOLDIERS, MAKE HIM FEEL BAD. Meacham not be scared. Boys waste all the blood. Mean good. Talk truth. Meacham mean peace; soldiers no good for peace. Afraid somebody your side wants to make blood again. Don’t like it. Perhaps tell lies. I want to make all good; tell no lies. SOLDIERS LIKE DOGS—THEY COME WANT BLOOD. White men come all right.”” Van Bremen’s Rancu, Feb. 25—10 P. M. As soon as Schonches had finished we started for our horses, and I arrived here about seven P. M. Although the route is only twenty miles it is over a very rough country. From what I have seen of the In- dians in the lava beds and from what I have learned of their history I think THEY HAVE BEEN BADLY TREATED and that the origin of the war can easily be The California settlers have never had any trouble with these Indians. They are now in a stronghold that is nearly impregnable, and, as they have many men and good marksmen, it will requirea force of a thousand men to clean them out, and it cannot be done without a fearful sacrifice of life. They © HOLD THEMSELVES INNOCENT OF ANY CRIME, as, after the white men attacked, they do not consider it any wrong to kill white men, and when they made their raid they spared women and children. If the Peace Commissioners expect them to give up the Indians that killed the settlers, they need not for one moment flatter themselves of obtaining such a result, as the Indians will fight to the last man, be- lieving they have done no wrong. They are, however, willing to go on a reservation, and if the whites only keep faith with them and the Indian agents do not ROB THEM OF THEIR SUPPLIES, for which the government pays, they will re- main quiet like the rest of their tribe and give no further trouble. It is very doubtful, how- ever, whether the present Peaco Commission will do any good with these Indians, as I am satisfied from what I have seen in the lava beds that they distrustthem. Isincerely trust that peace will be made, as more war can only result in much bloodshed and very little traced to a few Oregonians. honor. I send this by special messenger to Yreka. Captain Jack Started to Meet the Peace Commissioners. ‘ SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26, 1873, Captain Jack has started for a place three miles west 0! his camp, at the south end of Tule Lake, at which point he will meet the Peace Commission- ers, The Indians are opposed to any soldier being present, but Captain Jack said be would talk with General Canby, The soldiers would frighten his men, but they would meet unarmed any number of citizens, provided they (the whites) also came without weapons, The Indians would not agree to any other terms or place for council. Captain Jack would wait until Thursday for Messrs. Steele and Rosborough, but objected to Messrs. Applegate and Meacham as Commissioners. They have not yet decided whether they would accept Captain Jack's proposalsas to the time and place of meet- ing. THE NEZ PERCES INDIAN DIFFICULTIES, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26, 1873, Captain O'Donnell has received orders trom the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to go without delay to the Nez Percés Indians, who have lived for many years in the Walla Watla V alley, Oregon, and now object to the whites Settling on their lands. He is to try 16 persuade them to go to their reservation, but, if they reiuse, to leern their rea sons and views, and make arrangements for thera to remain or locate them in some ottier place, DEATH IN THE TOMBS, Coroner Keenan was yesterday catied to the Morgue to hold an imquest on the body of Join Perry, a man forty years of age, who died in the Tombs from congestion of the brain, Deceased, who had no friends, home or means of support, been committed on the charge of intemper- d formerly lived on Island, | \ NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. MITIGATED PUNISHMENT. Oakes Ames and James Brooks Censured by the House of Representatives. CLOSE OF THE CREDIT MOBILIER FARCE, Escape of All the Other Impli- cated Congressmen. APPEARANCE OF THE CONDEMNED. Scenes and Incidents of the Great Trial and Pen Pictures of the Counsel. HOOPER AND DAWES ON THE RAOK. Proposition to Censure the Pig Iron In- nocent and an Exciting Debate. cae leretibe termes TWO VICTIMS TOO MANY. Hilarity in the Oourt and General Good this hour Brooks received visits from the leaders on his aide of the House, assuring him of support and sympathy. ‘The cold, crafty face of Eldridge, of Wisconsin, was in close Proximity to the holiow, corpse-like countenance of Brooks for some time at this stage of the proceedings, In the early part of the afternoon Brooks gravitated between his desk, the sofa and the cloak rooms. When Poland's time was up there was an almost universal desire that he be permitted to continue for a while longer, but Dwight Townsend objected strongly, and Poland did not urge the point. It was now fifteen minutes past twelve. The Crédit Mobilier case, 50 far a8 the Poland Committee was concerned, was now completed. There was a subdued rumor after the. venerable Chairman was silent, and then all waited for next move. Noone at this period had the re- motest idea that THB RESOLUTIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE POLAND COMMITTEE would be adopted. Quite a number of hearts on the republican side of the House were throbbing at this time with unusual excitement. There was & rumor afloat that once the cases of Brooks and Ames were disposed uf, there would be an on- slaught made on the rest of the implicated members to include them ina vote of censure. The Speaker here announeed that Sargent’s preamble and reso- lutions were now before the House for its consider- ation as substitutes for those of Poland's commit- tee, Sargent’s substitute was pending when up came Farnsworth. He astounded the whole House by the cool propositien to lay the whole matter on the table. Brooks and Ames looked pleased at this, and for, a moment it seemed as if the proposition would meet with favor; butits temerity was too much even for those who had hoped for its success. It was defeated by 50 yeas to 160 nays. Many voted for this proposition on the ground that the House had no jurisdiction to act in the case. Butler, Voorhees, Eldridge—all the leaders that represented tnis position—were for laying the whole matter on the table. After this dodge was circumvented by the above large negative vote Humor at the Olose of the Show. WasHinaton, Feb. 27, 1873, The third day of the Congressional debate h been along and weary struggle. The close fights and the stratagem displayed in the House to-day would not have been out of place in a battle field, 80 much has been said and done, and yet so little 1s accomplished. These worthy members of Von- gress have beaten the air at a furious rate for these last three days, but with terribly ineffective re- sults. The snow of last evening prevented @ large attendance of spectators at the earty hour of ten this morning, to which the House took @ recess last night. But shortly aiter eleven o’clock the crowd increased up to the standard of previous days. It fell off, however, to no inconsiderable extent, as the real action of the House in the case of the impli- cated members became manifest. The debate opened as amelodrama, Judge Poland resembled the stern figure of Justice calling for a sacrifice. Then there was a clashing of rhetorical swords and rose-colored clouds of flowery phraseology, with an occasional blue light in honor of Brooks, All of this has interested the audience at times, and the change of the bill to that of farce is strictly in accordance with modern theatrical establish- ments. Brooks and Ames were first to be SACRIFICED UPON THE ALTAR OF TUB HOUSE, for their own sins as well as for those of their fel- low sinners. From the beginning of the debate, at ten o'clock this morning, until twenty-five minutes past five in the afternoon—the close of the day’s sitting—it was evident that the House would not even give a respectable minority vote in favor of the report of Poland’s committee. The plea of “no jurisdiction” was the clouk under which the majority opposed the report and hid their motives. The first hour was devoted to short speeches of ten minutes’ duration, aiter which Poland was to close for the prosecution as represented by his committee. The rattling fire of short speeches this morning gave an interest to the opening pro- ceedings they would not otherwise have pos- sessed. The members’ seats were but slimly occu- pied when the debate began, Holman, of Indiana; Bird, of New Jersey, ana Dwight Townsend, of New York, had all spoken their little pieces on the subject, claiming no jurisdiction on the part of the House in the cases of the implicated Congressmen, before the seats began to have an average number of occupants. Oakes Ames was one of the earliest at his post, During the first hour he satin the front row, by the side of Hibbard, of Maine, Another and still more elegant bouquet than that of the day previous graced his desk. The most noteworthy | Surgent’s resolution came up fer consideration. His substitution of condemnation of conduct in- stead of expulsion seemed to meet with favor, for the House adopted it in place of Poland’s recom- mendation by @ vote of 115 to 110, AWAY WENT POLAND'S REPORT, the work of the entire Winter, Recommendations which have been condemned far and wide as too lenient and considered unsatisiactory by the coun- try at large, were changed for others more lenient. Poland’s face at this juncture were a resigned look, a8 if tosay, “Well, if it’s your pleasure itis not for me to complain.” Now that Sargent’s proposition was fairly before the House there were a multitude of questions crowded upon the attention of tne Chair. Mem- bers vociferated, grew red in the face, asked questions over and over until Blaine got tired and was rather curt, which occasioned a little rupture between him and Speer, of Pennsylvania, but which was afterwards amicably settled. Van ‘trump, Speer and others queried of the Speaker whether in Case the two first resolutions of Sargent were adopted OTHER RESOLUTIONS OF CENSURE would be in order. This showed the tone of a sertain portion of the House and made Kelley and Garfield look unhappy. Gartield, especially at this time, seemed as though he would make a great sacrifice if he could escape from the terrible ordeal of waiting for some sudden blow. When the con- sideration of the condemnation of Oakes Ames was put to the House the object of the resolu- tion occupied his position in front of But- ler. he shaded his face with his hands and betrayed @ nervousness unusual to him. SCENES IN THE EVENING SESSION, Everybody turned out to-night to witness what was confidently predicted would be the closing scene in the roaring farce of “Crédit Mobilier; or, How Not to Do It." The audience which assembled in the hall of the House of Representatives was brilliant in every sense of tha word, far more bril- liant than the gas overhead—such a scene as one witnesses at THE THEATRE ON A BENEFIT NIGHT to some great favorite. The remarkable standing room that couldn't be found was, as usual on such occasions, occupied, There were not quite so many loungers permitted to walk about the floor as during the day and at previous rehearsals, When Speaker Blaine committed an assault with his ivory gavel upon an unoifending table, and Sam Randall had assumed a listening attitude, the Chair reéegnized W. D. Kelley, of pig-iron memory, as the gentleman from Pennsylvania. There are @ good many of this order in Congress and a few from the Keystone State. Kelley stoed erect and intoned his speech with a deep, sonorous speech made during the first part of the hour was |+yoice, distinctly heard in all parts of the nal, by Fernando Wood, He made a very able, concise argument, bearing upon THE QUESTION OF JURISDICTION, and presented some original views on the subject, | He showed that the implicated members were clearly amenable to the jurisdiction of tne House; for though the bribery was committed before their election to the present term, the oifence has been continuous in its effect. His speech was one of the best on his side of the House. At this juncture Bingham sat at bis desk, in earn»st con- Versation with the leering Sam Randall. A fellow feeling made them wondrous kind, They were no longer Opponents but allies. Merrick, Niblack, Poland and McCrary, of the committee, were present nearly from the first, in until later. Of the implicated, Garfield showed traces this morning, in his early arrival, of the mental agony which he is enduring at present, His eyes nave a sad, watchful 100k; his face shows plainly traces of a great nervous strain. He wasas unhappy a looking man as his worst enémy could desire. ‘During Mr. Woods's remarks he seemed in earnest conversation with Dawes. The two put their heads together and talked long and confi- dentially, Under the same ban of suspicion they could mutually fortify one another, During the first hour this morning (or rather during the last hour of yesterday's extended session) Speer, a democrat from Pennsylvania, made A FIBRCE CHARGE UPON THR IMPLICATED MEMBERS, He was pasticulariy severe on Kelley, of whom more anon. At twelve o’clock the House was well filled. Banks was in his seat, all of the victims were on the floor, and the galleries, with the exception of the part assigned to the Diplomatic Corps, were crowded, The first hour was the jinale of last night's session. As the hour expired the House adjourned and immediately reassembled. The eagle was hoisted aloft; the Rev. Mr. Butler came forward and breathed a fervent prayer; the reading clerk began to drone the Journal, and to-days ses- sion was fairly under way. At this time some kind member moved that the reading of the journal be suspended, This was not objected to, and the clerk retired to his chair, clasped his hands in lazy satisfaction and looked happy. Judge Poland now advanced from his previous seat, taken on the first day of the discussion, and came down by the side of Butler's desk, where he stood ready to close his case, Sargent, who al-~ ways appears unexpectedly as a jack in @ box interrupted the Judge, betore he fairly began, by sending up to the Speaker's desk a preamble, with aset o! resolutions as substitutes for those of the Poland Committee. but Poland waved them aside at once. For his part, he remarked, what the House cared to do, after he had completed his case, was not for him to say. He then went on, and spoke well and to the point. Oakes Ames came over during his speech to the seat he occupied when the ex-Senator from Vermont spoke the other day. He brought his bouquet with him and placed it on the desk, where its beauty made THE HOMELINESS OF THE ELEPHANTINE AMES only the more noticeable. Poland was not listened to this morning a8 attentively as he deserved, There was considerable disorder during the first part of his hour. The House is, at best, a disor. derly body; but, at times to-day, the talking and the walking to and fro during the debate was disgraceful. There was, however, @ moment when the deepest attention was paid to Judge Poland. It was when he came down to Oakes Amos. Stopping just one step- above him, where he paused and expatiated on the case of the elephantine hoax, Ames gazed apward, unblanched |, suring apparently by the stern old man, who stood just above, stormily denouncing his crimes, Durlug Banks did not come | ‘Then he went for the Ithuriel Speer, his young col- league, who had caused so much mischief and provoked the manliest sentiments in the breasts of all of Hoax Ames’ victims. Kelley said he was anxious to leave a good name to his children, and a long residence in Washington had Not vitiated his sense of justice nor a keen regard for the sacred trust confided to him by his Phila- deiphia constituents. Did the House suppose he would sell out for $329 He, the virtuous Kelley, who had enjoyed so many glorious opportunities to make a fortune during his membership of the Ways and Means Committee? The proposition did appear a little absurd, and some ot the lobbyists who talk about spending thousands to procure votes sympathized with the speaker in his APPEAL FOR APPROVAL, Finally, after the basso profundo had declared that he would not have any dealings with the corrupt Hoax had he known what was to follow, he took his seat. The sweet accents of “Me country, me constitution, me State” had scarcely died away when another of the shining lights ot Pennsylvania, the successor of old Thad. Stevens—which is about all there is to connect Mr. Dickey with tae name of the great Commoner—he, Dickey, had his little slap at Speer, who during the’ afternoon had declared that Old Thad’s successor ‘was not fit to be heard on the floor of the Mouse. Dickey’s speech was “extraordinary,” wholly on account of the great number of times he used this word, Being of slender frame: and somewhat willowy in form, his figure vibrated as he puffed the word “extraordinary” from his little mouth, and hurled anathemas at the presumptuous Pennsylvanian who dared to im- peach the veracity of his republican colleague, Hen. W. D. Kelley. Then came on the stage one General Hawley. hurt, and to provoke the ire of the holy Dawes, three days, the General must needs propose A RESOLUTION REFERRING THE WHOLE SUBJECT TO TUE COMMITTEE. Here the lightning Mashed, the thunders roared and the brazen sound of the clap-trap stage firings Tang in everybody's ears. The harlequin leaped into the arena. It was Dawes. All was excite- ment. He trembled in every part; his hair stood on end; his garments fluttered as if inflated with wind; his voice was that of Boanerges. He struck out first with the right and then let go his left. Never did the actor Shakspeare hated tear apassion 80 completely in tatters as the guiltless Dawes, and after Dawes had spoken his little piece and the galleries recovered from This made some disturbance, | their fright it was ascertained that Mr. Dawes hopes to be elected a8 successor to Henry Wilson, and he had no thought of permitting any serious charge te hang over his head, as would be the case ifthe resolution of Hawley took effect. He chal- lenged Hawiey to lay any accusation at his door, and he would ask judgment on the charge right there and now. The Indian of Tennes- see, the meek-mannered Horace, scented trouble inthe democratic camp, and moved to lay Speer’s resolution on the table, The House so order- ed by 117 yeas to 75 nays. Randall, called down from a listening posture, resumed his seat and awaited the action of the patient, irrepressible Job Stevenson, who was anxious the House should declare its opinion that it is meonsistent with the honor of members ef the House to specu- late in stocks, bends, &c., which in any manner may be affected by Cengressional legisiation. Foolish man to suppose that after suppressing every point that had been made the republican side was going to stultify itself by indirectly cem- any of its members! The Speaker squelchea the resolution by his ruling; but Job came back with @ vengeance this It was about time some one should be | whose head had been bowed in fear for the last | time to censure Sam Hooper for owning #0 much Credit Mobilier stock. The yeas and nays were demanded on receiving it for consideration, which was lost—yeas 75, nays 108. Mr. Sargent then moved that the committee be discharged trom further consideration of the subject, and at twenty- three minutes past ten the Speaker announced that “the farce of Crédit Mobilier, or how not to do it,” was finishe>—Yeas 75, nays 114. PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE. Wasuinaton, Feb. 27, 1873. The House reassembled at ten o'clock, the hour up to the regular time of meeting being considered as part of the legistative day of yesterday, and to.be divided out in small proportions among members who had not yet been heard on the expulsion resolutions and who desired to say something on the subject. Mr. Brnp, dem.) of N. J., expressed views in favor of the power of expulsion, Mr. Houman, (dem.) of Ind., took similar grounds, and regarded this as the first great contest between the rep- resentative government and the great money corpora- tions of the country. Mr. Townsenp, (dem.) of N. ¥., declared himself as against tho right of expulsion for offences committed be- fore election. He agreed somewhat in the views ex- pressed by Mr. Holman as to the danger from great money corporations, as in this Capitol itself proofs of the decay of moral virtue had found exhibition, but the remedy was not to be found in the expuision of some of its most honored members. Mr. Woop, dem.) of N. ¥., said that on the question of jurisdiction he differed somewhat from the views ex- Pressed on either side. He mad A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CLASSES OF ORFENCES over which the ‘House might exercise judicial power. He held that it had such power over official offences com- mitted before the person was a member, where the re- sults of such offences were of @ continuing character so as to affect their votes and acts as members. His own conclusions on the facts were.that the special committee had exceeded its authority, which was ny te find out and report what members of vongress had been bribed by Oakes Anes. Thatcertainly did not justify a resolu- tion of expulsion against Oakes Ames, who seemed to be chosen as a victim simply because he told the truth, be- cause he made a clean breast of it, because, in tact, he had turned State's evidence. His colleague, Mr. Brooks, was in no regard comprehended Within the scope of the rt ore of the committee. He certainly was not bribed by Oakes Ames. He was not a member of Congress in the sense of the resolution appointing the committee. There was nothing in the testimony which justified the conclusion that Mr. brooks was bribed by Oakes Ames, and he (Mr. Wood) contended that no man who was not bribed by Oakes Ames could be pro} nay Feportg. by the committee. fhe whole amount of the offence committed by his colleague was that he had subscribed for, received, held and derived profits trom Credit Mobilier stock. In conclusion he said that he would vot at the report in both cases, beleving that in the tance Aman was to be punished for turning State’s evidence, and in the other ® man was to be punished as a make weight for the purpose of holding up a member of the demo- cratic party to public odium, Mr. Porrer, (dem.) of N. ¥., regarded the question as only aform ot condemnation; ‘but the expulsion of meinbers happened to be an objectionable torm of con- demnation. it happened to be @ form, which some thought would establish A PRECEDENT THAT MIGHT AT SOME TIME BE DANGEROUS. He had therefore hoped that iii some way or other the condemnation of the House might take some form which did not involve that difticulty, But the gentlomen of the special committee seemed to have treated the case as if it was more important to establish a parliamentary precedent than to do anything else. He rusied that the House might be allowed to vote in ret- erence to the Credit Mobilier: transaction without being entangled in a parliamentary difficulty. | For himself, be ‘was willing that in this case there should be condemna- tion, Mem could not sit in the House representing great railroad corporations or iron mills or other special in- terests without being subject to its judgment Mr. Srexa, (dem.) of Pa., declared that the position in which he was placed was eel to him, painful almost beyond expression; but he had lived ‘long enough to learn that duties were not to be avoided simply because they were not pleasant. He contessed to have entered on the consideration of the question as a part i jndge In favor of Mr. Brooks; but, step by step, is tind had been brought irresistibly to the conclusions which he was about fo express. He had no doubt of the power of the House to expel a member for offences committed betore election. If the position of the other side were correct, then as a man could expelled who had an intectious disease, ‘THE POWER OF EXPULSION would not exist if the man happened to have caught the intectious disease the day betore his election, Here was an offence not dying at the moment it wascommitted, but intended to run through the Congressional career ot the man who committed 1t—to control his voice and vote, and month atler month the man put into his pocket the price for which he had agreed to surrender his indepen- dence and honor as_a representative of the people. He contended that Mr. Brooks haa precluded the raising of the question in his case, because he-had declared in the House that it what Mr. McComb said of him were true, he (Brooks) ‘was unfit to be a member ot the House, but ought to be expelled, mot only from the House, but from all association with decent men here and elsewhere. As to Mr. Dawes and Mr. Scofield, he (Mr. Speer) would not vote either to expel or censure them, He owed these gentlemen nothing, either per- sonally or politically, but he owed it to his consclence as an honest man; he owed it to his sense of duty ; he owed it to the cause of truth to say that atter the most careful examination of the testimony im regard to them, he be- lieved them to be innocent. Hut when he came to THE CASKS OF Mi, KELLEY AND MI. GARFIKLD he had to say, with the same honesty of purpose and the same sincerity of conviction, that he believed themoth guilty. They never paid a dollar for the Credit Mobilier stock which they received. Mr. Kelley had been paid $1,079 for what? “For nothing. Here the hammer fell, the logislative day of yesterday ended and that of to-day commenced, and was opened with prayer by the Chaplain, * Mr. Saxcent, (rep.) of Cal., offered an amendment to the resolutions, reciting the parliamentary doubts in the case, and condemning the conduct of Oakes Ames and James Brooks, Mr. Hoar, (rep.) of Mass., suggested that the amend- ment of the gentleman trom California would establish a parliamentary precedent worse than any that had been roposed. “4 MP. Po.anp, (rep.) of Vt., Chairman of the Select Com- mittee, then rose to close the debate. He commenced by saying that he did not expect to entertain or amuse the iouse and the large audience that he saw vefore im. He KNKW NOTHING ABOUT STAGE TRICKS. He knew ete, playing the buffoon or the harle- quin, He never had SRY, gift tor saying or doing things tor the purpose of splitting the cars ot the groundlings. Even it he had those gifts he id hi this the proper occasion to dis] qualities of that kind, He could not dosuch things if he would, and he would not if he cowld. He proposed te make a plain and sober attempt to convince his tellow members who were to act on the resolutions as to what was their proper duty in relation to them. He would commence where he leit off the other day, on the question ot jurisdiction. WINDING UP THE DEBATE. ul not have deemed Mr. Poland then proceeded to reply to the arguments made against the power of the House to expel members for offences committed before election, and to sustain his position by parliamentary precedents. Having disposed Or that subject, Mr. Poland caine. baek to the tacts in the case and to the scheme of the Credit Mobilier and its in- ventors. He said it did not require great ingenuity to to cheat the government out of it, did require a deal of Wit fo get up the machinery necessary to run it successtully, They had contrived the scheme, but there was no man in New York shrewd enough to get up the running machinery. They had to send almost as far as Boston to find & man, aud the, ‘ot the right man, Buta difficulty grew outof that. This joston lawyer said, ‘A mill with forty-seven millions in the hopper ia mill by which you are going to fllch more than half that sum’ out ofthe government. When you have got a man with wit enough to devise the means by which vou can do that and cover it up, ro cannot put ot that man with a tee of $3,000, He must have $6,000." Th machinery had just got info operation, s0 that the: would be no ‘diificulty if they could stop inves. tigations in Congress and not be troubled by government directors. Congress and government directors were the only Thugs leit that were to be feared, and these had to be taken care of. Accordingly Mr. Ames had come to Congress with shares of Credit Mobilier stock in his pocket, and went around to various members of Congress and leading men and said that he had AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT, a thing which would pay ten per cent, and offered It to members of Congress who, he said, had been good triends to the Union Pacific Railroad. He was fixing it so that those who took shares from him should think tt was an honest thing. He had tound it necessary to clothe it in the habiliments of honesty. ‘The hammer fell, the debate closed, and the House was brought PACK TO FACE WITH THE QUESTION. Mr. Farssworrn, (rep.) of Ill, for the purpose of re- gone whole matter to the public, moved to lay iton @ table. The vote was taken by yeas and nays, and resulted— Yeas 59, nays 164, TAXING THE VOTE. ‘hile vhe vote was progressing Mr. Brooks sat at his desk, with his head down, apparently absorbed in rea ing, while Mr. Ames sat in one of the front row of seats— the one usually occupied by Mr. Wallace, of South lina—leaning his head on his hand and apparently follow- ing the vote attentively. A hamdsome bouquet, offered by some sympathizing friend, stood on the desk before him, The'vote was taken in pertect silence and with a solemn stillness pervading the hall, so that the responses were distinctly heard. The members’ seats were a filled, many new members being present, and the gal- leries were densely packed, even the one assigned to men being occupied to a large extent by ladies. The next question was on substituting Mr. Sargent’s resolutions for those orted by tte Select Commitice. The vote was 8 115, nays 1 ‘ JeMaein.) of Wis. and Voorhees, (dem,) 1 Messrs Eldridies (lo of Ind., having orlgi voted “no,” changed their “ay, leavored to give their reasons, but votes y,"" and end were not permitted under the rule, which torbids debate during roil call. SARGENT'S RESOLUTIONS. The question then recurred on the firstof Mr. Sargent’s resolutions, as follows :— Resolved, That the House absolutely condemns the con- duct of Onkes Ames, a member of this House from the State of Massachusetts, in seeking to procure Congres- sional attention to the’ ailairs of a corporation in which he was interested, and whose interest directly depended on the legislation of Congress, by inducing members of Congress to Invest in the stock ot said corporation, The resolution was adopted—yeas 181, nays36. Mr. Brooks voted in the negative. ‘The next resolution of Mr. Sargent was then voted on. Tt is as toilows :— Reselved, That the House absolutely condemns the con- duct of James Brooks, a member of this House, from New York, tor the use ot his position of Government Director of the Union Pacific Raflroad and of member of this House to procure the assi¢mment to himself or family. ot stock in the Credit Mobilier of America, a corporation having a contract with the Union Pacitc Railroad and, Whose interests depended directly upon the legislation of Vongress, The resolution was adopted—yens 174, nays, The next resolution included in Mr.’ Sargent’s substi- tute was as follows :— Resolved, That the special committee be discharged from the iether consideration of this subject. Mr. Hoan, of Massachusetts, moved to lay the resolu- tion and preamble on the table. Mr. Woop, of New York, suggested that that would pre- vent the reporting of resolutions as to the other mem- DOFs IBDHOR IA. snaets cgptarnty would, Tt vould e SrkakeR stated that {t certain! . be the Judgment of the House thas is hed accepted and ol the report 16 comm! % ir. SARGENT, of California, asked what Mr. Hoar's mo- flon would carr; to the table—would it carry the resolu. jon: re 10) t ‘The SeeaKen ep ted that it would not carry with it the resolutions ale . ir. Hoan, of Mase withdrew hi of Massac is motion. (dom,) of Pa. 4 whether, in epee mittee were not aa y member to offer ase privi- Mr kawpai resolution to di wa) meg leged question resolutions 84 to WROTRD GY THK TESTIMONY, ‘Tho Sruanen replied wat it we Bouse did uot ducharce -. from the furth betore achat the ject would be taken ay trom the House as'a question of privilege. vote was then . and the resolution discharg- the committee was rejected—| nays 116. uring progress of ere was more excitement this vote and more interest manifested in its result than attended any ot the other votes, asthe tailure of the reso- lution would reopen the whole subject as’ to all the other. mogmabera, plicated. ‘he question recurred on the preamble of Mr. Sargent’s substitute, as follows :— Whereas by the report ot the special committee herein it appears that the acts charged as offences against mem- bers of this House, in connection with the Credit Mo- bilier of ere occurred more than five years ago and long before the election of such persons to this Con- gress, two elections by the people having intervened; Whereas grave doubts exist as Me the rightful exercise by this House of its power to expel a member for offences committed by such member. thereto and not connected with such election; onsen of California, moved to lay the pream! In reply to excited and various questions from all quar- ters as to ‘THE RFFROT OF THE*MOTION the Speaker stated that it would carry the whole subject on the tabie and put an end to itexcept as to the resolu- tions already adopted. They had been finally disposed of and were not before the House, ‘The question was taken on Mr. Sargent’s motion, and it was rejected—yeas, 78; nays, 131. ‘The preamble was then rejected—yeas, 98; nays, 113. Pd ee amyl addressed the Chair, having resolu- ns to offer. ‘The SpgakeR recognized Mr. Hate, (rep.) of Me., who moved that the report of the committee be recommitted to the Select Committee, and moved the previous ques- ion, air. Woon, of New York, inquired whether it would be in order it that motion were agreed to to offer a resolu- tion of instructions to report back resolutions in regard to the other gentlemen implicated. The Sreaxas thought not. The House ret to second the previous question—77 titt_Woon, of Now York, offered tho following resolu- i FERNANDO WOOD'S RESOLUTION. Resolved, That the House absolutel; duct ot samuel Hooper and Henry L. Dawes, of Massa- chusetts; William D. elley, of Pennsylvania; Glenni W. Scofield, of Pennsylvania; John A. Garficld and John A. Binghain, of Unio, members of the House of Representa- tives, inasmuch as they me interested in the Credit Mobilier of America, a ponsrecting company for the con- struction of the Union Pacitic Railroad, aud continued to be so interested at a time when said corporation was de- pendent on fae legislation of Congress for its maintenance ‘support Mr. Hanpats, of Ponnaylvania, made the point of order that a resolution of censure should be confined to one in- dividual. The SPRaKe! Peene the point of order, and stated @ ruliny the reasons to 14 Mr. Speen, of Pennsylvania, then offered the follow- SPRER'S RESOLUTION, ing :— Whereas tis shown by the report of the aolect commite toe of the House to investigate the charges of sileged brit ery of members by Oakes Ames and others that William Kélloy, a meinber of Congress trom the State of Pennsyl- vania, did receive, while @ member of the House, trom Oakes Ames the sum of $329 on the 23d ot Jun the turther sum of $750 in, September, 1868, ws divi on stock of the Credit Mobilier of America, without hav- retor ; ant ing paid anything tho ereas the said dividends arose from a. disho! contract and arrangement between said Credit Mobil and the Union Pacific Railroad Company, which com- pany was and is largely indebted to the United States, re oie in a gros fraud and wrong on the government; fore, Resolved, That for the recetpt and use, as at ls the said Credit Mobilior dividends, William D ‘ellen We serves, and he hereby receives, the unqualified censure of Ve Liguses Mr. Dicxxy, (rep.) of Pa., objected to the considerat: oft tharoeuion; kad che moceen ihe rate stump specch. ‘The BeKaKER put the question whether the House would now consider the resolution, and it was decided in the aMrmative yeas 118, nays 82. Substitutes were suggested by Mr. Sargent, of Cati- fornia; Stevenson, of Uhio, and Hawley. of Connecticut, but Mr. Spxe declined to allow any of them to be offered, He proposed to yield half of his Hour to the gentleman affeoted by the resolution. Mr. Keptxy, (C. M.) of Pa., said he asked the House only to be trie to its own honor and the rights of each member. He had had no witness before the select com- mittee, ‘Tt had not been intimated to him that he might have witnesses or that he might be heard on his own be- half, other than the briet examination made by counsel or by himself. He asked, therefore, that his colleague, Speer, who, in’ the last five minutes of the morning de- bate, had connected his name with this matter without his (Kelley) having an opportunity to reply, be permitted to make his speech and present his arraignment, so that having hei hereot he was accused and the grounds on which the accusation rested, he might have privilege of saying WHY SENTENCE SHOULD NOT BE PASSED upon him, ashe had not the Ene On being heard before the committee by witnesses and counsel. BUTLER SCORNS PURIFICATION, Mr. Speer then yielded fifteen minutes to Mr. Burien, of Massachasetts, who said that as the poisoned chalice would be soon commended to the lips of the House, which had allowed itselt to be misled, he wanted to see whether there were not on the other side of the House men who could be lashed. If the House was going into this method of purgation and. purliteation (a doctrine which he scorned and despised as he almost did its author), where were they to stop? ‘There were men in the House, who, twenty years a were arrested and tried for crimes. By adopting this’ course the House would be taking away the great palladium ot civil liberty, the right of trial by jury. He called upon the House to pause. He had voted tor the consideration of the resolution just as he had voted to refer the testi- mony in the case of the Vice President to the Judiciary Committee; but he proposed to have this resolution re- ferred to a committee—not to the same special committee, for he had not much respect for it, Audé ulteram parten Was the motto of every deliberative assembly and of every judge. ME Sruvnwson, (rep.) of Ohlo, spoke for fair play and EVEN-HANDED JUSTICE, and said that he was not willing to condemn William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, on the testimony of Oakes Ames, of Massachusetts, whom ‘the House had just condemned. Mr. Speer, of Pennsylvania, said that he was not in- sensible to the gravity of the hour and the occasion, but he hada duty to perform higher than personal triend- ship, higher thana regard for personal feeling, and he rose to periorm that duty, regretting that it involved the honor and reputation of his native State. His colleague Kelley) had told the House that he hud ‘not been heard. He had been heard from his own lips, and he had had the process of the government to summon every witness whom ¢ desired to have exammed. Who was his colleague’s accuser? Was it not the people was to be condemned was the testimony of a member of own party, strengthened and fertified, own evasions and prevarications? He (Mr. condemn no man unheard, but after an opportunity ha been given to his colleague tor six long weeks, and after as fair and impartial a committee as had ever been, ap- jointed by the House had sat until, nothing else was to investigated, it was unjust to committee, it was Ney to truth, for his coileague to say he had not been e poor And it his colleague it not ry u h He reviewed THE TESTIMONY IN THE CASE OF MR. KELLEY, and argued that Mr. Kelley must have known that the corporation out of Which these enormous dividends came as a corrupt affair. He said that not only had r. Kelley prevaricated and concealed the truth, bat that he had attempted to get Oakes Ames to ‘con- ceal it under oath. He had found that his own concealment was notenough. Mr. Oakes Ames had testifled that Mr. Kelley came and spoke to him about is matter and called it a loan, and said that he would ay him the amount of the loan. Mr. Ames told Mr. elley that he did not so consider it; that he had let him have’ $750 on account of the dividends. Mr. Kelley said he would give Mr. Ames a check tor the amount, and he did give him a check for $1,000. Mr. Ames then tore the cheek in two and handed it back to Mr, Kelley, and called ita payment. What a scene, said Mr. Speer, that must have been in the dark hour of night between the gentleman from Pennsylvania and his triend from Massachusetts, concocting a story of which they were both asha ‘There was not water enough in the Poto- mac to Wash away HE FOULNESS OF THAT RECORD. ‘These men, if they were condemned, were slayers of themselves; they were their own accusers. He Was satis- tied of the truth of the report of the committee, and he felt that it was his duty to present the resolution. ‘Mr. McOrkary, (rep.) of lowa, a member of the special committee, said that if anybody, atter reading the report of the committee, would say that this was a just and rair Proposition, that man’s idca of justice and fairness was jifferent trom his own. The proposition that Mr. Kelley and those other gentlemen stood in the same position and were deserving of the same punishment as_had_ been in- flicted on Mr. Oakes Ames and Mr. James Brooks was a Proposition not warranted by the testimony in the case. le had almost said that it was A MONSTROUS PROPOSITION. Here were two men in the conspiracy to rob and plunder the government—one of them the originator of the Credit Mobilier scheme and a contractor, and the other a govern- ment director and irom the beginning an active man in the organization of the Credit Mobilier. As to these other entiemen—Mr. Kelley and the others—the facts had en concealed from them. They had not been informed as to the tacts which made the actions of Ames and Brooks so censurable. They had simply contracted tor d now, having votod simply a ‘actors in this great wrong, It ‘was gravely proposed that those other gentlemen should be placed in the same boat and have the same punish- ment inflicted on them. He thought that this and all SEE of the same character should be laid on ie table, The House then, at five o'clock, took recess till eight o'clock P. M. £vening Session. The House then took up the resolution censuring Mr. Kelley, ot Pennsylvania, offered by his colleague, Mr. peer. Mr. Kevtey (C. M.) rose and addressed the House. He said that the occaston was one of too much dignity and of {90 much Importance to him and to hus family to per- mit him to divert it to personal or partisan discussion. He should therefore not follow oF attempt to reply to,the Femarks of his young colleague, Mr. spect, who had brought up his name betore the Heuse and the countr; He had been a member of the House for twelve ye: and if it were proper to call witnesses here, a8 it ws not, he would call the senior members on the op- posite side of the House to testify as to his bearing as a meniber; but it was not proper. His cause Was not rei iy for argument; his witnesses had not been heard. @ grand inquest had ignored the charges against tae ty a was bowing cause wh; 4) Te not respond to the charge. But it the House #1 geny him'the privileges accorded to the veriest criminal he would teach his boy when he should meet any of to challenge them as to the blamelessness of his life here: whether his habits had been oxtravagant, whether he had been engaged in, the undue pursuit ef wealth, or Whether his habits had pot i aS ensiv ‘of four yei Hee ear the Naval Committee of the House when it was s0N MAKING CONTRACTS BY THE MILLION. and tens and thirties of millions, and who had ever heard his name connected with a contraet or any allega. tion that one dollar of his country’s money, not received for salary, had stuck to bis fingers. For the last four Years he had been amember of the Waysand Means Com- ittee ‘and om what questions betore that committee had til parties interested might ates ved mis opinions un patios interested, might confer with him ig ace ‘Outspoken ‘on -any. question ever tailed any other committee of Ve before Ort perore the fonse. itself? Ne had been cha: with speculating in Credit Mobilier. He Uenounced that charge as talse and unfounded. The wing his case, nor was he going state, however, some Of the testi- would place before a committee it the be sent to one. He would show that during the ie Was supposed to be Srawing the enormous divi- dends of Credit Mobilier stock he had been paying and still was Ravine clever per cent for a few thousand dol- Jars, which he had borrowed to save a little real estate he had owned in Philadelphia. He would detain the House no longer. HE CRAVED NOTHING OF HIS ASSOCIATES on cither side ofthe House. He asked them to deal out nothing equal justice to him. and on their own be- half to do that accor ing ‘to law. at was all ho asked. What became of himself was of little importance. They who were old en when he first entered the Hall— Stevens and Wickliffe and Crittenden and others—had long slept the quiet sleep of death. ‘They who to-day the seniors of the House were in the vigor of manh ad NOt Come tor a} it, He woul which he time hi to do when he first answered to the roll-cail He had telt himeolt then to be a young man. three years of broken health he approached erice of three: score years feeling that cy | cl eyo last the other ten ye: ‘was notgiven him, It was. there: ore, for ‘that he loaded ; but ne asked the House condemns the con-" 86 a ier Breas nay rae ness of cobteacue . Speer) GENERALLY CAME HOME TO ROOST, ‘ongress they would be in a feartul to see | majority, which in. said he nad a resolution rest of the public business, but ‘It was that House that it was restricted in th the terms of the resolution Under whith i acted’ cheng. fo} Resolved, That the testiinony taken itted, with instructions to report, whether any nese ees necessary to manitest the judgment of the House on @ connection of members of Congress with the Credit eontber, or with any corporation dependent on national ion. ir, Woop, ot New York, made the point of order that the resolution was not an amendinent to the pending one, ‘The Speaker sustained the objection. DAWKS (C. M.) ANGRY. Mr. Dawes, (C. M.) 0: Mass., rose and said, speaking in atone of great vehemence and exhibiting intense ex- citement :—It is strange that the gentleman trom Con- necticut (Mr. Hawley) should Ae 9 the House So: with an in gation over heads ot members. He has impose a duty on & com- mittee of the House which he knows can- not be performed in the waning days this session, and yet he is willing to let members rest under such charges as an untinished investigation may leave. low, Mr. 3} i anybody has any charge to brin against me let him bring it here and ‘now, and without any further investigation I will submit the Pig locas I of friend trom Coni yadiours je House. But necticut (Mr. Hawley) not & adjourn this House with an unfinished investigation hanging | over my head. It my friend from Gonnecticut has any- thing te lay at my door tet him lay it here now, ai will take the judgment of the House upon it Sir, the Committee of "investigation ha acquit” me, and There submit its special verdict to this Holse without one wi 5 an: a8 aR: wo verdict let him do it here. ands now. I have sat here three long days in this discussion without opet my mouth, conscious of the purity of ay motives and every official act since I came into this House. I am ready to meet here and now any charge which any mem- ber will lav at my door, but it is due to me and due to my associates that this House shall not adjourn with an aa finished investigation hanging over our heads. SOKNE 0) rN ‘OF CONFUSION. There was great confusion and excitement in the House while Mp. Dawes was speaking, and which did not sub- side eral minutes, motion to lay on the table the resolution ir. Kelley was made by Mr. Maynard, of Ten- Was agreed to—yeas, 117; pays, 75. f Ohio, then oftered as’ privileged on declaring that in the judgment of Violation ot public policy for members yest. and speculate in stocks, bonds and inst | lan and others made the point Dreastived no question of privilege, at (oc. m) td fis resolution a8 & question “hereby coridemns the con- i, & Fepresentative of this in investing im rica, and in re- the enormous div- which ihe said 0 sources of its enor- "the of the resolution elicited | *n4.ttpeomed tone treated nam gone Joke. 1 Mr. of Caliiornia, mane of con. juestion was and nays and Hee Jin the ‘nogative—voae Th, mays 108. So the / considor the r le Saruknt then offered a resol Ris hargine the gol-ct committee on the Credit Mobilier matter from the further consideration of the subject, which was agreed to by a vote of 114 yeas to 75 nays, ‘The Srkaer then stated that that action removed use. alt-past ten o’clock, went into Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, in ed consideration of the Senate amendments to the: Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill. thout making much progress in the bill the commit- tee arose, and the House, at eleven o'clock P. M., Journed. STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION, ‘The House then, at Committee of the Whole, the chair, and resum The First Annual Meeting—Addresses by D. B. Eaton and Others—The Aim of the Organization the Amelioration of the Condition of the Paupers. This association, principally composed of a most influential class of ladies, and organized for the establisning of local visiting committees to the almshouses and other charitable institutions, for the purpose of effecting reforms, held their first annual meeting last evening at the hall of the Union League Club, President Dwight in the chair. Among the gentlemen on the platform were Rev. John Hall, Rev. Dr. Bellows, C. L. Brace, D. B. Eaton, Dr. Stephen Smith and Colonel Stebbins, who were associated with a dozen of charitable matrons. THEODORE W. DwiGat, President, called the meet- ing to order, and explained the object of the so- ciety. He said it was not enough to leave the charitable institutions to the care ot the officers who are left in charge. This had been shown by England, where, when unwatched by the public eye, there have been abuses in the institutions. A few years ago an investigation was made of all the institutions, and a great commission, which makes it almost impossible for abuses to exist, was instituted. In 1867a commission was estab- shed here in our State, and we found abuses. He detatled some of these abuses, and said the action of the Board had aboiished some of them. Ayearor two ago it was decided to bring in the co-operation of the ladies who felt that they had a reason for existence. We felt that we could give a valid ground for coming into ex- istence, and the first Work was to look into Belle- vue Hospital, where the Commissioners gave the ladies a cordial welcome, and it has been greatly improved. The ladies felt that one important matter was the necessity for a corps of TRAINED NURSES in all the institutions. If we could have all the poor- houses of tge State watched like Bellevue Hospital we would have a new era in our institutions. Our | Poorhouses are of the same character as the patched up system of Queen Elizabeth's time. Pneland has abandoned it years ago. Yet we are where we were 300 yearsago. He proposed to call upon kindred associations in other parts of the State. Some slight amendments to the constitution were adopted, when U. L. Brace read extracts from the first annual report of Louise Lee Schuyler, which asks for the passage of an act giving the association further power, It shows that $520 47 have been received; that the treasury is now Ge io about five thousand dollars4s required yearly, and asks for contributions. The Visiting Hospital Committee found much at Believue Hospital | to commend, and many abuses, wuich were re- medied by the Commissioners. They found it necessary lor a better class of nurses, and asked the Commissioners to establish “a training school for female nurses, such as that of MISS NIGHTINGALE’S, and the amount required to establish it is $20,000, $14,000 of which havo been raised in three weeks. The reportcharged that tne ladies were refused admission into the Westchester County Poorhouse by the brutal Keeper, as they term him, although they bound themselves not to violate any of rules. The report made some excellent su; tions as to the classification of poorhouse inmates, the employment of all able-bodied and the separa- tion of the lunatic from the sane. DorMAN B. EATON rejoiced that he lived in New York, where $14,000 had been raised in so ‘many days, instead of Westchester, where the poorhouse doors were closed upon noble, Christian women. He was thankfal that womel instead of travelling the boisterous road of the ballot box and primaries, walk in the quiet route of charity. In fifty-live institutions for the poor in the State there an intermingling of the insane, the epiieptic, the old and young and the healthy. ‘There is no classifica- tion, no em in our county houses, and one of the objects of the association is to break up the county establishments and collect them from larger territory into larger assemblages, where they can be better classified, and imthe bill now nding at Albany the young are to be separated From the old, the sane from tue insane, schools es- tablished lor their young and LABOR SUPPLIED that will clevate them and prevent them becoming chronic paupers. Two hundred thousand persons are supported by the State, and nearly that num- ber had been assisted yearly in this city for the past three years; or one in eight or nine of our popula- tion are paupers, or more than one out of five are dependent upon ethers for some portion of the ear, Colonel StRBBINS followed in a few remarks in support of a@ training institution for female nurses, after which Rev. Drs. Hall and Bellows complimented the ladies upon their energy and offered some suggestions for the more successful carrying out of their work. A MINE CAVES IN. Serious Accident Near Scranton—The ‘Walls of a Part of the Mount Pleasant Mine Give Way and the Surface Sinks In. P SCRANTON, Feb, 27, 1873. This portion of Scranton had a genuine sensa- tion to-day. ‘The surface over the Mount Pleasant Coal Mine caved in a little alter ten o'clock this morning. It is situated on the east side of the town. The mine is owned by private ,indi- viduals, but most of tne coal is sold at the breaker to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Com- pany. Previous to its purchase by the present company it was owned by Danici Howell, and the chambers worked out twelve years ago caused the caving inte-day. Four large crevices extend from the tiouth oi the slope under the houses across Main street and out inte ap open field. The large brick dwelling house of George G. Winans is spread out and huge cracks are to be seen on alt sides. The houses of David J. Davies are cracked. from cellar to attic, Other houses and barns e also injured. Work haa been stopped in the Mine antil the danger is over. Hundreda of per Gong, visiied the scene durtag the day,