The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1876, Page 6

4 THE BLAINE. SCANDAL CERES SEES aa Another Startling Sensation Before the Investigating Committee. STATEMENT OF THE WITNE flow Important Letters Were Obtained from Him by the Ex-Speaker. ALURGED ENTREATIES AND THREATS OF SUICIDE MULLIGAN. The Statement Declared a Fancy Sketch 4 by Mr. Blaine. WHAT THE LETTERS CONTAINED. Wasuixatow, June 1, 1876. The Sub-Judiciary Committee met again this morning, nud James Mulligan was recalled, ° The witness—I wish to ask the indulgence of the comm:ttee for afew moments to make a personal, and to mea painlul statemect, When I first arrived in this city, aud within about filteen minutes’ alter my arrival, there came a communication from Mr. Blaine to Mr, Fisher—of course 1 wish {t understood that I am stating this under oath, The Chairman—We so understand it fhe Witness—There cawe 4 comuunication from Mr, Blaine inviting Mr. Fisher and me up to bis residence. 1 deelived to go, for the reasvn that | did not want it ‘suid that 1 had gone to see Mr, Blaine. 1 wanted to come into this committee room uutrammelied by any influence, Mr. Fisher weut up to Mr. Blaime’s heuse, or at least he so reportea to me, and he told Mr, Biaine about certain tacts that 1 could prove and certain letters what I bad got. Mr. Blaine said that it should publish them, or that if this committee should get hold of ‘them, they would rain him for life, and wanted to know if I would surrender then. 1 told bim no, and that I would not give them to the committee unless it should turn out that it was necessary for me jo produce them; ufter my examination bore yester- day Mr, Blaine came to the Riggs House and there had | conference with Mr, Atkins, Mr, Fisher and myseil; he wanted to see these letters | had; I declined to let aim see them; he prayed, almost, f would say, went on lig knees aud imp.ored we to think of bis 1x chil dre and Lis wile, and that 1 the committee should get | old of this communication it would sink him tmme- diately and ruin him forever; I told bim I should not give them to him; be asked me if I would let aim read | suem; I said | would, if he would promise me on the | word of a genticman that he would revurn them to me; | 1 did Jet him read them over; he read them over vuce aud called for them again, and read them over in; he still importuned me to | ag ve those papers up; | declined to do it; L retited to y own room and Le followed me up, aa went over ‘he same history about bis family, a. ‘implored me to rive them up to then, and even contemplated suicide; ue asked me if | wanted to see uis children left in that Hate, aud he then usked me agaju it L would not let uiu look over those papers consecttively—I had them aumbered; | told him L would it he would return shem to me; he took the papers, read them all | over, and among them I had a memorandum that | | had ade by Way of u sypopsis of the letters and reior- Ting to the bumbers Ol tae letters—a synopsis contuin- ing the pois of the letters, [had made that memo- Tuudum so a6 Lo be uble to refer to it here when ques- oned, He asked me to let him read the letters and I showed him tuis statement too. After he bad read iwem be asked mo what I wanted to do with those oapers, 111 wanted to use them. I told bum 1 neve wanted to use the papers, nor would | show then .o the commitiee s when I was called | upon tw do £0, he asked me if 1 Would not give them to him; there was one letter m particular that he wanted me to give him; I told bin | that I would uot doit, and the only reason I would not do it Was Vecause I saw it stated in one of the evening papers uere—the Star, I think—that the Blaine party | Were goiw Jy break down the testimony | tuat I" had given yesterday; that they were satistied | wbout that; 1 said { should not publish these letters un- | iy testimony Was impeached or impugned; that the only reasun that I wanted to keep them; teat | 1 wanted to keep them for that purpose; these are the facts, gentlemen, ana I ieave them to you; if 1 unuer- Stanu the order unuer which this committee has power jo send tor persons and papers, I want this committee 1o get ior we those papers; Mr. Blune hus them aud Would not give them up to me. Mr Biaiue—I desire to be sworn immediately as to this point, ‘The Chairman (to Mr. Mulligan)—Is this statement ‘hat you have made a statement voluntarily made by you Without the suggestion of anyboay? Has any- douy outside the Blaine party requested you to make sis statement, or have any inembers of the committee requested you todo so? A. No, sir; no living person; there were ouly those two gentlemen—Mr, Blaine and Ur. Fishe eut at the time, aud they rather pre- vatled upon me to give up these letters. ‘By Mr. Lawrence—Mr. Blaine has these letters ? Yes; he took them from me last night, Q. Who was present when you surrendered them to A hun? A. No person but he and; he came into Mr, Atkins? room and Mr. Fisher's; I had the letters and | ‘uid 1 would never give them up, but they prevailed upon me to give them up; 1 demanded of ium to give ue Up my oWn memorandum; he said they were his eters “written to Mtr. Fister, aud 1 said they sere given to mo by Mr. ‘Fisher; I did not yet them surreptitiousiy; they were given to ne by Mr. Fisher, for auy purpose that I deemed yroper; Mr. Blaine’ furthermore said to me, when ho Yirst met me, thut some person told uim 1 was coming on here; I say now, under oath, that I have no un- iriendly teclings for Mr. Blaine, whatever. Q (By the Chairman.) Has either member of the commitiee bad any conversation with you since your examina.ion yesterday? A, No, sir. Q How many letters did you surrender to Mr Blaine’ A. dhere were fourteen that I had numbered »were about four more r envewupe, rs elven lette! statement avout the Northern Pacitic Katiroad. Q. Whose statement was that; I mean who made it? A. itcamo trom Mr, Blane; they are all from Blaine aod Uuder his own signature 4. Who was present when you first delivered these letters to Mr. Blaine to read on the promise that he would return them’ A. Mr. Atkins, and I think Mr, Fisher was in the room when I lirst gave them to him ou the promise that be would return them to me; L then retired irom that room, and be came up tomy | room and asked if | would not let him see thei again, and | told bum [had let bim see thou once, aud there Was pothizgg m them he had not read; he said he wanted to see them again; I asked him whether upon the word vt a gentieman be would give them back to ne and he said be would; he admitied to Mr, Fisher tnd Mr. Atkins that the only ining that made bim not | ve up the papers (> me was my remark that i any | Teports Were made Where the veracity of my testimony was impugned I should publish these letters; 1 toid Mr. Fisber and Mr. Atkins that I said that; I say so now, | railroad in Arkansas, | the letters. By Mr. Ashe,—What became of the memoranda that | Was With these letters? A. He (Mr. Blaine) las them, By the Chairman—Who was present wheu you gave up the Jetters to Mr. Bline the last timer A. No per- eon but be aud I; he tollowea me up to my own room, Q What time was that? A. 1 should say about ive o'clock in the afternoon. Q. Upeo hat evening did you cometo town! A. On Luesd: ening last Q When Mr blaine wrote to you orto Mr. Fisher asking that you and be come to his room, you did not ge! A. No, sir, Q. Did you have any interview with Mr, Blame Lelore you were summoned yesterday’ A. Yes; he cawe to me whea | was getting shaved in the barber shop. Q@ When’ a that I would not hotel prohably nm Alter the messenger went back to say ) up be caine down; 1 was uot tn the re than half an Lour, Q What occurred between you im that interview? A. He shook hands with me, and asked itt was mmoned; I told him yes abd showed bim my suin mons, and he redd it; he told me that he bad been ad. vised by parties here that ! was coming on trum Bostou, Q, Who heard this testimony between you and Mr. Baine? A. Mr. Fisher was sitting in the barber's chair; Ide nov know whether ho leard it or not; 1 was in one barber's chair Mr. Fisher was in an ather, aud the barber was there; we three were as cun- | higuols nearly as we are now @ You were not being shaved at that mom No, sir; 1 was waiting tor Mr, Fisher to get Mr, Blaine eatd he beard th sud Tasked him if 1 had vition of that k vaunted bim to give t made ne his informant, but he would not fo it; he (ben asked me sume questions sbout what! would testily to, and I told hun | declined to have any souversation with him, apd wanted to come into this somnmittee room without aaything of that kind, apd I yegged him not to ask me. Q Was that your only interview with him previous Ww your examination of yesterday! A. Yes. @ Did be and Mr. Fisber have an interview? A Mr, Fisher wer’ % his house and he sent Mr. Fisher, it least so Mr. Fisher revoried to me, wanting me w inet Mr. Fisher wanted me, coming back twice swaying Mr, Blaine wanted up there, aud to see if he sould hot get the papers from me. Q Mr. Fisher reported to you? A. Yes, sir; be came down and reported to me saying that Mr. Blaine wanted me up (bere, } Q He came down twice for you? A. Yes. | Mr. Fars—The witness said in order to get those papers? | The Wirwess—That is what Mr. Fisher reported to | me, that be wanted to see me, not to get the paper but to see him about those papers Q Are you familiar with the contents of the letter the siatemeut which you say you surrendered to | Ne. Blaine, and which he retused to surrender to yon ? A. Well, | think I know about the points (that were im | sbem, anything that is maserial to this matter. | Mr, Buais I shall object We the coi ee going | ito my private letters until my statement about this | Matier is Gret beard. I wish to make my statement if the committee will hear me. } CHainwax—I want you to state anything in those Jesters Which bears upou your testimony of yesterdad ComesrBing the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, ] bonds which you understood went into the bands of the Union Pacitic Railroad through Thomas A. Scott Mr. Frve—tI will object tothas Will you allow me to ask bim ove or two questions to lay the foundation of | the objection which 1 make State your objection to the question first, Se Poses desire to show by the witness that those letters were addressed by Mr. Blame to Mr. ; that they were ip a safe occupied by Mr. Fishei this Witbess, having no right whatever to them, they not being hi roperty at all, took possession of them and brought them here to Washington ; that there is nowhere in any of the letters iH we what to any bonds that were sold to Caidweil, to Fisher, to Tom Scott or to the Union Pacille Railroad Company. The Cuarkaax—It there is not bo will so answer, 1 have framed my question with thut direet view, Mr. Buaing—I wish to ask the committee, before you gO into the @ntents of those letters, to let mo make my statement. The Cnarrwax—We will give you a hearing, Mr. Buaiwk—But [ do not think you have a right to inject anything :pto the testimony of the witness at this poiut, What I mean is that this question of the possessivn of the letters ix one that stands alone; it is entirely independent of every other matter. After you go into it, and have disposed of it, the other matter can be quite as properly proceeded with; and before the witness proceeds uny further I should like to make astatement as to the personal matter which he bas broached in connection with the possession of these letters, The Cuammaan—We are examining him as to those letters now. 1 do not think it is best to inject anything into the testimony at this point, Mr. Frye—The witness made it a matter of privilege by asking permission to make a separate statement in reference to a matter which had nothing to do with the railroad compan Mr, Buaink—He has injected his personal statement and | want to © @ counter Statement, The Cuamaan—I do not want to do anything that would put you at a disadvantage, Mr. Blaine; but I do not think it would te regular ut this time, Mr, BLAixe—Are you going to proceed now with the examination without allowing nny explanation of this statement that has been made ¢ ‘The Cuammas—That seems to mo to be the regular course of proceeding. Mr. Buaine—It does not strike me that it is quite fair play. 1 do not want the impression to go forth to the world, in regard to these letters, as this man stated it Without my haying an opportunity of making my own statement. Tho Cuammax—There is no possiblo chance of its going forth to the world without your having such op- portunity, Your statement, so far as T can control it, will be before the committee in ample time for publica- tion at the same time as this wituess’ statement, Mr. Frya—There is this further objection:—Tne wit- ness 18 now asked to testify relative to the contents of certain letters, not his letters at all. He staied in re- ply that he thinks he can tell something that was in them. oe letters, it his statement is true, are all in existence and in the hands of Mr. Blaine. Mr, Blame has not declined to furnish them, nor has he intimated that he will decline, I submit that there is no rule of evidence by which you. can interrogate this witness relative to the contents of these lutters until they are shown to be beyond the power of the commit- tee to have the letters themselves. 1 make that us a legal objection to asking this witness what is in the let- ters, The Cuairman—Your objection would, possibly, in a court of justice, be well taken, but it has been decided by the full committce that this committce is not to be governed by the ordinary rules of law, If the statement of the witness be trae and Mr. Blaine has the letters, the question asked the witness is at once ans the production of the lettes If Mr. Blain vent of the witness, and does not pro- we have a right to examine the wit- ness about them tu order to elicit ¢! Mr. Frrg—If Mr. Blaine took the lctters they are in existence, They have not been destroyed atall. If the witness gives a statement at all as to the contents of these letters it can only bea garbled statement. You are.searching for facts. You do not want garbled facts provided you can bave the real facts. 1 co nut mean that this man would garble them any more than any other man, but any man stating the contents of letters under such circumstances would be unable to Stute exactly what they contained. It may be that Mr. Blaine wouid say to you that there was not a single word in those letters, from beginning to end, to the effect that Mr. Caldwell or Mr. Scott or the Union Pa- citic Railroad Company ever had anything whatsoever to ao with any bonds which Mr. Blaine bad of his It may be that hoe would say that there wag not the slightest word in the letter ind! cating, directly or indirectly, that the bonds which you are inquiring about, and the transaction which you are seeking had’ anytning whatever to do with the bonds which Mr. Blaine had of that road, The Cuaimmax—Phe witness has stated that those letters were given to Mr. Blaine, under a pledge trom Mr. Blaine that they should be returned to him, As- suming that Mr. Blaine has those letters, he has vio- lated u promise, and he has not offered to produce them to the committee. I nave asked the witness a question as to the contents of those letters, eo far as they bear upon the subject matter of the lution. That is per- fectly proper. If Mr. Blaine is apprehensive that the witness will give a garbled statement, !nadvertantly or otherwise, the remedy ts in his own hands to produce If he declines to produce the letters then this evidence is legitimate. Mr, Braink—I would prefer making a statement tn advance, but if the question is insisted upon 1 have no ‘objection to it. Mr. Fryx—Mr. Blaine may desire time to consider whether he will pass the letters over to the committee or not, The Curainwax—When Mr, Blaine makes that request from the committee it will be time enough to consider it Mr. Buaink—That would have formed part of the statement which | asked permission to make. Mr. Asux—I would suggest this:—Tne witness has sworn that Mr. Blaine bas & memorandum which the witness made of the contents of each of those letters, and he swears that Mr. Blaine promised to return it to him, but bas not done so. If Mr, Blaine will proauce hat memorindum to the committees the committee will only examine the witness as to such letters as the memorandum indicates to bear upon the por inquiry. Mr. Blaine can then meet witness’ by showing the letter itself to the committee, which will not yo on the record it it 18 fownd that the memo- randum does not correctly state the contents of the letter, and the watter will hot go any furt! Mr. Buaixe—I think | could simpliiy this matter very much it I could be allowed to make a statement at this point. I think | could aid the committee, The Cuainmay—Mr. Blaine has bad those letters since last night, and if this witness has spoken truth he has got them under circumstances which do not entitle him to retain them, If the letters do bear upqn thi question we are entitied to them, ald if we cannot get them we bave a right to prove their contents. But | all this can be obviated by Mr, Blaine producing the letters, Mr. Lawrexce—Mr. Rlaine’s statement might fur- nish a reason which would show the letters were totally incompetent. ‘The CyaimMax—l do not desire to do anything that we have not a clear right todo, Nor do I desire to omit anything that we ought todo, But for my part I | do not think we should change the current of the ex- amination at this point, Mr. Lawresck—I think that any examination as to the conteuts of the letters should be post- poned until after Mr, Blaine shall have bad opportunity to reply, so. thatthe committee may have an opportunity to determine whether there is anything in them that is competent noder the resolution whieh authorizes us to investigate, | ‘The question which has arisen as to the circumstances under which Mr. Blaine became possessed of these lot- ters is, as it were, an interlocutory matter, and Mr, Biaine’s statement ‘as to it can, with entire propriety, be heard at once, and I think shou'd be, It was decided that the examination should now be interrapted, but should pros put, which Was now read as Q@ 1 want you to state anytbing in which bears upon your testimony ot cerning Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad bonds whi you understand went into the hands of | the Union Pacific Railroad through Thomas A. Scott. A, In my testimony yesterday 1 was asked if I had any otber testimony than what Mr. Atkins had said about these bonds and I said y that Mr. Blaine had acknowledged it himself in a lette! Nr. Fisher had been writing to Mr, Blame for some tine about a setticment, and Mr. Blaine always urged about some back bonds due bim as) = 6com- missions on the sale of bonds, and saying that he was very short considerable by this trai m, aud that he would have to take up these bonds from parties who had them, or that be had taken them up; Mr. Fisher wrote ff money and had lost | him back that be (Mr. Blaine) had not lost any money, because he (Mr, Fisher) knew where he bad soid the bonds und got this large amount of money for them. Q@ What large amount? A. These $64,000; Mi Blaine wrote back to Mr, Fisher (l may not give exact words, but this is the purport of them) that t ey that he bad obtained he did not have in his possession forty-eight hours; that he had not made 1 jor himse.f, but that he had’ turned it over to those innocent parties (alluding to Maine parties) ; I cannot give the date of the letter. @ You have made a memorandum of the contents of those letters’ A. Yes, of fourteen of them. Q And that memorandum Mr, Blaime obtained from you lasteveningy A. Yes. Q@ And refused to return it? A. You Q State how you got possession of these letters? A. l was Mr. Fisher's contidential clerk; I waa with the Adams Sugar Kefinery, but was domg some privace writing (or Me, Fisher; ‘the Adams Sugar Refuery dis gvlved im i871, and all those papers were tu Mr. Fish private desk; some of them, however, were got aiterward; Mr. Fisher and lwere together in Doane street alter we leit the retinery; there was nothing secret in those papers as between Mr, Fisher and me, were mine; he told me that those paper he went with he knew about my t them b ne last Sunday to the sute and got the p ido what 1 pleased with them; he saw me in the hotel bere, and read them when hy re; L have not taken them surreptitiously or otherwise than as 1 have stated. Q Did Mr. Pisuer demand them of you at any time? A. No, sir; he always told me that they were at my disposal atany time. & Upenwhat ground did Mr. Blaine refuse to re- turn those letters or a memorandum of them? A. He asked me for what purpose | wanted the fetters; he said he did pot want tuem to go belore the committee or the world; [told lim that if it was not absolutely necessary under my testimony to produce those letters to the committee I should not do so and I should not use them for apy purpose, oxeepting that if my veracity and my honor were at stake [I should publish them; I suid so in the presence of Mr. Blaine and Mr, Atkins last nigl id L say so now; if t have (hose letters, and if my testimony is impagned to any way, I shall, 19 vindication of myseif, mage chem pud- it covsider{ havea perteet right to do so; they were given to ine voluntarily; Mr. Fisher is hore pres- and can speak ior pimeell. Q@ What reasons did Mr. Biaine give you for desiring pers out, and | to suppress those letters? A, That they would ruin bim forever; bocontemplated suicide and appealed to me ip every way he could, und he began then to talk iitics and asked me about his nominatior is friends; I talked freely to him and gave him my opinion; be asked me iff liked my prevent position und T told bim no, I did not care about it; he asked me how I should like @ political office and 1 told bom | did not care about one; be asked me if I would not like a soncnishlp By Mr. Frve—Q. Was any one present at that time? A. No, sir; I state that gpon my own veracity; Mr. Bia! here aud is listening to what 1 say; I consider my Word as good as that of apy man that ever lived; I tola him there was no political oltice that I wanted. By the Cuaimmax—Q You hi come before the committee and related these facts upon your own no- vow only? A. Upon my own motion only, Q Without consultation’ A. Without consultation or admonition from avy one, and rather against the other gentlemen, who advised me not to do it, Q. What other gentlemen? A. Mr. Atkins and Mr, Fisher, They said they thought I ought not to do it, and advised me not to do it, Q. Is there anything else in those fourteen letters of Mr. Blaine to Mr, Fisher which bears upon the matter of this inquiry, to wit: the Little Rock and Fort Smith bonds, which went atterward into hands of the Union Pacific Railroad Company? A. Mind you, sir, I do not know about what particular ‘bonds went into the ‘ailroad Company; there are bonds that Mr. Blaine got from Mr. Fisher; whether thowe were these particu- Jar bonds or uot I don’t know; Mr. Blaine himsclf said, or I understood from his letters that these bonds that went in there were bonds that came {rom these parties nanfed; whether they were bis own bonds that he got this commission on I do not know; there was one letter in the package where he told Mr. Fisher how much was duc on these bonds; he wid him he had received $55,000 of bonds irom him avd $20,000 from Caldwell on an outside matter, that is $55,000 of bonds on Mr, Fisher’s account (as per cent- age that he wus to get upon those sales of bonds to which I testified yesterday), and the $20,000 of bonds which he got from Mr. Caldwell. Q Two sums, making in the aggregate $75,000 of | bonds? A. Yes, Q Did he say in that letter that those bonds went into the hands of the Union Pacific Railroad Company through Thomas A, Scott? A. Not im that letter, He did not mention Mr, Scott’s name in anything, but Mr. Fisher wrote to bim, telling bim that ho (Mr. Fisher) knew where these bonds went, and that he (Mr. Blaine) got so much for them; and Mr. Blaine wrote back that if Mr, Fisher thought he (Mr. Biaine) benefited by the transaction he was mistaken, and that he had not had the money torty- eight hours when he passed it over to these parties. Mr. BLains—What were the bonds that went to the Maine parties, wuat devomination of bonds, where they lund grant or first mortgage bonds? A. (Refer- ring to memorandum), 1 can tell you, sir, aud I pre- sume you won't dispute it because it is in your own handwriting (producing memorandum labelled Warren Fisher, Jr., private, which he hands to tre chairman); there are all the parties’ names; at you want thein you can have the whole history nm Q (By the Chairman)—In whose handwriting is this book’ A. James G, Biaine’s ‘The CuaimmaN—Now proceed to answer the question. Witxxss—ihe $130,000 of bonds that were sold to these different parties here were first mortguge bonds. Mr. Buaink—Ubey were first mortgage and not land grant bonds? A. Yes; the next sale was oo a different day from the other, Cuainuan—Was that to the Mame partics? A. Yes, and sold on a different basis; one man had $8,000 of land grant bonds and $10,000 of first mortgage bouds; that Was $18,000 for one man, another man had $6,000 of land grant bonds and $7,500 of first mortgage bonds; another had $5,000 of land grant bonds and $6,250 of first nortgage bonds; another bad $9,000 of land grant and $11,250 of first mortgage bonds. Q Wore al! sales that you have referred to mado by or through Mr. Blaine? A. Yes. Q And in addition to the bonds you have just spoken of as coming to these purchasers, what sort of bonds did Mr, Blaine get? A. He was to get $13,000 and $32,500 of fii mortgage By Mr. Buarz—You do not testify that I actually got these? A. No, sir; I say there aro about $36,000 that are due you yet. By the Cuarmman—That is, that he got all except thirty-six bonds? A. Yes. By Mr. Frvx—Do you know whetber they were sent to him or to the Maine men? A. I know that the Maine men paid their own subscriptions to me, and I gave receipts for them. Q But you ao not know that Mr, Blaine got bis’ A. 1 sent the other parties’ bonds to them by express, and Mr, Blaine got his. By the CuarrmaN—You sent by express the bonds to the Maine parties and delivered to Mr. Biaine his in persouf A. No; I did not deliver them to him in per- son, bat Mr. Fisher did so; Mr, Blaine has acknow!l- edged that ho got ull those; I gave him myself one lot of forty. Q He got all those $130,000 land bonds and $32,500 of tirst mortgage bonas, except $36,000—that is to suy, thirty-six bonus? A. Yes. SUBSCRIBERS TO LITTLE ROCK BOXDS. The following shows the subscribers to the Fort Smith and Little Rock Railroad Company, of Arkansas, as shown by the witness Mulligi In each instance the subscribers. to bonds received an equal amount in bonds of their casb subscription and of i grant and first mortgage bona: Wat" A. and P. Coburn, of Skowbegan, Me., to pay $50,000 and receive $150,000, Peter F, Sunborn, of Augusta, Me., to pay $10,000 and receive $30,000, ‘Anson P, Morrill, to pay $10,000 and receive $30,000. Ruph C, Jobuston, 5. R. perenne C. B. Haseltine, N. P. Monroe, A. W. Johnson, H. H. Johnson, Philo Hersey, all of Belfast, Me., paid $9,000 and received $15,000, with the exception of Jobuston, who paid $10,000 and received $30,000; Lot M. Morrill, of Au- gusta, paid $5,000 and received $15,000; A. B. Far- well, of Augusta, and C, M, Batley, of Winthrop, paid $5,000 and received $15,000 each. MR, BLAINE’S STATRMENT. At the conclusion of Mulligan’s examination Mr, Biaiwe made the following statement under oath :— Mr, Bluine—This witness opened his statement this morning by detaiing some facts in regurd to the pos- session by him of certain letters which came into my possession. To begin, where he did, I received through a third party a telegram on Monday, stating that Mr. Fisher aud Mr, Maihgan were on their way as wit- nesses, the latter uniriendly. Just ut that time my mind was consideravly fille¢ with tho story about the Northern Pacific matter, which bad come out through the letter of Mr, Aquilla Adams, who was formerly cup- nected with Mr. Fisher in business, and when I uscer- tained on What train Mr, Fisher was coming I sent a servant with a note to his hotel, saying | would like to have him and Mulligan call at my house at tueir leisure in reluuon to the Northern Pacific matter and Mr. Adams’ letter. Mr. Fisher catied, but Mr. Mulligan was not willing to call. 1 called at the Riggs House, and I found Mulligan sitting in a barber’schair. 1 shook bands with him. “We are not new acquaintances. I have kvown him twenty-five years, and I said, addressing him as I nad beea in the habit of doing ‘James, they report that you are here an enemy of mine ?’? He made some jocular or rather evasive answer, and then suid that be didn’t want to come to my house, because be dido’t wish to converse with me here in any way about the matter beiore he testitied. 1 had littie conversation directly afterward with Mr. Fisher, in which Mr. Fisber said (o me that Mr. Mulligan had a good many of my private letters; that he did not know or did not think that they bore upon the subject of vestigation, but that they embraced a large portion of the business which, fora number of yeurs, bud been going on between Mr. Fisber and myself. Mr, Fisher has been an intimate ucquaintance of mine for more Uban twenty years. He was tora consideratve period associated with my wile’s brother in business in Boston, and Mr. Mulligan was the confidential clerk for many years of another brother of my wife in busi o that I know the parties intimately. Mr, intimated that Mulligan bad these ietters, and, without distinctly saying 80, he gave me to understand that he was not the least reluctant to get them hether they bore apon the matter under inve: or not. Idid not converse with Mulligan at all until yesterday, when I discovered, | thought, a very great readiness on bis part to travel out of the record and tella great many things relating to my private busi- hess which did not belong at all to the subject of im- Vestigation, and sceing that 1 did not want to go into those matters uutil I could have a little con Yersation with him on the subject, I thought it was Uigbly improper and unjust that be should do so, be- causy it Dreadened the tield of examination and pre- vented my having a report or verdict upon the case particularly on band, So the committee was adjourned at Judge Lawrence’s request alter I bad spoken with m, After the adjournment I called on the three gentiemen—Mr. Atkins, Mr. Fisher and Mr, Mulligan— at the Riggs House, and in the parlor of Mr. Atkins I had some conversation with Mulligan about these let- ters, and asked him to show them to me. He did show them, with some reluctance, I said to him:—Why you aro not afraid of my keeping them, are you?” and he said, “No,” and handed them to me. | looked them all over, and he discovered there was only one letter in tho list that at all bore upon the question before the committee, and even that only by a forced construction, and not in reality, i banded them back to him. The conversation then Lecame somewhat general before the tour gentlemen, including myseif, in the room, After a litvle while Mr. Malligau went upstairs to Mr, Fisuer’s room, right overbead. I was talking with Mr. Atkins and Mr. Fisher for a few minutes and then | stariea up to Mr Fisher's room and Knocked at the door, end was ad- mited, and there I tatked wits, Mr. Mulligan for some im I may have been there, I think, the better part of an hour, but the form that he gives the interview about iny offering bim a consulship and about my being ruined avd ail that sort of thing was mere fancy. Notuing of the kind occurred, I talked as calmly as Lam talking this morning. Very soon | sad to him:— “1 woulu like to see one letter among those. ”’ I wanted to see the etter on which he based his tes- timony. He handed me the packa,e, 1 looked them all over, and f said to him, as I said afterward in the pres- ence of Mr. Fisherand Mr. Atkins, ‘Now you keep that letter whieh you think bears ou this mauer.” (That is the letter he bas testified to this morning.) “lam periectiy willing you should keep that, but here ts a wwass Of NY private correspondence, covering many years and detailing matters that bave noth to do ‘with the sabject of the investigation, which would probably be embarrassing to me to have published—as any man’s private correspondence would be—and I don’t want these letters published. You ought to me these Jexers. You bave no right to them, There are only two persons in the world who have a right to them. Onc is the writer and the other the person to whom they were written, Now, a7 will give these letters to Mr, Fisher I will be abundantly satisfied, They wiil then be in rightiul ownership. They will be in sate hands, "* Mr, Fisher had before, bimse! they should given to ‘conversation the lower room, igen refused. je said be didu’t know what miebt transpire in his ewamipatian to-day. asd in my gigs in id about” the | Umon Pacific | v JUNE 4%, 1876.-TRIPLE SHEET. ' he said with a good many “by Gods" that he was going to hola those letters for his protection aud hisvindica- tien. I said Whi tion, will you gi Ho said: x get through with the examina- em to me then t”? és if anybody ‘impuns’ my motives, (be -pronounced it in that way), or in any way: questions my Varney, in the papers, I shall puolish these let- ters," I said:—“You do not think d would attack you in the papers? There is nothing to make me attack you in the papers.”? He sad:—“Well, if anybody did, he shouid publish ing over the letters for some time. nm be handed them to me, he had shown reluctance, und, ag I have stated, I remarked, “You ure uot afraid of my keeping them?” and he nswered, ‘Ob, no,’ and banded them to me without any assurance at all, or without anything being said avout it, and I had no idea of doiug anything else but handing them back, until be announced his purpose and determination taat, no matter who should question his testimony, or impeach or ‘mpun’’ his veracity, he would publish the jetters. ”* 1 enid:—“These are private lotters; these are letters that relate to matters Uhat have no more connection or relationship with the examination now gaing on be'ore the Judiciary Commitiee than the man in the moon, und it wonid be grossly unfair that you should treat my private correspondence in that way.” I then said to hi “Will you ring the bell for a servant and tell him to wend Mr. Fisher up irom the lower room ¥”” He did go, and very soon Mr, Fisher camo ba and we had a little conversation, in which I repet be- fore Mr, Fisher what Mulligan had said—bic declara- tion, or rather his menace, 1 said: — “This is very grossly unfair, Mr. Fisher.”’ I then said that 1 would be giad if Mr. Fisher would take charge of the letters; that they were rightfully in bis possesmon. or rignttully in rine, bat not 1 any third person's. Mulligan repeated again in Mr. her's presence bis declaration that he would teel himsell at hberty to publish these letters at any time he saw fit it anyboay should provoke lim unto wrath by any comment on his testimony, and owing to the somewhat enlarged facilities of the American press for making criticisms upon everybody | ‘ound that my private correspondence hung by the thread ot bis taking offence at uny of the thousand ayd one paragraphs that might be sect afloat m the papers, and [ said te bim:— “Under these circumstances I will not give these letters up,” and in order that he might not be mistaken as to the ground of my action, I called Mr, Atkins from the lower room, for wanted to tell him the ground on which I stood. I said:—“1 will not return these letters because you to make a use of them which is ille- gitimat which is un! which 13 entirely un- Just, and I have no idea tbat any mun shall take my private correspondence and hold it us a menace over my head, to be used at his beck or option for his own Purposes or under somebody's Jirectivn.” We went down stairs and he repeated and reaflirmed bi mest with very great emphasis and I said good; I will retain the letters.” When I went home sent for two triends, one a member of the House of Representatives and tho other a lawyer in this city, and I laid every ono of these letters vetore them— these letters which ‘would disgrace mo for life” and nd my children sorrowing to the id‘ de- prive me of political honors” and all thi Isat down and read every one of them, just in the order in which they were marke@and numbered by Mulligan himsvif. I then said to these gentleraen alter consultation :— “lam going to submit these letters to two of the wisest and best counsel that 1 can find inthe city of Washington, to-morrow (that is to-day) and I will be guided entirely by them in the action I shall take bofore the Judiciary Committee. It they say any of those letters I should be induty bound to deliver; 11 they intimate to me that there is anything in the Jetters which bears even remotely or otherwise upon the subject of those interviews, those letters shall be delivered, but I shall wait and be guided by their opinion as to what I ought to do in the prem! ‘As to the bulk of those letters you mivht just as well send to my house and take any package from my files of correspondence for thp last five yeurs and put it here as eviden in this “investiga- ton, Many of them relate to business traus- actions which are paseed and setticd up and which Ido not want revived, not that there is anything in them which is in any degree embarrass- ing. I have read them over ireely to those two friends, and, as 1 say, I will read them over treely to those two counsel, There is nothing im thcse letters which I shail have occasion to blush over. The result is that 1 postponed my action until { could have this conference in regard to tt, ‘There was another reason which made it peculiarly exasperating to me; that is that in the montn of Sep- tember, 1872, Mr. Fisher and 1, alter very long and in the main very pleasant business relations, extending back to a period when 1 was a very young man, bad a final setulement, in which we exchanged receipts in full, 1 think fogged date was September 21, 1872. Jt was then said that ail let on either papers and scraps of papers shoufd be supposed they were given up, These written carelessly, as business letters olten are. I got a great many letters {from him, and I gave up all that 1 had. Mr. Mulligan claims that Mr. gave these letters to him, that he hasa right to them and that ho has the right to disposo of that correspondence, which 1g, all of it, private. When I said to bim that it waa all a private correspondence he said :— “The letter of a public man is public.” o That was the ground he took in conversation, and especially if a letter was not marked private. Some of these letters, however, are marked *Private,”” some are marked ‘Personal’ and some are marked “Coniidential.”” I insisted that it was the grossest possible outrage I sard:- “You take ther out the committee designing me any wrong. They out to the world, and then when it is seen they have no possible relevancy all that there 1s objectionable in the publication has been achieved and accomplished, and it will be too late for me to interpose any objection then.” In other words, the very test of their admissibility involves what | ‘myself proiest agningt, which is the use ol entirely private letters which have no relevancy wi the case in hand, took that ground and on that ground I stand now. 1 S rgmed myseli for pot returning the twas he that wus in unlawtul possession of those letters, He bad no right to those Ictters. I take that ground most distinctly that there are but two men that can possess a rightful interest in a private cor- respordence—the writer and the person written to— tha be that right I stand. Now, I shall produce the letter with great freedom on which Mr. Mulligan bas based his testimony that I acknowledged having re- ceived the $64,000, and I shall show you it has no re- lation to that subject, ‘THR CROSS-RXAMINATIOX, By Mr. Frve—Q —Dv not some of those letters re je to matters transpiring long betore you became a member of Congress? A.—Yes, loug before I became a member of Congress for the first time. The Cuaikmax—aAs | understand you, and as I espo- cially understand from Mr. Mulligan, you had pos- session of those letters on two occasions! Mr. Bhaine—Yes, The CuaimMan—Un the first occasion you promised to return them Y Mr. Buains—It did not assume so formal a as a promise. 1 thought he exnibited a little hesitancy in handing them to me, and [ said to him, “You don’t think I would keep them, do you?” It was rather an interjectional remark. 1 do not know whether Mr. Fisher or Mr. Atkins was in the“ room w' I first got them, but both of them came in while 1 reading and looking over the letters. 1 banded them back to Mr, Mulligan. The Cnarmmas—Why view in Mr. Mulligan's two gentlemen? Mr. Buaixr=It was Mr. Mulligan who had left the room, not 1; I wanted to satisfy myselt with respect to a specific lever; filteen letters make rather a vovumi: ous correspondence to remember all about; 1 went told him I wanted to see a ite letter and he banded me the package. ‘The CHatrMax—When you got the letters the second time it was your imsention to return them to Mr, Mul- ligan ? Mr. Buarxe—Yes, ‘The Cuaimaax—You changed your intention upon bis declaration that If his veracity were assailed he would publish the letiers? Mr, Buaixe—Yes; that he should attack me if any- body else attacked him. The Cuatrmax—I osk at your hands the production of those letters for the perusal of the committee, not for publication, that the committee see for them- selves whether they bear upon the question? Mr. Busixe—Io private? The Cuainwas—No, sir, with no privacy; but I cer- tainly will not make them puUlic unless ihey bear on the question, Mr, Biaiyr—I will take occasion to consult my coun- sel im regard to it, The Cuainwax—You decline, then, to prodace them? Mr. Buatne—For the present I decline. The Cuarkyax then asked Mr. Blaine to produce the Memorandums made by Mr. Mulligan, containing a suminary of the letters. Mr. Busine replied that if Mulligan had no right to the letters he had no right to the memorandums. If he bad no right to a private letter he bad wo right toa oon. of It, . Lawrencr—You have said that certain stato- ments of Mr. Muiligan’s were “iancy.”” Mr. Buaryz—Yes; I will explain that, The conver- sation Wasa joog one, | have known Mr. Mulligana tong me, and we have had a good deal of conversation at various times. On this occasion we got to talking about public matters, and he spoke of the miseries of iblic lite and said aid not see how anybody could induced to enter it. Ho spoke did you have the second inter- room inthe absence of these about going abroad to visit his iriends . you have not got tired of the humdrum of the ting acd | jokmgly remarked whether le 2 liked to go abroad in 80% pacity. As Mr. Mulligan has nted it seem that! bad asked him to accept a Consulship. Thero was nothing of that whatever. Mr. Lawrexcr—Was anything sayd about suicide? Mr. Bhatne—Not a word 1 the world, Mr. MctuiGas asked Mr. Blaine whether, on his oath, he would say that he had not used the word “suicide, " and Mr. Blaine replied, ‘I do, most decidedly.” THE CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE. Hantrorp, June 1, 1876, In the House of Representatives to day the proposed constitutional amendinent organizing the Senatorial districts was defeated—i05 yeas t 120 nays The amendment proposed to equalize the population of dis- tricts as nearly as possible. TAMMANY AND THE POLICE BOARD. The Tammany Goneral Committee last night, at the conclusion of the speeches of several of the more prom- inent members, resolutions condemnatory of the action of the Commisssioners in the receat Bacise rad GREENBACK CONVENTION. MR, T. E. TOMLINSON’S VIEWS ON INFLATION AND, CONTRACTION—APPOINTMENT OF COM- MITTEES AND DELEGATES. A Democratic State Convention, callea by the green- back agitators, aswembled yesterday in Germania Hall to select delegates for St. Louis. There were present about 200 persons, The meeting was called to order by Mr. Gideon J, Tucker, who nominated Mr. T. E. Tomlinson for chairman, the following named gentlemen being chosen as vice presidents:—Messrs. W. Lalor, Theodore N. Meivin, J. D. Sullivan, Thomas Flood, James Roach, Samue! R. Follett, John Smyles, George Sprague, and secretaries, Paul Tucker and Louis Arnbeim. Mr. Tom!ingon then rose aud uddressed the Conven™ tion. He inveighed against present legislation as ruin- ous. Currency, the circulation of the body politic, he said, was paralyzed, Gold was given a rough mora! handing. Congress has to determine what shall be money. Reference was mado to the utility of green. backs during the war, If inflation lessened obligations contraction ruined the debtor They wanted to be alune. ‘The latter statement very well summarizes the rest of the speech. The following committees were then appointed :— COMMITTKE TO REPORT THE NAMES OF ST. LOUIS DRLE- GarKs. 1, Gideon J. Tucker, New York; George Washington Mellon, New York. 2 Edward A. Moore, Kichinond; George W. Lioyd, Westebest & Jacob P. Miiler, Columbia; 4 Wilham bv. King, St. D. F. Kovie, Warren. 5, Clinton Miller, Oneida, 6. WENCE ; Beckwith, Herkimer; Rutger B. Harvey Hunt, Otsego; Ira H. Smith, Delawar Chrisiopher Kane,.Mouroe; T. B. Proctor, Livingston, 8 M,N. Cook, Genesee; Eli Atwell, Orleans, COMMITTEE OX ‘CREDENTIALS. 1. John W. Crump and Thomas F. Tally, New York. 2 Jacob P, Carll, Queens; Abranam ‘J. Cudde, Orange. 3. James G, Grace, Rensselaer; H. W. Champlin, Schoharie. 4 Eugene Dillenbeck, Mont- gomery; B. F. Bissell, Saratoga. 5. Charles E. Van Kateu, Onondaga; Timothy Conklin, Herkimer. 6 William 8. Dederer, Tompkins; Frederic Scudder, Cortiand, 7. William MelIntyre, Ontario; Daniel A. Rovinson, Cayuga. 8 Jobn B. Adams, Erie; 3. F. Nixon, Chautauqua, COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 1, Marcus Hanion, New York. 2 Marcena M. Dickinson, Rockland. ' & George 5. Crawford, Albany, 4. J. P. Ferguson, Montyomery. 5. 8, D. -Keller, Quondaga, 6 Charles W. Cooke, Otsego. 7. William E. Buell, Monroe, 8. Thomas Ingstrum, Cattaraugus. ‘The Convention then took a recess. EVENING SESSION. The Convention re-assembled at cight o’clock. The Hon. Anthony E, Cuddebuch, as Chairman of the Com- mittee on Credentials, presented his report and made a briet address, in the course of which he said that bad been born and bred a democrat but should not vol for Governor Tilden tor any office. “Where was he in 1861 and 1852?" asked the speaker. ‘1 cannot answor that, but {can tell you where he was not, He was missing from the side of such men as Levi 8S. Chatfield and Lieutenant Governor Church, who were fighting the Canal Ring before the Legislature. Iam tor tho same principles that General Jackson enunciuted. As Jong a8 we stand stil! and see the money power rule the government we shall be little better than slaves.” ‘The Secretary here announced that filty out of sixty- two counties in the State were represented, ana 120 out of 162 Assembly districts. Mr. Marcus Hanlon, of New York, Chairman of the Committée on Resolutions, read the following resolu- tions, which were anantmously adopted:— THR RESOLUTIONS. Whereas the organization heretoture known as the demo- e of New York, in its conventions in 1878, adopted certain resoluti of finance, again: reasons : re in conflict with the adopted by the last jon, held in the city of New York in 1964, that being the last xenuine National Demo- cratic Convention held in this country, the Convention held in Baltimora tn in? being only n ratification meet ing for form ot the Liberal Convention held Secoud—Because the men wh ive resolutions are t and personal influ je states that belie cs ich we as J suppressed and tho circulat whom it belongs.” Third—Because the men who now as sume to lead the democratic party in this State are asso- clated with and controlled by its great moneyed aud corpo- rate inte having no xympatby in common with reer} corrupt combinations with the thes xd to Oppose, are unfitted people’ are, the only democratic organizatio: in harmony, with the desires of the people throughout this Staty and with the organisations of the democratic party the Southern and Western States which are nos controll by money as they have heretoture been in New York, claim admission for our delegates to the National Convention to beheld in St, Louis on the 27th inst.,as the only duly authorized representatives of t ocrary of this State, ‘And recogulsing the duty of the democratic party as the time honored champion of the rights of the many against the jons of the few. to express its purposes in the pending currency contlict without reserve or equivocation, ‘we declure that we shall urge against. all opposition, come from what quarter it measq@ps to offect the following objects and adopt them ‘OUR PLATFORM. Firat—Unconditional repeal of the republican torced Re- sumption act, ‘Secoud—Tho substitution of legal tenders for national bank Third—Legal tenders to be receivable for ail debts public and private and all taxes and customs. Fourth—No torced inflation, nu forced contraction, but « circulation equal to the wants of trade and industry, to be id gradually equalised with gold by iT ‘ion for the development of the resources and wealth of the country by the people to the exclusion of nopolies. meh faithful compliance with the nation's just obliga- s. Secenth—No centralization. Local self government. Bighth—We denounce the present corruption in the affairs of the federal goverment, ead demand searching investiga: tion and ishment of the guilty, independent vf bey sloctien ol Con, ‘oppose the re-clection of eve seman, Senator or Assemblyman who has opposed: directly or Indi: rectly. the repeal of the mption act. Tenth—Our delogaten to the Ss vention are In- structed to. support ® platiorm in accordance with these principles, and to use all honorable means to oBtain the Romination of « candidate whose uctn have already pledged to support the policy herein Geclared—a Western tnen dH democratic platform, with the watchword “money a jabor."’ ‘Resolved, That the delegation just appotnted by this Co1 venti to attend the Democratic Convention (Presiden- netructed to vote there as @ unit, in, accordance with the sentiments of a majority of its members desvlved, Th: the event of the dec! tion of any Presidente! delegate hore appointed, or inthe ‘event of tho inavility of any 01 ust be restored to the nation, to e fore, we being ‘St. Louis Convention, the tate Committee be empowered tu fill the vacancy upon the nominatiow of the delegates representing his district in the Sinte Convention. ‘The following delegates were then appointed to at- tend the St. Louis Convention and claim adiniesion on @ greenback platiorm:— ‘At Large—Gideon J. Tucker, Richard Schell and Theo. E. Tomlinson, of New York; Rutger & Miller, of Oneida, and Jeremmh McGuire, of Chemung. From the Congressional districta.—First district— Daniel C. Birdsall, Jacod P. Caril; Second—Theo. N. Meiviu, John P. Cowles; Third—Richard B. Leceh, Charles L. Finney; Fourth—John P. Ranncie, Patrick Ford; Fitth—Gideon J. Tucker, Charles R. wall; Sixtbh—Benjamin M. Medina, Frank Wi: Seventh—J. W. Crump, Joseph J, Finnerty; Eighth— Joba 8. Berry, George W. Dean; Ninth—Jerome Buck, John B Dye; ‘Tenth—John McCool, Thomas F. Tully; Eleventh—Marcus Hanton, Thomas B, McKellar; Twelfth—William T, Brown, George W. Lioyd; Thir- teenth, Jack Miller, J. V. W. Doty; Fourteenth—-Wil- Niam Voorhees, Anthony J. Caddebach; Fifteenth, Eu. O’Retly, Willard P. Hasbrouck; Sixteenth—Jobn Evers, William Brown; Seventeenth—Thomas Flood, Thomas J. Strong; Eighteenth—D. F. Keefer, Danie! Ferguson; Nineteenth, J. 8. Tupper, N. rber ; Twentieth—J. P, Ferguson, Luke firsi—Lewis Carmicnacl, A, J. second—' |. Saunders, Ger; Twenty-third—Willam 8. Abel, Richard Schrveppel; Twenty-fourth—sobn Slocem, B. W. Cummings; Twenty-tifth—Oney Sayles, 8’ V. Kellar; Twenty: sixth—Samuel Hayden, Beruard Doherty ; Twenty-sev- enth—U. D. Phelps, Archibald Christio; Twenty. eighth—W. H. Bristol, Jon J. Van Allen; Twenty- ninth—F. C. Divinney, James E. Jones; Thirtieth—A. MacNaughton, W. Embree; Thirty-first—Alexander Cainpbell, George Benedict; Thirty-second—John J. 8. Buell; Thirty-third—John B, Smith, & jection of delegates, Mr. Muller, editor of a newspaper devoted to the interests of the gi back party, made a speech in which he ropeated the argu- ents so olten enunciated by those in sympathy with him, He was followed by various other speakers who seemed to afford the Convention more amusement than mformation. MANTON MARBLE'S SUCCESSOR. York (Pa.) Dispatch:—“Mr, Manton Marbie bas sold out his interest in the New York World to W. H, Hurt- bert, who will assume the editorship, Mr, Hurlbert is ‘a brilliant editorial writer.”” Louisviie (Ky.) Sunday Argus:—“Mr, Marble’ career upon the World has been a very brilliant one. He brought to his work scholarship, penetration, inde pendence and an ardent love for bis profession ; and for years he has been in the very front rank of American urnalism. His retirement will be universally regretted. ir. Huribert, his successor, has beon tor fourteen yeara connected with the Workd, and is thoroughly acquainted with the duties of the position which be has assumed, The paper will not suffer in his hands.”” Cincinnati Enquirer:—“It is due to the New York World to say that its conduct under the new régime, whosoover that may be, 1 decent and dignified. Mr. William Henry Hurlbert is a gentieman of culture, and it is quite apparent that be believes in deceucy in journalism. A marked change bas come over the spirit of the World since he assamed control of its columns, ‘The World seems capabie of fairness and of discussing pablic questions on their merits. Jt hasn't called whe Obie democrats ‘lunatics,’ ‘madmen,’ cts,’ “fools,’ ‘load-inouthed heretics,’ days, nor bas it applied any similar endearing opithets to the Ubie brethren. This ts itifyiug, it is ing that deserves recognition. We take plens- ‘ure if cheeriully Sey See toma ymptom of gen- a the World. We lave taken occasion the past some rather imentary things of the "World, “ior i religion is to pester as man: r ile we do y- the if we bave abandoned one bogun with us uctil the beginner was sorry it is a circumstance which we e eo have a that public questions can ‘on broad discussed phic: Without desouading ‘vo personal vive [ : eration; but i there are that think otherwise ited, they ment the World has not only omitted persona! abuse from its arguments, but has actually manifested a de- sire to promote harmony in the d2mocrutic party with- out absolutely dictating all the terms of “har- meny.’ Itabnounces that it will make ‘no war upon candidates,’ and it creditabiy fies this notice.’” POLITICAL NOTES. The Galveston News says if Blaine is not nominated ‘on the first ballot: it will be because sympathy is not potent enough to make a nomines. The Commonwealth and the Const Bourbon- democratic papers, of Georgia, pronounce in favor of General A. H, Colquitt, “a second Calhoun,” for Gov- ernor of that State. General Dick Taylor believes the Southern delega- tiou to St. Louis should support Tilden, and for saying this General Dick is being snarled at and hooted at, South and North. s The Chicago Tribune expresses ite dislike for Conk- Jing by calliog him an exclagive, selsh New Yorker, who nas becn a persistent opponeat in the Senate of legisiation in the interest of the Weat. ‘The Hon. Newton Bateman and the Hon. John F. Farnsworth are suggested as democratic candidates ios Governor. The Hon. Sidney Breese is suggested as a democratic candidate for United States Senator. Milwaukee Commercial Times:—‘Thousands of hard money democrats would vote a republican ticket that upheld the financial principles they havo been taught to worship. At the same time bardly a handful of re- publicans would vote a soft money democratic ticket,” In discussing the democratic situation the Lockport (N. Y.) Union says:—“Take all tho candidates whose names may be submitted to the Convontion, weigh them, and nominate the one more nearly balancing the general interest. We believe this is just what the Con- vention will do,’’ Richmond (Va.) Whig:—‘‘Many papers that aronow making such fierce war upon Governor Tilden, @B- pecially Virginia papers, if we are not greatly mistaken Jn what the times foreshadow, will be repenting their course in sackcloth and ashes before they area month older.” Scranton (Pa,) Republican:—“Each day but adds te the impression that the inflation pill so unceremoni- ously rolled up at Cincinnati wil! bo swallowed at St. Louis without even a grimace. One by one the democratic heroes of the metallic curreucy are letting themselves down as confidently as though a greenback cushion had been one of their life-time luxuries,” Montgomery (Ala.) Hornet :—“With rogard to the delegates to the National Democratic Convention at St, Louis we hepe and trast they will go uninstructed and unpledged, determined to seloct the most available man for the Presidential chair, provided he be a frm, unwavering democrat of untarnished record and sound upon the money question.’” Albany (N. ¥.) Argus:—“Governor Tilden is as strong to-day in New York as the democratic party 1s strong. Abealthy organization exists throughout the entire State. There is no opposition to him among the demo- cratic masses, His party knows him to be faithful to ita principles and its purposes, glories in his achieve- ments and calls them its own,” “ Shelby M. Cullom, the republican nominee for Gov- ernor of Illinois, was born in Wayne county, Kentucky, November 22, 1849. At the age of ninctcen he entered Mount Morris University. In 1856 he was a Presiden tial elector upon the Fillmore ticket. During the same campaign be was clected to the State Legisiature, In 1864 he was elected to Congress from the Eighth illi- nois district, and re-elected in 1868. Richmond (Va.) Despatch:—'‘There can be no com promise at St. Louis. There can be nothing but afight, and either a victory or a defeat for the democratie party. Of course, it were the very madness of the moon to nominate a Southern man for Prosident, He would be inevitably duomed to defeat, To nominate one would be to betray the democratic party into the hands of the republicans.” ‘The New Orleans Times, speaking of Tilden's chances, Says if he,wants to retain any very great influence in national politics his wisest pian would be to accept the New Yorx Heraup’s suggestion, made several weeks ago, about a “triumvirate,” turn over his influence te some one more acceptable and come in asa graceful second, or with the promise, or even prospect, of the first Cabinet position. Buffalo Commercial: “With every desire to be satis: fied with the nomination of Mr. Bristow, and to give hima hearty support in case he should be chosen a the republican standard bearer in this campaign, wt must say that his friends are pushing his candidacy in @ way that ts both injudicious and unfair, The Nw tional Convention is not to be frightened or even in fluenced by ‘third party’ or any other sort of threats.™ Mobile (Ala.) Register:—‘‘We are not prophesying; we recognize allthe chances against it; but wo als¢ realize the ravenous greed which controls the radical party. What, then, if—amid the distractions and Jealousies that threaten to split the Convention—some man rises and cries, ‘I save the republican party and nominate U. S, Grant!’ Stranger things have happened than that a unanimous vote would record the triumph of the daring trick.” 4 St. Louis Globe:—'The delegates chosen thus far fairly represent the best strength of the republicar party, and there is every reason to believe that th Cincinvats Convention will be in every way worthy o the high interests confided to It, Bat it is impossibl: not to admit that temptation besets the members w every step, and that they need every encouragemen to strengthen them in their resistance to the insidiow snares set before them.” Charleston (S. C.) Journal of Commerce:—‘‘Now, it it not imperative that all true friends of reform should unite under the democratic banner in putting a stop to such monsirous misgovernment as we have suffered under? Al) honest men snould unite in one effort to gain this end. The democratic party desires the ad hesion of every man who wishes to aid in the good work of saving the State trom the inevitable rain that awaits hor if the rule of the last eleven years is con tinued under republican auspices,’ Albany Argus:—“Blaine must look out for the treacherous undertow! The first test vote in the Con- vention will come up on the question ®f admitting the Alabama delegation. Twenty votes are involved ia this issue. If the delegation should be divided the re sult would be ultimately to give Conkling ten votes and Blaine ten, Deducting from Biaine and Bristow the ‘twenty-five machine delegates’ from Ilitnoia, with the twenty-four machine delegates from Kentucky and ten of the Massachusetts delegation who cannot be trans ferred to Blaine, and the final ballot would stand as fob lows:~ Conkling, 895; Blaine, 361,” Springfield (Mass.) Republican:—“and yet Mr. Conk. ling has a chance at Cincinnati; a real chance, a great chance, such a chance as déesn’t come to a public man more than once in his life time. If be cannot captare the Convention he can lead and control it, If he can not secure the nomination for himself he can say where it shall go. It he cannot be the President he can name the President. Baiked of bis ambition, he can turn the tables on his rivals with a swiftness and completeness that will freeze the sneers on their lip; and that will give him a new lease of political power He has only to lead off at the eritical moment for Ms Adams, of Massachusetts. ’’ A DYNAMITE HOAX. [From the Washington (D. C.) Star.) Last Sunday a young man from South Carolina, whe had recently been travelling im Earope with his tutor, was at Willard’s Hotel, Having on their arrival is Now York lett in the Custom House there a box con taining a number of articles, they concluded on Sua. day to draw ap an affidavit to meet the requirements of the jaw in withdrawing the box, In this they bad proceeded so far as to write:—''Washington, May 28, 1876. I (name of affiant) hereby swear that the box containing—" Then, being unable to remember the articles, they concluded to postpone hg it, and the paper was leit carelessly at aud they proceeded to Baltimore on Mon- day to visit Colonel Ro M. Johnson, A news. man afterward picked up the paper and continued Koa Tape eae She. 3 A feo meee ari r the purpose of blowing w presen! adininietration was carotulty Mg under the White House on Sut ight, the 23th, It 19 80 ar- ranged that it will explode on the night of tan atll ben sore Hoping by ie will iy work successtully, | am yours,” #c ve paper a iriond who sent it to the President ‘b where an incftectual search for the box was made. < to Smith and West's detectives then took the matter hand and Be ccortag traced the South Barnum’s Hotel, Baltimore. Explanations the discrepancy between tho of the and the subsequent addition to it was the detectives lett, ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT. — * The annual commencement exercises st St John's 0'Reetr ane don oi aS eet