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r peeves. in tact, of CONGRESS. Proceedings Preliminary to a Final Vote in the Impeachment Trial. THE SENATE AND THE INDIAN WAR. Report of the Naval Investigating Committee to the House. ADOPTION OF THE MAJORITY REPORT. The Question of Robeson’s Impeachment Re- ferred to the Judiciary Committee. THE PRESIDENT ON THE CIVIL SERVICE BILL, SENATE. ‘Wasuixcrox, July 31, 1876, Tho House resolution to prohibit the supply of special metallic cartridges to hostile Indians was taken up, and during a brief discussion upon it Mr. Ingalls, of Kansas, said the man who would sell ammunition to the Indians in the present state of Indian affairs was no better than a murderer, and authority should be given to bang such person to the nearest telegraph pole or shoot him immediately by drum head court martial. INCREASE OF CAVALRY COMPANIES, The Chair laid before the Sepate a communication from the Secrotary of War transmitting the copy of a despatch from Lieutenant General Sheridan reocom- mending an increase in the companies of the Third, Fourth, Filth and Seventh regiments of cavalry to 100 men each, as was done in the case of companies serv- ing on the Rio Grande, and recommending an appro- priation of $1,634,700 to defray the expense of such in- crease. The despatch was accompanied bya bill to authorize tho increase and making the necessary appropriation therefor, Mr. Locay asked for the present consideration of the bill. Mr. Swermay, (rep.) of Obio, favored the bill, and aid ho thought Congress, should also authorize an in- || brease of the number of iniautry companies. The potntry had a right to feel same alarm at the present sondition of Indian affairs and he believed Congress Bhould strengthen the army. The Indians now in arms numbered about 5,000 fighting men, well armed, and they had shown great courage. He had-no doubt that this will be the last contest with Indians on this continent, and Congress should give tho President au- Yhority by a unanimous vote to meet this emergency and‘duthorize bim to accept volunteer regiments. If y accident should happen to General Crook or Gen- 1 Terry Congress might be called together to take Measures to put down this Indian trouble. Mr. Pappoex, (rep.) of Neb., inquirea of the Chair- ma: of the Committee on Military Affairs (Mr. Logan) ft any action had beon taken on the resolution sub- Jnitted by him authorizing the Presideat to accept vol- unteers. Mr. Loan replied that the resolution had been re- ferred to the Secretary of War, and uo reply had becn received trom bim. Mr, Tucra@ax, (dem.) of Ohio, said he had a strong impression that unless this Sioux war was finished at once, and the iudiaus in arms vanquished, ali the plans of the government tor placing tbe Indians on reser- ‘vations would amount to nothing. Mr. Mumximoy, (dem.) of N. C,, said the President had sent co Message to Congress upon tho subject of this Indiao trouble, though cenators knew by the Rewspupers that such trouble did exist Ho thought the Senate shoula have some information from the President as to the extent of wis war, und what meas- ‘ures were necessary for its suppression. Mr. Hitcncock, (rep.) of Neb., tavored the accept- ance of vo.unteers to operate against the-Indians, and $aid he doubted that the country appreciated the con- Gition oi al s in the Northwest to-day. This Con- ress should not adjourn without authorizing the resident to accept volunteers, ‘Mr. Logas submitied an amendment making the ap- propriation ot $1,634,700 to defray the expense of in- creasing the companie: recommended and dividing it into various sums for recruiting, clothing, transporta- tion, horses, &c. Agreed to. Mr. INGALLS, (rep.) ot Kan., said he did not think Congress could afford to recognize this trouble with the Sioux Indians as a war when it relused to treat with those Indians. He moved to amend the preamble df the bill, striking out the words *‘Whereas, war with the Sioux Indians now prevails,” and ‘‘Whereas, in the cenduct of the war,” aud to insert in lieu thereof as foliows:— Whereas, in the conduct of the military rations aptinst the fons Indians, it Is necessary to the efficiency the cavalry, dc.. Agreed to. PROPOSITION FOR VOLUNTEERS, Mr. Pappock, of Nebraska, submitted an amend- ment auth vrizing the President to accept the servi pi tive regiments of volunteers from Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Dakota, Utah and Montana, tho term of enlistment of such regiments not to excced pine months. Messrs. West, Logan and Thurman opposed tho d argued that it was no use to force troops upon the country. Should the military authori- ore troops needed their accept- uthorized by Congress, Tue Binendment was rejected. ‘The biil waa then read a third time and passed. Mr. Stevesson (dem.) of Ky., from the Commit- tee on the Judiciary, reported, with amendment, the Benate bill to amend the act to protect persons of tor- ign birth against forcible constraint or imvoiuniary servitude. Placed ov the calendar. Mr. Morriue (rep.), of Vt, from the Committee on Public Butidings and Grounds, reported, with amend- ment, the Senate bill authorizing the Secretary ol the Treasury to ose the surplus of certain moneys hercto- lore appropriated. Placed on the calend. Mr. Conk.ina, (rep.) of N. Y., trom the Committeo on Commerce, reported back the Senate bill to puoish the counterieiting of trade mark goods or the sale or dealing io of counterfeit trade mark goods, and recom- tended that the Sepate pon concur in the amendments of the House to the bill and ask for a commitice oi con- ference. So ordered. THE BELKNAP IMPRACHMENT. The Senate then, pursuant to order, resumed the con- Bideration ol (he articles of impeachment against W, W. Belkvap, late Secr ot War, Mr. Hamu, (rep.) of Me., moved to postpone the im- peachment proceedings tomporari'y and take up the bmenument to tue rules for the goveruurent of impeach- ment trials, providing that the doors of the Senate shail be open at ail times and deliberations be carried on in public. Rejected. Yeas 24, nays 32. Mr. Epucxvs moved that the galleries be cleared and the doors closed that the Senate might deliverate upon the vase. Agreed (o—yeas 32, nays 25—and at a quar- ber past twelve the deliberations in secret seasion were tommenced, During the secret session Mr, Conkting submitted the following Ordered, that when eatled to vo bmpeachmenut or either them ar sane nator who votes in the negat wll be at li erty to state, if he shooses, that be rests bis vove on the absence of guilt want of Jurisdictio the case inay , and the vote | be entered on the } I accordingly. Mr, Eoxcxps, of Vermont, submitted the jollowing as a substitute for the order of Mr. Conkling: — Ordered, that on Tuesday next, the 1st day of August, at tw lock meridian, the 3 ishout debate residing offic y= ecessively. and aiter reading of such article articles of ral articles the presiding officer shali put the question f ilowinx. ator—How sxy you: Is the respondent, William W. , KUlity or not wnilty rime, oF # high mis- of « bigh hy be, as cli article Y hereupon “Guilty” or Jed to file, wit Jaken, his written opinion, a. After some discussion Mr. Edmunds withdrew tie gubstitute submitied by him, and the order of Mr. Conkling was amended 80 as to permit cach Senator, In giving his vote, his reasons therefor, occu- ying Dot more (ban one minute, which reasons shail ntered on the journal in connection with his yore and immediately toliowing bis name and vote. As amended it wae adopted. .Mr. Eomenps then renewed his ordor as above Biatod, moditied 80 as to allow any Senator to give his reasons, if any, in accordance with the order already adopted. Various amendments to the order were presented and discussed and finally rejected. The order as modified by Mr. £dmuncs was then agreed to, and the Senate then, at twenty minutes past ix, siti as @ court, &c, adjourned anti twelve p’clock to-morrow. LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS ‘was resumed, and Mr. Avtisox, from the Committee ob Appropriations, reported back the River aud Har- bor Appropriation bill, with amendments, and it was placed on the calendar. The House bil! to continue the public printing in ad- vance of the regular appropriation; the Huare bill to continue uotil the 10th of August the act to provide temporarily for the expenses of the government, and House bill to furtber authorize the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to purchase sapplics for the Indian Bureau in open market were taken up and pussed ‘without ndment, The Senate then adjourned antil eleven o'clock to- morrow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasmmatox, D. C., July 31, 1876, Immediately after the reading of the journal the House resumed the consideration of the report of the " Commuitwee on Naval Affairs, and was addressed by Mr. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, chairman of the committee, in advocacy of the report, and in reply to the argu- ments made against it last Saturday. SPEECH OF MR. WHITTHORNE. Ho spoke of the onerous and laborious duties imposed ‘on that committee by order of the House, and said the committee had endeavored faithfully and impartialiy to discharge those duties, There had been no attempt to control the action of the minority. Any member might have called the Secretary of the Treasury at any time. There had been no effort on his part tostifle the in- ‘Vest gation or to give it direction, but there bad been an aunounced purpose early in the session as to the man- ner and style in which the investigation was to be con- ducted, and that was that the various navy yards were first to bo invostigutgy!; that then the heads of the bureaus were to be examined, and finally the Secretary of the Navy. That course had been pursued without objection from apy quarter. As tothe proceedings being kept secret there bad been good reason for that; it was for the protection of persons connected with the public service, He had had witnesses come before him and implore him with tears coursing down their cheeks not to examine them, a8 they were sure to be dis- missed from their positions or work in the navy yards if they testified, As to the attempt on the part of the Secretary of the Navy to show the present effectiveness ot the navy, he put against his statement those of the Admiral and of the chief officers, 1t was sustained only by the testimony of Isasc Hans- com, the Chief Constructor, and he would show that this ‘man was not a reliable witness. He charged that during the administration of Secretary Robeson there had been SQUANDERED NEEDLESSLY In skilled labor. Ta unskilled labor, In wastage of timber 1,000,000 In 1088 on contracts without competition, 4,000,000 In Joss on purchases without competition... 5,000,000 In ship materials, &c. . seeeeee eee, 6,000,000 in wisdirected and unuecessary work and labor ....... osenseess 8,000,000 In unnecessary purchases of timber. 2,000,000 Total i «$31,000,000 —A sum ete ips of ‘war of 2,000 tous ips of 1,000 tons, or sixty ships of 500 tons. ‘So that if the Secretary of tho Navy had used his funds ecouomically there might be now more new vessels in the pavy than there are vessels alto- gether on the Navy Register, FRAUDS EXPOSED. He had not time to cnumerate the many frauds ex- posed by the committee, but he referred especially to the casé of une Chamberlain being borne on the roils as detective, while the inicrence was that there was no such person and that his salary for four years found its way into the hands of a newspaper correspondent, He referred aigo to the testimony of Mr. Matthews, of New York, # man who furnished large supplies to the navy, both under contract und upder open market purchase, and who was connected with E, G. Cattell, to show that most of the high officials of the navy, from the Secretary down to the inspector of clothing in New York, were debtors o! his, REMARKS OF MR. HEWITT. Having passed on to the question of the exchange of old iron for new, be yielded to Mr. Hewitt, of New York, who declared that the contract with Seyfert, Mcdanus & Co., to exchange old irom at one and turee- quarter cents a pound for new iron at eight cents, was & most éxtravagant and wustelul contract, by which the government was robbed. If the Secretary of the Navy had done bis duty and advertised that exchange could be made on a basis of at least two cents per pound better than it was made. The quantity was 4,538,000 pounds. The firm with which he (Hewitt) Was then connected would have been only too glad to be a bidder, and could have made allthe materials which Seyfert, McManus & Co. turnished, Mr. HARRIS, (rep.) of Mass, asked Mr. Hewitt whether be bad taken into cousideration the fact that the iron had io be lurnished cut to dimensions, in- cluding beam and irame iron, exactly such as the gov- ernment might require, Mr, Hewirr replied that he was a maker of beam iron and trame iron, just such as the government needed, and at the time this contract was made beam fron did not exceed four and one-quarter cents per Pound, cut to lengths and dimensions requ! There had been no time since i862 when fri on could not be bought from uny reputable iron master for four cents per pound, and that old iron was worth one and three-quarter ceuts in cash in the market. ‘Mr, WHITTHORNE, resuming his speech, characterized “Cattellism,”? aud defended the resolution reported by the committee, referring the matter to the Judiciary Committee as to whether there is good cause for tho . It was a legal jou which that commitiee was the proper organ of the House to decide. He*protested, in conclusion, that he was not moved by any partisan feeling. He knew that, under God's providence, this country was to bo the home of his childro: children, and it was bis en- deavor to labor So to transmit to them the inheritance of @ free, liberal government, the most dangerous enetmy to which was he who sought to undermine its foundation. The debate being closed the question arose and was discussed whether the vote was to be taken on subati- tuting the minority resolution for that of the majority, tho republicans of the House desiring the vote taken directly on the majority resolution. The Srgakxu pro tem. decided that the minority resolution was formally before the House as a substi- tute for the majority resolution; that it could not be withdrawn except by unanimous consent, and thata Yote must first be taken on it. The vote was therefore taken on the minority resolu- tion as foliows :—- THR MINORITY RESOLUTION. Resolved, That in t! in or wiltul vivlation of tue law have been committed by Hon George M. discharge of the duties of Secretary of the eason to censure or find fault with bis conduct in the w mintstration of the Navy Department. " The resolution was rejected by yeas 59, nays*115' (a party vote). Tho vote was then taken on the majority resolution as follows:— THR MAJORITY RESOLUTION. Resolved, That these legal questions, togethor with all the proof taken by this committee. be referred to the Vom mittee on the Judielary, with power tu hear additional tes- ‘ r ™ a of thie law constitute au impeachable offence under the eoustitution, and, it so, then they shall report articles of impeachment agaiust George y but if they shall Dad tI under existing | uch acts and doings of t! tary ot impexchadie or otherwise punishable th shall report what additional legislation, in their opinion, is uecessary to muke such laws punitive to protect the public service. The resolation was adopted. Yoas 100, nays 74. THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. The Speaker laid betore the House a message from the President pointing out some of the defects in the Sun- dry Civil Appropriation bill in making inadequate pro- visiot for some branches of the public service and none at all for other branches. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. The {following 18 the President’s Message :— To Tux House or Rernusextatives — The act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the goverament for the fiseal year ending June 0, 1577, is so devective in what it omits to provide for, that I cannot Sunoance its approval without at the same time pointing out what seem to me to be its defeets. It makes but an in- adequate provision lor the service at best, and in some tn. stances falis to make any provision whatever, j among the first class is the reduction in th» ordinary annual appropriations tor ‘th cutter service to the preja- dice of the customs reven' he same may be said of the Si also the failure to provide for the in- d upon the mints and assay offices thus tending to deteut the objects b; of that legisiation. Of this class also are pubtie buildings, for the protection, preservation and compietion of which there is no adequate Appropriation, while the sum of $100,000 only is appropri- repairs of the dilferont navy yards and stations preservation of the same, the ordimary ary appropriations fer which are A similar reductio: grrenals, The provi expenses for rdimary jadiclal mount fo . the act the certain demands upon the current yenr. The provision for the expenses of the surveys of lands is less than one-half of the ustial appropriation service unl what are understood vo be its actual demands. The reduction in expenuitures for lighthouses, beacons and fog statior ise made in similar proporti. ‘hich no appropriation is made, among the rtion of the general ex- mbehalt of the United roptiated in former years, udgment meee athe judemente @ 0 Teasonabie failure to f contribution to Zhe expen fe nation’s cupi arent derelictfou on the part of the Uuited stat justice to the people here who bear the burdens, while to re fuse or negleet to provide tor the payment of volemnjudgments of i wou quarts lo apparently w repudiate. Ot 9 diferent rejudicral to the Treasury. is the om toenabie tho Secretary of the Tre, to have the revel areh records of captured and i doned property examii information furnished th on of detail, it may be i purports to make pro- vinon for a diverse and greatly extenied civil service un- happily appropriates an amount not more than sixty-ove per cont or ite The Legislative Depart- Ment esta dishes tho Exec! dinary demands, rtment the obligation of submitting 1 estin of the expenses of such ser- implicit obedience to the win the adwinintration of the atability in the expenditu rr quirements of tue service aud rimd Ibis submitied bility gation rests unon it to appropriat to render possible such and tolerate such exaction. Anything short in ample provision for « warily fraught with disaster to pub- i ble injustiee to these charged with To appropriate and to execute ate corre. ng obligations and duth adequacy of the Is the Recessary m Miciency of the exe specilied service is ne lic interests and is p its @xecut In this eighth month of th nearly one month of the Mi ation applies having passe: Prosont session of Congress I year to which this appropri. lo not fort warranted in vet ing an ausolutely mi ry Appropriation bill, but, im sig? ing it, [deem It 4 duty to show where the responsibility longs the execu- r whatever embarrassments may arise in tion of the trust contided to me. U.S. GRANT, Mr. Raypatt, (dem.) of Pa, said that be had no ob- Jection to the President putting in as many objections as he saw fit, if he would ooly sign the billa reducing the expenses of the goveroment, assisting the House in its great effort in that direction, a Coxour, (rep.) ot Mieh., called for the regular order. Mr. RawpaLe—Beiter let me be heard. Mr. CoxGeK—I guess not, Mr. Ranpate—I want to show—— Mr. Coxcen—t! ask lor the regular order, Mr. Raypari—i nove that the message be referred to the Committec on Appropriations. Tho Sreaken pro (em—The gentieman trom Pennsyl- vania is in order. REMARKS OF MR. RANDALL, Mr. Raxpats—O! course, | cannot, bavi Paper read jor the first tm President's objection with amination would enable me todo, One of bis obdjec- Hons Is that tbe appropriation for revenue catter ser- Vico is not sufficient, If the President had ex- amined he would have seen that the reduction for that | fines the service nnd devolves upon | NEW YORK HERALD, TUES 4 know! | It was at this time he advised me to telegraph t D. for this service was very moderate, If wo had taken into consideration the misuse of the revenue cutters in junketing and pleasure excursions we might, perhaps, have reduced it somewhat further. AS to the Signal Corps, we have in no degree impaired its efficiency, The President exhibits sull more his lack of information when he taiks of the insutliciency of the appropriation for the mints He should have that a large sum is anrually appropriated tor the mints and this year in tho legislative bill, Again a lack of ‘information when he tells us that not provided sufficiently for tho lighthouses. We came entirely up to the estimates. The President finds fault without any reason whatever. For one I accept the issue presented by the Presideut, and 1 am willing that the people shall have the opportunity of judging between his dictum and the action of both branches of Congress after a close examination. REPLY OF MR HALE. Mr. Haze, (rep.) of Me., defended the action of the Presiaent in sending bis communication, He bad pur- Bu ry moderate and guarded course, Rad no fault should be tound w‘th him. The President was pre- sumed to be seated 1m a serene atmosphere, free from the party influences which affected either house, and there was no occasion for dissatisfaction or affront to be taken. The communication was referred to the Appropria- tion Committee. The Srxakur pro tem. also laid betore the House a communication from the Sccretary of the Treasury, in answer to the resolution calling for a report of the gold coin and bullion in the Treasury on the 24th inst., showing that the available coin and bullion were $61,158,223, and the matured obligations payable in coin $43,780,021, leaving a balance of $17,378,202. Referred. Mr. Glover, (dem.) of Mo., chairman of the Real Estate Pool Committee, made an effort to get in his re- port, but did not succeed. Bills for a commission to take into consideration the relative value of gold and silver, &a, were introduced by Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Cox, of New York, and Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, and ‘were referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, Mr. Cox oxpress- ing the hopo that that committee would be able to re- port to-morrow. ‘The reading of almost all the bills introduced to-day was insisted upon by Mr. Kasson, of lowa, and others, in order to consume time and prevent any measure for the repeal of the Resumption act being lorced on tho louse, Finally, on motion of Mr. Beebe, of New York, the House, at four o'clock, adjourned. BLUFORD WILSON’S DISCLOSURES. COMMENTS OF MB. C. 5. BELL ON THE EFFORT OF THE PRESIDENT TO HAVE THE DETECT- IVE SENT TO ST. LOUIS AND HOW IT WAS ‘THWARTED, Treston, N. J,, July 30, 1876 To tum Eviror or tae Heratp: In the testimony of Blutord Wilson, published in Saturday's HeRa.p, I notice he says:— Lleurned from the President and from ©. 8. Bell himself that the Presideut had recommended him to go to St. Louis, L learned trom the President, from ©, 5. Bell-and trom the Attorney General that it was in contemptation to employ Beil to go to st. Louis, and D; directly to the Attoragy Ge he P: nd Henderson intel his retention was th: ‘On December 18, 1875, 1 wrote to Mr, Dyer ow @ word of caution. in “trusting C. 5. Bell. He has been pretending to know that you have been endeavoring to implicate the President, aud “it is possible he may return to St. Louis. If ho does put your best man on at once and you will see where he trains. It he calls om you don’t let on that you suspect, Dut don’t trust him, and im watched. Mind what { say. Iknow what Tam writing about, and you must burn on your hour.” will state further that I made such representations to the Attorney General and to the President, wuen I learned thut it was in concem; lation to send this'man Bell to s Louis, as induced them to reconsider their proposed actioi ‘and he was not employed. This evidence of Mr, Wilson’s is strongly corrobora- tive of that which | gave to Mr. Clymer’s committee in March and April last. There are some slight discrep- ancies. From the testimony of Mr. Wilson it might bo inferred that the President and myself had informed him of my proposed mission to St Louis prior to De- cember 18, the date of his letter to Mr. Dyer, Such ‘was not the case, as I think Mr. Wilson will fod if he but examines his diary. I think he will find that up to December 18, and for quite a period of time thero- after, Mr. Pierrepont was his only informant. At that date what I had said concerning Mr. Dyer and Mr. Henderson was known only to Mr. Luckey, Mr. Pierre- pont and the President Larrivedin Wasbin.ton De- cembor 13, but did uot see Mr. Wilron until atter the 25th. In fact I think it was as late as the 6th of Janu- ary before I met bim at all, Our first meeting was either in the East Room o/ the White House or at bis res- idence, and it was not until February 10, the date of the ublicution of the Luckey-Babcock cipher in the wRALD, that I fully aisclosed to him my connection with the St. Louis whiskey trials, and he notes this latter meeting in the postscript of a letter to the Presi- dent of that date (see the testimony of Biutord Wilson in Saturday’s HwRavp, third column, third page). I Mention this because ol certain ovwer inatters, wuich I will now proceed with. Attorney General Pierrepont, im deual of my testi- mony in April last, said that the President bad not specially recommended me to him, and denied that he bad prepared amy istructions jor me as a guide tor my action at St. Louis, He also characterized the conversation that | had with him regarding the dis- closure of my proposed mission, &c., as “purely imaginary” on my part. Yet now Mr. Wilson testi- es: You have made a mistake ‘The Seeretary and myself were very ently led to entertal FLare aoprehension as to wuss the issue would be in the ‘wboock matter, for the reason that 4 learned from tho President and from C. 8. Bell himselt that the President had recommended him to go to St. Louis. Mr. Pierrepont denied under oath that the President had ever g:ven me any speciai recommendation to him, or spoken of me other than ‘aman in search of employ- meut.’’ Wiison’s testimony reiutes this, tor he speaks strongly of tue efforts be made, both with the rresi- dent and the Attornoy General, to have my proposed services declined. Tho fact thatat that period Mr. Vierrepont was leagued with Bristow and was betray- ing the President’s plans 1s shown by his delaying my 1, which was specially ordered by the Presi- dent, and in his telling Mr, Wilson that 1 was ‘to re- port, not to Mr. Dyer, but directly to the Attorney General.” I never mentioned the latter fact to Mr. Wilson, and 1 am coufident the President aid not, for it Was specially designed that my actions in the case should be umknown to any parues in the Treasury Department, It ie, therefore, clear that Mr. Pierrepout himself made the disciosure, On the 14th of December I was directed by tho Presi- dent, to take acard to Mr. Pierrepont, on which was written:— This is the man of whom I spoke. Let him be employed. U.S. GRANT, And the President directed me to tell Mr. Pierrepont all I bad toid bim concerning St. Louis matters’ 1 hesitated, and the President said:— “Teli bim fully, but do not mention the name of any Cabinet ollicer or any parties bere.’” Iwent to Mr, Pierrepont and related the circum- stances to bim, and he said that he desired to see the President further about the m: and said, “Come in to-morrow at two o’clock.”” xt day I was put off with an excuse, 1 saw the President and he said he would see Mr. Pierrepont about it, that I should have good appointmen' lighest salary.” The toliowing Isth, saw Mr, Pierrepont, and 1 showed him’ Dyer’s jetter commending me to Johu B. Seebree, at Jeflerson City, Mo., for the Attorne. Gen- eral seemed to think that I could not get at the bottom facts in Dyer’s office, The letter seemed to reassure him, aad he spoke of seeing Secr tary Bristow betore sending metost, Louis. I went io the President at once to check- day, | mate this move, aud Mr. Pierrepont was immedintely sent for aud told by the President that my mission was fa seoret one and ust not ve mentioned tu any person whatever, aud wny immediate appointment was orderea. That Mr.’ Pierrepont informed Mr. Wilson of my roia- tions with Dyer, ane about that date, is evidenced by this phrase in his letter of the 18th, written only two days alter I showed Dy letter to Mr. Pierrepont:— You have mado # mistake in trusting U. 8. Bell, How did he know of my retations with Mr. Dyer savo poronah Mr. Pierrepont? The foot of the traitor is here ost clearly shown. On the 17th of December Mr. Pierrepont went to Philadelphia and Now York, and did not recurn until Tuesday, the 2ist, The nextday I called upon tim, and he asked me if I could be of any use at St, Louis in | case Mr. Dyer were to kuow the object of my mission. 1 replied Utiat in such a case it would be useless for me to go. It was at this tim@® that be told me he had pre- viously Wrivteo Out my insiractions at his house, when there came in a certain “nigh efflcial” whom he met at times, and that he had casually mentioned that he jntended to send me to St. Lous to aid Colonel Dyer, when his visitor remarked that Dyer would not let mo work in his office I replicd, with some warmth, that I would have preferred io have found out the matter myself, reminding him of the Preswent's injanction of secrecy, and strongly intiinated that he had betrayed me to “parties in that granite building” (the Treasury), and said 1 Dyer asked «t be would appoint ane, In ¥ ol the jact that he had already beirayed me to Dyer, through Mr, Wilson, this advice now appears in ‘the light of @ diplomatic joke on the part of the Honorable Atiorney Gene It was sever Mr, Wilson re; ysafter this when I first spoke to mission, About rt ard to Secro- and | was appovnted to a position in the eau, It was bot antil Babcock himself, | about the 28tH of December, admitted bis guilt to we, anu desired me to abstract the eviience at St. Louis, that | changed my course and took means to iniorm tho Progident of whatl nad learned. Either tor this or be- | causo of the postscript 0. Bluford Wilson’s letter to the President ol February 10, and herein reterred to, | was, on the 14th of February, removed from oflice, It may here be noted ‘that of Bristow, Jowell aad Pierrepont, who formed the triumvirate of Cabinet con- Lors--seeking through Bavcock's guilt to injure own political for- nt, are now holding official positions, he will long represent this country atthe Court of 5t. James. In conclusion, I would say that it is difficult to con- ceive why Mr. Wilson should write to Mr. Dyer on the 18tn of December, “You must burn this ou your honor,’’ unless he received the information irom soine one bigh in authority, presumably Mr. Pierrepont, and ft shows that at that date neither the President nor mysei! had disclosed the matter to him, for in thatcase such extraordinary precautions were not necessity nor i. At @ later dato tl was doubtless some conversation regarding the matier be: tween the President and Mr. Wilson, for I informed the President fully in regard to my interview with Mr. Pierrepont on the 224, and expressed the ojinion that I bad been betrayed and 1t would be useless ior me to go to St. Lous © 8. BELL, AN INJURED INNOCENT, PENA I SiS Winslow, the Boston Forger, Sketches His Own Career. —_+-1+__. A VICTIM OF REVENGE. He Claims To Be More Sinned Against than Sinning. BOSTON CAPITALISTS CRITICISED. “Shameful Ingratitude, Base Betrayals and Wholesale Lying.” Bostoy, July 31, 1876, Rey, Ezra D. Wiuslow, that plousand plausible fraud, of whom there bas been so much said and written on both sides of the Atlantic during the past six or seven months, seems still destined to appear before the pub- lic in one form or another. His gigantic swindies upon the mercantile community of Boston, followed by the excitement attending sudden exposure and a hasty fight, supplemented by capture in a foreign land, and ‘this in turo succeeded by a lengthy diplomatic wrangle and correspondence between Great Britain and the United States, the whole ending 1n the final and abso- lute release of tl e reverend reprobate—ail these events, still so fresh in the public mind, have been told over ‘again in a plaintive and graphic manner by an author and writer no less distiguished than the Rev, Winslow himself, The narrative was written in the form of a series of private letters to a persoual friend in Boston, and as a contribution to the history of ono of the most noted swindlers of the period they are as remarkable as ‘they are interesting, Thero isa uth. ness of style throughout the correspoudonce which shows that the writer is a man of extraordinary intel- lect, and the scattered passages of briltiant sarcasm which are empioyed in asserting his injured inno- cence, although they may not elicit universal belief, will nevertheless command popular admiration, CRUEL MISKEPRESENTATIONS. The first letter, which was written on the 30th of June, soon after his release from custody, undertakes at first to correct what he terms the many cruel mis- representations which have been made concerning him, He then discourses at considerable length upon the uselessness of an attempt to stay the course of obloquy ordenunciation once the current sets against one’s good name, or to hope for fairness or discrimination between the good and bad in the iife of one who falls into wrongdoing. “Let @ man fall,’ be says, “orseom to fall, and from every quarter will gathor a barking, yelping crowd of curs, frantic and ready to rend and tear a man whom they never dared to face when upright and able to dofend himself, and my experionce has been no exception to this general rule, aud all I or my {riends can now say or do will change nothing with those whose delight is in thinking and saying all manner of evil against an- other. I have neither the right nor the disposition to complain of tho critielam, exposure or condemnation of whatever wrong 1 have done. In a somewhat active life it has been my fortune to thwart the plans and arouge the IMPLACABLE HOSTILITY OF CERTAIN PARTIES of wealth, powerful influence and wide connections, and it has seemed that the moment it.was thought I was defenceless and powerless—irom my own act, if you please—with eager {cet they made haste to give ail possible aid to so crush and bury mo that hope would dhe within me and all jurtherannoyance at my hands be avoided. To this end the sanctity of home life has been ivaded, the usual consideration shown to sex disregurded, aud women (already sulliciently alllicted) have been dragged belore the public, and, by insiuua- tion and implication, have been charged with grave crimes, Without the least reason or evidence. Even THE DEAD HAVE BEEN SUMMONED FROM THR GKAVE to assist in my overthrow.” Here the writer com- plains at Jength of the reflections cast upon his father and mother, both of whom he declares were honest and God-learing. Quite an elaborate sketch of his life, from boyhood to the present time, is also given, from which it appears that he was born in Waro, Mase., that bis parents were poor, and that at the age of ten years be went to work in a woollen factory, His edu- cation, it seems, was limited, and obtained wholly through his own eflorts, sometimes sawing wood or doing almoet anything to enabie him to getalong. At eighteen years of age he became a dry goods clerk in’ Springfleid, subsequently entering a theological seminary. His first pasioral chal was in the town of Puillipstown, — whic lasted @ year. It 18 not true, ho say: left there under a financial cloud, but he ti with a man who tried to wroug him. Subsequently he presided over another church in South goyalston, tour milea away, aud a little jater he was appointed to a parish in Chester, He then goes on to describe bow he Joined the army when the war broke out’ He waschap- Jain of the Thirty-sixth New York and afterward of te Nineteenth Massachusetts regiment. He was twico disabied—Orst at West Point and again in the second Bull Run battte—and was then honorably discharged for aisubility, January 3, 1863, A recommenuation for @chaplaincy in the navy was indorsed by ail his com- mauding officers aud he immediately received the ap- pointment. HE TRIES HIS HAND AT JOURNALISM. Continuing, the writer says:—‘'Being invited to the position of publishing agent of Zion's Herald, we ro- turned to Massachusetts, and for two yeurs I occu- pied that place, Meantime I joined the late Dr. Marvin in the establishment of the Daily News, aud resigned the agency of Zion's Herald to devoie myself tully to the papers publisned in tne News olfice. It 1s not, and was never, true that there was any trouble with my accounts while ue Herald, nor was there any difficulty bet py kind having reference of tr TION WITH THE DAILY NEWS, “L was aseociated with Dr, Marvin in the publication of the News ior awhile, and then sold my interest, re- turning as sole owner soon alter the death of Dr. Marvin, and so continuing until January last. = My residence meantime was at Auburndale, im Newtou, and up to the time of my acparture | enjoyed a fair share of the good will of my neighbors. [vad during my resiuence there of eight years donea large amount of business, ant bad tried, with some measure of suc- cess, to so do it as to securo and retiin the contidence of those with whom LI nad to do, and I belt with as much surcess as most who have done as much basiness, appeal to those with whom I have had trans- actions Jor testimony of fair dealing. IT HAS BEEN MY PRIDE in all matters of business to have my word undoubted, and the confidence I gained was vot unwarranted or undeserved up to my last great (roubi far from hav- ing been false and hollow all those years, coubted by most ana trasted by few, all the time a rascal seeking ouly seltish ends at all hazards and only now brought to grivt Uhrough the natural culmination of long course Of deliberate wrongdo.ng—just the opposite 1s trun, and I have worked bard and long, instigated by an au bition to deserve weil by doing well, and out of this has J hour has UINOUS CONSEQUESCES. it possible that one with so thoroughly _hol- low and as have recently beca attrib- uted to me could have begun lite im the humole way I did, and year after year con- tinue to gain the coutidence of people to the degree it was given tome; and thati bad 1 is evinced in its Abuse alleged against in: AN Al AL FOR MERCY. “These thoughts are to me, in the terrible darkness of these days, too precious to allow them to vo lghily and rutplessiy th into the great gulf oper swallow me, and f do ask the peopl: o- Massachusetts, whom 1 yave fauh wily aud honestly ed many years, when xuch service meant hardship « @ danger, to spare to me, my family and trieuds, twat purt of iny ile which has been good und true. so far as | am personaliy concerned, | would cheertully sab- Mitto any,tate that tight be awarded me for wrong donb, but in the midst of all I would eberisi the memory of the years in which I tried to do iy best to deserve and goin the commendation of my tel- low men.”* “I do not believe a character and principles GOING FOR 118 ENEMIES. In his recond lotter, daied July 6, Winslow con tinues:—-In what I pave to say I shall «eek to correct many reports and impressions while: are 4s far as pos- sive from trath aod jasuce; frankly admitting thar | have some hope shat these statements will modify and solten judgment among humane aud tair minded people who lave neither Motive Hor desire to do injrstice to the least or worst of their jellow men, You who give me credit, and not without justice, of an honorable lie, ask how it came to pass at last that such an over- torow could bave overwken me. [bia is a fair ques. tron, and I will make answer as wellas I cao In order toa iair dndersiand.ng of this it will be necessary tor me 10 slate afew eircumsta only indireetiy con- nected with 1, but of considerable importance. A short time before the panic burst upon the country, | considered MY ESTATR WORTH ONE HUNORRD AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. above all liabilities on alow valuation, and think those of my business friends who Knew most of iny affairs placed it higher, rather than below tuts figure, Just before the great fire in Boston I could have ‘closed oul my business and retired with a larger sum than this, abd begotiations Lo this end Were thougiit to ve pearly compieied when they were interrupted by that disastrous event “It is also necessary that | now refer to the source ‘and causo of certain antagon.sms, of which | shall have oceasion tospeak. In the course of business it came to my knowledge that in the administration of ‘a tow monetary institurions bere and there wero a few man. DAY, AUGUST 1, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. terests, and no one could bope to do business with these institutions Without conciliating or paying trib- ute to this autocratic coterie. This I found to be the case with a number of savings banks. In some cases it was found, especially when money was tu sharp de- mand, that those succeeded best, and with least delay, who made application through certam brokers amd by the payment of a generous comumission. Indeed, it was found to be quite impossible to elect a loan’ in any other way, and very easy aiter this discovery. It jas discovered also that the paymento! a generous commission helped amazingly in getting a large loan on given property—so large, indeed, that in many cases it has turned out that these joans were in truth pur- hakes of property at prices it would now be impos- le to realize. Indeed, 80 potent was this method that one institution made large ioans ou property never seen by any of iis representatives except the broker, its buildings not then compicted, and, 1! since nished, it has been done by the bank and not tne borrower, It was my privilege to act as pilot to its officers when seeking to learn the lgcation of their investments, in another case the bank itself had a brokerage system openly engrafted upon its management and the money 80 galbed was placed to the credit of depositors at once, the most brazeu ard honest instance of (hee MODERN MNTHODS OF MANAGING SUCH INSTITUTIONS. “In ue case it required $600 to insure t moval of the difficulties in the way of owe loan, and more was demanded on the ground that: it became necessary to make a division of this sum, ing to the usual broker of this bank ap unsatisfactory amount, In another insiunce it was $1,000, which ‘was the magic wand, In stillanother case $6,000, to be deducted from a large loan, when made, was supposed tu be tho medium through which a member of an investment committee wag able to discover his mistake in report- ing agaiost the loan and promptly reverse bis judg- ment, These will be sufficien! to explain what Dhave to say, although I could multiply instances {1 neces. sary; and these instances are known to others, and like instances are known to many more, and every one could be establishes in any court, unless there should be a most remarkable loss of memory among witnesses, Knowing these things I REGARDED IT A DUTY, when in the Legisfature, to secure the enactment of a@law prohibiting this brokerage business, which was so fruitful in unwise investments and corruption, and from Lume to time criticised such proceedings in news- nen under my control, Wheal introduced into the ogisiature such a bill, 1 was at once assaiied by the press, in public and in private; my statements were questioned, so that 1 was forced to say that while I thought too mueh publicity would injure the great ma- joriiy of innocent aud sound instituuons lack of discrimination, | was quite prepared to prove all state- ments made, belore a committee having power to'send for persons and papers; but this was not accepted aud the bill became and remainsalaw. It was then de- clared by some of the parties thus interfered with, and implicated in these matters, that they would FOLLOW MB AS LONG AST SHOULD LIV: and trom that day have quite a number of ‘hese parties faithfully kept their promise, and neglected no oppor- tunity’to injure me; and they have been successiul in large measure, for they were then, and some of thom arc now, men of great wealth, haviug the power which wealth always gives in certain quarters; and it 1s easy to see how much harm they could do me, a large bor- rower, among associate’ bankers Who might not know or suspect the cause of this detraction, Never for a moment have I so cared fer wealth as to suffer any temptation to wrongdoing to secure or enjoy it, and of all things charged against me this has been most foreign to my nature. All the wrong I ever did was in adesperate attempt, when goaded to distraction, to save my friends—an attempt none the less determined because it failed and lett me all the worse for it. The panic caught me but poorly prepared to meet it; but I was determined, if it were possitle for morial man in my situation to Weather the storm, I would be that man, and, whatever the pros- pect, to neither panse nor despair, but to fight until engulfed. It soon became apparent that it was a storm and not a squall, growing worse and showing no ground of bope. Securities and names, betore taken without question, Were declined or taken alter besita- tion; sources of supplies began to fall off; business frieads upon Whom I bad never called 1m vain began to show evident signs of distress and fear, and soon I was made to believe it was because of the iarge loans made me. Whatever the trouble or its cause it was attrib- uted to me. PAILURES MULTIPLIED and losses increased, wile on overy hand there was a drawing in of loans and credits, * Seizing the occasion, my enemies persistently circulated storics of failure, when, to start such a story, Was quite too often a suili- cient cagse in such times to make it come to pass, ag many uve learned to their sorrow; and yet alknotes wero paid at maturity. So the battle went on, | Knows ing little rest or peace in my efforts to stem the tide, Then came the time when | was to know that, in aiding me, responsibilities had been iheurred on my account, which, if not met by me, would bring speedy and cer- tain ruin to those who had run ihe risk for me; and to make the least pagsivle mention of this most painful part of the affair, | will only add tha‘, having done no wrong, and knowing aoue in others, I was, neverthe- less, placed where I had to accomplish an impossibility or to know that failure WOULD BRING RUIN AND BEGGARY to those who, believing thut the storm would go abate that I could go through with it, risked all to help me, With such a tempest raging about me, worn down with desperate aud long coutinued work, knowing no day nor night; a stranger to rest, passing days and nights wihout seeking it; then to be conironted witu a vision ot enemies Jubilant, friends disappointed, and, beyond all, the most terrible, to feel that for me and tor m sake even ruin hi braved, involving so muc that the grave itself was regarded as a place of refuge to be sought, was the burden under which I failed and fell, It was not to retain or increase possessions; it was noteven pride inthe past and a shrinking from the humiliation of failure; it was not fear of ‘gee an early and long time acquaintance; all these I would bave met with a sense of rehef and rest to which I had for months been a stranger, Surely with my position, experience and acquaintance, 1 bad no reason to think lure in such a storm, honest and with # reputation unsuliied and unsuspected, and with such numerous and illustrious associates a Pp 8, woald pre- vent a fresh start, with hope of moderate success. To avoid all this I was not even tempted to take wrong step. Ofcourse, | ought to have been strong enough to stand, even in such a position that in which 1 found myself piace), ‘bis is only to say that all wrong is wrong and ail right is duty, But, alas! since the world began man has come short of this perfect law; and 1, who had been proud and ambitious to live, act and deserve well of the world, found myself DAZED, DISTRAUGHT AND CONQUERED by these tempestuous forces, Under such circum- stances did it all begin, a8 1 have reason to believe. I say believe, bocause wactber there is one in all the world who Will credit me, 1t sull remains true that the first recollection or intimation [ bad of anything wrong was months alter it must have occurred, and then all I knew or have sinco recalled was what appeared incontestable evideuce that it bad been done, Terrified and bewildered, I kept it a secret, thinking to save myself. From developments subse- quently made I have reason (o doubt whether this first false step was tuken by me or by me the act done. I supposo | must have done it in a moment of bowiider- ment, although I did not remember it im the leas. I cannot bring tnyseif to be more particular in speaking of what concerns others 1n order to make my lot easier, but fi you knew the frantic appeals, messages breath- ing UNBEARABLE AGONY AND DESPAIR, received by me, placing it all at my door, and the ap- peal made to my sense of gratitude and’ justice, 1 am sure you would think mercy might find a niche not far irom wrath. 1 wish you to understand that I did not koow, and do not know, that any ftiend in heipmg me at ims risk commited any crime. 1 know, and never suught to kuow, about this more than I have written of what was done, Certainiy, when I recorved the assistance [ supposed it an ordinary loan, no imtimation of any- thing else having been made,’ More recent develop- ments have led me to suspect the distress 1 was made to believe was solely on my account arose quite as much from matters with which I had not tho slightest connection, and I fear | was made to bear at tbat time the burdens of many. [do noe think it right to indi cate to whom I refer, and only say that the conjectures most likely to be mace would be quite sure to be wide of the truth, and I would name a few to whom I do not refer were it not that this might be unjust to those of my friends not mentioned. [declare this to be a mod- erate statement of the most WRRIGLE TRIAL AND TRAGRDY OF MY LIVE, astatement within easy and most conclusive proof, bat concerning which it can dono one the least good except wyself, or prevent the jcast harm, to be more explicit; agers who used their positions to advaneo personal in- | I had relied, from bim; other parti and even now the memory of friendly deeds of other | days will not permit me to seck that good lor myself, Once aware of the danger the battle was began, which has been fought with uuremitting energy until the last moment. In it was repeated the od story of hopin, to conquer und to retrieve tho false Bt on. Nothing wituin tho compass of human effort with one situated asl Was Was leit untried to accomplish this, aud I worked on with tho terrible alternative of whieh I have written still remaining, for the reason that I had not aud could pot remove it To that was added 4nis last and STILL MOKE TRRRINLE DANGER AND ANXIEFY. I baye said my property was estimated at a large figure above all debts, although consisting of property unavailable iu large measure in such uneettied tims Ivisied parties of large and available capital and stated my wanis and urged my cage with all tho earn. estuess of desperation; offered to transter all my prop- erty to secure an amount suificient Lo meet the claims against Lwas led to hope jor help, day after day and week atter week, only at last to be denied, while safety of the loau was unquestioned. The: er and still another, with similar results, some- timex making such headway by heavy sacrifices as to encourage me in the belief that by sacrificing alll might save tay credit and my ‘riends, which I was ouly too glad to do, 30 time passed on, failures stil in- creasing, losses multiplying, agreements broken, sab- miiting when bard pressed to such extortions that, were 1 to give names ani figures, the extreme uptt unparalicled — bitterness ~— assumed — against me by thetn would receive a suggestive commentary, Some of those who can find no words so strong as to represent their “horror of my wickedness have ex- torted trom me thousands of doliars, 1 having received uo more for these (housauds than the VICTIM OF A HIGHWAYMAN. I must pause bere, jeaving aniold the most cruel, cold- blooded, damning scheme to rob and destroy me by parties bik in repute, of purity so spotless and mo Talily 80 exaited ag to have been moved to horror an- uttorable by my tranegressirns, finding no room for mercy even if sought diligently and wilt tears, The robbery was accomplished and their appetite for ruin and sorrow must surely bave been satiated. f leave this because to disclose it might endanger innocent people or their cause, and so must keep silence, at least fur the present. During thy w 80 ments, and. resorted to wild expedients, upon large undertaking by the advice, promise of aid, from a friend of undoubted financial ability supposed honor; but wnen the time camo and I was involved im the euterprise, 80 THAT RETREAT RECAME IMPOSSTRER, I was deserted and leit to seek $100,000, avon which while pla ir I bad lost standing ready to step into my place, a! my heavy forfeiture, in which, at all events, they*were upsuccessfui, ‘THE FLIGHT PROM BOSTON AND NEW YORK. When [ left Boston I nad only about $400 in mon and ieft all my property to meet my debts, As I bh: before said, 1 did not make any preparations for leav- ing except what could be done im two days. We went to New York the night of January 19 and took rooms at the Everett House, After breakfast I visited the office of the Rotterdam Steamship Company to take passoge, aud was told that Rotterdam might not leave until evening or early next morning, but was ad~ vised to make sure by going aboard that day th) which we did. When asked for name, I bad not thought of assuming one, having registered my own at the Everett House, until the moment when it was said, “Any name will do us,” and acting upon the impulse of the moment, 1 gave an assumed name and registered it as soon as done, | called at no other steamship office, did no business except to visit a banker for identification, so that my wile could draw the money by my aid on’a bill of exchange which ehe bought, and all stories of various visits and mysterious scenes are wholly without foundation, In the after- noon of the 20th I ordered a carriage at my hotel, tell- ing them I intended to go to Jersey City; and with my family drove to the New Haven depot for baggage, and thence directiy to the steamer Rotterdam at her wharf in Jersey City. There was uo concealment not attempt at concealment, the driver seeing our baggage in the cabin before dismissal I landed on an unprotected beach at Dungeness, in the midst of a heavy aud dangerous surf and barely escaped being WASHED AWAY BY THE BREAKERS, but managed to scramble up the stone bank with @ few bruises and a thorough surf bath. Guided by a coast guardsman, who caine te meet mo trom hia station, [ walked tnree miles through a snow storm to Lydd, where I dried myself as well as I could, and at three o’clock drove in a dog cart eight miles toa station, where I went by ral to Dover and late at night embarked for Ostend. ‘From’ thence, without delay, I proceeded to Brussels, arriving about eight A. M., taking a room at the Bellevue Hotel. 1 soon sought out the American Consulate, where, in a conversation with Colonel Wilson, the Consul, I was informed, as I had been by Captain Vis, that a’ treaty had just been concluded with Holland, as also with Belgium. Re- turning to the hotel tor breakfast | saw a Now York paper with an announcement of my difficulties, and containing such statements and charges that resolved at once to return and meet what wai true for the sake of reiuting what was untr and outrageous. Without waiting for breakfast I re: turned at once to the-depot, telegraphed to Rotterdam and learned that my tamily were expected the next day. 1 proceeded as soon as possible to Rotterdam, in- tending to communicate with my family on their arrival, and with their consent TO RETURN UNEXPECTEDLY TO BOSTON. “Larrived ai Rotterdam early inthe evening. The next morning I visited tae steamship office, taquired for letters, told the agents that | hud leit the stcamer in the channel, and conversed treely concerning the inct- dents of the voyage. They also gave me the second of a vill of exchange bought tor my wife in New York. Icalled at this office several times, remaining during the day some hours—indeed, all the time after tho arrival of the Rotterdam outside had been reported unul her arrival, [ was standing om the whart when the hawsers were drawn ashore, and thought | observed a familiar — American-looking face among the lookers-on, and was soon made quite certain. Just before the gaueway was drawn aboard I iearned that purties were on board, and othera ashore, having designs on my liberty; and, baving reuson to believe that a treaty was in existence with the United States, and, not wishing to go home uoder such circumstances, [ left just a8 my son jumped ashore, but without being able to send apy message to my wife. 1 went that evening to The Hague, and next day to London. senaing directions meantine for my family to join me tn London. This and all letters and telegrams to them fel: into the hands of the Consul at Rotterdam and his allies, Had 1 known the lacts with relation to matters there 1 would have tested the many plans formed to entrap and kidvap me under the direc- tion of the distinguished and chivalrous consular rep- resentative of the United States at that port; and it ia pretty sale to say that I should have saved him the disgrace of ROBUING AN UNPROTROTED COUNTRYWOMAN of nearly ail her money and sending her adrift toga home as best she could. Lasked my wife, i: one of these intercepted notes, to telegraph me al Dover if she received ny pote; and there [received a forged despatch, not sigued, but gag | to come from her, but not deceiving me in the least, I proceeded to Lon- don to await the arrival of my family. This was Fri- day. Saturday I called at the American Legation, and at my request was farnished with volumes containing ail the treaties with the United States, January 1, 1876, which I oxaminod, and irom which I learned that Captain Vis and the United States Consul at Brussels were wrong in telling me that a treaty existed with Holland, Monday [ became fearfal, and Tuesday quite certaiu that my tamily bad met with trouble of some kind; and while I knew well enough that I could re- main safely enough alone, or escape as 1 might please, I resolved to see my family at all events, and se called repeatedly where I had directed them to come or write; 1 also waited at the station to meet them if they should ‘come, so when I was arrested WAS NOT IN THE LEAST SURPRISED, and anxious chiefly about my family. I was treated with no indigoities by the officers and was shown as much consideration as the circumstances would admit, 1 was remanded to the House of Detention, vainly re- Questing to be permitted to take pussage at once tor Boston, waiving everything possivie for that purpose. While in the House of etention I saw Mr Saich, ot Boston, two succesaive days for ten minutes, ana alter the urrival of Mes: Dearborn and Wood I saw them several times. 1 saw Dr. Ingalis, of Boston, once fora few hours, and with these exceptions I had no vis (excepting, ol cou my family, two of whom ior twenty minutes each day), I’made no such ments as have trom time to timo found their way into print concerning my condition and surroundings there or affairs at home. My coli was abo 10, with good light and vertilation, supplied with gas and runoing water. I hada good bed; performed no work, except to sweep my ceil floor; walked the yard about forty- five minutes each day; attended chapel service each morning; was permitted frequent paths, and was in all such matters rendered comfortable. My tood was fur- nished me by my wile after ber arrival and paid for by her, although after th ‘ival of the Boston officers they kindly assured me that they would aee that | had whatever was necessary to my comfort, When arr 1 bad only about $35. This was takem from me and re- stored afterward by order of the Court, The morning aiter my arrest Mr. Balch, cort ent of the Boston Herald, who had known me at home, visited me, and was personally so very kind that I regret the more that he was not at liberty to be more so officiully. He gave me $5 for immediate wants. So that all the reporta of complaints of prison fare have no founda- tion in truth, So of armed officers, double- ironed doors and other like emanstions of the reportorial imagination. In nearly all respects | was treated as were other prisoners. We were all the time in our own cells, and save at chapel and exercise saw no ODeexcept at the visits before mentioued. I should add that the chaplain very kindly turnished me abundance of good reading, and | bad writing ma- terial constantly at hand. All the officers with whom I came most in contact were as kind as poss ble. Until trouble arose irom the abuse of privil llowed ex- tradition [apes in the last case before my own, very much greater privileges were granted; but that abuse caused an order to treat them like apy other per- son committed for detention. It is of no use to reler to this experience, and 1 will only say that the most bitter and unforgiving of men could ask for NO MORE EXQUISITE TORTURE than I experiences four months of sux pense, in the mii rumors, charges and plottungs. Ic! averaye amount of ‘nervo,’ but confess that do not think I could have endured this had it not been for the berorc faitniulnes: and unfalteriug devotion of my family, which only grew more iniense aa {riends forsook and enemies and accusations inultiplied, Were it not such an end! task I would deny tn detail the reports sent irom here without any foundation whatever. As itis, I can only say that I have to no one asserted my innocence of charges made, nor have I confessod myseli guilty of them. I have retrained from both. have been neituer in utter despair por indifferent to all things. L have said an now say that there bas been THE MOST SHAMEFUL INGRATITUDE, base betrayals, unlimited sianders and bounded lying and faise witnessing that I ever knew. Fails: claims have been presented, robberies attempted and perpetrated; false oaths, even, bave beeu quite toe numerous. Men, be‘ore whom it is the fashion to bow with all the devotion inspired by dollars, have deliber. ately plauned to assassfoate my character and rob me ‘A way to escape the penaity of the law. They are now and have be oug the foremost in demanding yon me ihe Visitation of the utmost rigor of law in tha crest Of public virtue, I think the time will como when these persons will b known to the peopie ot Massechusetts, and when ail is known they can the Penis age whether my transgressions surpass all other! FORGERY AND SUICIDE. Pont Jxnvis, N. Y., July 31, 1876, Munson Havens, aged. twenty-two years, a son ot Barrett Havens, a farmer, living four miles west of Deckertown, committed suicide yesterday morning by taking Paris green. The cause was the detection of the forgery of a note for $875, which bo committed some six Weeks ago, CHEATED THE GALLOWS. Dexven, Col., July 31, 1876, The juryin the Yankco murder trial at Boulder brought in a verdict of guiity of murder in the first dexree at at twenty-five minutes past eight o'clock this morning. At fifty minates past nine o'clock tho prise oner committed suicide by hanging himseif with a cur tain cord in his cell. GRAIN SHIPMENT FROM ST. JOHN, Sr, Jonx, N. B., July 31, 1876, The conference between Mr. Brydges aod the mer chants of this city in reference to the facilities ot St, Jobu for the shipment of grain did not result tm any. thing definite, The general opinion was that difference in import charges between St. John and New York would be a penny a bushel im favor oi the former, CHILD KILLED BY A HORSE, Yesterday morning, at an early hour, ® horse belong. ing to Mr. Horst flour merchant, of this city, which was stabled near the police station in Hoveken, took fright end ran away while being hitched to « wagon, It ran over a child about three years old, named gobo Krug. crushing ih its akuil and cause deste