Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-28

this road would pass. Mr.. Edwards, under
oath. denied that he offered Mr.. Paine money
for his vote on this or any other bill
James 5. Pike, one Of the correspondents o'
the N. Y. Tribune, testified -
"When one of these railroad bills was oc-
fore Congress at the last session, gentleman
said to me, You and Harvey (llarvey is our
REGULAR correspondent am rather an anna
teur, 90 and come when please y aud lew
of Won clever fellows, must have section Oi
land.' Well. rather smiled at the suggcs-
,ion. and made no reply. well, said he,
Some of these sections are pretty valuable,
worth as much as ten dollars an acre 1t was
done in a iaunting manner, and the thing pass
ed by; ! had occasion soon, very soon alter
wards Ia comment on these bills, and expressed
my opinion, which was that they were plum
dering schemes, and ought not to pass; ] do
not know of anything that comes nearer TO the
point than that" In reply to question,
whether it was the impression that ii was an offer
which. if accepted, would have led TO trans
action the witness said his impression was ii
meant something. The committee unanimous
" decided that Mr. Pike must tell the name Of
the member. aud he named Orsamus Is. Matte
1 son. lie thought this was about the time OF
the passage of the Wisconsin bill, but he did
not know whether Mr.. Marcson had any IN
,ercst in that bill. Mr.. Maieson did not name
any particular bill or location.
In Mr.. Matesun's case, the following letlel
) in his hand writing and ranked by him, 10 the
president Of the Des Moncs navigation ant
railroad company Of Iowa, was put in as cyi
l dence -
IPriraic.l WASHINGTON, July 10, 1856.
, Dear Sir:-Thc committee in our House hav
,, agreed to report your resolution in Minnesota I
~, 900 acres, or rs you wished it, but there i
much trouble in the way Some outsiders max
: mischief Arc you willing to let your of the fac
tory be cm up and used 10 carry il through, i
u addition to what Stryker arranged? | can hay
!, some agent promise outsiders stock in new flctc
= ry, Let me know without fail by return mail
Truly, q. Il. NJ.
: To W. c. johnson, Esq.
n Reverdy Johnson, counsel for the same con
If pany, testified that Mr.. Maleson said to him
= that there were from twenty to iEfiyye@@il ' a.
+. not sure as To numbers, bat | am sure that
is was either twenty or ihiuy-members of til
a House who had associated themselves tupethe
and pledged each to the other not 10 vote ft
:, any law or resolution granting money or lands
unless they were paid for ii; | told him coul
!. hardly believe it. think The expression IL.
ed-ior | was indignant-was that it was
ID outrage lie agreed with me, an
was as far as words and manner were concern
ed, as warm in denonncing it as was. II
> said they were set OF ID scoundrels b,
. = there they were, and nobody could get any
thing OF This sort through without them, an
" that Johnson must have here 500 900 to carr
II this BILL" &c.
> John Stryker Of Rome, n Y, drecto
and member of the executive committee of I'll
company, testified that he made draft in fav,
q q of Horace Greeley for $1,000; it was retail
= er for council and advice in aid of procurin
: the passage of the bill for tie benefit of III
company. 1t was TO be used entirely in h
discretion. The witness, three weeks ago, M
Mr.. Greeley in New York. and he told hir
! tina, he had received the money, but that he ha
no personal interes. in it.