New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-23
ERIE.

history Of the great ERIC war ir0i ~
few passages; -, Avn NOW THE ERIE
80, ,.y coUIo WENT TO ALBANY AND Ho" me hi'N
Nv" EuL WENT THROUGH
This mission was by no means unattehueu ny uio
,,os In the first place. Judge Barnards processes i
.ontempt seemed threaten the liberty OF mr. "ouiu
erson He left Jersey City and arrived al Albany on
che sotb day Of March, three days after the deieat OF ne
Te hin and two days before Mr.. Nation had made up
his mind as to which report he wond sgn Naturally his
nonents were well satisfied with the present aspect OF
nn6s SFesence in Albany The day after his arr gai
therefore, he arrested, on the writ ssu9u Ss"I
i ~ dollars for his appearance III New Yosk on the Io
lowing Saturday He was immediately 4aieH o. to
~ Tor he ne x days devoted hiinsef aSsouOusI W
tbe business he had IN hand ON SATURDAY ne aPleFSt
before Judge Barnard ana %o IL would seem
10 have perfectly easy Tor nm 10 naNe SlNOn 5
necessary bail and to have returned from BaTnaras
AZ once 10 Albany but the simple method seems
never TO have been resOred TO throughont tnese
cations: nothing ever done without inc %
nj writ and the assistance OF crowd o1 counsel III inns
ease Judge Barrett Of the Common feas was apPeale
co. who issued writ OF haOeas corpus Wy T ,bn
wnch Mr. Gould was taken out OF the hahuS Oh the
Sheriff aud again brought lnIo OoSL oar :, vas eonaV
matter of course that Mr. Gould was bent on at once re-
turning his field OF labor Inc ocfr TO WHOSE
by the Court in Mr. GOuGs '4i ne Was hSy
waseasily surmOunted. Mr. Gould went by an early
rain 10 Albany, taking the officer with him IN the ca
was naturally taken -not i'll to 20 to the Capitol in
the midst of snOw-sOrm but much TOO Ill 10 thlhk OF
and travelling companion sIgnifed to Mr. Gould That ms
presence much desired before Judge Barrett ana
intmacd an intention Of carrying him back 10 New.
York Nh Gould then pleaded the delicate eOndluon OF
his health, and wholly declined 10 undergo tae hrGsps
lated as was alleged by Goud's opponents returned
alone to NewYork and reported his charge to the Court
as a runaway new spectacle Of judicial Indignation
ensued and process for contempt seemed lmml-
OF course nothing came OF It, lew amdavlts from
ALBANY paced the indignant Barrett The application for
habeas corpus discharged, and Mr. Gould was the
CRITICALLY returned into the custody OF the Sheriff
Tberup9u the required security for his appearance when
needed was given and meanwhile, pending the recovery
of cOnvaescence to task of cultivatng thorough
understanding between himself and the members OF the
A strange legislative episode occurred at this time
operations but IN the end materially Facilitated them
An through March the usual sensational charges had been
flying through the in reatono the buying OF votes
rs difficult 10 sustain usual and IT was very important
der out charges which could be trumphanty efuted on
the LIST Of April however the second day after MI Gould
Glenn remarkable for nothing and
white hair suddenly created an intense sensation Dy rs
ing in his place the Assembly and exctedy declaring
that had just been offered for his vote on the
Erie bill He then sent to the Speaker charges In writ
ing TO the that the recent report on the rejected
Erie hill was bought, that members Of the house were
were habitually sold, and ended by charging corrup
ton, deep, dark, and damming on portion OF the
House." Of which he felt degraded in being member
A committee of investigation Of course appointed
aud the press congratulated the public that at last spe
on the 9th. Mr.. Glenn followed up the attack by
charging again IN WIRING tuat ono VI
mtee OF Investigation whose name he gave, was the
very member who had offered him money for his vote
place upon the Committee. and demanded an nvestGa
ton Then turned out that the simple old gentleman
between his desire for nOtOrety and his eagerness tC
expose corruption, had been made the victim OF cTue
Joke Some waggish colleagues had pointed pointed 9H
lobby aud sold spectacies, as an agent OF tht
come clumsy angling and many leading questions pro
what he supposed 10 be offer OF money for his
vote which, by ludcrous misunderstanding, managed
by his humorous colleagues, made TO appear In hi
eyes as having received Mr. Frear's Endorsement Mr.
and in tremendous outburst Of offended legislative viz
was exonerated; Mr.. Glenn brought TO the bar ant
censured, and the next day he resigned AS for tn
prisOned, and prosecuted The display Of indignation
the part OF Mr Genns pro.he b egss'os was IN VIE
superhuOus and somewhat suspicious but one such falls
accusation protects multitude of SINS The trad
OF Of morals fell into disrepute at Albany;
under the shadow of this parody upon exposures OF
serious business without fear Of Interruption
prOva Of the Erie party and which Judge Barnard sui
sequenty compared not mapty 10 bill lega
for some days it was warmly debated, and the lst
was passed by me Ge o tO1e 81 EVE
Perhaps his reason was convinced perhaps the mrs
fncOrrupble Senator found voting with the majority
The bill practically legazed the recent issues of bonds
but made it felony TO the proceeds of the sale OF
bonds except for completing turtherng, and
atng the road The guaranty OF the bonds Of connect
ing roads authorized all contracts for consolidation
division OF receipts between the Enc aud the Wander
enacted that stakeholder director or officer IN
the Vanderbilt roads should DO an officer OF director
the Erie. aud rice The bill was, in fact amended
copy OF the voted down decisiYey IN the Assembly
few days before and it il this body that the tug
war was expected TO come.
The lobby was now full Of animation fabulous stories
told OF the amounts which the contendng parties
were willing to expend; never before had the market
quotations Of votes and influence stood high. The
wealth OF Vanderbilt seemed ptJed against the Erie
part Of the State. suddenly at the very last moment
aud even while special trains were bringing fresh con
teStantS 10 take the FRAY through
Albany as OF some great public disaster spreading panic
Teminde4 81 The sT davs of ne var when f6i I
Of some great defeat as that on the ChickahOmny
Fredericksburg. In a moment the lobby was smtten
with despair and the checks of the Legislators were
banched for IL reported that Vanderbilt had with
drawn his opposition TO the bill The report was true.
Either the Commodore had counted the and judged
1t excessive, he despared Of the result any rate
he had yielded in advance. In few moments the long
struggle over, bill which in an unainended
FORM had but few days before been thrown OF tine
IOi to g. and was sent to the Governor for his sigma
ture. Then the wrath OF the disappointed members
turned on Vanderbilt. Decency forgotten frcn
zied of disappointed avarce That night
pro rata freight bll and bill compelling the sale of
through tickets by competing lines were hurredy passed
SIMPLY because they were thought hurtfu 10 Vanderbilt
calculated to iDjurc annoy him. An adjournment
however, brought reflection, and subsequently, OH this
subject, the legislature stultihed Itself no more
GOULD CORNERED DANIEL DREW.
II the month Of October and the harvest had
been gathered The ring and ITS allies determined to
reap their harvest ALSO and that harvest be moth
ing less than contribution levied, only upon Wall
st. aud NewEork but upon all the immense interests
commercial and financial which radiate from New York
all the country Lake the Cesar old they issued
their edct that all the world should be taxed The pro-
cess was not novel, but % was effective. monetary
sugcncy may looked for in NowYok at certain sea
sons OF every year IL Is generally most severe in the
Autumn months when the crops have to be moved, and
the currency drains steadily away from the financial
center toward the exremtes OF the system The method
planned ~ recent report OF the Controller the Cur
neaTv one s d possible to AVOID the Inference that