The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-02

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and numerous defalcations that
shortly followed were clearly
traceable to mad spirits engendered
by speculation. Third, the Commit
tee find that the wicked and cunning
~ devised attempts of consplratoTs to
compromise the President OF the
| United States or his family utterly
failed. Corbin, using the opportu-
nifty which his family relationship TO
the President offered, aud under that
worse form of hyL Locrlcy-whlch puts
on the guise of religion and patriot
ism-used all his arts to learn some
thing from private conversations with
the President which could be made
profitable to him and his co.consplra-
tors; but with all the efforts of his
associates, the testimony has not elicit
ed a single word or act of the Presi-
dent inconsistent with that patriotism
and Integrity which BELTS the chief
/ executive Of the nation.
The message sent to Corbin, when
his duplicity was first suspected, and
the order which laid the strong hand
| of Government upon the c0nsplrators
and broke their power, are the most
| significant declarations that the
President held and treated them as
! the enemies of the credit and business
| of the country.
The report relieves Mrs. Grant and
| Gen. Porter. from any suspicious of
gold gambling.
All the public funds entrusted to
Gen. Butterfeld were faithfully ac-
counted for; it was not conclusively
| proved that he was interested with
the conspirators 10 raising the price
of gold, though on this point the tes-
timony in conflicting. Gould swears
positively he bought two lots Of gold
for Butterfeld. amounting in all to
million and a half dollars, Butter
field, also under oath, denies this
statement Both Fisk and Gould
swear they received a message from
| Butterfeld, aud answers to messages
which they sent during the days of
the panic, In reference to news from
( Washington; and this statement re-
ceives some support from Brown, a
messenger of the Sub Treasury 1t
Is proved by testimony that during
the days of the panic, two firms
brokers-sold gold on Butterfeld's s
order and for his profit, and that
during his whole term Of Office he
was dealing largely 10 U. s. bonds on
his own account. When asked by
the Commissioner whether he knew
Of any officer of the United States
who was, directly or indirectly, inter
ested in gold, he answered unquali-
hedly In the negative; but when
afterwards confronted with the testi-
mony Of Seligmon, concerning his
purchase of gold, he admitted it was
true.
The committee recommends the
adoption OF the following resolu
tions:
i. That the Committee of Ways and
Means be instructed to report bill
levying such tax on the transactions
of the Gold Exchange and Gold Ex-
change clearing house as in their
judgment the interests Of the country
demand.
2. That the Committee on Judiciary
be instructed to inquire into the expe.
diency Of reporting a bill to define and
| punish conspiracy against the credit
Of the United States aud the business
of its people.
. 3. That the Committee on B4nkine
, and Currency be instructed to inquire
t whether any further legislation il
necessary to prevent the improper ust
. of certified checks By the Natona
/, Banks, and that they have leave to re
port by bill or otherwise.
!. Messrs. Cox and Jones unite in tn,
! minority report. These contend tha
Z the gold plot was involved IN the ap
pointment of the Assistant Treasure
at New York; that it was encouraged
by the changing policy of Secretar
Z Mccullough; that sales of gold, if a
all made. should be regulated by law
\ that the Committe refused to investi
gate the conduct of persons, including
the President in Washington, and tha
therefore the Investigation was par
. tial.
Navy Department has nothing b
which to relieve or allay the terribl
suspense of those most interested i
= the particulars of the Oneida dis
aster Letter was received here by Col
lector Tullock from his son. paymas
ter Tullock of the Oneida, dated Jan
\ uary %, in which he mentioned tina
home pennant had been hoisted an
farewells made with their friends c
-, the Squadron who were to remain 0
D the station. Admiral Porter says th
present compliment Of the Oneid.
BIT will not fall much short of 160 souls
T. The Navy Department has not ye
received any particulars of the Onei
da disaster. 1t is impossible to oh
mr. tain any perfect list of the officer
and crew Of the vessel, for the reaso
~ thatshe was about to leave China fC
the United States. Some transfer
90 both among officers and men of tn
GA squadron to which she belonged
s. probably took place. particularly
. the case Of the men, who had yet
2I serve some time of enlistment. Will
- others, belonging to other Unite
States vessels of the same squadro
~ whose term had expired, or We
Al AZ about to expire, would be transfere
to the Oneida, for home passage.
20 President Grant, Secretary Els
and Boutwell,, and several Congress
., men, to- day attended the marriage
o. Winfield Scott Smith, a prominel
) 26 newspaper correspondent, with Mi
Dupont, of Washington.
II The majority report from the Con
mittee on Banking and CurreEc
- commences by stating the topics th
81 originally resolved to investigate,
the order of the House, and allude
the difficulties encountered, viii
co protracted the investigation. 1t co
l 20 tinues with a history of the NOV
4 96 ments of gold, for the year preYio
= 81 to September, with the statement
Jay, Gould & Corbin, to procure
0 35 appointment of some person vi
I'M would be subservient to th'
ade schemes. and the first suggested, v
nic. Catherwood, who it appears, irt
of testimony, was to share in the prof
0w- of The transactions, but who see
sti- finally to have declined to be a CO
nix didate for office.
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