Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-22
NEW YORK.
Postal telegraph.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2l.-One OF the ablest
members of the Appropriation Committee
doubts If any Postal- Telegraph bill will be
passed the present session. The measure
OF Cresswell seems to meet with disfavor.
The Credit MObil;er.
The Herald publishes the official list OF
the stockholders, as well as the dividends
and alotments of the Credit Mobilier, OBJ :
tanned by ThOs. @. Durant, ex- President OF
the Union Pacific Railroad. Congressman, /,
ex-Copgressmen snd ex Senators are rep
resented in the list. The son-in-law of a
prominent member Of the present House is
credited with large dividend and $50
shares
The Mormon MuddIe-Grsnts Prom
iaes.
At Washington it is thought the poligamy
problem will soon be settled by the Ad-
ministration. The delegations in the in
terest OF Young in that city, who recently
came from Utah, are working with less
hope to avert the coming storm. President
Grant has recently expressed determina-
tionto put an end to the Mormon institu-
ton. After the holidays the necessary
laws will be presented in Congress. Ru-
mOrs Of an impending change among high
officials In Utah are current.
Poor FrOude.
John Mitchell, the eminent Irish patriot
and journalist, lectured before the Liberal
Club last evening on the inaccuracies Of
Froude.
Train Pleads Guilty.
In Oyer aud Terminer to-day George
Francis Train plead guilty to publishing a
paper called the Train League, which, ac-
cording TO the indictment, is an obscene
publication, but exonerated Nichols from
completely. The latter was bailed and
Train was remanded to the Tombs.
Stokes.
The full jury were completed in the
Stoxes case to-day. The Judge cautioned
them from speaking about the trial, and
when the court adjourned they were locked
up, but will Oe allowed to 90 to church in
the morning in the custody Of officers.
Dangers of the Dance.
One officer Was dangerously and another
slightly wounded this morning while quel-
ling riot in dancing hall on 9th av-
enue.
Personal.
Justice Lawrence, President of the Con-
tinental Life Insurance Company, died
suddenly this morning at his home in Yon-
kers.
Rev. James NJ Stone was ordained Cath
olic Priest this morning by Archbishop Nc.
Closkey.
COlfax and the Tribune-S0me Rscy
Revelations.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Vnru n.a -
Vice President Colfax not to accept the ed
itorship of the Tribune renders the future
OF that paper more uncertain than ever.
Mr.. George William Curtis is bound to the
Harpers, and cannot undertake to be Mr..
Greeley's successor. No great surprise
would be felt if Mr.. Orton should sell out
to Whitel@w Rel as his last resort. Sam.
SnclSir y as never earn estly enlisted in the
Cincinnati movement, and after the Sep
tember and October elections rendered the
defeat of Greeley absolutely certain, he be-
gan to try to pave the way for at lesss his
reconciliation with the powers that were TO
be. He was largely interested iD certain
claim which Norman Wizard is prose cutting
against ths government Tor some $4,000,
and as publisher of an opp sition paper,
there was but little hopes of getting this
job through even this Congress, let alone
the next. Wizard has some good friends
here, who constitute part of the Admins
tration Ring, and he was very anxious to
make peace for Sinclair, but 81 long as Mr..
Greeley was alive, aud the Tribune likely
to maintain an aggressive attitude toward
the Grant party, this was impossible. But
the very day Mr.. Greeley breathed his last
the intriguing OF Sinclair began. He wrote
TO Mr.. Colfax, asking whether be would
take editorial charge of the Tribune if in
vited by smsjoTiJy Of the stockholders. At
the same time Ward began his efforts here
with Gen. Garfield, Ssnaror Conkling, Sec
retary Robson, and others.
The great ambition Of Mr.. Colfax for the
last ten years has been to run ths Tribune,
and be at once made up his mind TO accept
the proposition Sinclair spoke of, if it was
ever made. He wanted so many shares of
the stock at reasonable rates and terms,
and be also wanted big salary. Wizard
had succeeded in getting the Administra-
tion interested, and pool was made up to
buy controlling interest in the Tribune.
Mr.. Orton was chosen as the man TO do the
buying. He enjoys close relations with
President Grant, to whom he sold at low
figures large number of shares of Western
Union stock.
In the meantime Mr.. Orton went to
Washington to appear before the House
Appropriation Committee on the telegraph
scheme. While th=Te he learned from per-
fectly reliabl9 sources that notWithstand
Mr.. Colfax's denisls, be was really impli-
Gated in the Credit MObilier scandal. It
seems that ColfaX assured Mr.. Orton and
his associates thai the Credit Mobiler stock
had been offered him, but he rejected any
such proposition. Mr., Orion learned that
COlfax had admitted before the investigat-
i committee that he had purchased some
of The stJcs, but discovering that future
legislation might be wanted for the Union
Pacific Railroad, be compelled Ar. Ames to
take it back.
The testimony of Ames fastened the
charge Of still holding Credit M0biier
STOCK on ColEx, and this being made known
to MIR. Orion, together with an iutimation
from the White House thal George William
Curtis would be Al acceptable man, settled
the business.
These facts were communicated to New
York, and Colfax received a telegram
which read as follows: "YOur application
for time is accepted as decliuation Of our
offer"
This was cruel blow to Mr.. Colfax,
who bad been among his friends chucbling
over his good fortune, talking of his eigh
shares Of the Tribune stock; what the poll
cy OF the paper was to be. In order to
break the effect of this fall as much as pos
sible, he at once started out messengers to
say TO the newspaper men that he had final
ly concluded not to accep'; that he was
going to retire to South Bend, simply to
crafty his wife, who was opposed to his
going to New York. Unfortunately he had
publicly given out that the business had
been definitely arranged only 8 few
hours before, and he had really written and
mailed letter of acceptance.