The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-23
Tse Five Per Cont. LOan-The Credit
MObilicr.


Especial telegram to the Dspatch.l
WAsulSsToS, D. c., January 22.-Scth'ng
was done at the Treasury to-day IN regard to
the designation of syndicate to fund the
loan. but Secretary Boutwell, will probably
arrange the whole business tomorrow or
Friday,
Oakcs Ames. In his testimony to-day before
Judge Poland's COMMITTEES, testified that he
agreed to give to Mr.. Colfax twenty shares
of Cyedit.Mobilier stock. but did not re-
member when the agreement was made
Thought it was early in the session Of De
cemher, 1867. Witness got the stock and
received the dividend upon 1t Of eighty per
cent. 10 bonds, accounted to Mr.. Colfax for
the bonds which were sold by witness, and
ar. Colfax gave witnessa check for five hun.
ired and thirty-four dollars and seyenty-two
cents, dated March 9Th, 1868, upon the Ser
gean.-at-arms. Did not remember delivering
fac stock to Mr.. Colfx. The check and the
proceeds OF the Union Pacific stock paid for
the Credit Mobiicr stock. In The june fol-
lowing gave Mr.. Colfax check for $1,000,
dividends on Credit Mobilier. Mr.. ColfaX
asserted to the committee under oath that
BIZ did not remember Of having receiyeda
single dollar from Anles.
With regard to Senator Wilson, the wit
ness iAmes) testified that the testimony Of
th.t gentleman was substantially correct.
Ills recollection was, and his books showed.
ti,at he had settled with Mr.. Wilson
Thought Mr.. Wilson received the dividend,
and upon settling the matter, returned it..
80 he or Mrs. Wilson received nothing but
the 5000 back and ten per cent. upon it..
6ir. Amc4 was then questioned in regard
TO Mr.. Allison, Of Iowa, and testified that
Mr.. Allison bought one thousand dollars
worth of Credit Mobilicr stock, and witness
got It for him with the eighty per cent. divi-
drnd on Union Pacific bonds, sold the bonds,
and Mr.. Allison settled hy a check for two
hundred and seventy-onc dollars balance,
which settled for the bonds and interest.
Mr.. Amos testified that Senator Conkling,
Senator Fowler, and Senator Bayard, had
never been stockholders in the CreditMobi-
licr to his knowledge. Neither of them ever
paid witness anything or received anything
from him. AS to Speaker Blaine he had no
fuI:hc: statement to make. He never paid
witness anything nor did witness pay him
pIything. His name was not upon the books
OF witness at all. There was talk between
u, and that is all.
Ames also testified as to his transactions
with Dawes, with whom he had quite All &C
count, having bought bonds for him to tht
extent of three or four thousand dollars. Thu
witness said Dawes got frightened at the Duff
--6itaeen suit, and settlement was made with
hila in December, 1868.
The cases Of Representatives Kelly and
GaIlaud, witness said, were similar. They
both received a dividend on stock that they
paid for, hut which Amcs kept possession Of
Concerning Bingham, Ames said he re-
ccived $4,000 from him to invest in
CIeiit-Mobilier stock, so invested it, and
Bingham received the benefits and dividends
fiom it. At one time Bingham wanted to
SCI his Ciedit-Mobilier stock, but witness
advised him not to do so. Anles testified
tat he had conversation with Mr.. Bout
we'll, but he declined to take any stock.
The testimony exctes great comment, and
the congressional menagelie is considerably
stirred up. TIMoN.