, 1873-02-01

gross, 1,owoyor, intcrventl; and directed tho
amount Withhold to DO ,patd Last spring the
presotit raonagoment took possession and stopped
leakaRos, mud CTentod economy, anu noNt since
that roform WIS fnnugurhted, another aaBault
Inns been made, causing LOTS Of millions Of dol.
lars. Tho ioBsoa occur as tho coIfHoquenco Of
tho raids In Congroaa on tho Company. The last
ASSAULT In Congress has cauaod ono class of ae;
cnritios to fall from SO to 72::'rho wttness said
TINT tho Governments ii the counts wero ad-
{ustod on principle Of etuit y: sould DO largely
lnadoted to tho comnany. 2 s salary paid tho
eight Or ton Thousand dollar :: nua11y, bus as to
himself, he tloeH not draw AZ E a1ary.
Tho witness, in reply to f Ei;mterrogations Of
General sloon eaa tho sg Ra.as9 aon9ra'
noeotiatio noo ii 1 of u"G bonds. Of II tornoy was rot
lad heard It vas paId undo = ho Presidency Of
ones Amed I'd dlant y yss TaSn ,1. a.,ppaS The pay
Dix was Minister to Franto " not. Tile money
was paid aftor Dix.loft the road:
Tic witness, In reply to Honr, satd ha 11aa no
persona! knowledge Of tho subject. His attGn-
tion was frpt called to I. during tho recent ca-
heard from officers Of tho Comllsny that Dix
recoivcd tho money while he was Minister
abroad: THO wit'losa. further stated there was
ffsss1 Gfsso banaer 81 ae~ 9o1 a" TT ha o
Company was shown tho witness, which he said
l1o had not aoen. From TINS book i appearod
1s Resn tnass may a. caa o nes Te
tho details: The w1tnosB eaid tho feature tn tho
Wyoming Coal Contract, giving. that Company Q
t15a,Tbaols Of a6 per cont. had been @ ab19gatGd ID
tho mcans Of dispensing patronage, raids bad
been commenced on tho Company. Ono Of tho
Government Commissioners, Cornelius Wendollf
appointed undor President Johnson, received
s25 1000 rs tho condition Of his accopting Por~
ton Of tho rond. do didn't think my of tho
othor Commissioners mnde au actual profit, OK
copt from errors OF Judgment: They threw
obstacles In tho wny Of tho road. The Witnesa
Iawyor and . man, lie asked him to bocome
counsel Of tho Company, but ho declined on the
ground thet he would DO compromised aa
Government Director by accepting tho position.
ALEXANDER HAY,
of phiadolphia, testified that In the summer Of
1866 he roooivcd an order from Joseph u Stew
art on Durant for 290 construction honda Of the
pawnoo 4 Loavenworth hatlroad Company the
being eoo HH pe ena 1aS Mo
coIya1 from burant for Stewart 100000. He
deposited tho bonds IN the MerGhants. erai
tho request of Stewart tho %e8s hpotto t. 30 spy1 S
ii 1s relation to tho Union Pacific Company, and
assisted In preparing one. Stewart pRid Al1n
handsomely. He had holped Durant and oth6ras
but received no pay except 200 Or s1o,99o
from btewart Tor eorVlcos TonuoFea n1H. ho
know Of no money boing paid or promised Con-
grcssmcn to influence legislation.
Tho witness waH asked if ho know Of any
money being paid to newspaper mon to obtain
thoir Influence. He gave tho name Of ". J.
Keoler who was u correspondent, he believed,
aud took all interest in the road.
Adjourned.
ANOTHER WITNESS. .-
MARSHALL, Tcxas, Jan. 31.-G. n. Dodge,
Chief Engineor Toxins Pacific Railroad, loft for
Wasbingt0u Yesterday, to teBttfy hcforo tho
Credit Mobilier Committee.