, 1873-03-05
The Senate Committee on the Credit
Mobilier---Patterson and
Conkling.
Toadyins Ben Holliday-'-The lssotiated
Press Dispatches from Salt
Lake City.
6capegoats---John B. A11ey---Some
Democratic Congressmen---
The Poetic Mail In
vestigation.


krom Our Or1 Correspondents
WASHINGTON, Feb %, 1873.
PHELPS, DODGE CO.
have settled their case by the payment {
e27l.OO0 This is settlement Of the smalles
amount, for the public had expected at leas
s4e0, 900 from the distinguished swind1ers. !
appropriately happens that this imperfect com
pensation was made the day after Congress re
fused to make bribery q matter OF e1
posu.e. Tho firm OF Phelps, Dodge 1
Co. head class OF mercantile moral
lists. In 1866, published little story IL
the New York Citizen, to which William E
Dodge took exception by letter, because it WIS
true statement of case without cloak. I fol
rebuled 9. the timo in the presence OF thl4
moral mans letter, little believing that woult
live to SEQ him and his firm confessed befor.
the Government "a its robber to the extent O
s71 900, II Nh. Dodge had put this amount o.
,ncaey in my hands, 1 would have convinced him,
through the same we11-directed journal, that he
h2d no right to chest the Government out o1
duties to that amount and I would have con-
eiIced tho country that, when he cheated it to
:vico that amount, he should not be let off ''at
tie figure"
scRIT.
4 gentleman who had State scrip to sell came
to see me yesterday, and asked why it was that
the Land Department refused to arrange for the
d7lirery Of cash on Agricultural College scrip,
until certain man in Cleveland, Ohio, (by
1u1no George r. or s'Pop-corn Lewis), hsd been
accepted as the best bidder for the said scrip.
If tue scrip sells for 96, md the Cleveland man
offers but 90 why is it that the facilities for de-
1vor, ,ra tirhtened m the man unIegs he poes
~ C;,ra,a,d2 THE 10 .,ofbar i,h of fbe Tn.
s ri,a - p.aa;J,,t ~ r. nn;tnd
ssss WI begin ~ hls tenn WIN A. ieass three rec
st 70 49, @ ;a - 80 80 ~ t,,;t., ~ ~ .ha
nte:ao! Oepa!tnaen! - one VI t .ua tinA's u tne
cos7aps'on "n1en esisls . IL ou1 country
9ha eo,oto comm;,tes ~ which, ro+ o1orr;,,
tne senate Co:nuut1ee VI Mncu 14ot nlolt1u,
= Aaane IL NnaillnaH nus IePoteeu ~ 1as9I ~ "
ea:te1son Gapulaio4' aAt1au ISneune' ano sno
N5ul'tat VI " HAsou: Losau; anu oomAEnF.
1nat tatte1son ouene 70 Us eAl'eIteu ~ plaan
sod ~ nn m ,aa y, s denanant nnn tha 4r,
si;oolu not 70 maae oepeuoen' apon Tue 1llte
pea tnat o1nel men "u1se n cuataete1 are nos s
s1PeAeo. - W can1los eA,cu tue "aote pAau ~
sn.e'es' anu Gascn ous o1e 20. one gonu necs
ma nee1s: Inc press o. tne country oio 1ssel1 no
credit III failing to support the folAnd Commit
ICES report. Had that report been sustained,
6eooks anu nnes Hoa1a nave neen nuug guy t.' od
congress, and, Gnoed by tnelf example, the
constituencies "oulo nave oea1r T1ln me guilty.
Eleh VINO haa oeeo oazeo ~ the committee: -.
IN human nasule: he was coAeee-pr9iessol,
'niaa-sloaen Peoagoeue soIt ol man, "nom NJ ao
sou 4ao ever eGauuanzeo ~ ~ one "otu -
caiomnS III the popnc press. 1neIe u mucn
hons Eress but think Of thus TINT patterson
Lo'an. au Ia4y osnoa o ,ar;na ~ sars1
oil'e nsli eout.y uu1f a. Poa 1ao 49,. y. 49,
auo ~ psh1 ~ An '"e p1's0 "AoSo " 4AA1'
Vp pafterton m s Is already drinking deep the
nrangns o. ;o ~ ~ nho ay addresaa Id
enI ~ ti,a ofror ~ tha Pras-
9i'n letter esking paA 1no Na,eaa ~ .ne
usaSs T. .. ane aeAee ~ nron,,;n1 ,nt ~ HeaTan
ir.o he I,,,,d wEnt human vacation ia iaft for
ti'a ,9 80 .ai no., oan,a ~ -no4oSa1 .nd
.nn so;a 'oyv a7,anoa ~ pattaraon 10 ~ '~1'~
~ .3 = laraI ~ -rant h;,, ~ No,.3s srh.
g Nase" "e Iaa % Fai1a,1 ~ ~ ~ roa-a
sua .r har ~ aot ~ 1l,at 9nor.1 or1tio,, o,,t
t1,are i, which, Senator Iones cnn c1ain hafoTa
y 1on,1Inr andienca thai tn e1ect sanotor VIII
mp,,er ~ t1e n,ost natural thine IN tha vorId
xii co r. Patterson and maEe him NJ, offer tn
Teach IN educational institrtion in Nevada. Ha
= aaFSsonle 1 character to recover. and. in a Com
fSyeel.h as mucl, reduced moraliy as ours by
u sIawort loves r. Ia nv bagi, r. ~,
xo his avn Tanntafion and ouT sense NJ
i TIuconcr" Tic ,hora vnar hovo haan said na
,oI:e hnt II ia vcrv naar1y a trna T transc1;nt nf
Ills .rnt]eman's talk to ne At Willsrds Hotei.
o o~N1N' poacor cnrv11xn 1.s ~ --~'o'
Is ma;1o bian,eless l,y tI1;a ranort T.. Init be in
49, ,aI,r .ra tkt ~ sppa,ts <IIe, III - - 80
t1.e pn,a ~ Frsnctot roos aronnd the Ganito1
c,a;mar % tI.at IL he eIecffed ted conkIinc % ~ md % irst
crlni him mt ~ amoncst ne wortf.es 41 NJ Naw
fork as - proper % character T to be Senator; Or al al
thnucI, the sa;d Franchof fas M tostified hefore
tho 9'nngress;nna1 comm;ttea ~ +bat hc rece;ves
ga nm reo7 ~ tha nro1ass;ona1 Iobhr;st ~ fha
f'cntra| I'acifc Railroad and has said in Wash
;,,.trn .;-cioa t;o+ 10 1oof7 40 rantrsI p.a;f,
800 ~ rav rorLf;1r S1n nno ,oa- a. ~, ,+tor
~ n r., Roscoa rnnl1;n1 reca;yas +h,t a1n mn
,n,r rt,;fa ~ t,a ga1,o9e La ;e ~ haftsr +har,
nstas an,ea Dar;on;n r Rntiar ~ R;1I staw-
NJ. 1'''''4'1 '''1~&' 1'@-4 ''~"
! nav intimate tic degree of personal inde-
ucudenco resident in limiting bv nnotine a
Clause IN his speech made st = dinner at Welck1
arg riynn t,ro rcnks aro uhore the orra,t by11ta
nEy nm.ID1r.
celebrated hir,self After thnv had all drink
3:an's Iionor md eafen bia fnrrnn;n Rnscna
Conk1nC oroso' glass ;n hand md sa;d that Ia
bad great responsibility to fll1 that he drank
Id tho uoble man Who had hniIt railroads ani3
~, -oesoia ~ t1,a psn;f;c Cnaet -rInr, w.
York Claimed a. ane Of her snIandd nrotinct;ons "
After Coullinr camo Ke1ir tie s.reat heavy ri.
low from OREGON. who said the Statn of Oregon
NoulI not permit New York to claim sncb a