, 1873-01-10

last until oyory at,aro Of tho stock III tic Credit
AIoDitier WAS tnkon, and no ono HuBpoctod nnY
wrong until tho enterprise proved to bo peou-
llinry HucceEs.
On the. contrary, everybody TINT did 30 VIVA
congratulated throughout tlle country for t,,or
courage, enterprise, and patriotan,. Mr.. SEQ
fold agrcol to taho ton a1lnrcB. 1fo afterwards
soqaey so 1 IL s secao S s 5 I Wiz HEfs t. sssga %
Ing that ho had heard thoro was q personal re-
nronsibility, aud returned It, took it back, aB
had agrood to do with him, aa in almost orory
never cold any stock to Mr.. Fovlor, and ho
neyor rocoivod ouy that mn awaro Of. Jamcu
T. Wilson, of Iowa, also bought aud paid for ton
gharos, md 80 did Senator Allison, thon mom
Dor Of tho 1fouso. Alr. M'Coml BwonrH told
lin I had givon ono to Senator Oonlllng. It is
absolutely lntruc. InoYar Baid sot nor dill
egroo to givo him ono, nor VIVA ho ovor intro
ducod in the Company.
l,nyo now stated, bolioyo, tho oxnot fact In
rotation not only 10 all t1leuo parties upon Mr..
M'Comb's list or na,noa, hut also In rotation to
all salcB Of thin stock to any ricmbor Of Con-
gresa, with all tho particulars OF such an1es 40
include undor tho word sales oycry tranuaction
by whicl, mombora Of Congress became entitled
to SHARE
|. AnEa' Exr1AaArros OF HIS LETTERS.
can adl littlo to wllat I stated. Tho lottor Of
Nr. M'Comb, to which 1t waa f. roplv, sought to
got tho stock allotted to mo for tito poraoils lo
namod because he had promised it to them. l
speak to NIr. Fostcr, but nothing ca,no Of TINT.
also showed linn TINT Ind onslcavorcd to
collect from tlloae who Ind wanted tho stock,
persons scattered over tho country, and I do
sired to go on as wo had done from tho bogn-
ns possible that those were ntoudod as Hales
they wore to pay for, that loLtor showed; ns 1t
did not occur to mo thoro wan my improprioty
rInr inn
In tho lottor to which mino Of JAN 80, 1868, 10
reply, wc llaa been tl,rcntened with Congress
sional investigation, md auitHboforo Judge Bar
nnrd Elcueyor l would not agrca to certain
schemes, and ho ailndod to this, no doubt, bo-
oauBc would not let Ills friends hayo any or MY
stock. 1 had mover boon able to discover nny-
thing that could make mo fear such inycatiEa-
tion.
certainly had mono to foar, and told him 10.
Thoro Ia nothing in this lcttor that havo not
given an explanation Of oScopt tho allu1ion to
h1r. Wnal.purno, and t",a will explain III COLI
motion With my proponAl OH tho lottcr ;of tho
jeot.
1t Ind become tolorably we'll known to all tho
world that Tho road was likely to bo u Ruccoss,
md those Of us who had riakod tho chanco had
complain Of tho grnnt that had boon offored
without opposition tlloro waB first . complaint
mato by Dir. Washburno Of tho 7aluo Of tho
land grants.
out Of tho power Of a1,y ono to take from lib
Wlnt VIC had in tny Wow, paiI tho Government
for. Il TaB to got these land grants as private
property that wanted them sold and tho bonds
divided. Mr.. Alloy thought VIC could not nfrord
to do this, and tho event proved lo was right.
It was also complained that wo woro excessive
In our Charge for freight and transportation;
not that wo exceeded our loyal right, but it was
private right, had always fouild 1t difficult to
induce any to tako tllo trouble to look in tho
case. / did not want any assistance or privilege
but that our legal vested rights should not DO
taken from na.
I thought wo had finally bought and secured
tIon, and know il any ono would examine ho
would SEQ tAis. For this reason l wanted moro
shares to bo issued, for hhYe found that thoro
thoir own property, but no ono seemed to think
this was recoBsary, md 1t was mover dono. As
bearing On my belief OF faiynesu Of intention
md tho absonce Of all OWL p1rpoBee or design, I
Comb wo woro in no sort Of confidential roa-
tions, though our interests wero largely con-
nectod.
Before that tinao I had aBcortainod faets con-
noctc1 with him that would prevont mo placing
any confidence in him. Before any publication
Of theso transactions, throat of exposure was
communicated to no. My informant will nnmo
tho porson. Tho prico Of secrecy offered was
fectly aware Of what I had dono, and tho
motives, 80 confident was Of my innocence Of
all OWL Design. TINT refused to pay ono dollar.
Since then, and after the testimony had boon
given by ,M'Comb, I WAS again offered to bo ro-
1iovod from tho difficulty and Withdrawal of al
tho ollargeH if would acknowledge that held
stock in trust for AIr. N'Comb. I told Mr..
Black, WHO made mo this proposition, TINT
could not anti would not do that, aH it was not
truc. Nfr. M'Conb snys in his evidence ho
offered to surrender these letters and deny ho
had any such if 1woull aottlo his claim, or some
thing to that effect.
uo repeatedly made such ofrors, md always
nftor tho charges ho had made in tho suit.
said thoy wero very damaging. told him to
publish them il he chooHo. 1 know had dol1o
or said nothing that meanod anything wrong to
q fair mind.. Tho remark ho pulls in my mouth,
viz: that oil members Of Congress arc bsibad
&c.,, are entirely untrue. said nothing Of tho
Croxs-Exan,tn,ltioaao OF Daakea AlncR.
FURTHER EXPLANATION OF Ills LETTER TO y com.
Tho Cuain1nnn handed to the witness tie lot
ters produced tho other day by Nlr. MComb,
md tho Witness identified them al hlB own hand
0.-Woro tllouo lcttcrs written Mt tho various
II nintalo i'll tho dato they woro intended to DO
correct. ....
Q.-In tho lettor Of tho earliest date, Jan. 25
1868, you say 't tint you u have assigned aB lar
ns you ~ hayo gona to-4 from MaaGacl,1aetts,
from Nov Ha'npsiro !, Delaware; !, Ton;
BY poncl to 9, Ohio; 2, pennsylyania; l, In
| diana /, Maine." You wero WrilinE, I sup
poge, in reference to tho stock Of the Credit Mo-
| bilior 2 A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-What did you intend by saying that you
had assigned ns far rs you Ind gone; do those