The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-10

up the little ones, and that IN couple O
: months afterwards Mr.. Colfax told hin
his investment in It had gone up; tina
there was prospect Of a lawsuit, and a
he had never been in one he had backeC
out and did not have any interest in II
, and further that Mr.. Ames had failed; anC
Colfax' 3 mother expressed great sympathy
for Mrs. Ames. Colfax replied that Anne
owed him $500, but he would never ask
him for it until he got able to pay it. Ht
then read from Ames' testimony of Jsnua
~ 29d, page 2S6, that even after Colfax's
conversation about never minding the
$500, he supposed that he had to pay
the $500, which was entirely incon-
sistent with Ames, having previous
ly paid him $1,000, which would have
been 800 more than tho amount Collax
had paid in all, and on account Of the
stock. Mr.. Colfax then proceeded as fol-
lows: When my bank account was
brought before the Committee, and it was
shown had deposited 81 goo in currency
Monday, June 22d, 1859, two days alter
the date OF Ames check, was requested
10 explain where l obtainedit.. My coun.
sci, the very next day, laid before the
Committee draft for $1,000, purchased
by me that very 22d Of June, with a
check out Of this 81 200 deposit and en-
dorsed, over to the Chairman Of the Indi
ana State Republican Committee, 10
whom, as the cancelled draft shows, II
was paid. My counsel promised to con-
meet this with subsequent testimony Of
Mr.. Matthews, as he has the certificate Of
six fellow clubmen 10 substantiate, that
he told them oil that very day, that he
could testify exactly where it all came
from. My sister telegraphed mo from
Utah, she remembered the Nesbitt letter,
81, 900 bill ol the middle Of June. I would
not present this testimony behind my ac.
cusers back, he having gone to Mass.
the day he returned. My sister, in the
meanwhile, having made 5000 miles in
midwintcr TO testify as to what all my
family so well remembered. Mr..
Matthews, Mrs 6Iacallister and l all testif.
ed to the receipt OF tho 81 900 bill Ut the
breakfast table, with q cOngralulatory
letter, on the examination, and MIR.
Matthews and fixed the dato as written
two or three days alter his payment to me
of 5000 in bill on tho piano debt, which
payment ot his was on June 10th or 18th,
1868, This testimony was confirmed by
the statement OF another sister In Iowa,
who remembered that my mother wrote
TO her in January, 1868, OF my having re-
ceived a 81 900 bill to which she had re.
ferred especially. 1twas further confirm
cd by the testimony of Mr.. Matthews
that in the same conversation it was
understood and stated that l would send
this Nesbitt a remittance to Indiana, and
tho bank books show that the cancelled
dral. proved that did so send it that
very day. the 22d Of June out Of the
81 200 deposit. This remittance ofso large
IN amount from q stranger was ridiculCd
by many US impossible, and the fact that
he was dead and could not testify as To-
his confidential donation, was cruelty
commented on. The Committee, how
ever, alter having closed the public testi
mony, commenced examining privately,
my bank account during other months
than tho ono in issue, learning this, l no
titled Them at once that had received
other rcmiItances at that session from the
generous donor, partly for personal uso
and partly Tor political, with the distinct
understanding that receiving them should
greater no obligation on my part, but that
his family did not desire his letters to be
published unless absolutely necessary. l
have by the advice Of counsel not 70.
ferred TO them in the explanation request.
cd of me as to the precise recourses OF
the currency deposit Of June 22d. l
placed them, however, at the disposal of
the Committee, and they were subse-
ouently made public. They show that
April, 1868, he sent nc s., 900 for person
al uses as o free gilt, and that
in July, in letter which did not
refer to my examination at oil as the lost
letter Of juno did, he sent another thou
sond dollars for political use, making in
all that session in his April, June and July
remittances one thousand personally and
two thousand politically. l showed also
by another draft Of a thousand dollars en-.
dorsed by me July 18th, to the Chairman
Of the Indiana Republican Committee and
returned to the bauk paid and cancelled,
that l had sent his $1,000 remittance OF
july to Indiana, as l had the one in June,
and thus the two drafts Circumstantially
proye both remittances and their dates
Mr.. Colfax here exhibited both Of them
cancelled drafts of June and July, 1868,
and then continued. stated to the CON-
mlttee that had used still more In In.
diana and elsewhere for legitimate cam.
paign purposes in that canvass, Contribu-
ted by friends, and offered to show them
all l had expended politically, personally
and Tor household expenses. did this
because did not know how far these In.
yestiVations were to- extend, Judging
from the researches after my spec.
ifc explanation OF where l got
the money deposited in 1868. But
the Committee would not inquire into
these items, and hence this Information has
been lost to the world. Twill not weary
YOU with further details. You have ali
read The voluntary affidavit Of my life.
long friend, Ricketson BOrroughs, who,
though ho had only heard of, and not
eYen read my statement as TO the 81 ,0OO
remittance Of June from Mr.. NcSbitt,
swore that | had told him TINT summer Of
having received one two thousand dollars
from Nesbilt for political uses, proving BY
bis repetilion Of the larger sum four times
nver that had evidently told him Of
both the June and July remittauces He
added that I informed him that l had
sent Mr.. Nesbitts contributions TO the Re-
publican Central Committee at lndiGnap.
oils, as have shown you that did l
read now an extract Of from Oliver
Hoyt, one OF the leading business men OF
New York, in the leather trade, WHO
writes me: ... r.as..
"You will doubtless remember that
you honored me with visit at my house
In Stamford, in June, 1860, aud
while there you stated that you
would like to call on Mrs. Ncsbitt, whose
husband had recently died. You stated
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