Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-03-21
Sum ming up OF the Credit M0lDi.
ller Matter.

The redoubtable Cakes Ames bias gotten
back home, and like Vice President G. lax,
had public reception. 1t wac very hare
Tor Cakes to get through a session in tn.
corrupt city of Washington, and come on
uptauted, but he dill as well as our to Vic.
Presidents, an seems to be rather proud
Of it. A reporter Of Nav York paper has
interviewed him in the peaceful seclusion Of
his virtuous home. and the following extract
IRON. the published account is interesting:
tell you, rir. that | sold the stock to
Collar a. did to others aud as Isproved
in the investigation The 81 200 was ts,e
0 him by the sergeant alarms in green
lacks and on the IS G check Schu,lv.
Coltax deposited it in his bauk.
Are there any new proofs 2"
81 have learned from my brother Oliver
continu d Mr. Aures, ''that Mr. G A Ruo-
H., attorney for the New York Tribune"
II Mr.. William +. Hyatt of New York.
hat, months ago. Schuyl Coltax told bin,
(RuDkle) that he had bought some Credir
Notilier stock and that he thought 1t was
good thing Now if the "Herald' has
ny way to draw out Mr. Runkle on the
subject. l hope it will do it, and if MIR.
Runkle is candid man, US they say he is.
| hope he will say whether this is SO OF
not j"
but it seems that General Grant has
ndorsed Schuylr Celfax,' suggested.
NJ M. -
cad President Grants note to Colfax you
| will s-e that he congratulates him on the
AIT that the charges imputed were not su<
aimed. aud that bribery and corruption
we're the charges; and in ju,t as much 70
| ne as for him, for if there was 20 one bribed
hen there was no briber. Il Schuyl r was
re from bribery then l was b 1t the
President don't commit himself about Schuy-
er's lying.
He KNOWS HE LIED.
This i. plain talk. but every memb Of the
c,mmiit,+ told me that in their opinion
Schus Ter had lied There ia not a member
OF Congress in Washington or a newspaper
man but what knows S huylor lied Yes,
aud lied like dog sir.
H,w did Mr.. Colfax appear when you
met p
"Appear Why he always hung bis head
md looked guilty. He corld not look me
in the lace neither could Kelly or Garfield.
They would hang their faces ard look red,
as if my presence troubled them"
do you get many l.tters of congratula.
ZION Z"
Yes. hundreds of them. held in nv
hand letter from 'be postmaster OF Boston
He says be is sorry SCHUYLER was so foolish
to wreck himself and DRY that the Pres.
'dent mixed himself up iu it at all. Here's
a l. tt from Governor, and here's one
from Webster Snyder, the old superin en-.
dent Of the Uoi"p Pacific road. who to *
Schuyler ami A. D. Richardson over the road
when SCHUYLER owned sto,k INIT, and was,
o. Alfred Townseld said, iding on free
tickets to advertise it.
OFFICE OF LONG IsLAap R R COMPANY J
o. Charlck Pse-iden,.
LONG ISLAND CITY March 10 1873 ~
Hon. DUKES Anaes::
My Dear Ss-I with to congratulate you
IN having flushed the political career
Schuy l~r Colfax The work was we'll done.
Ii Schu, Ter ever again has the presumpi,r
10 travel ever he Union Pac fc it is hardl,
rrobatle that he W II demand special trair
or cooking car. Without regard to his
pulsics, | pronounced him fraud in 1868
and you certainly will now concede that.
ffcially, treated him with more rattle,
than less civi|ity than he was entitled to-
Very Respectfully,
WEBSTER SNYDER
THAT is the way with all those fellows"
continued Mr.. Ames, laughing; '.they ride
free on your railroads. aud then abuse you.
OF Vice President Colfax, on his retiring.
the Washington ''Repub can" government
organ, published the following touching
obituary:
ITO great extent we express the senti.
merits Of all shades OF polt Claus when we
state our sincere regret that one who has
occupied for so many years such p eminent
place 10 the grand party Of cur history
should retire to private life under snch pain
ful pitiful circumstances To al human
hppCd' dbCc" Tue cudUpW WulCu IlUW uaJ kcuS
ni- u'ure can never be moved There
will he no further Investigations to throw
more light upon the conflicting stafemept
Of the lat Vice President and Cakes Amps
Some people will decide in favor and some
against Mr. Schuyler Jofax and there seems
to b. no coming event which promises to
decide II e mater beyond doubt either favor.
ably or uufavorably to him In any care.
his most ardent friends will always teel thai
he has been gully either of prevaricating 10
| a manner unworthy o. his position as
Vice President, or of laundering to an ex
tent that could only result from the confu-
sion aud shame of an accusing conscience
This is sad"
Destructive FIRE AT Parker BURG "A
Gre occurred at Parkersburg w. Va. on
the night of the 18th which destroyed
buildings worth $4,000 occupied as fol
lows: j. W. Mathews. jpwtller; j
Kiny'endol dry goods Miss Payne. mil
lner J. T Berry, warehouse j W.
Dent, feed store Martin & G lbert. groce-
ries; W. Wsrne Il Co furniture X A.
Jones. druggist J. P. Waite, graio store;
Mrs. HolIios, millinery, and the Methodist
church and par orage.
WILD Cars IN GREEABRIER The Peters.
town, Wcs' Virginia. county is 'roubled by
big panther He recently attacked |.
ored man carrying piece Of beef 10 sack.
The hasty surrender of the beef enahl d .he
man to save his bacon" An aged white
ci'izen starting on a jourp'y early one
morning recently was saved from the beast