The sun., 1873-10-08

] hld arc ihid by the department tnStcau OF Nv
/ ihe Auoucy-Generdl from his private purse.
/ They receive fGJ month apiece. The fuptmau
vas selected from tho National Hotel on Penn
svNania avenue expressly for this service,
V is openly charged that tho sumptuous en-
tcrta'uments OF tho Atlornoy-Gcueril are paid
for out Of the secret service fund " the depart
incnt, aud much complaint ~ quietly expressed
~ messengers In the department who IN cou-
hrc compelled to assist "a servants at these es-
tlvities At least so says atcspon.ible gentle
man who ws connected with mo department
hu. Ieit ~ in q gust. and who II called upon
VIII he prepared to testify under oath.
CREDIT MoDILIrn ArrAms.
"I have been positively inform ID that VIII.
Hams was engaged IN n stock speculation in CON
nection with tho suit against ths Union Pacific
i.ailroad ana other corporations To recover the
moneys pocketed by the Credit Mobiller Ring.
prepared after long aud studous consideration
OF the subject. There was a sensational charac-
ter about them which could not have had other
than depressing ehect upon the value
of Union Paciao stock In tho market.
inc greatest care WAS exercised in keep
my them from the public until the last
nomert and everything was arranged so that
when tne blow should fall the stocks should fall
Tuere no preliminary dribblin. a as is usual
IN such cases to load The y bile what to expect
\ smash was intended, and crash was expect
ed. From Information furnished from the De-
u1rtment Of Justice, the friends Of thcAttorney-
General busied themselves In selling short II
hion Pacific stock. and although nothing posi-
tC-t George II. Williams had 10000 In the
sch me. The papers were nled at Hartford.
Niilss WI lut6udAs NAV ~ LAST On MOUudN.
May ~, the correspondent Of Boston newspa-
per hy stroke ~ enterprise Obtained two
copies Of the papers. but II appears that he made
no lttcnit 10 speculate on the Information in
his possession, aud that afternoon they were
Published; Appearing In New York the next
morning IN the shape Of An Associated Press
despatch from Boston. Before their publlca-
ton Union Pacific stock was quoted at $50 u
81 per share. II Immediately fell to S26, leaving
q margin for pront Of from - to 50 per share.
The stock may have been sold short by the
friends OF the Attorney-ieneral on a nve per
cent margin, but the margin UrOhably ten
per cent Ict us see, then, what the Attorney
General would have made from his speculation,
supposng he had Invested 10000:
Ten THOUSAND shares at % sod short ona
ran ton..p ,,rr. ayr siai, b Ir
ti5pJJ
But .upposng the transaction to have been
mnie on I've per cent mdrsin. Then the hgures
are materially changed:
Twenty Thousand shares OF i9l51 s1'l short ona
margin oi ave per ccnt ortlJl01l ......... tsionD
Ivtnty thousand shares bouslt a s!3......... 5!oc0
Proat ............. ....................... tsoOO
"a neat li;tle turn. very neat little turn.
Very neat, indeed. II Is not often that an Al
torney-General has such an opportunity.
tempt made 10y the ATTORNEY q eneral to punish
the corresp 1ndent who secured the premature
publication OF the papers IN the suit. Because
oI thl'' anu because 81 some comments Of the
-pundcnt upon the pro gress Of the suit tele-
Trabned to the journal he represented, George
III. Williams issued an order denyinR him tho
ruvileces OF other correspondents, nutwitl-
stundin. tllt no has always been friendly TO and
Ia the confidence II the Administration.
Ugly RUNoRs.
"In REGARD ~ the Union Pacific suits have
Lead rinor' of m exceedingly grave character.
Il b, well known that Mr. Williams has no hope
Of political preferment hereafter. lie has lost
caste with many u his Pacific coast associates
aul former friends, because u his utter nd.f-
ference % the Interests Il tie region which gave
him political birth ami nothing injuries man
ial"e to liza flieUds Z even bis afc','mollsSo5
~ a. "a lfl HNl NAT md
the senate and the Cncf Jl.tccship are closed
10 him. ana "a. his sty In his present position
wonder that he should sclIe the opportunity
onered by the Credit Mobuer sultstl provide
for the future. ~ is su pcctcd that for con-
Hderations best known TO himself he has deter
mined 60 prey 40 tt' a'c1uui-Iwcut Of tie
o-tcu-ib' object of the Credit Nobil suits.
lidYinf the Whpif engineering Il the matter
in 1is hatus this wlii ue an easy ,.ins fOr hin
nm. istne .ih.'our, " what my Grant 'ricYd
slid un Ii+ f.lu ecf. though some uf uls charge.
a. i'-t t.' ney-1cucrd we've pat ia
stronger terms tnll have given.
THE WONDERFUL PROSPERITY
~ the Attorney has excited great d 1
of sur. rise. ils Nc4t to Orr-,u A. a .rr,toiil
Judge, on a salary oi 30 ayclr n .rract.
munity los ~ means prumiuent. Ihcre are
ru-aus in idlourfs va Wl, lin-tll 80 least
dozen LAWYERS wIu-' history gap 20 a recent
Dent snJ9yed higher repltuun AZ the bar
t"an Geor-e. H. Waa.m-. When "e lr-t DAiu3
likely tn,t un e. that iimc Li- Income lad cy,r
exceeded SO" per annun. B Il now. although
wealthy, and is ercctia. palaee which will
compete in urcteutiou-uass with that of Sent-
sressi5Hal -aodiyi,e-. How did he get his
USPrE,sASr FACrs.
The conversttlon | have mentioned occurred
before tue l1.h ol last month. SINCE then the
Credit Mlblier suits have been brought into
court, with very disrpurleIng rcsults m, fnI-
lowing larAgrIHl from the ~urtuutlall fffrrift-
tcdh iud cafe that the ru-plclOu@ entertained in
regard t. The good fiitn = the AttlIAey-Geu-
erdl are not conlnod To Washington;
Last wlntcr The people ot the Unted state, directed
Mr A'lSI4e.T IN seegal MuiNns 10 orng suits Ia the
pnrnos@ ~ rceoyerln II niss i ON. N, i rs tJF M tae
hrs allefed 70 have been wronefuy AMI fr4udHicnty
straeied MN 70 i,iace o coun.e eafnai ear
~ ,ne 20 any pG'nnf .hs ex'
ney General discharged the duty thus Imposed upon
no. t,io moare, - Aiii .e mli part Qr rns BUSINESS
syey to sH aS as''a Wa Tsfs a. e. eHG1 Sns
What what - he doing, What more u Anuylning-does he
gorge their booty? There ia growing nression that
Tn.g's % s3,eth1s m2r is d'ue han nag been done {et
has aot practically lunolrd hroug4 alrea iy.
The ITtrtford Courrnt, Congressman Hawley'4
paper; also speaks very plainly On this subject,
though without approaching the question Of
motives. IL says tnat the tame ana incom mpe-
tent performance Of the Government lawyers in
ne argument upon the demurrer was painful to
all friends u the Government In the court room,
aud that unless aller men can he substituted I'm
their places the LITIGATION had better hc ahan-
donHd at once before any further useless eX-
peuse Il incurred" The plain. cold truth ought
tp be spoken out" it further Says, $50 that
there viii he no doubt about 10 ut Washington or
elsewhere We have no holcfthnt anything like a
complete Investigation ur a fHir triad can he had
under the amectIon Of the prcseut counsel for
tie plaiutla.'
VERY SUSPICIOUS.
There Is another curious point worth mem
tl'ulng in relation 20 the Credit MuhlIier suits.
The newspaper correspondent who for tele-
graphing Information relating 10 these suits was
qeoaurd from the privileges extended In the
Department Of Justice 90 others Of his prufos-
sion, on learning Of the pruscri ptyo uid, issued
against MN sought an Interview with the At
turuey- General hoping 10 get IL revoked. In this
ne failed, hut he got an explanation Of the cause
OF the Attorney Generals hostility against him,
which Wls peculiar. learn from good authority
that Mt Williams addressed tins OUespOndent
in the following words;
You tlcgraphel from WASH ingtpn a statement that
me 'F'if Nom e7 tult l- prsctCNy nui that
lhtNe come 70 tIa cultluNol tuAt lt Wal h.y- be
a1ind1ued. What dc, tAAt mstl? Il ilsuIsfiI'I
Alf.o toN't !a ~ ne dJa4tIlH. That Is Waas
yuu really assert"
Now, there was not tho fainte4t lntlmati,n in
the telegram referred o. tn4t the Attorney Con
erl was acting otherwise tuIu m good faith,
AMI 10 Is very strange that ho should ~ soon
have iupei q the coutll,l "a that the cur9--
spOndunt Mcant TO Say he uad
SOLD OUT rnE CASE,