The Placer herald., 1873-03-01
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.
(FRoI OUR SPECIAL CoRREsPo Mt. J
WAsHISaroN, d. c., February IS, 1873.

WAsHlSaroN, D. c., February IS, 1873.
THE CREDIT Mo3ILIER AGONY
Has reached the h5hest pitch, AMI if the repors
of the comnitteo is not N ,le today, as expected
a collapse of newspaper correspondents AMI re-
porters j. expected At no time since the com
meme I'm ent of this investi CATION has the excite
ment been 50 intense, aul high time is lookel
forward to in the H)a5e when the subject comes
up, such as was never before witnessed there
Everybody is talking Credit NJ obilier, and can
vassny tn, chances of the lame ducl1s, but no
one h,s anything bat hears,y aud rumors The
cem nittee will not let out a word, AN every kinl
of influence, soclll personal AMI political, is
being brou ght to bear upon them to iuilce n
lenient report. 1t was proposed, as has been
learned, to report eXpellin, Amss AMI Brooks,
not on the grodnl OF bribery, bat of sean lllizint
the positions they hold, aul to cen,ure in tn.
other cases. Another proposition WAS to merely
submit the testimony and severely cen5are both
Books and Ames. 1t is thonght that the com
mlttee will exclude all questions regarding the
truthfulness of the declarations made by the i'm
plicated ones, and conine Itself entirely to a
discussion of their acts and their evidence on the
witness stand; by this course much that is ugly
will be passed over Waile every edort is being
made to save the victims of greed by their friends,
I counteraction is going on looking to expose all
Of them, and resolution to that enl will prob
IDLY be introduced when the ayes and nays
being called, the lame ducks not being allowed to
vote, it is claimed that the shakiness now
apparent will ensure the necessary twO-thirdS, as
there are few who will dare brave public senti-
,-,ta tha Dft hos
upon whom the seal Of condemnation is already
iftiXed by the people. Should Ames made
one of these scapeSoats he Will, it is confidently
asserted, butt back ut his confreres in manner
hat wall topple some of them from their high
positions, as he knows more than he has told.
Gns threat will cause the votes on the matter to
be closely scanned, Ames was interesting in
the role of Mephisto, but if he should appear in
the dual part of Mephisto and sampson, he
would create double sensation.
BUYING LEdGsLArGov
The exam.nltlon eff the New York Stock Ex-
chan &c, throagh its agents, before the Ways an /
Means Committee, on the chlrgo of PURCHASING :
legislation, is attracting considerable attention
1t app ears, hov9yer tn 1t the Exchange merely
paid legar fees to have the matter presented be
fore the co n nittees bat there is hitch As to
who should ba paid for slil services. 1t has
come out during the exlminltion that the i'm
maccuate Stock Exchange gamblers of Wall
street hold the opinion that Congress is not an
honest body. Even artHtin5, for argu nent ,
sake, that the ayernFp F,r.I -ildn is not over
and above q o,4iLts IN purity, it seems that any
/ reflection on them from Wall street brokers j.
like pot calling kettle black. The promptness OF
| the Stock Exchange In at once coming forward
meets with the commendttion OF the press II.
the onlv way to stop the now too common effort
! It blacknailing and shlnder is to brng the mat
ter before the public
THE PRESIDENT s COMING GALIvANT.
1t is given out that the Presidents Southern
trip is for the purpose of giving him opportu-
nifty of seeing the condition of that section him
self preparatory to the Inauguration of move
ment to harmonic the people of the North and
South, aud his frcnls cl.im that much good
will come of the tonr. Well trust SO, with al
my heart, and 50 does every lover of his country
aud the people of the South will be the first t,
appreciate any eff )rt loo iin5 to better day. II.
matter 10y whom made; bat they, in commoi
with al the rest of the country, in view of Tn,
recent past, can scarce hope for much Mt IN
han Is of tAe dominant party; however, We shll
see what We Shall see.
SENATOR CALDWELL.
The report Of the Santts committee declarin
the seat OF Senator Caldwell, of Kansas. vacant
was rather surprise to ms, rs | fully expacte,
that senator NJ )rton would have stood side b,
side with Carpenter Logan AMI An hony, an
thus have made a favorable report for Caldwell
1t only requires majority vote TO declare a va
caucy, VIII ireaS 1t req liras twJ-thirlS to expel
There viii b. considerable debate over the oaes
non; the minority contending that the Stnat
has not the authority to inquire further into tn
case than to determine the regularity of tn
Legislature as properly organized body; the re
suit is more than doubtful
PoMERoY.
The Pomeroy investigating committee yester
day had York, of Kansas, who received tn
$1,000 brihe from Pom" on the witness stand
and there can be no shadow of doubt as to hi
story of the bribery being true. 1t is also equall
tyue that York laid trap for Pom to fa
into, which he did. The evidence proved tina
II Is nip and tuck between the politclons in Kan
sas. York and his crowd are Just about as goo
rs Pom and has gang, an uice versa.
SECRETARY BoUrwHLL
Has rendered his es'gnation, to take effect o
the 4th of March. The intention was to hay
had it take effect on the 18th instant, but wa
changed at the Presidents request. When tn
Secretary was asked yesterday whether it wa
true that he had placed his resignation in tl
hands OF President, pettshly replied that if /
was true 1t would soon become known, and
not 1t would make no diff renee.
The COTTON TAX BILL.
Mr.. Maynard moved to suspend the rules il
: the House yesterday in order to set aside da
for the consideration of the cotton tax refundin
BILL but 1t was defeated, not succeeding in oct
ting the necessary two-thirds. A majority of
voted for it, A large number of its friends wer
absent from the House
CONGRESS has passed little till donating
; to themselves 81 800 each, extra pav fo