, 1873-01-17

1,or5a.,t ~ SoIo,,,a1 Sis1,o,sh
q 1ra1,a ~ rour nanc;1 i ha so;d uon,1 xr,;te
Ha then t,ayo 'nt or,t thosc amounts an rcce;ved
he ia Tnm1anv. '1'9 ~>' w
F3,st st nortr.9e hondH. s9a nm nm
GoyorIraent bunds s....,...,...,..,,.. 2s,ooO' '0sl
Land bonds 1a,0oo,oo
Income bonds. ......:........ 1o,coo,ooo
so"s q msH - LttoIesa5 ,. ,roo.,> ~ ooo mn
o''sA ~ os ~ p4oA~0'''''. vo,ooo,ooe
To.a, endowment, .s1l5. .ooo, ooo
SHOW" said Al' Comb. q subtract Alleys esti-
mate Of what the road should have cost from
calls thcm, wont to the Company, which con-
tractod with itself. The remainder wiu be
57l 900. 600. or this, nearly rs per cent was
realized. Ames says that even his stock must
produce par, or he will hold it. That stock foil
the mail-moneys and collect interest. II soils
at present for so aud SO. Had the Company
worked with unity and without feuilB, as tho
Ceutrsl Pacifc has done, the stock would bo at
circumstances, wore from thirty to fifty mill
Nc wonder that euch q sum Of money ran over
into Congress, and corrupted tue fountains Of
legislation there.
oakes Ames supplied tho United States, dur
inc the var. with i 500 600 shoys1s. Tl,at vas
his boast, And vet he nricked IN Brooks to de-
nounce MComb as a contractor and rniIway-iob-
ber.
While the Committeo was Meeting. La st
"Wednesday. nm did. sonare-hentIed white.haire1
man strollnd into tho Comroittee-1onr,. wear;,g
an gnxious face, This wEs THOMAS Rowland.. 3
PcnnayIyauia ghoyeI-nakor. whose dopartmont
~ n7anuf,ctnre },ronrI,t him into raot!nna r.; II,
An,es aIno a CFnyc-naker.
4 Arc you summoued p said ona.
"No- >|'1N''eS~>' 0'~@ ~1|0'
"But you are Trustee or Director OF the
Credit Mobilicr, and Us such sued by Henry S.
M'Comb!"
dyes: but never had share Of stock inmv
life. ana knew nothing abont It. 1lr. ArneH mt
NV nan,a down theraf' 0' hN'
4 fayy n,inutes aftorvard. Rowland wns sonn
on tic floor. nnxiously conforriry with Amoa.
M'Comb's character Of Goyornmont con-
ductionoe In IgiG he vas yonnr and driYinr
noorc,ant leather-drasser n Wi1minrton> nela7
= ware,-a nInce % aIways % noted for % tha e1ceIienev
Of its tanned el5ins. Tho army required for the
Mexican War knapsacks, belts, tont-straps, cart
ridge-boxes. shoes, hats, md other articles of
leather. which exceeded the ordinary calls Of the
morket. and NTComb under this stim1lation.
began his large
MERCANTILE LIFE.
He married 8fiss Busl of Wilmington whose
father was tho founder Of the carwheol-casting
and railway-furnishiug firm, and, at tho decsase
OF his fathcr-in-law. he became partner in tho
house. At the outbreak Of the War, the Mssia-
eippi Central Railroad had owed MComb
about sl0O, 600, After the War. in which he sig
naIized himself as ono Of tho most tremendous
and sleepless furnishers to tho War Department,
and was the special fayorito Of Secretary
Stanton. MConb headed the organiza-
ton to recover the Southern railways Tor
their oricinnl owners. and was parfectIy succass-
ful. He then advanced about $500 900 to tie
AIiasiesippi Central Road: and it was to geryo
him as their friend that the Dircctoru nrooosef1
\ leaso of the road to MComh. ue accnnted Il
and also the Now Orleans l. Jackson Road
about HE time that Ameg. Alley aud nartv tooI
ti1e New Orleana. Mobilo 4 foxas tgoai. No
leoislation was roouired. excart to ex-
pel the small State interest: and, in
f,ouisiann Mi,omb did not annear at MI
While in Nisnihsinni. Goyernorf fA1corn and
the Legislature abdicated the interest Of tho
State IN consideration Of certain, extensions. To
the Nav fr1eens <. Jacl{snn rnd M;ssiss;nni
Central Roads unitcdiy. Coionef 1rComb IFS
added soycn and one-half millons Of eouin-
ment, track, and shops, and further undertook
T., hni}d fron1 Jacl,soil. Tenn. to Cairo. III
lis miles-at an additional expense Of six
millions Tho latter money has bacn
borrowed abroad on easy terms, In
If tCombs combination ara Thomas Scott.