, 1873-01-09

Ino C1gll berylco Colnmittoo finds considers
fGy &e''? o assF aoeF% 5sisSs esy
nl:mly attended,, md tho discussion waa Of tho
most informal llaturo. It ia expected shortly,
however, That hlll will be rcatty to 10 reported.
tho Oiyil Service Com9mIssion, nlao &c contompiates
m onsiro reconstruction Of tho snlnrlos Of tho
higher gradog. a majority Of tile members Of
tho Comfl1isslon nro In favor OF al,oliHhnE Tho
wit!o distinction which now oxiatB botwoun tho
II" tho Assocta'ci prcas.l
| CREDIT MODIL1En.
WAs1l1NaroN, Dec. 8.-Tho Credit ,Iobilior In
yoEtiyating Committee mot this morning, oil tho
| members present, excepting Mr.. Dnrks.
ALLEY oRoHg-ExAM1EED.
| Tho croBs-examinatlon Of John D. Alley was
rosnlned:: llo said that up to December, 1867,
tho Credit Mobiller sharos had no market value
| eome were offered Mt 75, but lato In December,
| 1867, after Amos agreed on the basig, tho stock
roao II value, bringing 1so, and in January 200,
Tho ohairmnn having aslod question ro1a-
| two to tho 100 shares standing in tho namo Of
NoitBon, son.fn-law Of James Brooks, tho Wit
| nes8 Bhtd lle Ind no personal knowledge ~ to
who was tho original ow1or Of them, or who
| paid for thDn. 1t appeared on tho booka that
Nelson Was tho owner, and was entitled to fifty
| allaroa moro. There waB no conycrgation bo-
| tween tho witness and Brooks in relation to
those fifty HhareB OF Noilson. Uo presumed
Mr.. bloOrary asked tho witness whothcrhe knew
how many .sharos Of Credit h1obilior wero dis
| posed Of to 1nanlbora OF CongroaB.
Answor-Ames' subscription, bolloye, WAS on
the books, and Hoopor's, drlmou, and ny own
| aud Dawes ten sharoH. I took flvo hundred
| BarcB, but they ware not all for myself. Aftor
Jun. /, 1868, do not know tint any wore sold
| to my momhor of Congress at par. I did not
know that tho Buccess or failure Of rond would
| depend on fricndly or uDfriondly legislation.
It did not occurto mo that any further iegiBlntion
| would bo required, and none as to the pocuniary
matters Of tho Company, II tho fullest in in
| public would l,ayo boon better satisfied, os-
| pccially after the NL'Comb suit was Instituted,
which gayo riBo to 30 much misapprohellaion.
Tho removal Of tho Office Of the Union Pacific
Rnilroal Company to Boston was matter Of llfc
and death to the Company, to kcop it out Of tho
| clutches OF Judge Barnard aud Fisk. Mr. Fisk
| wanted tho Witness to settle with him for
500, 900, hut tho witneBs Baid no would mover he
eon sayng Gl to 1 rsk your s1 M toiest @ s Only
32io." Fisk replied it was Il nlattor Of dollars,
| and that if tho Company would not givo him
?100,0 llo would damage it 10 tho oxtont Of q
million, and Fial. did damngo It to tho amount Of
seycral millions by his raid.
| lilo witncsg waa asked whether he did not get
| mud llayo under his control 100000 to cause an
| annulment OF tho Secretary Of the Ircasnry's
| ruling M 10 tho interest OIL the Union Pacific
cd TINT, SO lar as ho was concerned, ho clallong-
| cd investigation. Ho noyer Ind any money, not
q dollar, to use directly or indirectly fos ouch
| purpose, nor did no believe tlat Amos Ind tho
gress by allowing Lis friends to have stock.
Tho witncas Faid llo foll his stock
| ut 200 in Jnnuary, 1868. Ills impression,
wns it included all tho dividends, as he himself
IIe sold this stock to Peter Bntlor, Of Boston,
| WHO, ho undorstooa, bought it for Dardwolf, Of
! tia! city.
! Questionable you know how much noaoy
Dukes Anes put into the oredit 2lohiiior stock !?
| AntWnr-I do NOT. Tho boola show. do
| not know of my own personal knowledge tllat
| hc paid 1900 sharo for osory share Of stocls
| issued to lin.
Qnss{ion-Dia , = yon not say, yessr1ay' St, that ho
Auswcr-No sir. did say his individual i'll
forest iii tho forty-sovor- nllon-;lollar coatraot
was bctwoe:l $4,000, 600 and ~, ouo, 900. md my
own individual interest lcea thnn half million.
| Adjourned till Tomorrow.
FURTHER STATEMENT III MI. Co1rAx.
| During Tho examination of Fico President
| Colfnx, yesterday, before tho Credit AIobilior
Committee, his full answer to nferrick'a qucs-
tion, whether it occurred 10 him. in 1868, tlsat
TINT ho preferred not to decide wliclhor tho
conduct Of otilere, not within his knowledge
WAS moral or not, but tho impression on his
mind at tho limo ho would give frankly. 1Io
turning over their mortgage bonds to tho con-
tractors at nbort 10 cents on tho dollar, which
tho road had ultimately to pay for at par, anl lug
inferred TINT, a3 10 nauy millions had regarded
tho building Of any Pacific Railroad ns hazardous
enterprise, tho principal stockholders 1,ndor Tho
cl,artor offorod by tho Government lnd decided
10 build it themselves for subsidy whether it
proved profitable or unprotltablo. With such
impressions, whether correct or not tho idea of
immortality had not occurred to lin, but l.o
Withdrew from it nenrly five years ago, to avoid
being mixed up in its litigation.
CUlfax asked that Ames and M'Comb, who
wcro present, should cross-oxamne him, but
each stated that they lad no questions to ask
him.
SUIT Against THE CORPORATION.
In accordance with tho resolution adopted by
tho House OF Representatives last Monday re-
questing the President to employ two attorneys
to commence suit ngainst tho Credit Nobilier
md it's stockholders, corporately aud individual
1y In proper court or courts, In ordor to recover
wlat may DO duo5 or what may bccomo duo to
tho Uni II Pacific Rnilrond, in law or equity, tho
will appoint. tho Honorable Anron F. Perry, or
member Of Congress, of CINCINNATI, and denoral
Harlan, Of Kentucky.
Aa1Es' conHEo1ED TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Amos yesterday corrected tl.nt portion Of
his testimony relating to Mr.. scotlod Of Pen1,-
Eylsauin. It aeemB that Mr. Scoiielu gave Nlr.
Amos 81 900 to buy Bome Of tho Credit hloblier
stock, and took receipt therefor, but, upon o.-
| AmlnRt1otl, he dccllhCu 10 1ARe IlhRbt ana Hot
hnying received the stock, or my dividend, the
| money was returned to him BY 1r. Ames, and he
| gayo up the receipt.
TELEGRAPH MATTERS.
| Tlo Hon. VIM. Whiting, to whom tho Attorney
! General haB referred tho question of payment
| to bo made to the Kaneas, Union i Central
Pacific Railroad Companies for sending tole-
| graph ,neseagea for tho Government, will, upon
| request, appear before the House Appropria-
| tions Committee tomorrow, md propose m
| amendment to tho clnrtor Of those companies
Involving new system Of rates. 1t ia under
stood that his plan will be satisfactory to tho
companios without prejudice to tho intoroBts Of
| tho Government.
Tho Postmaster General will have published
1 in city paper tomorrow complete detailed
roply to tho statements and argument Of VIM.
t Orton, presidontof tho Western Union Tole-
| graph Company made before the House Com
inittce on Appropriations, relating to Postal
Telegraphy generally, and tho cost OF construct
lug telegraph lines.