Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-12
NEW YORK.
Jay GouId's Testimony before Erie
Committee.
How He Run the Radical Party
seeing the Elephant.

How He Run the Radical Party
seeing the Elephant.
NEW YORK, April 10.-While the Eng
Iish detectives, now here in the Bank O
England forgery case, were seeing the city
the other night, one of them was robbed OF
his watch and pocket book and the papers
for the Iextrsdition of Bidwell, of Havana
The papers have been returned.
UsuriOus.
Henry @. Tanner & Co. have obtained .
temporary injunction restraining Peter A.
H. jackson from disposing of $500,0OC
worth of the bonds of the St. Joseph and
Denver City Railroad pledged with him, OF
the ground that the terms of the $250OOC
loar for which they were pledged, were
usurious.
A Pastor not Wanted.
The Warren street Methodist Church re-
fuses TO receive the new pastor, Saunders,
just appointed by the New York East Con-
ference, claiming to have a promise from
the presiding Elder to appoint Mr.. Johns
who has been preaching since the death Of
Mr.. Hadley, and have decided to close the
church Sunday and notify Mr.. Saunders
that he is not W anted. The official board
say in the event of Johns removal they will
sell the church or make Congregational
church of it.
1t is rumore1 that another church is
threatening to adopts similar course.
Strike Their COIOrs.
The gas men strike their colors to-day and
ask to be re-employed at their old hours
and wages.
Some striking carpenters in Brooklyn
made threatening demonstration to-day
against party of men at work, but left on
the appearance of the police.
Martyrs Of ISI2.
The Brooklyn Park Commission has
made contract for building tombs in
Washington Park, Gold Fort Green) for the
remains of the prison ship martyrs so long
neglected in small lot of ground near the
Navy Yard. The structure will be partly
of Ohio sandstone and .blue stone, with
elaborate ornamental facings at an expense
of $4,000, the money for which was long
since appropriated by the Legislature.
How the silence of Newspapers was
Bought.
The report of Comptroller Green, of New
York, shows that S., 3,569,676 were paid by
the city and county of New York for ad-
vertising in 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870
and 1871. The reduction in 1872
from 1871 was nearly a million dol
lars. The comptroller thinks $100,000lwill
cover the cost of 1873, unless the legisla-
ture orders additional advertising. Claims
presented since 1871, but not allowed,
would make the total claims for the five
years So, ,180,995.
Postal Cars.
The Senate Postal Car Committee to-day
heard the argument of T. Cuyler, of Phila-
delphia. He held that the government had
no more constitutional right to force rail-
way companies to perform services for
nothing or for unsatisfactory compensation
than it had to take citizens residence and
turn it into pcst-ofice. He denied the
power OF Congress to Tx compensation for
carrying matter.
E. L. Dennis, President of the New Jer-
sey RAILROAD and Transportation Company
said the railroads are not now paid more
than one-eighth the cost of carrying the
mails, and if the postofice department
paid at the rates paid by the Adams Ex-
press company, the railroads, instead of re-
ceiviDg S3l, 1873 would get 1851 900 year.
The committee then went into executive
session.
Transportation Routes.
The committee debated for some time
their future line OF action and finally re-
solved that the subject should be determin-
ed at meeting at Washington on Thurs
day next. The following resolution was
also adopted, copies Of which are to be sent
TO the Governors of States, Presidents of
canals, Chambers of Commerce,
Boards of Trade, etc.
Resolved, That with view to faciit ting
their Investigations, the select committee
on transportation routes to the seaboards
request that State Governments,
Boards of Trades, Chambers Of Commerce,
Railroad and Canal Companies, and o,her
and persons engaged or inter-
ested in the subject of transportation, fur
1ish to said committee such facts and sta.
.istics relating to the internal or external
commerce of the United States as may be
IN their possession or conveniently accessi-
Bile, and that all such communications be
addressed to Hon. VIM. Window, Chair
man of Senate Committee on Transporta-
ion at Washington.
Tweed and Jay Gould Missing.
The Sergeant alarms of the Legislature |
arrived here to-day to arrest Jay Gould, |
VIM. NJ. Tweed and J. B. butcher, charged |
With contempt in not appearing before the |
Erie investigation committee when sum- |
noned. Neither has yet been found.
s'Goes west.''
CHICAGO, April 11.-Wm. NJ. Tweed,
who arrived here several days since is still |
staying in the city.
What Jay GOuld Don't KnOw-De.
tails Thereof
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Erie Investi- |
eating Committee resumed session here to-
hight. Jay Gould was examined and testi-
led: Couldn't remember having approved |
)r directed the payment of sums to Tweed.
Il these were the vouchers they speak for
themselves. Had no books or papers that
would show such payments. Employed A.
D. Baber as kind of general agent on be-
lalf of the Erie Company to see no hostile
egislation passed to its injury.
The voucher for $50, 900 paid Tweed was
Ihown witness, who said he supposed the
signature was his, but afterwards wasn't |
'ure of it. A clerk in the office named No
en- was able to sign his name. Said he
couldn't distinguish it from his own writ
ng.
A voucher for $4,000 paid Tweed was
hOwn Gould, but he recollected nothing
bout it. Could remember nothing about
be order for $4,000 in Tweed's favor.
Vas unable to state anything about the
-oucher for $1,000, dated August /, 1871.
Didn't know Tweed's handwriting. Could
ell nothing of the various other vouch-
rs of TWeed's and could give no in
Ormstion about what the payments were
or. Tweed was of the Executive Com
nit ee and Director.
He remembered nothing of legislation re-
ating to the Erie road in '69 and 10. Was
ngaged in too many transactions of mag
itude to remember. Sometimes sums
Eere charged to legal services which were
ot paid for strictly legal services. 1t was
An India Rubber Account.
Didn't know how much the election of
avorable men cost. 1t was a good deal.
several thousand were sent to Orange and
sullivan couuties TO carry the election for