The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-02-14


Oakes Anes nor any other person ever gave or Of
fered to give me any any Of this stock has been re-
peatedly printed during the present session with the
essenllal word, give omitted, entirely changing
It's sense: Ames having sworn, on December 18th,
IN his original statement before the Committee In
which he declared see page 21 Of the evidence) e-
0odied the exact facts that ne could not remember
haVlng paid me any dividends, he now declares
that In June, 1865, check payable to the Initials
S =. or bearer" for 81 200, but not endorsed by
me, nor any one else, was paid by him to me as q
eash dividend OF the Credit Mobilier In answer 10
this charge, repeat again, that / have not fine
slightest knowledge or recollection, or belief that
ever saw this check, or any other check of Arnes
~ ne presented It before this committee, nor that
nave ever been paid or proffered by him, directly
or lnurecty, In check, stock or bonds twelve hum
dreo, or one hundred, one dollar on any account
whsteVer; l further state, that l have not the
snghtest knowledge, recollection or belief that
ever heard there was, or could be- any cash diS;-
dends on the Credit Mobllier till the discussion al
ast tal and am as positive as can be of any fact
IN tne past, that Ames never spoke to me Of fhis
last dividend, and never paid or proffered 10 mo IN
person, or through any other channel any check or
money or ponds, on that or any other account n
Seems 70 me bic and incredible that should
nave received the check without remembering that
addlton 10 my income, and especially In Check
drawn SO singuary, TO initials and not Containing
any mans name at al, nor could have talked 70
him, when he failed, as did about letting the S0
go, whicn / had paid him on the dividend of tbe
stocK, II ne had paid me over plus of seven hundred
doIaTs. / must add that until to-day have never
Aettlh u lIle utteeQ hundred dOlarn
Of Union Pacific bonds sixty dollars IN Interest On
winch Ames says he paid me in January, '6o and
would not have been more astounded TO have been
e eQ oy MN Wlth the assassination of one Of his
family than have been by his charges that he paid
me either twelve hundred dollars, or sixty dolsrs.
or any other amount whatever on stock that had
abandoned I win add that for over four years
nave spoken In my family Of this transaction az
acuy aS describe it IN my testimony of January
9TH, namely, that had contracted 10 nurchssa had
paid about $500. had heard threatened an acri-
lS Ioa ntgaon aInong It's principal stockholders
ana nad therefore, abandoned It without receiving
any dividend certificate but at loss the money
had paid upon 1t, and of the fact Of these CONVEX
satins, 1 will produce evidence.
come now to the bank deposit of 81 900 In tsllS
for June 22d, 1858, and the Committee viii remern.
osr tnat really invited the examination of my bank
accounts, by stating by stating to them unasked,
Ilas kspt my accounts at the First National Bank,
where all my checks were deposited and would be
Iounoj e1dorsed BY me, whether payable to order or
bearer Difficult as II is to recall ali the transactons
of nYe years IN public mans life win state to the
committee where all the money came from, depos-
tied from June 22d, 1858, and will add that II was
the month Immediately succeededinR nv nomina-
ton Tor otiee. / now kold that the total deposit
was 81 96S 6S, and there being no previous deposit
later than the LIST Of June It shows hat this amount
was the accumulation OF the moneys paid to me
during the intervening three weeks. This Is also
proven oy the dates of the checks deposited. One
check was for Sl66S, dated june 18th, signed by J.
y. Seymour, since deceased, one for $3.50 dated
June 18th, signed by E. e. Cardin, and one for 5000
dated june 18th; signed by T. Denny & Co., none
OF them having the slightest connection with the
subject Of the Investigation before this Committee
OF the deposit of bills for $500, am positive they
were paid to me By my stepfather Matthews, on
2ceoon. Of debt nc owed me. In December, 1851,
PAID S4o Tor piano, bought for his daughter, the
check for which is In the bank, and agreed to
wait Tor the most OF 1t until summer, when he eX-
peeted to be better able 10 pay me-
After my nomination N May 1868 I had number
less appeals for contrbu lions for political expenses
In various localities, for professions, bands charity
religious aid, &C., and had promised to contribute
as promptly and largely as possible to the estimat
ed expenses of the convass in my sharply contested
state of Indiana. therefore asked Mathews to pay
me his indebtedness as soon as he could. so as to
assist me In meeting these demands incident to my
new position. During the month of june 1868, and
as nearly as can fix tho time; about the middle Of
the month, he paid me, $500 In bis on account and
early IN the next month he paid me anothery INSTALL
Inent, completing the payment before Congress ad-
lourned, late In July. am very confident that this
$500 formed part of this 81, 200 deposit being a
part OF my cash receipts, between the deposits Of
juno 1st and 22d. About the time of this payment
and as near as can fix the date, about the middle
OF the month OF June, and very after the pay
mcnt OF Mathews, was opening my letter mail at
tne breakfast table, In accordance with my usual
custom, and found an envelope within another enve-
lope, postmarked New York. On opening the inuer
envelope found it contained letter written by
George w. Nesbitt, congratuating me most cordial
ly and warmly on my nomination for the Vice Pres
idency, and saying that the writer desired to send
me conhdentiay the remittance enclosed to aid me
IN the heavy expenses OF the canvass, but wished Il
kept secret neither his faniy nor any one would
ever know II unless told them. Enclosed in this
was greenback or national bank note for 8, 600.
Itwas as gratifying as liberal, and holding up the
letter and BILL asked the attention of allmy family
to IT, and then read them the letter. The fact Of
sending so large bill by mail was commented up
on, and the magnitude Of the gift discussed, when
Matthews remarked that it came in good time,
either he or ! referring 10 the appeal of Conner,
chairman of the Indiana Republican Committee for
money to aid in arranging for the canvass, already
in active progress there The bill was then passed
around from hand to hand, and examined. am
sure deposited II with the $500 had received from
Matthews, aud purchasing on the very same day, as
the bank book shows, draft for the exact amount
of this remittance, and in exact accordance with the
donors wish, and exactly as discussed at nv table
at the time sentit at once to the chairman of the
Republican committee at Indianapolis. Fortunate
ly this docs not rest on my own testimony alone.
Living Witnesses will tell the committe they remem
Der the receipt of this bill and the contents
Of the letter in which it was enclosed, and
that ii was at once discussed how 1t should be used
10 carry out Nesbtts DESIRE and the draft present
ed and sworn TO by the cashier of the bank, proves
that the very day deposited the 81 POO in bills,
bought and remitted out of my deposit draft for
8, 900 to the Chairman of the Indiana State Cem-
mittee. That draft endorsed by Connor, was found
the next day after the bank deposit was testified to-
my counsel at the time, promising to connect twith
my evidence. Ny family at the time, consisted Of
my mother, since deceased, my step father, Mr.
Matthews, and my half sister, Mrs. Hollister, whose
residence is in distant city beyond the Rocky
Mountains.
said it was fortunate there were living witnesses
to this besides myself, for on q thorough examIna-
ton OF the accounts and papers of Neebitt made by
his executor at my request Nesbitt having died the
next year. no trace of Il ie there found He had car
NED out exactly what he wrote, that 1t was intended
70 be confidential, unknown even to his family and
If It was revealed II wo1ld have TO be by me, and he
eyidentlysent 1t in bill the more surely to accom-.
psh his object. During the last eight or ten years
the accumulation Of letters has been so exraor-
dnary that It has beer my regular habit to destroy
fully nine-tenths Of them. Those that are not des.
troyed are not fled, brit kept in their envelopes,
I'll they crowd my drawers and tables, and are then
tied up, but not chronologicay, to be slowed away
wherever room for them can be found. Indeed Mr..
Chsuncey, Of the Honse employees, after had left
that wing Of the Capitol for the Senate wing In l6s9
happened 10 ind boz full Of such old letters thus
tied up, the loss Of which had entirely overlooked.
have gone three times over all the letters have
preserved and have not found this letter. or any po
httcal letters for June, 1888. The acknowledgment
OF this draft Of 81 ,Oo0 sent to Indiana cannot be
found, though fortunately, the bank was able 70
three checks deposited the 22d Of June, have al
50 been destroyed, 50 that am unable to produce
any Of the I'VE letters relating to the transactions Of
that day. remember distinctly that after my no
nlinaton my mail increased enormously, amount
ing TO htty, if not sometimes one hundred letters
per dSy, and their preser7atton seemed so tmpossi
bic that remember, as others do, more thsn once
almost filing waste basket with the fragments Of
destroyed leters but as Gaid to the deposit Of the
draft which testiAes for ITSELF there are living wit.
neeses here 10 prove that I have received at that
time this 81, 600 bill, one Of them having made .
three thousand mile mid-Sinter journey, alone 20
tell this committee her recollection Of it.
When my bank account was examined here, the
cashier was asked What the forty thousand dollar
tootngs meant, and be replied to the inquiry,
that 1t was the amount of the debts and credits,
when the accounts were finally balanced. 1t was
telegraphed to the New York Tribune that night,
that the books showed that I deposited $4,000 In
one wear, and the inference of fhat I
could therefore easily have forgotten the s, 200 in
question. AS my general accounts have thus been
made the subject # discussion, and as have no
secrets in regard TO them, feel 1t my right now, 70
years, not one year, namely, from December 1896,
10 october lSGS inclusive, and embraced, besides
other cash accounts, the changes made In nv in
vesments, the avails of laborious life, and which
changes were mainly on the advice of valued
friends in New York, Baltimore and the west. On
the debit side are purchases of 5000 of seventhir
ties OF the bank, between December, 1855. and
April, 1876, mainly from receipts for lectUrng; one
share OF New York Tribune stock at So 900 in jan
uary, 1861; present of 900 in the carly part Of
the saIne year 10 my mother then the head of nv
family; an investment of $4,000 in IN iron company
OF Lake SUPERIOR an investment Of 5000 In bonds
OF the pennsylvania Steel Cos, Q house and lot at
South Bend, near the post Office which am glad TO
state ls worth now nearly double the s. 200 paid
for IT. loan Of S455 70 Matthew'S as stated; an In
heelnlehL OF So,OUO II western rolling mil, and q
payment OF 81 100 70 Mt. Riclsteen Burroughs for
money borrowed of HIM. This amounts to SEQ, ,Oo0I
ont OF the $4,000 tran sactions of these three wears
The deposits on the credit side that enabled me to
pay these amounts we e at follows: During these
years L was. lecturins on my stage coach ride of
1860 across the continent during November in the
holiday recess, on Saturdays in the early part of
the session and during the spring, when Congress
in March receiving SlO8to 500 uer lee
ture. Ireccved In I'll over S2 900 from this source
OIL WHICH, estimated about $4,000 was depositsd
mere. sold the s2tgl In 1905 and also sold the