The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-02-21

been formed and taken hold Of the road the
work would have been stopped i'm sixty days.
II the Credit Mobilier expended go, 000. 900
end made els. 000, 600 profit they made no more
than fair profit He did not think that sAi.-
on. 900 Was an extravasant price for building
the road
The Poland committee met ON the 10th. hut
nothing Was done. II is probable that several
days will be occupied in examining the evil
dence before further action can be determined.
The committee will ask leave to sit during the
sessions Of the Scnate.
Washington dispatch of the 18th SAVE:
Nearly the whole attention Ut Washington has
been directed to Judge Poland's committee
room to-day. Ames. after descision. pro-
viding that no entries, except in regard to the
Credit Mobilier. should be made public. pro-
duced his memorandum books for 1861, 1865
and 1863. They were diaries with page-daie
for each day in the year. On these, IN the
proper places. and in entries which al agree
were made At the time, were all the transsc-
tons with members exactly - he has testified
to them heretofore In addition to the en-
diCc in ohocA Va 0AsGr ssACtS "cA0 - soS WV
Of the books . calculation Of the amounts due
each member, and Of the payments made to
each. Nothing additional was discovered ex
cept An entry in the book for 1863 Of . pay
ment to Mr.. Colfax. jan ~, Of SCOTS. being
interest on certificates for stock Of the Union
Pacific road received by Mr.. ColfAx - divi-
dends from the Credit Mobilier. Judge Hale,
counsel for Mr.. Colfax, then began . cross
examination Of Ame@. almost the only effect
of which Was to excite the committee very
strongly against Hale and call out several
very pointed and severe reprimands from
Judge Poland for the course Hale at
tempted to pursue The cross-examination
did not destroy the force Of Ames
testimony in any material point Judge Hale
then called Dillon. the book-keeper Of Ordway,
who had been called when the 81, 200 check
was first produced about two weeks ago. to
testify that he had not paid the check TO Mr..
Colfax, and had no remembrance Of paying it
to any one. He testified to-day that his i'm
preston Was that he had paid the q. 200 check
to Mr.. Ames- He refused, however, to swear
that he remembered it, but would only say it
was his strong impression. At the evening
session Mr.. Colfax again denied receiving
81 300, and also denied receiving the SCOTS
interest on certificates which Was entered on
Ames' book as paid to him. He then gave an
explanation of the q. 200 bank note deposit
goo came from his step-father. Mr.. Matthews
as part of debt due for piano purchased;
81. 900 Of it Was in . note Of that denomination
received by mail from man named Nesbit in
Ho IN, "a
the nomination to vice-Presidency and ten
dered him the money ~ . compliment He
could not remember the exact date. ~ the
letter had not been preserved and Mr.. Nesbit
Was dead and his executors had not been
able to find any record Of the sum
sent. Mr.. Matthews Was sworn. and recol-
lected the el.o00 ball being received in the
mail and exhibited ut the breakfast table No
date could Be fixed other than approximately.
The object of fixing the exact date was that
the explanation as given. might have applied
o. well to the deposit Of about q. 500 made
three weeks later. After the examination Of
Mr.. Colfax ended. Ames was examined in re-
gard to Butler ssking 10000 from the Union
Pacific railroad ~ retaining fee for Mr.. Car
penter. of Wisconsin, to help elect him SEN
ator. Ames said Butler did not solicit the
money, intimating that Carpenter would be .
friend, and had . tongue in his head Mr..
Burlington. of the House, was sworn. and tes-
tilted that before Carpenters election to the
Senate. Butler told hirl (the witness) that
friends Of Carpenter had sent down here to
obtain sl0 900 from the Union Pacific to help
elect Carpenter, bat that Alley had objected.
Ames testified that he referred the matter to
the directors, and he felt sure the money had
not been paid
The testimony taken in Philadelphia before
Hon. Jeremiah Wilson. Chairman Of Investi-
eating Committee No. 2, exonerases Hon. J.
r. Wilson. of Iowa, from al connection with
the s10, 900 check, - sworn TO by the witness
Spence, and shows that the same was paid to
Thomas A. Scott, and was deposited BY Scott
in the 0irard Bank, Of Philakelphia, to his
own credit
At the sittings Of the Wilson committee on
the 18th, o. J. Dickey. formerly Law partner
and the executor of the late Thaddsus Stevens,
made statement tina. Mr.. Stevens never had
bonds O. stocks Of the Union Pacific road
The Poland committee took no testimony on
the 18th
The three Credit Mobilier Investigations
we're in session ON the 18th. two in open and
one in secret session The Senate committee
appointed to consider the testimony taken BY
the House committee which inculpated Sena-
tors. had Senator'S Logan, Wilson and Harlan
before them The former. not having taken
the Credit Moblier stock, said he had nothing
to add to his statement made to the House
committee. Senator Harlan admitted receiving
over q, 900 check 1t one time, and the same
amount 1t another time from the vice-Presi-
dent of the Union Pacific railroad, TO aid in his