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whom be declared to be the best parlia-

1 NuftyfeootOftttt UBVce, anu nave exam in el
al your rulings as Speaker ia every bro
position made during the entire session b
the Hon. Z. B. Washburne aud Hon. G. G
Washburne in relation to the Union Pacf
Railroad, and find no ruling made by yol
mat was not in my judgment commando,
and justified by Parliamentary law.
Very respectfully,
| Signed JOHN M. BARKLAY.
Journal Clerk House of Representatives.
Colfax then addressed the committee al
1 great length. Quoting from his speech O
Sept. 25, 1879, at South Bend, he said
SIT will be seen from these extracts tha,
publicly claimed last fall the right TO pur
chase the stock, and ayowed frankly that
would have been willing to pay for twenty
shares, if did not buy into prospective
lawsuit. Having over four years before
this speech voluntarily abandoned The con.
tract to purchase at ttss rate | had stated.
ON these Very grounds had stated, and
having no ceTttincate, no ownership OF
sDocE Al Il, my answer to the charges then
| made are the exact truth, and then /
frankly accepted also whatever odium might
attach to the willingness to purchase"
He again emphatically denied the receipt
of 81 200 dividends from Oakes Ames, and
explained the singular coincidence ofhaving
deposited that exact amount In his bank by
curious story about $1,000 note. After
detailing the receipt of $500, he proceeds.
''Very soon after the payment of Math-
ews [of $200l was opening my letter mail
at the breakfast table in accordance With
my usual custom and found an envelope
within another envelope, postnarked New
York. On opening the inner envelope I
found it contained letter written by Geo.
W. Nesbit, eongratuiating me cordially and
warmly ON my nomination for Vice-Presi-
dent, and saying that he desired to send me
confdentislly the remittance enclosed to
aid me in the heavy expenses of the can
vass, but wished it kept secret,as neither his
family nor anyone would ever know it unless
l told them. Enclosed in this was green
back or National Bank note for thousand
dollars. 1t was as gratifying as it was lib
eral, and holding up the letter and bill !
asked the attention Of all my family to it,
and then read the letter. The fact of send
ing so large a bill by mail was commented
upon, and the magnitude Of the gift was
discussed, when Mathews remarked that
it came in good time, either he or 1 referring
to the appeal of Conner, the Chairman of
the Indiana Republican Committee,
for money to aid in arranging fer
the canvass already in active progress.
The bill was then passed around from hand
to hand and examined. am sure / depos-
tied it with the 200 had received from
Mathews" 1re .-s-t .e. E-T ca
ga draft presented and sworn to by the
cashier of the Washington Bank proves
that the very day deposited the s., 200 in
bills l bought and remitted out of my de-
posit draft for 81 900 to the chairman of
the Indiana State Committee; that draft
indorsed by Conner was found in the bank
here and laid before your committee"
Louisiana-Marshal Packard's Testi-
mOpy.
The Louisiana investigation was resumed
to-day. Marshal Packard testified that all
the officials in New Orleans acknowledge
the Kellogg government, and the only op-
position is on the part of those claiming hav-
ing been elected on the fusion ticket, few
business men and some politicians. Thinks
if tie MeEnery government could know
to-day that Congress would not finally sus-
tain it, it would be abandoned, and that
those of the fusion legislature who are en-
titled to seats in the Kellogg body would go
there and take their seats. Packard further
testified that the Kellogg officials are exc
cutting the laws quietly, as usual in any
State. The McEnery government has ap-
pointed some officers, but they have not at
tempted TO do anything in confics with the
other officers without assistance of the
troops. A quorum of the Kellogg legisla-
ture could not assemble. They however,
merely kept the mob away. The legisla-
ture is now sustained by moral force.
There is no further necessity for United
States support. ..---...
On cross examination witness said he
believed the quiet prevailing in Louisiana
is in some respect attributable to this inves-
tigation, and there might have been a con-
flict had it not been instituted. Ii the
United States had left the two governments
to fight out the battle, McEnery would have
because he has more of the dis
turbing element, and most of the white tax
payers would prefer to pay taxes to the
government. n orton was the candidate of
witness, and Kellogg of Casey for the Uni
ted States Senate. Can't give any reason
why he was preferred to other Republi-
cans. He never took 3 prominent part in
politics. -HI-l a+
Morton asked the object of these ques-
tions.
Gov. Warmoth said be would prove that
Durell issued the order affecting the elec-
ton upon an agreement that Norton should
be sent 10 the Senate.
Packard continued-Billings supported
Norton and witness supported him because
he thought he would make as good Sem
ator as any other Republican, and because
Billings, whom he wanted to be Senator,
declined in his favor. Believes Durell was
not actuated by any such consideration;
that he acted upon The law and the eyi-
dence only.
J. r. Rockwell, United States Attorney
for the district of Louisiana, was sworn
and examined at length relative to the pro-
ceedings before the courts in Louisiana in
regard to the election aud the practice of
said courts. He thought the order direct
ing the Marshal to take possession of the
State house was issued on DurelPs own
motion. --
Adjourned till tomorrow. 1t is expected
the case will then be closed.
The Ghost of q Rebel Ram.
In the case of the Rebel Ram Albemarle,
the prize money for which as appraised at
500, 1000, was expected to be distributed
to-day, the District Court here ordered a
decree to issue reopening the case, and di-
recting reappraisement of the vessel.
Sweeping Changes i'm the Diplomatic
Service.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-It seems to be a
we'll settled conclusion among those most
intimate with the President, ard most "a
miliar with the diplomatic policy, if such
there be, of the Administration, that after
the 4th of March, the President will make
an almost complete change in the list of
foreign ministers. Bancroft, at Berlin, and
Jay, at Vienna, are, it is said, to be the first
recalled. Schenck, it is believed, will retire
ut his own suggestion. A sweeping change
is contemplated in the South American Re-
publics, it being the intention to send abler
men to those stations, who will be expect
ed to be more successful in turning the rich
trade of those republics to our shores than
those heretofore representing the United
States. 1t is also said that Sickles, though
regarded as the ablest in diplomacy in the
foreign service, will be recalled, preliminary
10 q more vigorous course towards Cuba.
Claim for the vaI,ae of a Kentucky
-'-- .r Slave.
One of the most remarkable claims ever