Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-19
Pistols ana Coiree for Two.

Pistols GOst SniTee for Two.
COLLECTOR OF EEysNJs LITER \ NEWS
PAVEE NAN
Col. l.. y. IrgeE-n,!, OF Chicago, recently
made visit To Richmond. He attended the
Cheap Transportation Convention, reporting
its proceedings for our catemPoraTy, the CHI
g 20 TyiLUHe. He slso wrote some letters 0t A
general nature about Richmond, the state Of
Virginia, etc, which Were copied in the Rich
nIuUd papers. While treating # politics Of the
-rate, he made this remark: ''If Mr Smith. the
present Republican Representative in Con-
gTes. tom Richmond, had bsen TerOminated,
he would have been elected. man whom in
'hicago you woIia call hummer was nOmi-
mated. and was very properly beaten"
This Is wfat is going to bring the pist ais and
coffee for two. The beaten candidate IA Mr. r
Burgess, collector of revenue, from whom the
Colonel received the following letter this
morning;
fIcHMoHp, Va, December 18th, 1871.
slE:SI have been inforrcd that You are the
:nthor OF a Richmond, Virginia, "Lstter,"
Chicago Tribune OF the fith in, ant, VIII you
pieJse to Inform NE If you are the author 81
The same" If SO, when and where can So
YOU. Very respectfully,
Ard to this Ingerson sent the folio wing hos
Fitable reply:
WAeHIEGToy, d. c., December 10Th, 1874.
by yOur clerk and signed by yourself, asking
whether L stp the author OF a certain letter
lTOfD lrklnla, anu pu0Ilele0 IN tue
Chicago Tribune, and. if so, when and where
you can see me, is received.
In reply l have to state that 1 am the
"authOr' OF the letter referred to, and that my
roems are numbered 2i6 and 80, National
Hotel, We shington, ID. G., where you can find
me, awake between the hours of a. M, and
midnight, and after midnight asleep. YOuIs
truly.
(Signed,) Id. INGRRsoLL,
| IT, NT. r. Burgess:
or course Burgess will come to Washington
n the We m ri
ali the thrilling incidents Of fight or foot
race. We advise Mr.. Burgers, however, TO STAY
| 81 home and attend 10 his official duties, in
stead OF spending his time in looking up news
paper men who have expr SEED opinions, cor
rect or incorrect, upon political subjects.
The Pacific Mail Investigation.
TESTIMONY TAKEN By THE COMMITTEE YES.
| TRRDAY.
| The Committee OF Ways and Means yester-
| day afternoon examined 7. G.. johnson, secre-
| tary Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
| With reference to the books. 1t appear, that
l >ix checks were drawp-Oue fOrsix hundred and
| fifty thousand dollars, and the others sgsre-
| gazing ore hundred thousand dollars. at first
| Trey were made payable to the order of A. B
| ot3ckwell, and delivered to Wee President
| Bellows, who took them to the room OF stock
| well, the pres dent. Bellows came back to the
| secretary a few minutes, and slid they were
| o be drawn to the order OF Irwin. THIS was
| done, and the original checks were destroyed
| Ihese checks were enuOrsed by Irwin. No eX
| was given. witness EdQ no knOWi-
edge OF the transactions involving thess
| amounts. There were no entries in the books
| that any part of the seven hundred and
| fifty thousand dollars returned. Witness
| testified that draft on Jay Cooke x Co. was
| given to X. &. Parsons on the 9Th OF May, 1872
| No report was ever made as TO how the mouey
| was expended. On May -, 1s72, StOckwelI or
| Cered a check tor $4,000 to be drawn to the
| order of Charles Albert, 10 be charged t0 Ed
/ ridge and Irwin. He did not know whether
any account had been rendered covering tnis
| money.
| VIZ. G. Bellows, who was at one time the vice
president OF the company, testihed that Alb IT
| was not employed as counsel of the company;
| WAS not paid by eaiary; received commissions or
drafts he collected, and fees for the transaction
| Uf business with the departments Ii vim WAS the
| only agent in Washington at the time the suo-
l sldy was pending: he supposed Albert came -
New York for the fifty thousand dollars to be
/ used Ill some way in procuring the 81 bsdy. Th5
| witness having been asked whether he knew OF
| any money having been expended here, a.
1 charged to the San Francisco agency, replied
l that he thought such money was ch irged 20
/ profit ana loss; he could not SAY how much, but
l -uppOsed about fifty sixty th0usa I'd doliars
| the wittess, looking over the books, mentioned
/ she sum OF twenty-five thousand dollars a. a
| special loan to Stnckwell
George ). Scott, who is q director, and was
| elected wee president OF the company last
| May, testified that he had no connection with
| the company previous to that time, and, there
tore, had no knowledge OF what took place in
| lo72. While in Europe he met Irwin. Irwin
ieclmed saying any thing about disbursements
| made in Washington. He said he re ldy t.
| state TO the company how the money was ex-
peuded and by whose orders. Witness informed
L. win that he would be responsible for a b 4rd
| o neet him and hear his explanations. Wit
| ness called the attention OF board I'd the sdp-
| iect last Thursday week, and stated the pFOpO-
! -Ition Irwin made to HIM, namely: TO give ?
| full statement of his transactions. Irwin did
| not tell him the names of the parties who dis
| oursed the money, or through whom it p Iss :d
| when it was disbuFstd.
| Mr. Hatch stated to the committee he should
| IKE TO be present when Irwin's testimony il
| iaken. Mr.. Dawes, as chairman % The cOm
| mttee, replied: When Irwin's testimony il
saken II Will be read TO the fuil committee. ana
| 20 objection will be made to receiving such ek
| planaiion or testimony as any gentleman may
| present. The committee then adjourned till
| Monday.
| POST OFFICE DRPICIRNCss.-TheS Senate