Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-08-06

he was the personal septennarchist ap.
with the honest Marshal's APP
proval, and ceases to be Minister; IN
other words that II might seem as
though the honesty of the Marshal
was grown somewhat tired of that |
queer finishing but badly false policy |
Of truce Of policy.
New York, August 4-The resolu-
tons and minutes OF the recent railroad
meeting at Saratoga are not accessi-
BILE. Representatives say the meeting
was not called 10 combine against the
Changers or any other interest, but
merely TO abolish the system of under
cutting. The conferences will soon be
resumed and the business be brought
to close. Freight agents say the
rates had been reduced twenty TO for
ty per cent. by the process of cutting
under. The new rates 10 Chicago are
rs dollars for first class cars; seventy
for second class; sixty for third; 45
for fourth; 35 for fifth. To Omaha
the rates are respectively $3.50. $50,
$l3O. 500 and $50 for first, second,
third, fourth and i1fth class cars. There
will be no rebates on these rates.
New York, August A-The Brook.
lyn Argus says the following inter-
change Of letters took place Yesterday
between Mr.. Sage, Chairman Bsecher
Investigating Committee and Thso-
dore Tilt0n: sf. ,5ai
BRooKLvN, July 81.
Theodore Tilton, ESQ,
DEAR SfR:-1 am Instructed by the
committee to state that the letters and
documents referred to In your state.
ment presented to us have not been
delivered, notwithstanding your sew.
eral promises to furnish them. A.
your statement, In tho absence ofthesel
docaments, 10 deprived Of its greatest
force, No think you should desire to
place them In our possession and !
desire to impress on you the impor
tance OF delivering them to rs Ut your
earliest convenience.
Very truly yours,
H. w. SAGE, Chairman.
BRooKLYN. Aug. 3.
Mr.. Henry IF. Sage, Chairman Of
Committee:
Mr. DEAR SrR: Ihave Just receiyed
your note of July 3lst, four days after
date unless yoa accidensly misdated
it. Tho communication should hare
came to me several days ago. This
leads me to recall similar dilatoriness
In the delivery Of your note Of tho Isl
sum0ning me to your committee which
I received only four hours before i
90 IN AnS,nae and v,ne vpnsap ANN VnnWA
bore the date Of the day previous but
let these TRIES pass. Your note Just
received surprises me by fte contents,
for you seem 70 have forgotten thai
on the last day Of my. appearance be-
fore your COMMITTEES, I carried to your
meeting not only Ill the documents
which quoted in my sworn state
ment, save those in Moulton's poser
sion, but many more besides, making
. double. handful Of Interesting aud
impartial papers vital 70 my case and
destructive TO yours.
All Of these papers prepared t. lay
before you, but MISSIONER had / begun
10 raad them aloud in your presence
than one Of your attorneys stopped
me in reading. and proposed that !
should save the committee time by
referring these papers to one of your
members-Hon. John Wiuslow. / 90
Quiesced In this suggestion and retired
from your committee with tho expec-
tation of speedy conference with Mr..
ALL ,.' ~ h.,a o.,,.f - ~. w,pp. yr0.
uu.y " Inv osslgu w 80 ~ Ius'vw,
nreviously eel The exsmpie Of caliins
In 4 bodv on one OF m other narties
n this Controversy. I took Il for vrant.
al that M. Winalov vonId renea,
this nrecedent bv doing me tho honor
~ cali A. nv honse. n Which he vnuld
have heen : veicome rnest.
n. IN. -.,,;,r -, ~. ..,,,,. :
nu n. muu unon ;ms,s ~. no ' n"'s...
nan mo :rrs.,.d ma ANA c.rrsed me
A. ri minn,as notice hefore Jnstics ri.
iav;s nnIica conrt "a .nsver "a the
~hs,ua 81 IibAIfna Rav. assrv Wees
S~-.i--, .c.inat uhnsn kaA spoken
not Q libel, but the truth. To tho time
Of this arrest had employed NO law.
yer, not needing one, but on Andius
myself before police court, and mol
understanding the motive Of my Or.
rest, nor the methods OF courts, I 10.
quested my friend Judge 8. d. Nor
ris, to answer for me In technicsl
proceedings, In which / knew not how
to answer properly myself Twice
already have been before this unex-
pected tribunal, and may be called BE-
fore 1t the third time on Wednesday
neA. 80, !.
Meanwhile my counsel, to whom
have Just shown your note, instructa
me to lay no Documents, paper or re-