, 1877-02-02

trrtvc from Louisiana, who started last nights
They will probably be here Saturday.
Maddox, the principal witness In this bribery
conspiracy story, Is nativc Of Maryland. somo
very curious stories nrc told OF him by Mary
land people, which do not sncreasc his
.rcdbIlity Us witucAs. During the War
10 came to net as scout between
Richmond and Washington. sono way he be-
:amc possessed Of Treasury permit, and pre-
tended to have received possession III his own
right OF large quantity Of tobacco, Which was
destroyed by one Of our army columns, or dis.
appeared upon It's approach. For the loss Of
this alleged tobacco he has had pending for
many vcnfs
4 CLAIM OF 100000.
He Ia unlerstood 10 have been Sont to New Or
leans 10 make some inquiries In behalf Of the
Department In relation to what IL known az
The
DAILY COTTON CLAIM
Of 100000. In this claim J, Madison Wells,
Of the Returning Boar1, has = largo direct or
Indirect interest. This interest IL open and
avowcd. The amount Of tho claim Ia 81, ,000, 600.
It Is understood that the attempt will bc insdo
to show that the letters OF Wells which Afaddox
Is In possession Of were written To him with solo
reference to tllla q, 900 COO caim, and thut cut
Of these letters, aud tho fact that the claim wns
for $1,000, 600, this whole conspiracy has been
started
GOV. WELLS,
upon being approached In his little haAtllc at
the Capitol upon the subject Of Maddox's tcstt-
nony, said: ~ wrote tho letter to Maddox,
but not In unF such connection ns ho and Pickett
claim. Tue story Is It has been repeated to mo
is an Infamous lie, bascless aa It is Malicious
am nu1tous 10 be heard in defcnsc. / may bo
Azj1s h1nk
persecuiors- Twas TO sell out for 81. COO, ,0o0f
bettay my party"
AZ TO 1lrrLEr1ELD's TESTIMONY,
Wells satd there Is 10 be an exposure on tho
other side Of the question in few days that will
set many matters now not understood In their
right light. The Democrats eeem to forget
there are two sides to this controversy. and it
will bo made to appear that Gov. Hayes can bc
quito Us warmly defended by Ills friends 90 Gov.
Tilden's friends haro been jealous In their ef-
forts to prejudice tho. Republican vote Of
Louisiana.
Wells satd he had not made nor 1ii he intend
70 make any application for q writ OF labcas
corpus. Such stcpcoulil not DO taken without
bis rouscut. It WIS his purpose to
REMAIN QUIETLY IN TIE BAsTILH
until the 4th OF March, when hc supposed ho
would bu certified to the court, and released on
batl. He would not now say what would 10 tho
tenor Of Ills statement before tho Committee.
His contempt was thus far confined to his re-
fnsal to dellycr up tho papers before tho Re-
turning Doar1 Perhaps this would exclude
him from the privilege OF making any state
mcnt before the 1Iouec Committee. There was,
however, another Committee In the Senate, mud
1t might bo that hc would be summoned to np-
pear as witness before the senats Committee.
At all crcnts. he could afford to patiently walt
until the time came 10 refute the parcel Of III
famous lics which had been told about Him.
Ex-0Ov. KELLOGG
whcn he wns Informed OF tho tenor Of tho testi-
mony given by Pickett, ssil tha& II recalled q
statement made In his office the latter part Of
November by Mr.. Wells. There were present
sx-Congrcssnan Sheldon, Dan Mcmillan, mud
= number Of prominent men In Louisiana BE-
longing to both political purtics. Wells said in
his peculiarly emphatic manner, swell, havo
named my price at last. These Ttldcn ncgo-
tlators have been dtckcring long enough, and
concluded Il would be best to name my price,"
The question was then nsked, by whom Gov.
Kellogg docs not remember, What amount llo
had fixed for the sale of Louisiana. Wells re-
piled, ~ nm none OF your $e00,0Oo Or $500, 600
men. Ny pHccis
TIN r.,,o,k nr,voL..t 1an.,,,,o~ T., vh,o,,
v.ils intno1 Il a,os r.9,r,,e1 th.,, ~ ,l.el,
~ n,eo,antrr ow1 Ian M ~ nor ,,,nros .,a,, ~,
t,,o t,lra - ~ roI,"n.. -. ,ta ",,,s. .,..,a
~, n..san, r. n.as 49, .,,", - ~. .,.'.
tna-, VIVA ,onst,lo,,,,," ,rx1o," ,,,.n,,o..ns s
o,,ono u.,,,,1t..,s about W." sn,ia,, ~ ~. ~
turning board, but no onc ever dreamed Of
their being bought up for 81, ,00U,0o0,
"Suw," continued Gov. Kellogg, ~ haye
~. ss,',n,- 49," .,sas ~, ..st ,.'.,
wou;I sh,,t.r avnrx vn.,,,o ' ~ ",a1r,
Enrns oo,,,I no..n,,,, I,~, ~ ~ pea,,,,ea" ."
tn. ,s.s 1,yr,s s ~ H.. 1.sa,t., ,I .a.s'sa'
sa,,a,,',,,a ,..,s ,r,,,,a s,..,a ,1a n".'',',,..
s ~ ~, 1850 ~ ~fH. ~
P"1tS 'o'ete3' "hen hca!u VI Aho ilckett
tcst4lnohy cou'u hoL pcEsuauc lh}se!1 that aAy
stress was going to be laid upon the sale OF
Louisiana Tor simply sl,0lO,o0o, but wacn
fUunu the Committee WlS really treating thu