, 1879-01-02

thing Of the kind on1y tho other anv."
"a Yes, but that was simply a1' sbstract Of the
cbargca, aud not what purpnrtctt TO be copy Of
tho petition. This document fas aI she appcar:
uncre Ut being such a formal presentation OF
what arc believed 10 lie t'lS charges as petition
would naturally set furth."
ttou. to be sure. Whoever got It no did his
work rather neatly. But you walt, Say, It'll
the petition Is presented At Washington, and
sben Judge for yourself"
fact, that the aforesaid correspondent got q
cony Of tbs petition from you, and that its pub
licatton calDc n!r,ut IN that wayi"
aNo, SIR" said the Colonel. suddenly and
voice. - have never given that petition 10 auy
newspaper man. nor will any i,cwspaocr get it
until Il ts prcsentel to tho House Of Repre-
nv bands altogether"
.le As, nas a.. seen I; IT. thought"
"Wlio else has seen fti''
"Dnlr a few personal frtends.h
"liave you INV rcnsuu 10 siIApcct TINT any one
of them might have given It nHay!"
The Colonel rrpllsd Ia lgnratIve sort Of
war, which. to the reporter, Was a. much as to
eay That suspicion found 10 lolging.pisco within
"Ttcn yon did not give It away, and you de-
cline to say whether this 10 tho genuine petition
ii have not given 4 away, and shall not.
When II becomes rublfc dncnmcns the ncws-
papers call hare II, and not TIT theu. l decline
to say ANYTHING az 70 tho verify ot this oublca-
tion. Tho newspapers can print what tnoy
chousc, but ........
wa no NOT ssTEft 70 Bh HELD haAfoNsfnLE
for tho publication of something which IL Who'll
" unauthorized. As have said before, wait
till the real petition IL presented aud then YOU
can have chancn to compare tho tw0 and form
your own conclusions.
Possibly the Coloncl did not mean to place
&nE OF t!c Petition which ls to ~ u Wa8htuR-
ton, or on the word "nclnG1ance," B" in reterrtnr,
n lie did, 10 tho publication from the H.-U.t
but the Inference was very natural that tho lat
ter was not tho Genutno thiux, and that tho
presentation Of tho tarn,cr woutt bc sufficient
evidence Of that fact. Nothing further camc
from Tho frlcntlY clint whlc. .tollowed, mud ttc
reporecr Sailed forth to t,nisl' up Ills caliinF-
= Wlletltrr the Bar Association Committee,
whcl, has failed tu get ttC rhlscb IN thu vny II
hoped to do, wit nsstime ttAt tho petition ~
published yestcrdly Ia Eenli[ne rctnafus TO be
md recommend that the Association 70 ahead
aihI Investigates oil the assnn,ptinn thak tiase
are tho chargcs, ur II not the exurt charges, nl
they ran get. Tho COMMITTEES Will l,old another
rloke-tn0uthcl aud irot-thrrel session this
rnornlug, wl,on tho newty.tiscoyered cyilonca
will probably b. fn order Tor discussion aud pos-
ablo action. Ttie Association will meet at In
tho afternoon to hear the Coinmtttee's report
aad do what 'tlio ussctnblcd wisdom ~ shall
derm to be best. There Is all iien abroad that
tbs meeting Will bn lnoru interesting than the
average cireus with sidp-sllDw Attachments.
TIE oHRMANsA ArYAI1L
According to what putporscl to bc tho petl-
tton Ut tho three tnptasl,era, AZ retublishcl In
yesterdays tribune from tho 81 Louis Ho5e-
Ut1,oerat, md referred to Ii tho aooye Inter.
view with Col. Cooper, tho charrrs wers thrre
First, his plic9eG interference with thu Federal
Grand Jury In connection wltl, tho supotleti
perjury Indictment aga!At Register llibOarl,
whtcl, WAS fully mentioned at tbs ttnlr II occur.
rcd; soc,nu, thu alleged attempt at Improper
uayluent to sir. +. ii. Winston uf SOU, ,Ot0, Mr.
Nit,ston's lcttcr concerning which was puh-
lla,ed = ION flays ago; and. tntFd. iiat tle
Asslgnes Ut tho uernanta Insurance Company,
April III, 1874, un,ler tEc direction, OF judge
Biodgelt, sold csEtnin nolcs Of A. c. HeslnV,
amounting to about $30,;a aud secured ty
yalue of $1,000 and which wcru then wortl,
tnore tl,an par, to frlc,i OF Itrs,ng's. and for
liestng'a sole beuea:, lur tho suu, oi g. 0oo
tlat judge 1.lsx!rcst eorruptly eauseu Au urlri
itors were tArroby uctruudcd nut Ut = suui vi
noney exrcedinx $la,UJo, Which thsy could hayc
gul had tho Ass slVaes sold them to certain paF'
tic. w!,o. according to ths petition, were des!r
trIrc. The pctitton further sct forth tha,
judge Blodve,t c0rsuptly entered this order foi
a private aaie for tho purpogo aud with The In,
tent q bavns tEtenl d IIe.1n9'. purchase ss
at sum 1nlic!, 1css than thsy wefe wurth aud
could VI TINT tins bu aoli for.
THIS matter Of tbs Gsrmuula INSURANCE Com
pany u now 20 OLD that thu tnrts. as published
1t tha ttIpe. NAV d wrIi t,c rcatutcd.
IT WAS cWAnukp lu APRIL, 1874,
tv some Of lhu tjcrt,lau cyeti.urs. nj the las,
meeting Ut the policy. .,oleEa OF tho Company,
that all waA not right IL, tha ARa!Euce'a tolirst