Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1873 — The Credit-Moblilier Investigation. [ARTICLE]

The Credit-Moblilier Investigation.

Washington, February 19. Judge Poland’s Committee held a special meeting to-day to hear the additional statement of Vice-President Colfax, who was present with his counsel, Judge Hale. Oakes Ames sat directly opposite the Vice-President. Judge Hale said, when Mr. Colfax came upon the Stand on the 11th Inst., the Immediate question before the Committee related to the deposits of June 22. He therefore examined him solely as to the source from which he (Colfax) obtained that money. At the time he (Hale) had full knowledge of the remittances from Mr. Nesbitt which Mr, Colfax would now explain and submit letters from Mr. Nesbitt. Mr. Hale was influenced in this course mainly to confine that testimony to the point at issue. Again, as the letters were somewhat of a private nature, he did not want to bring them before the public. Mr. Colfax now desires to present theserietters and answer any questions asked him. Mr. Colfax then read several letters from Mr. Nesbitt, congratulatory in their tone. Two of them enclosed checks for SI,OOO. Mr. Colfax further testified that he received $4,000 in the aggregate from Mr. Nesbitt; SI,OOO before -his nomination, $2,000 after his nomination, and SI,OOO in November. He understood that Nesbitt had been a contractor to furnish stamped envelopes for the Post-Office Department, but the witness had nothing whatever to do with aiding him to get such contracts, as they were upon the recommendation of a board appointed by the Postmaster-General. Mr. Colfax, after reading the letter of Mr. Nesbitt, stated that the first one. of the remittances in April was expressly for personal use. The thousand dollar bill in the congratulatory letter of June was for political purposes, and so was the check in the letter of July. He - then produced the draft for SI,OOO dated June 22, the same day that he deposited the $1,200 in bills, which draft he had sent to and was indorsed by the Chairman of the Indiana Republican Committee, and another draft dated July 19, which he had senHo and was indorsed by the same Chairman, for SI,OOO sent him by Nesbitt for political purposes that month, stating that these drafts circumstantially proved the two remittances of June and July and their dates. Mr. Colfax then read an affidavit of Rickeston Burroughs, of South Bend, Ind., to the effect that during the summerhf 1868, Mr. Colfax had mentioned to him (Burroughs) thegact that Mr. Nesbitt, of New York City, had given him (Colfax) the sum of SI,OOO or $2,000 to assist in defraying his increased expenses incident to the campaign, stating that neither the donor nor his friends wanted any office—in common parlance, “he had no axes to grind,” ana he bad abundance of means for himself and family. Ex-Senator Fowler, of Tennessee, was sworn, and testified that he had’a conversa tion with McComb, and understood from him that Ames had Credit-MobUier stock to be distributed. He had been offered CreditMobllier'stock by Ames, but declined to receive it because he understood from explanations made by Arnes that the taking of stock might bring bis private interest into conflict with his public duties, and he wanted'to avoid that. Fhom December,l4 to January 12 they had an earthquake’ almost every day at .Fort Colville, W. T. A point of land that ran intoOkanagon Lake has entirely, disappeared. Exeter, N. H., vouchee for the woman whose dead husband warned her twice, in a dream, to remove her little, *U of |350 from the «avlng» bank, just before, the Shuts defalcation.