advantages enjoyed by our countrymen resident in Paris, to the prosperity of the French people, and the great services rendered to them by the Emperor-of whom he said that, "in liberal views, and in that comprehensive forecast which shapes the policy of the present to meet the exigencies of the future, he seemed to be decidedly in advance of his Ministers, and even of the popular body chosen by universal suffrage to aid him in his legislative labors"-he thus proceeded:

"Of her who is the sharer of his honors and the companion of his toils-who, in the hospital, at the altar, or on the throne, is alike exemplary in the discharge of her varied duties, whether incident to her position or voluntarily taken upon herself-it is difficult for me to speak without rising above the level of the common language of eulogium. But I am standing here to-day, as a citizen of the United States, without official relations to my own Government or to any other; I have taken my leave of the Imperial family; and I know no reason why I may not freely speak what I honestly think, especially as I know I can say nothing that will not find a cordial response in your own breasts. As, in the history of the ruder sex, great luminaries have from time to time risen high above the horizon, to break and, at the same time, to illustrate the monotony of the general movement, so in the annals of hers brilliant lights have at intervals shone forth and shed their lustre upon the stately march of regal pomp and power. Such was one of her royal predecessors, of whom Edmund Burke said, 'There never lighted on this orb, which she scarcely seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.' Such was that radiant Queen of Bohemia whose memory history has embalmed, and to whom Sir Henry Wotton, in a moment of poetic exaltation, compared the beautics of the skies. And such is she of whom I am speaking. When I have seen her taking part in the most imposing, as I think, of all Imperial pageants-the opening of the Legislative Chambers-standing amid the assembled magistracy of Paris and of France, surrounded by the representatives of the talent, the

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genius, the learning, the literature, and the piety of this great Empire, or, amid the resplendent scenes of the palace, moving about with a gracefulness all her own, and with a simplicity of manner which has a double charm when allied to exalted rank and station, I confess I have more than once whispered to myself—and, I believe, not always inaudibly-that beautiful verse of the graceful and courtly Claudian, the last of the Roman poets:

'Divina semita gressu claruit;'

or, rendered in our own plain English and stripped of its poetic hyperbole, 'The very path she treads is radiant with her unrivalled step.""

Some time before the General left France his connection with the Union Pacific Railroad Company was terminated by his resignation of the office of President-a step which he took in consequence of the ratification of the Crédit Mobilier contract. In addition to what has already been stated with reference to this subject, I have now to affirm, in the most positive manner, that he never had any interest of any kind, direct or indirect, in the Crédit Mobilier, or any connection with it whatsoever, nor did he ever receive any stock of any description from it; and that his hands were, from first to last, absolutely clean of complicity with a series of transactions which he strongly disapproved, and with arrangements which he regarded as in their nature fraudulent and immoral. To make an end at once of this subject, I transcribe a memorandum, the original of which is in my possession:

"To correct any false impressions which might arise from the testimony given before the Committee of the Crédit Mobilier in regard to General Dix's connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, we desire to state the true history of the transaction.

"When appointed Minister to France he retained his office as President of the Union Pacific Road, at the express request of the directors, and with the knowledge and approval of the general Government; but when finally it was deemed advisable to have a President residing here, General Dix promptly tendered his resignation, and ordered his counsel to settle with the directors of the Union Pacific Railroad for the salary

then admitted to be due him as President, amounting to $12,000, and also to dispose of his stock in the Road, which the directors of the Crédit Mobilier were desirous of controlling, as it was original stock, fully paid, which had not assented to the Crédit Mobilier contracts.

"The result was, finally, that, for his total claims, General Dix's counsel, while he was in France, accepted the sum of $50,000, they acting under the advice of John J. Cisco, Esq. This claim was wholly for salary and for the value of the Union Pacific Railroad stock then owned by him, which was transferred to the Crédit Mobilier or to their agents; and no allowance whatever was made for services in Europe, for any negotiation of bonds, or otherwise, except as above.

"General Dix never had any stock, or interest in, or connection with the Crédit Mobilier, and the price he received for his original Union Pacific stock, and for his salary as agreed, was fair and reasonable in every respect. About the time General Dix's resignation was received, his place, with those of two other directors, then absent from the country, were declared vacant by the Board of Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

THOMAS C. DURANT,
CHARLES A. LAMBARD,
JOHN J. CISCO."

From the return of General Dix, June 15, 1869, until his election as Governor, November 5, 1872, there is little to relate. The three years were spent in literary pursuits and congenial occupations; among the latter may be mentioned the building a house at West Hampton for a summer home. He was frequently called on to take part in the public commemoration of interesting events: one of those events was the Unification of the Italian people, and the occupation of Rome as the capital city of the nation. In America the occurrences of 1870 and 1871 were watched with intense interest, and sympathy with the Italians was strong. In the city of New York some demonstrations of a reactionary character had been made by persons of the Roman Catholic faith who deplored the lost temporal power of the Papacy; and as it was thought that the report of their proceedings might place the American people in a false light before the European powers, it was resolved to give public and emphatic expression to the feeling of approval of the new condition of affairs.