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VOLUME XXXI1X. 10! RY AND UNDERWEAR. UNDERWEAR! HOMERY! —e e TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1878. to appolnt on account of alleged complicity in disreputabln tranesctions in Loutsiana, At that intervicw, two minutes of which was devated to Anderson's case, the Presidens told Boyston that Anderson WOULD NOT ROTAIN IS PLACD. It appears from this fovestization that some some days before that the Presidont had ootk fled the State Department to revoke his ap- polntment, but Boynton seemed to think that political considerations had somathing to do with Anderson’sappointment, aud in the privacy of bhis ~ offiee subscquently eald so. Somobody overheard him: henco this cxamina- tion to<lay. QGen. Butler endeavored to try his peculinr tactics on Gen. Boynton, but he mis- took bis man. Gen. Boynton, with great spirit, fnslsted that he would not permit Gen. Butler or any momber of the Committee, hy innuendo or otherwlse, to Intimate that be was not telling toe truth; that In that reapect UE BHOULD TAKE CARE OF MIMBELP In that Committec-room or clscwhere. Finally, being oreesed closer fn nn overbearing way by Gen. Dutler, Boynton fatly told the Committeo that ho would be glad to be examined by the Democratic mem- bers of the Committee, all of wbom the contents of that lctter merely acted as an smannensis? A.—~Yes, oir; an amanuensls extraordinary. DECLIRES TO STATE. Q.—Who was the person to whom you dle- tated the lotter] A.—I refuse to tell you, sir. Q.—Do you know the mames of any of the persons who were jo the patlor at the time the letter was written? A.—I may know the names of some of them. Q.—~What names do you remember! A.—I will not tell you. The witness, in reply to (oterrogatories, sald that the letter was writlen, as near s she can recollect, upon one page of ordinary shoet letter- paper; used medium-sized envelopo with o printing on it, Q.—In whote handwriting was the so-called Sherman lotter! A.—Yon nsked mo that before, aud I told you T would not answer the question. Q.—T ask you aeain, s that leter in your hand- writing? A.~And I sgain refuse to snawer wheth- erit was in my handwriting or not. Yoo must DRAW YOUB OWN INVERENCES In that case. The witness then stated sho alone now knew anythiog of the original ictter, sdding: **Perhaps some one has died since." Mr. Bprinzer—Yes, Mr, Wober has dlad since. s BT | POTTER'S PLAY. time with Sectetary Sherman? _A.—1 had merely Xnown him as a member of the United States Sen. ate, and beard him debate veryioften, and admired him. [had been introduced to him, brtdo not know {f he wouid have known me if he had mot me c had gonse out of offy the resson which was thoea carrent In prinf>mathe RE 230 TO AocEPT Al of his owa sccord; and b on my mind thaf the "gratic paper was troe; but of the letter and the date ith tha President, I found had airesdy fifected bin commisnion 1o he withheld. No convefsation that I bad with the Prealdant proceeded on the theory that he had been dealing with him on accqunt of any improper serv- ice that he had done. 3 Havo you &t any time At ident's worde exactly in . el i the story ne it Jay in my mind ¢ time I repeated i1, Q.—Have yon not satd this snostantially: Thas you asked the President how he came to make the Mopointment of euch & man cgainst whom such chtrgen ware mide, ‘and be said ho was posscsecd SOME POLITICAL Didn't you use the wor A.—No, mir; 1 &'nu reason could you have had on the 20th of November to decelva two of yont Intimate- friande In the Intarest of 8 atrangsr whom you had never known? A,—Secretary Sherman was mere- v onc of the visiting stateanen, and as such de- eerved honorat our hands, had nodeeirs to serve him particalarly, 1 wae merely MAINTAINING TIL DIGNITY OF Tits PARTY. 1f the Jetter had been sddressed to Mr. Stoughton, 1t would nave been sil the samo. They wonld hare ot & guaranteo, These were men high in tho counclis of the nation, and do you euppore 1 wished them to know what s contemptible atrata we had in the patty in Louisiana at that time? Tt weas for the honor of party I did not want them to know ahout it, Q.—\Why did you give them a forzed document 1f they were your friends? A.—Pardon me, Ido not admit that. \Vhy did you thengive them a falze qfllnnhs of a genuino one. A.—It m3de them feel and 1 did not wish to insult the states- Mrs. Jenks' Part Still the Prominent Feature of LINENS! | ©ER Sho Continues to Confuse and Confound the Long-Head- Flield, Leiter o Towjen WILSUN BR08| &’ : Co.l Hor Testimony of Saturday $ Not Shaken in the Least Purchase these Goods direct Dogree. from tho menufactories of Eu- )VV ABASH-AV,, e rope and Amorica. R i ish More of Ander- Maving stores in the threo Between Madison & Monroests,, | Sho v;n,arfif:;:m fo:r;‘ilcalen'a 23 neTal olitical secreta™'d .—No, sir; 1 dala not. Iam absolutely certsin did notny #a to anybody. | The words '+ polltical sccrets® wore never used by tho President, and I do not think I ever nsed the words in apesking to anybody of it. ). —I1ave you never nred thess words in speake h:l. of it, tuat the President amid he was appointe od **on account of matters not best to be knawn oy Did yon know Sherman had given a verbal guatantee? A, —I did not know about that, Weber simply sa1d they Lad heen asaurcd they wonld be taken care of and protected. SHERMAN'S XAME WAS NOT MENTIONED in that whole matter. . Q.—Then why did you procnroa false guarantee? A.—Recanse ft_ kept them quiet. 1 do not know A.—No, air. 1havenot, and I want yon to une derstand that I do not propose 10 make any snswer here that will reflect apon the President of the United Statee, Q.—Why not, if 1t1s the truth? A.—I will telt 2 3. v that Weber wished 1o go back on ns, but1 knew B largest Western cities, their ASK TIIH ATTENTION OP Edificati e auntlsmen, bt 4. for Gon, Drtler be | Wlpces er urittinagreiplie o | Andereor ol Sheroin di st Wiy wheloet Lo, e et. Bive any” Balfowar afawars tlet for Men's Furnishin| cation, ool Tammaunes ool afawds, But | eLonilnuing, ihewiinesn Ul L The Jottct men | ey wouldstand fem o nat, oL e, ol which may refiect upon the President of the United outlet for Men's lurnishing ler took tho aront essily, and begen what evl- | E, Anderson. " thiey would stand trus f they soCa guarantee. and, | ftatex. | bave toldin fubsianee aif tuat took placa Goods is many times larger e e ot muctthons Goriened | - Air, Syrnger requested the witners handingber | go'oaiue Sheraie, ¥ wanld inake tem | bedneen e B hat anewers cauld not b I it Showing that “Jim?® Was | o briog in the ooerations of the Loulsisna | i memory, as new ) oL eont | qafly ot Jou foamehl o e et | B e acotul T wilomobt. Ab R than any competitor. 5 ot Bitet Aguings Doms | Comid Kk et te Eaibien ihe gl gaintol! b uscard o et n | Bemodablentel h =¥ Ui, we'wasted . | pleased i make o' whlehvan e iy tcis e Purchasing in largest quan- titics secures lowest prices, enabling them to sell at bot- tom figures, They have many oxclugive lines in low-priced Underwear, which are very desirable. 67 & 69 Washington-st., Chicago. 69 & 71 Pourth-st,, Cincinnati, Wo did not want any trouble, Q.—Whodo you mean by **We™? A.—1mean the party at large. Q.—What explsnation of your conduct do you now give for having procarcd a false guarautee and deliyered it lo'ynur twa frionds Ju order to pre- vent an inesit belog offered to & man who was an entire stranger to you? A, —I thongnt It wonld re- llevo thelr minds, and that the visiting etatesen would leave, and that would be TIE LAST IIRARD OF IT. 1 knew they would not aeil out to the Demograts fo that event, and go back on their protests. 1mnever thought abost what they wonid do with the guar- antee after the 4th of March, 171 had. thlbl this Commission would nover have convetied. Witness said she would produce moro Anderson lettern to-morrow, and continued: **I have sent for n packave of'letters which 1 think will be inter- eating to your mde of the question, sltnouzh they are not couched tu the most olegant lanzuage. ile need the word ‘damn’ and all that kind of lan- they occurred, they might wail until December n?‘ when probavly thoy might get thie detalis of aflulrs. Q. —1iave you given any persan whatevar o une dehiand than the Praslient 4ald o You of gare YOu to understand that Anderson yas possesacd of roma political knowlsdge that 1 was not beet to have made pablic? A.—No, sir; and the President DID NOT BAY ANTTILING OF THE RIXD, Q. —Pleasc stato what roason the l'reaident a1 give for this apyointment? A.—Ii1s statement wis 10 the effect that this man had been a good Kepub- Heanand had done zood Hepublican secvics 1o Lontstans. That was the substanco of it. By Mr. Butler—(.—Haven't you stated to sny- body. that the President eaid to you that becansa Audorson had some knowlodge of political aflaus in Louisiana that it was neceasary, convenient, ar proper that bis appointwent shonld bs madot A.—Not to my recollection. 1 may hiavo conveyed that impression to several peovle, Lol as to siatiaj it an tho wards of the President, I am confident writfng they had s number of letters written by ber, to which they might refer. Being interrogated regarding the letter handed to her by Weber, and her movementa on enterin, the Liote], the witnesn testified that she Inquired o tie usher 1f Mr. Sherman was in. The ushier suid Lo bellaved the gentieman was p-stalss, snd OFFERED TO PRESENT HER CARD, tut she did_ ot destre him 1o doso. £hbo uucon. sclously read letter, and, after reading’it comidered it was an {nsuit to Mr. Sherman and his friends, and apon tioae grounds she thougut 1t proper not to deliver the document. d—lint, madam, 100 {ought praper toopen & tetior writton and addressed t0 Mr. Sherman? A <=1 aid not aay that T opened the jetter, and will not permit you to so atate it. Continuing, the witness sald that she froquently visited Gov. Kellogg &t bis office during ke time that the visiting statesmen were there, and sh soen Gen. Phll Steridan, Mr. Sher Stooghton, Gen. Garfeld, and othera In tion of that mattcr, when & secret sesslon was ordered to determice this. The aubject was not fally decided In secret sesston, but when the Committeo 18 full it will nodoubtedly by s varty voto decide to {nvestigato the Loulsiana Com- misslon, Gon. Boynton Replies to Butler’s Bullylog with the Proper RESTAURANTS, Secretary Sherman Has a Few e More -Words for tho NAPKIN| o He Is Now Positive that the Alleged HOTELS’ ocratic Bribery. HOW MRS. JENES LOORS, Dispateh to Cincinnati Enquiret {Dem.), Wastivutors, 1. C., June 22.—Mrs, Jenks' behavior on the witness-stoud was amusing. In appearanca sbe is rother preposscasing. She i an oval face, rather, with features of s Gers mag cast; full-throated, swall mouth, clear-cut featuresa—not handsome, but pretty. Io stat- ure sho I8 below the medium helebt, with a good form. Her hair_|s 8 cross between on ouburn and brown. Her cyes clear-blue, and e g i large, On her bead shewors ® turban bat, | eror's oftico during Lo There. - Shodid ot | BUae In them. L usteE Aty dag an 408 North Pourth-st., §t, Louis. 8t, Louis. a7 4 gherman Letter " Was @ el dotrated from fatber than added o ficr | fecall distinctly who eino she naw G oTomtbn e fanlt, ot yours, nad, IF so, biet | | Qyolinve yun Slated e e dana e F——m'"'n—n”“ WATERS. Fo personal appearance, beepuse it was not bo- WITIIOUT ROPIESHING MBR MEMORY one teason why I want them, A.—Anderson le Q. —Did you state it tralyr A.—1 stated it tenly d Tgery. coming, Iler dress was af lnen, embroldered with ber mflwmnfl-.l wood engugh. Thero $a no use -n{m: anything | as it remained In niy mind, and [ wish to say right gy A= with Ince, not at all goudy, nor even fashiong- flli( Mr, Bvflnzfr—wh'.‘- you your memoranda | sgainel Anderson, and don't you do It, Lere that 1 ropel oll fusinuations that T Sive - ble. She exposed .g\‘:,,. somo foot, clad in & “,'.“5"“;:‘_‘5,," fl"“}KWDY"" i urslr. M:&hhon-L‘.—\nu aro not mow under | not told the ‘truth at ail times, and 1 THE PLAY Smalisived elipper. ler arin, which was ex- 1 denkecih, no. sles an, andloivey car could | obligations to Gor. Kellogz. are you® Av—No, ir, | neccssary 1. shall protect mysell ugainst ) e e o Y sy, wouid | oL rImE e, Ry e b o a e Tnevor havo boen, It woa mere party mat- | such Smputations, The other - memvers of PER DOZEN, IN WHIOH MRS, JENES TOOK TUR LEADINO PART. P o g 3] Mr, Bpringor—If you had notified uz, we might tor that he woe reated. If ho IMd been s Fejee Talander he would have been seated all tue same. Q. —1)o yua menn to msy that Kellogg did nat want thin Sherman letter for the parpose of ena- bling him to get hia seat? A, —tlow would it ena- ble bim to get his seut? Matthews was inimizal. Q.—Dnt Le tarped around afterwards. A, —Per- haps be did, but 1 do ot think that Jetter had any- hing to do with it, . —Waza it oot the Sherman letter that Kelloggt was writing for, for the purposo of forcing thinis in regard to his sestt A.-—1 do not ttink eo, Q.= you will promisn to bring na that letter of yours of the Uth of November, 1877, 1 will [ {uu no more questions about It You say in yoor lets fer that Anderson ‘may be aurc he will uever get that letter, or any other papers taat wure deemed of importance. hat wero they? A.—Well, he 2ald it Le onty had the docament he conld OVERTURN THE GOVERNMENT. —Yon wero tnterested politically in Kelloge atihst ime. You wi Wim toyetin? A.—As & atter of eourse,—ad @ mere pacty measure, that you create tiie ain of covetousncss in any slster pot blessod with ono s finely shaped. 8he spoaks with a sllight French accent. just enouzh to make it Intcresting nnd give It flavor, &l- flmuylh cevury senteoce which felt from Ler lips was intelligible and casily understuod, Her anawers wero direct and emphatic. When cor- nered she did not blush, but beat out of the in- tricato places by bier ready wit and cxtraording- ry repartee. lu the witness-ciair she was os roud ns Luctfer. Nothing scemed to daze her, ven when trapped in her own inconsiatencies, shie Liad such fufinite resources of ber own, that all sho hiad to do wan to draw from lier hidden font and elude the rigld cross<questions wimed ot het, Paddy-llke, answering 8 question by ask- ing onother. She showed, too, to be o woman of liberal education, Every scntence was pure- Iy grammatical, and somo of et epigrummatic thrusts wore gems. **Aln't she o hell of a womant " suld Dutler to Chatrmon Morrlson, the Commilter have acted a8 gentlemen towards tne, but Gen. Butler has scted the part of & rowdy, 'sud 1desiro o Chairuon to call hite attention to the faci; and if the Committes wili not protect me . 1 WiLL PROTECT MYSELF. Ty Mr, Batler—, —Where wera you when tho MocVeagh Committes went down to Luulsiauat A.—1 wasin Washington. Mr. Cox—I desire to take tho sense of the Com- mitiee as to whether wo proposs to Ko Into tho question of the duingeof the MacVeagh Committea i April, 1877, or whether wo havo autbority to do so under ihe resolution of Congress uuder which wo are acting. I'bo Committes then went into sccret gession 1o constder this and otler matters conneclod with tho warkings of the Commitive, and sbortly after ad- Journed unsil Tucsda FIRES. have arranged for & freight train to convev them. Witness unemnzlfj—\nu are very kind. Renewing her testimony, the witness nald that sho waa on Intimate terms with Anderson and Weber, Mr. Bpringer then deslred to know what her ob- ect was in decciving Ler fricads In ordertn doa avor for Mr, Sberman, whom she did not know, She replled that at first sho did it to preserv honor of the party; afterward, that her idca was to Bm\‘onl the Lwo gentlemen fruty guing over to the emocratic party, duh‘lni thein to stand firm b, thio Republican party until the returns were in, an that ehe was tho SELP-APFOISTID AGDNT OF TIAT FARTY. Mr. Spriupet again eitempted to get the witness L te tn whose hondwriting the Sherman letter Bpecial Dispateh to Tz Tritune. Wasmixaron, D. C., Juno 24.—3rs. Jonks was upon tho witness-stand again to-dsy for bours. She was gs pert, impertinent, sud au- daclous as before. Bhe was the samno divort- Ing, {ogentous witnoss, quick at accusiog, repar- teo, and dexterous In parrying questions, but thero was not a single new fact elicited or on 01d fact denled, nor was her former testimouy in the slightest contraverted or refuted, There was only ona moment when sho scemed to fal- ter. It wasonly after sudaciously arralzaing Gen. Dutler for baving In his posses- slon & letter from Gov. Kellopg, when Butter turned to her and said: “Kel logz bad given bim & wvackage with lota of them in 1t." At thls sho hesitated, and, NATURAL HINERAL WATER. HIGHLY EFFERVESCENT. JOVE, Acaflemie do Megncinoof France, '\Adl;’.?“lalgl;b’hl"ll‘lré‘g llfil«ldflfll:d by special order of the 0 nt. T oy ar T iy (he Lighest MEDICAL AUTIIORI- TIES in Now Yorkas at rellef for: lcule“lnr-. oY 8. . Beltzcr, oF oy other. ing.™ ++Absolutely prre snd wholesomes superlor Lo al) for ero! dalih weet febo from all the objrctions urxed sysinst Crofon snd arttficially aemted waters. ", THE GREATEST DBARGAIN EVER OFFERED. ARTINTIC TAILORINGs FACTS. Btook of W is BSUPERIOR Q.g‘f.bll‘% l?:‘(‘l m&'i'-%'f' Vsn make thom 13 was, but sha declined most emphatically w do so. Gen, Butler Inquired of the witness 1f she had suy more of Andersop's letters, and she replled: *+ may havo some more;™ adding, o+ iy tho way, Qenera), bow did you get tuat letter frum dire. Webert® [Langhtar. ] O —Now, what ‘were tho otlier vaper i i W i Ben sized bier about right. Gon, Dutler, leaning carclessly back In hischatr, | aastired Kellogg Anderson should never ket? A.— AT MONTGOMERY, ALA. SEEnes i | s o aHORSUQE DURAILE tul | ML Sl oo to o gl eooring ¢ caion s macs a1 | Foptnom? {eyer e womnsnon of e S || Mommoowmnss Slas Shne Bl I B ot aimdity s weasticd or BoR n g A O O 0% and. W ORKMEN. e SHERMAN. pectatars, e DO, o 1ontce and Gan. | T S TRISHEE o1 et Anderson had any docn. | SHusted today I the cottou compress of Harter Ve gy antaclds arens wellwith dyapestics, and V?TLY“}\%PHB?%&%‘E‘:’% BOEX: | mong, unloss It ¢a ba broken down, | TRE SECRETART DISULSTUD wir % rxvestr- | Dutler, tho witne toul Mr. Butlor Lo was very | meste from Matthewy at thut tine? A.—You know & O'Connell by a person treading oo a parlor **Hiy far the oAL reeatile, atons or mixed with QATION, . ow Anderson 8. mateh, c flames spreading into the pland ers’ e, ’“I!ffl“hc.lll’rhl-‘eo‘ Btomach or Bisdder, aad in T ¥ H o e ot e et e s the patore | Aud o tel, the f iy ! i lanoea? olling all o oods as jow ns an HONEST RFdbe, EQUALLY” GoOD, can be furnishod Businoss Buits, 345 ugwnd-. Busineas Trousors, 810 upwards. Droas Suita uflnufiwnrdn. Aot BN R Y e e oo uoed in tho 3t atvio of A PRICES LU\;—%’I‘ANDARD the HIGH- RET. BPHOIAL ETTENTION given to WEDDING TOILETS. EDWARD ELY, g IMPONRTING TAILOR, 108 & 165 Wabash-av., cor. Monroc-sly SIIRTS, Etce SHIRTS. Using nono but BELMOT Linens, which uniformly give tho best of sorvico, and hav- ing our cutting and manufacturing deno in tho l‘nult skl !u.l, mnnger—lhio rgsufllt (Hna at man oars’ oxperisnce in conduct m lar) nl{ hfin’l flmluhinz Gooda busi- noss in this country—onablos us tolPrnduos Bhirts not oqualed for {it and durability, and at prices to suit tho timos, clearly proves that Shorman did not write the famous Sherman letter. Who didl It s be- causo her testimony deflantly stops there that the witncss makes & bad {mpression, 8ho says she Qictated tho letter, but sho goes no further to stato to whoin sbe dictated it than to declare that the language was futrusted to a pen; o pen with fcathers upon it: an amanucnsis cxtroor- dipary held by 8 person whose usme she sald she kiad committed to oblivion, and she would cut off her right haud befors sho rovealed it. The woman fs A BOCIAL AND POLITIOAL PIENOMENON. She belongs to a political condition unknown Nortli. 8Lo talks of étatosmen with whom she has beld interviews, and, to thelr terror, says that all of these interviews, reduced to short- hand, sro recorded in a great Jedger. She plainly fotimated that the perdon who wrote the Sherman letter at hor dictation was dead, or, us sha describes it in her wierd diglect, “He may have gone to tho land of shadows” “I know tho veginniog and endiug of the lottor,” satd she, Anderson lotters if he would give her tue tutor- mation which eho required regarding the courre pursucd by bim (o obtain Mrs, (ebar's letter; oth- erwise alia would be compelled to REFUSE TUE BAME 48 1B DID, Mr, Springer azain ook the witness, ssking her hiow long it was from the time that left Weber unil) she returned with the docament. She thought it fu the neighborhood of three- quarters of an honr. She remained in the recop. tion porior but sbuut, dys minules, durinz whith timo she uncooscionsly bit the end from the note hndmuml 1o Mr, Shermau fatrusted to her for de- very, Mr. McMahon roferred to the correspondenco which bad existod betweon the witness and dov. Kelloga, and particularly desired to know wlat 1sttor ahe referred Lo in Ler letter dated Nov. 14, 1877, in which she sald: *! Yes, I refer to the let- ter yon wot of. Yoa will porcelve by one of Andorson's letters, which T incioso, that he values it vel{ mfihl’. and siso that he Is not 1n Pfineulon of ibe u:fimmlh d you may bo eure hat he will nevor got it, or the other papers that ho deema of valuo.” w ugut. *“Not only a luzury, but & necenity.” To ba had of all Wins Mercoants, Gtocers, Drugaists gaa Bineral Wate Dealers Yuroughout tha United Btates, and wholesale of FRED'K DE BARY & CO.,, BOLK AGENTS, KOS, §1 & 43 WAIEEN-ST,, NEIW YORR. Every eni‘lnl nottle dears the registered Yellow pictorial lavel of the ATOLLINARIS COMPANY (LIMITED), LONDON, Apollinaris Water! ¥OIt SALE DY GROMMES & ULLRICH, 100203 BANDOYPILT., CHICAGO, SUMMER RESORTS, CATARACT HOUSE, Nisgara Falls, N. Y, Hpectal Dispatch to The Tridune. Wasmxaton, D, C., June 24.—Mr. Bherman said to-day thut he felt much less interest now in the investigation than when it began. As long as it was to bo uscd as o pretext for revo- 1ation, it was o proceedlog of some diguity snd {mportance, but tow s Its purposo sccms con- fincd, so far o Loulstans = eancerned, to dia- cover whother Andcrson aworo falsely in his protest filed with tho Roturning Board or swears folsely now, and whethor the namo of ono of the Eloctorsol Loulsiana was signed without his auttiority to ao unnecessary ond in- valid supplemental return or not, tho inquiry Is not lmportant coough to PAY 178 COBT. Whenever,” he continued, “the Committee ta rendy to cxamine whether In truth andn fact the election {n Enst and West Fuliclana was free ond falr; whother the protest of Anderson was forged or geuulne, uud whother it a falso or truo; whether his story that he told me about his forged protest is truo or mot; when the Committec i ready to Inquire who .—Yes, but [ want to hear yon talkk now. A.— Well, I nope you are edificd. Q. —Did yon ever wee documents that Anderson soid he had from Matthews? A, o, sit; he did not inclose them for my per 1 nover had gnuuulnn of them. 11 had they nover wonld ave gone before this Committee. Ity the Chalrman: Q.—Woa the letter you dic- :ll:d in Parlor ¥ written in ink or peacilt” A.—~In ink. Q. —Was it legible ur not when it wos Gnished? A.—That re: '1'. for others to discusy. ‘The cllrouraply wi not elegaat. It mever is, butl migtit have made it out. ; Q. ~Huve yoy,_ever read any of Sherman's lel- terst A.—Inever have readany of his cowmposl. tion, except 1have read bis spceches as reported In the Congresstonal Record. 1 am famillar with mont of our statesmen's stylo, and {f § have read them once I ihink 1 COULD IMITATR THEM. Q.—DId you try to imilate bia style when you dictated the lettéey A,—Not e particulatly,” It might have doue for any one. §,—The letter coptained thin plrase, ** Your nots of cven date,” Do you nse that phrare when Jon write? A.—Yon, air, very often. 1 abureviate it in that way. Aws for the word, ** llayes ™ there, it happencd to” bo mentioned wiille 1 waa in the room, otherwise I would not have thunght of suck an august perronage. toe letter signed ** 1., **Jno.," or warebouse odjoinfoz. The 1,000 bales which tho two houses contalned were soon cnveloped. 'Ihie insurance on tho cotton is 847,000. It ia thoughit over one-fifth ot the cotton may be re- packed and Ph:ked. Tho compress sud bulld- Ing, worth about $40,000, are badly damaged, us is olso tho planters’ warehousc. ~ Probubly fo- surcd. CIIICAGO. ‘A still alarm was given to Engino No.8at 8:43 o'clock yesterday, caused by u defective stovepipe, which sct fire to somo loosc papers fo the rear kitchen of Nu. 182 West Huron street, owned ond occupiea by J, Btark, Dawm- age, 810, Tho alarm from Box 824 ot half-past 13 o’clocl yesterdsy ofternovn was caused by an over- heuted stove in the two-story frame houso Nu. 600 South Union strect, owned and oceuped by Jolin Oaterberg as a shoe-store. No dautuge. During the questioning by Mr. McMahon, witha view of Liaving the witncsa state that tho letter re- forrod to was tho Sherman letter. the witnges EVADED DIKKCT QUESTIONS, ® and made various Inquiries of Mr. McMahon. Sh however, stated that had there been §10.000 of- fered for the Sherman lctter, and if 1t was In her CATFKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE. New Yonx, June 2h.—A rumor comes {rom Tivolt, N. Y., that the famous Catskill Mouat- d not have de b ol . ] aln House was destroyed by fire to-nlght. The logaton of e £ e e Ky, WI' SON BROS 1 loue know tho onding of it. Pcoplo dio !n | manufactured tho pretended Bhermun lot- possetilon ahy wosid ot hove dcpruied berbonet || Sidokn | pherman} A5 It wes slgued **John ———— i :h:']-m; sacd, b 133 lm‘llel 8% the Falld, z_{m oy Loulut;nu m;mnlmco. “I nlox:fldknow !iho blezl;;; tor, then I will essisv tho Committes P lml n)gr.' l;o"lll::%-’um you ever seo sny of Alr, q,"_-an: ‘).:;,,Aw w\gl:h |§ '.l.;,, néw‘.,l,‘ ",fl Is.: SENATOR BRUCE. L d T i V' 2 ning of It. Iwon't tell who did writept. Lwill | 1o proving the nature, character, and ex- T ] recoileet that? A, —Yes, sir, 1 do; bu g bbb R e el | 07 and 09 Woshingtongeb SMRE% | o aay 10 not weto 1 : b e, Sl e i jonso mict s fas cloat 69 and 71 Fourtlist., Cincinnati, tent of fraud, violence, snd Intimidation tuut 408 North Fonrth-st., 8t. Tnnis, controlled the clection, I will prove that the Mr. McMaton rolorred to the letter beariug thy signatol t Thomas Jeuks, Mkhflz the witness if House s ravorite, with 1416 travelinig publie, A bath : it n’:_m the signature of hor hushan b 1ouse le attached Lo the House, containiog hiot and cold athis and eurront batha, =ue latier & sne ity rerel ropeat it if you can, A.—**8lr, we ,— Morringe of the Colored Statoswan st have carefully considered tho arguments made by Cleveland Laat Evening. TUAT 18 ALL tho Committce with its machinery end most e e N o " ou ot ouy recont interviow, " or lnmflllln’ of that A b e Tivery, ol e = i = protest was sworn to snd subscrived to Ly troct question was again evaded, snd the {,,Mm“,,,“,, oaltive As tothe word 'irecent. 't Bpectal Dispateh (o The Tridune found st otnor places, 4 daperior, LYecY, Wi e YIYDRAULIO ELEVATORS. tkior crose-esaminer In Amarica have boen | Andorsom, and that overy word of It fs trucs | witness sl that et ustand conld identity iy ki L o e e b oovidin fos 1s | CLBVELAND, O., Juno 24.—Tha wedding cere- connecied Loard by the week, {rom sble to obtaln from this remarkablo woman re- e ** own sigusture, and, he being present, she rutorred tho gentluman to hit for the information _desired. Tnreply to further interrorativn by Chalrman Poiter, the wituess wtated that her walden nsme was Murdotk, Uen, Butior atated to Mrs, Jenks that ha destred that the protended notice to mo of the forged protest is both fmprohable aud false; that the pretended letters to and by mo were munufac- tured, and that never suw or knew of elther. scarcely wpeciic enough. Tu the or **in the case wo puraus tha course suggested by you, we will bo obliged 1o leavo the State. Wil you, iherefore, state in witlng 10 whoin wo shiull Jool far the lulflllmlenl of your p!mnlle-! i the {fouss. ocording 10 1ength of stay and locallon of WHITNRY, JERAULD & CO., Tropiieiors. OCCANTIOUSE, NEWPORT, R.I. i FHALRS STANDARD HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS! Beo Cllcaga Tribuac of June 18, or seod for descripe tive circular to HALE & CO. tato-at., Ohidago. mony ot Henator Blanche K. Bruce, of Missis- sippl, to Miss Josephine Willson was colobrated thls eventug at 8 o'cluck at thie residence of the specting that mot less remarkable letter. Throughout she assumed the churacter of de- fender of 8horman from the machinations of the D, As Wane bride's father, on Perry street. No formal fn- peoplo with whom she ussociated, ud | Tuconly doubt I hvo is whother Auderaua | to grailty her catloalty fn regard ta obtaining the 8 L vitatlons were issued, and every precaution was JUNE, 27,1878, Phosa wiles atio declared ghe knew 00 | forzed them as he did the signature of Weber | lotier from Mya. Weber. | 1o ealf that Lov, cere 1 beltsve that Is it. Q.—1s your recoliection ot it denved from that single reading in the botel? A, —Y 31 bad it somo time ofterwards, and 1 way bave taken a lit-, te nota of it. ‘Q.—Wero you omployed in the Treasury Departe mont at ona thne? A.—I was fiere two montha in 1875, and accepted o position during that time. made toavold parade. On Saturday afterucon those desired were verbally nsked. But few colored people were present. The Rev. Rulison, of 8t. Paul's, who aslsted fo the marrlage of Don Comeron, per- formed the ceremony. A recaption uotil 10 o’clock touk place, when the bride and groom started for the Union Depot and took s special car for New York, via tho Lake Shore Roud. ‘Thev will sall for Europe on Wednesday, Upon “well, Bhe went so far s to open s letter written by Weber aud Anderson to Bhcrman, intrusted to her as messengor, to see that thero was somothing offensive {n it to 0 grust a dignitary oa Bhormnan. Bho dld this fu an unconscious moment, biting off the end of tho cavelopo snd finding offensive language In it, and, knowlng that the word of Sherinen was good enough WITIIOUT A WRITTEN GUARANTES, S T T __._.——————«'_—-—__‘_.'— PIGEON COVE HOUSE, UNITED STATES HOTEL, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YOLK, Open for ta)o Senson from Juno 16 to the' Weber ogrecment, or whether ho wus duped by othors witha pretonded lettor by me. My fmpression until Mrs. Jeoicatestitied was that he MANUPACTURED TUE LBTTER RIMIELP. I hedid not, why did ho not montion it {n his gearch for ofticet Etill, thero are somo Indica- tions that hie believed thero was a letter frotn Stoughton bud wmyself, and sume such ides or protenso might have been beld out to liw to ;n'u uaaded bim a bundle of papors, and in it ho Joun T4 LETTER ADDRESSED TO MRS, WEUER. Mrs, Jenke (quickiy)—\Why did you not band it back to him? { Nlr‘ Butlee (very slowly)—Decanso 1 had use or it. Q. —To whom did yon dictata the latter? A.—A pen is 8 wechanical fnstrument, you know. Q. —You dictated 10 8 pen? A.—-Some ous might bave besn holding the pon, mou,h. . —Who waa that pome ounel A.—I refuse ta ;] 103 Mr. Siristow was Secretary of thy Troasury then. 1 don't think the Goverument mado much by my services. [had OTHEIR HUSIAESS TO ATTEND TO. 1 accupted tho posttion because it was uffered, and 1 beld 1t ouly for two monthe, MINCE L LANE! AN Chitazo & San Juan T tell you. ‘ : turning from Europe thoy will visit Lure m , 7 —aAm I to underataud you, then, aro the author , —Dld yi A [ -5 tal Oatober 1. P O STI) OAVE_D. shodlctatestheroply heraelf throughthisplumed | keep thorascal trusto the truth. ‘This, how- { af ihe language of that lettes,—(hat the oonllm: m?nu DA.’.":')‘, r;:-."- 7 ‘fifif“x“&.’.‘i? u; v\‘lwmu :::'m‘::ejfi,“\'\’ydm‘,'lmnmn.k “fl':.‘.."i"..‘i“f::";" m: TOMPICINS. GAGE & CO. Shechunical Instrument, ao amanuonsls extraor- | ever, 1s fn dispute, and Iihope the Committeo | Jore cowpored tyyour A.— dictated the lotter, | vory often until'l got tired of it. - I used 10 go in o Farttes haviod fatlod to rogister thele names June 20,84 reguired 1 (ho prospectus snnougcement for tho propused excuraton, tho bon Jues Siiuing toglons h ston will b postt r:l; "fi:‘fl l‘:;:]: i?ll.’lll' $ho exe posed u! Ra0ll, & Minlig E: LB & LEE, Miolyg o Clarkat. Chicago West Park Bonds, coupan: ll.lhnfloll%‘l{“’i%"l‘filw § ] IUNAL mfi‘k Chicag T. T. GURNEY, Bupervisor. Clife: UL, Juns 20, 1570 dinary tothe person whosa namerests laoblivion. 1t was 8hie plainly intimates that Anderson was not to bo trusted it thero waa auy Democratic money enywhere to b obtatned, Sho treated Gen, Butler In a patronizing way, bidding him to compose himsclf, until sho dis- covered that he had moro of ber letters, whon she commenced a vigorous exsmination of him, She had no kindly words for tho Adminlatra- tiou, for sho sald the Administration was NEVER FRIENDLY TO ANYLODY that stood by It, and as for smatcur politicians of the Northern stripe, sho sald, * [ don’t llke Independents, They bave no politics at all.* Slio is disconcorted that Gov, Kelloge scems to be playing luto the hauds of Gen. DBut- ler, Bhe declared sha had nothing {n common with Keltogg. Bha heloed to seat Lim as Andorsou thelped to seat Spafford, but sald a room with Jota of deeks In i1, where I did soine writing, I went thers almost overy dav when 1 had nothing else tado, [Laugbier.] Senator Weat, 1 believo, was good euough to bave mo appoluted. Q.—In' whose writing wad thte letter tuat was hauded to you to delivery A.—Ithink §t wasin Waber's bandwriting. Kpringer asked the witness ragsrding s cere tain clafm i which hor family had been jaterested, bul the enbject proved uniuterestiug. 3 “That ls all T have Lo ssk, Len [ moyo we sdjourn. (Laugh- wr. ML, Jonks wae then excused until to-morsow moruing, sud the Committes Look a recess. GEN. BOYNTON,. MI8 TALKS WITH TUBE PROSIDENT. Wasminaton, D, C., June 4.—When the Committes reassembled, Gon. I V. Boynton, 1he special correspondent at Washlogtoa of the Ciucipuatl Gazetts, was callod. will iind out the exuct truth.’” Mr. Slermau spoke of somo other matter, and thon sald: * As to tho eriticiains of my conduct in not denying more strongly that I wrote the ptetended lotter, I only Lavo to say that I de- nied it aa strongly AS ANY TIONEST MAN COULD deny such an allegation, for no hopest man could say, called suddenly as I wus, and without koowledge of the testhinony of Anderson, and iu the face of the nsscrtlons ropentedly mude that the original Jetter and & phiotogruphic copy would be produced, that it wus impossiblo that ho bad written such a letter. My answer wos right and true, that I had no recollectiou of writing sucha letter, and that T belleved 1 never did. Now tho Committee fs suowiug ‘that T did not writo tho letter, and as the tim, pluce, aud clrcumstauces arc dovelopod 1t s shown that I Do A AR A A AP S T A SR STATE LINE. KW YORK TO GLABGOW. LIVERFUOL, DUDLIN, gm.v‘ég‘é ISOEIRT agd the Iaris Exposltion gIATE O DIANAG Tliursday, TATE OF Louin ANA..o. hursduy. irat eabin‘#00 and 873, uccovdinir 1o sccommoda- tions. Jeturn tickeis at reduco d rates, Bocond Cably, toturg tickels at reduccd Braerago.at luwe ot TRL Apply to ftyv-taded AUBRIN R 124 Washtngton-! i R s s BRI ANCHOR LINE MALL STEADMERS ' New York aud Giregow. RYONIA, June 20, 8 pm | ETE [OP1A, July 13, Spm NCI A, Jul) 1 As R B B Ly $ 28 "OPIA..Juno 34 2pm | AUSTHALIA. July 3, 7am bins "B’r‘:flm 71‘“.':!‘)?“ !:5![!“!’(;&\\1“ Tales, MERDERSON BROTHITTL i Washiagton-st. of proscnts, sowe of thewn quite valusble. The oue from the parcats, of an clegant setof ell- verware, was probubly the most costly, S ——— THE WEATHER. Orrice or Tam Cuter Sioxan Orrices, WasuinoTox, D, C,, June 25—1 . m.—ludica~ tous: Fur Tenncsseo, and the Oblo Valley, and Lower Laka reglon, northwest to southwest winds, atatlovary or falling baroweter, waroier, partly cloudy weather. For the Upper Loko reglon, Upper Missis- sippl, and Lower Missourl Valloys, falling barometer, soutbesst to southwest winds, warmer, hazy, or cloudy weather, snd possibly }ght local ralus, followed by northwest winds, LOUAL UBSERVATIONS. Cn10ag0, June 3%, Wind. |Vel.| Bn.| AN ORIGINAL PRODUCTION. Q.~Tt originsted with you? A.~Yas, sir, with b : . —Thon you are the author a¢ the contenls of the lettert A.—Yes, sir. Q.—1luve you forgotten the name of the person to wham yoa dictated thie Shorman letter? 1 thiuk I have, Yes, 1 have given the name to ob- 1lviun, and 1t nover has had resurrection, [y ‘on will not say that yoo dia_not write the oarself? A.—No, slr, 1 will'not say that. Q.—You saw tho Jotier st iba time It was betng written! A.—Yos, 1looked on, Q.—You do nol deny yon wrote it A,—No e Py you dictated 1t toapent A,—It ouvay you dlctate apent A= i TR, % hiak it aeb Toattiers on it 'Q.—Did you sce any ogoln the ladies' reception= room? A.—}didnot. I wnaecontemplating POLITICAL AYPAILY OF THE KATION, . Q—Wasitin Parlor I'tust you bit tho end of thts lotter off sud ruad It, —tbo lotter 10 Shermant { —It was quite an lovoluntary sct om iy part. > e le! WAGONS, CARIEAGES, Etc, NEW SIDE-BAR T CART, Tho Lightest sad Most Btyllsh 4-Passeager Wegon i Biier A e wul Tina__1Bar, | T e — o wasdale ah s Queation br At eMlahon -Did you callupon 7 that Kollogg was seated merely as a part ¢ d . —Had boen 10 the Prestdent of the United States In relationto | 3. - Rorlh German floyd, | C2ringesERRetons &0, | L el o B e | e et | B P e e e e i The steamers of this Company wil} sall overy Batur- TO IENT, be would have been seated all the same. Socrotary Sherman fs still Impatient that the | ™q.—You by then, open @ letio b ntoe. o4 | Bot call upon the Prestdent upon that appolnt- | 45734 ik 61ol oo | 34 As the day wore on, howover, there was somethiog too much of this, TUB BINGULAR STORY sho tells vespecting the origiu of the letter may be true. 1t Is in harmony with what evidently tsher echeming and sdventurous disposition, 1t helps to reconcile much conflicting testimony, but the same qualitics which make her & bril- lisut and diverting witncss usfortunately tead ment cspecially. Tho spoolotment had been anbounced as belog that of an Ohio mau. There bad been, perbups the same day, u state- meut published to the effect that Anaer- son had been cugsged disreputably in manipulating thee vote of oume or {two parisbes in Loulslans; and secondly, that bo had been oppointed by the President oo that account, and in conversation I ssked tho Presl- Pottor Committee docs not nake more rapla progress, sud that he 1s ot allowed to produce tho testimony which he fs sure will provo that he and his Repubiican assoctates did nothing auriug thetr visit to Loulsiana which it wus oot proper for them to do I the {uterest of & falr count, to you, und read it A, was pot addressed to me to be sure, but it was guito fnyoluatary, Q.—The lotter was sddressed to Nierman, watn't 2 A.—I ald not lovk. Webor said it was, and 1 supposo it was, I discovered after that it w I .—You started into the Botel with the view of dolivering or sending this letter to Sheemant A, —That wia the ret hiapulee, of course, Q.—What cauaed you to change yourmind? A, —1t was the contents of the Jittle nute. 1 was con- teuplating romlul aflaire of Btate, and, q_nlm 8 i ne or. fogtof ¢ bird street,' Foboken, &’l:’."é’:" e L Yow” lo Southaiaptor iion fovie, and Drewen, € rit cabln, glovisscond Eahin, 800, Rold steerage, &40 iuIrency. FoF fn 2Bo o7 “Maatmu, 78 mishaum, o ULXERAL ONSERYATIO Cu0a00. June 34-Midnight “Staitons. |Bnr.| TA”. Rain, IFeatrer, 125,90 3] QELRICH s8d pasisge apply L0 3 ‘Grken, Now York. CUNARD MAIL LINE. ll|l|nuhnu times 8 week toand from Brlttsh Ports, west Prices, Apply 8t Cowpavy's Offica, norithwost coroet Clark and Randolph-sts., Chln.'\‘fa. P, 1. DU VEKNET. Goner.\l Western Agent. Far Rent Tor Summer Resrl, New framo bouse contaiaiag 10 sooms, pexp to sineral Spring st Montrosc,8 inlles fram the cliy, 1a- qu ) MAN, fre VI rest Chsiier of Cotatin TO RENT. Store sad basewent, 34 Lusallo-«1. ; 8120 sdco Byt St o MRS, CAPT, JENKS, 3 SZLETEIIIVIARIRIEE Tasallo st "% | somewhat to throw susplcion upon what sho | MORE INFORMATION JMPARTED DY TUAT LADY, | uncousciously, 1 blt oft the vud of i3 5 dont without denylog or afiirming soything SAFETY STEATL BOILEMR. 40303y good light, snd “elgvators well Rt | L Mer anawers are not those of uetrsighte | Wasmnatod, D. G, Juno $4—Tho Pottir could bave na Lrirale bualacss el e abia | With reference to(ha votnt § made, sald bo did ol nagufsctusiog puspusen; sl reit wboie ot AOF DRI | forwara witness anxious o tell only the trtl. Tovestigating Committoo resumed e session | {oblm theo, and I dua not thiok 1t pecessry Lo not (hink b would reccive the sppolntmient, or Beud for Catalogue of the ———— e e Hor cross-emination 1s to be continued, and | to-day, Mr. Fotter presiding, |rl1|-'ulll- .} wad du:l:;:m: n“m nflu ‘-nuuld lmndl that be would retain the office, it be should ba FIRMENICH o ovrioaAN, | the Democrata will do thetr best to discover | Mrs. Jeuks, on cnteriug the roow, made o | WENLeR. seuraness Bt A N eient P o | appoloted. DIANAMSE, OPTICIAN, Tribune Bulldiog. what was dono that morning in parlor P, fnto | very dignificd bow to tho wewmbers of the WITHOUT A WRITTEN GUAHANTRED 1t wss In the first week (n Juze that tho inter- SAFETY S.TEMI BOILER. which Mrs. Jenks was conducted by an usher, as | Committee, and took & seat iu the witueas- | Q.—Did you thiok it right toslin Sherman's | view with the Presidont took place, Gea. Boyoton e —————— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. i PrILADELPOLA, June Zh—Arrived—Steam- ships Lord Clive and City of Bristal, trom Live L nano Lo » letter which mixhicomproniiso bim bure. after! A.—Now you go too fsat. 1t poured oil ou troubled waters fur the tiwe bulng. .—lu _Noveniber, 1870, you were on friondly terius with Andereon, were you nott A.—1do got kuow what you call ‘fricudly terms. 1 koew bim pulltically, Ho kiad boen & guvst in iny houso, and ue such ho was sacred, 1 was well acaualated with m. NQ.—\\'AI'- you mcqusinted wita D. A. Weber? A.—Yes, sir very weil. 1ia wass friend, and{ ad kuown blia since 1808, &..—\‘on 'were disposed 10 be & friend to fiubu a lytobimor to Auderson; in fact, I was slws, protty friendly to Anderson, but thero was s method in our wadoess, of course, Q. —What Lad beon your relations upto that olog of Haes or Asbos, And therofoge the most sconomical, J. Q. & ¥, VIRMENICH, Brrravo, N. Y. she sald, standing like an ornsmental pillar, to dlctate that S8berman letter to the forgoticn un- kuown in the prescoco of so maoy visiting stateswen, not one of whom she names. OEN. BOYNTON. - The day closed with the eénmlmum of ten, RN . V. Boynton, of tbe Cinclonati Gadte, ACMERNN, About the time Auderson. was spoolnt- 'S PAT. ed Consul to Funchal, Geu. Boyaton, by invl- KEL| o N furulahedJa oo, Dlack. tation, bad sn foterview with the President, beat.” Frices fesonable. in the course of which reference was maas o Manufvetaics: Ghorsitesa-st, °| the nomioation of Anderson, and to the news- ¥iftcen yoars' caposicace. paper stories that he was not & proper pereon chalr, . Mr. Springer commenced tho crosseramina- tion ' by referring to the statement of the wite ness on Saturday, that no ooe exceps berselt kuew aught of the original document kuowu as the Sherman letter. Q.—f u0 one vxeroting yoursell knows aught of tho origiual documegt, you must bave wrlt- ten 8. A.~I did not ssy 0. Q.—\Were you tho aufbor of the contents of that letter] ~A.—1 dlctgtod tho contents of that letter. . Q.—Tben the person to whom you dictated baving beea riding with the President throuzh an juvitation, sud & gunersl dlscussion of tbe appolats ments baving taken place dusing the drive. By Mr. Cox—1isve you compared that date in June with the lettor written to the 6tats Devari. meul anking the withboldiag or revokingo! Ander- son's sppointment? A.—Yes, alr; 1 heard 1 was 0 ba called befote this Commitico with reforence to this matter. Ieaw It 30 statcd 1o & Western newspaper, snd [ went to my Sles aad fized the dataof tbat convervatlon sud the date of the les- 1er 1o tho State Department, which was the 26th of May. When 1 asged the Presidzotif bia cotwmis- sion had beea umk& snd bo made ruply that he 'd1d not think ho would retaln office, 1 sapposed be Fiue gpectacies sulted to sll alghts on . eie epeetacien St B R SR copes. Vatouieters &c 19 Fantuza Point, Juue 4.—Passed in—Quabec, from Liverpool. = Bostox, June 24.—Arrived—Atiss, from Liv- erpool. LoxDOxN, Juge 24.—-Steamshive Schleswlg and States of Indiana from New Yurk, Parthis sod Miunesots frum Boston, bave arrived out. Naw Yorx, Juoe 24 —Arrived—Steamer Gel- lert, from Hamburg; Pestere, from Harre. LAU A A o 1 NN 3 TATIUTH o plece 120 <O LLALLS prdos 350 ORIENTALYIR ARt a 403 W. Madison-at | 420 W. aadoiph | 111 Claskost

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