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1 , »s . „% f * • J^r* ^ . «ST:i\ ;v * i-< l^ t ,* j ̂,4* * i ] ;r %; _ ** f < * v • i l t 1 Y f < ewI F*M» t JT.TA* WtTKE, Kdttw * I Jf-sIlENRY, "1 : ILLINOIS EPITOME OF, THE WEEK. CTRRKKT PAKAOKAPHH. " ,'^Mercedes, the young Queen of Spam* died at the Royal Palace, in Madrid, Spain, oa the 36th. She was greatly beloved and will be |j)peDly mourned. .' A decision has recently been made JfSPNew York, that a note, whether accommo­ dation paper or not, is void if discounted or purchased at * higher rate than 7 per cent. S. Angler Chace, the defaulting f - fpjeasurer'of the Fall River (Mass.) Mills, pleaded guilty to embezzlement, on the 24th, and was sentenced to twelve years' Imprison­ ment in the State Prison. On the morning of the 25th, four large boilers in the Chesapeake Nail Works at Harrisburg, Pa., exploded with tremendous lorce, killing the foreman, seriously injuring four of the workmen and demolishing the building. • : ': - * The Wisconsin State Editorial Con­ vention, at its session in Madison, on the 25th, elected Sam Ryan, Jr., of the Appleton Crescent, President; E. D. Coe, of the White­ water Register, Secretary, and David Atwood, of the Mate Journal (Madison), Treasurer., It is said President Hayes has de­ cided to carry into effect the provision In the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill continuing the authority of the Hot Springs Commission just as if the clause had been enrolled after its adoption by both houses. Congress will be depended upon to ratify this action, and also to pass a deficiency for the payment <6f the Commissioners. »• *: The following are the full election re­ turns from Oregon: For Congress--Whitaker (Dem.), 16,554; Hines (Rep.), 15,884; Camp­ bell (Ind.), 930. Governor--Beektnan (Rep.), 16,009; Thayer (Dem ), 16,063; Wilkins (Ind.), 1,353. Secretary of State--Earhart (Rep.), 16,146; Reams (Dem.), 15,852fCates (Ind.), 1,889. Treasurer--Hirsch (Rep.), 16,656; Brown (Dem.), 15,493; Sutherlin (Ind.), 736. Carter (Rep.), for State Printer, and Powell (Rep.), for Superintendent of Public Instruc­ tion, were elected. A Washington dispatch <rf the 27th says the coinage of standard silver dollars since the passage of the Kemonetization act had amounted to about $8,500,000--an average of a little more than ¥2,000,000 a month. The •lints were closed for the annual settlement, 0. Irat would be reopened on the 5th of July, after which the silver-dollar coinage would be about $3,000,000 a month. About $4,000,- . €00 in silver had been exported from San Francisco to China during the preceding two months. Considerable excitement has recently teen created in Washington by a report of the alleged disgraceful conduct toward a lady on the part of Congressman Acklen, of Louisiana. The friends of the accused gentleman pub­ lished a statement, on the 23d, contradicting „ the version of the story as given to the public. It was stated that Gen. Rosser had protected the lady at the time of the insult offered her by Acklen, and had kicked the latter out of the restaurant when the affair occurred. A duel between the two gentlemen was thought to be imminent. Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, in an open letter to the New Tork Sun of the 23d, accuses Abram 8. Hewitt with having withheld the opinion of Mr. Til- den as to the Electoral bill at the time of the meeting of the Committee of Advisement, on the 15th of January, 1877, at Which meeting he aays Mr. H. was as dumb ias an oyster as to Mr. Tilden's sentiments, although he knew lie (Tilden) disapproved of the proposed meas­ ure. Mr. Watterson says the members of the committee finally agreed to support the bill, most of them believing it to be the emanation of their chief. Mr. Wat­ terson then reiterates his charge that Mr. Hewitt's failure to tell the committee what Mr. Tilden had said to him the day be­ fore, was the practical suppression of Mr. T.'s more sagacious councils and to all intents a betrayal of his friend. Mr. W. repeats and declares his charge of personal dishonor upon •Mr. Hewitt. He then proposes to submit the matter to an arbitration qf five of the mem­ bers of the said Committed of Advisement, •and says if they do not make his charge good lie will make Mr. EL a public apology. m. >" KASTEHS COHTKOVBMT. ̂ A St Petersburg: dispatch of the 23d eaays there was much excitement there over the fact that Turkey was to be allowed to garri­ son the Balkan Passes. A London dispateh of the 22d says Attstria had demanded of the Porte 7,000,000 florins for maintaining the Bosnian refugees, or, in lieu of money, the cession of Kiek, Sut- torina, Trebinje, Smoski and Sivino. la the European Congress, on, the 94&, the right of the Sultan to place on the Boumelian frontiers whatever number of troops he might deem necessary for security was admitted in principle, but at the same time Russia proposed a series of amendments which England refused to accept. The Con­ gress al«o fixed nine months as the term to be allowed Russia for withdrawing her troops from Eastern Roumelia and Bulgaria. A Berlin dispatch of the 25th says the Turks had declared that they would not evacuate the fortresses until the Treaty of Fteace had been ratified by all the Powers. It was reported in London, on the 25th, that Russia had ordered Montenegro and Servia to arrange a compromise with Austria relative to their claims. A Vienna telegram of the satne date says Russia had given her cohsent that %e boundaries of Roumelia Bhoule be the ^gean Sea, or the approach to the Balonica, on cession of Varna the 'Wm&t of the quadrilateral «& Bulgaria. The British Indian contingent force. ' has been ordered back'to India. • Prince Gortschakoff was present at tbe sitting of the Congress on the 26th, al­ though he had to be carried there, owing to ' Ikift fp£tKlA IT-- - a . , . _ iic luaue a Bpeecn, in y?l|rh!ch he said his colleagues had granted con- v%*«*sions, in the name ot Russia, far surpass- fig what she had thought of making. He was ' far too well aware of the feelings which actu­ ated his colleagues to raise objections to such , * « ®oncesBions; he merely wished to state that f. ii'sJ^ussia made those sacrifices from a desire for 1 • »^eace, and that she had no narrow or selfKh %Im. Lord Bcaconsfield acknowledged, in the * , Ipame of the Congress, that a desire for peacc actuated Russia, a(Ms wane seuU- • pent would continue iey were % • . . k' ^ j #.| * m ,iMJistv-.i.. SKHERAt. A Galveston (Xex.) dispal ?3a says Gens. McSrencie and jneturnc.l, with their Q^piEumlSf to Iran side of the Rio liramB|after etrated several miles into Me^|k). met on the route by* a deta#8raent Mexican Army under Cel. widely who ".In­ quired the cbject of the invasion, and de­ manded that they should proceed no further. Gen. McKenzie warned then* out qf his way, and the Mexicans yield^ aAd'after­ ward offered to escort Mckenzie's forces on their return to the place of crossing. > No captures were made during the expedftioii. ' MoseS A. Wheelock, fof twenty yeSfs President of the New York *9fcfck Exchange, committed suicide, on tbe 23d, by shooting himself through the head.. , • •< Mr. Justice Miller, of the United States Supreme Court, had a very dangerous operation performed upon him, for ealculuB, on the 22d. He was very sick on the 23d, but the physicians hoped he might recover. Congressman Ackleii telegraphed from New Orleans, on the 24th, explicitly denying the statement that Gen. Roeeer had assaulted him in a Washington restaurant be­ cause of an offered indignity to a lady. Gen. Rosser was at St. Paul, Minn., and in an in­ terview positively refused to make any state­ ment relative to the affair. He said the mat­ ter was a very delicate and strictly personal one, and he had made no statement to auyone concerning it. The Mark Lane (London) Exprtss of the 25th says the situation of the cereal crops in England was highly critical.! With the exception of France, where thd wheat plant had suffered almost as much as in England, Continental advices ̂ promised a fair average yield, but in Eastern Russia thou­ sands of acres of grain had been cut to pieces by a succession of unusually heavy hail-storms. A Silver City (Idaho) dispateh of the 25th says the advance troops of Gen. Howard attacked the hostiles on the 23d, forty-five miles from Harney, at Curry Creek, Col. Robbins and two soldiers were killed. It was thought the hostile Indians had met with a (severe repulse. The Illinois Republicans held t&eir State Convention at Springfield, on the:96fch. Gen. J. C. Smith was renominated for. State Treasurer, and James P. Blade for Superintend­ ent of Public Instruction. Resolutions were adopted declaring unfaltering faith in the principles and patriotism of the Republican party, and that the Democratic party cannot be safely intrusted with the ad­ ministration of the affairs of the Government; indorsing the financial system created fry the Republican party during the war; opposing any further contraction of the greenback currency, and favor­ ing BUch currency as can be maintained at par with and convertible Into coin at the will of the holder, and that such currency be received for import duties; declaring that the permanent pacification of the Southern sec-5*'1 tion of the Union and the complete protection of all its citizens in all their civil, political, personal and property rights, is a duty to which the party stands sacredly pledged, and for which purpose it placed the recent amend­ ments in the Constitution of the United States; favoring the amendment of the crimi­ nal code by providing for the punishment of dishonest bank managers, and declaring that those who preserved the country 6liould gov­ ern it. The Democratic State Convention of Ohio was held at Columbua, on the 26th. A platform was adopted renewing pledges of devotion to the Union and the Constitution, with amendments; declaring for home ruje; the supremacy of civil over military power; separation of Church and State; equality of all citizens before the law; absolute acquiescence in the lawfully-ex­ pressed will of the majority; opposition to all subsidies; the preservation of the public lands for actual settlers, and the maintenance and protection of the common school systenT; that, while the decision of the Forty-fourth Congress aB to the Presidential controversy was final, that decision ought not to preclude authentic investigation and ex­ posure of Till frauds connected wfth: that election; that the commercial and Industrial stagnation, and the consequent wide-spread want and suffering throughout the country, are due to the pernicious financial legislation of the Republican party; demanding the re­ peal of the Resumption act; the free coinage of silver; the gradual substitution of legal- tender paper for National Bank notes, and its permanent re-establishment as the sole paper money of the country, receivable for all Gov­ ernment dues; the gradual extinction of the public debt, etc., etc. David R. Page was nominated for Secretary of State, aod A. F. Hume for Supreme Judge. It was reported, on the 27th, that Grcece had concluded a loan in Paris <& $10,- 000,0001 An Athens dispatch #ays fightiuig bad been going on for %tbiree days; at. Apo- oorona. --p ? a. A dispatch, received in London on the morning of the 28tb, from Therapia, re­ ports that about twenty obscure persons had been arrested, suspected of complicity in a conspiracy in favor of ex-Sultan Murad. The party opposed to the present Sultan appeared to be gaining strength, and 15,000 fresh troops had been summoned to Constantinople. According to a Silver City telegram of the 27th, the recent attack upon the In- dian^at Curry Creek resulted in a victory over the hostiles, several of whom were killed, the remainder fieeing in dismay. The hos­ tiles numbered about 1,500, the assailants about 500. Further fighting was expected. Gen. Howard had arrived on the ground. ^ "I Sympathize" Uttft ¥ou.» ; I WAS an orphan. My father and mother both died when I was a little boy. And not many years after, when I was yet in my teens, a dear sister was taken from me. I deeply felt the loss. My heart was sad. In these circum­ stances, one day meeting Col. Pi, an aged man, he kindly said to me, I sympathize with you." The words went to my heart. More than fottV years have since passed away. Col. P. long ago left the world and went to heaven, as I believed; but I have never forgot­ ten the friendly words that he spokp to me in my sore bereavement. As I now recall them, myself a gray-haired man, the tears bedim my eyes. Other trials I have experienced all along life's pathway; and ag I write, I feel the sadness of recent sore afflic­ tions. This is a world of change and of sorrow. All experience them in some form and measure. There are few indeed who are not in need of sym­ pathy. Let us not forget to speak kindly words to those whose souls are bowed down within them. They may j>rove a balm to their wounded hearts. They may help to lighten the heavy burden. Thev cost but little, but are often of priceless vmlue»«~$cwv .jjmeri- COM Messenger. _ , v P •> THE fffTESTlGAfjpt^lt HE investigation was resumed on 22cL Befate pAbeedixtg with the examina- n of witnesses, M*. Bailer stated that, (taring ie examination of Stanley Matthews ha would absent. Rinoehehid ee^a t̂wB t̂ the era that tneieasen b* kir to testify nefore the fear <i£ being insulted by SHII^GSSRTE( Mahon and Sir. Heed each explained the PRFI day and withdrew all was a Mc- at-armn of the preceding day'and withefn ^ " objectionable lemarks. Capt. Jenks was recalled and farther cross- examined by Miv McMahon, in regard to his visit ami tha% of his wife to WmihiiiJitQnt The latter cime at the instance of Gov. Kel&ag. and he "himself had paid her expenses. Anderson, it wit* vmderstood, had certain doemeents whirh Kellosrc desired to get. and Mrs. Jenks was in Washington for that purpose. "Witness claimed that the rel'wnce in Anderson's letter to him in relation to "that document," etc., he did not understand, and that he wrote for a description or explanation. Anderson had written him that the document was worth $1,000, that certain Democrats would pay that sum lor it. He had »een it Ktsted in the new»pappr* that hia wife had the so-called " Sherman letter," but she had told him it was not true. Witness reiterated the statement that he knew nothingo£ the eo-eallcd Sherman let ter until it was mentioned by Pitkin, on the 6th of January. Mrs. Jenkts, wife of the preceding, testified that Anderson had written to her from Philadelphia in relation to the document he termed the " Sher­ man letter." She knew nothing of this docu­ ment which Andernon thus designated until last January. She had seen the document, picked it np from a table and kept it in her possession for two a»d a half minutes, when she ya?# 'it to Weber. Witness then save the contents of the letter she handed to W;ber. repeating word for word tne fco-calJed "Sherman letter. She hart never seen the document since she handed it to Weber. Iler husband had told her that Pit kin had mentioned the existence ot tne " Sherman letter" to him. on the 6th of January. She came to W ashiniiton of her own motion. Witness ad­ mitted having written to Anderson inouirinrr if he wanted the Sherman letter. In 1877, Andersen wrote that he wanted the docu­ ments that tbe "dead beata .who came ,to Louisiana to see a fair count" had triven him. After Sparring with the Committee in regard to the document, witness continued: " Well, I wish to state in the pies -nee of this au­ gust Committee and the country at larjre that I distinctly and entirely exonerate Mr. Secretary Bh'-rman from any complicity, direct or indirect, in the t-o-called Anderson-Weber guarantee. If there is criminality attached to it, I alone know the Alpha and Omega of it. No one else knows autjht m regard to it, and i do not think 1 shall tell you anything more. It is sufficient that I exonerate air. Sherman and Mr. Andeisou; and although I may deein him (Anderson) one of the most magnificent and sublime scoundrels, at le:ist in the matter of the guarantee h*5 has been sincere, and I award him all due merit. He has always deemed it gen­ uine. and this may be the small ray of hjjht admitted into the darkness that surrounds him. No one knows about that document but myself, and I do not. think I am compelled to tell you '.•ntlemen any more." Witness further said that Weber did give her a note to take to Sec'y Sher­ man, but she did not viBit him and handed no note to him. When Weber told her that Ander­ son wanted a guarantee from Sherman she asked him why the word of such a man was not suffi­ cient. Weber said he was satislied but Anderson was not. He also told her they had just written a fetter to Sherman which he was on his way to de­ liver. He requested witness to take and deliver it. Unconsciously she bit off the end of the note, and knowing it was not private business, and feeling ashamed and indignant, she deter­ mined not to deliver it and did not, and said noJhii:gto Sherman about it. At that time the idea struck her that Weber wanted an answer, and he cot it. Witness declined to state who wicxe the answer, but said it was not written by Sherman, or anv one authorized to express his opinions. The envelope was directed to Weber and Ander­ son. Witness gave the contents--the so-called "Sherman letter," vetbatim, and said it was written in the presence of the visiting statesmen in Parlor P. St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans. ,;The name " John Sherman" was signed to the an- swei. Witness gave the letter to Weber without saying a word. She had not seen the document since. Had sought for it. and asked Weber to look for it. She had also written to Mrs. Weber asking her to look for it among her husband's papers,'and identified that letter and one writ­ ten by Andeison offering *1,000 for the letter. She further said that Anderson and Weber were on the lookout for guarantees at that time, and if they had wanted one from the Sublime Porte thev should have had it. A letter from witness to Gov. Kellogg, in which she Fpnke slightingly of Anderson, was read and identified by witness, who asked Gen. Butler if he didn't think it a breach of confidence to give these letters out. Gen. Butler said it had been said that all was fair in Louisiana politics. Witness said she came to Washington in January on her own busi­ ness, and on business for the Nation at large, not on KeHogg's business. She had never written any letter of the same purport as the one handed to Weber w ithSnerman's name attached to it. After a short recess, M r. McMahon tried hiR hand at ex­ amining Mrs. Jenks. Witness declined to say to whom she delivered the letter Weber handed her to give to Sherman, or whether she delivered it to anybody, and also declined, emphatically and distinctly, to say who wrote the reply to it. it was Kiiflicient. she said, to know he got a reply. The answer was dictated by herself. She wanted Weber to remain under the impression that it was from Sherman, and remarked, incidentally, that the "end justified the means, especially in Louisiana politics." She said there were a great many guarantees demanded at that time, and that, Democrats found some of them. She ac­ knowledged to versatility in politics, and did not know in the morning what her politics would be in the evening. She did not remember what gentlemen were in Parlor P when the Sherman letter was dictated. She knew there were many lights in the political world there, but gentlemen did not impres.-. her much, any way, and she did not look around to examine them. She could not say whether Mr. Matthews was there; she never met him until she saw him in the Senate. Fuither questioning failed to in­ duce the witness to say what disposition was made of the letter she was to hand to Sherman. She said she was the person who got Anderson to gio back to Louisiana. She was, she said, never indifferent to politics. Politics in Louisiana , was a science. She considered it a small matter when the vote of the State depended on the two Felicianas, because the Returning Board had not then met, and she did not know that vast inter­ ests were hanging in the balance. The protests had been filed, but the visiting statesmen had not arrived. Anderson had entered his pro­ test. and the Democrats bad otferei him r4.()0:l, when he was smitten with regrets of conscience thatjie had ever protested, and wanted to recall it. Bhe let Weber think the letter had been de­ livered to Sherman, because it prevented the visiting statesmen from being insulted. She had haf'i several interviews with Matthews, rind had once w?en Mr. Sherman, but the latter would not giant her a private audience, and she would not state her business in public, and that, she be­ lieved, laid the basis of this Potter Investigation. She had asked Matthews if Anderson had spoken to him of the "Sherman letter." and he said, "No." She had made tiii* inquiry because Anderson ured to send her a postal card almost every day stating that lie had almost " treed," Matthews, had "run him down" and was "going to get him." She could not understand what Anderson meant by his slang talk, and she did not find out from Matthews. She considered Packard a political martyr and thought he ought to be provided for. She did THB cross-examination of Mrs. Jefrks , was resumed, on the 24th, the questioning of wit­ ness being mainly concerning "tV Sherman lat­ ter. Witness again <teck|edly refused |pk who was her amanwiilifli when the Tii^iti written at her dictation,jtod declared f " alone knew anything,of toe origiSSl let4 also recounted the WlcniilBtaniiailittnii receipt of the A ndcrsoii-Wabcr totted, twiy*.: ecious mutilation of the envelope, the knowledge obtained of its request for guarantees, the determination to give them all the guarantee* thev wanted, etc., differing not materially from her statement on the direct examination. She was on friendly terms with both Weber and Anderson in )87(>. and did not know Sherman or S'oughton, but they were visiting statesmen, and it was, she consid­ ered. her duty to protect them from t.h*iAsalt which they would receive if she bad delixet^d" the Andersou-Weber letter--be.-ide, the guaran­ tee she gave the latter made, th«m feel better and tended t:> keep them in the party. Witness said she would produce more letters from Anderson on the following day, and she believed the reading of them would in­ terest the Committee, though they were not couched in elegant language. She declared +h"t she was under no obligations to Gov. KeUwgg, but it was a mere party matter that he should be seated in the Senate. If he had been a Fiji isl­ ander he would have been seated all the same. Witness says she was employed in the Treasury Department under Bristow lor two months, but she did not think the Government made much out of her. She had accepted the position be­ cause it was offered her. but she had other busi­ ness and only went to the Department when she had nothing else to do. Senator West had secured the appointment for her. To Mr. McMahon she sttted that, had so much as £10.010 been offered for the Sherman letter, aud it was in her posses­ sion, she would not have degraded her honor BO much a< to have accepted the offer. H. V. Boynton testified that the President had told him that, Anderson had been appointed to office for efficient services rendered U> the party. Mr. Butler asked witness if the President had not intimated that Anderson was possessed of ' political secrets" and was therefore rewarded. Mr. i'o.vuton emphatically declared that he had not, and then told the Committee that he had stated tne fact as it was and did not desire to have ai swers placed in his month by any mem­ ber. and if it was not the pleasure of tne Com­ mittee to accept his statements, they might wait till December. Mr. Boynton further said that while other members of the Committee had acted toward him in a gentlemanly manner. Gen. Butler had acted the part of a rowdy, and if the Committee did not protect him from his insults and insinuations he should protect him­ self. The Committee then went into secret session|tc consider whether the doings of the Mae Yea's li Commission should be considered, and shortly after adjourned. THE cross-examination of Mrs. Jenks was resumed, on the 25th. Witness languidly informed the Committee that she had not re­ ceived the letters called for on the preceding day, and doubted whether they would be thought oL much importance. She had seen Mrs. Weber be­ fore she left for Washington, and that lady in­ formed her that she (witness) had received about $100,000 for certain documents, and appeared hurt because witness did not divide. Mrs. Jenka tola her that she had not received a dollar. After promising to produce the letters called for on the following day, if they arrived, witness was excused. Mr. Boynton was recalled and stated that the President had never stated to him that Anderson was in possession of political secrets. Witness had talked with Mr. Harlan in regard to his can­ didacy _ for the Supreme Bench. Mr. Harlan de­ sired witness to find out if Mr. Bristow was a candidate, as in that event he wonld step aside. Mr. Harlan thought if he went to New Orleans and aided in bringing about a settlement of the annoying condition of affairs there, the transaction would probably help him to the Supreme Judgeship. Oa Har­ lan sreturn from New Orleans, witness told him he had been unable to find out definitely from Bristuw whether he was a candidate or not, but he thought if the place were tendered him he would rujcept it. Mr. Harlan had said to wit­ ness that he knew of no money being used to break up the Packard Legislature. Ex-Marshal Pitkin was sworn and testified that he had conversed with James E. Anderson on the subject of the protest of the Parish of East Feliciana, and asked permission to read a statement concerning it, which, after discussion, was granted. The statement contradicted An­ derson in some important details and coi r.jborated him in others. Where he first contravenes Anderson is in the matter of, the protest that Anderson claimed he signed in blank and which was after­ ward filled up and used before the Returning Board. Witness said that Anderson made two statements, and that each was sworn and sub­ scribed to in his presence, so that they were genuine documents. The second protest might nave had some blanks in it, as he only looked at it superficially. A day or two after its sign­ ing Anderson wanted to get it back, and upon his failure threatened Pitkin's life. Pitkin be­ lieved then that Anderson had been tampered with. He saw Anderson again last J uly at Wash­ ington, when Anderson showed him all his docu­ ments bearing on Stanley Matthews and others. According to his statement, he declined to have anything to do with him. ( MRS. JENKS again appeared before tbe Committee, on the 26th. She said ahe had in her possession letters from Gov. Kellogg whiqh she declined to produce without the consent of that gentleman. Judge Shellaharger, counsel for Mr. Kellogg, authorized their production. MIB. Jenks then said they were in New Orleans, and she would produce them as soon as she could. Witness distinctly stated that she dic­ tated the "Sherman letter," but absolutely de­ clined to say to whom. She said two drafts of the letter were made, but the first one, which dis­ tinctly promised a Deputy United State* Collector- hip didn't suit ner. and she destroyed it and dictated the second, which was the cele­ brated '• Sherman letter." A. G. Haley testified to conversations with Mrs. Jenks, in which she stated that she hud a letter from Sherman, and iiad been offered §2,000 for it. On cross-examination, Mr. Haley said liu acquaintance with Mrs. Jenks was a mere board­ ing-house acquaintance. Hugh J. Campbell testified that his first in­ terview with Andeison was in Pitkin's office. Did not re mem be i' having administered au oatn to him at the time of the filing of the protest. He bad never aliixed liis sig­ nature to an affidavit where the jiarfcy making it was not pie-tent. On cross-examination, witness an id: " itie fact of my having admin, s- tered an oath to Anderson will depend on my signature being found on the document. In tne preparation of this affidavit for Anderson I acted us a sort of legal adviser. This protest of AI*- derson's was prepared for him as Supervisor of East Feliciana Parish. He did not have thp returns of the parish present at that time. The protest was pre-.ented and sworn to aa a distinct paper. The information that came to me WUB that the reason the protest of the Supervisors bad not been atractied to the returns Bent by mail was because it was not *al'e to do so, and 1 know I was very clear in my opinion if sucii a fact appeared it would be a sufficient reason for not complying with thfe law in that respect. 1 did not think in that view a non-conformance with the provisions of the law would make it in­ valid." Witness believed the reaaon why Anuer- i?on wished to withdraw his protest w„s becai-.se he liaci become dissatisfied and had quarreled with some of the Republican leaders, and was not satisfied with the assurances that he would be provided for. WitneESluttherBaid: 1 have not think the President treated him very welIr" "an indistinct impression that there were rumors It Sherman would have seen her at the time she ' " callcd on him she would have explained all about the so-called " Sherman letter," Duthe wouldn't, nr.d so the Potter Committee became necessary. Witness produced the following letter from An- to Iter husband: ' TUBASCBV DEPARTMENT, ) : FOURTH AUDrroit'S OFFICE, > 1 V June 10, 1857. 1 MY DEAB TOM: Have returned to. city this morning and am in receipt ot your letter. I have not written for the simple reason I had nothing tavoiable to write. They offered me tne Consulship at Funchal, worth altogether about $2.10.. I refused it. I asked what was to be done for j on. Their answer I will give vou ver­ bally when we meet. 1 have given up the fight. but if you have anything of importance and Will come and assist me, I will open up again. 1 have «ot given it up except in so far that I would not attempt to strike before the fall elections. Of «11 the mean scoun­ drels 1 evermet; Nash is the meanest. 1II be the death of that nigger jet. 1 will give you a bit of information never given to anyone before, and you must use it carefully. When those llepubli- c.m dead-beats came to Louisiana last tajl to have a fair count, Weber and 1 refused to fall into line until we secured a written guarantee that we would 1*; provided for. Iain convinced it was on Weber's^ i>erson the day he w;w killed. He had chaige of it. Now what has'become of that paper? If we can get possession of it we will make this Administration hump. My own impression is. it was secured by his murderers, and that ic played an important part in bringing about the present state of affairs. If vou can prosecute any inquiries in regard to it, do so, but act carefully. Let me give ,\ ou tine word of ad­ vice. In case j'ou attempt anything, for God's sake do it outside of Louisiana, i would not give a nickel for you if >ou do not. Write me immediately, same address, No. 73 H street, N. AV. Jf you see Griffin tell him he will hear from ma eoon. Regards to family. Yours. J AUKS E. ANDEBSON. Witness said she met W. E. Chandler, and had rend to her what purported to be a copy of the Sherman letter. Mr. Cox suggested that Mrs. Jenks might bo fatigued, and the Committee had better adjourn. Tbe lady answered that the Committee might be fntiguod bat she WM not, and was ready to ait it out all summer. to the effect that Anueison was in negotiation with or had been tampered with by parties repre­ senting the Democratic party. 1 first heard of the Sherman letter in the summer of 18<7, after my return to New Orleans lrom Washington. At that time I heard that when Weber was killed the letter was found on his person." The witness continued: " I was not appointed to my present position because of any corrupt agree­ ment wuh President lla.ves in regard to his bouig counted in. I was appointed on the re< omuiendation of Judge Hunt, of Louis­ iana, Mr. IkmzHvo, Gen. Andeison, <lov. lackard and others. 1 think PaoMird was legally elected Governor of Louisiana, and that the same vote that elected Packard ele- ted the 1 rcs.ilential Electors who voted for President Ha>es. ' Mr. Caaipoe 11 said he had no doubt that, it there had been no pause or interregnum by 'he partial recognition of the two govern­ ment, and Packara had been sustained nnnie- (aaicJy «in his inauguration, he could have sus- tmr.ea hiuiseif without civil war. but not with­ out the active support of the Lnited States Government. He believed Iota thv Pack­ ard and the Haves E Leo tors were elected, and that but for the mob spirit which was prevalent iu i jouisiana. and which is prevalent there to-day. Pack aid would now be tne presid­ ing Governor. He did not think ho could have sustained himself without Federal troops, and the authority of the United Stat s and Louisiana as a State ot the Union could not have been sus­ tained in leC2 without troops. Gov. Kellogg was then called, and tome dis­ cussion ensued as to the order in which witnesses should no mined, and after discussion on that point the committee adjourned. THE Committee, on the 27th, RE­ sumed the examination of ex-Marshal Pitkin. Mr. Pitkin said he always believed in the legali­ ty of the Packard Legislature, and believed that if Packard had been recognized he could have sustained his Government, after three weeks, without the aid of Feaeral troops. Witness de­ tailed the statement made to him by fcwazev of a conference of the members of the Packard legislature and membeis of the McYeagh Com­ mission immediately preceding the witiwirawal of the troops and tbe recognition of tha Nicholis Government. After a good deal or disccs- sui^, McVoagh said: " If you want to fight, you Paclcar ingihe can do it: but on Tuesday next the troops will be withdrawn, and as the courts are in toe hands of the Democrats, you "will all be hang it.'! The JWjfcmnwdag the . - . • wg? virfcfillr tbsbAded inatwa lntotbaacta of the Mefl^gh oontmnedat Ji rackardbe sal ^ jrwqirMi that going into the investigation of tie Mc\ eagh Commission had been decided in secret session, and he voted for it upon the ground that Gen. Butler had informed the Gonsmiasien that an agreement had been entered into whereby a fraudulent count of the votes of Louisiana had been made effectual, and that he could prove it. Witness said he had conversed with Messrs. Hawley and Harlan, of the Com­ mission. after the Nichol 1rGovernment had been recognized and before their return to Washing­ ton, and they said that on their return they would see Mr. Hayes and arrange to have all the leading Republicans who had borne the brunt of the work in Louisiana taken care of. R. C. Glasscock testified to having heard Mrs. Jenks Bay she had a letter that would make it hot tor Sec'y Sherman. She said it was a letter from fchfl Recretarv t<, vVeber- William E. Chandler testified that he visited Florida after the Presidential election and met Gov. Noyes ther^. Witness did not tell Me Lin that anything Noyes said Hayes would be re­ sponsible for, nor did he tell the members of the Returning Board that Hayes' election de­ pended on the Florida vote, and that if the State went for Hayes they should be taken care of. Wit­ ness went to Florida at the instance of the Repub­ lican National Committee. Mr. Chandler trans­ lated the cipher telegram sent to A. Ji. Lee, the private Secretary of Gov. Hayes, as follows: " Send Stanley Matthews and others of high character. Things begin to look favorable." Jfcie also translated the cipher teiegram to &ach Chandler, making it to mean that there would be about, twenty-five majority in the State for Hayes, and asking for more money. After the election some of those influential about tbe election were given office. He believed Gov. Noyes recommended some of them for appoint* mcnt, as also did witness. L. G. Dennis testified that Gov. Noyes had never asked him to make a statement or affidavit about the Alachua County precincts, and he had told him he had better not call him as a witness, and he did not. Noyes always spoke of Hayes as his intimate friend and used to assure witness of his (Hayes') fidelity to the Republican cause, and his special desire to take care of Southern Republicans. He was regarded by witness as the apeeial representative of Mr. Haye#* " Some Fashion Items. YOUNG ladies wear caps like those of the Roman peasant women; little Qblong pieces of Swiss or organdy decorated with lace and ribbons, and long gold- headed pins are used to pin tnem on. Black grenadine dresses have faint tints of yellow and old gold introduced in their trimmings; sometimes in the shape of pipings, sometimes in ribbons set under the ruffles of French lace. Japanese pins with a fan, and a mouse watching a fly, or a silver bew, arrows* and quiver, are among the newest patterns in sterling silver for long scarf-pins, and chatelaines have the top of the hook enameled with some pretty design or a painting in enamel set under glass. * Pretty aprons are to b® worn this' season by little girls up to the age ot tfteeiK Some of these are in dotted wiss with Valenciennes or torchon in­ sertions and lace set in the bibs and bretelles. Some of the mull and nain­ sook aprons have edges of colored laoe, and bows of ribbon combining the two shades of the lace. A great many speci­ mens are found in all the leading dry goods houses. Calicoes and cambrics are within the teach of everyone t^is year, some of them selling as low as three cents and four cents a yard. The " Madrilina11 scarf is of Spanish lace, to be Worn as a mantilla, or over the head. The " Mercedes"kscarf is of crepe de chine embroidered in the gay Spanish colors used this year, and a border of gaily-tinted tty-fringe fin­ ishes the edges; this is also used on the head. Black is to be worn a great deal this year; it is taking quite as prominent a part as white in this season's fashions. With this, silver jewelry is very ef­ fective; silver band bracelets are now worn quite wide, with little polished knobs or balls set closely on the edges. Large medallion pendants and lockets, also of sterling silver, are found at the principal jewelers; and handsome pins and ear-rings; some of these in the shape of round platters with beehives on them in frosted work, others with Japanese patterns. ^Great favor te shown this year for all tbe Scotch zepftyr goods, or soft-fin­ ished ginghams, which resemble foul­ ards. There is an endless variety of designs, from the plain goods in all the shades of gray, beige and ecru, and in all plaid designs up to the gaily-tinted Stuart tartan. The £nglish cheviots ate also much employed for ladies' and children's seaside dresses, being thor­ oughly well adapted for all the changes of the weather, and mnch worn by jBn- glish ladies for this reason.--JV. Y. Evening Post. jlusseU.... DECOROIJS as the London papers are, sonie of them have referred to. the smallness of Lord Russell's fortune in such plain terms that there can be no harm in telling a story I heard of him some years ago. Everybody knew he was not rich, and not a good business man. He used to complain of the heavy expense he was put to on <ac- dohiit of his „«of!iciai duties. One day he told his brother, the Duke of Bed­ ford, that it cost him £15,000 a year to be Prime Minister. '.'But you can't spend fifteen thousand a year,11 replied the Duke; "you haven't got it, nor anything like it. Beside, there's no great additional outlay from being rrfftie Minister. You nave an extra carriage or two and a few more horses, and you give a number of dinners, all of which don't come to any vast sum." Lord John insisted, and finally the Duke proposed to him that his own steward should look over his booksand accounts ajtid see what the real state of tiling^ was. "Because," said the Duke, "y6u are sure to be robbed in any case, and it is worth while to find uufc how much." The steward present­ ly reported that, as far as he could make out, the expenses traceable to of­ fice might amount--not to £15,000 bwt--to £1,500 a year. This - was daly reported by the Duke to his brother, upon which Lord John re­ joined, "Well, I knew it was fifteen something!" No wonder that his brother had occasionally to pay his debts for him. But it may be said of Lord Russell, as Mr. Gladstone once said of himself, that if he found little time to look after his private aflairs, it was because he gave his time to the ^public. When his foibles are forgotten, his great qualities will still be remem­ bered; ana so long as England is a powerful or a free country, she must own her gratitude to Lord Russell for his immense services at^d, unselfish pa­ triotism.-- London Corf N. F. Tribune. A Miraculous Escape* Ii:i • • Somebody who rememoeniTlHngs. of the past contributes the following to the columns of the Erie M%tatch: 1 propose now to give an instance in which - a human being w*s ship­ wrecked on Lake Erie, remained in the water five days, and was finally rescued alive. In the autumn of 18$8 Capt. Oilman Appleby, of Conneaut, Ohio, was Captain and part owner of the schooner New Connecticut. ~ A steamboat was then being built at Con­ neaut (the North America), of which Capt. Appleby had charge, alid waS&r many years her Master. An aunt qf kfsr then residing at Black Rock, $e|K>w Buffalo, was at Erie on a visit, stifing with a brother who was then a resident- of the town. The lady went tc Con­ neaut in company with a nejrhewi to visit her brother there. After reriialh- ing for some time she became exceed­ ingly anxious to get home. Capt. Appleby, who wis bdl^tFith the steamboat, endeavored to dissuade his aunt from taking the l&ome journey until he should be going out with his vessel, when he Would take her home. His efforts in that direction, however, were unavailing, and he had her taken on board the s<3iooner to go td Buffalo in charge of the crew. . The vessel being light and the time of the year August, the Captain had en­ tire confidence in the ability of the crew to manage the craft and land his rela- tive safe at her destination. Everything' passed off guietly until after the vessel had passed Erie, when a sudden squall struck and rolled her over upon tar side, when she nearly filled with water, but continued to float. The cre%t, loosening the vessel's yawl, jumped in and made for the shore, leaving the woman in the cabin, as they, supposed drowned. Ihe party landed at or near Port­ land, Chautauqua County, N. Y., ind made their way as best they could back to Conneaut. " ; ; Three days after the accident Capt. Wilkins, of the steamboat William Pea­ cock, in coming down from Detroit,, was besought by Capt. Appleby to board the wreck, if he saw it., and if possible get the body of his aunt otrfjbf the cabin and convey it to Buffalo- Capt. Wilkins discovered the disabled vessel drifting down the lake, and, after coming alongside, Capt. William ll^h- ton, then First Mate of tbe Peacock, boarded the wreck and made search. The schooner lay upon her side, apd, to all appearance, was full of wafer. A pole was employed, and it was sup­ posed every part of the cabin was touched, and as no object in the shft^e of a human body was felt, the conclu­ sion was reached that the remains had floated out of the cabin into the lake, hence further search was given up. * f Two days afterward Capt. Appleby came down vyith a vessel, with facilities to right the schooner and tow her into the nearest port, the drowned woman's son being along to assist in the redof- ery of the bodv. The vessel was final­ ly righted, and when the cabin-door had nearly reached a level position, the woman walked through the water and came up the stairs upon deck. She was caught by Capt. Appleby, and support­ ed, while her son wept and the sailors - screamed. Five days and nights had she been in the water, while a portion of the time she was up to her arm-pits. She could not lie down, and what sleep she got was in that position, and all the food she had was a solitary cracker and' a raw onion, which floated on the wat«!r. She stated that, after the vessel cap­ sized and was abandoned by the crew, she found herself alone, in water waist- deep. The cabin-door was open, Ibjttfc the flood was two feet above it and the sea made constant changes in her posi­ tion. When Capt. Wilkins stopped she could hear tne boarding-party talk and walk on the vessel, and although slie used her voice to the utmost to attract attention, she could not make them hear. She saw the pole thrust into the cabin-door by Capt. Henton, and nslc$d if she should hold on to it and be pulled out; but no answer came, the Captain hearing no noise other than the plash­ ing of the water, aud having not tf*e remotest idea that the woman was there, alive or dead. This event oc­ curred forty-five years ago, and I have nerer heard of a'parallel case, either on the lake or other waters, and tier salvation from drowning may be re­ garded as little less than a miracle. --A schoolmaster thus describes a money lender: " He serves you in the present tense; he lends in the condi­ tional mood; keeps you in the subjec­ tive, and ruins you in the futiire." --A long suffering collector, who i|&d been kicked down tive different fligms of stairs, went back to the house and gloomily reported that "collections were very brisk, but thin."--Hatch- &ye . TBE MARKETS. NEW YOIIK. LIVE STOCK--Cattle >... B h e e p -- » . • • Hog* --i....... FLOUR--Good to Choice. 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