The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-06-13
From The Nations Capital.


From The Nations Capital.
WASHINGTON. June l0.-So faI
Potter's committee has been exclu
siyely engaged with Anderson, the
first witness called. He has been
nearly a5phyxiated from the allow,
ance OF too much rope. A more con-
Scienccless scLouldrcl than he has
been by his own testimony has rarely
appeared to testify before a Con-
g~ressional Committee. The discrep-
ancies between his present testimony
and that given before former Commit
tees amount to the latest contradic-
tons; and to defeat the evident pur.
pose of Mr.. Reed, the Republican
member charged with his cross-Cx-
animation, to affect his yarns Of the
past few days with those heretofore
span, he deliberately branded him
self as a liar until h. became a con-
vert and champion Of reform Democ-
ra2y. La short he has made such dill
igent use of the four days accorded
him that no intelligent person believes
a word he utters; and he stands the
Incarnation Of everything vile, fals
and trcaclaroug IN American politics.
See. Sherman has been sharply cri,.-
cal for his seemingly healtatiu, 90 r c
when called before the Committee to
plead as to the authorship Of a letter
put in evidence by Anderson as a
copy of one written him and Weber
by Mr.. Sherman. 1t is contended
that there is nothing IN the letter in
consistent with the strictest integrity
though not particularly calculated,
perhaps, to Harvard the work Of dis
establishing the machine;" and it
was generally the opinion that Mr..
Sherman would have better maintain
ed the position assumed in his letter
to Potter, had he acknowledged or
denied its authorship outright, or il
uncertain, to have said so while ad-
hitting his willingness to father lis
sentiments under certain circumstan-
ces. Mr.. Stanley Matthews has been,
unquestionably left in an unenviable
position by his letters to Anderson
and Anderson's to him, exhibited be-
fore the Committee. Substantially,
they make him appear to have lis
tened to Anderson's stories of Repu5-
lican frauds in Louisiana, and then
t. have busted himself in procuring
Ior linn anderson a good, fat Fed
elAI office a. a sort of payment i'll
full for Anderson's share in the cAm-
paign and election villainies, and for
the surrender Of all compromising
papers he claimed to hold, INTO Mat
thews possession. But only one side
has been heard and the same may be
said of Mr.. Sherman. Matthews has
emphatically denied any improper
motive in what he did for Anderson,
from his seat in the Senate, and has
requested an investigation which was
unanimously voted.
Lenicce recounted before the Com
mittee yesterday, the attempt to pur-
chase him with 100000 as a Repub-
lican elector by Tilden's agents. 1t
is a shameful revelation. Alex. Ste
phens has again opened his mouth
aud it is not difficult to understand
that he entertains the most serious
apprehensions of what may result
from the partisan investigation or
dercd by Greasor Tilden and which a
large number Of Democrats were
forced into endorsing, lest their refu
sal should prejudice their party STAN
ding.
All excitement here over the
investigation has apparently died
out; but there is a strong and
deep under current Of feeling
thatt the clouds now shr0uding the
heavens hide a storm perhaps Of.
unprecedented fury, which may
burst any hour TO d~evastate the
breath and length Of our fair land.
1t is a state Of suspense and I'M
certainty which every rejecting
mind feels more or less keenly
to the detriment Of every utter
est.
The latest intelligence recciv-
ed at the War Dept. from the
Bannocks and other discontended
Indian tribes, is to the effect that
the prompt movement Of L. s..
troops into the immediate vicini-
ty has had a most wholesome in
tluence; and hopes are more gen