New-York tribune., 1878-06-24

what was in the note A.-NO, sir he ala mot u, he
he wanted guarantee that he himself did not care
about t. but that Anderson wanted it. .
Q.Mhat did ne Iel you Inat ne naeu @ s VH U 1S at
the time and Webber said he Just going to send IL
up 20 Sherman and said would take II up myself,
o-Now 20 on and tell us ali about 4. Ave have
not begun at the beginning of this affair at ali Dnt
however, L had conversation before got TO the 81
Charles Hotel. 1 had known Mr.. Weber for
some years-lOng before met my husband
had known him. He was always pretty good Repub-
lican and politics in that part OF The country ana
felt at liberty TO ask him In regard TO the political look
out asked him where Anderson was, that he had not
been M to cur place of late and be said that Anderson
was not satisfied that he would be taken care Of pre-
who do their duty by It." He said "Yas have such
an assurance but Anderson thinks had better have
TGm TGl5sS@ +" He ssId I'VE have Just written
letter to john Sherman" said' "ls not
the word OF such sufficient, without a
Written guarantee Don't you think you insult nom by
asking 20 He said he did not care so much about II
himself but that Anderson thought they Dad better
have IT," At that time did think OF taking in q
note bur he requested me to. and told hun IWouId
Q-Oh, no now want to know what you did with
the note Al end OF it of quite uDconscinusly
IN this way bitng OFF the end OF letter. that Is what
oAfer having bitten the end off what did you do
then2 Al did not then how could present II 10
the gentleman 10 whom II was addressed,
Q.-But what did you do with it2 A.--Then wanted
to know whether IL really necessary that the gen
teman should receive not, and knowing 1t was not
private business and feeling little ashamed aud ndig
nant determined not to deliver IT, thought IL sneh
men had given them assurances their word was sum,
Client without written guarantee was IN tue ladles
receptOu-room a this time 1t was there that tho IDEA
o@The idea struck you in the reception roomi A
Yes, sir, precisely. Then went into " Parlor r.
found several persons there, but did not present the
document TO them. did not like to do 1t under the cir
oNoT then. how did you pick up the letter that you
carried back to WeDber Alt was in an envelope, Of
0@Wbo nut II into the envelopes Att is sufficient
for YOU know that it put IN an envelope and given
CHOW was it directed7 A.-To Messrs. D. A. Weber
and James E. Anderson.
Q-Now am little anxious TO know what was inside
of that nyeOpe. A-We there was note written IN
o-Can you give us the substance Of its contents A.
Yes pretty nearly; never forget anything that
have read sIhe witness then repeated verbatim
the celebrated sherman letter. declining TO refresh hGr
memory by looking at the document as printed ath0ugn
it tendele her for that purpose by General Bner3
O-How many visiting statesmen were there then In
Parlor Pc Al did not count them; there were 100
many. - ,,,,
wrote it / said knew OF it from alpha to omega.
Q.-Pardon me. Was il written in porlorPi A.-Yes
o.-And in the presence Of the visiting statesmen
Ayes sir; but believed that they were too much
engaged the business OF the Returning Board to pay
much attention TO what going on around them.
Q-Therefore none Of them knew what was in this
o-And OF course, they were too gallant to look over
lady's shoulderi A.-0h, yes that would have been
o%T6en YOU put it in an envelope and took it back to
Mr. Webberf Al did not say that. Don't you say l
.Q.-Pardon again. keep getting it wrong all the
time. You took 1t back 70 M Webber Mlat name
happened to be at the bottom OF that leerf Alt was
o-Wbat did You say to Mr. Webber when you handed
it to him Al Just gave him the letter and walked on
did like to stay any longer. IL was not necessary
Q.-Have you ever seen that letter since ! Al DO
not know that have not very anxious O@ce II,
TO tell the truth No. have not thar document
since that time. IL was worth preserving IN the
archives.
o-Where were those archives that It was In 7 Al
think will last long the Nation viii last, or at
least as long as the Potter Committee viii last II Will
20 down poseriy. say il should have been filed In
Q.IBut what was done with it, Have you ever
looked for u sInce1 Al don't know that have ever
looked for that special letter but have looked Tor
some important Documents; thought the MacNeagh
commission might have given some important dOcu-
ment TO help Mr. Anderson, and looked for that
O-ave Won known Of that letter being in existence
sincel A.-NO; 4 spoke to Mr. Webbcr Of some dOcu-
mcnt, and submitted OF Mr.. AndersOn's letters
He said he had an important document addressed 10
document
O-YOu never meant that Anderson should get hold
OF H. If you could help t3 ANot II he wished 10
II unjUsty; II was political document and II belongs
TO the party" you know. lLnughter.I
General Butler-So far as am concerned, withdraw
all my claim 20 it, ILaughter.l
OAI that Anderson wanted was 20 get TINT original
letter. that he wanted a guaranteed Al suppose
that is what he wanted.
O.-And you could have given 1t to him at any tme
could you mott Al don't know but what might II
had tried very hard, you know.
Ole had written that 1t would be fortune for
your husband II you could get ~ A-Well' people
don't make fortunes IN that way. but political
matter II was quite iustihable did not know what
document he wanted. / did not know until January
that it was the Sherman letter that he wanted.
SOME PITHY LETTERS.
Mr.. Butler then read to the committee the following
letters which were put in evidence.