New-York tribune., 1878-06-24
NEWYORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JUNE "a, 1873

| thews--had "run him down" and was going
| to get him" think he was IN baTs1e boiislla
he hid almost roed" him. OF course rms was "a sang
phrase and did not know what IL meant @ = NV. lId uG
know what be intended to do with him ana never Goiu
! hnd out, and did not find out from MI MATTHEW'S
| either ,.. l., A. ooitootorsbin down
tberei Al considered Packard political martyr anu
thought he ought TO he provided for He mas Oee 5nee
but ne was not then' owing to his pretended Ooh
qTo whom do refer when you speak Of SdoleS hii
freuas"l Aid not think President hayes tfeateu
hi ois letter that Kellogg wrote to you had rels
fi01 70 his fghtf A.-Wel, he wanted 10 know what
Anaer9on wIs t ,'A Ts Sawbies along and goes over
h65c. and difcbes until YOU cannot follow him. He
asked what document Anderson had IN MS possSssiyg
% Sn5 10 5eoFE no s. b a HndesoS complained
Kellogg did not permit him 70 see enough aa a.
oS Gft decnnent il was that Anderson always
taIking about could eDlighten him because ala
noDd Hgderson ever ten you personally that be had
letters OF Mattbews's Ale never mentlOned theh
o%what influence were you expected to exercise in
this P.ckard 6ghtf Al don't know -, ,. oa
Dwell, yUu came herci Ayes, sir; came ano
'o-Ycs and think you conquered Your coming and
seeing Is nothng it Is the c0nquernR part hat we want
to know about A.-But su Packard did not get the
| CoIlecIOrship. Ilis friends went back on him. -
oNVilt Terticular lever or screw you TO turn
when YOU came into TIE field AWhaiever ono chose
TO handle. DO not know the WORD ial -, ~,
ON this particular matter you did faill A-NO,
did no because never interested myself very mach III
"o-you were here three or four weeks A.-Yes sir,
bu know what particular thing was expected oI
o.-You went to SEQ Secretary sherman while yoq
were heTci A-Yes, sir. went once as nay nave siau.
received letter from Anderson saying that sherman
had sent him letter which, If 1t could be found would
damn him ior ever-that Is the Ehsutaso @ ol
Anderson. Thcn l began to thlnk II was
ratnrr serious, perhaps. Then took TINS letteT
and went 60 the Treasury Department ana requested
nryntp audience. Had Sherman granted II. the whole
mattcr would have been explained to nm put ne sald
bo could not grant private audience ana "09ld not
tho fftF he
wished to speak Of matter that occurred IN louisiana
do not think mentioned Anderson ana WeDDef, Oul
may have done so Mr.. Sherman SAIL the country was
tired on Louisiana matters and thought 80 myself 100
FrbrTT. exoUersted Mr sherman entirely through
statement which made 10 the press, or rather sent
O-IIavp You Explained the matter To Mr. sherman
since A-Ncyer at all. To-day for the bfst ume,
o-Iiaye YOU spoken to Mr.. shsllabarger about 1T
Al met hlm once, ANA thea 10 looked he oIi Aua5 @
with all the weight of the world on MS shOuuers aH
he said at that unc Neither my client nor py5si ASK
any fayors." said, No one IL pursuing you Win any
such mtenon," and that was all there was hDOut IT,
O-Iuur effort with Mr.. sherman was unsuccesslul;
That was the first time in your life tha you hGd slipped
up wasn't IN Al dad not slip up.
Ole rather bluned youodl Al do not understand
yor expression You talk IKE Mr.. Anderson
O -'Ilist is an English eXpresSiOni A.-NO, SIR. ]
think It must be a Democratic expression lLaughterl
oEYou went away without getting what you wanted
A.-ITcquertcd private audience; ,-,,-,
gentleman usually treats ladies Ale refused TO
grant private audience and was some" nat angiy
Q-It was said that your visit to sherman
blSckuaing ,pcration A-Thati Is what the report
ers said aud that Mr. sherman had said but do not
believe he ever made the statement. 49,, ,,, .,.
Governor Packard Al saw him very often 49,.
this Eistcrn question; this Turkish question.
O.-OiI he want 10 20 over there A.-NO sir The
diplomatic position vas Mr.. Anderson, your friend
James lIo wanted the position OF Minister 10 the
The witness produced the following letter from Ander
son:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, FOURTH AuDIToEs OFFICE,
My DEAR Ton: Have returned 10 the city this morn
ing aud am u receipt of your letter. have not written
They offered me the consulship Fuueha, worth alto
getheT about 5000. refused IT, asked what was to
lie done for you. Tue will give you verbally
when We meet | have gwen up the fight but II you
have anything OF importance and come and assist me-
in 50 FAR that / would not attempt TO strike
before tho 'al elections on al thc Id sconndrrs
niger yet. / will give you bit Of Information never
giyen 70 Anyone pg glT' gu Su t .c CAM, , ~ ~ Tlis,y
fused 10 f into line until we secured written ruaran-
Tee thnt We would be provided for. nm convinced u
was o Wehbcrs person the day be was KILLED. (ie had
we can get POI cg5iOn OF u Will make th Admins
tra.iou hump Ny own impression IA that it was se-
cured by h icrcr and that 10 played an important
part IN bringing about the present state of affairs. II
you prosecute any INQUIRIES IN renrd TO II 90 so
but act carefully Lt ne give you one Word OF ADVICE
In you attempt anything or Gods sake do 1t out
eide Louisiana. would not give nlCkcl Tor you "
Won % not Write me Immediately, Same address, No.
- HIST, Northwest II you soc Grtin tell him no Will
hear from ne sOOu. Regards 20 family. Yours
JAS. T. ANDERSON"
Q-Didnt you 90 TO see Mrwecberto get the sO-caled
sherman lcttcri A.-MOst assUTCdly not; presented
Andrf sons letter stating that De wanted his documents,
thai n all; never thought OF the Sherman letter
O-Do You know William r. Chaudlort Al have
met hn
Odd he furnish you with a copy Of the so-called
sherman letter Al asked from him. but he
gave ID 10 me; he read mo something. and told him
thought 10 Gas pretty the orb gina.
Odd you not tell MIR Darra that you had seen the
80 called sherman letteri A.-No; decidedly not.
O-Then ne is mistaken II he says sOl A.-les, sir:
he Is most aWfully mistaken.
O-Haye you no copy OF the Sherman letter about you
OF any kind A-NO sir. No written copy OF any kind.
Q-You aid not converse with Chandler as to wnere
the sherman letter was A.-NO, sir. He said he did
not think 20 use hs expression, " that John sherman
would write such a document"
The Committee at o'clock m, then adjourned until
Monday morning at 10 o'clock.