Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-03

of a colOred deputation from Louisiana " n /,
the President, in which the Presidentpro .aised
O. Did you say anything to Mr.. '6,t,bouO
about it? A did some of the t" -ness sno wi
men of swearing that Matthews aver heard in
O. What took place in refc ,renee to that let
ter from Mr.. Matthews? 4 caU@ on w
Washington and told Sepstor Matthews that
part of the denocra ats 20 get ND an invest,
cation, and that information was being fnr-
nlshed tnep by some of the boys in Louisiana.
anu INA tnat ! thought that the best manner to
st0p the arrangement was by DIR. Darrall's ap.
polntDent as collector of customs in New Of
leans. l told ham that Darrall understood
Preety thoroughiy the men who ought to be
provided Tor, and that he should do it. He re-
q9ested me to have Darrall call upon him.
winch did. Darrall wrote to me and after
Wards tod me personally land 80 did Mat
theWs) that they should work up a sentiment
IN Darralf s favor, get all the recommendations
that they could from New Orleans and Louis
lana, and get all the recommendations they
could from Darrallss colleagues in the Hou,e,
and that they would give Matthews the pre-
text for asking for Darralrs appointment as
collector of customs at New Orleans.
u. What part were You to play in that? A.
Mr.. Matthews asked me whether in case Dr.
Darran was appointed would be satisfied and
whether would be willing to deliver ali the
papers In my possession, and give up all nv
to do.
O. What papers were referred to in any of
IL A.
He referred to all the papers in my posses
s sl3n That evening 1 spoke of the Sherman
Q. To whom? A. To Mr.. Matthews
y. who mentioned the Sherman letter first
you or he? A. have no distinct recollection
ABOUT the matter. 1t was after Mrs. jerks had
ca!led on Senator Matthews in connection
q. Did she profess to hold the letter? A.
She protested TO hold the original letter.
q. How do you know she prOfeSSed to hold
A m hare in
original
claimed that she had it at New Orleans, and
she offered to sell it for acertain consideration
THE FLORIDA SUBCOMMITTEE
TO INQUIRE into The Presidential election frauds.
consisting OF MeSSrS. HuntOn Stenger and
H1Scock, left here via the Virginia Midland
route at 9: 80 last night The committee do not
expect to be absent more than ten days. Ac-
cofdlnS 70 their present programme they will
Visit Jacksonville only, and call all their wit
nesSeS to that point. They are accompanied
by C. II; Sargent, as deputy sergeant-at-a
OF the House, and by clerk and a stenOgraph-
ef Ihey Will be joined by a second stenO-
grapher at Jacksonville.
WITNESSES TO CONTRADICT ANDERSON.
Inc fOtter committee, at the instance or its
republican members, has supbCenaed Judge
campbell, now member of the Dakota SI-
pIeme court but formerly judge of the fourth
he viii testify that Anderson made oath be-
fore him to the protest, which he (AndersOn)
saturday denied having sworn to. EX- Mar
shall Pitkin has also been summoned as a wit
ness In re6uttal of certain portions of Ander-
sons tt StimOny.
Full tent OF THE ALLEGED SHERMAN
LETTER.
The following is the full text of Secretary
Sherman'S alleged letter to Anderson:
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20, 1876.
AeSSTs. ID. 4. Weber and Jas. Il. Anderson
Gentlemen: Your note of even date has lust
been received. Neither Mr.. Hayes, myself,
the gentleman who accompany me or the
country at large can ever forget the obligati n
under which you Will have placed us Should
you stand firm in the position you have taken.
From long and intimate acquaintance with
MI; hayes am justified in assuming respOn-
Slb1llty for promises made and will guarantee
that you shall be provided for as soon after the
fourth of March as may be practicable, and i'm
Such manner as to enable you both to leave
louisiana should you deem it necessary. Very
truly yours, JOHN SHERMAN