The sun., 1878-07-25

and politically. and think you can trust them"
Weber remarked that he had been deceived
good many times. and ns he did not feel like
taking any mans verbal promise he would de-
mnnd promise in. writing. Witness said that
that was the only way, The next day he again
met Weber. who exhibited letter. which wit
ness read and then returned To- him. Weber
mnde no special remark but appeared To be
pleased with the, letter. It, gurported to be
Shcrmap's handwriting. Would not swrnr
that the letter was in Shcrman's handwriting.
not not his Ramdwrng & Wins i presumed @ i Was Was
his. He could not give tho purport. but tho
published letter. the original Of which he hnd
hastily read. seemed to him to be substantially
correct.
Cross-examlned by Mr. Hiscock. the witness
testified that he saw Weber at different umes {;
perhaps thrce times after that. This was be-
tween the 18th and Goth Of November. He
Thought the body Of the letter and the signature
official signature of Mr.. sherman. but could
not name any particular document, nor would
he swear that the signature 10 the letter Weber
showed MN was genuine; that question had
not entered into his mind at the time. The
letter was written on note paper. He first mem
toned the fact Of the existence Of such n letter
TO his brother In Iouisinua IIn oiar ,rnp
toned the fact 10 Judge Shcllahnrgcr two weeks
ago. Witness knew his brother. J. II. Syphcr,
was the legal adviser OF James l.. Anderson
only from newspaper report Weber did not
state for what purpose the letter was given.
rcD,, John Sherman maze & statement statement lie was
President Grant. by telegram IN terms some
thing like the following. would be- grntifed
II You would go to New Orleans TO witness the
count" At first he declined to 10. He receivcd
q second telegram from President Grant saw
ing: " | think II important for you to go" But
he did not go until tho Wednesday after. On
his way to Cincinnati he stopped ut Columbus
where no saw Hayes. His conversation with
Hayes WINS general, about the election NIL then
heing in the dark. He took with him copy ~
the election laws of Louisiana. He reached
New Orleans on the 18th OF November. and tho
next dav met in cons sultaton the other gentle
mon appointed by the President
The further examination was postponed till
10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Tho Chairman stated that Gov. Cox had
notified him some time ngo that he could not r.-
main in New Orleans beyond this month and.
accordingly. the Chairman had applied To- the
other members OF the minority to take Gov.
Coxs place ON the subcommittee. None Of the
gentlemen, however. felt at liberty to gO to Now
Orleans now. At the time Of this application il
was expected that testimony in regard to IN
tmidation would bo taken, which would have
Shcrman's counsel decided not to- Introduce
that testimony it was hoped that most of the
evidence in LOUISIANA could he completed
by the end Ot the month But the
breaking out Of the yellow fever thcro
had been followed by Gov. CoNs withdrawal
SO that ii would not be practicable 10 continue a
committee there after to-day on which the
minority would be uurepresented Unless tho
committee thought Otherwise. he would instruct
tue subcommittee To suspend It's eittluEs in
New Orleans. As this Withdrawal Of Gov. Cox
would prevent the committee from taking soma
Of the evidence which Gen. Butler hud request
Ell should be taken. he therefore laid the matter
before the committee. Gen. Butler said that
some ~ the evidence he wished was so import
ant thar he would now have to ask that the wit
1t was agreed that the Subcommittee should
suspend It's sttings.