The Portland daily press., 1878-06-28
THE PRESS.
[From the Maine State Press of June 81.
History Of Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Wednes-
day Night, June 30.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

umn.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the
Goth call for the redemptian of $40 bonds of
1865. The call for $5,0OO,O0O of which $780,
900 are registered bonds. The principal and
interest will be paid at the treasury on and
after the 10th day of September and the inter-
est will cease on that day.
1t can be stated on authority that the Pres-
dents civil service order will be enforced
This order prohibits persons holding federal
position taking part in caucuses, primary
meetings or conventions, while they will be
permitted to support any candidate they choose
and assist in any way that will not interfere
with the proper discharge of their official du-
ties. Voluntary contributions to campaign
funds are not considered by the President vo-
lative of this order
Secretary Sherman desires opportunity to
prove before the Potter committee that there
were election frauds and violence in the Felici-
ana districts, and he considers that the COM
mittee have now fairly proved that the so-called
Sherman letter. was not written by him.
The Democratic organ, the Post, pitches into
Representative Ewing for preventing the pas
sage of the Senate substitute for the House bill
repeating the resumption act, and says: ,"But
for his implacabe opposition to everything but
the widest kind of financial theories, the ad-
vocates of a sensible greenback policy would by
this time have been in possession of all the
legislation they have claimed as desirable for
the county. DuI I unrUrIUua50 eng
country when Que of these wild theorists by
peculiar combination of circumstances has the
power to place his hobbies on the track and bar
the way of wise and necessary legislation"
John G. Brown has sent Secretary Sherman
a draft for 1897 SO as his share of the expenses
of the Louisiana Commission, as he has ascer-
tanned that the Senate refused to pass the bill
reimbursing the amount expended therefor.
President Hayes directed Secretary Sherman to
return the draft uncollected, believing that
Congress will yet make the requisite appro-
priation, as the President believes that in re-
questing the committee to go to Louisiana and
by their influence prevent collision and civil
war, he but performed a constitutional duty
If the next Congress does not make an appro.
priation, the President will pay it himself and
not allow Mr.. Brown to bear any portion Of the
expense.
THE POTTER INVESTIGATION.
The sensation of the week has been the tes-
timony of Mrs. jerks, elsewhere published at
considerable length. Since that testimony was
given she has been subjected to a severe cross.
examination 10y Butler, MacMahoo and
Springer, but has proved too smart for hose
worthless. The woman is an adventures,
handsome and witty, and has long been con-
cerned in the scandalous politics of Louisiana.
There is no reason to doubt that she is telling
ha truth in this ffor Am 1o-
mony touching the Sherman letter, it shows
that such document has been in existence, if
tbs not now, and that it was manufactured by
Mrs. jerks and another party, as yet unknown,
for 1.-THE purpose of deceiving Anderson, who
was anxious to secure written guarantee
that he would be provided for. Mrs. jerks
swears positively that Mr.. Sherman was not
present in the room when the letter was written
upon her dictatiop, which clears Mr. Sherman
OF all knowledge of it. However unreasona.
BILE this may appear to persons not acquainted
with Mrs. jerks. to those who know that very
extraordinary lady, and those who witnessed
her remarkable display of talent while under
going most searching examination, the story
is not improbable. Mrs. jerks is an able and
active politician, and seems to have borne
no uncomfortable part in Louisiana politics.
Her familiarity with political affairs and her
correspondence with public men show this.
She was an ardent Republican, and believing
Anderson to be a Sublime rascal" it was nat
ural that she should suspect his motives in
demanding written guarantee. Weber, &C.
cording to her testimony, was not anxious
about written assurance, and it is possible
hat she and Weber wrote the letter, or that
Mrs. jerks, with the assistance of some other
party, and without the knowledge of Weber,
wrote it, and induced Anderson to believe that
1t was the personal act of Mr. Sherman. 1t
was a clever trick. and no one who knows Mrs.
jerks can doubt she has the capacity to invent
and the boldness to execute an act of this Kind.
The only other witnesses examined have been
Captain jerks, husband OF Mrs. jerks, a. V.
Boynton, the well known newspaper cores
pondent, and ex-United States Marshal Pitkn.
Capt. jerks was questioned concerning his
knowledge of the Sherman letter, but gave no
information. Gen. Butler attempted to show
by Mr.. Boynton that President Hayes had told
him that Anderson must be rewarded for TAX
ing part 10 conspiracy to carry Louisiana for
the Republicans But the witness unhesitat.
place. The President had said that Anderson
braved great pc rils in the discharge of his duty,
and was entitled to recognition. Gen. Butler
desired that the doings of the Wayne Nc
Veagh Louisiana committee should be in
CURED into, and the committee will make some
inquiries in that direction. Marshal Pitkin cor
roborated Jadge Levisse's statement that the
Democrats attempted to bride the Louisiana
electors, and showed that Anderson is liar
and scoundrel. He gave no other testimony
of Importance.
The general conviction is that the investiga-
tion is failure. The subcommittee, Messrs.
Reed, Springer and Blackburn, have left for
New Orleans, to take testimony there.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The business portion of London, Cedar coun-
ty, Iowa, was burned Monday Loss 100000
Owensville Gibson county. Ind. has of late
been the scene of several terrible conflicts be-
tween outlaws and citizens. The last occurred
Sunday night. An attempt was made to take
the life of Andrew G. Montgomery who has
taken prominent part in exposing and bringing
to punishment members of the lawless bands
Montgomery had been in Owensville and was
returning to his farm, when attacked by sever
al masked men. He was armed and succeeded
in w0unding one of his assalants.
s. Angler Chase, the Fall River defaulter
has been sentenced to twelve years imprison-
ment.
Farmers in all parts of Ohio are receiving
almost daily notices signed working Mems
Bread or Blood Committee" and warning them
against buying labor saving machinery and
especially self-binding reapers. Threats are
made that every such reaper will be destroyed
and stocks of grain burned if an attempt to
use them is made No cases of violence are vet
reported. In one or two cases township strikes
for higher wages have been orgaized among the
field hands, but no difficulty is experienced in
filling their places. The bulk of the wheat in
Ohio will be cut this week if the weather is
favorable.
Conneley and Sherry were hung at Chicago
Friday for murder. Perry Bowster was hung
at Chllicothe, Ohio; earle Manke was to have
been hung at Buffalo had not stay in the pro-
ceedings been granted. He made an uusuc-