The daily gazette., 1879-02-10
From the N. Y Herald.
1iIten Before the Committee,
Some Very Hard Raps at the
Congregational inguisitors.

Uncle Sammy .SUedrs he kne1 Noth-
ing about the Cipher Despdtches-
And Atudys Opposed Bribery-"B Be
fore God and my Country Beiiece
the Votes of Florida and Lousiana
mere Where Petton Erre,i-
81 Woutd Enter into no iuction for
the Purchase Of the Pres,Iency."
EX-GOVERNOR TiLDEN AppEAGs.
AT half-past eleven o'clock Mr.. I ilden
appeared in company with his brother,
Henry A. Tilden, and ex-Secretary OF
State Bigelow. Mr.. Tilden was dressed
in black, and had an air of great sol
emnity on his face, wliich looked as inn
p rturbable and sphinx-ll Ike as ever.
Since his last public appearance he SEEM
ed 20 have aged considerably, and yester-
day he looked quite i'll and feeble. As
he afterward explained he was suffering
from a severe cold
now MIR. TILDEN TESTIFIED.
Ex-Governor Tilden sat erect in his
chair for over two hours aud half, and
during the greater portion of this time he
ga g his testimony in that calm, quiet.
imperturbable manner peculiar to him,
and without hardly moving a muscle or
changing the expression of his counte-
nance. His voice, which was hoarse,
started very feebly, almost inaudily.
But as Mr.. I ilden came to the corr,Ipt
negotiations alluded to in the cipher
dispatches his voise rose suddenly to a
pitch of loudness, vehemence and dram
attic intensity hardly ever observed in the
ex-Goyener during the most exciting
periods Of his life.
CALLING ON HEAVEN AND EARTH.
And when Governor Tilden dramatic
ally called on heaven and earth to wit
ness the prote.tstion Of his innocence of
all knowledge of the ciphers, bringing
his clenched fist heavily down upon the
table, there was a syhIpathizine outburst
of applause. Upon the whole Mr.. Til
den was treated with marked considera-
tion by the republican cioss-examiners
" hth 'piibi hSAto NltI lltlI IlItIClttSS
treatment of Mr.. Marble and Colonel
Pelton. When the cross-examination
had been concluded Governor Tilden
held quite whispered conversation with
MI. Hiscock. The moment Mr.. Tilden
withdrew, the interest of the day seemed
to have ended, and the audience thiuned
out within few minutes.
MR.. TILDEN'S TESTIMONY,
Governor Tilden Gin feeble, almost
inaudibls voice. spoke as follows In reply
to the qurstio sn of the comm .tee:-I
have not had an op ortunity to see the
photographic copies of the cipher telrgams
(the publIca' ion of the transia'io of the
cipher kilograms IN the New York Tri-
bWie); l mean those relating to Sou b
Carolina to the 9th of October, 1878;
those lAting to the st te of Flo ida,puo-
lished on the Sth Of October-I read
these translatious; do no. recognize
among them a single one | had ever seen
in cipher or translation, or the contents
of which had in any manner been made
know to me; W til reference to those of
them TIL t relate to neg tiations to induce
the members of the canvassing boards
of South CaroliLa and Florida to give
to the democratic electors their certiti-
Gates | swear positively | never saw one
of those kilograms, either in cipher or
translation; the contents or purport of
any one Ofthem was lever commun Gated
to me in any manner whatever.
| never had any knowledge, an inform
alton ana 10 suspicion of his cipher cor
respondehce or OF similar correspondence,
. Lat InI Inx taI I
uounc d Ia the heTriLautdoilowedby the pub
lication of the sam u W days lat r; no
oil r., no nrgot alton on behalf of any
member Of the Returni g Board OF South
& rolina, ol the Board of State Canva s.
sera of Florida or any other State was
ever entertain by my authority or with
my sanction; no negotiations with them,
no dealing with them, no dealing with
any one of them, were ever authorized or
san ctioned by me in any manner what
soeser; the first Information l ever did
receive that any such neg ,tiation ever
existed between any democrats or any
member OF the Board ofSta'e Canvessers
OF South Carolina to obtain their ceIs
tiicate for tue democratic electors hap
pened on the Goth of November, 1876; |
am not able to fix that dat positively by
my own recollection, but fix it from
other circumstan, es; it was the day |
first learned that Colonel Pelton was in
b ltimore; recollect the fact and fix the
date from the circumstances that have
appeared during this inves isat on on the
morning of November 20, 1876, Mrs
Colonel Pelton mentioned in my presence
that her husband had gone to Phlla-
delphia; it was casua mention; did
not know he was going to leave the city
q ID did know that he had left the
city till she ment oned it, and her men,
ton of it was not such ds to attract my
attention part ularly; little later on
the same morning l wa called on by
the treasurer OF the National Democratic
Comm ttee, Mr.. Edward Cooper, ap-
parently on his way ,wn town, who
then toll me Colonel Pslton was in
Baltimore, not Philadelphia; he told me
Mr. L, lton had recei ed or was receiv .ng
an offer on b .halt Of ,om- body represen-
ting on claiming 10 represent the Board
of state canvass rs of South Caroln to
i their certifi ate to the democratic
electors for a sam of money.
MIR. TILDEN EMPHATIC.
l Immediately said Continued Mr..
Tilden with greater force } that no such
offer should be entertained and that no
negotiation of that nature should be toll
eral I'd; that not a cent should be furnish
ed for any such purpose; that Cololel
Pei on should be Immediately telegraph