The National tribune., 1882-04-29

Inv hBCt-htI ldIu btIDTt lIc House q letter
from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmit
ting report relative to the payments made by
the State of Missouri since April II, 1866. to
the militia forces Of said State for services per-
formed in the suppression of the rebellion, and
stating that $23i, ,59f1O is Justly due in conse-
| quence thereof. Referred to the Committee ON
appropriations.
In the House on Wednesday the Senate
amenGment to the agricultural appropriation
mil were non-c0ncurred in. The contested
ehectlon case of Lynch VS.. Chalmers for Sixth
district OF Mississippi was taken up and dis
cusscd Representative Hoge, of W. Va, has
oeen appointed by the Speaker to fill the va
cancy on the District Committee caused by the
death of Representative Allen, of Missouri.
DlSPOSlNG OF SHEPHERDS ISLANDER.
WIN. H. Hurlburt, editor of the New York
D0fd, appeared before the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs and quickly disposed
OF that portion of Mr.. Shepherds testimony
which represented him as having seen a dis
patch from Secretary Blaine to his brother the
Late minister to Lima, with the phrase q Go in
steve written on the margin in pencil. Mr..
Hurlbut said that he had never seen any such
dispatch, and that Shipherds narrative of the
conversation in which Mr. Blaine's story of the
Duke OF York and the English admiral was re-
ferred to was an absolute and profound mis-
representation" This story had first been re-
lated to Mr.. Hurlbut by Mr.. Elmore, Peruvian
minister, and from it he got an'impresSion that
MT Blaine might have privately indicated his
views more forcibly than it was possible to do
in his diplomatic dispatches. Beyond this
there was no basis whatever for Shepherds
story. Mr.. Hurlbut was permitted to read an
extract from a letter which he had received
from his brother, dated at Lima, December 8,
1881, as follows:
he Chllian papers are full Of that internal
Shipherd and his pretcnscs. They have been
kicked out of this legation and out of the State
department., but he is an indefatigible MUS
ance. L hope Sam. Randall will call for all
papers IN the Department in reference to him
and his affairs. l have sent all his letters
back to the Department and [ anxiously desire
that the correspondence be made public. I
have fears Il hope not we'll grounded that our
government means to slide out of the Ameri-
can position here. Ny personal talk with
Blalno and Garfield of course will not appear
IN any official correspondence, but il was the
motive for my action. | think they will throw
me overheard unless Congress backs up the
American line | have taken here. Personally,
L care little about it, but | must say that in
Blalne's letter of the 22d of November to me
there was manifest disposition to hedge"
Another contribution made by Mr.. Hurbut
TO the corrpSnnp6nrpa in 80 h.,
mttee was a copy of letter addressed by
Gen. Grant to Mr. Elmore, Peruvian minister,
dated New York, Nov. II, 1881, which, leaving
out the purely personal illusions, is as follows:
= Since you were here | hear that President
Calderon has been carried off to Chilli az a
prisoner l hope this is not true. What can
say or do beyond expressing my sympathy
tor Peru in her present troubles and express
ing the hope that she may yet come out of
them with honor. 1t seems to me, however.
proper and important that the United States
should step in now and say to Chilli that she
cannot oppress or despoil Peru of territory.
she may demand indemnity and security"
MR. BLAINE ON THE STAND.
Hon. James G. Blaine was called to the stand
on Monday, and, as was anticipated, he made
thir IS lively in his testimony and scored Ship
here without mercy, to the great amusement
Of tie committee and crowd of spectators. Mr..
Blaine evidently enjoyed the situation. He
was not content to play the part of an ordinary
witness, but took charge, for the time being, of
The whole conduct of the investigation, related
his story in his own way, and examined and |
'atechised the members of the committee in
,tno1 nf for tbn;r ;,,+o
ecturcd Mr.. Perry Belmont because of the |
manner in which he, as a member of the COM |
nittee had put his questions to Shipherd. Mr.. |
elaine was very emphatic in denying all of !
'hiphcrd's assumptions as to intimacy of any |
lind with him, and equally emphatic in repu- |
iiating his assertions in connection with his |
Intercourse with the late President Garfield |
md the late Minister Hurbut.
In Mr.. Blaine'5 examination on Wednesday
dr. Belmont pursued his questions relative
o the Landreau claim, asking what status
held that gave it any preference over the CO.
het claim, and how it was that Mr. Blaine
ould give the instructions he did relative to
he Landreau claim, &c.
Mr.. Blaine explained, at length, that the
4andreau claim was owned by an American
itizen, who was an American citizen when he
btained title to the claim; that Mr.. Hurlbut
vas instructed in regard to it; that while this
government would not undertake to construe
he contract between the Peruvian government
nd j. C.. Landreau, he (Hurlbut) was to call
he attention Of the Peruvian government to
he injustice of not according Landreau a hear
ng in the courts, and to ask that some means
e taken to afford him hearing g I was ad-
enturesome enough" added Mr.. Blaine, "to
SIX a foreign government to give an American
hearing in lis courts"
"YOu will find further" he continued, that
he instructions to Mr.. Hurlbut say that in the
vent his Uandreau's claim is fairly arbi-
rated in his favor, that it ought to be treated
S lien on the property of Peru in the event
q settlement OF the difficulties with Chilli
nvolving accession of Peruvian territory
Yell, it was not fairly arbtratcd, and the prop
rty has gone the way of all the world Eng
md has gobbied up the guano, and 100000
Dns of it are now advertised III London, worth
robably $60,000,000."
HE MEANS BUSINESS.
1t is customary for the officials at the Navy
ard, on occasions when the Secretary of the I
tln Tor5 tn n al, e | ,