Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1882 — THE PERUVIAN AFFAIR. [ARTICLE]

THE PERUVIAN AFFAIR.

Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, appeared before the Peruvian investigation and read a long defense of his action. He admitted having accepted a retainer of stock for his servicos as counsel, but returned it to Shipherd because of the probability that the subject would come up for Congressional action. Senator Blair testifiod that the late Geu. Hnrlbut had written him that he could not make Shipherd understand that ho (Hurlbut) could not act in the matter, except under instructions from the State Department Senator Blair was again before the Foreign Affairs Committee on the 4th inst., but his examination added little, if anything, to the sum of human knowledge concerning the affair under investigation. The most important statement that he made was that he never heard of the letter of Shipherd to Hurlbut offering $250,000 until Dec. 5, when he was at the house of Mr. Blaine, and the latter called his attention to the letter he had received, giving the first information about it. The general drift of the cross-examination went to show that, the Senator was the dupe of the wily Shipherd.