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Show TELEGRAPHIC POTTER COMMITTEE. Still Hantlos for Dirt and Frand Washington, 25. The examination examina-tion of Mrs. Jenks was resumed to day. she Baid eoe bad not yet received the letters inquired for yesterday, and did cot kmiw whether they would be of any imp.uUuce. Witness had seen Mr. YeOer at Donaldsouvihe ihortiy tIore leaving j'ur Washington, aud Mrs. Weber had toid her UuU Ander-BOn Ander-BOn had baid she (Mrs. Jeuk-) bad recei.-ed about rflOU.OOO for cer-niu dot unients and appeared hurt bei'-anse she nad received no portion ol tue mone.-. Mrs. Jeuku, however, in-formeu in-formeu M;a Weber that ehe bad never received any money whatever. Oencrai tlu-liion b:ul r-queated witness wit-ness to visit Mrs. Weber with the view to baviug her come to Washington. Washing-ton. Mr. Springer Is it not a (act that Sheldon wauted Mrs. Weber to come 10 New Orleans and make an affidavit to the effect that In are was no such document as the eo-call-;d Sherman letter m distance? Witness Xo sir; you are entirely mistaken about that. t-priuger inquired if witness received aty other consideration from General j Sheldon excepting her actual ex-' peaatrB? Wiluess (very ortarply) No j eir, and it was but $4. You need not distress yourself about it. Witness: was asked by the chairman if she would produce the letters desired to-morrow morning, if they arrived? ar-rived? Oh! yea, if they arrive 1 will produce them. General Henry V. Boynton, correspondent corres-pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, was recalled, and said the president never, during their conversation, gave him to understand that Anderson was in possession of political secrets. He derived the impression entirely iroiu newspapers. General Cowley was Dreaent during the entire conversa tioo, and heard all, including the Anderson matter. General Butler inquired if witness ever had an interview with anyone in Wa-bingtou regarding Anderson, and had stated the president had appointed ap-pointed Anderson and the others connected con-nected with the dirty work iu Louisiana, Louis-iana, in order to keep their niomna closed General Boynton replied that he had never talked of the matter in that way to anyone. Witness stated in answer to inquiries as to wueu the M.icveagh commiBsion was appointed that he had conversed wah Misers. H.iwley and Harlan . both before they left Washington for j New Orleaui, and after they had returned. re-turned. Gcueral Butler requested witness to ' state as nearly as he could all tbe conversation wtiiuh transpired be- tween hitn and theae ttutieinen concerning con-cerning the Louisiana commission. General Buy n ton said he had no conversation con-versation other than pertained to menhir npftjiiinnHr wor. mid W.m'id be pleased to answer any particular 'quesiion Butler might a?k. ' I Butler Was th-re anything said i regarding General Harlan's rautlidacy Jor the supreme bench? Witness Yes sir. Before leaving lor New Orleans General Harlan m pi tiled me to ascertain, if I coutd, as a favor to him, whether General Bristow was a candidate. If so he (Harlan) did nut desire to stand in his way. Harlan was of the opinion that if he went to New Orleans, he could aid in bringing bring-ing about a satisfactory settioment L'f a very annoying state of all airs tuen existing, and be thought probably that tho transaction would help bun in securing a seat upon the supreme j bench. That is all that happened in i connection with that matter, excepting ex-cepting that I promised to endeavor en-deavor to comply with Harlan's request. re-quest. Tue conversation alter Gen. Harlan's return trom New Orleans wrb 1 iu tue l trice ot General Boynton, who informed Harlau that he had been al soluitiy unable to find oui dehuitely, etihcr from Bristow or his intimate , irieuds, but thai it wast elieved oy us, j mi auing some of bis friend.-, that ' Bristow would accept thy position were it tendered him. Harlau replied re-plied in etlect thai he thought be I himstlf wou.d be a candidate for the position. G ncral Boynton converged wub General Httrlau regarding i Louisiana matters, mention. uc i" , Harlau At the rime that members ot bis commission would have to be pre pared lor investigation, as Genera' Butler's friends iu Washington w. re j saying be was not satisfied with the j re.-ult ot the investigation, and there was a charge tbat some $!.", 000 or $16 000 bad beeu used in Lou 1 tor itie purpose of putting tue Aicu oils government on its leet. General Butler dedired to know who bis friends were tbat mad such a statement. General Boynton I cannot name them. The fact was published, as I have staled it, at the time. A long discussion between General Butler and-Genet al Boynton turn place relative to the couve realign about the allegid expenditure ot money in Louisiana, aud at its conclusion Geu-entl Geu-entl K- men retirtd. Ex-.darslml Jnlin R. G. Pitkin was sworn and teunVd that be had converged con-verged with Jm. E. Anderson on tbe pnl'ject ol the protest ni Um pariah of Eaot Feliciana, and desired to read a prepared eiaiemunt in regard to tue matter. Alter discuision, it was decided de-cided to permit ttie reading of the staU'inunt as part ol' his nworu testi mony, which was to tho etVot that Anderson ewore to tbe tirst protest iu his (1'itkin's) presence. The second protest mentioned by Anderson never exited, to the knowledge ot" witness, and the third protest was baudid to Pitkin by Anderson, duly eworn to, and that, to the best of his recollec lion, there were no blanks in the doeu-f doeu-f ment. as Anderson had sworn, which had beeu ti led by parties unknown to him. Pukin thought it very probable the third had been framed by Anderson while be was under the iniUienceot liquor. Ho (Pitkin), in bis statement, challenged anyone to state that he ever attempted to por- io law. Ho thought it very prot - ; I that be had mentioned to Arni.r: , 1 ih.it it he Lvuid do so e.iusrii m,v.: . ; " it vn!d he wed to make the pr -ti , ne tl'nkiti) be:ng i-ersorniiy aware ih.ti the cor.iittion of afliir? in East F.'.ic'ftoa parish ww not a,togitl.i: t cihc. The elate-meut elate-meut is ery vi iumn . 'is, and riUr-also riUr-also to ft LVtivt-rsatr u hid with Anderson iu W;liards not-1. tootling tootl-ing various conversa t-'iii te:etu that gentltnian and tfiauity Matthews. Mat-thews. At the conclusion of the statement Gen. Bui it ei:q iind r-l" Titkm j whether he. at any lime. arsi j Tb.niiAS Jenks anytnu.g re at-ni; to j tbe 3.ierman if-cr, ut w m-h it iss . r.pi'eo mat waa very iiieiy he nad done bo. . He had never seen a copy of the Sherman letter. He had eeen an article in New Orleans newspapers announcing that Mrs. Jr-nks bad a photographic copy of the Suermau letter, and upon showing her tbe article she laughed and rtmarked, "How little tbe newspapers know." . Pitkin then addressed s .me further inquiry regarding the letter, and Mrs. Jenks replied thai the letter had never left New OrleaDS. Whenever he mentioned the letter at all he meutionei it as tbe Sherman letter. Did nnt th.nk Mrs. Jeuks tpoke of it as the riberman ielter By Suerm m Did you ever meet Anderson in Philadelphia? A. Yes, sir; mice. Did you go to eee him? A. ! Wei!, I do not liiiuk so. In fact, I i never was in the Xurth American office in my life. j Q. Do you remember ever having an interview with Senator Coukhut with regard to Anderson's pro ten? A. Yes, sir; I have bad several conversations con-versations with Conkling. Q- ypiier was prfeut at the in- ( : terviewiu question, was he not? A. i'es, air. Q Did not Sypher explain the .circumstances connected with tiie , Anderson protest? A. Yes, eir; 1 Sypher gave the history of the case, much of which was new to Senator Conkiing, as well as to myself. Q. When Senator Conkling cskrd you about tbe blanks in the protest, j wuas did you reply? A. I think i replied in substance the same as 1 i have to day, in my prepared state ment, th.it I bad no knowledge of the existence of any blanks in the protest. Q Did Sypher have the Matthews , letters with him at this interview'.' A. I think not; but he gavo a de aoription of them. Witness then stated, in reply to further questions, that there were not many if any democratic witnesses examined ex-amined during ihe Howo investigation, investiga-tion, and fuilher stated tbat witnesses were all paid by government. The committee, at 2 p.m., took a recess. The Bub committee, consis;ing o' Stringer, Blackburn and Keid, ex pect to leave for Louisiana to-night. |