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Show POTTER INVESTIGATION. Butler Prca.siuir lor Answers. AlUntic City, 25. In the afternoon Sherman refuted several points of Wooer's testimony. He never aked Mrs, Jenks to suppress any letter written by him, never ollered her a reward nor gave her anything to do. Sbellabargcr, by permission, explained ex-plained regarding the appointment of Captain Jouks to the treasury position, posi-tion, that he simply introduced Jenks there. General Butler pressed the secretary far an answer as to whether consultations occurred when Parker waa removed as postmaster post-master of New Orleans and Badger appointed in bis place, while Souer received the appointment the same day, but the secretary declined-.-to answer. Th i secretary will returrrAo Washington this evening to be further examined there. Gen. Garfield testified that be went to Nevr Orleans at the request ot President Grant, to witness the count and Bee fair play. He learntd from D. A, Weber a groat deal more about West Feliciana parish matters than from anybody else i Weber said the trouble there was ; because of the democratic state committee com-mittee advising the formation of ride clubs to intimidate republicans. Garfiell denied the general statements state-ments of E. L. Weber regarding the vis ting republicans. He character ized as a lie the statement that he, or anybody else, had advised tbe returning b; ird to stretch its power to the utmost , with a view of throwing out democratic votes. General Garfield expressed surprise when told that Amy Mitchell had recanted her story. He paid Amy had told him the full particulars of ber husband's murder. Butler here directed several questions regard j ing the validity of the Packard gov eminent, to which Garfield replied that he thought Packard honestly elected, but that the legislature reversed the result in his case, a thiLg which (hey could not do regarding Hayes or Kellogg. Even ttiougb the legislature had once seated Packard, yet tbe opposition did lose the power of contest. Butler persisted in asking if the Macvcagh commission did not go down and break up that government, etc., and Hiscock objected to this as being outs ide tho scope of the committee. NEW ORLEANS WOBK. Major E. A. Burke testified beioro the Potter Bub committee, to day, that he went to Washington in Janu ary, 1S77, t the request of Governor Nicbolis, to represent bis interests. Nicholla understood tbat it was de termined to force on bis government the election of two United States senators, sen-ators, as the price of yielding tbe state government to him. Nich oils instructed him to report cn the conditionof affaire at Washington. He waa also to ccuperate with the national democratic representatives. Witness submitted a telegram, dated prior to his departure. Tbe first was from himself to Hon. Randall Gibson, declaring that no violence was being UBed or would be used The next telegram was from J. G. Camerou to General Augur, saying tbat the president was determined not to have the legislature disturbed aad that tbe armed mob around the state bouse must obey the orders of Gen. Augur. Witness also filed a number of dispatches which passed between the visiting republicans and President Grant, showing the condition of aflairs in New Orleans from a republican repub-lican standpoint. The most of these have been already published. Tbe decision ot President Grant in favor of Governor NicbolU, in the case of the Ouachita election, had created a terrible party feeling aud suoii a strong pressure pres-sure waa exerted that he decided the Natchitoches in favor of Packard. V ituee submitted a long telegram (rom himself in Washington to Governor Gov-ernor Nicholls, Stating that tbe latter's strength in Louisiana was bis weakness weak-ness in Washington and Grant wanted to uphold Packard in order o help Hayes. Witness then read the lol lowing: Willard's, Washington, February ISth, 1877. Hon Stanley Matthexcs: - My Dear Sir In accordance with your request, I called several times to submit a memorandum of points which, if understood, would doubtless aid in the solution of our state affairs. The notes, if endorsed, represent the policy and determination of the NichuIU government. As to the quivliou heretofore disun-.ed, every member of tbe government and our people are pledged to the f-tiibtul l urrying out ot the tame, in cise the Nicholld government should be acquiesced ac-quiesced in. Should tbe only government govern-ment in the etate which commands the respect and support of the people he overthrown, of course Governor Nichoilt.' power to preeerve peace or order ceascB and the responsibility of remitting tbe state to anarchy and each parish thereof to tbe control of local factions, must rest elsewhere Respectfully yours, E. A. Bl-bkb. Tbe following dispatch was read: Washington, Feb., 17th, 1877. F. T. Nicholls, New Orleans -There is no present reason to believe that Packard will ever be recognized un-leas un-leas we are grossly deceived by high authority. E. A. Bubke. Springer eaid tbat General Butler had proposed to show the existence of a corrupt bargain by which tho president presi-dent was counted in and to overthrow the Packard government. The qies tioos relate to the overthrow of that government and are pertinent. Potter said be did not favor this line of inquiry. He thought the people of Louisiana were justified, in view of the action of tbe returning board, in making tbe beat arrangement tbey I could tc secure a state Government. But aa tbe inquiry bad gone so Ur and as be had no power to atop it, he ruled the questions should be ana-j ana-j w. red. The witness answering gutter jthens.iid: He knew of no order to j troops to maintain the Packard gov jernment beyond the current history, that troops were ordered to prevent bloodshed. He did not understand that the legislature ever declared Packard elected beyond the right of content. Further examination ol Gen. Ga:field waa postponed till lo-morrow. Secretary Sherman intends to prove ,by tbe Louisiana witnesses, that in tiraidaiipn existed in Louisiana. Ex-! Ex-! Governor palmer will be here to-I to-I nwrriw. |