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Show TEJLJU-iiilPHIG AT I T AGlLV. Tie Poller onrjvirs'e kutues 'Jon;l,l!C. Slauicy Mi(ih"'.T-t U?ia-jcs .Appear li (ore It. N.w lrt, 12 Tb.e Poller ir.rsli-gLitiun ir.rsli-gLitiun C'.immiuca rGiuoied in sps-ion this m. rumt', Ijut iu the abeuci'I several menibera no wilne? were exam ned. General Butier atod ihat Sl-ntey Muttiiewa be suiiiqidiuhL Mr. Poltersaid the senator had been BUmmjned od Saturday, and be replied re-plied lb;U an important engKeaient t Newport wou.d irevent bim attend iug aud WLi;itever be knew be dee-Tied of no consequence to the committee. From tbia repij Mr. Potter inferred that Seoator Matlhevra did,not meito to respond to the eummona. General 3ui!er remarked lh.tt if Mitunewa' answer meant that be would not attend or obey the summons sum-mons ol the house of representatives the Bcouer the issue was made the bettt-r for the bouse nnd senate, bui that the powers of both can be deier-mined. deier-mined. If the bouse has not power to compel the atteudance of witnesses then investigation is useless. He did not know what credit to give to certain cer-tain newspaper articles be bad seen, but if they were true, Matt he W3 bad been testifying lo newspaper repors ere. He teiis to tbem as much as be 1 please, and e want bin here to telt a much as tbe committee pleases. He therefore moved that it be entered on record tbat Matthews refuses to appear before the committee, and that the same be reported to the house for their aciion in the matter. Potter rem rbed tbat be wonld entertain enter-tain Butlrr's moiioa, but thouiibt it better to awai tbe presence of His cock aud Steoger before voting on it. He therefore adjourned tbe committee until 11 o'clock to morrow. The committee then went into executive exe-cutive aecsion. |