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Show POTTER INVESTIGATION. Washington, 6. Some letters were introduced in the Potter committee, to-day, not nereiofore published, as follows: One dated March 27th, 1S77, from Anderson to Matthews: "Aa soon as the commiKsiou is n-ipointed, prease I write me definito instructions. Na-h I will be here this week aud will de-iniand de-iniand possession of that aj-reemeut I niter oiltring me a possiuie clerksnip Of course I ehal! decline. Shall I ; inform him that it is in your putsec Uion ?" I Anderson lo Matthews, May 5th, I baymg: ' Evarts and the president l have alleged their reason for not ap pointing him consul, which is that it was their policy not to make removals, re-movals, but there has been several vacancies and one removal since then. He says he does not now consider con-sider their excuse good, and the position posi-tion he aspires to would illy repay him for his trouble and expense. He ohjjeto to sinyiog in New Orleans, where there is an element against him, but says something must soon be done." May 25:h: A desoatcb to Matthews refusing Evarts' ofler of the position aud expressing disgust at the whole affair. A letter, dated June 2, "tl , to Matthews, written in Washington, saying that after his interview with the president on the preceding day, he learned the president didn't intend to appoint him aud bad sent a Idi-paseh which might have been mis-'couitrued. mis-'couitrued. He didn't intend to I threaten, and saying the president j miiibt gtt rid of him by appointing to 'uhi; place a Baltimore gentleman, he wouid name a democrat, but un-: un-: impeachable. A letter, dated June 6th, saying tho newspapers throughout the country had simul-' eous y attacked him and that it wns ernlamahip by ine lact i that the New Orleans ..iti admioiEtra I tiu:i republicans Imd given u out that tue writer held some leltersdamaing to tl-o adnrn-'stn-tion. Their plan w.ii to have the newspapers .'tack him and frce tho president 'tow mm over ad thus compel a pnuiica-Itioo pnuiica-Itioo of damaging letters. Ho fys IU' p!.in has failed. He would not 'emt'arraes the administration. He j i.aJ Kpent much morey and lime to 'g1 place but would eonn propose i b oroii;se ,. .a 25th, a letter to Matthews lr.!inJ. C. H. Smith of the i-easury ;dt-partment, saying thst Ai;der?on jhas refused the place tendered b'm and nclo-;ng a letter from AnderiOn j to Matlhe.vs. ; ;nl 2:;.l, 1878, And?r.m wrote i Mi.nhews from Philadelphia, a-fcing ! Matthews to gst his brother a jonsul-fehip jonsul-fehip and to get the place lor a wed I'nvii'ii mended, f-eni'em.in on ilv Philadelphia Xvith A.nrrican i. I$I 200 or $1,400 as eierkship in Thila '. delphia. 6UD COMMITTLE WORK. ' Jacksonville, 6. Before the Inuse tiih-ommittee, to-day, A. A. Alien testified that in November, 1S76, he was tieri0 of Baker county and made the canvass, with the county judge ,aud a justice of the peace, ot tne icVetiun. Ou the lOlhDriggers came jtn tie me, and Eaid we were beat Ml we did not do something. Asked . him what we could do. He j i said we could make a canvass. 1 eaid we had no justice of ttie peace; i he said lie had one all right, and :in.iied Bill Green; told bim 1 would : t-:uiv.ifcs with him alter darK in tne j clerk's otfice and looked over 'the returns; we decided to throw aw;y two precincts, Darby v'"e and ,l:iimsonvilie, aL the suggestion (of driggors, Hie reasons given being ti;at intimidation had beeu practiced I at one and illegal voting at the other. I l'i erewasno evidence before us in Jeiinsville precinct. It w-s enarged that tt ree or lour m-o did n t 1:vl in the county woo had voted; h.) no witnesses before u;; that is ail the reason 1 know ol for throwing out the precineis. i no precincis iuru n changed the re-ult in the whole county, giving the republicans the mjiriiy. In answer to Hiscocfc, i witness said one J. V . Barnell, j democrat, asked me to mgn C"x' canvass ; ?aid I would I Dot ; be said if I would there was some moey iur me. Asked him how much; said $li:5 and it I went with him be would show me the man tint bad the money; look me to Paris' store and I saw John E. Hart-ridge, Hart-ridge, a democrat of Jacksonville, who said if I would sign the return that Cox mide out, he would compensate me for my .trouble. I told bim I could not. It looked too much like a bribe. He said it was not for a bribe, but only to pay me for my trouble. |