The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-02
POTTER'S FIELD.
IT YIELDS UP RICH. RARE AND nACY
GHOSTS OF LETTERS

GHOSTS OF LETTERS
FrOm Sim tn jerks and jerks to Jim
They Plaster Zach other with Mud.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Potter commit
Tee met at II a. M The chairman, Mr. Pot
ter, presented the correspondence between
Mrs. jerks, Anderson and others. Ordered
printed In, the regular proceedings without
being read.
Boulds Baker was called. He desired to
know by what authority he was called before
the committee, and was handed by the
chairman the resolutions by virtue Of which
the committee was appointed. After having
read these he declined to be sworn or answer
any questions, and stated that he had no rea-
son to assign at present for his refusal. Mr..
Baker was then discharged until such time
rs the committee should have taken action
upon his case.
Charles Foster appeared and desired to
make an explanation with reference to the
statement made by Gen. Butler on Saturday,
that q portion of q certain speech made by
Foster had been prepared by.a prominent
Southern Democrat. He wished to say that
II he was called as witness in reference to
the alleged bargain made during the Forty
fourth Congress, he desired to testify
BEFORE GOING HOME.
Mr.. Butler said as that particular part of
the investigation appears to have been left to
him, he wished to say that he did not intend
to call Mr.. Foster as O witness.
Mrs. Jenks was again called and questioned
as to her brother, Adophe T. Murdock. She
did not know he had been lately appointed to
u position in the New Orleans Custom Ell ouse
Mrs. jerks explained that at the time An
derson was reluctant to go back to East Fe-
liciana for fear Of personal violence at the
hands OF the Democrats, she went to Col.
Patton, chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, and with him made an
arrangement by which a special train and @
guard were furnished to Anderson. She
stated that the letters from Gov. Kellogg to
her had not yet arrived.
Without hearing any evidence the commit
Zee at O'Clock adjourned.
Ihe correspondence, AS presented Saturday
last and surrendered for publication to-day,
Is as follows:
Anderson to jerks.
From the North Americana
PHILADELPHIA, March 25, 1873
Ny Dear Mrs. Jenks-I have been in Wash
ington for some days, hence have not an
swered your last amusing letter. Evidently
your visit to Washington caused you to lose
your temper. don't know when / laughed
80 hearty as did after reading your letter
BLESS YOUR INNOCENT SOUL,
you shouln't get mad. 1t don't do particle
OF good and SpOilS the complexion Of women
They do say that Sherman fooled you badly:
that you gave him that letter on promises to
pay, and that after getting 1t, he told you to
whistle for your dingbats. Now, / can ina
gine you, the mysterious woman of Louis
lana" chuck full Of damning proofs of con-
spiraces, etc, and who Travelled hundreds of
miles for the purpose Of strengthening things
generally, whistiing and for dingbats.
"JeWhillikenSl" J" | don't wonder you got
mad. Sherman is sly old coon, who knows
the soft Of the gentler sex, and with visions
of sane cures, etc, in prospective. I'm not
surprised at the old sinners success; and so
you are coming up fortified, you are No
idea how my hopes survived when / learned
your decision. Come by all means. Send
barrel OF dynamite by express, and fOrtify
yourself with return ticket. You ought to
hear M. 3. tell how you tried to buldOze him
out of pass. It's as good as circus. l in
close you an article from the Chicago Post,
which you can hand down to your posterity
as an heirloom, or use all the same.
Very truly yours
JAMES E. ANDERSON.
jerks to STANLEY.
On the same sheet with the foregoing letter
Is written the following Endorsement:
SeraatOr-L send you Mr.. AS letter to me
and copy Of my reply thereto, which I
mailed yesterday. Please return these to me,
and obl1ge, A. ID. JEEKS.
Lock box 1885, New Orleans
On the same sheet is also the following:
Senator MdHbeaCs-May | trouble you to
explain that clause in the fellows (Anderson) |
letter In regard to me requesting pass from
your How did you chance to mention it2 !
Was.it necessary for yOU to do s0--nOt that / |
care; but knowing the fetI011 as you and do, |
| must say / am somewhat astonlshed. |
Ideemed that what said to you regarding my
0WB private affairs would be inviolate, as it Is
not often / mention them to any one, but it |
don't matter. l wish you TO write definite |
answer to my first letter to you, mailed on |
the fifteenth. Be it pro or CON. wish to know. |
Please return these inClOsed letters to me. I |
always keep duplicate Of Gu0M 1CrHe to
such replies;
THEY MAY BE A FUSE
hereafter to me. Yours, A. D. jerks.
jerks to Jim.
MARCH H.
Dir. Anderson:
Your favor of the eighth at hand permit |
me to advise you to keep cool; pray have no
fears for me; / know how disinterested they
are; | am not afraid being armed and well |
prepared; really was not aware [ ever as
sumed to
BE A SHINING LIGHT
to guide benighted beings like you through.
/ think | should do So for really you have
not good sense. You talk far too much in
regard to the Custom-House and the mighty
ones who make appointments therein. They
may all go to his satanic majesty.
N. b. have an idea lCiU erist without
their aid certainly.
Capt. jerks never requested position from
these lights Of the worlds and demigOds of |
fame and they did not do much for you The
fourth OF March came and went, yet it was
not found practicable to keep you in any man
ner. Poor child! don't distress yourself
about Others who cared not q cent which wav
the wind blows. Ny compliments to your
friend, Mr. Sypher think I have no mess
age to send at present. I'll be- North ere long,
but will have time to hear from you should
you make it convenient to write. Adeu
A. d. jerks.
Jim TO jerks.
THE NORTH AMERICAN, }
Philadelphia, April 10, 1878.
TO Mrs jerks:
Your last two letters may not have been
funny, as you say, still I laughed heartily
over them, and so was not mad. How strange
considering you damned Hayes, Sherman
u Co, and wished them
TO THE DEVIL,
/ naturally concluded you were mad, and so |
you would not take filthy lucre from my |
friends Well that's unDd Whv Distinctly y | {