Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-06-03

HE ItluIu1 lulRl Nass
really occurred and what came under
out, and nothing / could have done. or
can do. will prevent u. Had you eonaded
in me before. NO might together have &C.
no use In butting my head against . stone
lures 10 tho Democrats, and Ma al see a.
10 what action TO tAko In regard TO your
request. To day Major Burke sent for
me. and stated that they were DESTROYS oil
saving the parish. and asked what a..
sistAnce l could give him and that i
wanted. l repeated your statement YER
batim. save a. regards Packard. which 10
too incredible 10 make unless strongly
corroborated. I did not. however. mon.
ton your name, and left him under the
impression that I would substantiate the
statement made. He offered me $4,000
and an $500 p~osition for four years. Your
fears that you would lie Obliged to
leave the State In case you made tho CT.
posure l think are groundless. The peo-
pie would overlook your completely IN
10y at the result which would probably fol.
low. But. admitting that you must leave.
I think this amount. together with the po-
aition would give you . fair start In any
part OF the country. Should you accept.
write 10 Burke. notify me also. and l shall
explain tho matter 70 him. Had you not
better come 10 the cityf Let mo warn you
against one thing. DO not make the A.
tempt. unless you have documentary evi.
deuce 10 prove your assertions. IL you
have simply heard Dick instruct Tom and
Harry 10 perform some piece Of rascality.
do not attempt to prove Il by the evidence
Of the latter. They will swear that moth.
ing Of the kind ever occurred. and you
will DO regarded "a . falsiier. That Ia
where the shoe pinches me. Why, could
prove an I know. somo Of these detecta-
bio ~scoundrels would DO enjoying the hos.
pitality Of the Baton Rouge penitentiary.
Instead Of running the State Government
Of Louisiana. Thanks for your kind inyi.
tation TO come up. don't think the oil
| mate would DO beneficial to me. especially
at this period. May the devil take the day
l consented to go TO East Feliciana. Let
| me hear from you soon. Take no steps
| without consulting me. l am anxious 10
| break down these ~rascals. but there Ii no
| use in breaking our own nocks unless We
| can accomplish something. Should you
see I, A. Weber, show him this letter. and
consult with him. We arc acting together.
Truly yours.
(signeil JAMES 4. ANDERSON.
James L. Anderson. the witness before
| the Potter Investigation Committee on
| Saturday, in explanation Of some OF the
correspondence submitted. related inter-
views which he had had with the Presi.
| dent and with Stanley Mathews. He said
he had been offered the Consulate To Fun
| chal, and had declined TO accept II. He
| then vent 10 the President, and the fol-
lowing is his account Of the interview. The
President said he hal received . letter
| from Matthews 10 give mo . place, and no
| said at the same time that he did not SEQ
| exactly what no could do | said " Mr..
President. I appreciate tho difficulties
very we'll under which you are
laboring. know that II you give
me 4 place, that IL any prominent
| place, IL will excite the attention OF tho
country. and will cause unfavorabls com.
ment. I will make some suggestions,
which. II you will adopt, will relieve you
aud everybody else Of all trouble In the
matter. II you will appoint such . man
as I shall designate TO one OF the New Or
leans Appraiserships, now held by Ring.
god, who has no political backing except
ex Senator West. I will withdraw all my
claims on your Administration" The
President pondered Of tho matter . few
minutes, and asked mo when I Was going
TO return 10 New Orleans. I told him i
did not intend W return 10 New Orleans
| unless I had some definite promise made
that I should DO provided for. Then no
said: "You 20 back home and write
me this proposition. which you
have made, and send 10 TO me under cover
Of Mr.. Justin. n Of my private secre-
| taries, so that I shall be sure 10 receive u.
aud I will attend to It," Next day l wrote
10 Mr.. Matthews that I had thought the
! matter over. and I wrote 10 him and told
him that In my telegram I did not mean
10 threaten him. because i thought he WAS
| doing what he could for me. but they had
worried me so In Washington. and
| thought II was about time something
should be done one way or tho other. i
next went 10 Cincinnati. on my road N
New Orleans. and stopped over there and
saw Matthew'S. lie told mo TO 60 back TO
Washington. and he would follow me that
night. came back. and We both arrived
here ON the same evening Sunday even
ing, June 10th. saw him three days
after my arrival, and asked him what had
been done. lie told me he had not seen
the President. but he would SEQ him that
night. Wednesday I called Ut his room at
the Ebbit House, and he told me 10 call
on Mccormick, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. went 10 the Treasury De-
partment and found Mccormick was out
Of town and would not return for ten days.
l returned To Matthews room and hc
wrote for me q note addressed To uen.