Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-06-30
Fom the n. Y. Spectator.
TTRWUER CORRESPONDENTS.

Again we must cXclaim, "iiail Co
lumbia, hapry land" And the reader
will say we have ample reason to echo
the poet Among our extracts respecting
the efforts Of Ma or Eaton to crown HIM
self with unlading lamcls, previously to.
his departure from the seat of govern
mcnt with whose rcccut glory lis name
must cvcrlas,mgly be associated, pub
liShcd last evening, was an article from
the Globe, deny ing explicitly the account
given in the Telegraph Ola collection Of
persons at the treasury office, with Il
view of attacking Mr.. Ingham. The
following was the concluding paragraph
of the article in the Globe, to which we
rc!cr:-
awe are further requested to state,
that Major Eaton did, ,"iihom 0ng otrnd-
ant whaiercr, seek a meeting with Mr..
Ingham, having first sent him word of his
intention, in which he failed, simply be-
cause the object could not be effected
without violating the sanctlty Of private
dwelling"
The Telegraph of Wednesday, as 'thc
best commentary upon this article pub
fishes the annexed letter from Mr. Ing
ham to the PRESIDENT
Mn. INGu.M TO TIE PRESIDENT.
UGshinston, 2lst June, 1881.
To The President Of the United States.
Sir-Belorc leave the city, it seems
to be due to the Government that
should perform painful dutv, imposed
upon me by the events Of the last forty
eight hours. 1t is not necessary for me
now to detail the circumstances which
have convinced me of the existence of
yMdctivc personal hostility tome among
some of the officers Of the Government
near your person, and supposed to be in
your special confidence, which has been
particularly developed within the last two
weeks, and has finally displayed itself in
an attempt to way lay me on my way to
the office yesterday, as | have reason to
believe, for the purpose OF assassination
/ II You have not already been apprlzed
Of these movements, you may perhaps
concerned in them arc the late Sccrcta-
ry of War and the acting Secretary of
War, and that the Second Auditor Of the
Treasury, Register Of the Treasury, and
the Treasurer. Of the L. 5. were in their
company, and that the Trcasurcr's and
Registers rooms in the lower part otthc
building of the Treasury Department, &
also a grocery store between my lodg-
ings aad the ctlice, were alternately oc-
cupicd as thcir rendezvous while lying
in wait, tic former ahording the bes: OPP
portunity for Observing my arproach.-
Aprriscd Of these movements on my re-
I Turn from taking leave of scmc of my
. friends, | found myself obliged to arm,
and accompanied by my son and some
other friends, repaired to the office, to
finish the business ofthe day, after which
/ returned to my lodgings in the same
company. 1t is proper to state, that the
srincipal person who had been thus enl-
ploycd for several hours retired from the
department soon after entered my room,
and that received no molcatation from
them either at my ingress or c9rcss.-
But having recruited an additional force
in the evening, they paraded until late
hour on the streets near my lodgings,
heavily armed, threatening an assault on
the dwelling reside in.
I do not present these facts to your no.
tee for the purpose olinvoking your pro-
lection So far as an individual may re-
ly on his own personal efforts am will
ling to meet this peril; and against an as
sault by numbers have found an ample
assurance Of protection in the generous
tender Of personal service from the citi-
Zcns Of Washington. But they are COM
municatcd to you as the Chief Magis-
tratc of the United States, and most es-
pccially Of the District Of Columbia
whose duties in maintaining good order
) among It's inhabitants, and protecting the
officers of the Government in the dis
charge OF their duties, cannot be un.
known to you.
have only to add that, as far as an
Informed, all the persons engaged in Civ.
!, ing countcnance to this business are Off.
crs of the Government, except the late
Secretary of War.
have the honor to be respectfully,
. Your obedicnt servant.
$. ID. iNGHAM.
On receipt Of this letter, Gen. Jack
: son addressed the following letter to tht
gentlemen alluded to by Mr.. Ingham.
\ June 22d, 1881.