The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-25
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Correspondence OF the New York Tribune.1
T. n(WAsHMatox. September 1s.
Another case showing the responsi.
bility which thesFfesideut has assumed
in the appointment Of brothersinis
to office has just been Discovered, and
is the most fl ,grant that has vet been
rmads public 1T relates TO General
Frederick T. Dent, who is q lii lieutenant
colonel oaartillery in. the esulsr army,
and brother Of Mrs Grant, aud who
is borne upon the official directory a.
Secretary, to tho PresidentE1t is web
known to those who have freqnepted
the White House, and to the attentive
readers Of newspapers. that General
Dent has charge OF the ante or ws'ting
room oivthe Executive Mansion. where
al VISITORS except the privileged ONES,
like Cabinet officers, have to. wait be-
tore being admitted into the official
apartment Of the President. The
statement which follows ID gathered
from q conversation have had with q
gentleman whose lame is ~ present
withheld, and it is vouched for by him
as trustworthy in every respect. .. rs
The gentleman in question is prom
inent res dent of one of the Southern
Statee, who has served 10 the Legisla-
';ture, ard ia now engaged IN the cam
paign. During thespring Of 1871 he
was an applicant for appointment. AZ
Consul at one OF the ports IN Japan or
China: After spending some time in
Washington, and making no beadway.
he was advised to apply to General
Dent. Aocor dtngly, on the 18th OF May,
1871, he addressed that officer, saying
he had a matter pending requiring the
Presidents approval, and he therefore
wanted Dents assistance, for,which be
expressed himself as willing to pay
Dent, it is alleged, answered the letter,
appointing an interview at the Execu-
tive Manson at P NJ on the follow
ing day. The note OF Dent was shown
10 two friends, eX-armv officers, one Of
them held on the retired list, who re.
cognized Dents signature by saying,
Yes, that is old SevenIy-seven Dents
AL ogra ph; we used to call him Seven.
ty-sev Dent because the F and T were
ju,t alike, and resemble the figure T."
At the time indicated in the note the
applicant went to The White House and
told General Dent he was there in re-
spor 81 to his note. The two then en-
trre,: a private room, where the eff e
seeker told the army officer what he de
sred, and asked his assistance with the
President, saying he would be willing
to pay him we'll Tor it. Dent tol him
to file at once his application for APP
p,intment as Consul at Singapore, India.
because there was vacan"y in that Of
fee, as the person whose name had
bren previously sent to the Senate hal
refused it, which was not, Dent remark.
ed, generally known. The applicant
then sail that he would bring the Pa.
pers to the Executive Mansion the next
morning. TO this Dent answered, No;
brin them at once, so that | can place
them before the President to-day. Your
papers will then be the first filed for
ibis position" The applicant for con-
sular honors hereupon returned TO his
hotel, obtained his papers. and repaired
again 10 the WhiIe House, where they
were pIacei in D,nt's hands. This
officer looked them over casually, and
went into The Presidents room with the
pa pers in his handa, wkereupon the
gentleman lett the building This was
about 4 o'clock, OF May 10, 1871. On
the morning of the 10th, before calling
at the White House, the gentleman
saws he wrote note to Dent saying
that when he should leave the White
House on that day he (DenD would
find upon his table. under the blotter,
a letter to hrs address. The applicant
says further, that he placed upon Dents
table noe in VIII ch was 800 bill,
with a f,w words asking the officers
acce ptance OF that sum for his services
thus ar.
he gentleman says he was very con-
fi'ent OF success when he lett the White
House that morning. O,the2!d, which
was Monday, he called again, wnen
D mt assured him that all wouli be
right, and said, son, ltound something
on my d->k after you left on Saturday,"
The .ntlaman said, Never mild; that
il all right Subs quently the gentle
man lent his friends to the State De-
paitment, where t ev 'ound that a man
named A. G Studer had been appointed.
He again went to the White House,
when Dent informed him of the same
thing, hut did not say anything about
the 800 bill, although it was expected
he would. The gentleman, Gays he
knows the papers we're not torn up in
this case, "a he saw them recently at
the State Department The foregoing
is almost Ia the exact words OF the
gentleman, whose name is withheld, al