The sun., 1873-09-24

a short time ago in our Washington corr
responJeuoe the astouu liug Tact was a.
closed that Gen. o. T.. BhHclCK. lli nj pri-
yote secretary and special confidential
agent Of thc Ire,iiyui, had been d,te,t-
I'd in supplying tn. District ot Columbia
Ring with fraudulent vouchers. whereby
'ho United states Treasury has been robbed
of great sums Of money. The proofs given
Of Gen. BAucocK's frauds were so complete
and overwhelming that no one ha, dared
To- question the entire accuracy of the iu-
formation then for the first time mIlo
public.
To-day our Washing N correspondence
contains another chapter COnceruins IAN
COCKS false measurements even more as
touishiug than the first. The statements
OF our correspondent are corrJboratld by
alhdayits from a competent and eNpe-
IIenced engineer; also hy H." ,, wi
go. 81 BOSS sHrUuERD and one of his
favoritc contractors. The charges OF fraud
nre so specifically made and so thoroughly
proved thatit will defy the ingenuity of the
Laost ingenious whitewashins committee
ever constructed to mitigate iu the slight
CT degree the force OF the terrible a.cu-a-
tious brought against the Presidential
fayorte who has 50 long been kept in
prominent civil Offices in denaucrof Law.
1t is shown, in addition to what has here
tofore been published, that IN one instance
through a 1rau1uolt certificate supplied
by Gen. BABCoCK tine large sum of Sl6,ilo
was drawn from the United states Treasury
Tor work which il wa pretended had been
done on Fifteenth and seventeenth streets,
when i'm fact not one dollar had been cx-
pended for the grading in those streets
which was charged against th' United
States. surplus earth from cuttings IN
other streets was simply dumped there,
the contractors receiving no pay for this
work. Tho worst OF this job is that accord
ing 10 the evidence Of the contractor he
only received 20 cents per cubic yard for
the cutting, which was done in other
streets; while BABcoCK has certified to a
charge of 40 cents for this cutting when
the work realty cost only 20, aud 40 cents
more for filling, which cost nothing at all
making 20 cents per cubic yard, Of which
60 cents per yard Is pure swIndle and rob
berry.
Again, near the + street circle, tho
centre Of Ring Toul-estate speculation
there is little triangular space made by
the intersection Of two streets. ThIs It'll,
triangle /, not a Government reservation
yet Gen. BABCOCK charges against ia,
United states Il, 695.20 for grading around
Government reservation where no rescr
walton exists, besides giving a false meas
urement OF the earth actually taken ava,
at that point Thus far only three meas
urcments have been examined out Of twI
hundred and oghty-siA which were ccri
ned by BAHCoCK. If all his work is to b.
judged by the examples We have given,
affords wide neld for onlecture ~ to Tn
total amount Of the swindle In false ccrlil
Gates for grading alone.
The hrst disclosure Of these d,.-raccf,
frauds by pCr,on holding the closest pcI
'onal and official relations TO tho Prc.i lcn
created tine most painful foDu. of Ai
initiation among men OF ul political iai
ties. This feeling W4lI ue iuteu.iApl by tl
new revelation, now made, as these s4O
tut; tAe WI&bD. DUitm fraud was M
nn dated caan o. b.. ,a.utpd upon Il
lH'l %. accidental error, in calculauo
N.''- IA neither the iioa Of ignorance n
o. CFr'osaHeSs could well bcaccepted fro
\ nj cL&ineer OF Gen. BABCoCK's pretensioI
Y There can now he no question Of syst