Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-12-23

to bis guilt have been expressed here.
90 conclusive MAS the evidenss sgainst
him. the most convincing part ofwhich.
however. was his own dispatches. and
the replies thereto.
TKLEoEAPHIc CORRESPONDENCE.
1 win add here q few of these dis
patches in order to show your readers
the diabolical workings Of this conspi-
racy in general.
50. Lossis, dag 26, "a
Col. VIM. o. Arery, Chief Clerk Tksas-
ary Deps.-Are friends coming? See
Fl. and give me soundings. A.
This "A" is Joyce, who after send
ing money, telegrsphs:
81. Louis, ,Nop. %. "a
Coz W. o. Avery, Washington, d.
C-Did you get my last letter with
inclosure JoYcE.
Who replies:
Washington, d. c., Noe. "a. IA.
JoAa A. Joyce, Rev. agent. 81. Losis.
Letter with inclosure received.
w. o. AvERY.
Again, Joyce telegraphs Mcdonald.
after visiting Washington in interest
of the Ring: Things look all right
here, let the machine Co." Under an
other date. MATTERS are hunky. Go
it lively and watch sharply" He tele-
graphs Avery. "Give me something
positive on movements of friends. Act
surely, prompt" Avery replies in
a night message. "Put your house in
order, friends will visit you" Upon
such evidence as the above, reinforced
by personal testimony even more con-
vincing, were these thieves convicted.
Avery has taken an appeal and will pros
badly be tried again.
INDICTMENT OF GEN. BABcocK.
The excitement reached its climax
here on Friday and Saturday, the 10th
and 18th inst, when it was announced
that the Presidents private Secretary,
Gen. o. E. Babcock, wasindicted by the
Grand Jury here as an accessory to this
conspiracy. This was intimated as
rumor in my last, but is now q fixed
fact and capias has been issued for
his arrest. Strong evidence of his con-
nection with this Ring has been crop
ping out here and there through all the
trials here in the way of dispatches and
the testimony of various witnesses.
DIsPATcHEs-BABcocK IN THE RING.
Here are some of these dispatches
that passed between Joyce (now wear
ing the stripes) one of the leaders of
this band of Plunderers, and the private
Secretary Of the President Of the Uni
ted States! "Have you talked with D?
Are things right? Hon?" He had
previously written to Babcock to call
on Douglass, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, and stop the raid on the Ring.
To Babcock again HAS anybody
been sent here? 7" Who replies -
Cant hear that any one is gone or is
going" March IA, "a, Joyce tele-
graphs from here to Bahcock as follows:
II start for San Francisco tomorrow
night. Make I'D" call off his scandal
hounds that only blacken the memory
of poor Ford and friends. Business. -
The I'D" here alluded to is plainly
Douglass and the scandal hounds" the
inspecting Revenue Agents.
These dispatches have been procured
from the Office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company asevidencei in these
cases. Gen. Babcock disclaims any
connection with the conspiracy and de-
clares bis ability to explain those rela-
ting to him. The country is on tiptoe
to hear. But as observed by the Dis
trict Attorney, Col. Dyer, "If Babcock
is not guilty, he has succeeded beyond
any body I ever knew in making it look
as if be knew what was going on"
GEN. HENDERSON Is DISMISSED.
But there is war in the camp! Gen.
]. B. Henderson, q prominent Liberal
Republican Ex-senator from this State,
was employed BY the Government as
assistant counsel in the prosecution of
this Ring, but really has occupied the
position of counsel in chief. He is a
man Of unimpeachable integrity and
stands prominent as lawyer.
His efforts in these cases have met
with the most signal success and he has
conducted the prosecution with an un-
tagging zeal that has won the applau-
dts of the country. But his last elo-
quent effort in the prosecution of Ave-
~ brought down the wrath of the Pres
ident, which has caused his dismissal.
No party accused has escaped yet un-
der his prosecution, and with his
thorough familiarity with all the de.
tails and workings of this Ring. the
Government cannot afford TO lose him.
Popular opinion Will surely deem it an
outrage. and suspicious already point
to the fact that the Presidents bold
words, LET no guilty man escape, %
have only failed when his pet is ar