Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-12-17
SRA TINu THE .EI'IDEMic ERA :

ONVPu tIldU OluClOl oOCh3 OA6A6A<O = " ~~Ss
into the Missouri penitentiary, has full
filled the expectations of the luckless pro-
phet, and now bears on its remorseless
bosom the struggling form of "BAB. "
The U. S. Grand Jury of st. Louis deter
mined last week by vote of ighteen to
one, to pitch into the stream Gen. o. E.
BABCoCK, Major Of Engineers U. S. A..
Military Secretary to the President, Com
missionerof Public Buildin gs and Grounds,
President of the District of Columbia Ly-
ing LII Hospital, and Engineer-in-Chief OF
the Washington acqueduct, or, for short
-"BAB." Our readers have already seen
some of the evidence against him in the
shape of his letters and kilograms to th'
whisky thieves, upon the unexpected APP
peara,,ce of which he calltd for court
marti Il, which the President at once APP
pointed in the person of three officers OF
uncalled. for high aux, two Of whom were
personal friends of the accused; but what
the evidence may be when a jury gets hOlu
of him, is yet to be seen. at this critical
juncture the President, who is still on the
bank, and whom the ''rush of the mighty
food" described by Mr.. JOYCE, has not
yet reached, extends him unexpected and
extraordinary assistance. Col. J. B. HEN
pEnsoN, a distinguished lawyer, who was
appointed to assist U. S. District Attorney
DYER in the prosecutions which have just
closed with tile conviction Of AVERY and
which commence again this week with The
trial of BABCoCK, and who has been the
handspring of them, is suddenly discov-
cred by the President to have gone out o.
his way to attack him in speech made il,
the AVERY trial, and is dismissed from
the case thus:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 1875.
Hon. d. p. DYER. United States AttOr-
ney, st. Louis, Mo-
Evidence has rea med here that in tn
trial of AVERY Mr.. HENDERSON took al
vantage of his position us special couns
of the Government to assail the Preside,'
who was not OF. trial. His efforts in tina
line will be no longer paid for by this d.
partment. You will give copy Of ths
dispatch to General HENDERSON.
EDWARDS PIERREPONT,
Attorney General.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 9, 1875.
Hon. EDWARDS PIERREPONr, Attornr'
! General United States, Washington
d. G.:
| have seen your last dispatch tUColoni
DYER. My speech in the AVERY Ca
| was extemporaneous. Mr.. EATON malh .
you ON Tuesday a sworn copy of the ste
| Ographer of 50 much us he thought relatt
| to the President. I did not see it, bu,
| stand 10y the speech as made. l said not!
| ing beyond what my sworn duty required
| and for that l have no apology to ialke.
J. B. HENDERSON.
A published statement of Col. HENDEn
SON is to the effect that ''as prosecutin
attorney for the Government it WIS hi
duty to place the responsibility where hi
| iud .ment told him it belonged, and tina
| he was convinced that the President
| much, Or IN re than any other official, wd
responsible for the present condition q
the Revenue Department. GRANTS Off
cinusness and his arbitrary conduct, t."
g-ther with mis- subordination of every
thi..g to party and his surrender of
many important offices to corrupt pol'.
clans had brought III Ore peril to the cou
try than all other causes combined" an
he regards his dismissal by GRANT .
''furnis ling irrefuta5le evidence OF tt
truthfulness of all the charges contain,
in thu Speech" 7...
The extraordinary proceeding by t
President in this m liter is worth consids's
| ing. An attorney is appointed to pros,
cute for the Government; the evidens
shows the appointment by the Preside
of corrupt mAn to Office, and his obstilia
retention of them against protest; t..
thieves are shown to have been in corre,
pondence with the confidential secretar
of the President. who acts as a sentin
and confederate for them. and when tn
attorney, in his address to the jury. bring
the facts to bear, he is inst al tly kicke
ont of the case. with all his valu bic exp
rience and knowledge gathered in II
similar cases just tried. All for assaiii
the President, And why not '.assail''
Presidentp He has lowered the Off
enough to bring it in roach of assault fro
dIl dH DIS W. lflluStli OlIc Cttfi IL III III
particular reason for not assailing hin
certainly not Ills intellect or his habits o
his associates. He is precisely the san
man to-day that he WAS with his 1llinOi
surroundings fifteen years ago. But if !
were the noblest intellect and purest lf
and hest Pre- id mt. it w,ul be a strang
feat t. dismiss lawyer who, in stating
case to a jury, reflects on him.
Ard it won't help "BAB" whit. If l.,
is acquitted now when the strongest prost
eutor has been stricken from the case-tl
man who unearthed him, 1t will not acqu;
him before the wn Id. The authority give.
by the Attorney General to fill HENDER
SONS place with "the most able and eff
Gent counsel you can end without regard
to his politics." will avail nothing. The
ables. counsel, &C., put into the prosecu.
ton in a state of entire unfamilarity witt
it will amount to-just what is best for