The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-06
WASHINGTON.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

| WASHINGTON, Nov s, 1875.
THE ALLEGED INDICTMENTS IN ST. LoUIs-EF-
Feet OF THE REPORT ON THE PRESIDENT
ORGANISATIONS BETWEEN FRIENDS OF PREsI-
DENTAL AsPIRANTs.
Washington has been greatly excited all day over the
publication in the morning papers Of what purports to
be special despatch from st. Louis to the Cincinnati
Enquirer alleging that the United States Grand Jury in
St. Louis had found indictments for completely in the
whiskey frauds against less persons than
General Babcock the private secretary, and
Orville Grant the brother Of the President In the
absence Of other Information from St. Louis General
Babcock his belief that the report is untrue,
and the officials at the Treasury Department say that
up TO late hour to-day they had received nothing
from St. Louis going to confirm it. This is all that is
known here about the matter OF the alleged indict-
ment but its publication in the shape OF the
press despatch referred to has given rise to
no end of gossip and scandal Probably
nothing yet charged against the administration
has been kccnly felt by the President TO whom the
was communicated this morning as he was ar
ranging pleasure trip to the theatre. indulgence
he Immediately abandoned to sink back into sulien
endurance of the terrible blow. The Cabinet session
to-day vas largely devoted TO a discussion OF
the report, to what effect has not been
made public. Feeling has very high
the scandal and the friends and the enemies
OF the President exchanged some bitter recrmna
tons the subject The charges and charges
far they made to day the street and else
where, substantially follows and given for
what they worth:-In the first place, the parsans
OF Secretary Bristow claim that the bringing
home OF the whiskey frauds TO the door of
the President only the inevitable consequence
OF cornerng the whiskey thieves and frightening them
a ri he m wi
so long shielded them from punishment Efforts hereto
fore in the line of conviction had been rendered useless
by the nerpositon OF Executive influence On the other
hand the enemies OF the Secretary of the Treasury pro-
nounce the Indictment in lieu thereof the scandal OF
to-day's publication, a bold stroke of that
officials friends against the administration and
in furtherance Of Mr. Bristow's ambition for the next
Presidency its delivery being timed to just
when the success of the republican ticket in many
States required strategic move of some kind to kill
the rowling popularity of the administration. In sup
port OF this charge they point to the fact that the Dis
trct Attorney at st. Louis after private interview
with Mr.. Brstow here the eve OF cleo
tion went back in hot haste to ST. Louis
and got ready the lightning which struck such
here to-day. In this Mr.. Brstow's friends
say that Mr. Luckey of the private secretaries Of
the President ''went West" about the time, WITH
they allege, the object of avertng the thundcrbot
which they knew had to fall if they did not find way
of carrying of the electricity
The bystanders who looked at this warm inter-
change Of sentiments very naturally thought there
would be rupture in the Cabinet to-day between the
President and Mr.. Bristow, but outside Of what has
been said OF the Presidents dependency and General
Babcock's distress and anxiety counsels of that
body unru1led If tho question of the next
Presidency were as remote specie payments The
IF tha hat Rrist
greatly disappointed because he was not Immediately
removed from the Cabinet, and go on to explain that
Grant is not making any more martyrs to Cesarism
just now all of which does not prevent Mr. Brisow
adherents from reoning that the Treasury secretarys
revenue reforms have encountered their serious
obstacles in the corrupness OF Executive favorites
Frenchman listening to the sanderous gossip of
Washington to-day would say the people were enacng
sort of governmental ''Fie de Madame Angot"