New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-29

President of the United States this letter:
MY DEAR Mr.. PREsIDENT-Pardon me for troubling
you to read the inc1sed clipping from yesterday morn
ings Chicago Tribune. might under ordinary c.in-
stances qultc to let the matter rest where MI
and Hons r. Fdrwell to settle ther differences
mq l Srh T n ym iSn have OF @ and
OF the fact that did not 10 into The matter tOa
reporter. / wish o say to you that tie whole
story Of Mr. FarwelI as II relates u me is utterly
and uuqualiicdy false. Even a. II JoAe-a poor
one at brst-it is wholly without foundation
warrant in any word or act OF miro IN reference 10
any either inside outside the whisky ring suits
this 70 Mr. Farwcl II he has been with Ai. com,
plant against me- will take as iayortf you Will c"il
Chicago seems to be sa. sfacoiy. return to washing
ton Tonight With great respect your friend: ,,so
wrote that letter fl reply charge which Farwel
caused tcicgraphcd to The ChcaJo Tribune that
had, the OF certain visit to Chicago said to
]. d. ward while he DstncAttorney that he must
indict Farwel sid Logan. and that when Mr. Ward
asked me for evidence said 90 him, Damn the ev
deuce ndct first and lind the evidence aftc ward'
viii state that The chicago tribune article referred TO
ated that the telegram submittcdto NJ Ward uron
Mr.. FRrwe's statement that Mr. Ward would confirm IT,
and upon Mr.. Wards confirming and coTohorTins 1t,
1t should he published. Upon its being submitted
10 Mr.. ward. however, he rcpudiatcd IL in toto. and
denied ever hoNns any conference OF enneeion VIII
me upon which any sucn Interpretation coud Dc p4e,".
To the reporter of rE THIEUNE, Who came to me ior
d,ninl simply sid: " have none to make to 80 u'teiy
absurd a cldr.e."
BABCt CHS ST. LOUIS SPY.
Mr.. Wilson continued | make this statement because
that the reporter Of The Ner rork Graphc and the
correspondent Of The chicago Inter ocean in this city
have IN Substance repeated this charge In new q.
shape yesterday ia TIE, Gr0Phie, ami presume
also in Inc Her-Occun. THIS was my answer
then made ChIef Magistrate Of the land and il Is
my answer the chag.c to-day. In further respuDs, To
the queston The Committee both the secretary and
mysclf were very early led entertain grave apprhen
sion what The issue would be IN tie Babc"ca mat
ter. the that learned from the President
and from c. = Bell himself that the President had
recommended him 10 20 10 ~. Louis carnc from tue
President from c. = Bo and IRON, tue Attorney Gene
rnl that II in contemplate. TO employ Bell TO go 10
ST. Louis aud re!ot not &, Nj Dyer but directly 10
tae Attorney Gcner ana thar tUc reason for his rctcn
ton was that the President understood that Dyer aud
Henderson intended 10 imIucrtc him In tie frauds II
possible; on Dee Is 1870, wrote to MI Dyer a. 10"
lows:
Ana now a word % caution. You have made q mistake
In trusting e. : B.L lie nus VIci, uriug know
that you nave been rnd.,yur,u- 10 lmplro m Pi',
drut, and ;hai D. possible t.dt hc MAY I,tL to ~
LOUIS. u Ice docs, Iut your ic,t msu on 80 oi'. fna
wa VIII soon see where be- II Lee calls u,oa you
an. III on That you sn- peel; Uut DON'T uu D-I, and
nave lin wat,Dra. Mind vht say ! huu" wast
am writing about. and must burn t.- on your l"uor
Will state further that made such Representations
10 the Attoiue, General and 10 tho President when
learned that 10 Was In contemplation to Sud his n'ne
bel, tu - LOUIS 49, induce them 0 reconsider ihylr pro-
posed action ami not employed; 1t a fact That
the Pre- a ut was u cu-rly earnest iu the Bdhcoe- mat
TEL m opposition 10 the views OF the secretary my
self; on TIE 18TH OF December he sent Tor
me- and confronted mo with the charge that
IL was rcrorici 10 him that I trying to have his
brother. Orvil Grant AMI hi- son. Cob Frederick D.
Grant. indicted for completely 10 tac frauds. Ia the
oi the conversation Ac again as-I'" I" me i-
earnest belief IN Gen BihcocA's innocence ana hts
sense Of the great outrage that n1d been p'fte-
trated ou HIN by Henderson and Dy.r On refusing
20 send Co the military Chicago Toe ul-iut
evidence contained BOO the records o The civil tribunal 80
- Louis a illustrating tho personal attitude "f tie
President TO mysclf may mention that Col Grant i"d
the rcporter Of HE York Hdcd In December that
Gen Br,cocL indictment was tnc result ~ con .pricy
bet .cru a prominent Treasury oGeiul, naming myself
md Ci ec1urz. This STATE because the reporter Mr.
&cck,r, told the same evening - did also Nj
Nolduon, and because brought tie attention OF tie
Preside himself g. aud the second day Of Janu
ary the attention OF Col. Fred. y. Grant
GE,JI's INuurpAuuS CIRCULAR.
Mr. wilson then said. uow com" t. the celebrated
circular letter; on The 27th d OF January, 1876, re-
, ceiycd I'M, no,e:
EvfDrIyL MArsiOS,
WA.HINoTOS, Jan. -. i-5G.iz.l'r Ms
Ny Drar y SOLICITOR: Tao fr,.il'u. sI' to IIoP
you note AMI ah you 10 come over ana see ii.n veg
Truly yours, Law! J. 4'''''i'
Before going further I viii state that had twice
ca ed upon ia. President Of the United states before
could get interview vita him on the question Of the
cAaI.e made against me Oy Col Fred bIaEt; Tor ih't
rca-on after that dd nu c.ll at the WhIte House *
cent when wa, sent ior went to see the Pref
dent promly ana lea! ned that ho w0- dissatisfied Win
the course Of u, secretary aud my cir with reference 10
the conduct o, Tie prosecutions NJ Milwaukee and Chi
cnso and - Louis he obj ord specifically AMI earnestly
Ia our permitting person, who pleaded guilty to b.
Used as witnesses To convict otDc-In other woid-' 10
the testimony OF accOmphccs; he called my attention
IN the cas, OF the gLgtr Kodd!s OF Milwaukee, against
whom q Hoiie pTOssId had been entered aud sand 10 ne
that there was quite too much oi tnat thing soins oh
he read from report show that tLc uote PrDscIu
had been entered Tor the purpose OF using Rodds
IA States evidence; he ncNt saih 10 me, Il
understand Everest returned suppose he has been
promised immunity too;" sad To him, Nj Pr silcni,
90 FAR as know up uis date, Eodds L. the only in
stance IN which noL pros has been entered Tor the Pur
pose Of accepting the party Stao'- evidence In au-
sWer TO your question as to whether Everest Ia
not 10 DO prosecuted | should say that / have
succinc information that point from the
rictAttoIHgy and lac tells that promise hat
ever has made 20 him, and that none VIII he; he
asked me VIVA; Everest would testify to told him that
II was said that Eycrc, would testify that he Joyce
mail two letters containing 5000 addressed 20
Cen Babcocl; he asked me when Everest returned;
It.!d him that he had returned about the 18th ot
January, SIG; IL asked II knew whc no was told
him believed he then with his uncle somewhere In
Western Pcuusy lyana he sad to nc, Major, when
said let no guilty man escape 1 meant IT, and
not that nine should escape ana one
be convicted :" / sad TO him, Pardon
me M President, not in this battle counting
heads, trying 10 break up the unlawful conslira
ci,s a nd combinations which we all know exist and If
possible reach those who have inspired aud organized
them and know Of no other way Of doing this and oh
tanning proof OF the conspiracy than by going inside OF
the ranks Of the orators, and give II TO yon as
my Judgment that Inc policy which has been adopted