The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-09

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r;rTrIlEH thBiSET-HoW "0I-D GRANT
r,ntIM LIGHT ON A DARK SUBJECT.
WASHINGTON. August I.-Bluford Wilson
go. ryn,s-cxamincd to-day 10y Representa-
,-,r pIai>tcd. OF the subcommittee on
Whi>Arv Frauds. He said he did not know
i &i> own knowledge that the President
,ry. au,ry AT the publication OF the endorse
,r..ur :. ct no guilty man escape ii 1t can he
.,aitird." &c. in the Barnard letter. lie
an remember saying to Iaryan that lm-
rnrtunitv WAS required 10 procure such On
Endorsement. He had been informed, how
ever. tina, parties in st. Louis had besought
the President to make some declaration
slowing that he was in sympathy with
those who were fighting the whiskey ring.
The witness then gave his reasons for be-
Iieyinr that the President was not acting
M 10 the endorsement. and repeated that
,'ir discovery OF the Sylph" telegram by
EIbcock seemed to have changed the mind
ot the President The kitchen cabinet ana
the boss ring. under y. K. Shepherd ana
Eahcock. were the cause OF much trouble,
their movements being directed against
Secretary Eri>low and PoStma>ter-Gcncral
Jewell.
The witness put in rs evidence the Bar
nard letter with the Presidents endorse
meut. The President received this letter
while At Long Branch in July, 1915, and
sent it 10 the Secretary OF the treasury at
Washington, the address and the words
Private and confidential " being in the
Presidents own handwriting:
rnE rRUsTED FRIEND.
:. Eirk,r6nd, No, July 10. 1S15.-Dear
General Writing General sherman III my
hclaf in 1854 YOU did me the honor to close
with: Mr.. Barnard has been sincere
friend OF mine when wanted friends, and
when there WAS no apparent possible chance
Of him ever dcririn" any benefit from 1t.
You may trust Nr. Barnard with the as
>nrancc thai he will betray no trust Nalu-
M these assurances Of your high regard
and confidence. need hardly tell you how
A,,iduolSly have strircn to prove worthy
ii and maintain the same, or refer to his
tory for the reGccurring evidence Of the
manifold intrcacies of polished innuendo
and intrigue INDUCED in around power i'll
>I-atcd by places. jealousy, uniriendlinesS,
revenge. &c From evidence in my posses
sion feel that have not escaped the efforts
Il such io place us in antagoniSm. But
AN rewarded by the consciousness OF your
generous feelings OF old.
.roLoGGSTS OF TIE RING.
III there ever was Il time when your true
admirers should exert themselves in this
section to correct the inferences sought to
f,o created against you by your political adj
yrr>aries and unworthy parties here who
have occuriieG place and dastardly out
ra-ed confidence. with others yet in office,
il has been during the past three months.
The 'clips' enclosed from the Republican
and Times OF to-day marked A and b
show some OF the many efforts to tarnish
Your @rca. name by implication. That from
the RcpubGscNn. it is intimated, bears the
car-marks of John h. Henderson,, assisting
in the prosecution OF cases before the grand
jury. the closing Of which is simply ln1a-
nous. and ! fear aided in his old animoSlty
by Il report whispered around since Cary
left the city by the apolegists OF the ring
that he >aid Mr.. Bristow had deceived you
and would not retain the Treasury porto
lio thirty days.
riiE vELvETED HAND.
Il have denied this assertion when made
in my prescs,rc, and have written him what
ha> been said. Neither Henderson nor
Dyer like q bane in your body. They will
do what the generality OF lawyers consider
their duty, IOthing more; and both, in-
spircd with political aspirations, will take
good care to advance what they may regard
Their own or friends interest. Feeling this,
cannot but think that the interest OF the
Government and your own past record
should bc protected by additional counsel,
known to be aetaiated by the highest sense
OF duty and fealty, regardless OF the
prospective Influences OF press, party,
or scli-aggrandiaement. Attorney Eaton
- mere sick, and had it not
been Tor high family and social influences it
II pretty well understood would have been
nipcachcd in Ais bankruptcy Office some
Gpic since. Again. ns l have had occasion
i9 say 10 Mr.. Ncwconb himself. l DO not be-
Ie'e there will Ike II conviction Of the in
diced whilst he retains the marshalship.
Convinced OF this, OF what / know has oc-
cnrEnd and occurring, j cannot but STATE it
TO you, the reasons for which wouls make
lhls communication too aengthy, although I
PREMISE who the veyetaa hand is thst ssaolds
him IL power, and why.
''RING swaG''
Nj. Mckee, OF the saIoGe, it has 4een
generally understood for years, has heen
head anG ears coenizant Of and abettor aud
participant OF the ring sM:as' as far hask
as 1871. h is stated and believed that he
&''SSi''u .GuI DcluS cOuSuIscu, anu, COLI
scntlng to The ring, received two portions
OF the divide, with the understanding among
ahe initiated that one part wss for the L.
Inented Ford, mot one cent OF which am
confident was ever protlered, did he get, or
MOULD have taken. / am craditably in
formed that these facts could bave been
brought out but for an interview with and
Influences brought to bear upon witness
and j seeming studied effort to shield him
Mckee, under the audacious assertion that
Ills Indictment would Lead to exposures that
would strike so high as to destroy the party
oi the republic.
GENTLE BAHcOCK.
Mckee should be called before the grand
hfy and probed to the quick, but parties
nsrein named with Benton, Blow, and
sSssh (end0rsers on Democratic purchased
oiaznire, Newcomb, and others do not want
IL. an indictment could and should be had,
bu1 may not take place from influence ex-
ertsd, and will he continued to save him,
ana 10 after time will he said would have
peeh but Tor protecting others, and this by
hoMe Of the very men herein named Colo.