The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-01
ended In all lite significance the fact that

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hended In all its significance the fact that
he had been
BETRAYED nv BABcOck.
and that If he (Babcock) had betrayed
I. him In the Black Friday transaction he
was quite capable of betraying him In
connection with the whisky frauds and
of becoming a party thereto, and the
president recognized that the prosecu-
ton against Gen. Dahcock had had Its
full Justification. wish now TO read
letter from another friend in Chicago,
who is also friend u the president:
FEB, 20, 1S7e.-Mr DEAR FRIEND:
Webster has Just shown me your letter
Of the oath which IL Immensely crafty
Ing to me. am now quite hopeful that
l the blow we have so much dreaded and
feared may be arrested. +. +.
The president sent for me not long AZ
ter this. ana we bed a fali and very
friendly conferences conccrning oil cues.
tons of differences between rs, and the
result was that supposed that lett him
entirely satisfied with myself will
state here that it had been charged to
the president that my office was the rem
devious Of hostile newspaper correspon-
dents, and that had written AN editorial
article for the Ne,o York San, in which 1
praised Bristow and condemned him,
with many other kindred statements, be-
sides those have already set forth. In
regard IN tbosa cborgoo Ih.vo s,mn,v %
a""p,! W
say as sa'd 10 the president, that u IL
| true that several gentlemen of the press
HONOURED ME-
WITH ,,o;r s,;ona.,,,r, al .o,o,,,.o
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anu wheh 'ney cai'ed l 'reateu 'hem
courteously, and II had any news for
them gave 1t to them, and II had
none that was end Of 1t. On the 9Th Of
March, being sick received this note
from Cen. Bristoyv
| DnA 5000, N A1on 81; am so,ry 10 near
s..hh ~. n neee, anu hoPe you
viii stay ~ nome unui you are entirely
n.t. wa..eu W see you ,ast .hignt,
oal tvul.n ~. away uou. callers. Inc
pIes'uen Tvs. sea. Iol u1 yessruay 10 say
,'Ia' nc "as cohtHluany VoIu oi uniriehd-
| ac's anu sposencs y. YOURS anu Auaihs.
ne says II u represented tnat your room
tue rehueZfous OF uhIriehuiy news
paper Correspondents, anu tnat on Tue
uay 'ne annouhcement on neihnap
crime was niaoe you eAciMIheu IN hc
presence Oh memocr Oh congress,
| wen. tneIe Is zoo III israeI YET as
| Hyou Ielo.ceu ~ me announcements. ne
| aiso saiu wat "c vas toiu that you saiu
some Gays ago. II 20 OUT tne secretary
: VIII 20 ou. too. 'oIu n.n' 'i,a,
khew ,lotni'R y, .nes "asis anu hau
| never neall Vi tneui. pu. ausIseu lau. "
senu ~, ~ -, am" ,.,h;ah W. ,u III ~ Nv. liz
Thoie sunye't, "neu "e P'osc" W w.
ne a,so su -, ~o. , '1in VIII na" ,,,
w,ne ~ gIsas nas. ~ ~, nv. .one ou'
Faithfully yours, BIZ. b.
To this | replied az follows:
Ar How, March z, ls76.-Mr DEAR
GENERAL have your kind note OF this
instant informing me OF your kind inter-
view yesteioay "iul the Presiuent IN re,
lation 70 mysen. ana ! use my ngnt haha
II once 20 aenounce 20 you ana .ne presi-
,.hn s s nrasis,sn,lv and wicL.div mis-.
represent me to his excellency. The
member OF congress drew upon his i'm
aginat.on Tor ms facts. as most emphat-
re,ar.nc. n General Reitnan ,houeh
the fact that his sin has found him out
might not unreasonably be held a. proof
nat theIe Is ;nueea "o ,t ~ 'e rae
some DAYS AGO that II / 90 OUT the secre.
tary will go too. and the charge that my
room Is the rendezvous OF uniriendly
COT oressponsu ..;n Ion ae "'" III, any
Glad 10 assure the president at his earliest
convenience. trust that he will give
me the names OF MS iniormants ana an
nresence or vonrs Cen Grant has no
better friend than yours truly.
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MO. iss Forsvtb srteet. Can YOU pro.
duce evidence.against Wilson for big mon
eyy Answer. il. PORTER.
This man. >. L. Porter. was witness
Ia Gen. Babcock's trial at ST. Louis, an
ex-secret service man, dismissed by me-
and was there 70 prove iha' ! had given
wasnourh' ch'ei OF the secret service
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