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mailing Of letters to Nessrs Bahcock and Ave-
IN WIN n1nnnN Dnrl ..llrn. lie al-l

mailing Of letters to Nessrs. Dahcock aud Ave-
~ with money enclosures. lie said;
lis iuc there f. no positive root nat MS dcspach
keeper Il me Prs icntla mAn.lon. lie has no ind-
,t,i,, ib 4 ht' ca fol was 10 rcri,, them nn delivrr
them limself. or send them ty otn,rs. Vow We won't
nj. was received hut We are inc incd to think, We
sn , eg nr.pep 10 10. Aid ieqrSse b,Snigps i1Tys 100 10
thur Cunsllt ration
II was then agreed that the dispatches should
be glOuued together. and that the question Of
their delivery. &c. aud their relevancy, should
be argued at the same time.
THE PRESIDENTS DEPOSITION.
wNHiNGToS, Feb. 12.-rhe deposition Of tho
Picsi lent Ia tue case Of Gen. BahcOck, now
neuding Ia -. Louis, was taken to-day ut the
Executive Mansion. There were present Chicf
Justice, Waite. Secretary Brstow, Attorney
Geo. Bahcocks counsel, and Mr.. Eaton, who
represented the pr9secution. The examina-
ton was OF considerhble Duration, begin
ming. AZ IL A. NJ. and terminating at .
l.. VI. 1t Il said to have been very thor
ough and was characterizcd by the straight
forwardness which marks the Presidents utter
ances The oath was admnietercd by the Chief
Justice, ana the exlninnuon developed tho
facts that Gen. labcock had not influenced. Or
attempted 70 influence. the Executive IN the
selection 81 any official Involved n the so-called
Whiskey Ring; that lie had not interfercd In
any manner TO cause suspension OF tho celc-
hratcd order for the transfer Of suuCryisOfs;
but that its revocation was directed by the
President himself In order that. suspicion
being removed from the minds II those en-
gagged in the frauds, thcy migh' the more r,adl-
ly be detected in their cnoits 10 cheat the Cow
eernm9nt oui II tue revenue on distilled s.irits
that the Pre- idcnt stll HIS implicit confidence
IN the Integrity Of Gen. BabCOck, and ts slusned
with BIS explanation OF the desp1tchcs which
have formed SO important an el-meut in his
prosecution.
The examination ELECTED nothing oi I'm
portance. Whatever It's Oiject, II seemed to
nave been more directed lipst tho Pre- Nd ut
than Gen. Bahcuck. II, however, developod the
tact that, u there has been auytaiU- wrong on
the part uf that on 'cr which the President eni-
rhatcally stated he dtd not believe. IL was en-.
iirely without the knowledge Of the Executive.
The President said that during the twelve years
Gen. liabcock bad been intimately associated
with him he had not learned anything calcu-
lated ~ impfir his confidence In his integrity
Ihe testimony as a whole, Is declared to be
strongly IN favor of Gen. BlbcCck's honesty.
RICH DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW ORLEANS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.-Therc are indications
OF forthc9mine rich developments in the New
Orleans Whiskey Ring cases. private de-
spatch received to-day from Tint city snys that
there are good reasons for believing that the
Grand jury has found indictments againat y
Hale Sypher and J.s. +. Cisey The officials at
the treasury Department had not received any
Information ~ this fact up to hve o'clock thii
evening, 'r II they had they did not desire IL
have tt made public.