The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-31

that nine men should escape and one pc
Convicted said TO him: "Pardon me,
1fr. President; we are not In this battle
counting heads we are trying TO break up
the unlawful conspiracies and combinations
which we all know exist, and, IL possible, 10
reach those who have conspired and organ
lied them. And know OF no other way
of doing this and. obtaining PROOF OF the
conspiracy than by going inside OF the
ranks of the conspirators, and I give it to
you as my Judgment that the policy which
| has been adopted by local counsel, upon
their.independent Judgment and not under
the instructions Of either the Secretary or
myself, will result in accomplishing this
| purpose, and that none other will" Secretary
Chandler sat Just back at the furthest end
OF the Cabinet-room, and said to the Pre-
sident: "Mr. President, notice the pre-
sence of member OF the Cabinet. Ii you
give me time to 60 into this matter | think
/ could satisfy you that you are labor1ng
under misapprehension-0
TOO MUCH OF THIS GOING ON.
"Oh.u said he. cit is not worth while.
I simply wanted to call your attention 10
the fact that in my Judgment there is LOO
much OF this going on
/ said to him, ssThat being so, have no
thing to do, Mr.. President, but to bid you
good morning." and [ did so. went OUT
deeply impressed with what the freslaen!
had said to me. went to the Secretary Vi
the Treasury and told him what had taken
place, [ said to the Secretary that IN my
opinion it was of vital Importance that he
should see the President on that DAY; that
| T had reason to believe, and did believe,
That 4. p. Tuition, then lately returned
Chicago. ION the Goth OF January, l belleVe,)
had endeayored to create the impression IN
the mind OF the President that we were CIV
ing away everything in the city OF chicago
for the purpose of convicting Reban and
Hesinp. and Ward and White. The ques-
ttion as to the propriety OF the policy was
not important. It was important that lie
should see the President, or Immediately
take with him his letters to Mr.. tuition:
Let me take my letters to Mr. Tuition, ana
his kilograms to Mr.. Webster, and explain
to the President the whole case. lie rellc-
family consented. We went, and the Secre-
tary with great particularly stated TO the
President fully and fairly, reading from the
official documents, the situation OF affairs at
Chicago.
GRANT POSTED BABCOCK.
After the Secretary and myself had con-
cluded our statement and the explanation OF
our position, the President expressed nm,
self wholly satisfied Herewith, and referred
with great kindness to General MeDstef,
and then ensued very kind and friendly
| interview touching other matters between
the Secretary and the President, when IL Is
not necessary or proper for me TO go mug
further particulars than to say that Generai
Babcock's case was again alluded to, ana
tbes Everest testimony was stated to the
President bv the Secretary. On the evening
| Ill 1,,, ,65roSsp6 the Secretary the
following letter:
,[nnuarv 81, 1S7G.--Dcar General: called
to bid YOU bon voyage, and to say that WITH
in less thas m hour after our return from
the White House Babcock came in little
while and a good deal nervous, and asked
me IL had any news. / replied that had
none except what had given the Presl-
dent. TO which he said: g Yes; 1t IS
that about which desire to ask you.
What does Everest claim about the five hun
dred dollars ?" &c. Showing that his En-
cellencv had conveyed ut once to Babcock
every item OF possible evidence which he
had received from me. Babcock stald quite
awhile; had q very prompt ana emphatic
denial to every story, and theory 10 III IL:
He asked me on going away to tell MN II
ANYTHING new turned up. This positively
refused, but added that / could not deny
and said that would do just as well, and we
see that it does. The point OF all this is
| that the President questions me in l5aDcock's
interest. What am I to do? Again, have
no objection on general principles to give
Babcock a fair show il the testimony is
really false; but how il it should turn out
to be true? And what right has he more
than any other accused party to hear the
details OF the case against him? B. W.
THE CIRCULAR LETTER.
On about the Goth OF January the At
torney-G eneral called for me; and l went
over. He said he wanted to talk with me
about the Babcock case and the situation OF
affairs at st. Louis, Chicago, and Milwau-
kee. I said, Certainly" BE said:
e What is it about that man Everest?".
told the Acknowledgement in substance what
I had already reported to the President. lie
said to me that he had been good deal
troubled by request which the President
had made Of him with reference to writing
\ circular letter to the United States district
attorneys cautioning him against taxing the
testimony OF accomplices. lie SAID he mad
! told the President he saw no other way TO
get to the bottom except by resortlnS TO the
| testimony OF accomplices, and that after TWO
or three interviews with the President, the
|
had written a letter which he wanted to read
to me. He sent his clerk to bring it, and
then for the first time he read to me his cir
c,llar letter to the district attorneys. Hc
said: "You note, Wilson, that don't go
80 far rs the President wanted me to-"
On the day after the interview with the
Secretary OF the Treasury saw the CORES
pondent Of the Chicago Times, AIr. keenan,,
and he told me that he had received that
letter from the hands OF Emory Storrs, the
counsel of General O. Z. Babcock.
In reply to question as to the names OF
parties who had been operating against him,
Mr.. Wilson gave the names OF Charles Far
swell, Senator John \. Logan, Representa-
tive Hurlbut, and perhaps Sargent OF Cali
Rfornia, together with a man named William
B. Moore and one Stewart, 4 dismissed rev.
enue agent. .......
Mr.. Wilson was suffering from sickness,
and expressed his anxiety to reach Cape
May. In consideration of the condition OF
his health the committee adjourned the ex-
animation until Tuesday neXt.-Baltimore
Gazette.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
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