Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-02-24

Grant. Poor Ford is dead, Me |
Donald is with the body. Let |
the President act cautiously on his |
successorship. JOHN a. JOYCE.
ST LOUIS, October q, 1873. =
General o. Z. Babcock, Ereca,-
tire Moasion, care Of President
Grant: The bondsmen prefer the
man they have recommended. :
An expression from the President
to his friends here will secure eV-
erything. Let the President dc
for the best. Depend upon Nc
Donald and myself to stand BY
his actious to the last.
JOHN A JoYCE.
The man whom they recon
mended' was Mcguire, and stimuli
taneousiy, the next day, with lhe
dispatch to the President announ.
cling the fact, the following was
sent to Babcock
ST. LOUIS, October IS. 1873 :
Genora{ O. e. Babc0ck, E,eeca-
ttve Man8ion: See dispatch to
President. We mean it. Mum,
JoYCE
Babcock followed his instruc-
tons, Mcguire was appointed, and
uL,il the following spring the
eoo.e hung "altitudilum." On
the 9Th of March, 1874, however,
Douglass made his first move by
ordering Joyce to California, end
having thus disposed, as he
thought, Of the main obstacle to a
successful investigation, on the 9th
issued instructions to an Ohio a.
gent to proceed to St. Louis and
take notes. But Avery was e
qually sudden and Joyce had
time to "set his honse in order
before he left. This was his par
ting message to Babcock
Sr Louis. siarch II. 1874 =
General o. e. Bobcock, E.recu-
| tire Nqnsioa, Washington: =
Start for San Francisco to morrow
night. Make D. (Douglass) call
off his scandal hounds that only
blacken the memory of poor Ford
and friends Business. }.
The distillcrs followed the rings
advice, stopped M king the crook.
ed, and Douglass had to call off
his hounds. Joyce returned from
San Francisco in Juiy, went di-
rec! to Washington, convinced
himself that Douglass, although
walcLful, had TO plan of attack
arranged, and. July 8, photographed
TO Mcdonald in St. Louis 10 go
it lively and watch sharply -
Before the month was out, howev-
er, Douglass had once more track
ed the ring and fixed upon Brooks.
as he man to head the raid. -
Bat Avery again gave timely war
ming, and Joyce, finding that
Douglass was in earnest and only
waiting for a favorable moment to
strike, on the 25th of October tel.
eglaphed Babcock from St. Louis :
slave you talked with D.? Are
things light? How7 Answer.
And on December 5: "Has Sec.
rotary or Commissioner ordered
anybody here p The answer to
the first telegram has not been
placed in evidence, but the reply
to the second ran AS follows:
WASHINGTON, December 5, 1874.
Col. John A. Joyce, care Gen.
Mcdonald: Cannot hear that
any one has gone or is going.
O. E BABCoCK.
But tue ring were thoroughly a.
harmed, and Mcdonald started at
once for Washington. He arriv-
ed December Z, and the same day
chad long ride with tue Presi
d Mt The next day Joyce re.
ceived the famous message: dead
dog. The goose hangs altitude
lun." The Douglass party saw
that he understood their plans per-
fectly, and after bis return to St.
Louis be bad the pleasure of re-
ceiving the following semi official
announcement. now fully ident;-
fed as from Babcock:
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is, 1874. -
General John Mcdonald, st.