The New York herald., 1876-02-24

10 TifK EDITOR OF THE HERALD
did not mean TO return to tho Attorney Generals
letter to the HERALD unless he should oblge to by
further communication but since my rejonder
written last Thursday some circumstances have
fully to my knowledge which l believe ought 10 be
known you and TO the public
Mr. Perrepont asserted, with some heat in his letter
TO you that his letters the district attorneys threat
ening, TO the precise language of OF
Mr. Pierreponts ablest predecessors in Office, "ds-
couraging witnesses" a purely official letter,
hdenal all official letters are and exposed by
mproprety." showed you In reply that It sex
posed" nrs from Washington, and sent from here to
Chicago, to be there published in the Times Of the lst
OF February. The letter is dated department OF JUS
tice January 26." 1t appears in the Times in a
telegraphc despatch from Washington, dated
January 81. 1t had, therefore barely time
get to the hands OF the district attorneys in
st. LOUIS, Chicago and Milwaukee. by mail the 3Oth
of January beng Sunday, when, by what Mr. Pierre 1
ront calls an "act OF gross mproprety" 1t sent
TO the Western press from Washington; that is say
the district attorneys having received their remark
able Instructions, 1t to have been feared by
somebody in Washington that in their honest zeal for
justice they would really consider the letter. Mr..
Pierrepont forcibly puts IT, purey Official and conf
denal" and would carefully conceal it from the pub
lie and the witnesses indeed Mr.. Dyer honestly did,
as l have ascerlaned by inquiry at St. LOUIS. Ac-
cordngy, to trace the matter along, somebody in
Washington, who may De presumed to have had
interest in 'discouragng Witnesses" undertook to
make 1t public.
Now 1t Attorney General Pierrepont to dis
cover who this For the person who did this not
only committed the "gross mproprety" of which he
speaks but he must previously have known been
told that such letter ordered by the President;
he must have known or been told further that It
written aad sent by the Attorney General and finally
he have had such peculiar eations with those
who alone knew these 'purey official and confidential"
matters that he abo to procure copy of the
actual etter-a correct copy the event proved-and
put 1t on its way to the press
do not pretend to know who did this. But It is a
fact that the person who gave this letter to the
respondent Of the Chicago Times for publication
Mr.. Emory Storrs then and since of General Bab-
cocks counsel Now, how did Mr. Storrs being the
counsel or advocate of person under Indictment got
copy OF this "purely ocial and confidential letter."
written by the Attorney General to the District Attor-
ney who to try Mr. storrs' clientP How did he
could he know of its exstenceH Who enabled
him to commit what Mr. Perrepont justly, but in my
judgment, too mildly calls "a gross impropretyf"
Two persons knew of this letter-the President, at
whose desire 1t writcn, and Mr.. pierrepont, who
wrote IL. or course, one-least of ALL Mr.. Pierre
pont-w for a moment allow the suppostion that the
President could be guilty of such act OF "gross
propriety." But who, then, was itS one;
but l repeat that Mr. Emory Storrs, one OF
General Babcock's counsel, did somehow know that
the letter written that he did somewhere obtain
copy oft, and did give that copy the excellent
respondent Of the Chicago Times And further
that Mr. storrs only gave him the letter but also
the information which the correspondent wrote the
very remarkable preface which introduced IN these
words
WASHINGTON. Jan. 81, 1876
Chicago Ring folks have been counting on govern
ment lenty IN the pending cases Counting too much
on this they have boastcd that by bearing testimony
,a ssan', @ ay Weh,n une penay oi
been chatting under this condition OF things The Pres
He declares that when he directed that guilty man
should escape he meant all guilty men, and not OF
ten. lie has regarded TIh great dipleasure anything
| like toterdtioR Of The tItormer& There Is evidence
enough against all men without the and of informers
he resolved that further parlcying with in.
dctcd dstillors will be allowed He has given free
preston to his Indignation lately and believing as he
! does that his secretary Is the victim OF guilty
who conspiring TO ruin innocent man, he has
solved TO push tho indicted men to the wall II tcds
in obedience to tbs desire Of The President that Attorney
General Perrepont last Friday issued Ge oliouino
decisiUe order.
will add here that satisfied the correspondent
OF the Times did not in the least suspect at the time
that he aiding in gross improperly" in "dis-
couraging Witnesses" for he is honorable man.
or course the have here stated closely con-
Mr. Pierreponts honor and credit lawyer and
the chiot law officer OF the government He chose
the responsibility of his letter the dis
trict attorneys, and thereby did himself conceive
serious injury among his brethren at the Bar; for
lawyer is sworn TO help and to hinder justice lie
will hardly assume the responsibility of having allowed
his and the OF It's origin to be
conveyed 10 the public quickly after written,
and by such hands those OF the counsel Of person
under indictment and just then about 10 bo tried
charge Of being concerned in whskey frauds IT.
believe he has been the victim Of unscrupuous
intrigue It VIII be well for him TO lose time search
ing out and exposing those who have used him and
blackcned him. But advise him. II he all
(as dol to go to the bottom OF the matter lie
can as well afford TO shoulder the publication Of the
letter as tho writing oft CHARLES NoRDHOFF.
MORE RRMoSsTRGScEs PROM NEW ENGLAND
REPUBLICANS AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF
BRIsTow.
More remonstrances have been received to-day by
Congressman from New Hampshire against interference
with Secretary Brstow; also some Maine Congressman
have received requests from leading republican poit-
clans in that against the removal OF Mr. Bristow
or Solicitor Wilson until after the Name town cleo
tons have been held These occur late In March and
In April.
IL begins TO look as though there would be no con.
venient time for getting rid Mr.. Brstow until about
the time the Cincinnati Convention meets. Tor after
New Hampshire will The Maine town elections
and then presently will follow Connecticut II IS
really great inconvenience to the whskcy Ring
THE BABcocK COURT OF INQUIRY TO BE IN
vEsTIGATED.
IL is intended by the democrats to call for all the
papers In the War Department and the Attorney
Generals Office relating 10 the military court OF in
s.lca hx Geucral Babcock and formed
" snGz ., aas 'ns
oical papers relating the court and It's proceedings
"a both departments