The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-01
TIE WHISKEY RING
,.,v, rEF>lnENT GRANT SEIELDED
GENERAL BABCOCk.

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,,.,,,,,>- ~, M I-rOpD WILSON'S
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>''H'' ,,,,,,.,, .r,,, s.rr,crpr o1 THE
#N''" \ MAJ III tt'' - ,.,,,.,,. ,,,-
~.N-tN l\IEHE>llN" IN ''H II
r\tiLLENGr'S OPINION OF THE SIs-
.......,.,, ,l;FHFR,I.-TIiE STOLEN LETTER
-, YtIr FORGED INTERPOLATION
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'.''i-N' ~ ..l,,, ,,,>,,,~n
'..5 = '''' " n,, .ru,,
'">t - '''>l l'' -,.,,,,,.r ,,,,n,,
"i;E~i!'fNI WITH ihf' DIS M :, ''''-
NEr~-Ti!E TROUBLESOME "Sl Lfi.
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s,,.,,;,,,;s tho CONCLUDING norton
~ '''!.'"''7 - > co,;.;,nr DInford WI
. ''. '>'''n'm, -, - ,., ,,. Laforn tho con-
,H -N'h oi n"i ~ ~ W-sh;,,,to,,
t.i''' on "H!sN.. it''"o' ~" 80,
'ar in!uhc'i'" u >'''c', i'''''
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Nr. W l,>"h s''''' iott 'hS wv. ',.,.,a,, -.
G'"t 'h""' >'"'c"', NV ~ tain'.ror,
ra''' an" !" VIC" Va Wv ..aF,,n,ad - bn
a"b lhr !UhnE> prev 'o,'>I! lsi.i -" ~, nn
lad early IN August >uUIl'itt.u VI. .I'a
= Nr. henderson ana hr. l'Se Se!' III .iiS p'.-
srrrr 81 the -Ntornc!-ucllel"i III asi'!nS
;pl. and II WAS understoou 10 DC oi 80 IiSn-
Is Il Suspicious character lhat Heiclal Dap-
4 L., 81, ,tfrl1 hIrt f1Jf
""ea case ,!ou!" Ut ''toi9" i,. Dtt thn Ell
i"N'>'l-a'v". ~ ,,as,a '.''' w Iassrs IIandcr-
~ ,',', ~ na,. ,,ad rrtnrncd 70 st. Louis.
,,.,..." vr henderson :, letter. in which l
";I' ,;H - l,;,n substantially: This will be
,',,,,,1 - Won hy William III. Herr, n re-
i;.ir, .,d tru.t,l AGENT OF the secret
'''n ,i;,.i.;n, ITn will rcport TO you
~, ,a.,., .h.. durinp rho heorin ~
i.' ""':' .,,,osh tho indictmcnts in
"i N'''',H :" I.'S.' ,a;,,,, lnforo I,,don
MGr""Iu C"Iv Nv :, i,',ortant tl,at NrDon.
MlF' '"o"Si' ~ t,,o :, riot
"!u ANU ~; 'd ,hat nycrv nroner nrc
81 sur ''i''..S i''V. - Eravent tbrir
''''''" 49,, :. ,,.,,s h;cL1, imnortant also
'Sc'I, "'"' ~ "" ,',,,a -.l',.o,S,irators with
li;u 'H' ''" ,i..a o,,, thnn
Mtl''n I,'" i,1 i;.cnynroI :. and hronrht
n''N1'" n''N;i',,,,, IT, n,,1 ,s,I tI words tbat il
,,,.. -; ,in ,,.most imnortancc to the public
,' 'I.,, hn .hnuid ,,o ia thc very bot
,j,. rnu,Iinotion and IInder-
'I ',''' W.. ,rarI, ..,,ot,om or ton". and
.i.,. ,,,o,..l p,,no.l. ,ronld ho m
..,; ,,.;,h ,bn president and Enowinr
:, .I'.;,,' ,,.;tI, NcDon,II and Jnvce I
.,..,I'"itnuxr,ud did usc sucb terms rs
.i",, C.nrrI Henderson mirlt clearly see
rI~,; hi, relations with Mcdonald and Joyce
,yniI,, in ,hc city should be carefully looked
,j,.r and iuouircd into.
run. ,,,p,.y,,v
,,,u,. ,,,,.hor;,od -, =
i'> " d. i,i, .i n; II, sl';'
.'''> and s,,,,nn.od tbot in
,,d,;ur would receive his >upport and
,,,,royaI. II turned ont that this letter of
mine WAS taken from among the papers OF
General Henderson while he was engaged
in a .aw argument in the courts OF St. Louis
that Mcdonald or Joyce got possession OF
il, and "a support the charge that was put,
tIN- spies on the President, after the Woro
"lop' in my letter the capital letters Nv
H." were forged therein. The forgery was
apparent on comparison with the lctter-prcss
copy. which WAS lucky enough under tht
. circumstances to have retained IN my letter
book: and that fact. doubtless, saved m(
from instant removal The forged letter, OF
copies containing the torgcries, were brough,
back hv General BibcOck from the west
and after the first Cabinet meeting whicl
W;.s held on the Presidents return he Bah
cuckl called Attorney. General Pierrepon1
md Secretary BriStow into the private sec
rctary'S office and showed them That lettel
OF mine with the forged letters w. II. III II
The Secretary OF the Treasury, the Attor
ncv-Grurral and General Horace Porter
were very mich disturbed about the matter
hir uuon Mr.. Wilson showing his letter
book. and explaining that the letters "W
H." were Il forgery, they all expressed them.
selves fully satisfied.
AZ ,rrrpv,rw WITT, THE PRESIDENT
After my ;ntorview with General Porter
supposed that the matter of the forged
letter was settled, and gave no more atten.
ton 10 il until I was sent for b, the Presi.
d,nt Thr prns;Gc,t said to me IN s,Il-
stance ,hat i .nnnad n him that 7 wos on.
d,.,y,r;,', ~ ;nroI,o h;,, :, tho frauds
rynrr..nJ NV. .,,ro;So '. and asked him nnon
what gronnd He said d. :. You wrote a letter
10 S,. Louis to General .Jobn y. Henderson,
acopy Of which have seen. in which YOU
tell General Henderson that he must 90 to
the very bottom and TON of the w, H 1t
was written 10 General Henderson during
nv visit 10 s. Ioui. about tbe time T left
Long Branch, and rime which Won therein
seemed to indicate ~ necessary for extra
vigilance was the fen DAYS or about the
time that II WA, unaerstood was 70 remain
tierc' He asked me what explanation
had to make OF il. stating that MIR. Over and
Mr.. Henderson were personal enemies of
hi,, and that il was iipnortant to him TO
know ius, what attitudr the persecution
mann, .,.,.- -,