Year: 1876

| with me to perform-instead of which he
| Instituted the most infamous procedure
against George A. Mason, whom he caused to
be sent to the Penitentiary after the said
| Mason had rendered the Secret Service Division
the most valuable and important services, aud
in which service he nearly lost his life bearing
upon his person severe and life blasting evidence
| of his terrible encounter with the most notori-
GUS counterfeiters of the country, and WASH
| burns natural cowardice and dread of Mason
melted the vindictiye spirit of this long slim
fellow (Washburn) who todied in with Wilson
as co-laborer and co-plotter against his sppe-
riors of the National Administration; Wash
burn was uneasy in his boots while Mason
was st liberty-infamous perjury, instituted
by Washburn holds him at the Albany Peni-
tentiary-such examples makes me question
the sincerity of every movement 1 may be
invited or solicited to entertain.-You surely
believe l will serve you, but knowing your
proneress TO deceive yourself upon the infer
ence of others, hence shall endeaver to avoid
the possibility of allowing myself to be one of
the parties deceived by your declarations to
me Of promises made to you, which are put off
from time to time. if it is well to do thing
it should be done at once, if it is not well to
do IL, it should never be done--Gen. Grant Is
no coward, If he decides and promises you the
apr ointment ii will be made-if be decides
Otherwise it will not be made, and if you are
not appointed chief OF the s. S. Division
shall certainly remain away from Washington
during the trial-that's plain business-if you
are appointed whenever you can officially sign
yourself Chief of the S. s. Division, you are
ha,c aY,Eh T,,-;ll
promptly respond. This is the condition, and
the only one on which 1 will show up the
whole of the Safe Burglary conspiracy, and
that in such manner as will fully aud post
lively exhoperate Gen. Babcock from any and
all connection with the so-called safe burglary,
fully supporting the same with my own evi-
dence which will explode the whole bubble;
you are sufficiently familiar with much of the
details of this job to know that Whitley him.
self although he was the originator and sole
schemer In the affair would not have been
suspicioned, had not bargained and arranged
with Bluford Wilson (then Solicitor) to give
that publicity in the Sun to the subject which
it subsequently received; you can thus infer
how complete a vindication of Gen. Babcock
can be made, with the evidence at my COM
mand-bm this I iuiu not give only on the con-
dition as before stated-do not trouble me
with further correspondence on the subject
W. A. Cook Esq tried to CLEAN from me SUN
cient details to make such defense as he
believed he could do with my assistance and
evidence-but he is not possessed with what
he wants, and IknoW the case cannot be prop
erly made up without my assistance and
evidence. owe the present Administration,
no allegiance, no gratitude, no obligation or
reverence, and have 1t yet in my power to do
much damage, there are matters not yet too
late for trouble, or too private for publicity,
which / intend for the san. You persuaded
me out of that, with more of your sophistry,
but now Mr.. Dana urges L e in the most coax
ing style for the subject together with the
papers (Which are not destroyed as supposedly
for which he offers me very liberal sum
(S5,OOO) You guessed my business and again
request 8 cessation of hostilities-I shall
entertain your request only until know of
your appointment or disappolntment-I could
not or would not hold office myself under the
present Administration, yet will serve them
if they appoint you as if l enjoyed their
patronage and confidence. Sam you know
your propeness to exhibit my letters to your
friends, and collate my correspondence for
future Ieference-this letter must not get into
the possession of any one-no copy or extract
must be taken therefrom you may hold it as
evidence Of my compliance as conditioned but
in case you are not appointed leave this letter
with one Of my sons at No. 4S7 Maryland
AVepue-as ever your friend;


WIN. P. WooD.


If any one doubts the genuineness ofthe
foregoing letter We can supply them with
proofs as strong as the light OF tine noon-
day sun can make of is authenticity.
Perhaps the infamous Ishmaelite will now
inform the readers Of the Sun who sent
that lightning dispatch" who furnished
the information, and one other little point
that becomes equally interesting at this
time-wby did not that Chief of Re-
formers, Bristow, have the author in.
dicted. Bristow said that he knew who
sent it. Was it not the agent of Kentucky
whisky firm for whom Bristow had. been
counsel and who was thus protected?


1t is incredible that Mr.. Avery could
have had in his possession the pretended Or
der from the President indorsing Joyce and
Mcdonald as reliable and trustworthy, and
instructing him to let them have the infor.
nation they wanted, at the time of his
trial, and still failed to produce it. Such
conduct on his part would have been good
proof Of his insanity, but utterly futile in
support of his honesty. This pretended
order is base and malignant forgery. We
may add that we have the full and most
positive denial of the President that he
ever gave such an order. If there is such
paper in existence, it is forgery. Who
is the forgerf Is it Avery or his Demo
cratic friend who made threats that ter
rife exposure would be made unless
Ayery's silence was purchasedf There
was no one found in Washington weak
enough to invest money in the suppression
of such combination of falsehoods. Let
the blackmailers now produce the paper
signed by the President or admit their own
infamy.


1t may not be amiss to state in this con-
nection that the papers upon which the
Suns much vaunted History" is based
were offered to General Babcock's friends
In this city before his trial for the modest
sum of $4,000, and that this paItry price
of somebody's infamy was gradually re-
duced to $4,000, and still found no takers.
Is it any wonder that VIM. P. Wood was
disguised at this depreciation of his "valu
able services" of his 'trsnscendant abili-
tiesf" And yet we are left to suppose that
the Ishnaelite paid him the liberal sum
of $4,000 for these rejected manuscripts.
Wood was Inundated. He would save his
honor, this modern Isgo, that he might
transmit it untarnished to his chill