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Show prewiileiU Orint' deposition In Hie Itaecut'U Imsi-. We luivo rcctfiveil the full text of , the prosit-liMit'd deposition in the ii.ib. 1 cock case, but it id 1k lony fur pub- liciUion in the HeiIald. it consist, -first of questions by Mr. Cook for B.ibcock, ivnd a cross-einminLition by .Mr. Eaton. Xiie president stated the duties of General Bubcock aa his private sec- -retury to be to carry all cotnuiunica- ' tions from the president to congress, to havo charge and supervision over all correspondence, particularly of official correspondence, and in hid capacity of private eecretary he received re-ceived the president's mails, opened his letters and read them. In regard to many of them be gave directions to tho departments with relerence to the president, and such m required any dictation or answer from the president presi-dent he submitted to the latter. In reply to a question, the president stated tiiat Babcock was frequently applied to by individuals to lay matters mat-ters before the president. The president presi-dent eaid he had always regarded Babcock as efficient and faithful in the discbarge of the duties, and that so far as he knew, and since he had known him he regarded his reputation as good. The president did not think that Babcock ever attempted at-tempted to influence the appoiutmeut ol Maguire, neither did he remember that Babcock ever attempted to influence influ-ence him in reference to any charges made against McDonald and Joyce, or that he ever spoke to bim (the president) on the subject, and that B. did not attempt to influence him in any way in regard to the whisky frauds, and did Dot intercede with him to prevent any investigation. In reference to the promulgation of the' order of L1S75, tranaferiug various supervisors from their own to other districts, the president Baid: Some time when Richardson was eecretary of the treasury, I think, at all event before Mr. Bristow became secretary, Mr. Douglass expressed the idea to me that it would be a good plan to occasionally change the supervisors around from one district to another, and I expressed myself favorably to it, but it was not done then and not thought of any more by me, but when it became pretty evident that the treasury was being defrauded of a portion ot the revenue Secretary general statement of his suspicions, and eucgestcd this idea. On that suggestion the order making the transfers trans-fers of supervisors was made. I did not understand that there was any suspicion at"all of the officials, but I knew that eacli one of the officials had his own way of transacting his business, and that these distillers having so much pecuniary interest in deceiving the officials would learn i.niir ways and learn how to evade them, and my idea was that putting new supervisors acquainted with their duties over them their crooked ways would be detected. These are the views I had and the reasons why I suggested the change. , (J. After the order had been issued is-sued weie any efforts made to induce you to direct its revocation? A. Most strenuous eflorts were made. Q. Were such eflorts made by prominent public men ? A. They were. Q Did you resist the pressure that was made upon you tor the revocation revoca-tion or suspension of the order, and if you finally decided to direct the revocation revo-cation of that order will you please state why you were indueed to do bo, and by whom ? A I resisted the effort to have the order revoked until I became convinced it should be revoked re-voked or suspended in the interest of detecting the frauds that had already been committed. Q Pid Babcock, directly or indi-recilv, indi-recilv, seek to influence your action not remember of his ever speaking to me about or exhibiting any interest in the matter. Q Has Babcock, so far as you know, undertaken to prevent the investigation in-vestigation of his alleged complication with what is known as tho whisky ring at St. Louis or elsewhere? A To my knowledge he has not. The president said that tho court martial to try Babcock was called because be-cause it waa supposed that ho could have no other chance of vindicating himself. Grant said that he had never seen anything in the conduct o! Babcock which led him to believe that he was in any way connected with the- whisky ring, and nothing had occurred to diminish his confidence con-fidence in Babcock's integrity. On cross-examination the president was asked if ho over bad any knowledge knowl-edge that any funds for election purposes pur-poses were being raised by improper methods in connection with the whisky ring, and he replied that he never did, and never had any intimations intima-tions of the sort until since the commencement com-mencement of the whisky ring trials. The president was then asked if Babcock hao ever shown him certain dispatches which havo been intro duced in the trial, lie had no recollection recol-lection of seeing them. Did the president know when lie unpointed McDonald that ho was an ignorant man? A I was aware that he was not an educated man ; but lie was a man that had seen a great deal of the world and of people and I would not call him ignorant exactly. He was illiterate. Q Did you receive- a protest against McDunaid's appointment signed by Carl Schurz, G. A. Fiukle-burg, Fiukle-burg, It. T. Van Horn and other men in Missouri? A I do not remember, it is a matter of record if it was received. re-ceived. I do not know that it would havo had any particular weight with mo if I hutl received it, his endorsements endorse-ments being good. t' Was not that objection based on the ground of his entiro uiintnea for the place? A I do not remember; remem-ber; if it was received it w.w no doubt a matter of record and can bo obtaiiutl. Q Did you know at tho lime th;it during the fall of 1S7-3, subsequent to your visit to St. Louis that General Babcock corresponded with John McDonald after the latter was indicted, in-dicted, tind sent his letters to McDonald Mc-Donald under cover to Major K. JI. Grimes? A No; I was not awaro ol it at tho timo. |