Show by teleo telegraph tn raph AMERICAN washington 30 the indian office desires a statement to be made that the criticisms which the officers have been subjected to in reference to the supply of arms and ammunition to sitting bitting bull are unwarranted in january last an order was issued prohibiting the sale of arms etc ete to indians and since then no complaint has been received from the military or the agents that the order has been violated no doubt supplies have been furnished shed secretly to the tri ili indians but the government force fore Is is insufficient to prevent altogether altogether such traffic chas A connelly leeds washington county utah the seal of secrecy having been removed from the concluding portion of the testimony of ex tor bluford wilson it will be given to the press much of it is a repetition of his former testimony or in explanation thereof thereat wilson testified that about the ath september he wrote a letter to henderson in which he stated substantially that during the hearing of the motion to to quash the indictments in mcdonalds Me Mc case then pending before judge miller it was thought important that mcdonald and joyce should ba bo put in under strict surveillance and that every proper precaution should bo be taken to prevent their escape that it was highly important that the associates and co conspirators n ap gators with madonald Me Donald and jo joyce y ce 1 if f any of them were unknown 0 wn should bo be discovered and brought to punishment and used th the 0 V words that it was of the utmost importance to the public interest that he should go to the very bottom and top of the bombina combination on and underscored the words bottom and toland knowing gen babcock would be in st louis with the president and knowing his rela tio tion newitt with mcdonald Me Donald and joyce joyee intended to use and did use such terms aa that gen henderson Hen denon demon might clearly see that his relations with mcdonald Me Donald and joice while in the city should be carefully looked after and inquired into this I 1 believed I 1 was fully authorized and warranted to do by uhe the terms of the I 1 presidents endorsement of barn eul letter and supposed that lileo in so do doing ng I 1 would w receive his support and an d approval it turned out that this letter ot of mine was taken f from rom among the papers of gen henderson while he be was engaged in a law argument in court coutt in st louis that mcdonald Me Donald or joyce had possession of it and to support the charge that I 1 was putting spies on the president afterwards in my lett iett letter ietter erthe the capital letters wilson WH W H were forged there in this thia letter A copy containing the forgeries was brought back from the west by babcock and shown to bristow and pierrepont who were much disturbed bli bil bud but t wilson had no difficulty in c convincing ig them of the forgery that was the tho end of the matter with him wilson also explained the letter ietter ie tier to gen horace porter who said at once wilson I 1 dont want to hear anything more that is the end of that matter the letter is a forgery gery beyond question and that lets you out I 1 said A word with you general about that letter I 1 wrote that letter intending that gen babcock should be looked after if he was in the ring I 1 intended to catch him if it was in my power if helas he was not I 1 intended to demonstrate demoL Strate his innocence beyond the shadow of a doubt if possible td dobo do so I 1 asked gen porter what explanation he had of the 91 sylph telegram and he gave me au an explanation to the effect that sylph was a lewd woman yoman with whom the president of the united states had been in intimate association and she had bothered and annoyed tho the president until at one time it chanced that mcdonalds McDo Mc attention was called to her and he said he knew know her and would relieve the president of her which lie he did gen porter potter said to me without going any further into explanation that the most estimable service in my power to render the president of the US U S would bo be to shield and save gen babcock from exposure that these matters were of a character that could not be gone into without giving all parties the very greatest trouble and concern I 1 told the attorney general that I 1 would do what I 1 could fairly to see that gen babcock was honestly an and d squarely dealt with and that no injury was done dene him but that further farther than that I 1 could not and would not go the matter was in the hands of local offie officers ers drs at st louis and I 1 would urge upon them the grave importance to all parties that no mistake should be made in reference to gen Bab cocks connection with the ring gen porter expressed himself as perfectly satisfied wilson testified as follows with reference to an interview with the president I 1 read to him that extract from it in which mr normile was credited with having said substantially ly the president dare not go too far with mcdonald and joyce or babcock ia is lost to hi him m that part of his letter in which h ch jim casey was refe referred ried to abd arid I 1 turned over the letter and on the back of it read to him with great deliberation the endorsement in which he had said these newspaper and this letter are sent to the department to the end that if they throw any light upon new now witnesses to be summoned they maybe may be brought out let no guilty man escape if it can be avoided I 1 read to the president of the U S the concluding sentences in his letter in which he sa said sald id be specially vigilant and aud charge those in authority to be against all those who claim to have high authority t to protect rotee 0 others ers era or protect themselves se ea 11 and nally finally he saw that personal considerations should not stand in the way ay of the performance of a public duty and andr andt I 1 said tc him amr mr president what I 1 have done in the premises touching gen babcock I 1 have done under warrant and in ln full pursuance of your own instructions to the secretary of the treasury and to myself he said certainly I 1 had bad babcock and jim Cas casey casella eyia eyla in mind when I 1 made that endorsement and that I 1 expected you to do your duty 11 1 I said to himy him mr president that is precisely the reply which I 1 expected acted you as president eRt of the doted united states to make to me I 1 explained to the president that it was general babcock I 1 meant in the letter to henderson and not himself that it never entered my mind for one moment that under any possible combination of circumstances cum stances was it possible for him to have had any improper relations wilh those parties or with any other parties engaged in violation of or the laws of tho the land jand that when I 1 fixed the period during which investigation vesti gation should be made in st louis LOW 8 I 1 had reference to the act of general babcocki Bab cocks sojourn in that city and not to his own and that when I 1 referred to the asseverations of mcdonald I 1 referred to the well known and familiar official relations of mcdonald and joyce with babcock I 1 also aiso showed tho president that under instructions instruct ioas loas of the attorney general but without the tho approval of the secretary of the treasury I 1 had gone to st louis for the purpose of urging upon on local officers henderson and dyer dyer the importance of making no mistakes in reference to general bab cocks indictment telling them that he should not be indicted so far as their influence was concerned except on the fullest and clearest testimony satisfying them of his guilt and that every precaution should be done on their part to do him no injustice and if facts were developed to his credit to give him tho the benefit throughout I 1 told the president that all the officers had assured me that such was their nixed fixed settled purpose wilson further testified that the president Indig indignantly denied the explanation of the term byl Syl sylph pil J as explained by porter and said there was not a word of truth in it vilson wilson Vl lson ison expressed his disbelief of the story to the president Q 2 by Pl alsted plaisted do you not believe belove and did you not at the time believe that this examination of general porter of the sylye dispatch was intended to deter you from doing your duty in the prosecution of a q A most undoubtedly I 1 did and do I 1 the tho iader inter oceans washington special says the president has become disgusted at the long conin continuance of the session of congress and bein being unable to go jo to long branch has arranged for a cottage at the soldiers home where president lincoln used to stay and his family will move there tomorrow to morrow washington final action on the chinese question for this session has been taken this week as foreshadowed shadowed fore last saturday by the senate passing the I louse house bill appropriating 75 for the expenses of the congressional investigation on the pacific coast during recess the national republican committee have printed copies of sargents Sar gents speech on the evil of chinese immigration which ho he distributed throughout the country asa as a campaign document sargent will himself distribute of them he has already sent out previously printed at his own expense BOSTON 29 the terms upon which prof seelye accepts the presidency of the amherst college are said to be as follows he is to bave have salary without au any auy y per qui sites aites and continue also his a duties atles of professor of Men mental and moral philosophy and to havo liberty to complete his present term in congress CHEYENNE yENNE wy 29 previous reports via the missouri river agencies are in part confirmed by the news received at fort foit laramie from red cloud today to day rumors arrived at that agency sald said sald said to have come from crazy horses band of stating that that chief with a portion of his band had left sitting bulls bulks dominions and are en route to the agencies avowedly to treat for peace the turning over of the agencies of bed red cloud and spotted tail tall has not been without difficulty while a majority of the indians are disposed to submit gracefully thereto quite a number express dissatisfaction at having soldier fathers placed over them A final council is being held at red bed cloud today to day some dissatisfaction is felt by the indiana indians at the meagre sup ply 0 of I 1 food wh which ch consists en siy sly rely of foot food flour our corn and beef they insist on it sugar coffee and tobacco bac coin coln in fulfilment of the treaty stipulations and further attributing the departure from the agency of those who have joined the hos tiles to this fact rather than a desire for war apprehension of the inability to carry out the orders to disarm all these indians before allowing them to return to the agency exists at camps sheridan and robinson Bo binson two companies of the ath cavalry go to sheridan increasing the force at that post to four companies while at camp robinson Bo binson there theio ia is only three companies exclusive of oneff one of the 3rd ard cavalry at sidney crossing not far distant the report made by john marsh in forwarding a memorandum book belonging to LP chardson richardson Bi is contradicted by W V H hibbard who arrived hero here this even evenna evening nR having met richardson chardson Bi and a coach joad load of passengers passenger sat at hat croel on the dinst NEW yok 29 the times says the yacht racers show that the idler carried off the bennett challenge cup the wan ivan deter derer second and the countess of daffer m badly defeated the total number of deaths for the week ending yesterday at noon was being less than reported as having occurred during the week ending july 22 20 2 |