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WASHINGTON, June 22 1881.

 ofr ;-l have had the honor to receive your communication of this day, enclosing copy of letter to you. from the late Secretary of the Treasury, of the 21st instant, complain ing of an attempt to waylay him on the par. of certain officers of the Government, for the purpose of assassination, and charging me with being in their company, and my room in the Treasury, with being alternately occu- pied with other officers as rendezvous for them while lying in wait. It might perhaps be sufficient for the purpose for which you referred thls communication to me, for me to apply to the charges against me, a simple and unqualified denial. They are entirely destitute ot the least foundation in truth but to show you more clearly how far was from aiding or participating in any thing connect ed with this matter complained of, will beg your permission to state the following cir cumstances. The late Secretary of War, Major Eaton, never consulted me upon the subject of his controversy with MT Ing ham, nor did l even see him on the day in question, except in an accidental meeting of few minutes. l never saw the correspond ence between them until it appeared in the Telegraph and although had heard that a correspondence was going on which might result in personal conflict, did not believe it was likely to take place on that day, or even that Washington was to be the scene of it.

 Trusting that these facts and explanations will be entirely satisfactory to you, cannot without the expression of my astonishment that charges so wholly uncalled for and groundless, should have been made against me by gentleman with whom never had the least cause of quarrel, and with whom my official intercourse, since my entrance into the Treasury, had uniformly been of the most friendly character. l certainly had no idea of armng against him, or of interfering in any way in his dispute with Major Eaton. have the honor to remain your most obedient servant, JOHN CAMPBELL.

 The President of the United States.