Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1875, Page 7

n ] 10 ity THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, N TBER 18, 1875. 5 e ——— e — THE WAR SPECK. ghoat Which ¥s Perceived In thie BDircction of spain. gemarkablo Letter of Don Carlos to King Als fonso, (avlos Assumes that War with tho United States Is Probable. Ho Offers & Truce Pending the Du- ration of Such a Conflict. Ty Teeling in Washington—An Interview wilh the Spanish Minister, A Hore Reassuring Aspect of Affalrs as Observed at the Capital. The London “ Times” on the Cu- ban Complication. CARLOS TO ALFONSO. THE LETTER. Tarts, Nov. 17,~Tho evening papers of (his j-1whish tho toxt of the lotter writton by Don (erws 00 Kiog Alfonso. **The attitude of Pros- feat Grant,” the letter says, **is o prolnde ¢ war betwoen Bpain aud the United faes if yom do mot recognize tho jrdepcodenco of Cuba. The revolution ghick vou reproseat is responsible for this par- rridsl rebellion, 1ad I reigned 1t would not pwocccursed, at loant not gained strengih. Yaw, liowover, the interrity of the conntry is &t Jike, 3ud all her children nre bound to defend {u SLould war break out, I offer you a truco &s jmg a8 tho coutest Issts, but matutain oy rghts to tho Crown, o3 I re- la the conviction ¢hat I shall ovo day searit. Tcannot gend my loyal volunteers to Cats, Tt T will dofond theso provinces and the Cantabrisu const, aud will sond out privateer which wlil pursue the meotchant.sbips of our esemles, and verbaps chose them into their own tarbors, If you accopt tho truce, let ns appoint represcolatives to sotelo condlitions. If yon re- fz00, the world will bo witness that Catholic Bpalo bas uobly dono her duty.” OFINION AND BPZGULATION. lzscave, Bpain, Nov. 17.—Intelligence from 3 Carliet wourco asserts that tho lettor that Don Carlos rocently wrote to the King did not make wy proposals for an arraogoment, but offered toagreo to o truce ahould the Cuban dififcultios uagos war betweon Spain and the United Futes. In that caso Don Carlos, whilo resexve Iog bis righits to the tbrono of Bpsin, offered fanoito Lis force with thoso of King Alfonso todefsud tho integrity of Spanish territory. Jaomp, Nov. 17.—The fact that Don Carlos Lueent & lotter to the King hos oreated a grost reossticn horo, and ia varionaly commentod upon by the Lawapapers, The Cronista, Ministerial orgau, states in ref- trence 3 tho reported letter of Don Carlos to Kiog Aliauso : ** Wa batiove Don Carlos 18 more tacompromising than any of bis partisane.” The Cronista also Bays: **Wo are ot the boginning titbaend. Tho war will be specdily termi- tated, oither by submission or the overwhelming oftbs Carliats,” Tha Correspondencia says that the pretensions of Don Carlos aro exsggerated and inadmisaible, TheRoyal army in the fleld will be 800,000 Htoog by tho 1t of Decembor, The Jemps halla thoe sotion of Don Carlos as tha barbinger of pesce. Tle Cronisld eays that Calderon Collantos, ntsent Minlstor of Justico, will bs appolntsd Ambazasdor to the Vatican, ——— AT WASHINGTON. A MORE TXACKFUL OUTLOOK. spxinl Disvatch to The Chicaao Tribune, WinsaroN, D. 0., Nov. 17.—The newa ta- recting the Cuban-Spanish situation is lesd ex- ttogto-night. Whatever may have been’ the Hude, quite exteneive naval preparations bhave beon or Jezed within tho last fow daya, If there tu beok angthiog {o the pending diplomatio bizotialions betwoen Washington and Afadrid ding the lagt woek which rendered an exhibi- tin of naval force nacossary on the part of this vernment, tha necesaity seoms to no longer Wi, The most aignificant indication of tha iy Yo action of the Navy Department in the mat Lt of the flagabip Colorado. This is ome of Y beat and most powoerful vessels in Vaservice. It had been ordered into commis- sion with instruotions to be speedLiy rexdy to put Dsa Capt. Davis, onoof the moat experi- inced Caplaine in tho navy, bad been msaizned vumand of that veasel, and wae dirscted to Yid tmsoltin readinoss for mailiog ordurs, foday the ordor to Capt. Davis has been ro- hied, and there is generslly less sotivity in Yinlclroles, The Btate Department autharltios y:nm retloont. They sosm to be possassad of lormation which thoy futeud to zealoualy guard 12t 138 pullication of the Presidout's measage. 3% who should know say, Lowevar, that 24 dlspatobes recelved last night and this morn. g froln Miulator Qushing Indioato thst there fa 1adunger of suy diffioulty with Bpatn. TIndoed, 4 gentleman who has bad speolsl facilities for oviog the facty says that, unless something [imordioary ocours botwsen mow and Dec. 6, v';; Pradldent will state in his messago that our u\. tons with Spain ore moro satisfactory than *) lava been for somo time, Thcea ls, op o7, TUE LEGATIONE. A "-. of couree, much spoculstion among by ilkllu;ml concorning the Hyanish situation, tag & 1ierview with the Spanis diinluter ahows m 48 ls hittle knowlodgo of any new dificul- ;‘.dmh-t. haviog such knowledgo, Le doca tlose it. "The follawing hes been gath- Lmu'flfl pordony lutimate with the Bpanish Wisg ps L 18 not bolioved that the Adwiuis- 90 h:n. mada any offer of lata for the pur- gy :nf‘ &nbl from Hpalo, Buch an offer o tfi\u) eutortained. Spain would refect it ottt nd.‘uho would defend hor posasesion ot band with all her wight, Moreove u‘l’"“ by the United Btates 1o obtaiu the mfi:&fi«nln the belligerent righte of ke ine it of ‘}mud unite partles 1u Hpaio in sup- 4 Nhndh. Present Government, It 1a oot that thera have Doel ADY UBW OF re- Fajy Sm@unications from this Government to b D o & threatening oharacter, It thera \iprenany guch dispatch it has not passod l’"fl}; the ordinary changels, and is unkpown hz-mfl‘é’; Ilh Miotater. Outalde of the Span Py L lomatio gosalps say that the Presi- vig o fommunleated in an unofiiolsl maunar ug, submutting thet o TILK $ALY OF OUDA it S wed v o S SorsallionofthoCarlste, Thequostion whethas Bialn woun e u"u:' . Thequestion whethier Bobia g Gaprobird the graating of belligerent ""-Mlllan s urgenrs as equivalent to o dplomatiaty h.gnu ;mon a discussed by the L prets here, Tho refec ta w declasativa i, Soncr Baguata.” Woiater of Forelen L L ol s e B ! 3 ol eyl Rl o o fag Targoreatly pain Lsw thtexruped et 'ld‘tfa‘.""h Quatemats for simlar Torey 'lén.i $hat uo donbt the present 1t WOULD 0T RECRDE i}?&-m{?fi 2.:3 Jowards Groat Brl‘!‘:ln.' s8n & o . n:tiddxmnn fless of v-ml':'wn{lxlu%uh'-‘n Tut Btate basi, (L m.-:nmmuonwnr ok Madei present b Mok By d Wl v Mgl ot Bty dortas 018 Pr Spanut 8enor Collantes is spoken of asa very emsr;;aun man, convorsant with Cuban nffairs, and his nomination 18 1egarded here by tnoss who know hun s important. Thoro s no doubt but onr Uovernmiont Lias beon urgivg op Spain, under the treaty of 1705, the nccessity of do- ing justice to American citizens resldent in~ Cubs, many of whom bLad Lad their Jroperty ' iloally "soized and aold, and ind it imposaiblo to ohtain Justico from tho Cuban suthorition. ‘I'na Bpanish Goverumont promises very readily, but It doos rot apposr able to XNFORCE ITR DEOREES IX COMA, 2Ir, Cushing has Liad to desl with no lesa than four difforent Ainistors, snd has obtainod, it1s believed, aatisfactory dromisos from all, but no porformanco. Theio 18 no rowson to bo- iove the Prosidont has changed hia views respecting Cubs sinco last spring. Thoso views wera vory cieatly sot forth in the inatructions of Bectotary Fish to Ministrr Oushing, of which the followiug 14 the conelud- ing paragraph ¢ ** Withal tho Prosidont cannot but regaid indepondence aud emancipstion, of course, a8 tho only certaln and even tho nocea- wary golution of the question of Cuba, and in his 1niod all {ncidontal questions aro eubordinato to theso in this respoct. It requires to bo borme in mind that * In mo far sy we may contribute to tho solutlon of thoss quortions, this Govornmont Is not actuated by any soltiah or iuterested motive. Tho Presmdent” ducs not meditato or desiro tho annozxation of Cubn to the United Btates, bt ita slovation into an Indopondent Nopuulic of frea men, iu hiarmony with outsclves aud othior Rto- puolics of Amorica. You will understand, there- fore, that tho policy of tho United Htates i referouce (o Cuba at the pres- ent time s opo of expectaucy, but with ponitise aud fixed convictious as to tho duty of tho Ututed Btatos when (ho time or emorgency of action suatl arrive,” Tuerv 18 UNE THEORY OF THE PRFSENT NEGOTIACIONA which canoot at present be vouilled, 1tis that i addilon to the modilication of the treaty of 1795, tho rocont note alio refern to tha rotoction of tho nghts of American oitizens in Cubn, Thoso repregontations, it 18 supposed, ariso {rom tho dittieulties wiich tho Spamsh Covernmeut in Cubn bas placad 10 the way of tha oporations of thso Bpanish-Americay Mixed Claims Commis- sion, which bavo beon practically susponded bo- caugo of tho Ioability of Americon eitic zena to tako testimony in Cuba. Another cause of diplomstic” complunt lag barn that the treaty rights betwoon tho Unlted States nud Spain have beon violated by theo trial of Amoticun citizons by court-martinl. \Whataver tho cautes of tho rocent agitation, thera i good foundstion for tho boliof that dispatchos from Minister Cushing withio tweutv-four houra bave Leon very rosssuiing. 1t is poteworthy that of te years n slmiar Spsoish-Cuban craze is_ox- cited sbout the tume of thessectbliug of Con- gress. THE THUNDERER. WHAT TRE LONBOX ‘*riMes” TIINGS OF THE AMCRICAN NOTE—''ONE OF THE NOSI PLL- EMPTODY ME48AGES"—''KING ALFONSO'S MIN- 1BTERS CANNOT AFFOND KVEN TO DALLY," London Tmes, N 3, A war between tho Umted States ond Spaln on acconnt of Quba would be all but iuevitablo if Amerioan dispatches could bo construed os liter- ally 23 those of European couutries. No Euro- pean Government would send such a nota as that which Presidont Grant Las caused to bo do- livered to the Cabinet of Madrid, unless it wero roady to fight; and any Governmont with » sonso of self-respoct would fight rather than yield to such diciation, As thers is, happily, lit- tle reason to fear that Prosidout Gront means to bo talken st his word, we 1nay look at his domand auite calmly. The prociso terms of it as our Amorican correspondent sald yesterday, bave not been mado public, but they may bo gathered from tho well-unown views of tho President. It scems that it was pre- cented Bo long ago ss Soptember, by Mr. Caleb Cushing, tho Amerlcan Mipistorin Madrid. 1t stated that tho insurrection In Cuba was ouly ono dogreo less important to tho Unitod Biates than to Spain. While American intersuta sro in- jured, Bo rodress can bs obtaived, exceps by a citcmitous appeal to Mudrid. ‘The causo of the disturbance, and cousequently of the mischiel jotlicted on Amorican citizons, the Premdent thiuks, {8 the existeuce of slayery snd tho do- minion of Spain, e had boped ibat Spain would have put au and to the quarrol of her own acoory, but, sinco sho haa morely fanued tho flames, hio tells her what sho ought to do. She ought to set Cuba freo aud pormit it to Lecowe &0 independent Ropublic. It will bocome froe in upito of all her eorta to koop it in subjoc- tion. A continuance of presont rolations bas this danger: that it msy momo day forco tho Uited Btates to interfere. Tho President doea not positively say that they will intorfere, but ho pistoly gives Spoin to understand that thoy - might a¢ any momont be left 110 choleo, and thut ho bas made up his wiud bow to act wheu an emorgeucy accurs. 1f such was really the Ianguago of the note, it isoneof the most perompiory mosamgol OVOr sont to a Htate, aven of the second or tha thitd sunk, It is novo tho lexs offenaive bocause much of it ls truc. Blavery has dons indescribablo 1nlschict in Cuba, a8 it doos evorywhere elae. It lhas brutalized the slave-ownais almost as mach a8 tho boadsmen thomaelves, aud it gives o pe- culiar savagery to tho wasting contest in the island, Many %nulnns of Bpaln are fighting for slavery ratuer chan for the riguta of tho Crown, The colony slsccoets Spain far mord then it is wortl. Dut for the drain of mon end money to put down the rebollion, Spain would Lave long wnce coucluded tho Carllst war. Nor has she much chanse of ‘lwannlmmuy reducing Oaba to a atato of peace. If 8o could drivo Don Carlos merosy tho Pyropces, and if she could aad ®» fow moro millions to hor dobt, it would be easy for her, no doutt, to sond such an army a4 would put an end to the revolt for a time. Lut the Unitea States aro 80 near, aud digatection 14 8o easily faoned by a peopls mith a genius of fllibusterlng, that puch & pacificstion would be s mora reprieve. Tho cooler minds in Bpain can scarely oxpeot thnt sho whil loog retain Cubs, and, porhaps, thoy would gladly abandon it if the pride of the people would permit them, DBat, in truth, that pride forbida any statesman or party ovon t0 bint &t a surrender of o groat a remnoaut of Spain's once vast colonial Empire. ‘The Bpaniards are still tho samo proud ruco as lbag ware in the timo of Philip 11, and, so long aa Cpa 1s atill thewrs, tuoy foet thay can put on imparial aira despito rocuiting prosuncismuntos, chroute elvil war, aud a bankrupt treasury, lte- publicans, Alfonists, and Carlists, all compete with each other, thereforo, iu loudly refusing to glve up the '*Pearl of the Antilles.” DBut, even it they wora less cagor to keep It, they would reseut the unmmonas of a foreign power Lo set it free. It anythiog would uuite the Carlisty and the Alfonsiuts, it would be the nocensity of defending Cubs agaivst aggrossion from with- out. King Alfonso's Minjaters could not afford even to dally with such a threat s that which 18 #sid to have como from Prosident Grant. Ho aud they would be 1nined if they waro to take it avou into considoration, Thoe case Is ous of ia which courage 18 not a virtuo, but s ne- ocasity ; snd they wonld bo forced to rewst the summons even if It bad come from Prince Bis- marck instead of Prevident Grant. Aw yot they do pot sosin to bave suswercd tho note; but they can ecarcely fail to make ag huughty a re- apoude as 1f Bpain were atlll the greatsst Power 18 the world, ; They will wmy he pride of the unation by the loftiect phraees in the vocabuluey of Cas- tilian pride, aud they will deal them out all the moro froely because they can wcarcely bellova that tho Unitod Btates iuteud to suike. Mean- whilo, it 18 aid, orderd wora given on the 25ih of last month to propare five iron-clags sud ten frigatoa far tho Cubau statlon. Heinforcements aro alroady armnving at Havans, These propara- tiony have caused much restiessnsssns Wanhing- ton, aod the Governmont is ¥aid to be slso pre- pariug its navy for action. Eight slospa-of- war are undorgolog repsirs, ten irou-clada are *+ yesdy for outtit,” aud tve Navy Department hopos that the eet will bs well utrengthaued by the end of the year, If the United btotes wers seriously determined 1o et Cubam fres, there bo could but ono end (o a contest with Bpain, The richer, more vigorous, more compact uation woutd, of courso, uitimately win, Buc it 1a almost equally cortaln that the Unitod Btates would not wiu'at first, Weak and ambariasscd se Bpain I8, une baa uioze availablo tighting powver at proseut, for her flect fs ready, and it {8 really formidable; while, by turning the war spatust the Carlists into a morely defensive contest, Kiog Alfouso could spare o large body of woldlons for @ervice In Cuba, Tho United Btates, on the othor Laud, would have to_equlp both au arwy aud an effcctive tleet, and, bofore that could be doue, Bpain might gelnwoma chesp glorica, Norcan King Alfonso's Mliufsters dis- imizs tha reflection thas, if Bpsio moat lons Uuba, 1% would be batter for her tv 10ve it i conteat with a great power Jike the United Btatos, than 1o o sorfes of skirmishes with balf-armed jn- surgenta. But wo do not anticipate that ths result of the quarcel will ba ea grave. Porhaps tle coutenta of tue Piemdeut's note sre lesw fery thau thoy e representod 0 be by tbe Awosloan press. Petbapu ho biag used streatening laugisge locsa- ly. Aweiloau dipiomstivis bave besu kuown to do a0, sud theis io wo eseen to belleve thab Dreaident Grant hias n mastors overtho deli of political kpeech, If Mr. "Caleb Cusbiog Lt any hand In ths eomposition of the note, 1t might aasily botray & littlo ** apread-cagletun without doing violonca to the rhetorical reputs- tlon hie wan by Lis reply to Sir Alexander Cock- burn's judgmont on tiio Alabawa claims. Iut tho mora probablo oxplanation is, that President Grant in not unwiliing to try whathor the pros- pects of the Ropublican party or of a thyfd-term can bo brightened biy a ** rpirited faraign policy.” Alarge parly ju tlie United Btatos would cer- tainly liko o annex Cuba, and snother large party would bo glad to ree it formed Into an tu- dependent ltepubiic. Tho inaurrection tinders American trade so much that poaca i8 loudly do- mandod by many of Prenident Grant's country- men, who care liitle what may becomo of the inland, Al thono cianuca wonld bo gratifled if tho I'resldont should give Bpaln peremptory noe tico to quict, and if she Abould obey. But the success of uuclh an experiment will ds- pond partly on the degreo of wkill with which the note hsa besn framed, and pattly om tho Lebavior of Spain. 1f it bas “loft a sufliciont meann of dignified ocscape, nll may bo well; for the Government of " the United Blates will wuot lave bound itself to do auvythiog. and yet jt will bave hinted that some day it may do a preat deal, Cheap hopes of ana day Rovering Cubs may havo o cortain olectloneering valuo; but the diversion may bo dissstrous to LProsident rant’s party If thie noto has beon 80 insulting a8 to draw forth a defant reply. Wa cannot Lelieve that the good Bono of the Amercan poople wonld permit them to be provoked Into n war for Cuba by moy pitch of Spanish haugh- tincss, Tho majority of them will rotloct, whon thoy coolly lock at Lo disorganized afate of Cuba, that they would only increago their pres- ont difticalties by the anuoxstion of so unrily ao inland, We refuso to bolicvo, than, that tho narfike preparations tu the United Htatos Iaitn- fuily oxpress tho celiberato intention of the President or of tao poaplo. "FOREIGN CREAT BRITAIN. APPOINTMENTO, Loxpoy, Nov. 17,—Solicitor-Goneral Sir Joln Holker, M. P. for Preston, has boen appointed Attorney-Gevorsl, Herdingo Stantoy Gifford Las been appotated Bolicitor-General, vica Holker, THE IRON TRADE. Blockow, Vaughsn & Co., iron producers o Louds, will bo compelled, owiug to dopression of tho trade in irop, to discharge botween 2,000 aud 3,000 oparatives. ovn ¥RITZ. The statement in the dispatch from Borlin st the German Crown Princo purposed shslting tho United States ip denied. It is now said he navar lutended making tho trip. THE LURK, Tha raco for thoe groat shiopshire handicap, at Shrawsbury, to-day, was won by Cweruleus, Con- sul second, Caramol third. —— TURKEY. AN INGURGENT DEFEAT, Loxpox, Nov. 17.—A telegram from Constan. tinople contalus tho following: A sorions en- counter occurrod on the 12th of November, at Pivs, in Bosvia, botwoen sixtoen battalious of Tarkish troops and a large bady of insurgants, Itis mpermr that tho insurgents were complete- 1y routod, leaving 600 Jatlod on the fisld.” ASUALTIES PROPELLER BURNED. Apecial Dispateh to T'he Chictao Tribune, Burraza, N. Y., Nov. 17.~The Westorn Trane- portation Corapany'a propellor Mobawk took fire sbout 2 o'clock this afteruoon, aud burned to the wator’s edgo, 8o bas boon hold tn ordivatry for o month past, with tho intontion of sendiug her out again if froiguts warranted, but, Liaving de- adod to put hier into winter-quarters, her ma- chinery was boing cloaned and ofled for that purpose, While the mon were absent to dinuer, tho watchman discovered Yro coming from her fire-halo, aupposad to have caught from tho en- gincor's Inmp, though it may have been incon- disry work. Bhe was towed outsido tho breai- water and scuttled. Tho bull and machinery will probsbly be maved, Lows about $16,000, ‘I'be propeller was valusd at €25,000, No insur- wnce. Bhe camo out in the spriog of 1850, SCALDED TO DEATH. Special Dispateh to The Chicaco Tribune, Havaxa, 1il,, Nov. 17.—A serious accident, ro- sulting in tho donth of a little daughtor of W. IL. Caldwoll, Iaq.. of this city, has just oocurred, ‘The child, aged about 8 years, was stooping in tho back door of thoir dwelling, and the servant Exrl in attompting to go out past ber witha ucket of bolling water, spilled it over ber, causlng immediate death, CAUQHT IN A SHAFT. Special Diepateh to The Chicago Tribune, MoxTioguro, Ill,, Nov. 17.—A sad aecident oc- curred In oue of the graiu olovators of this city to-day, which will probably result in the deatth of the victim, Bamusl Kobiason, who, while per- forming his sccustomed labors, was eaught in o rovolving shaft and bonibly mangled by beiug whirlad around the ehaft cod aganst sowe lumber, SUFFOCATED BY COAL GAS. ProvipeNce, R, 1., Nov. 17.—In Beokon, Mass., on Tuesday morning, Mrs. Anuie L. Wa- torman and her tiwo childron woro found in their room, {usensible from coal gas oscapipg from a stove, the damper of which was improperly turned. Ono child was rostored, tho otber died, and the mother I8 yot In & critical condition, THE WACO DISASTER. GALVRSTON, Nov. 17.—A echoonor from Rast Bay bringe n roport that a body supposod to Lo that of, Honry Rodgers, of Brooklyn, a passon- er on the Waco, was found and buriod on the guoh noar High Inland, 30 miles from Gaiveston, JOLIET. COapacity of the Jolict Stcel and Iron Worku, specsal Dispateh {o Lhe Clidoago Tribune, Joungr, Il), Nov. 17.—Yesterday ovening tho Joliet Bteol Mills comploted the most oxtraor- dinary run ever accomplished, Commencing the ovening previous, thoyturoed out, in an actual running time of 17 hours aad 40 minutes, the enormous amountof 1,214 62-ponnd steel ralls, each 80 foot in length, making & total of 63,128 pounds of rails. Work comwmenced on the night-turn at 5:50 p, m. on Monday, nod at 5:45 a. m. on Tucaday 603 ralle had beea rolled. Tho day-turn begun at 6:35 a. m., aud at 5:45 yesterday ovening Lad its work of OI1 rails Nwmshsd. The sotusl working timo of the night-turn _ was 8 hours ' aod 55 .miu- utes, und of tho dayturn B hours and 45 minutes, The remaindor of the time, 5 hoarsand 25 minutos, wae lost 1u heatng, which was doue in #even furnnces, four of bem ges, sud tlhres coal furnaccs, with a 23-inch rain of 16-inch pass rolls. 'Uhis loss of time was ocaasioned by the 1act tliat the capacity of tho furnaces was not suflicient to supply the rolly, ‘The salls are for the Uhio & Miwiseippl Railroad. Thia exploit probably exoclaall provious achieve- meuts i thus bravch of industry, It certainly 1a far abead of the receut performance of the North Chicega Rolling Mills, whoen 1,010 stecl Taute were mada (n 20 Lours and 4 minutoy, bein, an average of 1 minate aud 12 saconds for oacl rail, whilo it will bo seen that the averago timo, 1o this Iast unoqualed foat, is tess tban B3 goc- oudy for oach rail, The Devsomer Works of the Company have also_accomplished wouders, YFor Lhe week cud ipg Sasurday, Nov. 13, tho worka made 252 hests, the product eing 1,432 gross tous of steel iugots. ‘The works atsitod on Mouday, Nov. 8, at8 and finished Baturday, Nov. 18, &t . On Baturdey thisty-ons hests from one speigel cupola. This ox- 'y Fun waae accomplixiod with the rog- ular working force of thi departineut. 1u Apnil last these works made the largest run on re¢ord, Loing 1,814 grous tous, aud it remained assuch untit fn Octover last when the Nonb Chicago mulla wadu o ruu of 1,317 gross tous. Last week the Joliet milla made a runof 1,482 rosq toos, bestiug thase of Ohicago by 115 tons. there sro sny nully, either in this country or in Europe, that cau rival this accomplishnent, Joliet would like to hear Irom thom. NEW YORK FAILURES. Nesr Yonx, Nov. 17.—The fsilure of White, Willie & Cbapmau, deslers in willinery goods in Broadway, wae suuotnced yesterday, Also, the failurs ot RNobort Roaenberg, dealer in carsots and hosiery, in Franklin atreec. Joholkim Daviu Liag nsaigned ail Lis property far the Lenafitof big creditora. His usbllitiea are 853,000 and his sssets 917,000, . Mark M, Pomeroy, baiter known as ** Briox" Pomeroy, proprielor of the Jemoerat in this Liabllitiss netimaled at aity, suspendad io-day, nlb,m."uo aanalds RING-WORH. Tho Pregsent Alarming Cutane. ous Eruption on the Body Politic. A Diagnosls of the Diseaso Afforded by McDonald’s Trial at St Louls, Frazor, McGrow, Thorpe, and Fitz- roy Oonfess Their Male- faotions, Princely Patronage Bestowed on Arlists in Whitewash from Washington, Ben Butler Gets is Strabismal Organs on the Crooked Business. Plain Statement Regarding Recent Cascs Belore the Chicago - Grand Jury. INTEREST. FEVER-HEAT. Bvtclal Dirvateh to The Chreaae Tribune. 8. Louts, Nov. 17.—The McDonald case drew & fu!l house to-day, overy availablo foot of Bpace in tho United States Court-room bemg ocoupied at an esrly lour by curious spoctators. No evont bas sccutred bere for years which hes so oxcited thoe peopla 8a tho trial of this case, and the community is appalled st tho officiat cor- ruption and mercavtile dishonor which the lo- vestigation fy revealing. Thbe business-men who aro Involved in this spolistion of the Govern- ment were among the woalthiest diatitlers i ths Weet, and loog npoted for their integrity and irreproschablo charac- tors, The copfessed gnilt of such porsons ina quito naturally shocked the public avd created an excitement cotirely unprecedentod. Tho tes- timopy to-day was listonod to with iutenso futer- cat, Bofora tho arrival of Judgo Troat a num- ber of GENSATIONAL RUMORS had gained currency among the crowd, which sorved to aggravate tho prevailing excitoment snd to increasa tho curiovity to witness tho forthcoming developmouts, Ono of theso rumors \as to the effeot thnt ovidence was to b tntroduced during the day directly implicats ing Gen. Babeock, the President's Private Sacro- tary, aud otbor promivent Washington officials now bigh in the Preuident's favor. Another way to tho offect .that Willam McKes had weakened. and was golog to toll about his connection with the Wuisky Ring, Another was thas thera would bo positive evidence 1mpli- cattog Judgo Krum, ox-District-Attrcnoy Pate rick, and ex-Unitod Btates Marshal Newcomb," who wout out of office to-day, beisy succonded by J. W. Lettingwell. Sowmo of thess rumors wero verifiod, and some were not, as will appear by the evidence, which is of absorblug interest to pooplo overswhero, and is therefore fur- otebed Tue Tnwess in full, The ovidence of Titzroy, tho inat witness oxamined, was tho most starthog elicited to-day, aud, as will bo obaorvod, drags iuto the Whisky Ring & number of persons about whom Dame Rumor bes here- toforo been quite busy, but who bave until now succesafully maoaged to olude actual exposuro, ——— FRAZER. ONE Or THE CHOOKED DISTILLERS. ispecial Duspatch o The Chicagn Trivune, Br, Louws, Nov. 17.—Tho first witness was ‘Edwurd B. Frazer, snd his tostimouy gives s very lucid ineight {nto the manner in which the distillers were tnveigled iuto & schoms of fraud that led (o their ruin and disgrace. Tho follow- ing i FRAZER'S TESTIMONY: Tamamember of tho firm of Bevis & Frazer, Wo commonced businers {n September, 187, I met Me- Donald i the yoar 1872, and Joycs b the esme yoar o tho year provious. 1don't thivk I had auy converss- tion with Joyco or MeDonald in 1872 relative to tho Luiness. I took charge of the distlilery in the carly part of 1674, and mansged 1t t) ws wers cloacd, I found the macline ruuning crooxed, and couldn’t stont, Iunderstood that Ulrich, Chouteau, Tenscher, and otbers, were doing ikewise. We had soveral MEETINGS TO RAISE XONEY for the revenue sgents, Once we ralsed $5,000 for Joyce, 1 paid the money to bim at tho Planters’ Houne, Hessid that McDonald was going to tako it to Washingion (o wae it for stopping au lavestigstion, MoDunald went to Washington and remained about a week or ten days, Idon't think he made any report to us, This occurred {n the month of April, 1875, I don’t know o whom (he money was fo ba * tized. Joyce came down 10 ¥oo me, and wo went to Gregory’s saloon and Lisd a botile of wine, and ho told me he AD TO HAVE £5,000. T told hiin that It was ratier too mucl for our hotse, and 1 talked to Bariop, who was Suporintondent for Bingham Bros, Darton talked to Joyce about it, and our firm paid bolf and Bingham Dros, half, In May $3,000 moro ware ralsed, at litzroy's suggestion, to wino out tho paat tad make brgoncs be brgouce. 1t wae raised byall of tho distiliers, assistod by Honz- pury, Colman & O'Hars, and otlior rectifying firms tuad § forget. Each firm aid 8 proportion agreed up. ou. 1gavothomoney to Mitzroy, He sald it was not far the revenuo uttcers, sd thal, 1f it did not accom plish the object of PREVENTING A SKIZURE, which was threatenod, it would bo roturned, It was Dover returued. Devis, Joyce, McDopald, and myeelf Bud s convorsation at the Planten’ 1ouss some time after tho selzure—say within two weeks, Tho oon- veruation was_general, aud Joyce talked miore than McDouatd, Bovi said tlat tue distillers aud reci- fiers wero indignant that (bat money was not re- turned ther, it not having aceomplishiod the purposs 1t was ralscd for, M'DONALD BATD that Fitzroy shouid not bo Llomed about it bacause the distillers and roctinars had ginod tme Uy ik to get ©d of thelr wock. Wi our firm wa running crooked, we 1d our proportion, but Tcan’s tell how ravch 'we paid n 1871, 182, OF 1875, M. Bevis tokd me bobad paid monoy auring these years, While 1 waa In clicrge of tho diatiliery wo paid various ansounta per week, For uix weaks beforo thio selzure we were runntng straight, When running crooked we B riox €1,000 To ¥3,000 PR wEER. Inaver pafd Joyce but two or threa tmes, and that wau at tho Vlanters’ House, Mr, Novis genenlly at. teuded o thal mistier, but wheu he wus awe I patu 1t, We quit paying some time fu March. nover patd suy money to McDogald uor to sny ons in the Bupervisor's oftice, Andy Meurew was our Super- intewdunt ot tho digtillery for a time, as was Alr, Bavis® hrotser. 1OW MR, HOGUR INVESTIGATED, 1 rafsed sonue maney once for Ar. Hogue, Tevenus Agent, %ho was hers 1 tie spriug of 1E14 investigat in roveune matters. T dou't remember whicther I Luis sy falk with doyca about fhat miwmey, I pald ~ ilogan 000, " Al tho distiliers sod roctificrs contributed, sud Darton and I cole Isctcd 18, I Lad varlous converuations wilk Joyce §u 1674 and 1575, uesrly every month, abous OGF sufuty. s afrutd of getllug it trouble, ss I Loew we wera watcbod, but Joyce always essured e we weze safu, - Once Lovls aliowed fu s lattor sigood which Joyco bad glven_Lit to reassure me, It pur- ported to cowe from Rabeock, st Wesbington, ae Hunday night Juyce camo oub 0wy bouve wud told mo Lo get iy diatillery i order, as the reveuus aguuls were xjocted o bo thera {0’ investigate, ‘Tiils was in_tho wiuler of 1814, 1 don't know whellier he told the other distiller, 1 weut Lo the distiliury at onco that night, and straightened up my bouse, Tha ageuts did not come, Lut L don't remewber learuing why not, NF. BRAZIEL'S INVESTIOATION, Ar, Bovte 100 1o o bad Faised money for auothor sovenuo uyeut Daned Brazir, Thie whs in 1371 or 1832, betore § came bere, Tho swount was, 1 thiuk, $10,600. 1 don't kuow of any aiher extrs moucy 1a! by’ for such Lesides, of toumwe, o pro rate pay oncrooked whisky! At tbo timw Jovca callsd vn me st my Louse, 89 stated, X wea bourdlog ot tho Warts Butldfng, or Bars, at tne corner of Jeflvrsou avonue aud Ollve sircet, tud bo boarded st tho Flantwe' Houae, sbout tweatyigbt squared dutzot, Hacawa about U or 1o o'clack. ‘This « oaly call that Juyco Tidde ou tie ther Evereat, _Yarsabi ouco o ooralug. ' This Was ie- ths Joyoo il 1 dou't remwvinber whieller 4bo LAluEY WeTe pIVen, but uoonecaws, 1 dow't iuink Fititoy o any oge elss ever gave us any wuch fuformiifon.” In miy converaation with Joyco about belng (i danger, bo slways told 1me 10 g0 abesd 04 7uD, Liecauso wo were *¢all yight® Ho sald be bad cotbuunication with Webiglon which ¥oud guable hini to let us kuow A auyl Was cosalug. Whoa I Joyce it was ALWAYY 1f OURBXNOY. B B S Ak s beld 2 Jore (58 . The firs o fakag by MaDouxia 10 b4es & Fald) We 'm'l‘:ll'll chance to maka tack by running crooked. We wore | witness, The Storekee running stralght at tha tie, M'CREW--NOT MEGRUE. S CROOKEL WUPERINTZMDENGY OF A DISTIL LERY. Speetal Diepateh to The Chieaan Tribune, 8r. Lours, Kov. 17,—Andtes McGraw, o tall, white-beaded, venerable gentleman, quite portly, was catled and sworn. o toatified : 1 reside In Clarmoot County, Ohfo. 1 came ta 81, Loufs fn July, 1871, and ciatned Lero nathl be. tween tho Christinas bolidays, 1872, I wes employed 10 Bevia & Frazer's distillery. I lieiped to repais it an Huperintendent, first, and got it staried by tho aid of Mr, Hevia n Beptember, 1871 Tlcit whisky was made by the diatillory, but I can’t tell huw snuch, Wo trereased tho capacity sfter we started from 6% to alout 1,20 Lushiels, 1 don't remetnber Juat when we 1 tha odditionsl fermenting 1ubs, We ran pretty regularly, stoppiug ooly for repatrs, The progortion of fllicit” whisky was, on an aversgs, maybo lexd than cue.third of the whole manufcctured. I don't know where 1t all went, bt uinst of §t weut 1o Lovia & Frazer's rectifying coiabiisiment, Very little was taken without Matnps, but MOST WAS RIIPIED Y “ 05 7t-1 ROOP," on_onn don Josce catan to tha diatilicry and met me, ent into the Listern-ioutn, where the Larreis wero laying iu rows. ORN, M'DONALD'S PLEASANT EUPHEMISM. He said Lo hiad coma down to see sbout low mnel wo were nakiug, and Ls ssked which wes sizatght aud which was * vine.! Gen, McDumald came thero once, and I met Lim I the ofiice, ife avked how wo wore getting aloug. 1 said, * Smoutkly.” Mo asked wly wa a1 not make more, ' 1 %11} was runulng un- der tho orders of Levis & Frazer, and, if thoy maid o wake mare, L would, GRS, N'DONALD'M UNQUESTIONABLE CACOLOAY. #aid her * Well, thin ain't panning out well, Wuy tn Bell don't yon make trore of the whisky thst paya?” 1 hiad very fow conversations witn Mchonald of Joyee, Comnissionor Megrua told mo that be had tade ar. raugements with Goverament ouicials by which dis tliers could taake Dicit whinky without interfercuce by the Government, 1w not under ey indiciment bere. 1am at present employed Ly tle Government 1in the stawnp department of the Cinciuuatl Post-Uttice, S THORPE. 1S TORTLOUS ETORERERL. 8peciat Duvateh to The Chicaan Tribune, B7. Locis, Nov, 17.—The next witness was 8, D, Thorpo, ono of the Gsugors who bas boon intimately associated with Joycs and McDonald Tor soveral yoars. A few days ago Thorpo eu- tered o plea of guilty to thirce Indictments pend- ing agaiost him. His testimony was as follows : A BOLLING BTONE. I fiave resided in 5t, Louln since 1839, T wan ap- potuted United Htatew Storekecpor in iBY. I went Hrat to Ulricls dustiliery, taen lo Bevie & Frazer's, sl then to Maeulot Tudinpson's distillery, I then resigued, and beld an ole agency for a vime, after which 1 was reappoiuted Lulied biates Storckeeper, tod went ou duty at Tonstall & Hurna' dis dilery, No, 15 North Tenh _siruet, subses questly run ' by Jouett, wheuce 1 waa ' removed 10 J. G, Chouteau’s distilléry, at the foot of Grand nv- enue, ou tho river-bsuk, I was theu seat to Peter Curran's distillery, corner of reutlt street and Cocs svenue, Iwent back to Chouteau's, thenzoto Joucitr, Busby's distilery, wooro T weat In Fel e of 1835, 1 recoived instructions froin MeDovad whea 1 wan isullery 10 reo that that bouse was run 1o the letter of the law, 1 &id so. He of- terwards told me, when I wsa golug to Choutesu's Lioune, that, 1f ho found suy attemnt At fraud there, e would seizo ft, While I was thers Joyce told e’ that this house liad to make eume crooked whisky, sudtho money mist b reld 10 him, o also gave thoao Inatruetions relatito to the Aurors dintiliery after Jouett took it Clouteau, evis & Frazer and Binghat Brow, were sll runnig et that time. Curran was tho owuer of the Buaby distfjlers when McDonald toid wo to watch ft, It wau afier- wards that he told me to wotch (‘houteau's diatitlery, 1o n4kd nothiug sbout other diatiilertes, M'DONALL'S JIGUROUN PRESCRIPTIONS COMPOUND- ED QU JOYCE'S GUANO BALIS, When Joyce lold me 10 run crooked at Couteau's, T ;aid ft was sirauge hoshwold give these iustractiona, sa McDouald bad told o tuxt ho wouid seize the house for even a tochuical viviation of the laws, o sald not to mind what McDonald asid. Exoopt whdls T wan ot Curren's und ‘the Aurora distiliery, crooked whisky was made at all the distilleries I won at. Cliou- Loau's Watdlery made abuut sixty Larrels er week, AQENT A FALL'S INVENTIOATION. While thero 1 paid the money to MeFall by lostruc- tions of Juyce, Who was the Revenuo Agent, Ha visited the distillery frequently, snd Lad bis vitic witty Mecbouuld ot Joueit's diatil 1 ad to make about 11y barrely of crooked whisky per week, bome wweeks wo could Bot make that much, Lut that waa the assesaments we were required to Bil s xed by Joyee, At tho uthier distillurics I was Night Htorekeeper, and id pot know what was made, At Thompsou's distil- lary 1 let whisky vut of the wareliouso crooked at Fitz- roy'a orders, 1 went 1o Thompeon's dutlllery in De- cember, 187, M'DONALD'S SUDDEN RAID 0N CHOUTEAU. It wus whon I was scat theros necond time that Joyes sent {or me to come 10 the Bupervisor's aftice, McDonald saw we thers, and asied me how tuings wero running. e 8aid bt wa going to viit 1t, and it ne found evan a technical vivlation of the law he would seizo it. Choutcou had made paymenta to the Riug before that, hut nove was bewng made when I wen there, He and tho ofticials didu't scom to aree, 2r, Jouott can probably expiain that it was the same caga with Curran whilo I waa there, A BPIRITCATS GNAT. When T went thera 1 fouud o couple of Lalf-barrels in b warchouso contalning a few gellons, but unstawped, Jojee ssked Cormun f ke aidnt kuow ho wav lable 10 sulrure, 1o osplainod that theso sere some spirits prosented 1o him and Hardawsyby Thompeon, Iremoved them from thie wurebowse, Every Haturday Joustt would ive mo the money, and T'd givo it to McFail. AGENT EVEREST'S INVESTIOATION, Afterwarda 1 delivered the money to. Lverest, whom T would meet dowa town aaid ho wouid g1ve 1t Lo Joyce, o used to mako about fifty bLarrels b week, ot 60 gnllons per barrel, amounting to about $1,000 por week. TICE DAPACITY OF THE IXCAUCERATED DEMOH. TUENES, Bome weeks we coud not maske it, and then 1 would recelve & mesage from Joyee that bo wantod to wee ine, He would ek mo what was the matter, aud I would explain I nover kspt any memorandum, but always put oge {n the envelope with (ho money, Col Joyca t0ld me ke was taking curo of the oticera in Wasb- ington, A LARF, 1 alwayn understood ihat we wers working under orders from beadquarters. (lLaughier) Ho would come around and roake spocisl sseeaunent, saying snat the “folks at Washington " wanted sume mones, aud must bave ft. (Taughter| o amewed e’ §0 occaslanally for the *folka at Washington,” BATTLING ANONG DNY HONES. Tho partios hie nemed au recelving tho monsy here were ex-Districe-Attorugy Fatrick, United Btates Marshal Nowoumb, Gen. McDonsld, Msj, Gunther, Fitzeroy, Con Magiilre, and William Meciice, M. THOLPE NEVER GOT 14 CLAWS ON THE SAME MONEY TWICE. 1 don’t remember auy otter. 1 don't know how the money was diatrllited, Lecaust,aller ihe monoy patsed out of my handw, I never got u sip at 1t again, [Lough- ter,] 1 linve tallred with » bumter of tho Blorekeepern snd Gsugors (bere witness mentionsd a number of them] Alout this thing, I wes not here when tho Grond Jury mat in tho spring, Lut I heard that they ‘were indicting people hiere, and 1 cawme here, NOT A8 A BCUIDE, I didn't teatify thisali beforo the Grand Jury be- causo I waa fustructcd by Joyco not {o teatily accord- ing 1o the law in ihe Look, Lnt according 1o the Ttev- cnue 1aw, as 1sceived it from my superior oticers, Joyca and McDonsld, (Laughier,] When I came, Joyca saked mo if T Liad s attorowy, and T sald + No,? nor had I mouey 1o pay one. A LEGAL CRUMS OF COMFORT, o sald my frionds would reo that I Lud one, and he introdrced e (0 Judge Krinln MeDonald's proscnce. 1 dou't knaw who wy {rlends wero, oa referred to by Joyoe, an I hisve not found them yet, I askod Judge Krum what ho wanted aan refainier, and he_toid nio, I turned to 4o, and Joyos wantod to kuow if I Lad rev iained Krum, ' 1 roplied that ok, an he wanted # retainer and Ldid not have {5, lie oftered to lend e thie Dioney, Lt T refused, ae T did not want to bar- sow from bini. MeMcDouald then borrowsd §100 for & fr0m Joyce, sud 1 paid it to Judge Krum, ——— FITZROY. BE CLINCHEH THE MATTER. Bpeesat Dispaleh to 1he Citeagy Tridune, Br. Louis, Nov. 17.—The last witnees ex- amined to-dsy was Joseph 31, Fitzroy, the suc- coegor of Con Aegruoe ns cashler of the Ring. Ris testimony waa of a very important character, sud completed the cliain of evidence begun by that of Mogrue, showing that the Rivg was s combination bott formidable aud wealihy, fu- volving all the revenuo ofticials here Iu it, as woll as tho heavlost distillors {u the Wost. He toatifiod that Lo was Chief Clerk [n the United Btatea Asscasor's oftico ln 1871 and 1872, sud be- cama Deputy Collector in Charloa W Ford's offico 1878, Ho romsined until that ofticor died and contiuned with Alr. Msyguire iu tho same partion. Mo had re- ceived monoy trom Mogrue, Thorpe, and others, aud bad repeated couversatious with Joycs with regard ta it. He said it was all right, Madid not then know who constituted the Riog, but hoard from Joyca aud hfegrao that the mouey waa pald for # POLITICAL PURPOSES.” Bubsaquontly ho beard from MceDooald snd Joyos that the Nivg consistod of Megus, ) onald, Joyce, Collestors Vord and Maguire, Wil MoKes, Avery, Patrick, Nowcoub, aud the Uugers and Storekoepers, Wituoss roveived wouney weeklv from tho diatillors Ulricl, Bevis & Frazer, Busby, Teuecher, aud othors. Lobad s fow covvoniations with McDonaid, but (Lo touer ol Ly mutructions was to koop distillersdoan &y low xs iblo, and uot lat thow crooked whisky t0 auy great extent. llia wasin 1874, He knaw of the coming of Agents Brooks, Brazler, Yaryan, sud Gavitt, gomo daye Leloiw tiey csnio, and infcrmed tho distillers. H< Sold them to straighten up, Under tho instiuctions of Joyos, the wnain part of tho 1o Tecelveq h&m digtillers was divided ;::Ia "EABD p::{; sod the divislon was Al 0! Joyes, Magulre, Newoamb L'nm!, MaKe s ~d r-n and Gaugera wors pald differently,—in various sums and by differ- ont peraons, Alr, Concannon, who was Depnty Caliector in 187, also received a sim ranging from 100 to £300 per week. During the drst part of tho proment year witnces had a cap- vorsation with McDonald st the Planters’ Houeo, McDonsld aud he wauted 95,000 to_ remuncrato womo parties in \sahington for Information recoised from them. Witnews raised the money and threw it over tho transom nf the door of McDonald's room, as agroed upon with him, M'KEE, OF THE “‘OLone." Witness was prescol whon §4,8%0 wan given by Jogce to McKeo, of tho flole office, = McKao #id to witncss, ** Fitzroy, thls in & sacied thing. You must keep it scerel." Witness rophiod that Le would do nothing to injuro him- rolf. Thin was _ just = before Megruo beeame Collector. In” November, 1673, when Jogce wasin California. tho money wan divided by McDousld. Up to 1873 it waa divided juto four patts, Witnoss hod a conversation with McDonald in reperd to bia testimony bofore tho Grand Jury Inst epriog. KOT GOING TO LE MUCI OF A RIOWED. McDonald told him bo must stand firm; that it would not amount to_angthing: that they mast stand by each othor, Witne=s told McDonald after to had teetifiod that he Liad faided to 1ecolloct considerable, aud somn thiugs ho did not know anything sbout, Doth Mclobald and Joyee said 1t was ail right, PERHONAL. On cross-oxamination, tuo witnoss thought he m\%hl poasibly have received £10,000 or ¥15.000 =4 his sbaro of the Ring fund. e said he was under indlctment for conspiracy to de. fraud the GUovernment, for perjury, sud for violstion of the Revenuo ™ lawa, He mada up his mind to plesd gullty to all the indictments apainat bim except one for perjury eowne days beforo bo did it, Ho had no uuder- ataudig with any ons as to what wan to be dono with his case. No promise of any kind nan made to him, He belioved that Lie atated to the Grand Jurs that Mr, Maguiro was one of tho partios to the couspiracy. e did not think that bo bad tola Mazuiro that he stated nothing Lo the Grand Jury thas could injurs or implicate —— BEN BULLER, AND BATAN CAXE ALSO. Soerial [napateh to The Chicaoo Tribuna, 67, Louss, Mo., Nov. 17.—feu Butler arrived to-dsy in bebalf of his chient. Chiof Clerk Avery. After hiearing the substance of the testimony in AfcDonald's cags this avening, be ssid to a triend, with & solemn look of that cocked eye: * This ianbad year ou the unrightcousness.”" Chief Clerk Avery also got to town to-day, and bas beon closeted with Mr. Butler in consuliation over Liscase. Den's plan of defense, as de- tailed to & fricnd. will be etirely dificrent from that of Judge Krum snd other attorneyaof ft, Louws, who have boeu conducting tho defeose of tho whiuky cases hete. Hir policy will be casentially aggroseive, not insulting the intelli- Ronco of the jury by ignoring and disputing the oxistenco of s Wuisky Bing, a8 other nttorneys Lave done, but by Loldly asserting tuat thers was & mondtrous Ringz—& most damnable cou bination, organized by ofhicial coundrols and dishonorable dintillers for thie purpose of robbing the Government of its juat duea—and thiat, hav- ing been esugbt in the perpetration of their fe- lonious zets, they .u.l’mnr to drag in others bigher in oflice and iu the estcem of the people, 80 thoy may bave company iu their disgrace nud infamy. Having admitted the Whisky Ring. ho will clsita that his clsat ie ono of those whose good vawe lie been uwed to shelter tho rascals aud thieves who biave been plundening tho Treasnry, Al the witnesses against Avery are either undar indictment or have ploaded guiliy, and Beu expects with thin powerful circamstance azaingt thom to 8o bela- bor and browbeat thew beforo the jury that tho crodibtlity-of their testimony will be cntirely ao- atroved. "It s rumored that Butler will ‘take part in one or two other casos hero. THE BYUAMOBE. Dan Voorlicos spent the day in the court-room abserving tho pragress of the ScDous.d case. 1415 quite probatlo that Lo will follow s Like policy to that of Don Dutler in defending tho cases of McKee aud Maguire. 1t 1s ‘known that ho ex- pects to accamphish much by the unmoreitul handling of (Government witnesseas whilo on Cross-8xamination. “pan” The rough manner iu whicls the namo of Gen. Babeock has bean usod by tho vurious wituosses ou the Aland to-dsy ish beeu a wource of re- grot to bis frionds. Bevis and Futzroy both teatitied to seeing lottors signed *Bab,” from Waslington, i tho baods of Joyes, who represented that they were from Gen. ~ Mabcock, ~ wnd that Dabcock was “standivg in"” on the crooked whisky busmesd. It ia reported that Gon. Babeock Lias been sent for to testify in the McDonald caso ; that this was done to-dsy at tho auggestion of Bea Buttar, who {8 a perdonal friend of Babeack, and who wanted blm summoued i ordor to give him an opportunity, under vath, to clear him- ul‘f of tflo base imputation sgainat Lis char- acter. THE GRAND JURY mot sgain to-day, after & tocoss of three days. A juryman ssid to-night that they expected (0 adjourn 1n about 8 wouk. DB. FRETORIOUS, co-editor with Carl Scburz of tho Testliche Post, hua boen sumwmoncd to appear bofora tho Urand Jummnn‘fln 10 gIve ovidence in rofer- ence to & t chaigo made s fow days 8go by tha Post that '*Gen. Babcock. Grant's body- vi;(lllh:: was as deop 1n tho Whiaky Ring as apy- body. IN CHICAGO. KO MORE INDICTMENTS, During the whole course of the operstion of the Revouuo laws of the United BStat from tho day they went in force to the pres ent, there haa beon in tho minds of suspi- clous peopla a vague ides that somebody waa de- frauding the Government. Buspicious people bave beun right in somo cases, aud they have thoreupon asaumed otlier things, and procoodod to oonsidor everybody, from hoads of depart- ments—and aven the head of the Governmaut— all the way down, 88 guilty and fu thoRing. This Liag beon carried A0 far that tho publio prints Liays in some citioa toemed with startling dis- olosures, and abounded In revelations, which woro, when analyzed, noither the oue nor the uiber, In Chicago there bas beon a sustained attompt ou the part of one or two papens 10 draw down condemnation upon the hoads of pervons who bad no more counection with the Whisks Ring than with Magna Charta. Thess papers Lavo hinted, aud wlurred, and thrown mud without sting or limit, and bave, with repotition intended to hiave the force of fnot, insisted that the rev- enue otiiciala had more proot aud more * Muks," aud that terrible wecrets were sbout to be un- folded. This ronched i1s climax yestorday whoen A Laper gave o lougtly aggrogatiou of wurds framed to coovoy the sden tbut auothor Graud Jury was to be called to cousider tho cauod of culprita compared with whow the fately-ar- rosted ware umail {ry. Now, the clean-sbavon truth of the matier is tliat this 18 jucoriect, but yes it may bo well to stato the facts conuectod with the parties always puspoctad bus never iudicted. BIX NAMES of prominent citizens huve bsen openly and repostedly canyassed ay i (i ring,” sud the owuasrs Liave becu uoder suspicion for some time. Agalnst tho first of thedo thoro i8 not now snd uever tus been tho suadow of & shaue of proof, sad yetho hss boen mentioned all along as **iuit," sud e umng his influence to seroen thoe othera, "I'wo worw of the eix Lad the honor of Laviug their pamos canvasaod by the Graud Jury, sud witoess wiier witboss wus called Lo prove some- thing, and diwnised on proviog notbing, Oue particular wituesn was on the stand for bours, Rod lett tho youm without having dropped word implicatiug By 0o, thongh thero was s noral corauty thot he was in the ovntidence of whatever riug thero was, Lvudenco ayaingt tue otber thrae men was not wanting, but it was 0ot the nghe kind of evi- dence. It suomed to sbow avrelictious, and it carsainly showod carelessuess Ju tho conduct of » Government ofiice, bot it stopped juse short of showing guilt, From it could” be wroved negligence uud even grest lazity io the Lertormance of daty, but then it wad motbiug uuder the stetute. Iu & word, thers was nothiug whown that could nug be uxpisined away on » hypothosia of error, aud nothiog that was s Decessary coucowitant ot fraud. Under these circutustan: t the very best ruason fur uot Ruding ind) Me. Hetury W. Kiug, & imnembor of the jucy, said, witer hearing sll tha testiwony, that, whiie there Was uiqueationsbly {ood Tuadon (o assorioR loxity aud carolessvess, thare was no ground tor sagerting w crimual intons, It muy be wald that tho testimony ageinst thoso men waw tho same ss that sdduced in the case of Collector Ersluue, tried at Milwaukea bafore Judge Drumuoud, and saslly acquitted. It msy slso bs ucted that the attaution ot Judge Drummond bimsslf was salled 10 \ae teatimony in tie eases, and that ij wsa probably aa his ade vice or oxprossion of opinlon that some of tha Grand Jury acted in votiog agsinst indictmeants. Thia atnate of facts Leiog established, and tho additional fact boing known that no new avi- danco has coma to hght, it will be aeen bhow fool- 18h 1a tho assertion hnt noother Grand Jury i to bo ealted. LERIED OPFENDENA, In porsuance of iostructions from hoad- quarters, tho revenua oflicers have continued their oxplorationn for liquor barrels aud to- bacco and cigar packages with tnerssod stamps. Yestordsy, Masars, Terr, Bpringor, aud two others, ‘continued thoir rosearcnen ou the Nortn Side, sod two of them wont futo the shop of P. Weidmsnn, at Rash stract bridge, and wanted to soo tha state of nffairs, but the owner, s Gorman not well up in tho law, sad that nobody could examina hit place without a soaich warrant. Onoof the oflicers showed his commission as Revenue Agent, and domanded to bo shown tho empty packagos, if thore were any. Btill Weidmanao 1e- fused, and whon tho officer tried to go bemnd tho connter a sharp tussle cnsued, and the ownor oudeavored most strennoualy to put thio other mau aut, Ho wua secured at Isat, howover, snd Lrought befora Commiasioner Hoype. After the facta bad been detallod by the officers. Weid- naun was keld in $2,000 batl for appearance be- fore tho Gisnd Jury. Fred Heid, a grocer doing businoss at No, 83 North Clatk stroot, was beforo Commissioner Hosno vasterday, chiarged with selling wine without & Gavernment liconse. He did not dooy the sclling, but thought that he akould_oot be heavily punishod for his carelessnoss, s wan nccfimflmgly diccharged on payment of $33 caats, —_— INDIANAPOLIS. A GRIST OF INDIANA MALEFACTORS, Hvectal Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune, InptaNarorts, Nov. 11.—Tho prisoners ar reated {n the First Indiana Districs on Qrand Jury warrsnts, charged with complicity im frauda on the revenuo by tho manafacturiog of crosked whieky, havo arrived here for examinse tion, Thearrests wore made yestordsy, but, as the prisonors oaly loft Evaosvilla thts morning, thoy arrived hera too late for examination tuis evening, Tho amount of bail was fixed in osch caze, but the boada arenot yeot approved, and in the meantimo the prison- era ara guarded as o of tho principal hotols. ‘The names of the ptisoners and thoir occups~ tions and the amounts of bell are asfollows: G, B. Bingham, propriotor of the Fatoka distillery, 816,000 ;3. B, Crisp, rectitior, o0d; Cocononr, distiller, 2,000; Dennis Reilly, rectifler, §2.000 (theso are employes in the Patoka diatillery); ilurnison Mller, of Priceton, Storakeeper, 250005 J. Plollipps, Gauger, of Princoton, 1 Bunonson, Gauger, Vernon, §5,000; . M. Htorekoopor, of Evansvillo, $5,000; veraino, Gauger, of Lvansville, 25,000 ; nslnmbfl'})mpmm of_a disiliery at uvillo, $15,000. [uomas Robb, of Prince- tou, was arreated, but cscaped at Torro Haute to-day while on 1o way here. Hois supponed to Liave nctod ne s go-between Iu_the matter. Honry Allis, bookkeeper for the Biughawms, i n80 undor indictinents, but cacapod arrest by loaving Moudny evening for wome point Esut. e MISCELLANEQUS. EVANKVILLE, 18D, Evaxsvirer, Ind., Nov, 17.—John W. Bing- bam, dietiller, P. C. Ebermino, Gauger, sud David M. Lowis, Storekeeper, who wero asrested hero Inst night on warrouts from Iudianapolis, and Goorgo T. Uimonsiu, Gauger, who was ar- rested st the swno time at ouot Vernon, Ind., left this morning for Indianspolis, 1 the cuss tody of Governmoot officers, Uyron Bingham, the othor memier of tho firm of Biwglawm Erothers, is wick of his Lowne in Fatoke, bat will alsogo to Indianapalis a8 #0on ah he 18 abla Alenry Allig, the boukkeeper of the Dinghant Irothers, has_thus far &ept out of the way of the oflicers. It in suppored that Lo hao loft the city. James Gray was urrested on au uitacument sent for bimn 28 a wituess, aud the Hor. Wilham Hoilmav, who was salmoned 84 a witneas, has also laft for the Stote Capiial, MILWAURLZ, Minwacses Nov. 17.—The Sehlitz & Dargen- that caso was givon to tho Jury at 1 o'clock to- day. At this bour (10 o'clock) they had not agreed upon their vordict. ITXESH) fnecial Diapaten to I'h Dixos., (U, . 17,—Col. Luvi I, Luckey, Privato Sceretary of DPremdent Grant, togetier with Goorgo D, Loojamin, Commistiopor o Public tirounds oud Bmldings w Wasnington, a10 bere on their way to 5t, Louis, wheru thoy hiave boou subpeosed in the groat Whisky Ring CA3eB to come off this week. Doth gentlewmen wote formuer sesidents of this city. ESS NOTICES. Rurnetvs Coconine atinys ireitation, removes ail tepdency 1o dandrali, and fnvigorates the action of the capdilarles i the Lijhent deitree, Tha Cocoalg bus vatuod & deacryed feputation for pro- moting tho growta aud presseving ihe bosuty of the Dunai butr, Lalica drowelg thoir Undr cisboreteiy for the evoulng vall And that It Lopurs s Deltly Iatural gloss 1o tno hatr, aud will cawsa it fo retatn it abiape for bours. UNDERWEAR AND HO31ERY, ONDEIWEAL AN SR Col. G. T, of Mt Lowia, PC. -aoo Trivune. Chas. Gossage ¢ Co. Men's Underwear. Desirable Goods at 50 ots., 76 ots., and $1. 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