Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 27, 1875, Page 5

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THE IT (UTOMATIC, ‘dteateat Gewing Machine Invention of theday Call and Investigate AT, BALESROOM OF Wilox & Gibbs Sowring-Machine Compauy, 200 and 202 Wabasbh-av, PANTALOONS, OASH versus CREDIT. CHICAGO PANTS WAREHOUSH, 510 & 512 WEST MADISON-ST. MABEY & PRALL, Merchant Tailors, (FGM LONDON,) Re CHICAGO PANTS aro warranted all woo!, wall shrunk, well trimmod, nowest goods, best, workmanalup, perfect it, 89.00 A PAIR. ~ FOR SALE. HIREY FIRE! FIRE! ! 00,000 worth of Clothing slight- Y damaged by water, at tho lato ‘8 of Anderson, Stewart & Co., B eW York, to be sold at Appraisor’s ‘alue, which is 40 por cent below cost, 6168 South Clark-st., Chicago, u 8 stock must positively bo oaed out in thirty days. ——=" wm SPEOLAOLES. CG a faaitan PEBBLE SERUTACLES 2 88 Madizonat, Tanifone Hutdine pene SOALES: FAIRBANKS BTANI DARD SCALES OF ALL KinDa, Becarefal tobvy only the Genuine, FE. x —s —_—— THE CHICAGU TRIBUNE; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1875.—TWELVE PAGES, “WHISKY CROOKED. Some Interesting Facts About the Model Ring in Milwaukee, Extraordinary Surfaco Indications, bat the Biz Bonanza Not Yet Developed. Prospect that Rich Deposits of Frand Will Be Reached hy Hard Digging. Plenty of Carpenter and Con- siderable Munn Panned Out So Far, Continuation of the Trial of William 0. Avery at St. Louis, Great Excitement Caused by Some Mud-Throwing at Secre- tary Bristow. The Oriminal Telegrams Between Washington and St. Louis Read in Court, Defrauding the Government by Forged Rectifiers’ Stamps. The Laborious Way in Which Chicago Frauds Were Unearthed. What May Be Expected at the Trialse=- After the Cumpoundors. MILWAUKEE, A TRULY MODEL RING. HOW TO BTEAL, AND TET CONCEALW Special Disputeh to The Chicago Tribune, Mirtwaverg, Nov. 26,—I¢ was @ truly model Whisky-Ring that organized here for rauning the crooked and robbing the revenue. The easo with which thoy stolo, and stole, and stole; the strong grip with which, when the inevitable ex- Ppomtres camo, {t balf-suppresaed them; the vigorous dofenso it hae msde and fa making through the press of this city, owned and con- trolled by the Riug; the audacity mth which it has muzzjod public sentiment here, aud so manipulated it as to array a sharo of it, at loast, in euppart of the Ring-thieves; and, floaliy, ite success in tampering with juries,—all go to show that it was atruly mode! Ring. How far back its operations extend has not been do- yoloped, nor how it waa organized, fur- ther than this: That daring tha Sona torial «canvass, whon Matt Carpon- ter owas, 8 candidate for re-election, Burpeo, who did not give Carpenter tho political support desired, and who besides had quarreled with Boss Keyes, was romoved and Conkling ap- Pointed in his stead an Revenuo Agent for this district. Tho story generally credited, and which I got upon excellent authority, is that ‘Koyes peremptorily domanded of Carpenter Bur- peo's removal and Conkling’s appointment npon penalty of Koyes tuting bis wholo political in- fluence against Carpenter in the Senatorial con- teat, and that thereon the change was made through Carponter’s influence, CONKLING'A IRREODLADITIZS. Conkling bad been Bupervisor for the New Orleans District, from which ho was removed for frregularitios ; and his irregularities hece be- gan to be manifeat to those who had appattuntty for seeing almost immediately aftor he entered upon his office as Revenue Agent, The conditions wero wondrously favorable for any and overy thievery. Munn was Suporvisor, and the developments as to Munn have been so volumtoogs that the foll significance of tbat fact will bo duly appreciated on the mere statement that Muon was Supervisor. Hubbell, the Dis- trict-Attornoy wae achild-like and blaud ianocent, whose boast it waa that thora waa uo ‘crooked ” run [n the district, and that vo distilter ¢r rocti- flor had been found guilty daring bis term; and his faith in the parity sod rectangular intogrity and trie goodners of tho Ring distillers was only oqualed by the falth of the dovout in the Great Aushorof allgood. When the saizures wera mado it wae Hubboll who patronizingly observed to Buporvizor Hodriek : ** Young mau, I don’t go into a battle tn the middlo of it. You havo gono into this thing yourself without consulting me, and I advise you to got out of it, You had batter atop where you ara, Bristow ia damntog the arty by it, and these indiscriminate attucks upon jeading citizons and patriotic supporters of the Administration won't do.” It is almost unnoocs- sary to add the Administration found that HUBWELL WOULDN'T DO, and he was promptly removed nnd auccecded by Col, MoKinusy, the presont District-Attorney, who hsa forced the progosutions. Erskine, the Cotlector, was as clever a fellow as ever drew his salary for bending bis oftice over to deputios whose appointments were dictated py the Ring, Upon bis salary bo lived quistly at Nacine, sel- dom came to Milwaukes, sod when he came, ho never in tho least interfered with the Nin, deputies who conducted his onice, Electlouea: ing funds wore needed for the campaign of Cai ponter for re-election to the Bouale. Ho cal trotted the appointments, aud fealty to Carpen- tor scoms to have been the tent of official itn About this time Thomson, who had ited the Milwaukee Sentinel, the load. ing Republican organ of the Btate, for years was equeozed ont of — that concern because uncertain in bis support of Car- ater. Tho atock was water: distributed largely amang the revenuo officials, aud had to be paid for. ‘There were, thorefore, in addition to tho cupidity of the official Ring, powerful considerations moving them to raise money. ON TUE PANT OF THE WHI8KY BIXG, there were even more powerful conmdorations to induce them to faroish the requisite money. Not only were there the enormous profits to be made by running the “crooked,” but the whisky section of the Ring were then in immi- nent peril, A distillery had been seized at Madison for shipping iWicit highwines to Kam Rindskopl'’s firm at Milwaukee, aud to Killian Bros, at Chicago, ‘Ibe tes mony discoverod in that case folly di: closed the tro inwarduess of the Milwaukee Whieky Ring. Alunn, howe: took poxsoevion of tho papers and otherwise suppressed the damaging dieclosures then made, white with thom in his possession and control he could hoid, them all in terrorem over tho Whiaky ling, Buch was th uation when Conkling sawumed tho doties of his office as Revenue Agent. To the official section of the Ring he soon was known 03 “SUPERVISOR MUWH's May,” To the dlatillers and rectifiers be abon was known as tho ‘“]oss" or master, the German word **macher,” with which Louls Rindasopt's check- atubs, seized the other day, were marked, signi- {ving tho latter, and having besides the Ingerip- tlon io Hebrew, “Yor the master." The regular assessments, a6 shown by thoso stabs, wera 8200 ft month on each distiller aud rectifier in be Hiog,—that is. upon every divtiller and rectifior in the distnct, for none ould runoutslde the Ring. But the paltry $200 per mouth was not all. There were eloctiouesring expenses, and special | tosers of the “crooked.” Of course the lor share didn’t go to Conkling. The interestiog query is, To whom did it go? end Jf ever an anawer bo reached ib.will be found shot it will strike higher than Contliog and his anbordinate | anco duting the procerdinys, snd the taual do- thieves. Hat THE REMANRADLY UNGATISFACTOAY FEALCRT about the Milwankeo ohisky ca-es thus far has beon that with all tho long-drawn-out examina. tions of witnesses bofuro tho Suporvisors, tho Commismonera, tho Grand Jury, and in, Court, it haa so happenod thiat it has not been brought out who compored the oficial thieves’ Ring for which Conkling wea chief collector,—In_ other words, who got tho bulk of the plunder. Vory = omnch — to my = dite appointment, I confess I have beow unaljo to find anybody who could toll, of who would venture to guess with any approach to definite ness, Who pocketed the money. ‘Ihereis that in tho air hore which vavors of a terror of the big thicves yet unexpored, and, from pronent indica tions, itis doubtful whether they will ho ex- posed, Cortsia tt fs, that if they are known, nobody dares name thom ; and, snmohow, (a all that han been mado pudlic nothing has beon di- vulged to expoxo them, aud thoy ovidently are yel s power dreaded here, THE EXTENT OF TUE ATEALING ., of tho official Ring is Indicated, howover, by the Profixate expenditures and vulgar aplurge of he lessor mombers, bohind whom the big thieves aro now concealed, They wero a low Jot, and anent their monoy in tho gratificstion of the lowest and most licentious appariter, the while, after the manuer of their kiad, waking ostentatious display of their fast life, faut horecs, and faut women. to the bewilderment of thls slow-golng town, Conkling, as bocamo bis position ox chief of the little thieves’ King, took tho toad in this, Hin champsgne dinnera to this day ore regarded by tha average Milwaukeoan os about, THE NOBBIEST AFPATRS OF THY KIND that ever caine off, oxcepting atways tho ban- quotes which “Princo” Sam Ringakopf used to give Revenue Aventa aud gthor oficiale who camo horo from Washington and wore pormitted to reo everything—through Bam's champnguo- glasses. Wersnort, tho chiof of tho Iting Dopu- ties in Collector Eraxino's oflice,—os tho dis- patches seized by the Governinent officials show, —on bis salary of @1,600 a year rent remit- tances almost weekly to a brother in Novada for Investment ia bonanza shares, These dispatches dieclono that the King allowed him about 91,500 a wook for his stiaro of the swag, MYBTENIOUS APYLUENCY. Fitzgerald, a Gauger, so poor ho couldn't pay bis house-rent, suddenly purchased a splendid residence. sont his wife to tho watering-places, and, putting tho balance of bis money whero it would du most good, 18 now reported wealtby. A Storekceper on Lin of G4 por diem, by rigid frugality, was euabled alao to give champagne suppers after tho style of Prince Sam, aa well an to indulge ip the furtherluxury of two mistresses at tho samo time, one of whom boasted that hor ocket-monny allowanco was $3,500 a year. With this allo rapidly did these small fry ace quire tho oxtravaganut habits of fast lifo, that only a fow days before tho lightning struck they chad notified tho Whisky King that tho sssess- ment forgsuging thocrooked would be raised from #5 to 86 per barrel. What with India-rubber stamps, and false Barring, end oxtra masher, andthe like, and everybody in the ting, tho frauds on tho revenue were #0 enormous that there was a share in the awag for everybody. On NY TRIAL OF COLLECTOR ERSKINE for tho mild offense of shutting hin eyes to the thiovory, which was logally styled ‘ofticial neg- ligenco,” oue of Erakiue's Doputies, at the very tail-ood of the force, Sherman by namo, let out thaveven his roward was to be the gratification of his bighost ambition—that of managing tho Opera-House horo, which ho ovidontly aspired to run as tho late lamentod Fisk did that at New York. For his sharoin tho falae isaue of stamps ib waa to ba leased for him, Theno follows ali have been decapitated and seem in a fair way to bo mado scapegoats for tho alng of tho whole Liug, of whose plunder thoy got so small asbare. The semi-olical history of the trial of Sam Rindekopf for his participation in the crookea distillory at Mad.son shows how complotely tho King was organized. Iindskopf was indicted abont the time of Conkling's appointment, June, 1874, Tho case was adjourned until September, through the instrumentality of Collector Manon. In Soptembor. through 1s manipniutions, it was’ adjourned tntil December. Then ho advised Woissert and Maoller, s Gauger (sinoo convict- ed), not to attend an witnesses. On tho eve of the trial ho wrote Commissioner Douglass that it was bis UNDEDSTANDING WITH BENATOR CARTENTER, counsel for the defense, that the caso should go over to June; thats witness, Rogore, without whose testimony conviction was impossible, bad become insane, and that, besideg. it would be in- convenient for Munn to attend tho trial in December. Commiavioner Douglass, however, refused to order the cago continued, it boing altogether too self-evident a fabrication about Rogers’ inesulty, and tho sham of the other rounds for continuance being no less manifeat, far two ortbroe daya boforo tho time set tor Rundskop!'s trial, District Attorney McKinney re- ceived orders from Commissionpr Douglass, at the request of Sonator Carpenter, to continua thocaso., MoKiunoy, howaver, wont aboad with the case. On the trial Woiesert, Erskino's Chict Deputy, and Bocller, the Gauger, dovelopod AN ABTONISIIING LOSS OY MEMONY, avd couldn't recollect aught about Rindskepf's revaipt of the ‘croaked ” fram Madiaon. Hinda- kopf, however, was convicted, but so well was tho ceso manipulated by Ring influenco that he was tet off with a sentence of 25,000 fine and one day's imprisonmout. ‘Tho latter part of the son- tence was executed by assigning bim to tho best apeitment ia the Prinou buildings, where he beld the moat elegant seception evor witnessed thoreabouts, topping off with a champagne ban- uct, In that caso was dovoloped nil about tho frauda here, but all that over came of tho dovelopments there was the seiziro cf a amall lot of Cognac at Rindskopf’s dutillery here, and the Ring continued ita operations with im- punity, The oxposures {0 thin caso wero ampla ag to the sharo io tho oficial Ring of Wolsse:t, Erekino’s Chief Depaty, and of Moeller, the Gsugur, since convicted, and who, being al- fowod bis liberty op bail after bia conviciion, has run away, Tho tertinony {fs explicit in tho case, that Weissert bad been in the pay of tho Ring, recotving 100 per month from ono of tuo Ring distillerios, and proeumably procizely the same sum from tho others, Both men wore removed from oftica on tho Siat of December last in conscquence af these disclosures. But the remarkablo fokure about tha business was that on the vth of Janu- ury both men wero rematated through Senator Carpouter's influence, as I am informed upon excellent authority, and on the strength of a let- ter from Erekine, tho Collector, requouling it, ‘Tho fact la that, judging from tho surfxoo in- dications, there bas been A ONZAT DEAL OF CARPENTER ADOUT THE WHISEY wxo it balfthatis to be learned here is to bo be- lieved, The Ring attamod most flourishing growth under the mampulation of Conkling, Carpenter's appointeo, Tho eloctioneenng funds were collected at least forCarpanter'a can- vass for the Honato; the Sentinel was purchased in bie futorest, aud a protty expensive invest- ment, too, and » great share of the stock wes directly or indirectly paid for by the Ring, and the Sentinel bas since treated tha indicted Whisky Ring wits that tondor consid- eration which smacks of gratitude for favors done and uther fayora expected. Tho reappotnt- mont of Welssert and Mooller wae on oxtraor- dinary occurrence, and Carpenter throughout has been leading counsel fue tho Ring thhoves. I merely give tho facts for what thoy aso worth, and as they are given me upon undoubted authority, merely remarking that there seems to bos great deal of Carpenter about the busi- ness, which fact, 1a view of the public snzie.y ta know all about the Milwaukee Whisky Ring, I impart that the public may not loso the informa- tion. STARTLING AUMORS. Considerable excitemant was croated here thia afternoon by a rumor that ex-Sonator Carpenter was to bo ludicted for complicity in the whisky frauds, but on inquiry I learn that the report is wholly unfounded, as ia the rumor regardin; Adams, sngox-Gauger, and one of tho counse! for the defense. OABES ON TRIAL. To-day a'jury was impacolea in the caso of Weymer, a rectiflor, and Taft, ex-Gaugor, in- gicted for conspiracy to dofraud the revonue. Tho afternoon was maiuly occupied in the dis- cugslon of the admissibility of testimony, Tbe rullnge thus far havo bean favorable to the prosecution, and undor them tho prosecution will to-morrow introduce testinonuy showing that Taft in March laut sold 1,718 stamys to one Pulauky, dummy rectifier for the Nuunomachors. ‘Thos were marked on the atub-book as issued fur O- gallon kege, and woro delivored in blsok, and used each on 90-gallon barrels, detraudiug the Government out of $190,000 in that sirglo month. Other fraudulent tronsactions by which the Government was swindled to tho like extent and (n like manner by collusion of Taft with other distillers wil! also be abown in testimony. paiek ube en ST. LOUIS, YESTERDAY, OBEAT* INTEREST, Special Diupalcd to the Chicage Tribune, Br, Louis, Mo., Nov. 96,—The case of William O, Avery, after an Intermission of one day, wes resumed this morning. The Government al torneys feel sanguine over the reauls of to-day'’s work, sod express perfect confidence in the con- . viction of Ayory.. A large orowd waa in attend. ree of interoat was manifente J, BR. DNISTOW, Tho reforenco of Mr, Hiora to Serentary Brine town's connection with a Lonisville whisky house excital quire antic, and bas boen the subject of much goyeip and ceandal, especially among se whose interest and ambition it inte diag in ax many high aud trusted officials a4 poasibls, —-— THORPE REDIVIVUS. THA GOOD MAN (THORPR) DOES WHAT BE CAR TO TICK AVELY, $i, Moteral Dienutel ta The Chicare Tribune, 8t. Lovis, Nov, 26-8. I. ‘Thorpo, the ox- Btorekeoper, was tho first witnors, Ho teatified substantially as le did im tho McDonald trial, with tho addition of nome important evidence bearing moro directly upon Avery and other parties at Wastington, Io said Macklot Thomp- son apoko avout paying money to Leavenworth, Fitzroy, Concannun and others to be carriod to headquarters for catapaign pntposes. Io un- derstood from Joyco aod Fitzroy that thin crooked whisky was bolag mado by tho oraora of the Administration for campaign purpones. Witness kuew of tnformation boing frequently given of the coming of Revenue Agents. I TAR 'sTinLy" xiditt, One night, while the Wrigbt fercery canes wera in court here, ho met Fitzroy on the strect atnearly midnight, and Fitzroy tuld him to “atraghten up.” Heat onco gota burpy and drove up to the distillery and “ atraightenad up.” REVEALED wOnDS. Joyce frequently showed bim letters which purported to be from cithee Avery or Babcock relative to crooked running. Hoe did not know Avery's bandwriting. Tho letters wero alvayn of tho same avauring choracter. This waa dono by Josco to reassure Witness thateverything was safe. % PROPHETIC. At the timo Revia & Frezer wore seized wit- noas remarked to Joyco that it was over—that the Government authoritios would eeizo thet bouro and make it pay $40,000 if thoy were cog- nizeot of and connived at crooked running, Joseo replied that that was all understood, and he wontd prove to witness that such was tha fact by the additional fact that nono of the old Goverument oflicers would be removed from that house after it wan rolcascd. THAT IT MIGHT DE PULFTLLED. Bure enough. thoy were not ramored, but con- tinued as beforo. ‘Iho scizuro thua convinced uipeas that Joyeo'a representations were cor- ree! THE LINT AGATY, He was froquontly informed that the parties to tho Hing wore Joyco, McDonali, Ford, Guather, McKoo, Newcomb, Patrick, Avery, and other officors in Washington pot named, PUROHASEA OF WIITEWARH. Ho alao kaw of money belng collected by as- sessmonts to pay Hoveute Agente. He also heard, " about tho time this thing commenced to boil over,” of money boing raised to soud to Washington to stop 5 raid, Witnoya mot Avory at Macklot Thompaon’s distillory, In company with Fitzroy and Cropey, in the fall of 1972 or 1878, They went througa the distiliery and then loft, 1 don't think Joyce showed me tho signature of tho letter purporting to come from Avery. We were ipo carriage, aud Joyce read itto me, Fitzroy showed ma a letter’ once bearlug Avers’s nlgnature, Fitzroy showod me the Avery letterin 1874, or carly in 18:5, I don't know what the letter was about. fe simp!: taid that he had just reccived a letter from bie frien Avery, end ahowed mo tho ciguature, I asked him what dows it contained. Ue sald overytbiog was all right, and I paid no further attention to the fetter, ee BIERS. ‘THUS GENTLEMAN'S CINCULAR WAY OF PIITLTZRING ‘THY CINGEAN cor, Special Diepateh to The Chicas Tribune, 81, Lovis, Nov, 26.—Alfred Biore tortified that hacama here in 1671 and opeced a distillery. Ho had received a letter from Andrew McGraw somo time before coming hore, stating that this ‘was 4 good point to mako money, Lt stated fur- ther that a campaign fand was to bo raised hora by slowing distillers to run crooked, and col- lecting half the tax. Ha ned a talk before opon- fog with Joyco, McDonald, andCon Megrne, and entered into an arrangement to make 40 to £0 barrels a week of crooked, sud pay half tho tax to Mogruo for the campaign fgnd. The money was paid to Mogrue, to be distributed amonz MeDonatd, Ford, Joyce, Megrue, MoKeo, and Fitzroy. DABCOCK GETTING PUT IN MORE FREQUENTLY. ‘Witness heard from Joyce that Avery and Bab- cock at Washington received a sharoof tha funds for giving information tothe Ring. Wit- ness mot Avery hore in 1872, The Ring, in 1873 and 1874, was composed, witness underetood, of MoDonald, Fitzroy, Copnoannon, Joyce, Moke, Maguiro, Newcomb, Patrick, Avery, and Babcock. Joyce frequently ehowed dispatebes and letters parporting to come from Avery and Babcock, notifying the Ring of the coming of Ageuts. Wituess did not remember examining tho sigua- ture of sny of tho letters. Whoo Brooks, Hogue, and Gavitt camo bere, the dis- tiltora know before they started that they Wore about to makoa raid in the West. They wont to New Orieana first, and then came here. Brooks and Hogue came hero and made an ex- amination of tho books of Bovis & Frazer, among others, and roported irregularities. PROBABILITY THAT DISTILLERS WEBE MADE OF MoNEY, ‘The firm offered to compromise, and Brooks advised tat no compromise be made onder 84U,000 or 950,000. No the firm, rather than havo thoir house seized, paid $10,000, This was in 1874. In April, 1875, witncaa was in Califor- nia, and while he was gono 5,000 waa raisod §=at «two = different’ «times, = and paid to Johnny McDonald and Joyco to be taken to Washington. Frazer aoted for the firmin thia matter. Joyce, atone time in 1674, raised $5,000 from tho firm of Bevis & Frazer tobe paid, He said that Newcomb snd Pat- tick must bo satlotied in order to pre- yent tronble here, and so they must have $5,000, Witoces paid thie amoént to Joyce bim- welt, Joycu had just returned from his Califor- nis trip attiat imo. Witoews did not romem- ber of contributing to%suy fund in tho fall of 1874 for Mr. Avery, who was theu bero, | ACUYPTIOCONCLAYE, Witness mot Avery, one Sundsy evening in 1872, at “Utrig’s Cavo,"” where Fitzroy and othors droyped in. After leaving the "tho company went to witness’ houso and hada glass of wine, : HOW MEQHUE SCREWED Dens! TIMBVIsH coUnAdE. Before going {nto the crooked business I required 01 able assurance from Megrue af its safoty, le gurrantesd protection by the ollicers generally here and at Wosbington, as the campaign fund wae needed, while sunning we always considered it a ticklish bual- ness. Hence it waa that Joyce brought us letters pur- porting to come from AVery of Babcock, to glvo us confidence, MR, BIERS TALKS TOO MUON WITH 116 MOUTH. A dispatch camo here from Mr, Darnes, of Now York, about four days before the @elzuro in May, an- nounteing that lighining would atrike, The telvgrama ‘was aout to the Louse of Turlina, Kdwarda & Co., bere. Barnes was atravoling agent for the house of New- come, Buchanan & Co,, of Loulsviile, who seetned to know all about It, Barnes, who aent the dispatch from New York, hed been to Washington, Moe was traveling for « Louisville firm in which, Iam told, Becretary Bristow ia interested, THE LYYECT OF ME. DIENS’ DLAD. Quite s sensation was created by this latter state- ment of the witness, Gov, Henderson, for the proses cutton, asked the witness who told him this, Ie re- plied drat that he didn’t like to state, and then that he didot remember who it was, Bir, Heuderson told witness he did very wrong in making avy such atate- meut, vnlees the information came to bitin from some member of the ting. He sald that if be bed hie should have objected to auch tes- thnouy belug elicited by Judge Krum, Judge Krum retnarked that thure were other Bings than the St, Louls Ring, ‘Mr, Henderson repliod that if the defen-e woult show that Bristow win & mewber of the Ning, tho praecution would bave him indteted at onco, ‘The witnves was excused from further teallmony, ‘The prosecutioy now introduced general papers Aire ing the ofticisi status of Mr, Avery. —<—-— JOSEPHS, ‘FMR TIMY-HONOBED CONTINENCE AFPORTENANT TO THE Nawx, Special Dispatch to The Lhicago Tribune, Br. Louis, No., Nov. 96.—J, F, Josephi clerk in the office of tho Booretary of the ‘Tre ury ip 1872 and 1873, waa the next witooss for tho Government, He stated that, io tho falt of 1872, ab Avery's requeat, be sent bim ta &t Louis to investigate certals alleged irregularities in the accounts of Gunther. Avery came to 8. Louis, and reported the accounts all right, He beatified furthers Bometime in Deosmber, 867% ¥ met Avery an the ; \d be romarked that Jo: wes going to scud Uae Christus preseah, ‘Tdonv remember whelber he mentionest that wa ware to receive $107 each, but sub sequent developments showed that he did, A LT NORBE, In February, 1873, Mr, Avery care into my roo in tue Treanury Department and asked Jncosely if try name wae J, F, Joseptie. J raid it war, He thes handed me a package and went ont, DENTAL EXAMINATION. ‘The package war muirked with my name, and on. tained a $:00 Lili, Komsbody waa prevent in the roam at the Ue, bats few momenta aRerwards, I went down to Avery's room, which wanon tha floor helow tulae, svt told him that fwoa going ta raturn the moueg to Joyce, ssenming thot ho had ant it, Said Poeed not ito that, ner that no traithle cor cartae shout it. J uoigbts drat for $160 atoncaand utallod i to Joyeoin Bt, Laula, Tiken went and reported the fute of the cane ta De ecntnlssloner Rogers, This (ideutifying the Paper Phown) fea remorandnm of the fact made at he time, ‘The frat part isin my handwriting, and the tatter partis that of Mr. Rogers, Tho paper rests au followe: “FRB. 15, 1473. —Treamnry draft No, 17,764, Order Indorsod to order of J. A. Joyce. Sent ot Tone ps to Joyre hy mati, (Signed) 7 “Hf. C, Roogns," AVERY'S FXPLANATION, Mr. Rogers nike to Avery abont the matter, and Avery fola Ilin that be Intend=d to return ite $10 alco. I underatnod that he returner tt. Ido not know of his receiving any oth-r money, A SORT OF A BANGLO HUNDNED DOLLANS, ‘The draft wan returned to me inafew daya from Bi, Loule with the indorsement erased, and unaccom- panied by any word of explanstion. The £100 Lill was loided {nto a wad about 1 inch xqnare, and wrapped $a paper bevring my pame. 1 caunot teli whose hand writing my uame war in, Lam at present of opinion that it wan written by Avery, Iicuew ot 19 reanoa why Joyce should send me any money, I wan ac uainted with him, and had been engaged with him for nome tinin iu etaminiog effalri Soaps. Tua draft in now on Ole at the Treasury Department, BXPLANATIONS OF PREVIOUS BTATEMENTA. 1t was about fifteen of twenty minutes after recely- tog the money, and certainly within au hour, that T went to Avery and told bim I intended nending it back, Me did not tell mea that Joyce had sent it, bat, when I derisred that J would return {t to Joyce, He did not tell ine that I wan mistaken an to where it came from, Pepoke to Mr. Rogers mbout the matter. is reported the facta to Comminsioner Dongiaas, mad Joyen wan nt once telecrapled to come to Washingtn, He came, and, at the request of Mr, Douglass, 1 re- ported tue facta in writing to bim, Bubrequenty i toported them to Sol{uitor Banfield. When Joyce was at Washington I met him and caked bin what ar- planation ho bad given Mr, Dougiase, Ile teplitd that be could uot toll me justthea, but, tf we were on the curbetone, he might teil me, ' He ‘never gavo re nny other explanation, He ackbowledged that he had received the draft wuich { had sent, wut did not ac knowledge tat ho rent the moaey ic the firat place, f id uot gk bia to explain what he meant by telling Avery that he intended ending aa Chrintmas pres- ent,” Jumt ufter my return from Kt, Joe, where I had been exuinining aflairs with dJuyce, be sents bor of Wine to my wife, who was then alck, ‘That waain the apring of 1672, —e— THE CROOKED TELEGRAMS. THE WRITTHN LETTER REMAINS, Speriat Duvateh to The Chtearo Tribune. Sr. Louis, Nov. 26.—The attorneys for the Pruseention then intreducod and read the fol- lowing telegrama, which carry their own con- struction: Warminoros, D, C., July 1, 1874.—To Gen, Jonn Mehona'd, supercisor of interaal Revenue, Louie, ao, : Thinga look all right here, Lot the machine go, (Signed) Jorcr, Wasnmaror, D, C., July 3, 1874,—To Gen, John Mabvnald, Supervisor of Invernas Kevenue, Ate Lot, Sov: Battere are hunky, Go it lively and’ watell sharply. (Bigned) Jorce, Wasnrrarox, D, O,, July 17, 1kT4—Ta Gen Joan HeLonald, Stcerevor Internat Kecenut, Ste Lowia, Mo; Hereoo my return home, Whatl' can do for your side, (sigued) Jorez, Br, Louw, Aug. 1874, —Cot, Wiltsm 0, Avery, Tresvirn Beoariment, Wasninaton: Have’ fleade atartid West again 7 Find out and let me know. AL Br, Louts, Aug, 2h, 1676.—Cot, Wutam Arerg, Chief Ctere, ‘Jreaxury Denartment: Ate friends coming Weat? See Ii, and give me soundings, A. Wasntxazox, D, C,, Oct. 17, 1874,—John a. Jouce, St, Lau, Mo. Your friend is in New York and miy come out to see you. Avenr, Br, Lowrs, Oct, 1%, 1874,—Col, WF, 0. Averu, Treas ury Department, Washington, D, C.: Give something itive on fuovements of’ friends, Act surciy. rompt, A. Wasmmarox, Oct. 19, 1974.—Join A. Joyze, ste Fouts, Mo,: ¥ut your house {a order, “Your frienda will visit you. Slack, ‘Wasnixaror, D, Dec, 7, 1874.—Te Col, John A. doyce, Planters’ House, St. Zowa: "isd long rae with the Preaident thia afierns00. will hear from me to-morrow. Jou, Wasnmxarox, D.C, Dec. 8 184.—Ta John A. Joyce, Pantera’ House, St, Louis, Mo.: Dead dog. Tae Roose Langs aititudeliim, ‘The’ aun shinee. B, and H, are here. You dour, ‘Wasematon, D, G., Jan, 5, 1875.—ToJohn dp Jovce, Revenue Agent, St. Lourr M3. : Tae order dfce ting you to report to Sapervisor McDonald at ’hiladelphis, on the L5th, is suspended. ‘J. W, Dovarass, Commissioner, ‘Wasnrmaton, D. O,, Feb, 6, 1875,—To Gen, Juan HeDenatd, St, Louw, Mo, ; Order bursted forever, D, %Co, mad, Hold toings teral. Kanner, At tho conclusion of tho resding of tho tole- Fram the court adjourned to this morning at 10 o'clock, Judzo Treat giving bis usual cantion to the jurors pogto alow themesives to be ap- proached on tho aubject of the caso. —— CHICAGO. STAMP.COUNTERFEITING. YUMTHER DEVELOPMENTS, Tn a previous issue of this paper it waa in- timated that discoveries had been made by the Treasury Department, or the Revenus Bureau thereof, which, if they wore supplomented by evidence to be obtained bere, would point to the uso of FORGED RECTIFIERS’ 6TAMYS. Tho fact was commuuicated to the reporter with a bint that if ho wanted to find out any farther particulara sbout the matter he could bunt them for himself, ‘This was « cheerful prospect, and tho reporter rotumnod to the charge, and eudeavored by hon- oyed worda to move ble informaut to tell him whero the Special Agent said to be in this city was located. But all mas in vam, and, after thoroughly convincing himvolf of thet fact, tho reporter went to work at something. Thanke- giving Day ho devoted to a systematic pureuit of “the man who knew about it,” and wens to bed with jost abont as muob knowledge as he pos- sessed the day before. Yesterday he resumed tho purauit, aad finaly CONRALLED HI8 MAN. The {ntorviow wnich resulted was abort, and to tho point; itran something like this: Roporter—I am given to undoratand, sir, that you reprosent the Sscret Service inthe search for couvterfeit roctitters’ stamps in Chivago. Interviewed Parsy—Who told you that? , Eek gentleman who ought to know. Is it 0 2 5 P.—I don't propose to say anything sbout tho matter at all. R.—Tbero cannot be any objection to saying whother there are grounds for suspecting tho use of counterfeit stamps bere, can thera? I. P,—That depends on shat you want mo to say. I tell you once for all that 1 won't tel! you what I hava found out,—if anything,—aod IT won't tell you who aro implicate in short, I don think you" get any thing atallout of mo tbat will do you any Rood, Idon’t see how you found out about my being here apyway. R.—Thoretsn't any use of your denying that tho use of the bogas stamps ta more than sus- pected in Chicago, is there ? “ 1. P.—Nomw, if I can get rid of you by ‘A auonT stony C will tell tt, or—hold on; I will write down just what I want to say, and all I will say, and that’s all you will got. ‘neu tho gentleman sat down and rapidly wrote the following on & wheot of lettor-paper: Feb. 9 laxt Movers. B, M, Ford, Oliver & Co. abipped to Cuoningham & Co., of Dubuque, Is. five pachagen With rectifiers’ stampa hi. 084,647 to B. 034,551, and Feb. 12, three days afterward, another rectifying firm in Chicago shipped to Charles L. Douglas & Co., New York City, two packages with rectifiers’ stamps B. 935,649, and B, 981.550, [don’t give the namo of the latter firm becauso they haven't beea woized, and Ford, Oliver & Co. havo, There cannot be two stampa of the samo letter, pumber, and pattero, 80 either Ford, Oliver, & Co, or tho other firm must have had stanps NOU MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT, ‘Shen the gentleman methodically dried the paper with blotter, folded it up, aud handed it to tho reporter, with the too plain qtimation that that would end the conversation. And it did, for not another word could be got- tou out of the Interviewed party in any slap. Aftor the reporter had poodered over the com- munication which closed the interviow, ho wont to the Custom-House aud ascertaiued that tho shipment atleged to have beon mado by Ford, Onver & Co. fed really been mado by them at the date, and under the stamo mentioned. He did uot, however, bave facihties for ascertalaing the name of the other firm alluded to. On thinking the matter over it sppesred that THERE MIOHT HAVE BEEN 4% EEROB in bookkeeping, and s consultation on the gen. oral subject (without mentioning the statement above given) was had mtb ab ofticer of the Rov- ange service, but be did not encourage the idea, _ raring that {t was almoat imposnibie that such a. mistake conld baye occurred in the returns of both the Ganger and rectifior, a8 wall as on tho stamp andstub, THE, CURTOM-HOUSE. Tho dovelopments of evidence or evan of gos- aip around the Foderat building yenterdy wero rxceeding fer, and bore no sort of proyortion tn sho cagernere exprosned by seekers aftac fn- formation. [tis now settled that the ovideuze su the hands of the Government officers han all been acted apon in tho snizures and arrests of parties ‘moplicated—that is, all tho arrenta and serzures that could bo made on the evidence hare beon mado; but thoro is evary day coming to tha eurface ADDITIONAL TEATIMONE against tho crooked bouees already bonded by the Government and the owners thereof who have already been Indicted. This eviderica a# mainty documentary, and differn fram tbat Produced jn 8t. Louis and Milwankse in that respect, In tho other two places tho diract tes- timony of Gaurera, aud othara who lave turned Btate’s ovidence, ts bronght upon the stand to implicate Government officials, while in Chicago jn the trials to como thore wilt bo Iittlo or noth. ing of that character, and tuo evidence will be majoly in THE COMPARISON OF NOOKS, stamps, barroi-heads, raturos. and the like. For that reason. the Chicago triais will tack the dramatic interest which bas attached to. the Bt, Louis court proceedings, and there witl Qe lens chance for mistake in tho testimony, and less opportunity to impeach :t, THE MODE Of DISCOVERY of the frands in Chicego has been on interenting one, aa showing that the Revonuc law now in force in an offective proventive of frauds, if it wero presible to adinieister it with a reascnable dexsoo of honesty; alxy, that the system fir nixhes an almost complete method of checks by One mapon anutherthrauganutthe ahole force. « that ac after-comparinoy of ali the returas in the Government's poxnencion will detect all tho kunds of fraud now kuywn to bo in vogne, or that cap be tmapined by tue most ingenious ill- wisher of the jaw. Tho sm; le comparison of certain papers has led to prett7 rouch oll that has yet been known of the doinge of tho crooked dealors ond manofacturera in thia city, aud those compari¢ons have teen made to 8 largo extent in Weehington. It waa n rimple matter to make a transcript of tho books of (say) Messrs. Smith & Brown, of New York, and to obtain from thon» books tha num- her of rtamps, namo cf sbiper. name of Gaugor, sud contents of oach prczage shippod fsom Chicasa, ‘Chon a research among the re- turns to the department resultea in the discov. erv of the atib of tho etunp of the rame num ber as the oneon the package. If the stub and atamp syreed, that was. of coureo, pretty good eridenco that tho packago was straight as far ax ihe rectifier was concerned, if it came from a rectiflor, Then, again, thero wan somowhere in existence the rectitior's retara of gools shipped, and that, too. should corrospoud with both the stub aud the stamp, Azain the Gauver’s ro- tam was consiited, and if it ebowed just tho same stato of things then thoto nas ttle doubt tat that particular packayo was all right. Of couran it must not he supposed that the officers who compated thesa four duzu- ments referred to found them all wrony, or that thev fell op crooked gooda at ones. ‘hey had a long and toitsome tine, aatue officers working in Chicago are having, somatiaes putting in a day's work, of even & week's, without getting Lold of acrooked record, and again cajturing a nuaber in a day. This sort of thine lias been going on now tor many months, and tomo of tho restilts have bean aseu,! snd moro are likely to como out. The evidence offored botore the Grand Jury has Leen sappiomentod y MANY CURTIER DISCOVERIES, and the cases which will be tried next month have beon streugtheved consideratly. Ground has also been broeu for many further accu- Bations, 80 thataf by any chanen tho present cages chould fall through, others will take their places and oew seizarea be mada, or, rather, the same places be soizod again. THE COLLECTIN'A OFFICE. Gen. Wobntor is at preeont dealing with the routine daticx of bia offica, and making such moros as teem to kim good. The gouel in- quiry which he began soins time ago into the character of tho rectifying and compounding basiaoes carijed on by the small dealors has been interrupted by the necoseary absenco of his Deputies, who have been for nome days engeced in metiog the porlolical oxamina‘fou of dis- tileries required by law, Yestorday ths reports of five diatiuories bsd been anbmisted, aud wern generally very satiefoctory. Throo mote remain to be hoard from to mako up tho list of ei: now in operation, Whon ¢he examinations have boon concluded tho Deputies #1} be likely to make ANOTHER GENEBAL MOVEMENT on the compoundors and rectifiers, of which classes theto are a large cumber io the city who havo never had auy ticense atall for tue business which they carry on. APPRAISING, One of the mont perplezod men around the Cnatom-Honee vesterday wae Dr. Rush, of the Chicago Alcohol Wor s+. vito liad heard, he aaid. that ho yn uated to aporsias tho Coobran distillery dusu on tho banks of the caosl. It seems that the dis- tlery bad beon onco oppraieed at $36,000, and, for some reason, a reappraisal bat been called for. The whule concern had, said tae Doctor, boea offered for salo for 814,00) some timo ago, and yet if that sum, or any other sum ema'ler than €J6,000, were fixed upon, there woald at onco co upacrr that one distillor wns helpingavother out of a ecrapo by undervaluoing the properzy that bad been setzed. All Dr. Rus wantod was to get out of the job altagathor, bo- cause it was one in which he could voy possibly gain anything sod might tose much. DETECTIVE BROOKS. A pepor in thts city published yesterday a ma- Uclous fabrication concerning Nr. James J. Brooke, tho Assistant Chief of tha Becrct Ser- Vice in tha city, the burden of tha yarn being that Brooxs ted probably teen murderod by tho Whisky-Riog. A lotter from Mr. Brooky, re- coived yesterday from 8t, Louis, dovs not give tho particulars of tho murder, but intimates that he is woil, and will shortly be Lack bore. eee aeedeniiae? CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS ‘Thoy Meet in Conncil and Grow! Over the Americun ‘Tarit!. Specval Inanatsh to Pha Chicago dribune, ‘Tononzo, Nov. 26.—The manufacturers of thia Province sre Loldiug 8 mooting here for the pr pose of considering tho manufacturiug intere: of Canada. The maunfucturos represented wero paper, woolens, cottons, tour, Jumber, wood- work, cheese, chemicals, cariueges, closhing, Jesthor, bardware, agricnitaral implements. W. H. Howlaod was appomted Chairman, Ho sald fo the course of hie remarks that it was not the English mauufacturera they were now fight- ing, but tbe Amo:icao tariff, Their position at Present as againut tue States was 6 perfoctly dotenselese one, and should be changed by Gov- ernment, Hedd not believe thev could gets fair reciprocity treaty with tho Btates, and conso- quently must combat thelr tanif by seaimilaung the Cunagiio tariff to it, ‘A net of resolutions was presented by the Com- mittee. Ooo resolation anirm: that American Rraina and other farm produce, also floar, moal, etc., shoutd not bo adunttod free into Cana. Jong sa like Cauadian products are taxed in th Market of the United States ; aod another, upon which diecussion is pow going an, recommends the imposition of guiies on the productians at foreign countnes (the mother couniry not being counted such exactly), equal to tho ditties im- posed on each foreign country zespecvely on similar Cauadian production, but never lesa thas on British goods. It will tmpiy. for example, tuat supposing the Cacadisn generat tariff rate was @8ceute, which woald be charged on British goods, we would impose on American gooda and roduco 90, 40, or 60 per cont, or any figure quired to correspond with tha Amorican tariff, A number of Amoricau manufucturess aro Preagnt. CHIEF-JUSTLCE WAITE, Mo Holds the Not Unwarrnuted Upin- fon that te itas Fured Prowy Well Alreudys Torn, Nov. 26.—The Commerciat of to- morrow morning will contala an articlo on Chief- Justice Waite aud the Prowideucy, embraciug an axtract from ® private letter from that gentie- mau in anawer to oue from a friend urging Lis agsent tu & movement in bie behalf in that con- nection. ‘tho Judge ponitively refuses such av- vent, giving bis reasons therefor, Ho says: Of course, Tam always grateful to my friends for any efforts in my bebalf, aud uo oue ever had these more faithfulana indulgent, but do you think it quite right for one ocoupying tha highest judlelal position in the land to permit the use of bis natne for a political Fosiuon? The ofice came to me covered with Louur, and, when socepted it, my chief duty waa but to muake of it stevping-stone to something elae, but to Preserve ita purity, and, if possible, wake iy Dante ‘ashouuratle as that of my prodecowors, No man ‘ought to accept this place unless be eball take vow to leave it as honorable as he found it, There ought ever ta be avy nocessity for rebudlng from, below, All the edditiona should be above. Iu my the Constitution might wise) tlection of » Obie Justice to taining auch e view, could I permit my name to ba used political combination as now #04 20, could 1 at all ti a i consistent); roperiy of [or'ne’ promotion of evil de I joes aL caee unblased Judge in the catimation of the peopis? Ys 5 WASHINGTON. Acting Vice-Presistont Ferry In terviowed on the Currency Question, Ho Believes in the Policy Tonding to Gradual Contraction, But Doubts the Practicability of Fixing s Day for Resumption, Many Olerical Heads in tho Interior De partment Marked for the Basket, Displaced Revonuo Officera Ory Aloud for Relief. THE CURRENCY. SENATOR FERRY'A TLE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Triouns, Wasnixatos, D. C., Nov, 26.—Senator Ferry, of Michigan, bas submitted to an interview on tho currency question. In view of the fact that Mr. Ferty is now ex-ofiicio tho Vice-President of tho United States, his viows aro of special im- Dortance, Mr. Ferry, in the conrso of this ine terviow, if be has beon correctly reported, ssid: My vinwsare not what they were in the first session of the Mortr-third Congeeas, att if you will look up ‘spew len, and my work in committee, sou * find that. instead of belug in favor of an inflation of the currenry, I was favor of limiting and fitiug the clreutation, Let ms explatu, When the bill to sutuoriz an increase of $64,003.00 of groenbacks was under dlxcnialon, Tad~ voted making the paper currency of the convtry uuniforin in Its nature, tontead of dintracting our fnsne cla system: with several Mints of paper money, I ‘wanted to aboliah tho National Bivk currency and substitute greenback», but I winuol, at the xame time, to Minit the circulation foreror to & maximum of in $40,000,00), nnd let the conntry grow utp ‘to ‘apecls payments, My theory of re sumption would “bars ‘sayol us from the depreasfon of values and the staguation of trade, ‘The country hae since nuffere}, It in my theory, but I sc cept the lave an made by the majority {u Congress, and Twill do nothing to disturb the present atstute of the currency question, wnicax the povpls shall demand a, change, ‘Tho Iesdmption bill was the boat thing un- der tho circunistancos, It was, In certain features, @ triamph for my own opinion.” T sdvocated a lmlts- on of the currency, which would fix tho maximum of Ue voinime dednitely. | The currency 1 woald have Riven the ‘peavie wautd have bad the quality of ree colvabtlity by the Government aa well as by the peopia, Tt woull have been a legal teader to tho United States Trearury cn well at atnoug the poople at larga, Had the Government refused to discredit ita own. paper, Ile [ed wonkd have depreciated. Had we done aa France did.—icken our paper at the Custom-Hou! and for all dette and paginenta to the Goverment, we should have ween on Rreonbecks an good as the notes of the Bank of France were all through the recent fininvial of that country. When the was up in Oommitte Padvoctted ghviujt areenbackn the quality of universal recelvability, but £ wax inet by the objection that the exception in'caseof customa duties, and the Hke, wat the renult uf the necesrity of tho Government of, fying the foreign ubseribera to oor joann,—tha hed s definite source of culd fom which tu enpply the Interest on our bouds; but now our bonds are at par or at ® premium in gold, and the necessity feferred to has passed, "Tie Hesumption bill of last year wan a ‘vompromiza mesauro to the full “nenso of tho expreasion, I wat appointed Chairman of the Spoci:l Commaitten of the Benalo, which was empowered to framo a bill embrace lug the views of the Republican majeri'y of the Ben ate, and the Reaumption bill, tho renttlt of our dell>. erations, waa the compromiee meseure which passed Ith Houses of Congrenn, In that bill thero fs a pro- vision allowing freo banking, of which I wis an orig. {nal advocate, Tho til directs contraction of the greenbaras dawn tu = minimun of $¥%),000,000, The contraction in dependent upon the demand for mort national currency, no that a contraction af green backs only follows upou zn increase of Nationw Bank notes, Sotue_ of the members of the Committee wanted to fz a dofinits amo.nt of contraction pea month or year, but { way opposed to doing no. Aa the law now stands, tho responnitdiity of contracting tht greenbacks Hea with the people themselves, I was in favor of putting off 8 date,—in fect. I opposed any date nrall. Phelleved resumption wonid. bo arrived at by the nator growth of trade, and by encouraging tha Prosperity of the canntry. “T apponed the date 1876 HMrennounly, and only accepted 147 a8 a coinpromisa to farilitnte Iecielation and ‘quiet the amitstion of the country, I orked to barmontzo the many confiteting opinioas of tha Comralttec, T was its Chaigaan. 1 concede: nome points, and Raine nibers I conceded conditlonal contraction, and gained» de@nite distant period for resumption, [labored to defer ths date at far ag wan fiidicioun, in toy view of whit we could do in no discordant a Committee, I feared for the result upon business of fring nny definite period for re sumption, I prophestcd that gold would advance, The premium then wae 10%. It baa aterdily advanced aluce, and will prove whether fizing 8 dato was wise, ——, THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, POLITICAL DECAPITATIONS. Spenrat Uievatch to The Chieaan Bridune, Wasurnatox, D. C., Nov. 26.—-Tue political az wit] fajl in the Intertor Department to-morrow. A groat numbor of removala will bo mado, for cause. In the Indian Bureau alone about twooty c'erks wilt bo dismisscd. This smbraces all whom the reoent investigations have led Becre- tary Chandler to soepoct have any conncction with rioge of suy sort. Thero will be many re- movale in all tho otber bureous, Secretary Chandler yestorasy strack out from the bill of ‘an attorney for ono of tue Indian tribes an item mating a charge for legislative exponsoa. In doing this, he mado an indorsemont that such services be considerod illegal and immoral, sud that they would Bot hereafter ba allowed, Hitherto large allow- ances havo been msde to Indian tribes for auch services, [ho celeorated Adair caso in a notable illustration. oo WHAT DOES IT MEAN? AN OFTREPEATED QUESTION CONCERNING Ta PENOING NAVAL, PREPARATIONS. Speciat D.apatch to The Chtcaao Tribune, Wasutxatox, D. G., Nov, 26.—Tho Cubsa ersze bas enled here, but stiil the naval prepa rations coutinuo, Boverat officers received or ders to-day, Congreasmen roy that within two weoly thoy intend to kaos what it all moans. There hans boon a strong effort on the part of soveral newly-arcived Congreesmen to fathom tho mvstery bangiug over Becretary Robeson's wathke proparatious, ‘Che conolasion reached by somo of them is that the Proaident bas de - cided to recommend to Cougresa tho IMMEDIATE RECOGNITION OF CUBAN DELLIGERENcY. Certain Ropreseotatives hore are atoutly de> fending thle couse as & necenaary party move, eines, aa they argue, If tho President does nos do this, the Democrats of the Hause will imme- diately propose and pees roaolutious of recog- nition. Whatever these preparations may meso, they atill continue. Iu addition to the fitting out of nea-going yeusela of the nary, si) the receiving ships are perform. ing active duty. Cortain army officers seom ¢9 feel convinced that the end of the prea- ant movement ia to bu tntorference in Cuos, and thore bave been comparixons of views av to the time it will tako to witharaw tho cavalry aud artilery torces from the frontier, and replacing them there with voluateor, whom it would bs necessary to enlist to take caro of the Indians, From the temper of a number of prominent Ro- publicans now hero it is evident that the Admin~ istration would m-at with able, prolonged, aud bitter opposition to any attempt to iaroly country in war on account of Cabs. eae NOTES AND NEWS. APPOINTMENT. Spectat Dispatch to (he Chicaca Tytune, Wasutnaton, VW. 0., Nov. 26,—Caps. W. R Hoot bas been appointed to command the light house tender Litty on Western rivers, vica Jolly, reaiguod, [7'0 the Associated Press.) DIAFLACED REVENUE OFVICEBA, Wasutxatoy, D. C., Nov, 30,—Commlssionsy Pratt dechnev to considor appeals for m recon- sideration of the casus of oficers displaced by the recent Executive order consolidating the In- turual Hevenuo Districts, as the subject Is one for the l'resident's ultimate decislon. Many appeala have been carried so him, but there are uo todications that Le will reconsider his action, _ A CANADIAN COMPLAINT. ‘Flo I'resident wit! probably refer to the ooa- wideration of Congress the complaint of the Canadian authorities that the duty of 50 ceots per 100 pounds on foreigo-caught fleh imported otuerwive than in barrels or balf-barrels is in contravention of the ‘'reaty of Washingtua. ink sla Akane: A MILWAUKEE WHEAT CORNER, Special Drevatch to The Chicago Trioune, Mitwavaez, Noy, 26.—Qreat excitement pro vailed op ‘Change to-day owing to the threaten- ing appearance of the corcer an No. 2vboat, aad notwithstanding every effort the price ta steadily Sbipmeuts are being msdo to cass arebouees of the accumulations. Some of the heaviest operators are aald to be on the los ing eide this time, but they cao the uoezo, Some of the weak men must iseriie- bly go under,