Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1876, Page 1

- B B MOLLAN, . No. 83 MADISON-ST, B e il roes ) 3 - s '~ i3 - . ¥ VOLUME 29. CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1876—-TWELVE PAGES, y E M & 7T P ¥ USICAL. 1| Tinple of excltoment in their midst which re- | 3funn, * The imprisonment fa, of conrso, an nn- | cago. Mr, M had i 3 MUBIOAR: WH HS KY quitud Kuppreeeing Ly the oflicors. et Sl thaean: £t NS he pusi, | oy oate ‘Apscml AR §1o0g, o & (oUal | Towie sh s antéla egsiag, wEan ihay & « ROELLE AKD JUNKXR. parties are willing to psy up handsomely for the | from the fact that he rontioued Ins FHOmOUILDS fasdydy mmwer 21 Mr, Boutell—3inyit pleso ths Court, No. 13, | prisilego of not being locked up, thisy will if | rovelstions from 2 untll after b o'clock, | LorrOEstorien, The only coodition te o cy'> : : Joseph Rocllo and A, Junker.d necoamary go inta 8 coll for two years with con- | m continuous period of something over thros | Berved, however, waa that the pams of; &2 S™n- m:vl'r: rgum Lrarmn’i:;fluz‘:mn lgpen.v.:emml tat::’l:lp :ll‘derlolo‘e?unnlllml‘ly.' l!mg'xlng to thelr {.)o:ugn hofim. .m-;. :vxdr: Dex‘lcr cnl;xduAc;eI the exami. | tlamau should not appear In print, and, '8 sr- Tep? 3 , | parsnt ch - 0 connolation tha hey can come out at tho | nation, ‘assi t Lime Y tant Dists P =3 Symptoms of Activity in | nee. T hak grion with x coTaTostable. fortan, | Attovney Harke snd by sarirsl Memipors of tho | crcno tuls desico, tho namo hud xat & 7 re- he Uni 7 M. Bwett—A plen of rulity mag bo entoted to | All this fson the snpposition ihat tho Judgo | Grand Jutv, whohave, siuce that body begaa its | *4i% e .. the United States tho firat connt againat Noallo aud Junker. wiil_givo tho culctits tho ‘*bevefit of the | sessions, beon almost as instrumental in olicit- | L:ast ovening the roporter took s L. 3ide Tho Gourt—Very well, Jaw"" but it shiould bo romombered that | ing information a tho lawyess thewmavtvea. car. and after & somewhat lodious trip reached Court. Manarm. Hoelland Janker thwm stopped tothe | it ' fn in his power to Jower both Peho gl ki ity tho residenca of tho ox-distilicr. Hallet, Davis & Co.'s Upright Planos m'n::erou'hly known throughout the West, They siand jn time longer than sy pranca made, Theyars fieb and {oll in tone, conatrucied (o endure, sud aro {n every essextial the perfect planos of tho ags, Mus- foad musters und amastours in America and Europs pro- Deunce the 1aller, Davis & Co.’s Uprights supreme tnd unrivaled. Bfusiclsna and tho musfcal public are fovited to call snd examine them ab W, ‘W Kimballs, carnoe Blate and Adsmy-ats, REMOVAL. REMOVATL. TATL.OE, CHAMBER No. 8, OPPOSITE, McVIORER'S, ARTISTIC TAILORING. PRI .o it 10 PER CT. DISGOUN armonts ordered of us dutlog JANUARY and sl FEBDUARY, 1878, Quality, Style, ¥it, Durability. 0nly 10 far au Droas springs from and fliustratos haracter, can it be admitied to the reslm of art,* ~ WEDDING GADSENTS A SPEQIALTY. BDW.ARD ELY, Corner of Monroe-st, snd Wabish-av, SAFES, IMPROVED FIRE ANDBURGLAR SAFES. d A _Safos for sxlo at B, S WA MANUFACTORY, 20 o335 Haat Randoiphest., Ohioazo, Hafos moved, repaired, and exchangod, « _TINANCIALe ‘MONEY TO LOAN On Real Eatate in Chteago snd viclalty; tnpraved preferred, ¥and in hand, DIEAD & COE, 156 LaSalle-st, To Luan, $25,000 fo $30,000, In one sum, ot 8 er cent interest, on cantral property, Gan closost once, Apply . 0. R, FIELD X €O, 10 Portiand Block. DENTISTRY. TEETH. Wiy pay 20 and $30 when yon exn gt he beat fall ool R DR FeCHERNETS ForSh, Tns Snont and moat f22hionzbie resort in tho city, Coruer Glark and Randolui-sta. NEW PUBLICATION: NOUVY REAIDY. VAN FORNE'S History of fhe Army of the Cumberland. 3ols. Cloth, 8,003 Sheep $10,00; IIf. mo, $12.00, For ealo by W. T, KEENKER, Sole Agont, 23 Dearborn-at, —_—eeeee e T STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS. * Stockholders® Mceeoting. o the stockhoiders of the Vestol Owner's Towlng Com- pany, of Ublosgo, 11, “le are heraby putiued that s maetlog of the stocknoldors of sald Conipany mlil be aeld gt tbs oitcoul tho Uempaay, in tho basomiutaf,No: 14 auth Water-uz., fn tus Uity of Uic: irday, el 1ni0, oLjoct of suoh moeting wiil b w con: sider and vots upon s propositlon o reduce th capital Rock of rald Cuinpeany 1o 860, 010 Dated Jan, 1, 186, AMRS L. uOID, R ILY WITBECK, JOTN B A ON PRTEATAYLOR, HARGER ELY Itinois, on Riturnon: OCEAN NAVIGATION, |V STAR BALL LINE, UNITED BTATLS & BRAZIL WALL BTEAMBITIYS, Sailing regularly overy miontu from Watson's Wharf, FoOKTD! Ceenimbuco, Dati, end o Janarl of Para, Pernambuco, Batiis, end o Janoslo, callin Wt K. Johus, Yorio T gl ¥ L NELLIE MARTIN, 3,000 tons, Jan, 23, at 2 p, m. JOUN BIAMALL, 2,500 tons, Teb, P J. B, WALKER, 2,700 tonn, Barch 2, at 1 p, m. Thiess slcamers 2r perlectly siow, with all the iatest tm) rovoments, baving Arat-class passougee accommo- doflons, Yoz Trelght snd prasage, st roduced rates, app ¢ e T e 64 Pine-st,, Now York, ONLY DIRECT LINE T0 FRANCE, J'oo Giouoral ‘Yiausa.lanio o betiecn Now Yusk and Llavio, via Fouwiw, ihe Bploudid vessals un this favurile ruute for 1he Continons 10w, mors swutiscly tuey suy tuor), will sall trom i ortll E ma; i aturday, Jan. 23 Aiiad, Fob. § IN'GULD' {Including winays acsu i udatioa Serr vicorago hisougarks BIAR, Axeut, 66 licondwar, N.¥o National Line of Steamships, NEW YURK 10 QUEKNGTOWN AND LIVIRIOOL. gn‘cmnv, i GREKOE, 6,50 tous.. 7, Van, 13, et Bp. m. Ja P ey ek s A 3 12 54 Tediued fates, Ckala, 438 curtoaey, e ir £Ta0d uow: real, Uritala. P, B Ly N, artlicast carner Ola; LRU AMERICAN LINE. REDU“(}:I;:EEATES LIVERPOOL, QULENSTOWN, Asdall portsia Great Britaln and the Oantiasat. J, i NILNE, Western Agoeo 128 Lasalle-st,, coraer Mad Grent Western Steamship Line, Erom New Yuik to Bristal {Lnglana) disect. &l)unn.\. Hywmune..,,.. s 0auEsday, T4, cllht: W’AL M-:l‘-'l;,ncr.. Wodues o abla Pausage, i Jatermed ; Stoerass, o tichats § 0 s, Aulahal T EDUCATIONAL. TS isbdstdi o SISO Ponusylvanla Military Acodemy, Chestor, Pa, ns Jan. 8 Thorough fustruction in ¥ i iverio, the OLLmmice sad Ena el Divatoe + For circulars apply 0T, A, coflonfivs. ¥an., No, 344 skt Ohicago, or to Col, THEQ, BYATT, reals ARTISTS' MATEHIALS, “Drawing ARTISTS' seameiis Mata: 2 Qoods, Qla: 4ULBOTT & TYLER, 50 Maditon.at, & " hades, &o. Messras Roelle, Junker, Mason, ot aly Plead Guilly on Cexfain Countss Policy of the* Government Officers in Accepting . These Pleas, The Culprits Have an Impres- sion They Will Be Let Down Easy. Parker R, Mason Implicates Cer- tain Distillers and Rehm and Hesing. The Way tho Distillers Toiled with Ex-Commissioner Douglass. Dan Munn Arrested and Car- ried Off to Milwaukee. J. Russell Jones Deniestbat Babcock®s Family Accepted Diamonds from the Ringe Henderson Has Not Demonded a 30,000 ¥ee from the Government, Names of the Persons Indicted at Mil- waukee---The Counts, CHICAGO. N COURT. TESTCRDAT'S WORK. Tho proceediugs of the Urlted Siates Court yeoaterday wero a liitlo moro interestiog than on nuy provicus day since tho cemmencowent of the term, Not that moy important trinl was roached ; small dofranders of tho rovenus were atill st tho bar. The point of Intercst wns the prescnce of gevaral “prominent members of the Iung oud thesr conosel, who wero avxions to pload gulty to certain conunis in thoir indlet- monts, Tho Government was Very accommo- datiog, and interropted the trial of a small cato to allow tuo Ring mon to onse their couscioncos by tho admission of a cortaln proportion of guils, Bogular attend- sute of tho Court do oot seom woll pleased with this arrangement, ‘Thoy kave an Idea that, 1¢ aufficlont timo is allowed, most of tho heavy swindlers will own up to their crimes aud thus kil tho anticipatod davelopments of tho trisls, Bir. Burko was on hts good behavior yestorday, and succeeded {a pushing shrouggh with hia buat ness {n an accoplablo manner, ‘Tho Court opened at 10 v'ciock, and aftor tho hoariog of some motions, Mr. Burko announced bir rendinoss togo to trul in tho caso of the Uaited Statea agaivst JOUN LIOCKEL, ond deulred tho witnessos who hnd been eub- ponaed to be callad. 1no veuerabla crier ox- panded bis chost to an unusnal dogres, sctually succeading in ralsing bis voice above a whispor, nnd callod the names of several witnesses who did not respond, Moast of them woro Doputy Oollectors, who wero down-staira walling to kuow when thoy would bo nooded. Iuasmuoh, howgvyar, aa thay ware uot la roach of the criers voice, tho Assistant District-Attornoy asled that altachments bo isaued. Thoy were issucd with due formality, whon it was discovered thas two or threo had cauticusly dropped into court intho meantimo, Tbo Government sgnin an- nounced its readiness to preceod. Tho dofoud- aat then appearcd 1o court, and said his counsel biad bocome tired of weiting for tho caso to turn up, and had sent Lim to watch tho progross of events, Ho waa rmmnuy told by the Caurl to loox usp his caunvol, Nr. ¥rv, and have him como into court. Ljockei departed, but roturned io a fow minutes bringlog lus counsel with ki, Thon thore wag anoller bitch, Mr. Fry ssid he made imqunies Thaursday morn- g and lesroed that momo otlier cases would come up, sud cousoquently tho majority of Liy witnoesos wero abseut, und ho hataly felt propared to go on, although ba had been la Court all tho weok waiting for tho caso to come up, Tho ploa was not Loeded, and Judgo Dlodgott ordesed tho Governwont o pro- ceed with tho trlel. The iudicunent was then read. It isin two counte, clarging Ijockel with exrzying on the buuiuoss of cigar-mssing st 213 North alstod stroot July 1, 1475, without paying a epocial tax, acd a18o with haviug romoved " 1,700 cigars from s manufactory (0 a place unkncwn to tho Geaud Jury when the indictment wau fonud, T watk of pottor & jury wus shon begun #nd dispatchod with couniderably prampt- ucss. Tho coso waa then procoeded with, J. M, Munn, Deputy-Oollestor, being the firat witnoss called. He testified that defeudant had ocou- piod tho piace at 219 North laleted ntreot for about & year, sud that bo hal moved somotimo Inut July to 232 Norih Halsted. Hiw roturns for May, June, and July at 312 were offered, and it way testified that defendant had uot roturned his heenze ab the proper e, May 1, \Wituess vitited tho piace alter Ljockel's romoval and found 300 cigara there, 1700 Ly sumably boon rewoved, The ratums wero then affered In evidcnce, as well as tho applioation of dofondant to do bueiess sl No, 232 The returns show that be 1700 cigarn on baud the lst of May, ‘900 tue 18t ot Juno, and 900 the 18t of July, On one of the roturus was indozeement in defend- sut's haudwriting statiog tbat 500 ciyars lisd been taken out by Cousiable Lowa Barcel, upon which tho defonse broposed to prove that the stamps bad beon pad Ly tbo Coustable for Ljoosol E T'ho testimony of Mr. Fisk, landlord of the promises at No. 212, waa to the cfleot that ho #aw 2,000 (resh cigara thoro in Juue, 18765 that Ljockel wantod it to takio them as coilateral for bis reut, but that witness yofuncd because tho goods were not stampad ; that onco witness bought filty cigarn there whioch were not stawmped; tlat during May, Jugo, sod July, he bad soen n boy making cigars there twics, but tuss ho nover saw Léfi“" Lunself makingcigare, ‘The only differonce batweon witness nud defend- aut was fo rogerd to the rent, whick defundaut coutinually refused to pay, and witnoss once wout hisolerk up to Lim with & distraint war- 1ant, At this stage, bz, Bontell, one of the counsel for (ke Govesument, snd Leonard Hvett, Bidnoy Swmith, and one or two otber counsel aavanced to tho (rons and requested tho stsention of the Comt. The wpectators wore evidently expacting some unususl development, {or there was s rear, caating looka of deop admiration on 3ir. Bwelt for s diopateh, NTIT, Mr, Doutell—Nos, 132, 134, and 135 are passod, and No. 134 stands for the present. In No. 136, tha cagn ngninst Goorgo Miller and Menry C, Fredoncks, they plead gulity to the thirtecnth and Jast connt in tho indicsment, No action in taken In refcronco to (ho continnance of the case, 137~Golnan . Nussoll, Jogeph U, Furlong, John P. Furlong, and Psrker Ii. Mason —all the def nts plesded guilty to tho third counat. Nos, 138 aud 139 aro paased. No, 140— W. B, Goleon—a plea of guilty on tho firat count by Golson, No. 131is passed, Nos, 142, 143, aud 143—~uo nction yet. No. 145—Buarton M. Ford, Whaiter WV, Oliver. nod Jawmea Connoll, Ilr. Swett~A lea of gutlty as to I M. Ford. COL. EASTAN, Mr. Hitchcock snid he ropresonted Col. East- mun, If it would ba aatisfactory to tho Goveru- mont ho would withdraw the plea of not guilly aud plead * uolo contendero,” tue legal effoct of which was just ths same. Tho Coutt—I have no objection if the officors of the Governmont are conlent. Mr, Boutall—"1'he propasition was not made in tims for ua to considor it, The Court—\Well, you can consult together and aacestain f you can ngreo upon tha poiut, . D, FEE. Mr. Boutoll—There ars also one or two minor cases I wishto catl. Charies D, Fos n- formn wo that Lo wishes toenter a plea of wuilty on tho firét count,—the cliargs of conapirscy. Thero 1 po disposition of tho other couats, Iuis was allowed, tho former recognizance beiug contioued. CONCORAN AND NUTCTIING. MMr, Eontoll—No. 123—David Corcoran, ITugh P. Hutebing, Joweph Willizmson, and Andrew Corcoran. ‘Tho Iattor han tot been arrested, but tho othors are hers to plead. 3, Juossen—Wo plend gulity to tho firat connt by David Corcoran and Iutchins ss to con- spiracy with Androw Corcoran, but not with Williatson, and wo plead not guiity by Williame son, Mr. Boutall—In the caso of Willlamson we havo agreed to tako Lis Tcnaml rocognizance. The other cases, 126and 127, msy bo passed. Tho Court—\What auount do you roquiro for Ar. Williamson ? Mr. Boutell—£2,500. ‘Tho Court—Very well; he can glve his rocog- nlzancg now. Ar, Willlamson sccordingly steppod forward and went through tho usuai form. Mr. Boutell—No, 140—1t, O. Mersersau, W, B, Golacn, and I, A. Eastman; o plea of guilts to the tivat count, Thes Court—Ansthing further? - Mr, Boutoll—Na, sir 2 Tho Cowt—Then procoed with the trial, Mr. Burke. o TIE LIOCKIL CASE was Lhen rosumed, and other tostimony was ad- duced, poiog to show that tua defcndant had carlod on the busiuess of mannfacturing cigars st No. 213 during sy, Jung, sud July, and tho only tesuniony offered in 1ebuttal was thasof several persons who had beea called there to tako books from ILjockol's circulating Lbrary, sud that, while thore, thoy sav no rono- ufuetaring fag oun; that eight or nino boxes of cigars wero left thoro; the placo wan locked up whea Lijookel moved, and thit no cigars wero romoved ; that shortiy aftor too re- moval, tho 8anday motning atter, the old place bad been brokon iato, and somé of the clgury stolen, x Tho clgar stamp clerk theu testided that on tho 2Gth of May, Ljockol hud puichiased throngh Dartel 100 cigar stamys, but hoe could uot tell what cigars tho stamps were for. Taoe vase waa theu argued at eoma longth, and, altor the charge of the Uourt, subiitied to the jury, who refmned a verdict of guilly on the firab count of the indicimont, and not guilly on the sccond, ‘the Court then adjouroed il 2 o'cluck, NO nusINEy of apy moment was dono in the afternoon. A case uf ansault Rgainst Capt, Gevire A, Clarke, who pleaded jzunley, was beard and taken under delivoration by tho Court. MNr, Buiuo stated tunt ho would be ready iu the Schumaober caso thss moruiog. “This Government aro haviog great diffioulty with their winesses. Inetead of waiting 10 court untll wanted, these indispaneablo aids to juctice wander off ln all directions, aud canze eerlous detays 1o tho proceedings. As writs of atiachment ora to issuo agalust non-attendiog witngsecs in future, thoss potsonn will setvo their owa interosts iu coitivating habits of puno- tuality and yationco. Frank Hitchcoek, Shoriff of Peoris, Ill, spe pearad in court yoetorday afternoon with CILARLES WUEST, againat whom an judictment was returnod by the last Graud Jury for having in lus posscesion soveral whisky caslia urcn which woro uncancel- cd stamps. 'the sccused pleaded guilty, snd g‘uu Isc!d on huw owa recognizauco in the sum of In s converaation with Distriet-Attorney Baugs, o TRILUNE roportor was informed that o chiugo was for what wan vory prabably o technical violation of tho law, aud that Wueat was. unquestionably jgnorans of tho Juct that ho wan doing eaything out of tho way when he gut theso barrels from otlier partiss to put vino- gar in, his busincss betng that of a vinogar man- ufacturer, In nccordauce with theso fags, the District-Attornoy bad advised Wuest to throw himsolf on tho mercy of the Couth, snd he, Judgo Bangs. would write to tho Departmont at Waslungton, loying the facts Loforo tbo proper ofllcors, and asking that the caso bo dismissod ; or, at any 1ate, that a certajn degroo of Jenicucy be oxoreisod toward tho defendant, Tha Ilabel and McNicolls casos sro sof for Mopday morniug. e THE PLEA OF GUILTY. WIAT IT ANOUNTS T0. The cases above refersed to as baving been dlupored of by a plea of partially gullty on tho part of tho rcspondsnts aro somo of the ro- sults of tho work af the Grand Jury whicl sat liere in October Inst, and cowpiiss noarly all the indictments ngainat distillors thon found. The {udictients retarned Into court by the Giand Jury at the Qctobor acssion wera compro- honkive affairs, and covered all tho offousun which are in the calonder of crimes supposed pesniols lo bo committed by a disiller or rec- titier. Home of thcse prosontments bad as mauy aa s dozon counts, and tho allegations in thom woald, it proved and proporly rowarded with penalties, consign somo of tho accused to jnil or peniteutlary for sbout the term of thelr natural lives, ‘Chiis being tho cass, the publio wilt be intenss- Iy astoniulicd, sud perhupa not ontirely plossod, to seo by the proceding eolumn that the ropre- sontatives of the Govornment in Chicago have substantlally agrcod to accept a plea of guilty ou one count in ench indictment. The law pro vides that the crimes of couspiracy, such au id al- leged 1 the indicimouts to whichi the plea of uilly was ontered, shall bu puntshed as sct1orih o tho following seotion of tho Revised Btatutos : 8xc, 6,410, 12 4wo or mors perions conspire either to comumit iy otfense sgaiust the Unlted Hta defraud tho United Siates fn_any manner or for any Jtboie, aud one ar wuore of auch partics do any act o affct tho object of tha cenapiracy, all tho parties to such consptracy stiall Ls Habla to @ povalty of not lass than §1,000, and not more {han $10,000, sod 10 Jupris ozmeut f0r not more than two years, 1t 18 quite ensy to soe that uuder this ssction tho utuioat puoiehment that cau bo ivficted iy a comparatlvely ligbt one when the cliac. acter of the offouss 1s coaeldered. It 18 mot out of the wuy to that somo of tho Chicago diatillera ani roctitlors, ezpccially the latior, have mads Jarga s of monoy {u the crooked bustavss (n this vity, mnd tho estimatos whicn put one of the most proaperous firms at & million dollars aua l:ln’othu at half that are ot probably much too pe, Assnmiog tuat balf, oreven a fonrth, of the fgures ropresout the . stealinus of tho big firms whose umewbers pleaded gullty yesteiday, the punishment which van bo nioted put to thewm s entirely inadeguate, if the couspiracy couut is the only ons uader which Lhey aie to be sen- tenced. ‘Tbo tino of $10,000, which 18 the extent of the law, 18 but & b lo to & man who bas made three timos that tn one month, oma of the Clicago distillors did when the, e ruogmlog **wide open" under Iryio ani Canm 4 the fino snd the imprisouwment, eo that they will anmount to amere turnof the hand. Buppore tliat tho Court ehould pass sentenceof &1,060 finu aud one bour's iprisonment oa tho plaa of fuilty ; would this bo any adoquate punistment for te critnos commitled? ‘Lhe Bnsweris on the tip of every reader's tongum, And yet thio 18 clearly within tha power of tha Court. It-in to bo uoted in this connaction that the Goverament has in its bands ANOTHER MEANS OF (LTTING EVEN, and thacls, of course, the confiscation of the distilloriea and the property therowith connect- ed, ‘Lhis will bring in & considerablo sum, If the suits aro conducted 1o a nucceesful tormination. Again, the Govcroment has a recoursa on the bondamen of ths dintiilericn, who have cntarod Into agreemonta bindiug them to pay lare sums of mouoy in cortain con:fhgennios, ona of which has coma to pass, A FUNTHER AXD LAAT METITOD of getting even {8 the assesements for taxom which are now being made up araiost tho distils Joia lately selzed. 'Thia proce-s ia nothing more than figuring out tho amoaut of unpail tazes which moom to Lo due iho Gov- orment, and then calling on the rmwio\um {for tho sum, and eaforcing the col- ection by ospliting tho aistillories which have becn bouded out, or taking the private propari. of tho gwiiera, or in any otber wny that {s sible, In thls branch of tho business tho onment generally swerps priiy clean unti gots what is die. Tho aesesementa mgalvnt Chleago diatilleries for back tazes ar0 now boing made out by Capt. Bommerwllo, aud in tuo coursa of & week or 8o the gentlemen who have Leen engaged 1m the mannfactute of liguor in Chicago will have an opportunity to como fore ward and pay up, All the mcauas of punishuent liore namod aro in & maover precarions, oxcept tho prosecution on tho criminel chargoy and it will stem strango {0 many peopio that the distillers sboull baio beon lot down 6o oasy., In 8t, Louis aod Mil- wagalkos the Governmont officers pushiod matters to a conviction on &'l tho counts they could, while from presont appearances it would scewn a8 if tho Govornmont counsel in Chicago wore intent only ou secoing Low easilv they could let dovn thu diaiilers sho wora williog to save them tho trouble ot tryiug thio cages. 1t is not to bo ivferred from aoytbine that hen hero been 8aid thst the Chicago distillers who bavo pleaded gailty bave had ANY ABAUNANCEA OP DINURITY. from the tiovornmeot, and it should, on ths contraty, bo distinctly nudemlood that thoy havo uot beon promised anytbing in sot terms, but that thay have boou lod to give up their defenue oo the genoral ides that such a courae would bs boiter for them in tho ond, lo yestor- day’s action 1t 18 belioved that they twere led by eertamn promises from the Government attor noya which havo nob the mexl of " tho _ higher oilicers, It s well kuown that po District-Attorney can of his own volition ontor o nolle prow. ; but that such action can ouly bo takon oo the combinad authority of tho Attarney-Goneral and the Becretary of tho Treasury, Itis an opon secrat shat both thess gentiomen bave promissd an in- dofinito degreo of Jenioucy to cortain parties, but it is not truo that thoy bave offered immunity, rnd ¢ would seem a8 {f tho attoroeys for ths Goverament in Chicazo bad perbaps oxcosderl thelr jusiractions, or their poraission, o doiu ¢ what they did yeatorday, 1t 1 known, moreover, that thsss gontlemers have promiscd certain paitios that thay would LECOMMEND THE ACOEPTAJCE OF 3IE COMPRO= Y smptiod in their action . yesterdav, but it i alon quite coreatn that the Sdocetazy will nevar agres to the tarms mado which have beou above cow- mouted oo, in explonation of the matier. Gan, Webstor said yooterday that ho understiod tbns tho othor conuts hosido tho ane pleaded to wero meroly pold in nocyancu, 8o thai they could bo brought up at any time, Thia ..ay Dsirne, batif wo it ehawa a peculiar aduiinistration of justice, All the facta and allegatious coutstued fo tho indictmenta ysstorday brought up, wers pub- lishod in theso colamua abont tho ime the doci~ monts were returnod into cours in October last, aud it 18 pow neocnsary to siate only the faota in yolation L0 tho counts which were plesded to. oy are brioily as followe: T'ho indictment azauet Russell, Furlong, and Maeon, bas for a third count an al'egation that tho porauns named conapired. Aoril 6, “1875, to remavo 2,000 gallons of spliits from the distil- Jery to Masun's reotifsing ionro withoat paying tho tax, with intent to defraud the United States of mold tox. ‘Tio $walfth count azalnst B. M, Ford, Oliver & Co,, charges thom withs canepiracy to concual £,000 gatlous Jen, 1, 1875, ‘Thio firt count of the indlotment to which Golson ploaded charzes him with having con- spliod to detraud ths Unltod Btates of wio tax on 10,000 galions of spirits. ‘I'ho first count ngainet Roslls, Juoker & Co., charges them with having cousplred to romove 80,000 galions of spitite (0 some place olher thaa tho bondod wavehouse. This of date May 1, 1875, “I'ho Inat count against Miller and Fredoricks chargos them withconsyiracy to but on ths mar~ kb &u.wa gullons of upirita, 'Thus of dats April 1, 1875, s THE GRAND JURY, BOME WORK ACCOMPLULE! After devoting the woek to the patient and ex- ceodingly conacientious coneideration af fmpare tant counterfoiting cases, tho Graud Jury fually got down to whisky yeaterday. Bolomnly, and wiih ol the slowness of n Ligh court of judicature, that body has sat npon tho poor wietches who Lave boen tempted throngh poverty and ignor- anco into passing bogue nickels, and their in- quiry Ioto tho cases has bocu as taborious and thorongh s 1f thelr decision was final, and as i tho casos had not proviously boen passed upon by Commiesioner Jloyno. The jurors seom to bavo thouglit that the disposal of ono or two ar thess oases waa a good day’s work, Monnwhilo tho distitlera and Gougors wholsro on the aui- lous seat Liave been oblized to maintain tholr vx- ceedingly uncomfortablo position, much to tholr disgunt. Yeaterday baing the last doy of (ho week on which business conid be transacted, the Jury de- teimived to wake up sud do somothing that wonld show for tho time thoy had epent. Ac- cordioply thoy laid out a IROGRAMME FOB THT: DAY, tho firat thing atter agsombling. It was deter- miued to get ready such indictmente as had been. ogreed upon, sud, attor fluirhiog up the minor casos in Land during LLe fosenuos, to devote tho slternoon to whisky. Meantima the outelde jury, consisting of n misture of distillers, roveuuo olicers, aud re- porters, bocamo imbuod with tho suspicion thnt womething of nterest was about to transpire in the Grand Jury room. Accordingly thors was much whispering, and button-hollug, and anx- fons oconjecturing as to tho probablo turn of events. The upper floor recelved during the forcnoon moro visits from intercstod parties than daring the wiole preced- fog week, 1t waa sumorad at oos tune that Gol- sen biad gone into tho jury-room, aud much ex- citomont w8 ocoasionad, especially among the ropottoris! throng, but that rumor fafled 1o ro- cotva conflimation, Most of tho foronoon was actually spent by tho jury In gotiing ready the [udictmonts, At about half-past 11 o'clock, haviog gotten through with this task, the Jury took up the caso of JANEZS TANNEQAN, chargod with pawsing counterfelt’ money. The ovidonco was go conclusivo tat no excuss was found for prolonging the hearng beyond the moroing seasion, An sdjournment was takon at noon uutil 2 o'ctock, {n the afterucon, the Grand Jusy came in about 2 o'clock, aad solomnly eat themnselves down in their little 100m ou tha fourth floor, closely gusrdsd by the handsome Camptoll, who 118 witls fees litiod high in air. Tho ouly wit~ ness who came before them was MR, FABKEE B. MASOY, whose name Las not infrequently been mention- ed tn counoction with the Whisky Bing in Chi- wes divided futo (hreo separate snd distinct branches; firet, bia traossctions witts Culeago louees ; econd, his businees doac in sending craoked whisky out of the city ; and, third, his testimopy (n relation to paying sums of moaocy to differont parties for * political purposes.” Iu tho firat placo, Mr, Masun testified with- out any particular beaitancy or delicacy, that be had rereivod whisky of yarioas kinds from tho firm of Tlussel & Futlone,] and tlat bis eatab- Isment had been, in fact, tho rectifyiug-houso of the distillery i queation, they not baving aoy of their own. Concorulnn the quantity of pite ‘which bad como fram Raasell & I'urlong to him. Mr, Mason was not reqqnired to bo vory precise. and, uaturally, was not, the objost being oimply to cetablieh the conuection, aud to show that ho bad reostved certain laren quantities, lle did not pretend Lo way bos much seiiits ha bad 1e- ceived from Lhem, or how much ho Lad shipped, but vos detinito cnougli to cover a good Taavy tuouzand yatlonk, Mr. Maaon aleo tontificd that lie bad recsived eousiderable quanlitics of crooked tron Dickin- son, Abel & Co., who bad had very close auid E!'.aa:\nt rolations with him, ~ and that 0 had put upon tho market for thomw & good many thousand galions, at the usnal commiasion, which, inall of Mr. Mascn's transactions, ap- pears to have boen just about the samo as that re:eivod by Goleen & Eastman, t>-wit: fromn %0 t0 25 cents, accordivg 10 ths w47, ote., apirit came 1n, apd the danger ju gottiug them on the market. Fuithor, Mr, Mason testified that ho L ro- ccived o couelderable amuuut of crooked from . Jonathen ‘Turner, of Sagetowu, ana tha: he had actod, in & manuer, as rectifier for Turner, Loth in crooked and siraieht goods. Auother men implicated by 3ir. Mason's tcotiniony was Mr. Crookhite, who was, at ouo time, manager of & cpuntry digtiliery. Wilhiout going Into particulars, It may sufiice tosay that Blr. Mason vers clearly, coolly, and calaly, as I8 hi wont, criminated cach and every ano of tho firms named, as baviog sbipped bim gooda which wore under iha woather. 1t stiould Lo added, in justico to the other dia- thlers of Chicago, and to show thist Mr. 2lsson bad o praaudicu 10 the matter and was perfect- 1y tmvarual o bandling snvtbing ahich came 1o him, provided it was unlawful, that ko is under- atood to buve boen b rort of catol-basin for all the erooked which could not otberwiee we coni- fortably dixposed of in the city. Whon the dis- tillersg wers running pretty wids open, Ma- son was on fricndly terms with a good many of them, and received tba bulk of tho spirita which thoy ran through without ths for- mwality of paging taxes theroon. Sows of the houscs wcia in Lo habit of stealing what they could by themselves and by cha a1d of their own rectifyibg bonses, but thev siwavs folt a pertect freedom und geworal sbandon iu rouding what- over they tmight bave left over, small or biz Tots, to Maoeon, with the clear upderstandinz that he would tako care of whatever b6 got his hande on. No word Letter oxpressee the mtustion of Mr. Mason'a recti- fying house in tho Cuicsgo trado thau to uay that it wan tho slop-bucket Into wiich went sil the overflow that could not otherwise be dis- posed ol When questions] as to WHAT WAS DONE WITHl THE SPINITS after they loft bis bouse. Mr. Mason was not at il sccretive, but oxplaived st length tbat ho bad ehipped o large proportion of them to Now Yors. ond tuat be hed ocot goods to Seth Tiy & Co., and to I O, Doyd & Co.. both of which firm4 bavo been mentioned in thesa col- umaon, It appeared from Mr. Masou's_tertimo- ny that they Lasw that the spirics nhich tacy yocolved wero craooked, and (hat thoy sold them os euch, and that ho roceived consid- orably less a barral for that which be sent marked ooo partiealar letcer than for that which was marked by moother. Alr. Meeon ateo testifiod that he nd ehipped otner aud simaller quantitics of spirita to piaces ln the West, and that some of lig'gonla went to Du- Luque, some to Iudiavadolis, and auiwo to Piuts- burg, Lo haviog an nuderstancing with eatab- lishmonts in each of thoso citico. TRE THIND FOATION OF THE TESTINONY was of couslderavle fnterost %o ke Grand Jury, and wont fac toward eotding thelr miuds as o cartain mdictments to ba found agaivst Jake HRebun and A, C. Hesing. Jir. Aason fa underatuod Ly havo testified directls tnat he paid cousidera- blo nama of monoy for tho uss of theso gentle- mon and another one or two who were supposed, with Relm and Hesing, to muks up the Rwg which controlled the movements of tae Collect- or's office at that time. Mr. Masou's teslimony did not o to show that bs had puld anv regular nasossment from month‘to month, bub that o was collod upon by an individusl who cxpressed the iden that the zentlcten whom bo biad Loen taught to consider as goveroing tho ofiico ahove him wantal cartaln sams of movey for a givon purpony, and st each call ise was pro- sonted with & subscription paper, oa which b found the names of vtnordistillersund roctisers, with handsoma suma set opposite thoir oamos, snd that be put ua along viilh tho others, and added thieo Ogures, and somotimes four, to 1. Ile wouli u0; 8y, and did not atlempt to, us to what hnd bacomo of this paper, but presumed it was destroyed. It dooa uot appear that Mason toxti- flad toat ho paid auy mousy directly to Rebm, Ttesing, or oither of tho othier two tacmbers ol 1hs Rivg, but thet tho money was paid, in o mannor, on their ordor, ani that ho believed, and in fact know, that it weat to them, T'aten aa whole, the testimony of Mr, Ma- on wan very satisfactory, aad was claarly anil well told, probably deciding the minds of anv mombera of the jury who had befors doubted tho proprioty of indiciing the wmembois of tho Aspossing HMing, As far as It coucsrned tho firma of dtiilers in this city [t was leta impor- tant, beesuso there has nover been auy sorious icoa of defendinz moss of tho cases which will Lo brought agamst thewm, ——— THE WHISKY FRAUDS. LOW THEY ORIGINATED, TWhile tho work of the prerent is ratbor to pun- {als peoplo who ace found guilty of viotating tha luternal Revenua laws, and while pablic intor- et porsibly coatres moro in tho results of the endeavors put forth by the Goverumont o bring tho transgreeeoss to justico, thera iy, nevortho- tees, a dosire on tha part of somo dis- pored to roach the bottom of thinga, to koow when, whers, and bow theso whisly troubles began. Withont this . part of tho problem solved, tho history of the long liets of frauda upon the ravonue would not bo complete, but with it tne first link 10 the chain i diecovered, and tho resaits are contem- plated In Weic proper light, ax ontgrowths ot a aysteni of erimiual carclessnoss on the part of & former Commissioger of Iutornal Reveuuo. Por some time rast, a IRinvNE roporier has bad his eys npoun & cortain retired dutiller who now resldes tn this city, but who formerly did busineea in another port of tho Btato, This goutloman wos one of the members of TUE DISTILLERS' AS3OCIATION, and was, for a loog time, in & position to know what was golog ou, Whilo st present ot in the business, it was known o tho roporter that the gentleman {a question was ro:sessod of certaln metworanda snd couvenlens data of tha opera- tions of the Ausociatlon, its repeated attompts to bavo tho whisky tax consalidated, favolving ono or moro trips to Washinglon, whoro fute:viowa wera obtained with tho Leads of the Treasury and Reveuns Departments, aud othor matters of history which will appear horoaftor, Al the first aspproacios on tho parc of tho reporter, the genttoman rocelvod hiw kindly, but, fussmuch aabo was out of the busi- ness, aad Lad, fo fuct, so much olso to mitend to. he was rathor of the opiuiou that Le pre- fercodnot to talk oo tho subject. Howo peraus. klon was nocessary. Tuo repaster impressnd on the gentleman's wind the fiportavce of tho aubject, and e iutercat which the genaral pub- lio mauifeated in snything rolating o whisky metters. After dilating st vome longth in this ein. the goutloman was induced to promise the | zeporter that lio would look up bis dats, aud get Lis facts togother (o order to pressnt tlom ja & correch form, sud that ho would bo st his ailp Tribune. Ha was shomn up into the Lbrary, whero the gentleman uat, in slinpers and dresng-gowa, ongagod ta rusdiog a favorite authior. *CAb. said the reader, ‘you'ro here, are you ? Woll, hasa a cigar and wo'll get ¢ this matter, But, in the lirs: place, I want to Ay tlist 1 you expect mo to a3 ansvthins about Chicago, straight or crovked, yoit are wistaion, for I wout ou of the buriness Lefure thofun bere com- meuced. All I cau tell you is THE WAY TUE THISG OMGINATED, ;1‘!15 if that in what you want you arc welcoma to The reporter coid that was jnst what hd had come for, and, to open the ball, asked tho follow- iuiz quontion ¢ lloipnrur--nuw do you tbink theso frauds be. an Ex-Distiller—Through carelesances in the m3uagemeot of the Departweat ot Washivgton, T.—\Why wore thoy siot stopped 2 Ex-D.—Tus Dintizlers’ Association did ap- point s comwittes ta goto Wseltngton. Thay went. but accomplisiied uotbing, although they offered to mond detcctives to Now Urlosns ot thoir own oxponss, Afterwardathe Departinont cout partics to iuvesiwale tho tnatier, who ro- taruod and roported tuat uo fraud was being practiced, but that tho distiliors were making & prolit by BFELLING TIE DISTILLENT BLOIS at 1 8 bazral. Mind sou. a batrel of slops ooly coutsius one busael of gram or meal, avd con- Boquautly 1 a barrel was more tbau the gramn coutaiued therein orieinally cost. This story wan 8 hard ove to swallow, slthough the report was made, 1 thiok, by tho present Supervisor of ono of the Lasteru distncts. The Distillors’ Aegociation was at that time'in Conventiou at Cinciuvati. This roport 8o disznsted thom that tha orgavization was forthwith broken up, and tho mouoy which had besn_cartributed was re- funded tothe members, Wo then orgaaized a committes from the threa principal “disulling Btetoy, Lilinais, indians, and Ohio, and went be- foro Congresn t0 securo tho consolidation of tue tax which, at that timo, vias a very complivatad watter, bomng 50 cents on ths gallon, €1 on the bauiel, 10 conts upon esch busbel masked, sud 85 a dayio each Storckeoper and Gaug- er, tho avideut purposo buing to make tho tax plaiv and eany of collection. This consolidation was offocted, aud the tax waa mado a simplo one of 70 centa per galiun, and the pay of the Gauger and Storckcopor was mailo to devalve apon the Government, thus freeing the distiller from aoy busivess convection with tho CGovernmeot offi- cers. Lhis worked well for a while, but the pro- duction oyceeded tho dewand, aud committees from aifferent parts of the country pracoesed L3 WVashinuton to tomonstrate with Commizsioner Dn&nllu regarding hissovers rulings in talation to the BIMORTATION OF ALCOMOL. In the year 1873 thers was & lsrgo foreien domand for aleohol for export. By an actof Cougress theso goads waro allowed to leave tho ~country free of tax, providea a bond of double tho swonut of tho tax was ziven, secuied by uuincumbered real estate. I'hoso boude could not bo canceled unul tha re- turn of tho coveular certificata showing the are | of tho goods in a foreign port, “‘Lhis fre- tently took from a year to eighteon mouths, aud soon tied up tho roal estato of the distiller and s bondswen. Oue can readily eco the dutizuliies tho saipper labored under. Io the trangit {rom the Wost to the seaboard tho goods wero sbipped o7er bonded Minos which were in thomnclves undér hoavy bonds to tho Govern- weunt, and consgned €o the Collector of Cus- toms at tho gport of shippiug, wlose duty it was ta ulaco them on bLoard the voese! and not allow bor cloarance excopt for & foroign port. ‘Tae distillere, acting through their comauitiecs, -accfiuiodlu lasing thy law cuaoged 82 far as to allow tho Westecn boad to ba canceled whou ths gouds arrived and wero in the uands of the Colloctor of Cuoctoms st the port of rlipuon:, Nows uew troublo arose Irom s new vuiing of ths Commmssioner, wuo wosmed determinod to prohibit tne expariation of nicubwl, cluming tbat whatovor quantity was sluppad out of tho couutry woa virlually o loss to the revooue, ‘Lha ruling was toat, oa the canceliation of the boud of tuo Westors manu- facturer on tho srrival of tho goods at tao port of shipment, the exportera ot that point shoaly give & pow boud, which could be secured ouly Ly umncrmbvorod rcal esiate 1o double ‘the amount of the tar. o bardship of tius ruling lay hoto : These c. porters wero moutly forsigners, ot citizous, owning no roal estato, aad tiercfore uoaolo to give that doscciv.ion of vood, 5 ‘I'ho Produce Excbange of New York romon- stiated with the Commission on this ruling, sta ing thot theso mon, though it owners of reat were finoncially ouud. and their notes wou.d bo taken by tae bangs for thoso atounts. To this Mr. Donglase replied that if that was the caso thoy might put up United Btates bouds m placo of real ostate. ‘Thov naturally refusel to tis up thowr capual 10 ¢ins wav, and, in cooscquenco, tho truds was Jost, and tha country flooaed with a surolus production, ‘Y'ms (610ppago of exportation bad TYERYTHING TO DO WITH TUE FUAUDS which aftoraneds developed themaclves in the Wast, L would be wall hiere to_stato that Hes- retary Bristow, in February, 1373, rovoked these obauxious rulings. 1t—Weit, is that all 2 Ex- No, it would take four copies of Tie Trip! to print all that wo did to get this mat- tor 1o working oraer, Boma tima, I thing in 1873, wo hoard that Mr. Douglass was ot tho Brigre Honse, on s way wostward, Wo organiz- od & commiiteo to call upon bim on dilerous matters, ono of which was the abovo moutionod expurtztion of alevhol, and snotlier was with re- gard to hua having 1s3ued papers for tho runnivg of a distillery theu koowa ns Hinger's on tho cana! noar Brightan, about 4 miles from boro. R.—Well, wasn't that regular ? Lz-D,~0l, yes : but thua dustillery was to pay notax. It wus to Lo, or was, licensed to run by PUTTING TURPENTINE IN TUE N\SRES. Wa told lum what the consequouces woull bo, und thet, befors loug, wo would all bo i thoe sawo busiuess and paying no tax &t all, as v would bo au esy matter for tho rectilec (o meparste ths two wpocific gravitics, But it was of no use, &ngw mura tual the oldest dist.llr in the crowd, and uadit not bacn tor tho must honest and up- right oulicial tho Guvernment bas over n Catengo—1 meau old ftion, Wobstor—that distil- fory would havs played thundor witls oar trade. This stringent rulifig 10 regard to exporiation aud othier fvose rulings like tho above weze the vory toundation af el R.—Do yoa thiuk thera bas boen a3 much t:aud in Clidsgo ns fe genorally supposed 2 Ex-D.—No. 1 thinx that ouly a suall propors tlon of spints produced hua notpaid cha tax, and had Secretary Bristow boen 10 otos fustesd of bis prodecossor aad Doiiglass thera - would wot havo been o barral of cronked. L.—Do yoa mosu tasay, thon, that had the frauds booy asopped in New Ocluans thero would Liavo beon none aldowhure ? . Lx.-D.—[do. That'amy firmeconviction on that subject. Jl.—ih‘\w da these soiznros affoct the trade ? D.—Affect it? Why, tuero isnono loft, Lustoad of payiug large taxed to tha Goveroment hote, tho 1hreo LOUSES GUW FURLINE ATO USFINg searcely auythimg. Peoplo sroafisid t0 buy, and Cincinnatt le reapiog tho benetiia. Tt.—1 shontd liko to kuow more about TUAT TUNPESTINE DUSINESS. Ex-D.—l told you sbout all. Douglaas hsd conseuted to the Tunniug of the Brightou dis- tiilery withous the payment of apy tax providing thoy added Lurpontina or sawdust, or somotniug of tha kind, to tho mashos. 1, —Walt, wauld not tbat bave dostroyed the product for most pur!muu? Ex-D.—No. Tho rectifving distitter would bavo takon thoet product and placed it i a col- uann atill, snd sepatuted the two Linds of mpiviis m i way s Algolial, with o spocifis gravity of 0,825 "boils at s temperature of 173 aogress Falioubeit, whils turpontiue hase 'a gravity of abous 0.873, aud.tbouling, consaquont. 1y, 8t 8 higher degrae of temperaturo, the light- er vapor would come over first and (ho sopara- tion could easily be effocted, 1.—You think, then, that yog have fally given me the_direct causs which lod to the whisky frands? Ez.D.—I havo got at the root of the matler, 1nd, whilo moto wight bo gald on tho ublet, 4 think it will koop till & future time, a3l have given you a pretty good griut alrasdy, havea's [2 Tho rovorter assured Lim that he would put s frosh polut on bis poucll it ho had anything fur. thes to say, but tho goutloman prefersed ok to NUMBER 14 sy anything more, and the re; g o gopd-nighiy N et rapastary iss. bide prohissaecis DAN MUNN OFF FOU MILWAURER. The singularly chockered Lifo of Danlel W, Munn Lss recelved another curious additivn to its map, and tho former Superv.sor of this Reve cous District has Lad anothor cars lald npon him by s Milwaukeo Grand Jury fa the United States District Court. It lian beon noted that Mann, after boing une dor all soits of suspicion for a timo, was at lust indicted in Si Lows, aud that o weat thero and gavo bail, sfter which ho rolutned to Chi cago, Bome weeks ago thero came from Milwaukes strango rumois of test:imony to bo given which would fmplicato bizh olicials in the Government gorvice, aud g.admally theso bints came to be contored on Munn. Yte end of the reaslon of the Grand Jury wae looked forward fo with much auxfons expectation, aud when that body came tuto eotrt Tnnmduy and made fono jreiantmenta the story begaa to tly about that Munu's nams wes ono of thusa Writ- ten ju ouu of the tiue bills, Tho end proved that the nzsertion wan well crouuded, aud 8 promiouas feasars of yester- dav's dangs os the Cnicazo Custom-Tlouse was a feputy sarehsl named Buskioy, who hatied (rom Milwauitee, and_ bore s bene warrant for the arzost of D, W. Munp. It was now diffete to flod the powly-indioted gentieman, and Ltho nrrest was made quictly. After tho dolegate from lilyaukeo had cap- tured his maw bo toot him to United Biates Marchall CameLoll's oflice, whera ho calmly sst untit thy hour or bts departure to the Cream Cits. When approsched by a reporter, Mr. Sluun #did that be coulil not unagine any resson for tho indict nen:, aud bad uo thicory a8 to wha it mllozed, or os Wit tectimony it was founded. Further, ho coult not sar. Ho purjosed, bt sald, to ge: and givo bail, &ud then return hore, Having said thns much, Mr. Muun and his es. cort doepaited for the traln, ‘which loft at § o'clock. It nppoara from alt the evidenco in the cass that tha prescatment agziurt Muno fa fo wmale feasance in olice,1n tust b way kuvwing t0 cer taln stesliog, aund not only did ooe etop it, but to0k & pars of tho moasy whica it produced the way of proflia, I'he specitic allepations are that tuo noted Rindskopis and Tom O'Neil paid monoy b0 Munn 1o copstJeraticn of uin looking tho otber way when asked to da_sa. A dispatel alao nliezes that Mr, Murphy wse mixed up in the eams row, and that be Las bool, or wilt uhortly be, indicted to Keap Maun coms rany in tho futaro, as he bas in the past. I: may perbapn ol bo the most praper time to bieak neive of an unplonsant character to AMr, Mucn, but 1t ia woll onougl to sugaes: to bim that Lie stands an oxcellout cuauce of being - dicted a thitd timo by the Grand Jurs waw it ting as a part of Judgoe Diodgett's Court. Tha charge in this caso will Lo that Munn wag criminally carcleee, if pot citlpabic, in his ad- mivtetzation of affaira in Ch.cago. The samg caso was, 88 will be remembored. prosentod to tho last Graud Jary, but thero did not secm avidence enough to couvict. It is aad cast a conuiderable numbor of alditional witnessos will be summeoed L8 time. ' MISCELLANEOUS, LUCKINSON & ADEL. The membera of this fitm of distillers have been eo long absent from tho Custom Housa that serioits appreliensions havo ansen os to their bygionic couditlon.. Binco thoy msde a succes of tholr ellors to bond out tneir esiab- lishment, nono of the firm have besn observed wmong the roosters upan the celcbrated railing ou tha second floor of the Government bailds ng. Yesterday, bowever, they turned up 1o the early part of tho afternoon, and smiled bisadly upan the astonisbed multitude of 1epoiters acd digtillers assomblod in tho corridor. A Trinesz reporier accosted Mr. Abel, aud asked him the purport of bis viait. Mr, A.—1 camo orer becauso I thoaght it was about simo for the Gravd Jury to retara soma indictments, and 1 wvag naturaiis aaxiony to learn glm partica were to bs Lonmorsd wita their uo- 00, R.—Yon aro, perhaps, oxpocting to be in- dictod, thau, Mr. A.—No3 I wouldn't go s far as to sdmit that. But I want to know what is zolog ou. 1.—Does your frm in:end to f-ilow tho nus merous and notable exatples sct to-day, and plead guilty, Mr. A—Xo, sir: wo bave not beon guilty of defrauding aoy one, and slall not csafsss what wo bava not done, Wesl.il maka a defeuso, aod asirong ono at that. “Taw conversation eudod hore, and Mr. Abel, secompanied by bis partoer, mountad the stair- way up to tha supernal domain of Brooks, with whom they remsined clososed forneariy an hoar. ‘Lho conforouce vas piobably obtaed by them in order to learn. if possible, whou tholr case would bo sabanttod for trial, and what exteut of clsmency the Govornment attorneys were pro- pared to aTerin ¢330 of ploading guilty. TUK MINOR CASES beforo tho Conrt havo 8o far hzen vory snocoss- fully tried, and coavici.ons ave beou scowred 1 cach of the six which havo como up. ‘The man- agoment of all thoso miiters Las beoa left in tho hapda of Assistant Disinict Aitornoy Darke, who has faken that poition of the work sausfactorily, while® Judge Dinzs bas boen wmoro particularly busy with the Grand Jury, ond Mo=eis, Boutall, Ayor, and Dax- ter Liave givon thcir wholn attentson to tho larg. er whisky cases, Tho great troublo in the coun- torfeitiug trids appears to bo that the witnoases cannot ba Lad whau wantcd, and that the olticern of tha Court cannot zottlie subparuan served witk R;nmmuuns, ow.ug to the swmall force tathe arshal's offic: RUPERVIIOR MATTHEWS arrived hore yesterday morning from Springfleld and will mako a sore alay until mastes beglntd geb interesung down thero. A. P, TOTTON. 2 Lewune: Cinioaao, Jan. 0 Times and othar papers have lately takoa uuto thamselves tha do:p.cable task of insjvuativg and eudesvoring to provo thiat tho deforso iu tas Babcovk casa induced the Hon. Alezander I, ‘Luttou, Super visor of DPenusvivama, Now Jeisey, Marvisnd, Delaware, dnd tbo Distrlecof Columbla, through whoso offorts the Ring 10 thin city was brokea up, and the numeraus sgizures mals, to formu- lato & pronunciamauto ta the offoct that it was o who causea tho revocation of the arder given last Fobruary for the interchangiug of Supar- visors, aud not the Prosidsnt's private pocrotery. As shis places Blr. ‘Tutton in an excoodlugly fa'ss light bofurs tha commun~ ity. aud can only bo couplod with an (nti- mation that ko is uob oaly a suppie tool, but, woro coutemgptible wtill,’ & sycopliant who iuventod tbo story at tbo instigatn of tha powers that bo, pormit me, as ouo who is con- versunt somowhat with tho facts 1o the case, and in dofenys of the rentloman aswailed, to prossat b Jeast ons fncidont that 18 not geverally known, Larly in ths moath of last October, loug be- foro 16 was even susvocted tlat Col Babcock was In sny mannor inculpated, Mr. Tuttou war nskoa to give, In the prosesce of the Graud Jury thou in eession boio, a history of the whisky raid, from its lociprency down o ihe timo tho cases wore presonted for tho action of tho inquiitors. This that gentleman did, and {a tho conrwa of the rocitation of the rescript prosonted tho Iruo causo of the revocation af ibt order, Hie atatod that wheo notifled ta repair to 5t Louls ho iuformod Becretaty birstom aod Lt Trouideut bhiat ho wowid rosign isther tusa by statiocod at that placa—ani coutd a Chicayoit censure bim for striving at such & conciusion | The reanons stated by him nere soveral in numy tor, all of which have buon embraced i Lis pob lishiad explauation. Thoy wers, first, for peison al consideratious, and, second, that the cariying out of the proposad substitution would plage the mowbers oY tha Miug on their guaid, and o o forswaruea was to be farearmod. It would ab low them ample time to cover up maoy indica. tionw of frald, por.nit tuo baisudiug of over drawa spifit aczounts, and s geuersl overhauling and straigutening up of the vatious Uovorpmeud booss, Ar. Tutton stated that Lo basad his are gumont Woza eapacially 0a thade lsay grouuds and explamed tho justica sad lmpor tanca of bis position to bl sudiios, who faally beartlly coingided with bim, aud e tho order waa recalled, Bpocis! Revoaus Agouts wera dispatobed to tha auapacted l_oumlen‘ and tho result was that the **urooke” were cauib! nappiug and in the vory midst of thelr {il-doiog. This was nubatautially the gontleman’ ment before the Ootuber Graad Jur ng & phooograpnio ra 1 not now beslde me X would furalsh you Ilflun