Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1876, Page 1

VOLUME 2. —— YHIRTS, SHIRTS. WILSON BROS. ORDER DEPARTMENT.S New Yarlk nills or Wami o selth Elnest Linen. 'per,doz. L & §2 per 1oz, Shirta axtra | e ‘s attached., Onr Linena are mai aur ordor |n Ireland, aud sre tearcely equalod in el ico of Appearance aod In dara ity i rdina: tem of adapting the gare Wl o oxteerdloney tem of sdipine e sor: e, And ony ezquisits inlab i {aundrying, We com« aatiefaction may relied npy % ‘S 09 Washington-st., Chicago, And Pike's Opera flouse. Cinetnnatl. HOTEL, BREVOORTHOUSE ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. Madison-st, between Olark and LaBalle, CHI0AGO, ILLINOIS. raFatibed hich laa heen recently furnishec e ”"“?:';n:nyle, 13 tio Brcst Europen Hotel s situated fo (ho very heart of fta buai, offers special advantages to persons vis- g:uu-lnm or plassure, Ilooms ARTISTIO TAILORING. TOBER T DISEOUT raents ordered of us during JANUARY Dnaliga erl.lll , 1870, * Quality, Style, Fit, Durability. 0nly 8o far as Drots springe from sad flluatrates eharactor, can 1t ba admitted to the realm of art.” WEDDING GARMENTS A BPECIALTY, EDW.ARD ELTY, Corner of Monroe-st, snd Wabash-av. TO RENT. TO REINTT. "Tho eligible 4-story bullding, 74and 76 Randalph-st., e by 4. L. Weyne & Son, Dimeusions 10% 7L “Light from oo fronts,”1con Bhutter. s it om 876, oS T oseen 2. nrow, Ttoom 9, 184 Clarkst. COLLECTION AGENCY Claims everywhere snd at all times ate comfog dus, snd through careles prebiensions of exorbilant costs, uncertainty, Jout, whicls, it put in thor- ohab collector's Liands might bo caslly collected, We faxke no charge unless wo collect, Bend fue cizenlar, FIABIER'S COLLECTION AGENOY, Cornor Stato aud Mourve-ste,, Chicagn. 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Apply at Goreral K7 ¥ T, AP et ONALE, Sy ace Btiors & Al FIRM CHANGES. D1ISSOLUTION. J: Hay & Co. 'ts ssld Bagks hereby solls, an {isnna all tha property and whateo! lioteiato sat uary, A, D. 18767 W, H, BANK ‘W. J. HANNA, dlssolution, ixturse, and antire intazest of the Ial janks & Co., 1'will continue the farm and n&dv'}n:'lumnn ml a:‘n acoount, undor the s W. J. HARNA d 3 Hauth O DISSOLUTION. The frm of HANCHETT & LYONS is this day dis- scived by mutual consent, The bustoess will be con- Ainued by Josse B, Lyous under the frm nams of Jessa R, Lyons & Co, “Tha buainess of the old firm ‘wrill be wettlod at tho offios of Jessa 1t L{anl & Co., Matketat, ALFRED 7, HANOUETT, Chicazo, Jan. 23, 1678, JESHE K, LYONS, NOTICE. The coparinership herstofors exiating under the 3i7ls and Arm name of Warner, Marston & Felix bas s3pired by limitation, Mrs, . W. Warner relicing, ¢ business will horeafter be conducted Ly tho une ferslgned, undsr tba oria name ot Eoly archasod firm of chlnary teay BENJ, ¥, FELIY, THO8, MABSTON, JR,, MISCELLANEOUS, RE FOR BTBAREEHI\IH‘ANB OITIZRNB— AN el FRACTIONAL CURRENGY, $5.00 Packages IN EXOHANGE FOR Bills of National Curvency, AT FHANK M, BLAIY, SR TTRANORLS AR R FREE! s ¥opoarniieionds miielip TRACTIONAL CURRENGY TRIBUNE OFFICE WHISKY., Judge Dillon, in McKee’s Trinl, Admits the States’ Evidence for What 1t Is Worths The Trial Proceeds, Both Sides Claiming the Best of the Ruling, Concannon and Bevis Do What They Can to Secure MeKee's Com- pany in the Peni- tentiary. Parturition of the Mountains which Have Been in Labor at Mil- waukee. Fizzlo of the Attempt. to Fright the Souls of So-Called Fearful Adversaries Only Four Out of Thirty-six Plead (uilty, and Nolla Prosequis Abound, The Chicago Grand Jury Spends the Day in Read- ing Indictments. Some of the First Set of Offenders Plotting to Let Their Friends Down Easy. ST, LOUIS. M'KEE'S TRIAL. N0 ROOM FOR CHEST-EXPANSION, Bpectat Dupateh to The Chicago Tribund, BT, Louts, Jan. 25 —~Public oxcitement ovor tho McKeo trial has boon unprecodented to-d ay the court-room betog literatly packed with spec~ tators, snd & porfect multitude crowdiog unin-, terruptedly arotnd the doorways. To got by the door was like passing through tho traditional ngoedle-eyo, and, once iu, it wae nlmost itpos- sible to got out. TUR EXTECTED ROLING, On tho oarly part of tho morniog the anxioty aod curioaity woro contored on the prospoctive decision on tho logal point rajsed and diecussed by the defondant's counsel yestorday, s it was the goueral opinion that McKeo's fato waa victunlly fovoived ju the color of the Court's oplafon. Judgo Dillon 108t no time 1n delivering his oplnion aftor tak- oz bis position on tho beneh, ‘The gist of it appoars elnewhiore. Tho attornesa for both the Government aud the dofenso claim a victory for thoir roepective eides. Voorhoes says acquital ia now unavoldablo, and Broadhead clnims that conviotion is dead sure. The botter bpinion seoms to bo that tho Judge's decision does not declde at all,—really leaving the queation whero it was and euspending judgment on tho compo- tency of tho witnesees nntil all the ovidonco is {n and the caso is ready for the Jury, oF CoURsE., It tho decision has any advantage for either gide, it is tho prosecution, and tho evidenco ob- jected ta by tho dofenao has been ordored to preceed until further notico. TUE AME EVIDENCE CONVICTED AVERY AND M'DON- ALD. Attornoya for the dofenss argue that tho nec- casary offoct of Dillou's decision will bo the throwivg out of tho testimony of all conspira- tors, aud tho Govornment has no witnosses ox- cept thoso insido the Penitentisry. or waiting or lm'ely £0 go thoro, and that thus their client ls salo, . TO-DAY'S DRYELOPMENTS, The ovidenco which has bosn blitited to-doy s regarded as pretty rough on the good deacon, but also vory damaging to hia right-hand bower, the immaculate but devilish foxy ex-Coliector Maguire, Dotk Coucannon’s and Bovia' tesl- mony wan diroct against McKeo, and want ver: for to prove that the patriarchal journalist nolthor & ealnt nor rBamsritan in disguiss, Tho detonso confldently counted on complotoly con- founding ** Crazy Concannon,” as ho was oafled, but the_croen-examination of ihat wilnoss did not ovoke a einglo contradiction, his varrative bolng uniform in every particnior at each ropoti- tion, The destructlon of racorda in the Col- {oetor's offico he brought witbin the cognizanco of MoKeo and Maguire, and fully ostablsbed MoKoe's participation {u tho business (rsus- sctions of tho Iing. ‘Tho wrocoedings to-day have been particulatly ominous of the Damoclosian sword whicls awaita Maguire. 1t hias alwas boon the opon boast of that oricial that his books were as straight os a string, and that Lo feared nothing bolow or abovo tho earth in the way of criminal ovidence against him, but it 1a concoded that the tracka Lo so carefully coacealed have beon successfully uncoversd by Concaunnon, and that the Government will bave an Iu{ Job 'in fixing tla guilt, Tuio prosecution Lias & fow more wituossoa to introduco, and the 11ght wiki get hotter than it haa yot boen, TUE JUBOD WKREE, Bvaesal Dupatch to S'A» Chiedao Tridune, Wassinaton, D, 0., Jan, 24.—Ieports have roactied tho ‘Treasury from Bt, Louls that fears wra ootertatued thero that ons man has beea smuggled into the }ury-hnx who cannot be de- pended upon, even i€ a strong cass be ade out. Tho statewont, however, does nok csuse much uneasuoss at the Dc.-{\mmunt. siuce great faith iu attl foit thero in dhe convinclng charagtor of the evidenca colleoted for the prosecutian, (70 the Assoctated Pr TILE CASE MUBT GO OX, 8. Louts, dle., Jan, 25, —Judge Dillon rander- ed a deoision, upon the oponing of the trial of William MoKen this morulog, ruling that the case must go on. ‘Tho conaptracy hiad been one of numeroua nacts, and extending over a long period of time, ‘Thie declaration of tha co-con- wpirators, or secompliced, tust ba beard. Lf, howover, when the caso should be sll in, snd the conbection of McKeo with the unulu}rmy should rest sololy ou tho testimony of the ac- complices, then the Court would inatruct the Jury how little weight was to be attacled Lo their ovidence. 'Tuo intimation was that the evidence of the Ring and McKeo's connections with them would not b alouo suticiout, Following thio docigion of the Judgo, the tosti. mony of BANFORD M, BARTON, the msoager of the livgham [ros.' St Louis distillory, wea taken. He testified 1o tho gencral operations of the Ring, tho smouut ut crooked made by their house, the sums of mouey paid to tho Rivg tuud, aud the special aasessiinnty {or thio alloged purposo of buylug otf llovenus ofli- cers, and o prevent sojzures, Cus of the sums ralsed in this way, witnoss was told by Joyco, waa to go to Babcock, Witnosa had a conversa- tion with Engelke about the wterview tho latter Bad with MoKee at the Globe oflice, but he could not recollecs it distiuctly enough to repest it. Tha cross-uxamination of this witnoss brought nathing new. JOUN H. CONCANNON, Doputy Collector under tharlea W. Ford, and for & sbort thine uuder Coustautine daguire, was tho next witncsst 1o testitled to Laving kuown McKeo twenty yoars, and that suo Istter wss a CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY. J good friend of his, Saw MeKeo fn Ford's office a dozen times perhiaps, Saw him thern during the vimt hero of Gien. Hawell, a Ravenue Agent, in 1671 or 1672, e anid ho wished to seo Fitz. 107 that ha had an ieaportant communication to make to hin. Fitzroy was not_m bis oflice, and McKoo said Iarley Robb, Btorekeeper at Devis & Frazor's distiliery, wonld do, and ho nrote a note to him, which 1 had deliverad by s Joung man fu tho office. 3ckoo then told tne Geu. Bowoll waa in town, 1o wisbed Robb to knaw it, Hubrequently lobb told e that tho koowledga of Sewell'y presencn in_tho city bnd caused them to lose sevoral tubs of mash, Witness thsn recounted the manver in which Johin Leavenwarth tried to got im to join the 1iog, sud proceodod: I had s brief talk wih JcKeo on the mteeet, and told bim Frazer, the Ravenne Agent, had arrived, At anothor timo 1 told bim, in pursuauce of general ordars from e, Ford, when threo other azents camo, snd at auother tims told liim whon soms wers expect- ©d who did not como, Mr. Ford was not at the offica at the timo, and I could not find bim, and 1 wout to seo Meifeo. One day McKes camo to sos Ford, and gubmequontty” Ford caliod me to bim, and told mo that in all cou- fidential mattera whoro the exerciss of pra. denco or fudgment wne roquired 1 should conault Meliee. In fact, his fnetructions were 80 specific a8 to put mo actually undor Mokeo's directions. Whilo Ford was nbsent {u Colorado, I consnltod with AlcKeo on suveral occasions. Wheo ho started awny for a lengthy trip, ho wroteme a lottor relativato McKeo, That R!lur a8 aftorwards abstracted from my dosk, but 1 can ivo the subsatanco of it ‘Tho defonse objectad to witnoss stating what \g‘:“nfl:‘n the Jettor unlosy ite oxact words could be Diccuscion followed, avd the objection was wmthdrawn, wVitness continued : Tho noto was sbout thus: "1 hisva just heard that poesbly some deloct- fves will como horo, If they do, maka then ghow thoir credontials. and thién soe Mr. McKoo,” Vitnesa knew Simon Hay, a nophow of MeKoe, Ilny was appoaintod Gauger atter McKeo sold the iemocral, Just before the Giobe atartad I had a convoraation with McKua abonut tho psy of Ray, o4 Gaugor. Tia said Lo would noed Rav'a Borvices In the Giobe ofiice, and Ray's brother would perfo'm the duties of Gouger, Iay was willtng to take part of ths salary himself, 0 part his brotbor, and let mo ave the romainder, Irpoko to Ford abait it, and bo vaid if thora was no_dishonett purposo in tho arrangomont it was all right, The dofouso objected to thia kind of teatimo. ny, aud held that Lefore 1t was admissiblo tha Governmont should prove at tho timo It was a violatlon of tha revonuo lawu for s Gaugor to do bis work hr proxy. Judge Dillow, to witness—It Ray was autitled to this compensation, and if you did no patt uf the work, why was it that you” were tu recelve part of the pav 7 Winess—I don't kuow, oxcept, ns Isald bo- fore, McKeo ki Aby very good friend, aud bo adopted this plan to asalst me, 2 TUE CROSE-EXAMINATION of this witnces brought long statemonts concetn. ing 3r. Ford, the maunor ih which Lo ¢ondictod tho oftico of Collector, ote., which was duito fa vorablo to that] gentloman in tho main. {0 was describod 88 o éatefil, caullous man, and ln tho matter of soiziires ho never took any action un- til _bo hed thoroughly investigated and found nuflicient ground to proceed, Witoess stated, however, that the oflice was virtually ran by dle- Donald, the Supervisor, aud Josee, Liu Tovenue Agnnt. Joyco would wrlte out & momoranda, aud if witness did not carry thom out bo (Joyco) would go to Ford and get o fistruct ‘wite ness to do as Joyco roquesléd, IcKoo was on Ford's bond: kel relations wero intinato and confidential. I was in charge of the oflico whonover Ford wns away, and wan undoer iu- tructions to copault Mekeo at such times about anylbing tbat cams up, After Fords death, Oct. 14, 1573, and at tho time , Maguiro took chargo, Nov. 15, MleDanald tdok direct cbargo of thu offien, and ¥ acted tider his instructions. Witness then gAvo a long account of tho buroing of & large part of tho recoids of tho Coligetor's oflico on Bundnx’, Nov. 10. Joyeo nud Fitzroy oaid thoy wanted to look ovor some dumplng ~ papers, eupcclnll{ thoge af Bevis & Trozor, Altho thego rocords were dn my charg Jeseo was iy superior oflicar, and had the Fifrht to ox- amine thew, I umul'jm told him Lo could look at them at any timo. Joyce, Fitzroy, and Bevia went to tho oflico togethor, aud althouzh shoy did not give md aven a hilnt that they desired to do aught but examine them, I felt certain they liad another purpose, and aftor ehowing thom whoro the panors wore L left so thal I sbould not seo what was douo, I know I was doing wrong, and felt I was weraly respouaible for the safety of those papers. I fult cortnin these porsous derluned removing tho Pmm. but I haa mo jdes they ntonded to burn thom, The papers removed wero_not capecially Bevin & Frazor's, but all the roctifiers’ papors wero taken. 1 mado two ro- ports tb the Commisstonors of Internal Revouuo that \ho doouments were missitg, oue from a memoranda given mo by Joico, and the other from data furnished by Maguiwe. I did not un- dortako an explanation to Msguiro about the wisking papers, aud for tho resson 1 did not doem it necessary. Magmre mado corinin ro- marks to mo aftor. hocame lutu tho oftico that invited my contlidouco, and privileged me to may what I'pleased, L therefore spoke to him about & great many things, Ho told me ho was familiar with the Rting business heretofore, and o didn't proposo that It should go nuy turthor. 1thco told bim that with my kuowledgo of tho rovonuo business I couldn't run tho District honestly and aquorely with the forco on hand. I aleo told him about the papura that wero miss- ing, telling him all the circumstauces of their disappoaranco. I bava beon bofore il the Grand Juries gince the whisky investigntions. I do not kuow that I have been indicted, and I have no reason to believe the Govornment will troat me any differont from any ono clse. Witncss dented ovor having bolouged to tho Ring. Thoy took partioular paing, ho said, to keop bim out, for, if he bad beon in, it would have reduced tho weck- ly sharo of cach, Ilo received mouey, howover, irom Fitzroy aud Leavevworth,—poasibly a thou~ sand dallara in all, On tho redirect oxamiontion witnoes satd ho mot Mcl{os by accidant, on his way to New York, in 1873, aud told him ail sbout Magulro's affa the destruction of the recards of the Colleclor's ng}ce, wud otber mattors connocted with that oflico, ALFRED DEVIR, of thae firm of Bovis & Frazor, was tho next wit- ness, and tostitied 10 recelving mformation of Gou. Bowoll's arrival hers in 1874 from Finloy Robb, who waa thelr Storekecpor fo their dissil- lery. Thoy bad soveral tubs of crooked mash that morning, which wers run lotathelr boer- sink. Bome inatampod, which waa in their pos- sossion, was disposod of, ‘I'blsthioy atraighicned up. Gon, Bowell reachod the distillery two houra siter they wero informod of bis atrival, and found all right. Bovis then recitod some gonoral oporations of the Rting, ond ropoated Lis toatimouy in tho Me- Donald and Avery casea aboubasseusmonts made on and pald by distillers for Rovenuo Ageuts {!nuhelrnnd Ioag and somebody in Wnfilug- on, Witnosn contivued: I Liad a conversation with McKen elthor iu or uear the Qlabe oftico. 1 spoke abous Joyes remoying tho Iardawavs and sev- eral others ; that I thought it unwise to romove them, a thoy knew what was gowg ou, and would cortalnly cause a deal of trouble. They wers bitter agalnet McDouald and Joyco, and wara bound ‘to rase & fuss, BlcKue said that he would talk to Joyco aud MoDonald about the mettor, or somothing of that kind. [ don't think he made any ruply to the remark that tue Hardawsys would maie trouble. 1also had a conversation with Mcloo while the 3ay Grand Jury was in scseion. Issked lum how ho was Eeulng along. Hu ssid pretty rougn. 1 ssked im 1f Lo was indicted, and ho eald that ho bad not hoard or it, 1f ho was not, he said, hocould holp us vory much, Wo had vot then entered our ploas "of guilty, Mo said ho had soen Megrue, He did not eay what Megruo biad said to him. Ho salg nothlug about Mogruo's going tathe Grand Jury. ‘This closod Bovis' direct exsmination, aud the Court sdjourned, ————e MILWAUKEE. ENTERING PLEAS. BENOLD & WIDICULOLS MoOUSE! Epecal Dupatch to The Chicago Tribune, Minwaukes, Jau, 35.—Tha long-expected: and much-beralded firat day of tho whisky trials has yansed, sud the results are Intonsely aceatisfac- tory to tho friouds of the Goveramout, and the remuants of the Whisky Ring are very jubilant, though not too Joud sboutit, ‘LLo cases wero takon up at 2 o'clockt, aud the docket of thirey- gix whisky indictments called, Of those auly four pieaded guilty, and not ous was found ready for trial of the other thirty-two, Thers was groat autoulehmant nmong the audience, and in tho city geperally, at thia atate of things. It bad been proclaimed that tho Iing was ene tiroly brokeu, aud that all but ono or two would plead gulity, but 1t now seems, from all sccounts, that the Goverutment will plead guilty more than thodiatillers. ‘This remsrk 18 gonorally made around the streets and hotels to-night, aud is based upon the fact that, while the wlisky men ploaded guilty tn only four cancs, the Government counmel entered notle prosoquis a8 to uo Jess than nine ludictments, THE CALL. Tha casos digpoecd of wore o follows: 3. Samuel, Llfan, Jacob, and Max Rindekopf, Allert Wialker, and Willism linddis, sndicted jointly for cous spiracy’; the Seatfour pleaded galty, and s nolle war entered for the last two, 8. Ballentine, Hogue, and Taft, indicted for cotspir- acy; Hallenting pleaded guilty: 8 nolle for Taft, 4./ Nolte enterea for Tatt, indicted for conspirscy, ©. A Bhoenfeld and 4, £, Fftz-Geraid{ sudisted for conspiracy ; Fitz-Gerld pleaded Eutity. ¥, Nolle entered in the cuse of Htoddis, indicted for making false returne, 10, Nollo entered na to Durback and Reynolds, o~ dicted f9r making falne entrien, 17. Nolle entered as sgajuat Plitlip Weimer, fodicted for deatruction of books, 18, Nolie {nlercd ad to Shoenfeld, indicted for refus. iny o hiake entrics. 20, Kiewert, Demis, snd Hovey, indicted for cone spiracy; Bemis pleaded guilty; notle aa to lovey, 31, Oiher cascs on tho old docket; passed a4 not “reudy for irinl, Tho call was ordered of six cases of indict ments found this term. L. Wirtl, N. 8, Tonny, and E. 8, Reddington, all bad thetr ¢asos psased. Munn's triot was put over to March. Weiesert pieaded not guilly, and Conklio and bis bail wero formally called and failed to rospond, whereupon tho bail was doclared forfeited. In relation to tho eases above noted as called, it should be ox- plained that Bemis ploaded guilty with an yuder #tandiog tuat ho shou'd belet off. Lovey was the Btorekeoper who, 1n the lsngusge of the Govorn= ment attornoy, way fooled,” o allowod lumber and timber to bo carried (nto tho distillery under hisoyes, and a bugs underground vat buiit, Yet lus caso was nollo proased. S'Nner's exyECTATIONS. My, MeKinney bas sll along expected that mioht of the men whoso cases wera pansad to-day would plead guilty. Whon asked about the new doselopment, o said that many of tbe diatillers bero had joined together to sond an emissary to Chlcago to 8eo what terins had boen mada there, and that they proposed to get as good for thom- selvos as they could. 1o atil) oxpects they will most of thom plesd guilty to adsy or tivo, DI UE 8AY 172 The Btatoment fn Tuz Tuinuse to-day thas McKionoy proposed to retiie from the Whisky cases {8 denfed by Lim, Per coutra, I bave scen twa entircly rosponsibla citizone who are {n no way connccted with swhiaky, who say that the atatemont was mado just as sent. TO-DAY, Tt Ix oxpeeted thiat tlio caso to come first bo- foro tho Court to-morraw morning wili be No. 19 on tho calondar agaivst Jacob Nunncmacher, A, Q. Weisort, and 11, ', Ellis, for conepiring, un- der oo, 5,440 of tho Revonuo Statutes, Thero i8 a rumor that Ellls, who was a Storokeoper, will pload guilty ; aleo, that Welssert will do tho same. [f this prove truc, tho case against Nuunemacher will not probably be tried at oace, COLLAPBE, At 8 Iata honr to-nighit 1L n a8 ropottéd sottled thiat to'worrow tlio famous Rind<kopfs are all to plead guilty to all tho jndictments againus thom, and suiler a forfeiture of all theic property,-—at least that which i lv sight, This goos to show that the neck of tho Rivg is broien after all, Col. Matthows, Bupervisor of this dlatrict, rivod liote this evenivg. Friends of tue ornment Hopo that ho has come with power to DLebl any difforences that way oxise iu tho man- agement of tho whisky cases liore. —— i CHICAGO, THE GRAND JURY. TONDERING OVEN INDICTHENTE, ‘The alnful whiskyiles, Who havo so loug bebn expectant eandidates for place among the indict- ed, oxpericaced another diwsappoiatment vestor- day. Ad thoy wearily deacended Irom thoir well- worn seats o tho railing of the second corrider, after waitig throughout tho long forenoon to learn their fato, they took occasion to utter di- veors profound and emphatio expressiona in re- gord W tho law's delays, Distillers, it may with propriety be remarked, aro no more than mortaly and who can woudor that thoy were diesatisflod snd oppressed with a grief boyond ssstaging at the vexatious deliberation with which the pu- ceodings against them aro conductsd ? The edjournmont of tho Grand Jury Inst Thursday for s space of four days was unexpect- ed by tho public, but au excuro for tlat scilon was found in the supposition that tus fluding of a largo number of Indiclmehts had been dotor- minéd upos, and some dass would be required to draw up tho documents in o proper sbapo, Just how much timo tho process of dralting them would take may be judged when tho fact is taken into consideration that printed forms of indict- wments had beon nlready obtamed, leaving only tho names, tho signstutes, and & fow addie tional worda to be filicd in. Evidently tho reas son for tho adjouroment must be songht olsowhors, [ such yoason s worth ecel- ing after st all. Iowever “that may bo, tho ju ry came togather yosterday morning in ac- cordance with tho progrsmme, ud once moro the upper room 10 the Custom-Houso resound- ed with their oheerful eloquence and the shuf- fliog of their pondorous boota. Mr. Wirt Des- tor was ou band, of courso, a8 \wns also the vig- ilant, restloss, and topsy-turvy Sccond Asxistaut DistricteAttorney. % TITE JONONS, not being tho claes of men to carry I\nnemnllty to a vico, camo into the jury-room lingeringly. 13y twos and threes thoy emergsd frow tho olo- vator, and trod the unmatted corridor with tho solemn pace msuitod 10/iho pomposily of their Jofty position, They Wwere oot borried. Now aud anon’ the( would puuo to gaze pensively over the raillog ou the tumultuons thropng on tho lowor floor, or to chalr with thu side-whiskored dooskeoper, or, perehisnes, o {rown upan aome adyeuturous ra- porter who hiad scalod the upper stairway, Meanwhilo tho third tloor of tho Govornment Building was boing sapudly FILLED WITH DISTILLERS sud people of othor or no occupations, who had been drawn thither in expectation of hearing » 1ot of indictmonts declased in the Unlted States Court, Thora wan Mr. Pablmay, of the Chicago Alcotiol Warka; Dr. Rueb, of . tho eame firy Parker B. Mason, Gholson (1, Ruesell; Mr, Bur- muFIu. of Dickinson & Abel's dmxllurr;; Mossrs. Dallentyne and Lawrence, of the Illinois Dise tilling Companv, and othora at lesa spintial prominenca. ‘They grested each otber with the cheorfulness that'is begotten of griof, or 843 friondof the family addresscs a1nan at Lismiother- in-law's funcral. Some mild sltercation occurred nt timea in regard to the priority of occupaucy of cortaln soctions of the railway, but no bi waa shed fortupstely, It was rather a eeason for mutual consolation and asaistance than for dixsonsion, and thoy all seemed to vioiv the mat- terin ita propor sapect. With the tiithug ex- coptious bofors noted, harmony reigned. At about 11 o’clock DISTICT-ATTORNKY BANGS furtivoly opened the door of Lis private office, and, gazing out to aoe if tho cosst was clesr, emerged and mounted the stairs in the dircction of thie jury-room. Under hiearm ho bure a great bundla of documeuts, wlich presentod s signiticantly threatoning sppoarance. sud the Loldest distiller quailed, aud would have fallos of from the railing bad ho not beon eustained by an inward cousclousnesa of rectitude,—a conaclous- ness, 1t should bo remarked, that iy stwgularly provalent amoug whigkysmon st the presont timo, Mr. Bangs disappearsd in the jury-room, #9d was saou 1o more from that woinont until 2 w'elock, Duriug that ntorval speculation wag rifo among tho outside crowd, and, while s dif- farcuco of opinion was mavifestod as to tho pac- ticular ones lmplicated, eversbody sgroed that the jury wore about to roturii a numbor of - dictments 1nto coutt. In this supposition, how- over, they were wmistaken. 'The jury remained iu sevalun threo bourd, and then adjoursed till this wornfug, GOLIEN, tho oft-meutioved roctitler, who has bocn ko frequently bofore the jury tust o kuows Low o\'m( ouo of the wembers parts his hair, was waitlug sbout the buildiog all the foronoon iu expectation of being called into the jury-roow to articipata in -the excreises, wea icritated ab the aok of courlasy exuibited sowarda bim, and doe NUARY 26, 1876, m.rc . As to tho jurors, (b noed scarcely be Al Slowly and proudly they a1l walked down From their room Jn the nppermost story ¢ iy yared at tho gng wiih s Baughty tromn, And jefs them aions in Liste glory. THE ATORY OF A RLOTTER. The investigations of the present Graud Jury must, at times, grow tiresomo and hopelently dull to some of tho rural members, When & witness is dilating at longth uj on tha crocked transactions with Gaugers, Storekespers, sud atners, on tha part of tho Bosacs of the fhug.— when bhe Is descending, sa it wers, [bto 8 very Iabyrinth of intoreatiog detnils,~then tho Grand Juror pricke up his capacious oars and, with open-moutlied astonishment, drinks in the par- ticulatn of the abeorbing tslo fn all their tor- tuous einuositien, But when that chock-hook or that wtamp-book is brought foith, wlcn thie atnateur counnel for tho Government pro- ceeds to wrestio with the jury on points of law, thev, slaa, rome womnolent hearor of the inw drop« off into dresmland, or quictly and uu- conzeruedly investigates tho condition of the ceiling, tho walls, tho antiquated cobwoba lu tho cornera, of amunes himeelf i tho purauit of art etudics. Bome jurymau must have dropped into art yertorday, for I¥ing ou the tablo 8t tho cloka of the reasicn waa faund a much-soled blotter, upan which was pketetied, wmith & bold pencil aud with 3 certan featloss disrepard for beauty or onginshty, desmigne of church-towers, crors. work it jmitation of garden fences, together with ottemptn at following the Jine of Leauty in cnmrves, circles, ellipses, aud porabolas, The T blotter alvo contained an interesting sumn in multiplication, which is no Jeea thau a wucc 1ulatteinpt to dincover Liin product of 25 mull:r' €d by 5. The writlng on the blotter {4 cousider- Bbly blurred snd otberwise indistimes, but enongh can bo seen to justify the opinion that the writer bad, at somo timo or otuor, taken notes of & apecch or absteacts of & law, for it teads, “If n aistiller shall"—aud tbero tho writiog becomes eo okscuro that it would re- quire a glass of tho uighest magnilying power toaid 10 deciphoriog it. Ihe word ‘charge” ecoms to Lavo been a favorite ono with the waltar, siuce t is traced in bold characters over the surface of tho blotier iu meveral places, ‘Thero is also & name inscribed upon its once whita sutface which Jooks ns much like ** Will- 1am Findlay, Rock lsland. I1L.." a8 anything elze. Aud thus do the members of tho Graud Jury }'elluvo the tedium fucident to their wearylog abory. —_— ANOTHER WHISKY PLOT. AVSTERIOUS CONPERENCE. Far somo time past tho Tivali, oo Clark street, has been tha 1cudezvous for most of the distil- lers known a8 belonging to the first and sccond batchos. Thither they go betsween Lho liours of 1and 2p. m. for Junch, and to evjoy thocon- vorsp thero {s among companions fu misfostuno. Tho Sret batch, altbough some of them s1peachsd” ou tho second, Lave finally mads it up, and st presont the most cordial rolations ex~ ist between theso respective bodies. Thero wes a timo when slarmung difforences existed, but the breach hus been healed, wnd 8 member cf the first batch pow drinks tho bealth of s memberof {ho second bateh, aud betwaen drinks thoy talk ovor the good old times whon usoloss Goverument officials woro manipulated with tmpunity, and whep the India~ rubber packago tusiesa sud kiudred imiquitics worbiod with tho eazo and noisclessncas of per- fect machinery well lubricated. It eavuot bo said that they oreall bappy. Tho first Latch sigt for thir former froedum unfil thoir tears moisten the condimonts, Thelr feciiugs nro anddaned swhen thoy look back on the past, and rogrot that all is not moving on swimmingly a8 it onco was. Occasionally thero s o sigh of ro- izef us one of the firat batch reflects that he las wado his teimy with tho Goverument, WITIL THE BECOND BATCIL it is far difforent. ‘Flioy have mndo no arrange- ments to plead gutlty aud tell all thoy know, for wmost of tnem stously mawmtain thair ohiity to prove that they wora not_erouled, slibougl thy apposrances scons ta be ritlier againat them, It 1way bo correctly supposed. huwover, tuut ib thoir secret conecicuces thoto {8 considerablo doubt snd uncertsinty aa to the futare, and that nearly all of thom aro not anxious for thio day of trisl, ‘I'bis suppostion is furthar carried out by thia fact thas thoir rolations with the first Laich Lavo been s0 very intimate ay to supgest au aliianca botwosa tho iwo bisnches for the pur- poses of wutual beetit. A day or two ago thero was a gathering of cloioo spirits beionging to cach of the two clasyes at the Tivoll, 18 Was » most sociuble re- union in 41l rospects, Durfug the course of the hour ot o usually spent 1 this locality, & por- tion of the couversation was osrried on iu a rather quist manner ta 8 sequestered part of the placo Letween tho loading epinis of the two batches, 1t sconted 10 Ua' siuafactory toall parties, for they arose with siniting tucss, ONE PAUTICULAR LEMARE swhleh drophed from tho lips of the chief spesk- or of the liret baich was to tho etfect that they would get oven with the Govornmcutyolih some way, altbouzh Lo did not indicate tho preciso plau to vo sdopted. A gentleman connected with the Goverument service Lap- pened to hear tho abovp Tomark, but he very quletly walked away sa i( vatbing had occarod. 1n a conversation with & TRILUNE roporter yos- fordsy, hie mentioned thu affair, aud the reporter fmmediately begats to mako inquiries nd to what pasible chianco the distillers would have i get even with tho Govornmunt: Ile learaed thst THE PROUABLE DESIAN is that tho first bateh will 23 {0 make but & Poor case mytuat thetr brethion of tho wocond batel. It 18 generally koown that the documentary evidonco against the sccond batch smounts to itle or noting, and the Government has solied almost entircly upon the evidence o bo fur- nished by the informers, who, bhaving mada tetms with tho Government to let thow down ousily on coudition of their pleading guilty to tho charge of couspirscy, and telling all they kpow, will, when caliea” upon, only tell ns muci s suits their convenieuce. ‘Thoy hiave stated i a goneral way to tho ofticors of tho Uovern- weny what thoy aro abio {o tostily t3, but bave not entered iuto patticulars to such au extont that tho ofiicers can toll whetbor thoy cowe out with the whole truth befors the Giand Jury, or on tral, or not. In short, the informers, or oo of thom, for all are nov in the plot, will sell Just s much us 18 nccedsary to convict cer- taia parties, who will Lo the scapegoats, and will utterly lgnoro the ovidence winel might bo adduced aysines tuo rest {n canaequenco of tho arraugements entored into which Lavo proved satisfactory all around, When it ia known tuat since tha May noizures sovoral books and papers, of volue to tis Governumont (n tho way of testi- mony sgaiust the distiilers, have very MYDTZIIOUSLY DISAYFEANED and bave not beon returnod, 3¢ Wil bo seen that the Governmeut has lost ita buld upon & guod artof the small documentary evidonco 1t bad. Yl, in addition to this, the *‘squoalers® will not ogqueal” aa foudly aud as coprously au they at first jntendod, the Uovernuent will loso anuther prop in tts mala structure. It I8 probable, bowover, that onough will be glven up by some of tho lirat batcn to waable tho Government to proceud with 1ts investigstions t0 o fiually succesaful result, as tho oviduuca of thoso who will tell the whale story can ba usod in tracing up matsers, aud thus building up a cloar caso agaiust the distillors in the wccoud beteh. so testify ——— IN COURT. KUNNING AN ILLICIT STILL. Quito an jutereating throng gatherod ab tho United States District Court yesterday motulog in the hopo that the Graud Jury would swakeu 10 & yenao of Lhoir past inactivity and return o fow ludictimonts ogatusk the Whizky thieves, But the day wore ou and the inquuntorial Grangors did not appear. Tha crowd were thoroe forscompeliod to attend tosmaller mattors. Frret, on the opeoing of tho Court, the jury in the O'Brion case roturued s verdict of gutlty, sudthen ¥ugouo A. Bpink sud Frauk H. Spluk wera called to mnswer o charge of ruuuiug su filicit still on Wost Lake streot. near May, o 1674, This caso, Which was of couadersblo ine Leroat 1u Ity way, has buog firo g0 lovg that do- foudants sud tha pablio hed beguu to despsir of a uottlomont. Mr. Burke, owever, wad in eart- cat about pushivg tho matter ymorf!ny. and tho trial was bad sod a verdict of guilty reacued, notwithstaudmy the vigorous efforta of Alr, I, 8. Menros, wha repriseuted defenduute, TUE CABE FOu THE PROSECUTION was that the Spiok brotbors, under cover of manufacturiug vinegar, had hed a ewmall stil conswcucted, aud for eomo time hiad run off high. wines to the extent of two barrclr < day, A witness of the nsme of & oWolf wan cxamined snd depossd to cois acting thomill aud seeing it in operatics, It was placed in an excavation abont 12 for S: usre, in the ground- undor tho lower flo e pump baing on the first floor, This witn = slso teati- ficd to Eugeno Npiok's remarkis 5 t the time tho 8till was erected that he (w3X &n) was & man to bo rolied upon, and maki > aundry oth. er obeorvations whicl went toce & s¢o him tint the Apparatus was not o be put & » legal use, THE THEORY OF TOE /5 4NSE wan that delendanta had had ¢ spparatas con- structad at the wstigntion of - < ‘gnl! or Eomo othor man in order Lo clanfy .aele vinegar by ®ome new procees. which required secrocy 0n acs count of ite uovolty. After it was constructed tliere was romo disnute about the payment of mouey, and the man swho had introduced the In- vention, a4 it was called, to them threatened it acortain Enm was not paid he would caure tronble. Tho money was not paid. aud defond- ants claimed that, 1n bis spito. he informed the revenun oflicers of the exstenco of tho ro-called still. Varfous letters from DoWotf, detosnding monoy, wero submitted. Not o gallon of high. wines, or auy other illicit product, they averrod, was manufactured by them. Theovly uso to which the apparatus was put was that for which it was dexigned—the manufacture or clarifica- tion of vincear. Tho heariug uf tho case ve cupied all day. Shortly aftor 5 o'clock the csea was given lo the jury, who, after n ehort akeence, returned with verdice of gullty, This wound up the business of the Court for the day. ———— THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. ALL OX DECK. The nsual andionce in tho corridora of the Custom-Iouro was increased yosterdsy by tho ‘preeouco of soveral celobrities,—amone thom W, 8. Goleoo, G. G, Russell, Parker I, Mason, Dr. Palilmay, L. ¥, Lawzence, James M. Dallentino, and olbers, Tho two fizat-named gentlemen wero proscot in anticipation of calls to addross tho Grand Jury upoo tho grest American system of Whisky Rings, but their expectations weronol to bo realized. 1t becamo evident that the time of tus Grand Jury wouwid bLo pretty welt consumed in listening to the cxorcitations of District-Attoruey Bange, and his aseistant, Wirt Dexter, and Ia tho lnvestigation of thein- dictments drawn up ander the caro of thoso twu geutlemen, Accardiegly Golsen and Muson received potico that they'would ot bo wanted iinmediately at any rate, and thoy loft the buitding to do what scomed to them good, The geutlomen connected with the Illinois Distilling Company wete prescat to arrange tho matter of bonds uecesssry under the seizura of 120 barrels of spirits, contained jn their Wells strees house, soms timo after the seizure of their distillory. After it was learned amoug tho sudienco that tho Grand Jury bsd sdjourned wilhout hearing Goleen aud Mason, and without roturning any indictmenta futa Court, the cromd hosln to thin ous, with mutterod expressions of disappoint- ment at the utter barrvonoss of rosults, Dur- lug the attarnuon DASION AXD PYTHIAS, otherrise aud vulgarly callea Mason snd Ruesell, abed the light of their countenances upon a firo“p of reporters in tho sccond storg corndor, ut all efforts on their part to enter Into conver- eation with the reporters wero uvavailing. The latter were ovideutly not disposcd to beinter- viawed; they might sav somothing, but, oo the whale, ther conridered that tho exigency ol the times did vot demaud it. In fact, tbey hnd beerr badly treated, not to say miereprescnted, aud they bad mado up thieir minds not to talk, The two waeparables sadiy and solemuly gave it up. and wended their wayo up-stoirs into Seerct Service Agent Broohs’ office, arm in arm, aud with Licads together after tho munvor of bewss paper cranies who havo struck o load, as weil ng after the mannor becoming such boon compans fous, Fricuds thoy are who blick closer than brothere, And thus the day woro away with no apprecin- blo chaage in affsire. It ia probable thit thero will bo matters of interest t the rookery to-duy, a8 tho Grand Jury have probably mmade up their minda sbout the indictmonty to Le returued 1uto gourt, and thoy are expected so file Inte Judge Blodgett's room with the impoctant documents under tuo arm uf their foreman, Aftes they have mado thair preecniments thoy will isount to tie fourth story, oud hesr tho rest of what Goleen bus to say; and, if ho closes his romacks at & roaconable hour. atker R. Musen sl o invited to appear beforo tao iujuwestion aud dis- orgo tho weighty sccrois with which Lo now fators shinost, whio butstiog. H. H. Sbufeldt & Co. havo paid during the Iast Lwo davs 0,317.46 to the Collcctor of Iue ternal Reveuue for taxed. M!SCELLANEOUS. A SES TBICK TO DEFOAUD TIL GOVEBNMENT, Bays an exchango s Tbo ivgenuity of parties eugaged in tho practice of defraudiug the. Gov- ernment through the evasion of tho paymeut of the tazx on whislty scems to be inexbaustiblo. “Tlie lateat device haa just baon exposed through the efforts of Col. Hunt, Supersisor of In. tornst Revenue for the Olio aud Iudiasos Dis- trict, and cousiuts in using barrels which are manufacturod with the two slaves opposite tha bung about twico 8 thick as tue rost, By Lhis atrangomont, the Gauger who, insertivg the fry, mouge through the bung, wouid strike tho~ thielk wtaves, ond supposing the others fo bo of the smmo thick: nesw, would £augo lexs by 3 or4 gallons than the burrel actully cotitain. ed. Col, Hunt made a solzuro of four hundred bartels of that deazription at Lafayetto, Iud., in tho ostablishment whero they wero msuufactur- od. The coopers jrotested their inuoconco of any inteut to defraud ths Government, clainiug that tuoy woro maling tho barrels sirictly in no- cordanco with their orders, and suprosod that tho thick ataves wero put in simply tostreugtion tho barrels—a view of the matter which the Sa- pervisor could not bo Induced ta sccept. A WOMAN'S CURIOSITY BATIBFIED. Tho wife of a 5t. Louis merchunt, who had beeu roadiag in the motniug papors about the whisky fraide, turned to her husband with » puzzled oxpression of countenauce, and jnquir- fy? dear, what do the papera mein by saying that o hag ' equeated 201 Why," repiied b0 wag, loftly, *they meap that some nieniber of tho Ring las * peacbied ' on tho rest,” 2 Peached on the rest?'" ‘oxclaimed tho wik # now, what does that mean? Wiy, it pieans {uat ho s—he's blowed on ‘em, 10+ Blowed on them “Yen: you soe, he's ¢ given ‘em away.! " weGiven them away 2" Wiy, of courss | _Can't you understand snything Do you 'thluk I'm sn unabridged dictionary? ™ cv tinied the husband, {mpatieutly, 1t meins hes— Bt out on teth ' goun ack ' o lils *pala'— “quealed '—you kuow? /s woman did not seern quite satiufied with the yoaws lued explanation ; but, not wishing to sppear iguorant in ber busband's e5ea, abe Temsrked, {AB, yos ; Lacel " aud forebors fislher quentiontug, piideveticoaly ELSEWHERE. BABCOCK. HOVES AXD FZAUS. Srecial Duapateh to The Chicago Tridune, WasuiNutoN, 1. C., Jan, 25.—It is stidl vo- certain whon tho Dabcock trial will bogin In 8L Lauie, but it csn hardiy bo reached for a fort. night, Lx-Attoruey-Geuoral Williame, hls counsel In this city, ia busy on this caso ind ox- Dresses tho greatost contidence w Lis ability to eetabiish Baboock's funoconca of any complicity fu tbe whisky conepiracy. Tho wmoet jntimate fricuds of Babeock do uot share Uiy coufidence, aud awaittho tral with tho greatest aoxiety. The !atest report, which coumes from a sourca not to be questioncd, 18 to the eflloct that Gon. Labeock will (nstat that Becrotary Bristow moned st the Lrisl &8 & witness to prove :’x’:nn;mll!)uu-ocu uevor sttempted to iuterfore in rovenuo mattors, and uover sought to jnllueuca wppottmenta oF Temovals, sud that ho nover approached tho Becretsry ou Buy wstters con- hectod with tho whisky cases or revenue sInirs of auy usture. 1t is difiicult to seo how thls will elp Jiabcock's cose in any emorgency, for it has ustroady boen ehown, or can bo demonstrated be- vund 8 doubt, that he did iutorfere with Mr. Douglass whon Commissloner of Internal Rovo- nue, uud bofore Gou. Bristow was appointed secrotary, AN INTELVIEW WITU ONE OF DABCOCK'S COUNSEL. Neto Vurk Wordd, Jan. 24, Lanery A. Storrs, of Clucago, sonlor counsel for Gen. Sabcock iu thu bt. Loulw *crocked whisky " trial, which beglus Jau. 81, arrived in town yosterday morning, and lefy for Washing- ton At 8 o'clock Jast uight, Early in the oveuing ko World was sosonled au Brorrs. during which tluy the lue of dofense to be » ropreseutative of interview with AIr. gentloman ndicated icano Bailp TPibume, NUMBER 1 employed fn_the trinl of tha Prosident's Privaty Sccrotary. In response to an juquiry fn t¢ whetber Mr. Storrs would be ready for ihn Hab. cock trisl whon it 18 reachod, ho raplied that e knaw nothing to the coutrary. Reporter—Are you confldont of sticcess ? Mr. Storra—\Vo ahail prosent s perfcct de fense, and ehall conviuce overy enprejudicné mind that the chiargee agaioet Gen. Dabeock ar¢ unfounded. ‘cportar.—\What explanation will hs made of Gon, Babeock's interference with Ibe apromnts tlu.enl?ol McGuire, who is indictod 88 ono of tLe ting g Mr. Storrs—Not much of sn explanation, but simply to say that he nevor interfered by word, bhint, or any conceivablo way. Reporter—DBut the nawapapors have universal. Iy reforred to thig ns & CifCUmstanco ugainel Gou. Dabcock, aad Gen. Hendsrson comm:ented very strongly upon it in tho caso againut Avery, 3ir, Btorrs—1 am not. responsiblo for tiendor son's speech, but, had he taken pains to inforn htmeelf, 1o woutd lisve inzraed that, {nmodiates 1y follosvipg Ford's decenso, a8 an act of fuutics to his boudsman, the I're-ident decidod to leavs tho naming of Ford'u succersor to bis bondsmen, The boudamen, by tolegraph, etrongly urgod the anpointmont of McGuire, ward ho wa secarditng Iy appuinted, Gen. Babeuck Lud no more to da Wwith'it than you hiad, ftaporter—-But did not (leu, Babencl strongly urge upon Preeident Grant tho revocation of tha order tranetornng the Suparvisora: and was nct that order brought abont for the purpoee of as- wisting tho Whisky Ing In 8% Louis cad ole- whore?, Mr. Htorra~To both those questions I angiser no. Gon. Dabcock nover gawd o word to the I'resident ou tho subject. After a long intos~ view with Mr. Tntlou, who 9tands to-dav as bipk oy any man_in the Internal ltevenuo servics, the Prosident decidud to tevoko the order, bocan-c it was mada perfectly clear £5 him it would he wizer. Gen, Babeock never pasezed o word with the Iresidout an the subjoct. Reporier—Why waa 1t that Gen. Baheorit con- cealed tho fact that Lo wae sho sutlor of the “Ssiph™ dispateh ? Alr. Btorrs—He did not conceal it, 1o never dooted it, nor pretended to deny it. Vhen hia attention way first called to it by tue Sueretars af the Treasury, ho at onre avowed ity author- ship, and expiained jt. It t4 well enough to ray, iu this coonection, that, 8o far from thig dise Bnbch conveving any newa tu MceDonald, Me. ouald Lad left Washington six daya bafo:o thei dispatch was sont, with tho intormation that de- tectiven wero nob to Lo sent ttto hie datrict. Babcock, #8 wo wilt bo ablo tu now, naver kuew tliero was Aoy intention to sond them there. Tieporter—ilow loug bias Gen, Batcock knonn thoso distillors connected with tho Nhaky Ring in 8t. Lous? Mr. Storts—He never know ong of them by might, nevor maw onn of them in his life that he is amaro of, and never knew tha they had soox- intenco till these trala bogan. Iteporter—Ju 1t true that Gen. Babeack, on the 17th of November, raceived a telegram from Judge Krum, of $t. Louis, during the pendency of the McDonsld trial, telilng Inm to no onat onco and give his evidence, end tbat Lo (Gon. Babcock) shirked it ? Mr. 8torra—No. [lo was ot asked to go on to” 8. Lomsaud give ovideaze. Iheso dis- patclies which are used zeainst bim wero nos used agaivet him on that tual, Tho dispaich from Judge Krumn was recvived [ato on tire dasy of tho 17th, suzgestinzg merely the ucrsity of Gen. Babcock’s protectiug Limself azuive statementa of the distiilers who lad testi what Joyec had told them. Tho very next das Lo recerved a dispatch telting hrn hiz preacucs waa not necessary, and. tha day alter, lio re- ceived » letter fron Judge Krwn expiaining tho diepateh, stating it wag hob necosdary for him to come, 1lo was alio advieed by tho Attarney-Geteral, after recelving the letter of the 171h, not o 2o fo 5t Lows on tunt ocession. Immcdiately, however, upou learning tbe telegram bnd beed pnd in evideuco in tho Avers casy, be did demaud the rich® to be beird 1 oxplanation, bus wed suswercd back 1hat the trial hnd cloned, Teporter—iiaa thip prosecution poverated any fecling in tho Csblnec? r, Stogra—~Nol thut I'm awara of. I've baen 4 Lo this cnae, end haven’t Gea vanning Sy tar as I know, tho relatious ba- DBristow and _Gen. Dibeock, and Vilsau aud Geo. Babooek. aro entiroly fricudly, I liesr nothiug fromi uutheatio sourco to tho coutrary, b, . Tieporior—You ure nesncizted with ex-Judzo Torter n this ¢ase, ire You b And does ho uhinro Your coadidence ¢ i Ar. Storrs—1o ¢ 9t question, vei. _Asto the Jatter, porunpa you'd buttcrauithe Julge, As hie isn't bete, L tako thoe respousibilizy of vay- 1wy o does. —_— SPRINGFIZLD, IMELAND, Sneefal Maratel (2 The Chteana Tribuns, Srmsspmity, Jan. 25.~The Grand Jury had beforo tuem to-day E. 8. Ireland. the slirewd witpess who weuta to make termy for himerll beforo telling ovor much. Miltur. & Pekin recti. fier who gets off Lig huzh Lioreo on which be rode whon he izaisted ko wasn't bound to crininate bimself, and now hias & loogo tongue, avd sev. cral oilier witnessea, mainly subordinate ofiiciale, wero nuwed by Irelaud ag cognizant of crovked- neas at 'ckin. Tha proeccution to-doy ss:umid for tho first timo o bold front tu rofusing to ece copt as bondsmen for Aliller, whtu will bo wdicied this week, auv nember of tho ling or petsons suspacted of tellowship with iz, 1lerotofers tho polics bas beon, flist to boz pardon of tho al- loged cruminal for snepesting i, nbd Luzt 10 tako some 1t rony oK A Londenui. v KSTON'S BUCCESSOML. No appointment of Districk-Attorney in Yan Dorston's placo bas yot been made. 0 tho Whis- Eiy-ting ae yot i+ anvad. Befuio the rast of the produeing mombers of tho Tting emigrato it might bo a8 well to appoint u District-Atiorney, R ol INDIANAPOLIS, Speeial Dupat:h to Lhe Chicaao Trioune, Ixpiavarorts, Jan. 25.~Tho acquiital ot Drownleo by the verdict of tho jury fn tho Unitea Bualos Court to-dsy viun a eurpriso to tho pulic, who biadexpected adisagreemont, Itidunderstood that tho first ballot of the jury resulted soven for and fivo against tho defendant. Much spacus Iatlon Is indulged fu asto tho effect thls result will huvo on trinls yet tocome. Tho 1ricnds ot Brownleo had s leveo at tho Bates Houne thix evening, after which Lo lett for his home i Ma- rivy, Grant County. j 1 La the dsnociated Pre NOT QUILTY, 1xpiayarosts, Jun. 35, —Iu the United Statey Court tho argument in the Browvinleo crovkud- whisky caso was closed at noon to-day, Altor the metructions of the Court, the jury ratitol, and at 5 o'clock brouglt Iu a verdict ot not guile ty. Gen. Ben Harriron 1wade tho closing arga- niout for the dofeuse, and Gon, Tow Browa 1o the prosocution. et POLITICAL. DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE. Special Duvalch 1o The Chicago Trivune, SemsovieLn, Ill., Jan, 25.—Tho following eall was jusued to-day s LeALqUARTERS DEMOCRATIO BT AITTEE, HYMNOIELD, Ik, dan, 25, day, the 8th day of Feliruary, 167, 35 tug of the Illiuois Democratic Stato Central Couimails tes will be beld for cousuitation at rho Hlorman Hauss £ CENTUAL Coxe 76 ~Uu Tuone informal wecte 3 in Clifcago, Membera of tho Committve are eatnicatiy ruquested fo ba present, WisLuad Baowy, l‘. Meuusr, Cuatguan, Bucrowry, PROHIBITIONISTS' NATIONAL CONVENTION. Sveeiat ha aleh fo Lho Chicago Tridune, Dernom, Micn., dan. 25.—The Bocretary of tho National Commities of the Probibitiouists— tho Rov. Jobn Nusselt, of Dotroit—huns issuad & call for a Conveution, to bo bold at (}l:;\ml:lhl;l nowination of Presidont an Yoy A, Lot \ha Usited States, overy Stato belng entitlod to two delogaies for every mewm- ber 1t vends to Ov "FINANCIAL, BUFFALD. Borraco, N, Y., Jau, 35.—John Btellwagon, \u private banke¥, suspended yesterduy afterucon. 1lis Uabilities are not known, ICE AT DUBUQUE, 1A svectal Dispateh ta The Chiciso Triduns. Deuvques Ia., Jea, 25.—The fa-packers of thiy city are laying in s large stock of that Jux- ury. 1t is extimsted that st losss 500,000 tons wwilt Lo tored, and i8 of excelleat quality.