, 1875-12-14
SOLICITOR WILSON.


Ihs arrival in This city Yesterday Of tho fron
blntosd Wilson. Solicitor Of tbs Treasury, tapicd
to Tighten up The gloom Of silence which has fos
some dsya hung over tue Custom-Houss aud ths
"hisky Developments. Those Was sort OF aen.
eest ldeA 10 tue community that aotno arilt md
sndusn descent on somebody or something would
occur When The proper authorities weso ready.
and that. porhapa, The Solicitors coming would
10 the signal for tho movement, hut the oxpecta-
tlon has not y-t been realized, and soens 10 ba
entirely unfoundel.
Durio9 tue morning h1r. Wilson visited ths
Custotn-fj jouse aud had
eEYEEAL coxFERENcEH
Of considerable length--and possitly Important
with tho Government officials. Among othsrs,
he met Mr. Whnf and had enma oonversatlop
with him, the Import OF Nhicn did not become
public. Dufiag the afternoon BIZ. Wilson Was
In bis room. aud uas called upon by TRIBUNE
Reporter, ont no facts OF much importance roro
e!tcttad, as ho did not doslre to b interviewed
90 Ga the anb}ee: Of tho prog,cs made sgaiust tbs
III coovorsAtion With somo gentIemou yestsr-
day ou tho subject OF crooxod wbtshy, III. VII
eon Rhl!. In effect tbst wLlle ho know some-
thing Of tbs removal u
D1sTAic1-ArTonxEY WARD,
at,.l: "a the mat.or wae controlled wholly By his
oihcisl supasio!s, ha ddu'e suppose IL would bs
proper ~ 60 into tho details, bnt would merely
Say shas Nj. Ward'n friendly 1nIAiionA WITH sorno
OF tho parties supposed 10 b0 involved had
someshshE 10 do With tho removal. He had OBJ
sef' ed that Mr. Ward was not much surprised at
tle turn atfAlFn had takeu, and bad even told
t1u that DO Ind contemplated res1gning, aud
,ory probably would hssa dono 50 had hin reaiE-
When asked By gentleman whether further
doEaiopmsntA In The whiAky bnalncBs might Ia
etnecsed Immediately, ME Wilson SAID that tia
neTspa1ets seeuad 70 have worked sho uattcs
up 'ndua:tiously, and eron zeslous1y. WhatovoE
there might oe In connection with this question.
it was properly and fairly subleo. Of
1HQUIHr nEFouE 6RAsD JURY
orh . United a.tes Cnmnlss!oncs, snd he had no
precisely What lire Of po!lcr the Government
would purrue in connection with any further In
rc,t'gatlon and be. thought 1t would sake tbs
geueski conrBe Of other cttuluaf caAoa, a,-A hear
| lug before the 0raud Jury. Doubtless tho new
Dtstnct-Atsotney would At once tako tho cases
In hand and haye prompt inquiries msde.
III answer to m inquiry ~ to whether ths
| Government hAd made any Arrangements abuut
| receiving
| Con. Hileon remarked that suggestions Of such
\ nature had beon made. but thai all he fslt
Authorized to stnte wns that the Government
| WIS pre]alsd to puyaue \ rcEbonAbla aud dit
Greet cou 20, 1t which reply his auditors showed
| b5 tho rather dubious expressions feattng on
| !hclr features. that they had not received thst
sAsiafacslon which results from definite ststo"
tnent.
Still. nothing deferred. ooo gentleman. perhan
bolder than the rest, tackled tho General With
III inquiry ~ to 1be purpoeo OF hIs ylslt. eaYIug
that it wRs tho Impression that hc was tn Chi
caEo 10 treat wiih certain patty tnen ntmbd.
But tho General caluig replied that he didn't
Hnnt 10 say anything about that. Ho cssne un-
der tho direct instructions Of the Hecretary Of
tbs Treasury. and, bo might say. undcr
INSTRUCTIONS FROM Tu1 PaEsEpHSF
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