The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-09

actlnH tne business bl ieusiuu Agent. .tluust
penniless. Miss Sweet continued To DIS. bares
the duties OF the office after Baklev's a,p,in,-
mont and received therefor only a small SALARY.
white he made out Of the place about sGOpDper
annum. lie finally got into such bad remit.
that he was removed, and Miss Sweet was. yerv
much to her surpfisc, Appointed his su crssor
lilakey told her that he had been in-,rnucntd
in having her appointed, that he had secured fo,
her the influence of Senator Logan and Marshal
Campbell, Gen. Babcock's father-in-law aud that
he did so by assuring them that she would allow
One-half Of the emOluments Of tho oBco
to 20 toward paying certain Of his note. which
were held by Logan and Campbell Ihe moor
Girl, grateful for what she, in her incxrcronce.
believed to be a daiutcrcstcd piece Of friend.
ship, readily agreed to these t.rins and IN to
three months sihcc continued to ply over una
half OF the proceeds of the office to Logan nd
Campbell, 10 be credited on the nnkicv notes.
\ friend Of Miss Sweet, accidentally hc riny ~
what was going on, went 90 her and told her
what he had heard, and asked her II II was true
She replied that IL was. He assured her th.tn
WIS simply u matchmaking oucrau1n, and It'd
her she ought to refuse TO pay another dollar.
She said TINT II she did, she would be removed
forthwith, an. then She would be indesd ruined.
The gentleman, who Is a friend Of Con Grant,
tod her that he did not believe the IRE ldcnt
would suffer her 10 be removed II he knew all
tn, facts, aud he certainly wOdld not daia doh
II they were made pubic.
thus eucOur4 ged, Miss Sweet went Ia Logan
and Campbell. and told them tnatshc would
not pay another dollar on lilakeS's notes.
They told her that II she did not continue to
do ~ che had heretofore done. they would have
her removed forthwith without hea,lton.
Size dcnod them TO do their worst ana started
for Washington Immediately, and on her arrival
Ia DraefInut nd al ted Ia
whole case tn him 1t must TO said to his horror
that he assured Miss Sweet that SO lun- as ne
WAS Pros dent and she managed the Office "A she
bad heretofore, she should not be dist .rhcd.
and directed her to return and pay no attention
TO the threats Of any blackmaiicrs.
This much credit Is due nm, but why di1h
not at once remove Marshal Campbell5 Was II
because he was lIabcock's father-iD-law. and
because his son. Augustus Campbell, WIS the
medium through which the Whi-kev Ring con-
trisuton for the WHITE House was paidf
MIL IONS DIVIDED.
There must have bcen a h 4ndsOme "divvy"
for the Washington members OF the Chicago
Ring. The oierations Il these rogues were IN
much erander scale than those Of Mcdonald
and joyce at st. Louis. The indictments which
have been found against tho Chcag, manuiac-
turers q "crooked" whiskey specify tue mum-
Ter Of gallons IN each case whore the taN WH- not
Illd. ana tfc tolal ntliiDtF u Etlihi~ STU iNi'1
In these Official documents ~ having been made
and Disposed Of without payment OF .xcisc duty
T. 4C5}is5 gallons. THIS il only from Doe,
IS.3. to 90 ay 10, ls15-a period Of one year ndcys
months. Receiving during all this time tnet Kat
seventy cents per gallon (frnm March (, $50, 1t
was ninety cents), the total steal was So H.
Glg 80. But this, It must be remembered. was
only the operations for less than eighteen
monthe Of few manufacturers. There weO
| several distillefs who succeeded In de-tr wing
| ali their books and papers before the uGi .r- u
| the Government could get sscssion Of them.
one firm ,ionc, Role, JunLcr & Co., who own
n dis.iIlery and large rectfyine establishment,
II anufncturcd from Dec. !. 1873. to May 9. ls15
10000 g.llons Of high wines, and rcctlard rig
the same period liI0,720 gallons Of wbiskeg, aud
did not pay ere cent Of tax to the Goycfuuclt
ON all this v,st quantity OF spirits. They 10
other words. took In seventeen months sl.,Jl
T0i from the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT oi vs. rh
went into the pockets al the corrupt I'll ''as
and their political friends. II II sofs 10
say that d'rinr tho lest three years nt least
f6.cooG00 were taken hy tho Chicago branch Of
the Hing ~ re. Now | believe that si1.r Of
this m, nry can hc traced dirtrtly to vs. .'n'-
ton, where II was divided Ia the foilo"i trans.
action:
Young Augustus ClmphcN, Gen. Bahc oc.s
| hru,l er-in law, some time stree p.,'h0 ID
from tie famous real estate pool of WHM 's-
tn. SOU &C. -. 10, which Is located 90" no
md Il streets. and Fifteenth and sy'couth
strg cts, Ia the northwestern r''t.'n =
that civ. Ir this fqa.se, wal 10 c"n-
t,ia- seveufy-four lots, lie paid i,..i..
or tic ,.vcnt, f'ur lots. nino rayo boon 'r1's-
f.u,it pr.l y p r9y, + &c. 49, o.. V'.'e
G. .,- or tie STR lv-.nutc 20 80 ltl-, g. -
uon'u .l. ol sl5oo; tvoa,y- ar '"
81. adj la Ilf.it.f ! for .