, 1875-11-28

| Vt. LOUIS. No., Nor. 27.--Ths following tele-
gram, which speaks for itaelf, vas received here
this afternoon:
WARRINGTON, .. c., Nov. o7, 1s;s.-To D. P. Dyer,
United Ssates Listr7ct attorney, st. Lou:s: lessn
tri.i of william 8. Avery. yesterday, witness man. en-
toned xumor that interested in ! distller3
.ans raor n9ss . fea.e R n
rurt officials and guilty dtahlers, their confederates
aud friends. last spring Obviously for the purpose Of
So long tho matter rested In mere street
runor Or in the columns of newspa-
been dragged into Court appears, ut the instance
Of indicted officials deem it proper to e4ueat that
every person whose name has been or can be given
you. Is having knowledge Of such alleged facts. shall
b brought before the Grand Jury and subjected to
the naoat rigid examination. The statement Is ab-
and do not desire allow the mlsse~ to up,a
my denial beg to repeat 1he foq1cst, heretofore
n1s ~ theie r. trano' on ne 10y ,
every r4mi1caton Of tbs Ring shall b. followed In
every part from beginning to and. and that
edgs Of It's operations shall be permitted to escape.
So far AZ this Department is concerned, i ask that
every allegation against Officer Of it. from is head
and vigorously prosecuted II any ground exist tEere
for have rad this President who repeats his
(aigned) B. H. Bn1srow,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
CONTINUATION.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 27--B1istox's friends
in Louisville do not consider the statement Of
Alfred Bevis at st. Louis, On Friday, to the
effect that the Secretary has been partner in
the house Of NewcomD, Buchanan Il Co., whisky
dealers, worthy OF notice. In an interview to-day,
George C. Buchanan. Pres1deDt of the Newcon,b-
Buchanan Company. stated to the Western Asso-
oiated Press reporter that be bad been very act
i've IN assisting Bristow to discover frauds; that
bis knowledge Of the whisky business had been
OF some service to Bristow, and from thus union
in their efforts 70 ferret out the guilty dealers
WAS started the first report from which
Buchanan says Secretary Brlstou is not now nor
never has been interested in the Company Of
which lie is President; that Mr.. Btistow has not
nor never bad any interest whatever, directly or
indirectly, indirectly, With the house "a. Of Sewcomb'
the Neuoomb-B Buchanan Company. Buchanan
said the fact tnat Barnes, saIesmau
OF the Observation-Disclosures Company, sent
dispatch to friend OF his in s.. Louis, Was not
q new revelation. The dispatch was published in
the st. Louis Times OF Aug. in the shape Of
dispatch from Washington. It was copied from
tho Times in the New York Sun, Aug. Il.
Barnes signed his own name to the disoatch,
which fell at once into the hands OF the Treas-
ury Department in Washington. Barnes
friend had not been suspected before.
The fact Of his receiving q warming dispatch |
led to orders for the examination Of his busi-
ness, which resulted in the seizure OF the estab
llbhment, and the indictment OF the owner.
Barnes has been before the Grand Jury aud |
there WAS no secret shout his dispatch.
Dispatches indicate that the defense sre try !
ing to lmrose upon the jury By confouuding in |
their minds the dispatch OF Barnes, shout which !
there vas no concealmont, with the famous ]
warning dispatch in cipher sent by some one else
in Washington some DAYS before.
The Buchanan CompanYia ia composed |
OF tbe beet citizens OF Louisville. 1t il an old !
established house, having the highest respect OF
every one.