The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-01
HAyEwEAwH1sKY RING AMONG Us9
Serious Allegations Against New Orleans
Distillers by St. Louis Correspondent.


Serious Allegations Against New Orleans
Distillers by St. Louis Correspondent.
| The st. Louis Republican has correspond
| emit in this city, who is either possessed OF
very remarkable and important information,
or who is endeavoring to create breeze OF
excitement upon mere assumptions which are
calculated to seriously iDjure the reputation
of gentlemen who have always stood high in
the estimation of the mercantile community.
tempt to injure the fair fame of any man by
mean and artful insinuations, nor do we
charge the correspondent of the Republican
with such an attempt. If, however, he is
possessed of information which will connect
merchants here with the st. Louis whisky
ring or with the official ring which, it is
alleged, existed and exists, in Washington,
then, whether Willingly or unwittingly, he
does serious damage to innocent and
honorable men by throwing out insinuations
and making statements of general
nature when he should be direct and specific.
When and where was the consultation held to
which he refers, and who were the parties
present at that conference The general
manner in which the allegations are made
leads US to suspect that the correspondent
was drawing upon his vivid imagination for
his facts If he had possessed the informa-
ton he claims to have he could no more have
resisted publishing the same than he could
have helped smacking his lips after draught
ofafne old crooked whisky. The assertion that
should the government take the matter in
hand it mag be discovered that strong link
existed between the St Louis and New Or
leans ring, is not very startling statement,
for it nau also be discovered that there was
no link. This is November and May bees F"
don't fly in this month. The assertion, how
ever, that the whisky ring here is 8" headed by
three of the most prominent men in the city
and State, is startling and important if true.
There are not so very many "most promi-
nent men" in the city and State as to make
the field to guess from very large one,
and we insist, in the interest of those who are
innocent of the damaging charge, that the st.
Louis Republican shall cause its correspondent
to be more explicit, and to give the names Of
the parties implicated or charged by him with
being implicated. This whisky Investigation
matter is growing more and more serious, and
the busy tongue of rumor has not hesitated
to implicate even members of the Presidents
official household Babcock, the Presidents
alter ego, has not only been connected by
rumor with the St Louis ring, but
has been openly charged in court
of Justice with sharing the plumber
of the public robbers. Where will it all end
and who will this monstrous whisky anaconda
of Mr.. Bristow's fold in its deadly embrace
before it becomes gorged with victims? The
distillers of New Orleans have not worked
day for several years. and hence, whatever
sins they may be called upon to answer for, if
any there be- must be raked up out OF the
moldy past. The dispatch which we subjoin
looks like an attempt to drag our New Orleans
distillers into the arena of investigation so as
to cover up somewhat the sinners of ST. Louis.
There is one allegation made which this
correspondent VI Ills pdpoI SAouiu 10 A0iei ~
account for. Some time since, it will be re-
membered, the police reported the store
of Mr. John Henderson to have been broken
open and robbed of valuable books. This
robbery is referred to in the subjoined dis
patch as "pretended robbery of stub and
stamp book and other records" 1t occurs to
us there is neat libel in that sentence.
OPERATIONS OF THE WHISKY RING IN NEW Or
LEANS.
Especial to the st. Louis Republican
New ORLEANS, Nov. 25.-The whisky ring
here, headed by three of the most prominent
men in the city and State, are considerably
agitated over the dispatch to the Republican
regarding their movements, and have held a
consultation to devise means to suppress the
information that may lead to an exposure OF
their operations for the past five years. The
pretended robbery of the stub stamp books
and other records excites considerable COM
m ent in prominent official circles, and should
the Government take the matter in hand, it
may be discovered that there is strong link
existing between the ST. Louis and New Or
leans ring. 1t will also be ascertained that
the ring here have been fully as we'll posted
from Washington as the st. Louis people
were.-!T Louis Republican.