New-York tribune., 1875-07-14
THE rRrAsrRr AND TIE WHISKY RING

THE sLANDFRs AGuVsT TIE CONFERENCE.-The
UvSpAnINi NATURE or TIE WAR UPON TIE
RINt-IHE PR siDKNT MAKES OVER SEVENTY
REMOVALS SOME OF THEM MS OWN FEIENIs-
THE ABSURD STJEIEs AGAINST coz. Holt AND
MR. FIsnBACK-rIIE SERVICE IN ALL THE RlNG
pI~TEI, r. RFORGANiZED.
frR0M An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OP THE TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, July 12.-The origin of most
wild stories which have been given such wide eiF-
cnlon OF late in regard TO the Treasury and the Whisky
Ring have hern pretty thoroughly traced II seems that
tie moment MAJOR NcGrew the prominent member oi
,he IT. Louis Ring, found shat tie Department h"d
KNOWLEDGE of his Transactions he came here and Offered
hs services both to the Sc retry AMI To the solicitor.
and promised all sorts Of inside information with view
to securing lis With the knowledge of his
operations ana a~socatons tie Secretary and Solicitor
both refused 10 employ him a he dcaIed IN This at
tempt TO SECURE Immunity FOR himself Lee had the active
assistance Of th members of the Ring who exreetcd
to suffer also, in Mal)r McCrew was exposed.
Among these several well known claim agents
and small obb isis here The moment he was indicted
Mcrcw. IN connection wth several OF those mentioned,
threatened that, unless lie discharged. prominent
officials should suer. The statements which have been
published have nearly all originated with McGrrw's
londsInen here whom he has written from ST. Louis.
- far the : crctay being disturbed by the threats
10 expose officers in his Department. he has been nsng
for three months past ail the machinery OF his Depart
mcn aided by whatever assissnce the Department Of
Justice could extend, To investigate every clcw which
could he obtained indicating that any officials m the
Treasury were in any implicated these whisky
fi;uGs. And every particle o. evidence which has been
collected placed the hands u the District Attorney
NJ st Louis several weeks bole the Grand
Jury.
while it r. expected ihat IN Indictment will be found
AGAINST Air Avery. nothing wnateycr has come Ia h"
bnowlcdre Of the Treasury TIE DsrctAtLrucy thar
here that col Holt chief clerk OF Internal Reycnue and
other prominent officials in any WAY implicated.
The statement Published n regard TO Mr Fishlack {"
the effect that after exposing the Whisky Ring to the
crcfary be- visited Wa-hnton ascrriaincd The char
act, blow and then orrcd to avert the expo-ur
houses in the proprictors Of Tie Glr5
would buy The Dcraoc,dt absurd language could
make IT, Niher tie pm lcit.ln OF the ma.tcr nor the
st0 page OF the procredn against ali tie h0us's found
To be- invol, ed in any degree within Mr FshbacK-
conr; could ne have stopped the seizures had his
life dcponrd upon ch, cting them. The whole story j.
simply fiction OF the Ring. invented for the pnr-
po,r Of weakening the eject of the exposure and If pos
sibe to r. lcct upon the secretary OF the Trcasury
strong effort il being made in t. Louis, Chicago. and
Milwaukee To- create The impression that the President IS
not uphong the Secretary in these proceedings against
the Ring far from this being tue, tho President has
removed two supcrvisors-McDonold and Mnn-both OF
whom we're his friends. and both OF whom he had beforr
trusted implicitly. lie has also removed three collectors
at the request II Secretary Br,tow two OF whom were
his fr ends and dstiicattorneYs. friend and
besides these. over sixty minor oficls-all for com
plicity with this Ring.
McGrew and his associates who ia the Ring are
char gng that letters written from the White House
and the Treasury Of these persons when they
were supposed be honest officers conclusive ev
dence of completely with them III their frauds. Messrs
McDonod and JOY ce when they had the confidence 81
their supeuor- in the nabt Of writing friendly lr
ter to Mr. Avery. then Chief Clerk OF Internal Revenue
and 70 one Of the Presidents clerks, ad It il believed
that these letters were used by Mr. hcDonod anr Mr.
Joyce among dsters further their frauds when the
writer's were wholly Ignorant Of the to which they
put.
So far from the having relaxed his efforts in
these prosecutions the only Grand Jury in session. that
al Lous has been kept busy for several weeks con
sdcring tie evidence the Department has collected. AT
the suggestion of Secretary Br-tow, and through IN,
effort. of Acknowledgement PierrepOnt special grand
Jury Will st at Oshkosh, Wis., on the 18th instant, To con
slider "A great Of testimony which has been prepared
with view 10 securing numerous indictments IN Mil
waukce The Department has Just received notice that
Judge Dyer, at Milwaukee, has decided, ~ did Judge
Blodgett at Chicago, that the revenue officers have
right seize the books and papers of dit tleis. This
ease gained by the Treasury against Mr.. fdrenter,
assisted by ~ able legal talent as the Northwest
could supply. Until this point decided the
Treasury Department could not well with s
In every place where extensive revenue lfauis nave
been discovered only las the service been
thoroughly rcorganiz d. hut the Attorney has in
sisted that the officers Of the apartment OF Justice who
had any degree failed IN their duty should be removed
Tie secretary has also begun the transfer of supervisors.
with a view Of securing gr atcr efficiency, and Gen
ScWe. Supervisor for New gland, has been directed
exchange stations with supervisor Perry Richmond.
who has charge the States Of virginia, the CarUnJs.
Georgia, and Florida. other changes viii follow.
From all suspected points all returns required to be-
made by officers of all grades have been ordered
in. and in OF rigid examination and com
paTi-un by force of expeIta the office. Internal
Revenue Commissioner Pratt IL efficiently secondng the
secretary III this Whole matter and under ms direction
changes being made in forms returns, and checks OF
every nnd such the dscoS of the methods OF
frauds suggest proper 10 prevent their passing unds-
covered III the future.
letter has been received from Major McGrew aayng
he has made charges against Chief Clerk Holt Of the
Internal Revenue Bureau n connection with the whisky
fiaud. No Information whatever has reached the De
pariment to-day from any quarter on that subject.
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CENTTNNIAL GOOD FEELING.
r.ni The BoshU Jeurnal
A few weeks since q resident of this city
Who had been passing IN IrNas started iur hni