, 1875-12-28
WHISKY.
Tile Insinuations About Secrc.
tary Bristow and Gen.
Hammond.
In Interview with the Latter
Shows What They
Amount To.
Gen. Babcock Charactcrtzcs the Inter.
Oceanic Publication as
Infamous,
Great Indignation Expressed
in Washington Regard
ing the Calumny.
Singular Facts 10 Connection with
the Lake-Shore Distillery.
4 Deed Filed Immediately After kotIco Of
Contemplated Seizure.
The Various Plans Of the Counsel for the
4 Deed Filed Immediately after Eotico D
Contemplated Seizure.
The Various Plans Of the Counsel for the
Disti|[efs and Rect{fiers.
4 Proposition to "Put Up"--.Fightine
the Law.-.False Swearing.
Getting Ready to Jump..-A Grand
jury Selected.


The fact hha been long knoEu aud frequently
commented upon thnt many corporations have
not been quite 60 exact in THAR published exhibit
OF Icceitts IS tho strict adherence 10 truth
would demand. Tho knowledge, however, Of
thcse discrepancies bas been of much Vague
and general ktnd that no action has been taken
by tic Government. which is naturally the loaiug
party by tho said alteration Of figures. 1t bas
becn alleged that tho Government las boon Do
frauded out Of q large amount OF tosenuo dur
lug tho ppBt two Or tntos yoars IN
th!s way, Quito recently it wns reported
that tho asteution Of Secretary DriBtow
had been directed to tllis nattor
bs Chicago gentleman, n,--Gun. ]. II. Hammond.
President Of the City Savings Bank, WHO had
ourred to chow to tho Secretary conclusive
1: was stated that Gan. Hn nmond had he'd NJ
interview with Hocretaly Drstow in Nom York Ia
reference to It. anu had since-at bis Invitation
sent lengthy communication to tho Treasury
Depai tincfit Iaden With factB and figures tiInt
weo highly damaRing to the parties retortp5 TO
IL that Communication, aud 1t Waa tnt.uatet b7
tho Intcs Ocean that the Secretary lad failed to
vet on this vauabla Information.
In olier to obtain
soME DEFINITE INFORMATION
regarding tho al1cgcd letter, TnipuSE reporter
called upun Geu. Hammond at Ills eanis yesier-
day. 7 ho conversation tuas ensuea waB as iol-
lows:
Ncporser-Did ron have M Interview with
Secretary BriHtou III New York. az has been
etAtod Z
uou. Hsm mond--Ycs, several.
G,-Wego these interviews recently?
Gen. H.--They occurred wa,le l 'xaa On an
EaBtolp trip, ia septo :nber.
n,--We1e thoso Interviews arranged for any
particular purPoso-~"ns tlere my obtoct in
WOW ou your phlt
tl&uE ntkry EiG all at fI1L}t 1,7tA 81
aud meeting lIlm without any appointment what
ever, purely by accidout in business otilcas. Wo
have haen acquainted Tor long tltna, and sev-
etsl letters haYe paaacd bctWeou us on Ordinary
personal topics.
K.-Whils you woso In New yora did you bayo
any conversation with 3[s. Dristow in regard 10
RAILROAD nEyENuE DUE THE GOVERNMENT
Gen. H.-ios; railroads aud all kinds of
l.-Whut wns tho substance Of that conyorss-
uon
Con, n.-Tho substance waa that leaving out
tho question OF fraud or intention to dettaud OIL
tho l'att OF railroads, banks. insurance oonl.
psnies, telegraph companies and othef corpora"
ti0ns tho ealalis paid aud tho enouut OF work
required OF Government cmpIoYea mndo tho
contoAt between then and COZ porasiou acoount-
ants altogether an unequal ono; that corpora
kions PAID the bigheBt salaries mud commanded
tic best abilities IL tue country. and gave their
mon osety facility for attending to thor duties
Whifo tho Goycrnment cleraB Wora undorpaia
ard bad nos possih!Y time 20 attend 10 all Ee-
rnIrcd at thom. I stated, furthermore, TINT
G Itsiu parties who lad doyoted much time and
attention to tho subject, and had accumulated
largo amount Of iutUrmntlon aul h8uEch. doslrsd
me to JON thom in presenting ouch Information
aud TO advance some money to oisaole them to
I've who putting thoir 1Rurca into ahspe TINT
! did not know Wlotber could Or would have
anything to do with it, ~ bad = buHiness Of my
own; thzt tho 'AN MI prctrnted to mo seemed
to Indicate thas slO0, ,o0 payable in poscontARc on
Ia nkh tin+
allowed for collection Of hrrea4n Of ssYenua,
which ii correct would limit tho amount collected
BY any ons bAvo tho regular olnploya on salAry.
II TINT could not 10 renewed from year TO year
by further appropriation It must DO pretty we'll
exhausted. and | could 500 no object 10 trytug
10 do anTthspF. hnt raid would Ike 10 have
tie question brought up aud doolded for tho
benefit Of the partiea who hsd app'iod to mo,
and who had Biva1 much time to it, whothet
had anything TO d. With 1t Of uot.
tue sKcnEyARx's RErLx.
n.-What did Mr. nEesoH oay to your nchomo
Con. u.-Ilo replied that ~ was plopoang
10 put revenue into tho Treasury, a1la not to
subject up for discussion II soon Is tho
now Commlaaloner ot Internal Neveuua
got fairIy ut work. and desired no to
wrlso him And State lie points involved. This
promised to DO. dld do, and received ~ i answe1
accuracy Of tho accountants.
Ria that all
Hen. H.--Ehat u AH I And don't eaa now tho
Inter- Ocean can fnd anything In that for Which
to tlasno Secretary DristoT,
N.-yau we're Interviewed by Al Inter 0eean
reporter Iew days ago on tins subject, ware
you not7
t1eu. It'll wks; and hs seemed terribly an1-
iouH to gss hold OF tho correspondence between
Lristow and me.
N,~-Ilad you tns tleA uhy ho Waa 10 ANXIOUS
ton. H.-From his ouuyeraat!on / jndae,l that
tle wanted 10 got 1t something about bflssoN.
but couldn't gness what.
TUE lNutahATIoN At WARRINGTON.
5r4.tai iHapdteh to Ths thscaao tribune.
WAsl1suroN, D. G., Dec. W.-rna talk of tho
snxn to-day has been tito ChicaHo Inler. .Ucean
srtic!e. wi!1ch Has copied hsEe bY tho Chronicle
thls morning. II Was i msttct OF goueE4l sur
prso among old metnbe1s Of Congress that the
sditur Of thAt paper. Who had been prominent
mslslboE fur two forms, Should give hia columns
tu thoo1y based Oh such MI absurd conssruc ton
Ut the Is regarding Witnesses 6efore AC ommtteo
Of CougFcEs. Gen. DaLcock arrived here this
1uoru;nx. antlwe exceedingly Indignant At what
10 chm aetssized ~ Al attempt to emtsoil hin,
WITH Secretary Usistow. Upon the opening Of Tho