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Louis Whisky Ring frauds, receives
their sentence on the 18th. Gen. Nc
Donald was sentenced to three years
confinement in the Penitentiary at JET
ferson City and to pay fine of $4,000
Col. Avery to two years in the Peniten
tiary and 81 900 fine.
THE statue of Abraham Lincoln, il
Lincoln Square, Washington City, was
unveiled with appropriate ceremonie.
on the 18th. The exercises took place
in the presence of a large crowd
among which the colored people were
fully represented by societies and or
ders. The monument was unveiled by
President Grant, and seated around him
upon the platform were the members
of the Cabinet, Supreme Court
Judges, members of Congress,
foreign ministers, etc. The ora
ton was delivered by the colored
orator, Frederick Douglass. The statue
is of bronze, ~ feet high, and resting
on pedestal 10 feet high. 1t repre-
sents Mr.. Lincoln standing erect, with
the proclamation of emancipation in
bis left hand, while his right hand is
outstretched over the kneeling figure of
a slave, from whose limbs the shackles
have just been freed. Upon the base
cipation." The statue cost S17 900, all
of which was paid by the colored peo-
pie. Congress appropriated $4,000 for
the pedestal.
THE will of the late Alexander 7.
Stewart was admitted to probate on the
l4th. With the exception of a bequest
of 81, ,0O0, 900 to Judge Hilton, the bus
mess manager and lifelong friend of
the deceased, there are no bequests,
either public or private, of any large
amounts, his whole fortune being left
to his wife, with directions to continue,
under the advice of Judge Hilton, the
plans of public and private
charity which he had begun. He re-
quests that to each of his employees
who have served him 20 years, $1,000
shall be paid, and to those who have
served him 10 years, $500. His house,
hold servants were literally provided
for in his will, and to Sarah and Rebec-
ca Morrow, whose family had befriend-
ed him in his youth, he leaves an an
nuity of s12 200, and also a house and
furniture
In the United States District Court at
Jefferson City, Mo-, on the 18th, the
following sentences were passed upon
convicted members of the Whisky Ring:
Ex-Gauger John L. Bittinger, of st.
Joseph, two years in the Penitentiary
and $1,000 fine; Simon Adler, distiller,
one year in the County Jail and 81 900
fine; Abraham Furst, his partner, same
John Sheehan. of st. Joseph, eight
months in the County jail and 81 900
fine; H. r. w. Hartwig, three months
in the County Jail and % 800 fine Ernst
F. Hartwig, same; Jas. E. Marsh, ex
Gauger at Kansas City, six months in
County Jail and 81, 900 fine.
THE Grand Jury of the District of Co
lumbia has returned indictments against
Gen. Babcock, Harrington, Whitley,
Nettleship, Benton, Miles and Somer-
vile, for completely in the safe-bur-
glary conspiracy. Babcock gave bail
in $10. 900, ex-Gov. Shepherd becoming
his security. It was reported that
Harrington had fed. 1t is un-
derstood that all except Bab-
cock and Harrington will be
used as witnesses, and indictments |
against those testifying will be asoile
pressed. Miles, alias White, the pro-
fessional safe-breaker, who is now serv-
ing out q IA years. Imprisonment in the
Vermont State prison for bank robbery,
has written a letter to Mr.. Knott, Chair
man of the Judiciary Committee, in
which he states that he was employed
by Col. Whitley and did the job under
direction of Babcock, Harrington and
others, who assured him of protection.
A CALL has been issued for a conyeu-
lion, to be held in New York City on
the 18th of May, to consider what may
be done to secure the election of mento
The highest Offices of the Republic,
whose character and ability will satisfy
he exigencies of the present situation,
protect the honor of the American
name, prevent the national election of
she Centennial year from becoming a
mere choice of evils, and satisfy the
popular desire for genuine reform.''
The call is signed by William Cullen
Bryant, Theodore D. Woolsey, Alex.
q. Bullock, Horace White, and Carl
Schurz.
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