Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-25
CORRUPTION.
Ex-AttOrney-General Akerman on me
Expenditure of the Secret-S1ryIce
Fund-BristOw and Sary
Merritt.
Sale of Ronas

WAsHINGToE, April 24.-Bids were
opened AZ the treasury department to-
day Tor the sale of the five per cent cou.
pom or registered bonds of the funded
loan OF 1881, authorized by the acts Of
July II, 1870, and January 20, 1871,
3esTlng interest payable quarterly from
~ ay l, 1876, in lots of not less than
$500 600 TO the total amount OF SIS. $50.
600 The totsl bids aggregated S62,447,-
900 at prices ranging between l02 25 and
lO3 IS inclusive. J. ". Selligmsn &
Co, L. V. II ffGnan & Co, Philip Spesrs
& Co., Morton, Bliss & Co., August
Belmont d Co., for II. NJ. Rothscbiid d
Son, the FIRST national bank OF New
York, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., ana Drexel,
Morgan q Co. each offered 10 take the
whole amount or any part thereof. Rel.
mont d DrsXel and Morgan & Co. were
the highest bidders.
BristOw and the Mary Merritt,
WASHINGTON, April "A The com.
mlttee on expenditures in the treasury
department met to-day for inSestiga-
ton OF the .chsrges against Secretary
BristJw ia relation 70 lie reisase of the
bark Mary NJ Neritt. BustoW annearo6
N bis own behelt Judge Cate, Who in.
troduced re resolution In The house. was
nal1"s "isTSo rOI JDe nsmes OF the parties
who 'drnished him with the informs-
uCn. He gave II. 81. Chittenden, L E.
johnson, =. Il. Weiss, Levi Hubb=Il.
q. w. HaZslton and Mr.. Northrop. He
suggested that perhsps it might not be
necessary to summon more than one or
two OF them, as all the facts could be OBJ
tsinsd from that number as well as all,
and the expense of summoning all OF
them might be saved. He did not
think it Necessary to summon Judge
HubOell.
Mr.. BristOw said it was too late to talk
about economy in this matter; he had
been arTsigned before the country, and
he wanted the fullest and minutest in
vestigstion, and desired the attendance
OF ell the witnesses, particularly Judge
Hubbell, as he desired 20 show under
Whist circumstances Judge Eubbell went
OBEDf Office. He questioned Judge Cate
rs to ali the sources OF his Information,
and desired list Of all persons with
whom he had converssd on the
spnjecf. Members OF the commit
Tee having objected to his Questions,
Secretary BsistOw said he had no hesi-
tstioD la saying that these charges had
been instigated by what was known in
the country as The whisky ring OF Mil
wsukee, and he Intercepted Cate to
bring out these facts and put the infor-
NATION on record.
Mr.. Gate said the committee would
try 10 take care OF their side Of the case.
h himself did not wish TO appear as
prosecutor.
Secretary Bristow-But you will do
SC; you cannot hep it.
After further discussion the committee
decided TO summon all the witnesses
named.
Secretary BIistoW said that some of
the newspapers had charged that be had
declined 10 furnish the original papers
in this case. He wished 10 state that
while, Ia obedience to an executive or
der, ne should dscline to furnish the
original papers In cases under investigR-
ton, yet in every case against himself
be would take the responsibility to pro-
duce before the committee every origi-
nal paper. BE then gave the committee
the following names of witnesses to be
summoned: d. Lyman, G. F. Conant,
Bluford Wilson, J. II. Robinson, OF the
treasury department; John Freeland,
w. l.. and s. L. Tdce, OF Hopkinsville,
Kentucky, and Walter Evans, Of Louis.
VILE.
The committee then adjourned.
Crooked whisky aud Mare Island Mat
ters-
SAN Francisco, April 24-The
Chronicle this morning continues its
expose Of the whisky ring and matters
at Mare Island, and pullshes a letter
received by Charles Werner, former
partner of Joss & Co. in the Antioch
distillefy, recently seized for running
crooked. Werner gave important evil
dence TO several agents, including the
books of account Of various distilieries
with which he had been connected. The
letter Is as follows:
SAN Francisco, January I, 1876.
Mr. CHAs. WERNER-The whisky
Ting will kill you If you sppesr SIS wit
ness; Pst SemRnn will see IL done, and
they have money plenty to pay for il.
They can do il here as well ss in any
other place, and better. You must take
notice OF this. Schultz has plenty Of
money, and il will be q pleasure for him.
You know how to take csTe Of yourself;
This is 70 notify you.
FkoM AN OLD FRIEND.
There Is othtr evidence that such
threats were made, and the letter is
probsbly genuine. The srtiele states In
continuance hat Werner had been COZ
nected in djsilliDg with several men,
bers ofthe ring beiDg a. experienced and
practical distillers; that the ring had
Systematically swinOled him by not let
ting him into their secrets to the extent
OF participation IN the profts, and credits
him with the statement that OultOn, a
prominent dlstiller, welded influence at
Washington through Sargent, which in
formation was given him while in busi-
ness connected with members Of the
ring. he says that the corruption was
outrageous in 1865, 1867, 1868 and 1859,
during whicb time the government wss
defTauded Of a million and 3 half Of dol
lar.
Relative to the Mare island matter,
IsAch HsDseom, chief Of the bureau OF
construction and repair, is charged with
c0Dspiring with his son, John Hsnscom
aud J. Z DeMontsgue, contractors, to
defrsud the government In awarding
and filling contracts, aud that Admiral
Rogers, and Naval Constructor George
w. Musch, of Mare leland, were cog
nizaqt Of st least some OF the frauds,
several Of which are specified.