, 1876-02-09
StDE.NOTES.
M'Ilt,HIt.n.

!srt:tai D'spafeh IN Tic ch'ea7s 7rabHne.
ST. LocIs, Feb 8.-Gon. Mcdonald camc out
OF tho etreosa to-day To tako an airing. Iio was
IN charge Of u Deputy Ja!lcr. lis health Ia
souevl,st mnatred by his protracted con1no-
,nont. lie preserves hiB buoyant sp!flts, how
evor. and etoutlS rnaIntaina that lie Ia !nnocent
Of any nalfcasanco or m:sfeasnnco 10 Office. Tho
report that ho a to teatsfy fur Iuabcock IL doubt
le6n true,
Among tho important arrivals to-day Was Col.
II. 7. lAryan, clief OF the llevcnun Agents.
who co'1len - witness for tho Government. II
Tumor be correct. tho prosecution vii! establish
by him two OF three important iiuka in the chatn
Of av!dctce sgt,ntt Dabcock, thosn linkA harins
4 direct relation 10 thc receipt Of ling money
by Uabcock.
COL. rAnHEE.
aleo here, an1 IL regarded as ali Important
witness for tue Gove1n.nsnt, though to what
facts ho Will soBti!y is uot known.
ONE 1ILoay or nAucocE'h EXPLANATION
ST. Louis, Feb, 7.-Ae regards tho marnsr in
which tho famous " sylpb" dispatches will bo
explained array upoa shc srial vcry singular
theory ts current among the whisky mon, which.
reason. Il l,ae already been made public that,
wtcn In 1T. Louis. DAbcock, like others Of tho
Government oticia!a, took lively inte--
est in tlo Way Of certain members Of
.es.Isad s s. And 5.coce III. n'D0s,a
St. Louis to stand bcside him At the corner OF
Fifth and pino ssroetB, near tho Supervisors
Office and there polnt out tue fair aud Frsif ones
10 tho General and give him their names as The
matinee. Ths term "syph' ~ far ~ eau bo
asccEtaincd, seems to hare becu applied to
certain woman known as Dorrlty, or Douefctty.
though this is not certain. 1t IL supposed that
Babcock became interested ia this woman
fr-kn ff1 $tA Hj1, rrfun vtn<1
up IN ,hc lntcrminablo Iling webb, aud TINT the
tcltgsanlY and letters In somo lnstanccH. at
lcast, related to her. or collrso, 70 edmit all
tAjd will not ha . very pleasant thing, buk It
would DO infinitely moro unpleasant to allow tho
fatal correspondence to renla1n unexplained n
all. Hence, II III Aasorte.l. Dabcock will boldly
facc tie situation laet rosort, aud 10 az did
AIo1auder Hamilton in the ca=c Of hs famous
amour. confess "eakl.tsa 10 explain tint no
greater sin Has con,lnittel. Hamilton al
n,i.tca TINT ho lM mistress, but de.
nicd that ho lad p!undelcd tue Trengury.
Gabcrck, It IL whiFpesed. will admit that lie wa4
b1fuswttat Interested IN & W1faau, bus will rrf,e
thu .''an tint he kunw anything concerning tho
Whisky Hing. Such IL the idca put forth by Gnu
VITO "as iu tho Ring. who kuew Of the anours Of
tho Hugs leaders, and rho is now awaiting sen-
tence himself. It Is grave charge In itself TO
HAY that Dabcock Mill mako any dofcnse u hero
! implied and tho statement and jia Aourra nro
bore given fer Just shat thay inay b. worth.
| Possibly tho Genera. ha4 nonas explanation even
more reasonable, to wnrh 10 subse1ucn. BcAntial
eau uttach. ....
iispath TO Cinc1Hn1fi h.lz.tir.
fnE scuE1E AaAiSsI nnls1ow A FAiLCRE
WAelisHrpS. Fob. 7.-tna publication OF tho
outlines of the copsl1ct which politicians sought
to make between tho department OF Justice md
thu Secretary Of tho Trenanry has blocked tho
game. Tho Attornoy-tienorAs could uot for Il
| moment defoud tho attempt to taxe tho l.Iia-
| pendent control OF tho revenue prosecutions
! from tho Secretary of tho Treasury aud CoE.-
| .niuBioucr Ut Internal Revenue. The las Is
| explicit On placing the management OF rev.
onlo trials under the Treasury Dcpart-
tnent. Dy paragraph II, Revised btasutss, the
| District Attorney proBccutes afl violations Of
| Neyeuuo laws. nnloBa directed othorWies by tho
Secretary Of tho Treasury. by the next para
suits IL Obliged to report to the Solicitor Of tho
Treasury. " the next paragraph. ful! repolth IN
| O ccltaln class Of casoS arc to be Inauo by
District Attorneys TO tho Commissioners Ut I1l-
terHat Neyenuo. BY paragraph S35. U!stric:
Attorneys. in cano Ut trfsn for fines. penattles,
aud forfeitufea, report directly to The Cosnals-
a,oner Ut lntcruai Rcscnuo. Paragraph j, 3Gg
| comprises all Feycnue caseB placed In tAt
Secretary. by No. ., 2l4 no suit for tuc. penal
IT, or forfeiture, i'll reyenls cAtes, cnl bo conl-
| n!enccd until t1e Commissioner OF Internal
| Revenue sanctions tho proceedings. Othnt par
agrAFts are TO tue hams et1cct tho aboyc, anll
tue universal Practice heretofore has ounn to
give the whole control OF such cascs 81 tho pros-
ont whisky frauds to tho Treasury Department.
1hs production OF the aw In tho caso hy tho
Treasury hRs compromised thuso rho vera
acheuing to tavo tic coutro! taleu away from
| tho Treasury, in tho loro shat Fnch a change
| wuula ia some Way. for tho time bong, break
| the force Of tho whisky prosecutions.