, 1876-03-21

MISCELLANEOUS.

AA4uHo o&Iu4s
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MISCELLANEOUS.
TIL. 1nAxn 1cAY
practically did nothing yesterday. huss around
In their usual Mlcawbor-liko attitude. Whatever
shsY may bo expecting to Investigate has not got
TRANSFERRED though 1t Ia limited that certain
iistil1ory firm may bo brought up short. foa-
terday tho tusofs met ut 10 O'Clock. For an
hour they sat in their ssnctuu, ehAt!oring about
tho crops and tho cold uoathsr, otc. The case
Of tho counterfciter Roach finally came np and
several witn.ssos wero lsisuteiy examined.
In tho afternoon absolutely nothing vaa done,
although tho Gauges Mueller was:ln waiting in
tho corssant expectancy Of being called In to
Ti1E Last nua1oR.
There WAS rumor in certain circles At The
Custom-1ionso yestorday involving : former
cyookedness OF tie Chicago Hing. lbo officer
alluded to has been heretofore considered -
above suspicion. aud tho fact that the fumnr
canno. ba vouehed for by snybody Of thorough
reliability makes II unworthy OF cradtt. 1Ao
story is about as follows:
1t was tAts officers duty to LOOK around among
tho diHtilleres and see that everything Haa
moving oa in accordance with tlio principles
70 drop around at tic Chicago
Alcohol Works, aud on ono occasion remarked
hl6 AUkeuED VI IHa NhubGE. Upon 1u1ulITt lnS
latter was found with Boms u his Teutontc
frtondH In noighbnring saloon quietly enjoying
| fHopdty Elaae. lie was Ecnonhtrated witt, for
hts doreliction when ho returned to the distilierv
With tic officer. but uA1u tho latter had finished
his lecture tho Gaugcr turned Oh him, aud said,
| "Eon1e upstairs with INC, il you WANT to Bco
somoshing." Tho twain won't up, and the
GauGos led the officer to secret 1art of tho M.
worked on. It would naturally bo expected
| that the officer would express considerable
aatonshment, and report tho csookedncss tm-
medtatoIy. Instead Of 80 doing, a. the story
would attend TO it. This ia ono part Of the
story. Tho other is that shis officer At ono tine
received 1000 from the Alcohol Works while
| at the sAm1 timo no was receirin. a regular
monthly Aalafy for keeping Btlll ~ 70 what was
gong on, II we'll ~ lis aAlsry from tie Gororn-
| neut.
Tho story does not hing together well. Tie
| Government, 1t surus out, haA Eeep quietly loog.
nothing teuding to boar out tho 1umor, but on
the contrary, Las discovered good doal TO eAow
itA lack of foundation In truth.
TILE INDIGNATION or TIE WHISKY Men
all who aquea!cd and those WHO went iutu Court
and pleaded guilty to two counta OF tho blanket
indictments, with tho hope Of getting partial
remission Of the penalties % which thoy aro
subjsctea-sga.nst Rush and rahlman. who
to srlnI, barEs with Increasing insenHi-
ty. Yesterday shoy had reached stage
which might bc calleI rsd.hot, aud to-day they
will be at Il white heas- They denounced tho
terms that wore far from boinK polite. The
corridors of tho Government building re-cchoed
with objurgatory exp!ettvea, to which "fao!s #
and "idiota we.c closely appended, aud at tho
the aq,ealera azo 20. happy. Judge Dlo1gottn
cxpoundiuX OF tue law to Tribune commits
sioner Friday Ia still remembered. Il appears to
them ~ Ba,quo's ghost did to Macbeth 1t aill
I T*r- u IS @E1I $1r r1%+1A Ia .au
to thoroughly enjoy the rresumptlve benefits
arising from turning st4to's eyidonce Ia tie
probIona With which they ara wrestling. They
have come to tho conclusion that there IL
force themselves upon the wltness-st before
tho petit jury. and BY showing themselves OF
some use 70 tue Government cover tho implied
pledge Of immunity, and Rst out somehow. But.
stances, Ill the squeala.s can't BWcar against
pshtmsn and Rush, and those who can &ro
happy compared with those 2l!o cant.
dozoa efforts we're made during tho day to
n sauoalsss' conhlustlon. il is s.id that few oi
tho squoafeta ara empowered " tho authorities
to make almost any serus with tue u'l.headod
fighters, to induce them to draw !n and not 20
to t1ial. But Rush Is obstinate, aud says he
vii! not plead gully when he ia not guilty, and
Tint no amount OF po1auaaton will induce him "a
change his plan. ,.
| among tho great band Of 6queelerA ~ to who
ehaii haye tho honov Of sending tho plucky Doc
tor to 1oliet.
stos1s and Stanford were busy during th'
whole OF yesterday preparing for trial
tho prosecution aud Daugs is becou,
| Ing fearful that Storfs knows too muc.
about the inHido workings Of affairs. Lang
would prefer simost an7thiuE to trial Just now
bs entered "Wednesday morning. the Goyesnmen
preferring that oourHe to q elnwing.up OF Ill tn
evidence takon, and tho class Of nen who have
| Furnished 1t.