, 1876-04-20
SUPERVISOR MATTHEWS,
u1a DESIGNATION sHSr aS.

Tie resignation Of Col. nFatshous, Supervisor
OF Internal Revenue for this district has gono
to Washington and will take oiIect Juno /. Tho
Colonel will then have hold lis ofEco for exactly
tuolvo uoushH, year that hna been Gllod With
hard labor for him. and ono which has boe,
Oiled with remarkable auccossea. Whon tho
whisky raid vaH lnaugurnted, A1atthows saw q
way to break In upon all possible combinations
| and completely disrupt any ring that might bo
formed for defense. lie became veritable
Isodin. lnstead Of prowltug around for 'docu-
ments," 10 studied tho montai aud moral char.
acteristics OF tho onomy. uo found tho whisky
men to bo Of peculiar mold. Thero ve1o cssen-
TALLY ansagonisstc elononsa, aud ho played upou
them. 1n a few months auapiciona aroso. There
vera rumora and scandAla Coucloves woro
formed aud broken and new conbsn atoms mado
only to be etnaahed. Old friends eyed each
other In distrust No one know wheaco the dis
turbing element.
Tho first batch applied for assistance. Tho sec-
ond batch beaitated. Between the application
and possible compliance, Matthews ssappcd In,
No one knew when or vshsro. The trst batc}.
drew on. ln ten days thoy had been lnsbed Into
fury, aud IN week moro thcS confessed thoir
owl freilt'es and .gayo away, tho second
batch. Az piece Of artistic WORKING upon tho
worthy Of a Jesuit. At tho Atna Of Tie raid
there VAS but little evidence. nnd bad sho etEoko
failed, It is doubtful II conviction would over
hkv6 been secured heFe.
Asa q. Matthews Was born in Ptttaaeld, Pike
County, March %. 1881. He worked on firm
until he uns lG yeaEs old when he went to
sern'nasy. from there to McKeudreo Col
cg.es sss "od ubs,as hsn's b. TO c,,aSn, ,hS u0s t.
1855. upon bis emerging from college
Milton HaY and b. II. lilmer, In 1853 he was
admitted To the bar and from that time ho
into tic Ninety. Ninth Il.inpsa ~ Captain. In
tl.o battles Of the Army OF tho TenneHaoo he
Was conspicuous for hiB cool courage md excel-
lent judgment, and Ut the siege Of vicksburR
mustered out In 1865, md the Colonel resumed
lis attack upon the lAw-books and won cppBil-
eIaOle fnmB iu Pike County AZ lawyer. In
1el2 he ran for Congrcsa agaiost Il. N. Knapp,
afia MaH dataated aud ho then retired from pub
lie life, unit! 10 waa ngain called out by tho
oxigGhcies ot tho whisky raid.
Cot. Matthews now goeH back to tbs practice
or hs pro!eAalon, an!l in hin retirement from tho
has becn faishtal ant valuable, q man OF whom
lits cuem!es complain only tint lie viii ncuAa il
and curry bis point
THE cusToA-uoygs
has OF l0to fallen under tho han of drl1pass
No longer docs that e,unontiy respectahla ali.
fee furnish material for columns OF news in the
daily papers, aud no moro Is sceu tho iostilng,
enger nuxious crowd Of curiosity Book e.s In tfo
corridors ana court-sooma. Eyon tho In.
dicted aud, yet :, untEtod .i.tilIers have
apparently lost oil their uh,lom iatarest
ii tho progress Of whisky eyeuts, anu
absent themselves regularly from the sessions
OF thu United States Court The funson Ia that
this s III tnteIva! necessarily devoid ot interest.
Theso cannot ba very well any further stastlng
Developments. Everybody evor connected
with dIstilling business haa been indicted, as
we'll a. alI tho prominent officials who were ever
suspected Of conspiracy with tho Hing. Az
thai Eemsiaa III to go through with tho trials Of
such n.en-snd tAey arc fow--Hho refuse to
plead guilty.
Yesterday it was expected that several Of sho
parties Who hAya been indicted recently would
coins lnso court aud plead to their Indictments.
Owing TO the fact thht Judge Ulodgutt had an
engagement elsewhere 10 tho afternoon, tho for
mality vAa postponed until tnis morning.
The GrAnd jury. who wero recalled Monday
from their respective rural retreats, catns to-
gether yesterday moEoiug and LaId Bors OF .
eess'on It which nothing whs attempted In ,ha
xxy ol linyestixAt,ou,