, 1876-01-25
CHICAGO.
BTtLG DELL.

Without Grand Jury fn BeAs,on. without any
thing Of importance In the United States Court
In regard to tho whisky cascH, and with socret
conforoncoa OF Revonuo and Secret Service
Agents hold In closed and securely locked apart
monts. tho nows-gatloror ia deprived OF 1is beat
opportunities to obtafn Information in whisky
nnnttorB 1t tho Custom 1fousu. Such was the
case ye8tosdAY In tho dlapidatod building known
BY that namo. Tho halls uoro unusually ouiet,
and wore almost entirely doaortod By d,sttlers.
rtcttaers, novoouo Agents, or Government coun-
sol. DR.. Ruoh dodged into tho Stamp Dcph1t-
uont onco during tho day, but he dodgel cut
nEain In momonf, and went hfs way,
Tho only poraons WHO contributed to mako
up nowB wore o'Drios,, charged with corntcr-
foitInf, who was boin1 tried in tho United
States Court. hts cnnn acl.and tho Assistant Dis
trict-Astornoy. together with the various ps1tfes
II tho Kibbc-Htll suit, being triol In Judge
HOPKINS Court It TnH diaaR:rous day AZ rc-
CARDS getting whRt ia known rs whisky naws,"
and tho Reporters, nfleg conecicntlouHiy can
wasting tho matter, gradually anil calmly camo
to that decision. But there In stil hopo, for Ia
It not said thas "hope ap1inga ot9rnal i1 tho
Affords hope Just now is tho fact that
| TIE unANp 1uAY
will rcaesemblo this morning a. 10 o'clock. rhan
| It IL quite prubnble tho Dstrict-Attoruey will
/ lutF00uCD &V& 4uGIE luHHtIHVH Ant A4o ~ kA'
lictmont upon which Ao is understood to hsvo
hoeu engaged during tho brief recess allowed
tho Grnnd jury to go hnrno aud 500 their faini-
| IioA and attoud to their aHairs. Whom sho IN
dictmeute are considered, Mr. v. .. uossn HiIi
sos,lns ha interehting history. dDsot:ng himself
to q further examination. intesspefsc1 wttl OK
plAnatory comments, Of uulBen l. EAstman's
| ctock-pook, aud other orldcnco OF document-
| nry character. His disclosures will very hkslY
be Of such nature as to quiet thu doubts which
may oxist in tho miuds o! como OF the Jurors
~ to tho proprlety OF indcsng certain parties,
and, at the conclusion Of to daya chaptas in tho
htory Ms. uolBet. will probably be releEaeod to
tho comparative obscursty OF private lifo until
hia further testimony shall porh.pa le necessary
to elucitnto aome points when tho Grand jury
looks aftor parties not now being sat upon,
TIE PRussIAN AKyEsu8 Law:
THE TR1nuNK OF Yesterday contained etAte-
nleut to tho OBJECT that Gen. Webster was Gu
gagged in collecting the opinions Of 1lstillcEs On
tho subject Of tlo capncity-tax and other mat
tors, and that 1t was lila intention te
in q report to DO submitted to the
Department at Washington. 1n conversation
with TRlnuEr reporter yesterday, the GeneFa
said ho had indeod boen inquiring into this sub
iect, but not with tho intcnton Of reporting up
had simply looked into It to aatafy hts curiosity
in tho mattor, and gouera'ly speaking, ho war
dispoeed to regard the measure Ill fatneF IL
vorablo light.
It Inns beforo been noted in these column
that Capt. BummoFviEio aud other fasenAo oil
ours at this point have been for somo weeks bus
In estimating tho amounts Of taxes Rtolen by IL
Iately-sotzed diatiIlerioA. l. now sppeaEs thu
Tho officers reported to Washington thclr lnd
ings, aud yesterday Judge Daugs Dis
trct Attorney received : certificate fron
Washington directing him to procee
to COLLECT from the distilieEins below named tn
eums ees aEtor thcir uamoa, tho Pamo being th
. amountR Of tAxea Which tho department claim
TO be able to prove were stolen by fraudulon
. | practtcoa from tho revenue:
DackhaWk
South Isanch Dlsstlnry. g5.n
Dfckinsou, Abel h Co.. 4e,0t
Chicago Alcohol Worka. E8.ol