, 1876-02-11
THE CUSTOM.HOUSE,

aoTItINn ExC11ISn.
Tho expectation Of beltor things at the Gus
TOM House yesterday Ia the way Of newn was TO
u certain c1tent deluaive. It Was hoped that the
Grand Jury would advance cortafn ovidcnce Of
their right To exist In tho shape Of indictments,
but mono were returned. Az set forth In Az
other p!Aca, The jury spout their valuable tilno
IN tho preparatory work Of drawing tho indlct-
men.a, scanning them over their Bpectnclee With
tho most marked attention. and ulondius tho
weak epota, After this waB done thoy ontesed
into 40 in7es.igAston Of other matters, aud II Is
quito probable that prcsentrncnts will be re-
turned to.day asnnaI all tie daogcrs
and storekcopers whose caecs Lavo been
duly considered well "A against tho propretnrs of
tho Milan DtstIcry. and tho orEsnaa propretoIs Of
the sorris Dts'Iesy II sppca7 that this Litter con-
wss once forfeited 10 the Government Of whom
It was purchasea by Aid. Jon Corcnran and others.
IL row sought to get sli tho evlienco IN &hspe and
ettef Auit OH tie datlllets' bond1 which collect
able by the Government.
around tbe Custom House generally tho eans
MoSoToKous, Dng4Rr QE1Ef
WI; hboring With the Grand J"ry, Mr. Boutcll
and hfr. Aver, were locked within tho inner
M Ese, o bss The tst eee an4
duties o! hin oticet interrupted now and thcn bya
call to tho GrapdJury the court-rovn. Mons
Of there gentlemen bad any ueTs To n,tart. Tho DID,
ay Of tho Grand Jury In getting 10 work had viii
bile effect lilo unto disappointment In their FEATURES,
realizing that ihrfo va no vvry sccia med Of urry
Ing tua,ness. It Ia pretty we'll Understood that no
md o1 ~ie qn Ia. te.n sI in sed or Aa
d1'ion color Ii given to this opinion by the fscs that
THE PETIT juhy
for the present term discharged SeEerdAy httcf-
noon, wheh OCCASION judge BloJ9es conpliiusn.td
the juror, Thanking them for tic tnoroughne,s With
Will DO called until the commencement Of the next
term, which occurs the hrnt Monday In Naroh. No
icea served the distern Of the second hatch
yesterday 70 Atc2r in court at e1ry day mud enter
their rleas, thst It Ia qte hrohable something may
BE- dons either to>dAy Or Tomorrow. Witnesses viii be
summoned befOse tbs Grand Jury to-day to nubstsu-
tizp certain portions OF ths testimony alreahy gjyu
BY t3o1sou Aason, Rusael and u.crs aHanst certain
past1ts hero who hare uot yet been Indicted, bit
whom the weight il BuHpclded With prospect Of ita
falling and crlalling Ea,nebody.
TuR GENERAL PROGRAMME
does not seem to bc In tho least complicated one 1u
spite Of tho aoaenously circulated that Wit
nesses were mJserousIy disappearing, aud tkat the
ing H. Wisty essea nszt tsstn, sue oes not apeesr
to l'e tho case. The Government counRcl reject all
such runors u absurd. and ststc thas they have
enough evidence, documentary and otherw!ec, to
tain the indictments and to give the diaiicrs
Portable dose - they Will care 70 take. Tae Grand
Jury Will probably continue to ST. Investigating what
meantime tho diasillcra expected to enter pcaa EMd
II Is no. altogether out Of the question hut that
that 10 h!nay and fanciful the Whos To In backed ur
~ not wsghy It hsa Teen -
Court Ia not 10 favor the ulufatios forms OF delay
which may BE- rehoftcd to, but TO expedite nattets and
although setback hns thus been given thosc RseklDe
daay II hna lad the effect 70 make thc1n cautnul
and moro discerning, that their motions to quash
will probably 10 elaboratsy gotten up than
those argued In the Hesng Ren,-Ioyt indictments. II
1t should happen that somo Of thc indictments
decided by tie Court to 10 defective, tho Grand
Jury will lRan hare The pleasure OF exercising itz nat
usai ptcroEAtiyo In drawing tho meshes still moro
tightly around the d!sters. It IL supposed that IN
this way the jury will become sort Of an institution
10 10 relied on III Of emergency, nn that thus
they will I'LL out the Of their time, and
thciy rccompcuHo therefor IN United statcs legal
tenders. Whch tho March term legtns, tho new petit
| jnry Will bc chosen, and tho ucsiug lhaul, and
Hoyt called aud riod scr which ho remaining
cases on the docket Will DO called IN their natural
| order. While many nf ths dtstilor1 now talk
boldly ahuut pleading not guilty, It ts not improbable
that conviction IN tho first two Or treo cascs would
hare rather dIshear1fniu1 effect upon them. while
acquital would buoy up their hopeH to correspond
! Ing degree.
Tue above Ia tho programme on which The Govern
1nrnt IL now engaged, apl thtrn Is Doubt that II
| will b. very closely followed out It'd every dctntl