, 1880-09-04
LITERATURE.
The Secrets of the Great Whisky.
Ring" by Gen. John Nc.
Donald.
The Life Of Gen. Hancock, by
DR.. D. X. Junkin.
"bInn and Ills Destiny '-'srrison J.if
Iii Dixie silt for Tat.
Other New Books Literary Notes and
Announcements.

THE GREAT WHISKY HING.
0cu 1nhn afeuunn1s "Eccrrts of tho Urcnt
Whisky htng" IL now offered tn thu public III
toak-fortu. TuE :ru1utiNE printed cuptous cx-
trRct8 frurn the Mynncr sheets, md II n mt
necessary that my further nccn,tnt should 10
tnkcn ut tho narrative for It's owl, snke. Tho.
y.iiEartty 1r tho stylo and thought Of tlo nnif
In pcrhups moro nnticcabto In tho bt.ok thah III
tho oxtraets from It. Only n very en,tsso mind
eould write M Mcdonald t1oes uF tho wo1t,nM
known as "Eyiph." Thu rortsa!ts, IL they Au nn
Injustice 10 Met)onnt. Joyce, "sy'ph," nnt1 tho
other principal nctnr IN this cplatnle, nro evt-
tlrnco that phystognomy and l,sscnoloRy for
onrp werp not ut fnnit.
Mr.. Mcdonald hns original ideas of TIM linz
n''Hso. lie refers tn himself tys having de-
sccn,lesl to "htlnstlntng, stig7aatical" tlcutha;
slys tint "f3uy. Fletcher advised Col. Joycp and
I not to net rash1y," nnd violates tho cola,nor
rules of HfN,ninar OH nearly Dyesy rnKe. lie
Inns soTc idea, too. OF rlvnltng Joyce In Tho use
pf "h!fafuttn." lie writes I'll ono plHce: "Epg
seventeen years wore tho gnrb Of infnuly, that
lcrrous, foul. polluted character whc1l Rl,nws
ut sensitive nntures like Il worm III tho bud"
"a poll1t'rg character nnawtrg ut II ''senst-
Two l,,turo" is il mixture which tOyco himself
mist e,lvy. Thu nttctnI't to throw Hnuotr Of
ROMANCE nbout tho dlsrcp,ttnblu woman lInw-
kins tEytph> is not ancccsBfni. Hui as spcri-
inch Ut olc1)onnids style nj Its best II cannot bo
omitted:
Mnst hcnMtifni Of tnse, With eyes Of deepest
nzurc, In Whist depths tho stlht1eAnIs Becipld Il tn
gntlIor. ntlh tho hrcs I'll luvo from ila.lfcs nf
it1ckcrlng cnitstuncy. *conled oyer mud Nnotl
ike THREADS u sni,s n',t s!!yes h:en,iss!, n,.ts
when she lnnscd ller lECks they fell !!ke thu
Rhissstnr 1T sunlight Aud !.utrGrctt like tho
glover tho N0utl throws ni tho WHtUr. Hho wttA
tho osscttc TT grace, distilled trnn tho buds nt
III vtvtetly md seduction nevcr ccnsch run.
n1bK: shG WIS, indeed, n sylph anil siren, wh,su
rrcsUno WAS like the tnrOr nf tho puppy
mingled with tho perfumes Of Araby.
Tho ns1uiintlons and chnrgEs nHninBt Gen.
Grant in this youmo nro moro ttfmsy nid uti-
substantial In tholr connection thHn whcti taken
separately In The newspaper abstract. Mcdonald
n,ltnits TINT part Of tho corruption fund wnB
sent 70 Gen. Qrnnt, but nsKcrts TINT ltu hnIl
guilty knowledge Ut tho existence III n lling, tho
ptlrposo nr which wns 10 collect money from
t!iEttlcrs for cuniImfgn purposes. There IL sint-
py tho unsupported Insertion Of this vulgar
fcon nEnfnst tito reputation or An illtstriois
citizen aud SOLDIER. The Testimony would tsot s,,f
t!co to bnng Il GoR. Tho caso ngailist nubcoclk
Is stronger. II fs almost convincing. fnc-
sl,nics Of tottcrs nrc rrlntc'! showing 1nhcock's
completely with tho arrangements tnado BY Me-
liounld aud bis assouthtcs; and If I}aleock wis
mt paitl tor his services he must have been
YratultottsEy corrupt.
ngnnst 1cn. Guriic!l consists Of It reported
conversation or Mcdonald with EnbcOek III
which tho latter mntiB tho Silly hoaEt til"t THO
EhnlrmAn or Tho Cnnlllittec on Appropriations
was trsen Of th9 District Ring. WI dS'sts1 ~,
,Ssere,s nf the tsreat Whisky Istug. ny. don.
.Iuhn Il. Mcdonald. Cblcngo: flclfords, Clntko
&Col