Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-13
WILSON GETS SNUBBED.
GEN. RAUM PAYS NO ATTENTION
TO. HIS COMPLAINTS.

-.
Pleasant Also Crushed Again nv the
Commissioners Indifference to His In
terests at the White House i'm the
Presidents Absence-HOn. Richard
Crowley's Withdrawal.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Mr. A. y
Wilson, of Savannah, attorney for Collec-
tor Pleasant, of the same city. went TO
the Office of Commissioner Raum TODAY
with a Plaint. Wilson's feelings have
been tampered with. Candor compels me
to say that your humble servant seems to
be the tamperer. Wilson, i'll his expedi
tiOn to-day, took with him several copies
of the NEWS. They contained few para
graphs giving the substance of letters
which had been written by General
Raum to Pleasant and Pleasant's
answers thereto; there were also
some comments on the subject
matter contained in the paragraphs.
What troubled Wilson was how your cor
respondent got hold of the information
which the NEWS has printed. He wanted
to know if | was allowed to look over the
correspondence of the Internal Revenue
Bureau. He did not think it right that
should be given any such privilege He
was somewhat excited, and for a very
fact seemed to think that things were
coming to 4 dreadful state of bow
vows if the correspondents of
southern Democratic newspapers were
to be allowed to find out
what was going on. He was not worked
up because the publications which have
been made in the NEWS were incorrect.
He was agitated because they were so
very true. He was also surprised to find
that General Raum did not consider the
publications in the News to be so reeking
with evidences of treason in his office as
to turn out half dozen or so clerks and
order that your representative have no
more news from the bureau. 1t may strike
you as very strange that there has not
been an investigation; but really-I am
ready to take my oath on it-there has
not. And what is stranger still, l was
not turned out of General Raum's room
when went in there to-day by seventeen
messengers, each of them seven feet high.
and AL armed with seven shooters.
General Baum did not satisfy Wilson as
to how I got hold of the facts about which
L have here disserted. He could have
very easily done so if he had thought it
worth his while. Between keeping
Pleasant in office and keeping
me out of legitimate news, Wilson will
earn that little stipend
of the Internal Revenue Collector at Sa-
vannah chips in and pays him. Do YOU
think | ought to chip in too? Wilson did
not go to the right place when he started
out on his expedition to-day. He should
have come to me. | would have taken
great pleasure in not telling him how,
where and when got the information. the
source of which seems to worry him so
much.
While the President is in Florida there
is of course practically nothing doing in
the business end of the White House.
There is always work for the executive
clerks, but it is not work of the character
that is interesting to the public, The
house is by no means deserted. 1t is vis-
tied every day by hundreds of sightseers.
many Of whom are on their way North
from the state to which the President has
just gone. The domestic part of the
house is quite lively and cheerful. It's
present occupants are Mrs. AinswOrth,
the Presidents sister, and Miss Nellie
Arthur, his bright little daughter. (The
children of all Presidents are "bright.''
but in the case of Miss Nellie Arthur the
brightness is fact, not fiction. Mrs Aims
worth receives many callers, and is often
to be seen in the Presidents handsome
returning them or taking a drive
around the delightful suburbs. She also
gives many handsome lunches in the state
dining room. Miss Nellie has her friends
and callers too. Rosy checked little mai
dens rOmp through the old rooms of the
White House, visit the superb cOnserva-
tory, and have high fun in the subterra-
mean passages with which the building
abOunds. Although the master of the
house is away, there is plenty of life
around the old mansion.
To-day another batch of kilograms and
letters in regard to the duty on rice was
received by Assistant Secretary French
That official has decided not to set another
day for the hearing of arguments on this
subject. He has concluded to receive and
all written views that may be
sent him, and also to listen to the oral Of
ferings of all who see fit to come to him.
He said to-day that should he go on fixing
days for arguments there would be so
much time consumed that he could not
tell when decision would be reached.
Representative Crowley, who was re-
tained to prosecute the South Carolina
election cases, the trial of which COM
mences on the 30th, has thrown up the
job, as you know already. Some say that
he had row with the President. That's
false on its face. The relation between
the Crowleys and the Arthurs, present
and to be, are of such a character that
the possibility of ''rOw" between the
President and Mr.. Crowley is one of the
leaving out the fact that
both of them are perfect gentlemen. 1t
has also been said that Mr.. Crowley
and Attorney General Brewster have
luarrelled because Crowley wanted too big
q fee. There may have been some differ
ance between Mr.. Brewsterand Mr.. Crow
ley about the compensation that the latter
demanded, but there was no row. and in
none of the above is found the true reason
why Mr.. Crowley has withdrawn from the
south Carolina election cases. The rea-
son is simple one. Mr.. Crowley, after
looking over the cases and examining into
the evidence upon which a successful
was to hinge, came to the
that convictions were almost
MIR. Crowley has very
managed a number of cases
which the government has placed in his
hands, and has made a good reputation
both with the President and the ATTORNEY
deneral. He does not wish to tarnish his
success by the certain failure of the South
Carolina cases, which even officers of the
government admit to be almost fOregone
The whisky men are indeed sorely in
trouble. The failure of the bonded extern |
sion bill at the last session necessi- |
,ates some eXpedient to avoid the pay
nent of taxes. They turned to Canada, |
Dut that Dominion refused them accOmmo- |
latiOns tor storing their whisky in bond. |
They now look to Bermuda. 1t is an |
that the festive Bermudese will |
charge them so much storage that it |
won't pay to send the product of the still |
]ut there in order to avoid the payment |
)f the tax. 1t has been suggested |
hat on the same vessel that they |
ship their merchandise to Bermuda they |
llsO send along ready-made houses in |
which to store it. This scheme will |
doubtless be considered if the high rates |
If storage are persisted in by the Ber- |
nuda brethren. Unless the whisky peO- |
pie can export their goods to some foreign |
country at cheap rates and let it remain |
here until they get Congressional relief |
Dr there is demand for what they have |
produced, they will have to come down |
With good deal of money to the govern |
nent. OF goods already manufactured |
hey would have TO pay taxes for the bal |
lnce of this calendar year on about H. |
80, 900 gallons, which would amount to |
lbOut $11, 100000. Next year the amount |
If tax under existing law which would |
lave to be paid would be very much |
greater; and between now and November, |
1856, taxes 10 the amount of about $79,- !
NM NM VVOiIl6 haVa fO ba pofI