Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-08

Whislxey fM Bond-The Scheme Whereby DistilIers Hope to Escape Taxation The Search for lieutenant Chipp-A Report From the Searching Party-The Days Doings at the Capital
 WASHINGTON, March 7.-There is some truth in the story that the whiskey men con template exporting their whiskey to some South or Central American port under the existing law, and reimporting it to this coun- try and placing it again in 8 bonded ware house to secure another three years period. One of the whiskey lobby said to day that he l believed the point selected was Bermuda. It ] would cost about $4 barrel to ship the whiskey to Bermuda and back to this coun- try, while the interest on borrowed money ! would be over $5 per barrel in the
 same period. The only formality is that at Bermuda, or whatever place shall be
 selected, it will be necessary to secure a
 landing certificate and shipping certificate, ! and, said the whiskey man, with wink, 'It might be possible to get both these certi6- cates in Bermuda without the expense or 1 trouble of unloading the goods" The amount of whiskey which can thus be ex- ported above the demand is said to be 10O,- l GOO barrels. It is reported that Lee the colored contestant whose
 case was pending when Congress adjourned, ] was offered $15, ,OoO by this whiskey lobby to ! permit his case to be withdrawn, so that the
 bonded spirits bill might come up. The commissioner of internal revenue said to-day
 that the proposition of the whiskey distillers is entirely practicable under the existing laws. By doing this large sums will be saved
 to the distilIers annually. It is said that the | liquor will either be exported to Bermuda or Liverpool and there stored in warehouses. Secretary Teller testified that while Sen 1 ator from Colorado he frequently called on l General Brady and urged increased mail l facilities in his State The theory upon I which he urged it was that when 8 mining | camp was established the miners were en- titled to have mail service whether it paid or | not.
 Mr. John R. Alcott, clerk in the Postof- 1 fee department, testified that the Dorsey Rerdell letter had been handed over to the | department counsel.
 Judge WyIie said that if the defense want ed particular paper and the government was withholding it, he would suspend the court until it was produced. The court then l adjourned.
 The Malagassy envoys, accompanied by the 1 Secretary of State and other prominent gen ] tlemen, were presented to the President this afternoon.
 Lieutenant Giles B. Harber who is in charge of the expedition in search of Lieu tenant Chipp and other members of the 1 Jeannette expedition, has written letter i to Secretary Chandler under date of Yakutsk, l North Siberia, December Sth, 1882, giving l 8 detailed statement of the incidents connected with his trip. Every portion of the coast except that of the Jsra and Indijirka has been searched, but no traces have been found l of the missing men. The sections named 1 will be searched in the spring if the depart
 ment so directs Lieutenant Harber writes 1 that himself and companions left Jakutsk on | June 24th and arriving at Bolun few days 1 afterwards took the stores left by Melville and fitted ont four search parties with native 1 boats Hethen relates the chief incidents of l the search of the different parties from day
 to day. On the morning of August Fist,
 Lieutenant Harber and his party reached
 Matral, visited the tomb of Captain Delong | standard and arms of the cross over their l graves with additional bolts l The search was continued
 with boats and dog sledges until November 1 6, when the party returned to Bolun with out having discovered any trace of Lieutenant Chipp or his party or his boat The re-
 mainder of the letter refers to ar- | engagements for the transfer of | the remains of Delong and his
 companions. At the date of writing, Deceme
 Der s, Lieutenant Harber was daily expect ing permission from the Russian authorities to remove the bodies and thought it would take sixty days to bring them to Jakutsk
 after receiving the permit Accompanying the letter is tracing of chart showing the
 route taken by the search parties.