New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-27
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,oSc,n,ps,rp Of INMAN STEAMSHIPS.

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- 40 hoen afoat for several days that the
Cnion and the Anchor steamship hnes Vert I putn
negotiating for the purchase OF ine nnIn arnonl
panys vessels and Its e xssterday that the Inman
Line stockholders were anxious 10 eed Hton
property # they could 90 SO 10 the GOO" companV has
onsta,ned i'm the last four months. Propositions
were recently made to the Guion Line which were
not entertsnssn ipe for some time and are still
under consideration. 1t is understood that the
Anchor Line offered to give the lnman Company 70
If Richmond. CITY of Berlin and City of Chester
These were the only vessels of the line that the
Anchor Company cared TO purchase ms PROVOST
ton was empbatically declined by the lhnah iii'e
Statements were also made that pleasant rela-
tions have existed for some time oe tMSa
the Inman Line and the Barrow Shlppulia-
ing Company. of which the Duke OF Dev4nsnIre ~
a large owner. as he is also OF the Ancnor LlHe
The Barrow shiPbudag COMPANY o o%t: i she did
not have the speed guaranteed, and her cargo ca
pacity was 80 per cent less than promised AFTER a
few trips the City of Rome was returned 10 tiie
shipbuilding company, and the Duke OF D9yonsnile
declared his determination to get even. he lnllhe
dately put her the Liverpool route OF tue hDcIo
Line the trade of which the line has long Deeh ue
sirous of building up. The company mas now NV
the steamships Belgravia and furnessla, IN au,a-
ton to the City of Rome. on lne Lnpp 70 maze
and desires to add three more steamships 10 hdho
the service complete. For this reason IL Is aA 2
to purchase the three vessels MENTIONED Oh 'he III
man Line, also us nainc anu So'V "-
SETTLING AN IMPORTANT REVENUE CASE:
The criminal action against George ", pay ,sou
and Gusave +. Perrenoud the News; o mIuo 10
dealers which was said by Commissioner haum 10
he one IF the most important suits with which the
Internal Revenue Bureau had been cohcerneu WIS
settled yesterday by COMPROMISE, Inc ;t
Goodrich H. Bush. of Westheld, Mass, IN extensive
frauds by the use OF washed stamps. Inc nethoo
adopted as described in the aidavits for the pros
wa tn
distillery in Massachusetts to Messrs. Bayaud q
Perenoud, who would return the stamps f TO og
used second time. Several indictments were IOund
last October in the United States Circuit, court
against the liquor merchants, and civil sults were
begun both here and IN Massacnuet.s o1V
for $4,000 is now pending in the United states
District Court. The defendants pleaded gulity 10
one of the indictments against them, being induced
TO do SO. as they alege, by the adTlc ; OF theif
counsel William DOrsheimer and T. L. WOOD; An
effort was made TO have the case compromised, Dut
Distrct-AttOrney Woodford ADVISED against sucn
missioner Raum. General b. +. Tracy ana a. -
Dittenhoefer were then engaged as counsel, ana an
application was made in January last Tor leaVe 10
Withdraw the plea of guilty. The motion was de-
MED by Judge Benedict. motion was then argued
before Judges Wallace, Benedlct ana brown lor y
new trial This motion was DENIED. ana the areu,
ment on an appeal from Judge Benedlcts refusal
to allow the defendants to withdraw their plea Was
to be heard yesterday by the court IN 6 oanc Inc
defendants have been out on Dali @oo,oVo having
been given as security in each case.
Renewed efforts have been made in the last two
mOpths both by the counsel for the New OK
merchants and by Governor Benjamin +. Butler OF
Massachusetts who was counsel for the Massachu-
distiller, TO secure compromise hese e4orts
were finally successful, and Dstrct-Attorney Root
received a letter from H. A. Rogers the acting
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, saying that py
the advice of the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Acknowledgement it had been decided 10 accept
the terms offered namely $4,000 and the costs OF
the action. The District Attorney was directed 10
discontinue ali proceedings. The indictments to
which pleas have not been entered will be nolle;;
prosecuted Messrs. Bayaud aud Perrenoud appeared
sell who asked tnat order should be entered dis
charging their bondsmen on the ground of the
settlement of the case, according TO the United
States statutes. The $4,000 for which the com,
promise was made was paid by the defendants and
security was given for the costs. The defendants
were then discharged from custody aud the pros
ecutjon finally abandoned.