Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1875 — Page 1

i VOL. XXV-KO. 13 INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18. 1875 WHOLE NUMBER 1823

lor lb Seatlnel.) KALLINU LEAVES. BT UK O. HARRIS. I lore to seek within the wood Some spot, where whisperings of the wind Alone disturb the sollt ode, 1 Where dreamy fancies soothe the mind, Lolled by the sound, half moan, half sigh, "Where summer's fading glories He, When, like Ällan harps, there breathes The maslo of the falling leaves. I stood In such a spot to-day. Where falling leaves were driftin by, And as the con's departing ray With crimson glories tinged tbe sky ; And glanced, aslant, among the trees The brlght-hued leaflets, on the breere. Took wing, and seemed to sink and rlso. And float like glided butterflies. With those that to the branches clang ' The wooing breeae, coquetting, played. And sweeter strains were never sang To win the heart of sylvan maid Than he, to woo them from the trees. Breathed forth amid hU reveries, Ro gentle yet so glad and free, That every leaflet danced with glee. "Oh, autumn leaves V 'twas thus he sang, -in all tby beauty, float away Upon my wings, nor watt the pang Of loveless death and dark decay. Twere better now, one hoar of bliss, Then death in all thy loveliness. Then, llngerlag here, to fade and die. The scorn of every passerby. Oh! autumn leaves, why linger now? The golden tummer days have flown : The branehw, where ye cling:, mast bow And salver at the wUd wind's moan. Oh ! stay not till the winter storms Bhall tear and rend yoar withered forms. But east yourselves upon my breast; 111 gently bear yon down to rest." Wooed by the oft wind's tender sigh. The leaves released their gealle hold. Borne on his wings, they floated by ; Their hues of crimson, green, and gold Flashed for a moment In the light, Like tiny birds of plumage bright. Then settling with a tender sigh. The breeies gang their lullaby, Oh. autumn leavea, that round me lie. Oh, aspirations of the heart! Oh, loves that periih-bopes that die! Why must I see you all depart. Just as I feel the tbrlll of bliss That rbes at your loveliness? Why must a morn of sorrow rise Oo e ver y d ream of par al 1 se ? THE BROKEN RING.

OPENING OF THE CASE AGAINST M.VDONALD AT ST LOUIS. TOUCH FOR TUB PROS ICÜTT05 BT DISTRICT ATTORNEY FKDORICK THE CROOKED M0DU8 OFIRANDI HELD CP FOR POPULAR CONTEMPLATION. The 8t. Louia special to the Chicago Tribune of yesterday morning says that he United States Court room was literally packed Monday morning by an immenEe crowd of spectators, who had come to witness the opening of the case against ex-Su-pervhor McDonald for whisky Iraudg. This trial in regarded an the moat momentous and exciting which has taken place since the commencement of the war on the whisky ring. It possesses an enhanced Interest from the fact that It la the first of the crooked cases which affords tne public an insight into the real nature and active workings of tbe ring. Both tbe defendant and the Prosekution were represented by strong delegations of lawyers. When tbe case was called tbe government at onee announced Its readiness for trial. Judge Krum, counsel for the defendant, asked that tbe case be laid over for a few days until certain papers could be received from Washington. Tee district attorney promptly OBJ HCT KD TO AST POSTPOFNT and, after inrther argument, Judge Treat nipped In the bud this little game for farther delay, by deciding that a continuanca was not warrantable, and that tbe trial must proceed. A jury was immediately impannel&d, consisting of citizens irom interior counties. Tue defense rejeeted tbe only three S:. Louis residents who were called. The indictment charges specifically tbat on tbe first day of September, 1372, Macklot Thompson did carry on the trasinena of a distiller, in St. Louis, with ictent to defraud the United States of the imposed tax npon the spirits distilled by him, and that John McDonald, being a supervisor of internal revenue, having knowledge of said violation of the internal revenue laws, failed to return tb same in writing to bit next superior officer, vis, tbe commissioner ot internal revenue. The second count charges that, knowleg of the ilk-gal removal of spirits by said Thompson, be tailed to pat htm under oath, and to make an examination oi tbe distillers' book, papers and premises. The succeeding eounts cbarge a failure to examine into and report similar alleged violations of tbe Internal revenue laws on tbe part of Peter Cnrran, Alfred Bevis, Edward B.Prazerand Rudolpn Ulricl. In tbe last two nountn McDonald is charged with conspiring with Joyce and tbe distillers named to defraud the government. One charge of cheating tbe k over n meat oat of tbe tax on 1,000 gallons or whisky la specifically aat forth, PIPDRJCK'S FRaXIXMART BTATKME5T. After the ponderous indictment had been read to-day, Assistant District Attorney W. T. Peddrlck opened for the prosecution In a speech of great fervor and length. During its delivery the jury and audience were spellbound. It waa a terrible arraignment ot McDonald and the entire whiskv ring, logical, eloquent, scathing and brimful ot most damning charges. Tbe following memoranda from Feddrlck'a speech contain substantially tbe criminal acts wbicb tbe prosecution expects to prove. McDonald' active connection with tbe ring will be established to the fall satisfaction of the Jury. McDonald was as bad a? Jojc?, bat mere reserve in his manner of approaching tbe whisky ring question and more guarded in his expressions. The government lias in its possession letters showing that Joyce and McDonald akod Megrue to come to St. Lonls for the purpose cf organizing the rlnz- BsavU fc Frazer were tbe first distillers, and Ulrlct tbe lat, to join tbe ring. They commenced operations in the fall oi 1S71. Megrue was the ring casbW until the presidential election. Uetnen left St. Louis, but tbe ring was rforgaDiz!, snd Fitzroy was made csshier. J. w. Bradshaw, a revenue offlser from Washington, came here in the spring of 1872. He discovered tbe fraud. Megrue met hiun at tbe S .utbern Hotel, and went with biro to tbe house of Macklot Thompson, a distiller, and that night 1 10,000 If ere paid, one-third" by Beatia A Frazer,

one-third by Ulricl and one-third by Thompson k Busby.

A TAVORABLB BXFOBT was then made at Washington. The stipulation agreed upon gave one-half to the ring, but frequently Joyce would extort upon one pretext or another an additional sum. The supervisor is appointed by the president, ana his dntles were light and his pay heavy, and yet be not only winked at tbe action of his interiors, but really drove him and others into the ring. Tbe bouse of Ulricl, the distiller, was threatened with aelsare because It permitted mash to run from tbe tub faster than the law allowed, and thia threat was made to force Ulrlol into the ring. In 1871 John McDonald was supervisor, and John A. Joyce was special agent ot the government in McDonald's office. Megrue was a third party in Interest, and acted as a go-between to eollect money from tbe distillers, ostensibly for campaign purposes, bat In reality, to be divided among the ring. Beavis A Fräser were soon after brought in tbe ring, and, subsequently. Curran, Macklot Thompson, and Ulricl came in, the latter by force of circumstances, and so this corruption grew and spread. In 1872 McDonald went to the house of Beavla A Fraier, and there met Andrew Megrue and asked him, Why in bell don't you mann lecture more? This bouse must pan oat better." Afterward. McDonald and Joyce went to the same bouse, and Joyce desired to bei shown which waa straight and which waa crooked. These things WILL BE BROUGHT U.0HB, and to McDonald and Joyce. In 1873 the collector of this dlstrlst, Mr. Ford, died. Conconnon started to the collector's office on a oertaln morniog and destroyed all important papers. The papers destroyed would have filled an ordinary furniture cart. Megrue, wbo bad collected the money for tbe ring, deposited In five bacgtolea tho money for tbe ring, consitting of McDonald, Joyce, Megru, McKee. and Collector Ford, who is now no more. The Initials of each were marked npon each package of money, and they- took it FROM THE BCHQ HOLM OF THE BARRELS where Magulre placed it. The. storekeepers and gaugers also received their allowance. McKee received some money, ?4S5, from tbe ring, banded him by Joyoe in tbe pres ence of Fitsroy. II o exclaimed, "Fitzroy is here!" Joyce'assured him that tbat was all right. Brooks snd Ilolmes, special agents, came here in 1874 to examine into tbe destruction of tbe collector's papers. In tbe spring of 1874 John A. Joyce took a recees and went West, and a portion of his sbare wai paid to McDonald. In 1874 Henry Hardway, who waa removed Irom the ring, thonght It his duty to Interfere wltij tbe manufacture of spirits. lie took a copy of certain documents and submitted copies to Joyce and to Msguire. Subsequently he met Joyce at the Planters, and Joyce said to him: "Ilardaway, is not it better to make money thin war?" Tbe Busby distillery waa tbe rottenest concern of tbe kind in tbe district, and frequently removed highwlnes out of the house, and took them to the bouse of Bevis A Fruzsr, rectifiers, without any stamp of any kind upon them. liow Bevis fc Frazer we e bled. When it became Intimated tbat seizures were lively, it was told to them tbat if they would raise 15 000 tor McDonald, be would go to Washington and stop the seizures. They did so. He went, and Boon tbey were telegraphed for 5,000. This tbey sent, and, when tbe recti Hers found they bad been doped, tbey west to Mr. McDonald for an explanation, and were informed tbat ho knew where the money was, but he proposed to let bygones be bygones, eta. The wealthiest rectifying house in the city, Derby A Day, were approached by McDonald with a proposition for them to go into the ring and assist In defrauding the government and enjoying their pait of the profits. This Derby & Day will swear to when the proper time oomes. Msguire was taken into the ring when be was first appointed collector. Maguire had written information through Hardaway, an ex-stcre-keeper. of frauds at Busby's distillery. Hardaway was removed by the influence of tbe ring. Concannon was Ford's deputy. Tbe former bas received a small sum ever since bis dismissal. A MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE. THK COCB8E OF YRCB LOVE, THOUGH OFT EH BLOCKED WITH OBSTACLES, RU'9 SMOOTH AT LAST. The New York Mercury says that about I two years ago Henry Beerman, a young . man residing in Hoboken, made the ac quaintance of Sophia Urle, a stylish young lady residing in Ogden avenue, Jersey City Heights, aod hU attentions were accepted so lovingly that be soon became her accepted lover. .They attended a number of picnics together, and when the ball season came on tbey did not miss an entertainment. About a year ago ehe told him tbat the marriage ceremony could not be pat off much longer or tbere would be a third party to It. They quarreled, and he went awey in anger. A abort time afterward Henry, junior, made his appearance, and as soon as Sophia was well enougb, she went before a justice of tbe peace and brought suit against Henry. She won, of course, and Henry waa obliged to pay S3 50 per week for tbe support ot mother and cnild. His bondsman sold out and moved away soon afterward, and Henry moved to New York. His neglect caused another salt before Justice Yolhart, and several warrants were issued, but the constables were not sharp enough , to catch Henry on Jersey soil, and HE SNAPPED HIS FIXQERS AT THEM in New York. At last Sophia resolved to go to him herself Instead of sending officers of the law, and she did. The charms that had won his first love were potent sgain and Henry returned to his inamorita. He had long talk with the mother of his boy, now eight months old and the very image of its father. At last he promised to go over to Jersey and see ber, on condition tbat no trap should be sprung on him. He went over on Friday evening and talked the matter over; said he ss sorry, kissed the girl, and said he was willing to marry her at once tl she wanted to. She did not stop one minute to talk about what dress she sbould wear, but called her father and told bim tbe good news. Tbe old man went for Justice Volbart, and about midnight tbe justice went to tne bouse or joy. Sophia and Henry were made one In a few seconds, and tbey killed tbe tatted calf, figuratively. The merry-making ended at ao early hour yes terday morning, when the justice christened tbe boy Otto August Frederick, and tbe tttber is Just as proud of bis wile and cnild as if tbe course of trua love bad been smooth as glass. The emperors of Austria and Russia were represented by deputies at tbe marriage of Prince Milan, of Servla, October 17. The significance of this official cognizance of tbe wedding is considerable, and it is regarded bs vaiuioio mirn or toe esteem in wnico the VOunor nrlncs is held on arennnt of his uueteck peace poucy.

THE WRECK OP A FORTUNE.

Devious Distillation Did It BANKRUPTCY OK THE BINGHAM BROTHERS. A WELL HKKLKD HOCSB GOES DOWN IN THE WHIRLPOOL. OF CBOOKED WHISKY THE HISTOBT OF THE BISK .AND FALL OF THE FIRM. Gradually, but surely, as certainly as death, has tbe anaconda of the government been closing its folds around the whisky ring in Indiana, and yesterday saw tbe unconditional surrender ot the principal firm. Gordon B. Bingham and John W. Bingham but a few days ago were wealthy and powerful men, tbat is, wielding all tbe power tbat wealth can give; courted, flattered and trusted; to-day they stand dishonored and penniless, with the certainty ot a felon's cell in tbe near future before them; either, tbe doom of felons or tbe terrible, aimless life of fugitives from justice. In tbe United States Court yesterday all of their worldly goods were confiscated to tbe government, and public proclamation made of the fact. Tbe Bi oghams a few months azo owned an extensive distillery and a rectifying house at Evansville valued at fGO.OCO, two distilleries at Patoka. a smalltown near Evansville, val ued at f 25,000, one distillery at Hazieton, another at Maxwell ana etui another in Evansville. Now all are gone from tbem, and they are both under bonds to answer criminal charges In tbe sums ot f 10,000 each. THEIR DARK ASD DEVIOUS DOINGS. Ten years ago the BiDghams became Iden tified with the interests of Evansville as whisky men, and have since tbat time been men of undoubted business tact and un flagging energy. Growing rich rapidly. maeü faster than would 6eem possible to do ss legitimately, thev bad tor some time been suspected or illicit aisuumg, du nomiug definite could be round out against mem, nntl) last winter, when one night their Evansville dlstiliery was discovered in operation in the absence of the storekeeper. For this offense the Bicghams were arrested and fined $1,000, and the absent storekeeper discharged. Tbis warning did not seem to bare any otberetfectjoa tbem than to imbue them with a feeling of contempt for the power or tbe law, for tbey operated in violation of its provisions on a greater scale. After their arresk and conviction the BIngbams pursued tbe even tenor of their way and notning extraorainary transDlred until tbe telegraph orders came last summer to seize tbe distilleries at Kvansviile. bt. Louis and Milwaukee. Tbe seizures made, tbe distilleries of tbe Binsrhamswere thoroughly examined ana rnanv evidences of fraud were discovered. SildiDg gates and conduits to lead off the illicitly Uisiilled liquor were louna; st c ret panels in partitions to ad mit the unlawful ingress and egress from bonded rooms were discovered; duplicate stamps and uncancelled stamps, the cancellation or which had been certified to, stamps ceitlting to ten gallons rained to reDreent fortv callons. eraslDg fluid, and a peculiar paste for affixing statu rs in wnich tnere was an oleaginous suDsiance which rendered the paste useless for sticking purposes, by which tbe stamps when affixed would readily peel off, and could be used again, was discovered, and many other evidences of fraud. Dpon this and other evidence the officers of tbe government commenced prosecution with tbe result tola above. THE EXTENT OF THEIE TRANSACTI05S. The Biogaams paid annually over $500, 000 in tax on whisky, and had the closest busi ness relations with the banks, whose credit they used. Such men as William Heilman, T. H. Jonald, D. J. Mackey, proprietor of tbe St. George Hotel; II. D. Allis, J. T. Lamb, James M. Allis and Capt. Triplett are on their bond, and the ramifications of tneir business interests enected a large number ot other persons in Evansville, and a powerful Influence was brought to bear to defeat the exactions of Justice. A compromise of the case was offered, but refused, and the law is unrelentingly taking its course. Besides tbe indictments in Indiana, tbe BiDghams were Indicted in St. Louis and plead guilty to the criminal prosecution, but they have not been sentenced yet, the delay being practically caused by a desire to await the issue of their case in tbis state. Forfeiture ol tax, on separate indictments, will result in a persistence in refusing to give np their books, and in each case deeper will be their bondsmen involved, and ultimateiv. on the criminal prosecution, they will be compelled to uring meir looks into court, and the mute but powerful evidences of their guilt will plead against tbem. FEBSOSNEL OF THB BIKORAM BROTHERS. Gordon B. Bingham la a rabid republican, and has been considered as first among the business men of tbe state. He married into an excellent family, and has an interesting family. Previous to his mairiage and re moval to Evansville he led a varied life, be ing at one time a resident of tbe Sandwich Islands. John W. Bingham waa a rajor in tbe Confederate army, and bas taken some action in Dolitlcs. A short time ago ho married handsome and well-connected ladv of Madison, tbis state; is about forty years oi age, &na has oeen considered an active and thorough business man. It is, after all, sad to contemplate the utter downfall of such men, but no romantic svmpatby snouid do allowed to gusli for men wbo, with such business tact and energy, see proper to divert and prostitute their intelligence to acquiring money by fraud, when a penniless wigbt, loond guilty ot trifling crime, would go to tbe penitentiary without a sigh of sympathy, except. perhaps, from the broken heart ol some wife or starving child. Let the law take its atern and unyielding course, and have no golden gates to swing open free uen tbe rich, and creaking dungeon doors to close upon the poor ABDUCTING HER OtVN CHILD. AN ABSURD CRIMINAL CHARGE AGAINST A BROOKLYN WOMAN. Tbe New York San thus shows up an ab surdity of the law: Ten years ago Miss Sarah E. Nichols was married to Thomas A. Fay, of Brooklyn. Two children were born unto ber. tbe eldest of whom la eight years old. Two years ago Mr. Fay procured a divorce from his wile, and the custody of tbe children was awarded to him. Iu Aug ust last Mrs. Fa? contrived to obtain potset sion ot Graete, the eldest, and Fay secured a warrant lor ber an est. Mrs. Fa v secreted tbe child, nn1 as Fay visited the bouse with an officer she assaulted him. For this Fay ob' allied another warrant, and Mrs. ray agreed to give up the child it be would not prosecute ber. This was done, and Mrs. Fa v moved to Henry streut. New York. Two weeks ago Mrs. Fav visited tbe pub Jo school in Classon avenue, Hrooitivn, lu which her daughter was loatructed, ana ' APKIKO TO SEB THK CHILD , was allowed to do so. , The child, it Is said, begged to be allowed to 'aceompanv Its

mother to her New York home, - and Mrs. Fay permitted ber to do so. Mr. Fay did

not know what bad become of the child and offered a reward for her. He was told by oae Dickinson, a New York lawyer wbo had conducted his divorce suit, tbat the girl was in Henry street with her mother, and Mr. Fay obtained a warrant for tbe mother and she waa taken to Brooklyn. Yeaterday she was arraigned before Justice Riley and she pleaded not guilty to the charge ot abducting tbe child. Sbesajsthat abe paid Lawyer Dickinson 250 on condition tbat he would prosecute her no more. She met him a few days ago and he said to her that Fay bad offered a reward for tbe little girl. She turned quickly, saying: "Oh, you wont tell him abe is with me, will you?" and be answered ber that he would not. He then went straight to Fay, she says, and told him where the child was. Mrs. Fay is in jail awaiting examination. THE WORM OF THB STILL. Ways that are Devious and Deeds that are Dark. AT ST. LOUIS. ANOTHER BT. LOCI8 G AUG SB SURRENDERS AT DISCRETION THREK MORS INDICTMENTS RETURNED BT TBK GRAND J ÜBT OF THAT BCBO. The St. Louis special of tbe Chicago Tribune, of yesterday, says: Tbe case against John A. Mead, one of tbe indicted ex-gaug-ers, charged with certifying to false returns, was to have been tried tc-day, but the defendant obviated tbe necessity of a trial by announcing his desire to withdraw his plea of not guilty, heretofore made, and enter a plea or guilty. Tbe plea was ordered to be recorded, and sentence, es in otter like cases, was suspended, and Mead went away to wait tor tbe aword of justice. Shortly afterwards tbe grand jury came into court and returned three Indictments, one of which was against member of the wblaky ring, but wno tbe defendant is has not transpired, thonch it is certain that be resides in St. Louis, and therefore can not be any of tbe Washington people. So much leaked out in connection with the revenue frauds. Public excitement was as great to day as it bas been at any timeslnce tbe openlog of tbe wbisky war, though tbe excitement has little to feed on beyond rumors and street gnssip. In tbe absence of authentic news, however, one or TWO OF THE MORNING PAPEItf have gone to manufacturing stories, e.nd these proserve popular Interest. The grand jury and tbe government attorneys keep everything so guarded from the press and spscial correspondents in particular, tbat it in almost an imposslbilty to get reliable information about what the prosecution is ac complishing in the way of actual or prospective Indictments. It Is rumored tonight tbat tbe party who was indicted to-day is a proininant democratic politician of this city, but tbe rumor is not authentic enough to jus'-ity the mentioning bis name. George Bronton, tne obstreperous witness, wno formerly refused to testily, expressed his willingness now to divulge all he krows, and promises to give some startling testimony concerning tbe peculiar manner in which the St. Louis distillers ran the'r business. Bronson was formerly bookkeeper lor Bevis, Frazier s Co. Bronson stated to-day to exDistrict Attorneys ratric&s and Bliss that he was ready to prove that one of tbe attorneys now representing tbe government in too prosecution oi tbe wbisky-ringites, who at that time held a United S'.ates office, received 10,000 for keeping still and failing to notily the authorities at Washington of the frauds upon the revenue of which he was cognizant. It may be stated tbat Bronson is now under indictment for perjury a tact which will detract from the value ot his testimony. It is true, however, that Eronson necessarily knows a great deal about the modus operandi by which distillers put CROOKED WHISKY ON THK MARKET, and his evidence will be quite uselul on tbat point. Tbe case of Kellerman comes up to-morrow, and it is expected that the most interesting evidence yet elicited con cerning the operations and ramifications ot tbe ring will be brought out. Tbe defendants' attorneys will light lor a continuance on some pretext, but tbe probabilities are tbey will be unable to avoid a trial. It is not improbable tbat Kellerman, if he hods that be has no other alternative than a trial, will join tbe demoralized band wbo have gone be fore, by pleading guilty. Concerning this policy ol pleading guilty, your correspondent was told to-night by two of the moat prominent parties yet indicted, tbat the plan was ruinous and euicidal in the extreme, and tbat several of those who had pleaded guilty, now. on sober, second tnougnt, regret. and would withdraw tbeir plea ot guilty it It were possible. The report which has gained currency to tbe fcflect that the district attcoey has received very strict in structions to iD&ist on tbe severest penalties known to tbe law in every case where de fendants have pleaded guilty has evidently excited an uneasy feeling on the part ol those wbo adopted tbat policy, relying on tbe clemency aod magnanimity of the gov ernment. Washburn with his secret service force is here and very quietly at work, it is supposed, on tbe double mission of ferreting out evidence in tbe counterfeiting business and keepiDg a watcblul eye on certain uncertain distillers whom it is thought neces sary to shadow. THB BOX, DANIEL W. TOORHEES WILL AR RIVE here to-morrow morning to consult with bis clients, William McKee and Magulre, wbo bare engagfd him for their defense on tbe whisky Indictments pending against them. Several St. Louis attorneys will be associated with Mr. Voorhees. Neither McKee or Magulre will plead guilty. Tbeir prearatlons lor tbe defense will .be of the most elaborate character and their fight before tbe Jury bold and desperate. Tbere is a good deal said about Joyce here, and it seems to be a settled opinion tbat, it be can make favorable terms, he will tell more than has ever yet been told a pout the whisky ring, it is reported whether truth fdl or not ot course can cot te known that tbe district-attorney, sev eraldava ago. at the request of tee grand Jury, inlormrd tbe attorney general that it was impossible to get at tbe bottom of the revenue frauds without tbe evidence ol Joy re, and suggeetiui; that overture? be made to Jojc?, offering a pardon, or, at least, a very light puuUument, if ho would divulge all tbe lacta in his possession. I; is taid that Secretary Bristuw has v.rged the president to make terms with Joyce, and that tbe prefrldeut is considering tue proprl etv ot so doing. Ol course, in connection with this, muca is said about Bristow'ade clgns upon Grant and bis household, wish Ing to 'crush them to Dive hts wav tithe Wblte House,, aod alo about the president' reluclauoe to favor Joyce for- fear bis ttimony . willluvolveOivllle Grant and Qen. Bibcock.- ... i ,j. i I

DANGERS OF TILE DEEP.

HORRORS UPON HORRORS. THE LOST PACIFIC. A SKETCH OF HIB CAPTAI5 HIS DISTTKGUISHKD CONNECTIONS AND CAREER. . Memphis, Tsnk., Nov. IX CapC Jefferson D. Howell, commander of the steamihlp Pacific, lost a few days since on the Oregon coast, was a brother of Urs. Jefferson Davis, ot this city. He was a native of Natchez, Miss., lived In New Orleans several years, and served as inidahiD man under tbe Confederate nag with Admiral Bemmes. For the cast ten veara he has bn employed on mercnant vested salllnz out of t a.' a . . . . . " oau r rancisco. nome monint since he was pro moted to the command of the steamship Pacific, iui Koinmrj uispij-ta m resro ng some snipwrecked people daring a violent storm. Capt. Howell was barely 30 years old wten lost. A faiut hope In, however, entertained tbat he may be among tbe saved. THE SHIP WHICH BAN ISTO THE PACIFIC, Bah Frakcisco, Nov. 12. A dispatch this afternoon from Port Townsend reDorta the re turn of the revenue steamer Volcott from a cruise after survivors of the Pacific Alter . finding O'Hanlon, tbe quarter master previously noted, the cutter steamed, for Neah Fay, near Wadden Island, and picked cp tbe body of tbe ander steward of the Pacific. On reaching Veah Ray, Lieutenant Garwood, in command ot the Wolf ott, sen tout Indians in canoes who searched the coast for 3U miles southward of Ca De Flattery, xetnrnlDg a'ter two days unsuccessful. There was a heavv rale all day Tuesday. On Wednesday the Woleott sailed or Barclay Hound, Van Oouver's Island, iniriy-nve muea rrora ipe r lattery, and communicated with the Indians alons Van couver's Shore, bot nothing of importance was ascerined. When tbe steamer reached Barclay Hound and - tbe flrat Indian village waa hailed a canoe came on, containing a while man. who came aboard and introduced himself as the first mate ot tbe ehlp Orpheus. He stated tbat sbe bad been run into on tbe Tnorsday sight previous by steamer, and was wrecked on tne roi owing Katnrday morning on an island near by Copper Island. Tbe captain and crew h&d got - asbore safely and were encampd further up. Proceeding In the direction indicated, another canoe app'oacbed, In wbieb was Capt. Uawyeruf tbe Orpheus. Mm gave tbe following aceonnt of thediaasTer: On Tbursdsy evening he was approaching the cape and, by bis reckonicg, a bo at twenty miles off, a fresb southeast breeze waa blowing. Be was steeerlog abat northwest. The man at tbe wheel tirst saw the steamer's headlight off the port bow, and immedla'el y after straight ahead. lie coaM see neither of ber side lights, and could not make out in which 'recUon she was eoralrg. He pat his leim a larboard. The light came nearer, and he continued to starboard his beim until his vessel bad turned around and ber sails were fiat aback. Tbe steamer by this time had got very near him and D'ew one whistle, in less toan naif a minnte afterwards ber bow strack his ship, glancing along tbe bow post abaft the fore chaln. crashicg la the rails and breaklDg tbe planking down to near tbe copper. 8he surged aloucslde of her, atrtklng and grating a'oog the ttarooard aide, carrying away all the starboard braees and the ringing on that side, and also the foretopmast. Cautaln r?awver states that he hailed the steamer as SHE 8URQEO PAST, and called to them to lay by him and send a boat.es he then supposed his ship to be in a sinking condition, bufc no oue answered the hall. Neither did he see any one on the deck. She drifted or steamed away: he was not certain which. He afterward saw a flash of light, which he took for a signal. He thought they had heard his hall and would lay by him. He saw ber no more. His ship at inai lime uemanaeu - an ma attention, lie lay to tbe remainder of tnat nlzbt and. nearly ail day Krida?. repairing bis rigging. Friday foruoon he got nnuer way again ana maae sail lor ind. noon after dark he made a light, which ne took for Cape Flattery, not knowing that there was a light on tbe coast further north. He allowed five miles clearance for Duncan rock and considered bltmelf saf for entering the straits of Fuca, when aboatöo'clock Tuesday morning hlsshlp scraped over a reef and Immediately alter tstrnck ber now on a rock, .stuck fast and filled. The light be mistook for Flattery ' ws Cape Beal, at t he en trance of Berel ay Hound, 35 miles north of the former. Tbe ship will prove a total loss. Capt. Hawyer got all the valuables, etc., he could out of ber, encamped on shore with his wife and crew In tents made of Ralls, hired a canoe from the Indiana and started his mate to Victoria for help. Bnt the weather was so bad that the Indians would venture out on tbe vozage. Ho they were found when the Woleott arrived. Lieut Hxrwood took allot ibem aboard bis vessel with the most valuable portion of the goods saved, leaving the Ilrtt mate of tbe Orpheus in charge of the wreck until the owners could be consulted. All were landed sa.'ely at Port Town&end Friday morn leg. Nothing was heard or seen in Barclay hioucd of anything pertaining to the Pacific. Cap:. Harwood and Pilot Peter Thompson went to the wreck of the Orpheus, and examined it carefully. They say that the ship was undoubtedly struck by tbe fcteamer, Just aloft her forward rigging. The Orphens wss registered at ten hundred and sixty-seven tons, and owned by U. L. Taylor fc Co., of this city. At tbe time of the collision with tbe Pcl tic she waa In catlast on ber way to le part uro Bay lor a cago of coal, having failed tromthis port on the 9th alt. There is noexpectathm of lescuingasy inoreot thoweon tbe Pacific. There bas been heavy weatbtr since tbe wreck, and after a thorough search there are no hopes ot further alscoverlta. ADDITION, DIVISION LENCB. AND SiTHK ST. LOUIS WHISKY RING. STARTLING JtVIDENCK PRODUCED AGAINST M'DONALD OONFRSSIONS OP BIS PALS VAST SUMS OK MONKT PAID TO OFFICIALS TBACBS OF BABCOCK. St. Louis, Nov. 16. The United States District Court room was crowded to-day to hear the testimony in the case of General John McDonald, ex-supervisor of the in ternal revenue for this district, charged with conspiracy to defrsud the government in connection with tbe crooked whisky. The tes timony was listened to with marked attention, and produced quite a sensation. The prlneinal witness was C (i. Megrae.and the mam fiart oi nis eviueucu was as iuhuwu csiu wo n June, 1871. remained until November, 1&72, ibad repeated conversations with McDonald and Jovcs aboot making money oil of illegal dutl line, the substance of which was tbat the distillers should be protected in making crooked whisky, on tbe condition mat tney snouiu give a certain part of the taxes saved to eerts in parties. From about Sept. 1, 1871, to November, i72, I rollected money from the d Millers Kavis A Fraier. Thompson. Cnrran and Ulricl to rv to the other parties. 1 bad a talk with ii nf th distillers mentioned and assured tbem tbat tbey could run in violation of the law, and tney would be protected by tbe government olfin on the conditions mentioned. 1 did this on the authority of Joyce and McDonald. Tbe mnnav waa collected usually on ratnrday of each week. The amount collected from Ulri-1 varied from r. iai tnf l.fOO. from Thompson from a"l to f i.&W), ftomUurran from toüOto II,, from Bevis A Frn.er irom ti.Ouu to 3.000. the total average being about 18.500 per week. The diatl lera brought it to me at my rooa generally about noon, and I disbursed It. A certalo sum wan tnkenoutto t ay the eaueers. assistant eoliecinr. assistant RFtes&ors and storekeepers The balance was divided into five parts. The money for Ihe subo?d nntes was given to John Leavenworth for disbursement. ol the other five packages, 1 kept one, McDon aid one. Joyce oue, and the other two weie given to Ltaveo worth wiih THE UNDERSTANDING! that McKee KOt one and Ford the other. This work began in the flrat part of Beptember, 1CTI, McDonald complained once tbat Joyce i oneht not ' to receive aa ' much at the rest, and so j on.'

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one occasion I rare him nana mnr. v. rest without givlag Joyce his full one-fifth, IIa took it. The arrangement was that the dlsifMeia were to retain about one half of :the profluon the crooked liquor. Leavenworth wasasuaaer and a part of the time a storekeeper. The taxom whisky at this lime was 6u cents per gallon and I collected aboot thirty cents per sallon. It wa understood at the supervisor s office that th Saugers, storekeepers and other subordinate were to receive irom one dollar to a dollar and s half per barrel, but Leavenworth generally paid mm more. I took the money for the main mem bers to the supervisor's office, and there waa no particular dl82Uie about mv there. I always set alde a portion of the money, a part of the time 1100 per week snd a part of the time Hxi rer week, for William o a ..w chief clerk of the internal revenue bureau at Washington. Tbis increue was mads at thA in. stance of Joyce, who came from Wash Id ton once, and said tbat Avery was complaining or not receiving ebOllih mnnnv. H nA war a I creased it to 3ou per wtek. Ihe witness was crrx-examlni a at anms Umrik stoutly maintained all the positions taaen in bU direct examination. His business before he came here and fcinea h im. ft in quired into closely, and his social relations with a woman who kept an assignation house bera, and who was in .New York while be lived there. i "-"lu'li uwj. ne aaraiiiea to having been indicted here for the bribery of Phil. Warner, a United Htates ganger, bat inii th ebarge and said that the ludictment would be none prorsed.and also denied that any arrangement existed bV Which the Inrilptmnr against hitn will bedlsmlssed. He had beard tnat be was Included in an omnibus indictment here, bat no cipias bad yet been served on him. He could not positively state THE AMOUNT HE BKALTZXD out of the ring here, but thought it was from. any to sixty thousand dollars, nearly all cf which he lost in stock speculation In New York. Charles W. Ford, Jno. Leavenworth and Pinley Rcbb. tbe parlies mentioned as bavinv received money Irom him. have slnoe died. ' Macklot Thompson, a distiller, testified that Joyce told him that he mlgat run an extra tube or two. Tbe witness paid Jovee for services rendered him in Washingten. He made Irom 25 to 50 per ceal. on crooked ' spirits. He used stamps three, times and paid wine ring laid from three hundred to nfleen hundred dollars weekly, generally to Megrue. - In fcectember, 1872, Special Agent Brather came here rrora Washington and afterward um Irl that be had caught as all and xnut have flO.Oue. which were raised for him. On the cross-ex. aminailon the witness itatM that he understood that the money paid by tbe ring was for tbe supervisor of the revenue, tbe agent, collector, gaugers, and storekeepers, although it was started, he waa told, for a campaign fond. Alfred Bevis testified that be made crooked whisky with the knowledge ol Joyce and McDonald. aod palujfrom (1,000 to fi,wu per weea: to weerne. lie paid Brasher HJOO as his share of the S10 O00 demanded by that officer. The witness thought tbat bis bouse paid to tbe ting from7j,0U0tolKM,f00 In fourteen months. Hi was in the collector's office when thi records were destroyert. The deslructtor o tbem was arranged by Joyce and Concannon. iue tatter was cme: clerk In the col ector's office. The .witness hsd beei shown letters by Joyce parpor'lng t - faaTe come from Avery a a a Ubcock, the president's secretary, Oa the crots examination the witness said be bad conversed with McDonald about whisky matters, and that he tMcOonald) bad said that verrtbiuc was all rljbt and told him to go ahead. KOTES ABROAD. The truth of the dispatch from Kagusa, pub lished in the Le Kord of Brussels Saturday, rep. resenting that the Musselmen in Herzegovina were exasperated against and preparing to massacre the Christians, is officially denied. A fire Sunday morning destioyrd the main building of the St. Catherines (Unt. Wheel orks, owned by Hunt, Calrnes & Co. The oss on the building and machinery was 130. tCK); stock, S5,otr. The machinery was insured for Jli.fKH.', the huiidiug ior ii.xw and tne Hock lor 113,'ifMi. Hixty meu are thrown out of em ployment. On Kucday another pastoral letter from Bishop Borlgot was read In all tbe Cathoiie cbnrches of Montreal, going into the same explanation as before regarding the kaci dues of the eonxecraled cerolery, and that to preserve lis aaucMty Uulbord's burial w. uid be forever cursed. Tue lftliop concluded by counselling the greatest forbearance on tlso part of toe people at the approaching burial. On do account were they to uterer. He warned them not to attend tb funeral. The Canadian steamer Fravles Smith mirac ulously escaped foundering In Lake En per lor during the severe storm of the th and SUt ult. Fifty-six head of cattle were thrown overboard, and many sheep and swine were drowned. The cook room was demolished and supplies detroyed, leaving the passengers and crew with out food from rrlday night until (Saturday night. The rudder became nnmanaeable, and but lor tbe daring exertion of the ottlcers aod crew all on board would have perished. No lives were lost. At a meeting of the member of the Hagosta party in Madrid, held Sunday, the names were read of 212 ex-senators and deputies as announcing adherence to the obleesofthe meeting, becor Ha gosta declared that the oonstlta lonailstsdesi ed to be tbe most libeiat parly under tbegoverntnent or Alphonso. They wished to malnialn the principle of 18i0, correcting tbe defects, but preserving tbe spirit of the revoiotion. A committee was ap pointed, wno will report at a suowequent meeting whether they will vote In tbe Cortes. Marshal rerrano wasextecea to presiue over the assemblage held to day, but was prevented bv the miliary regulations, 'i hlrty -seven gen erals were also prevented by the same cause. A Herald special from Paris says that, in view of the approaching struggie la the asrenibiy over the proposed change in the system of voting persons in a position to know the relative strength of the parties and tbe lcfluencea being brouzht to bear, and the various groapea nto wmcn tney are duduiviu. ubvu ueeu u iculatlng the prob-tble votes tor s aa against the government. The conclusion arrived at, after a careful aualysls ot the opposing forces, is that the scrutlo d'arroodlssement. or voting by amincis. win cumumuu a a slority. ss tbe scrutlu lei isle, or voting by de- - . i ... i particents, wnicnuuw uievau. i rkftuuuuw supported by the republicans. The ministry is iiaeiy to nave a triumpu tu iu wuuui par liamentary battle. AN ILL FATED FAMILY. BISTORT OF MIÜXIE ROANE ON B OF THB F. F. V. INSANITY IN THB PMILT HKB BROTHER AND SISTER COMMIT 6CIC1DB. The Richmond correspondent of the New York Herald, ol Saturday, says: Tbe proper name of the unfortunate girl wbo committed suicide at No. 180 Filth avenue, New York, was Minnie Roane. She was a nttive of Ring William county, In this state, aad be longed to one of Ihe mot-t noted F. F. V.'m. Her parents were reiatea wiy v tue iamily of tbe Hon. wunam wane, a iormer governor ot Virginia, and her grand uncle was a juags ot m otato vuun ol Appeals, and at one lime a united State senator, ller mother died while herself and a sister named ueii were yet quite young, to which may probably be attributed tne eause i tneir uiitiuri.uiie uu vcmuiv fates. About six years sro these two girls, Minnie and Bell, ran away irom tneir nouie in King William coanty, with the avowed purpose OI Deainning a me oi bubluo ana misery, iney were punutu, uj"ci, with the aid of some distant relatives living in. this city were captured and returned to their borne, where for a time tney were kejc under tbe strictest surveillance. As toon, as this was relaxed thev escaped agaiu, and bent npon leading a life of sin tbey entered bouses of ill lame in tbis city. Mlun'.e l?ft here nearly three years ago and went to St. Louis and from thence to New York, where ber history since is well known; her sister went to Baltimore, and, lam iutormed today, threw hersell from the wiodow of a hospital in tbat city and was instantly killed. A brother wbo was employed in a drug store in tbis city tor k chloroform, irom the effects of which he died. Tbe family history la replete with terrible cataa a t - iropnes du mw.viwuuc .( .. .4 ;