Terre Haute Evening Gazette, Volume 6, Number 203, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 February 1876 — Page 2

LOST,

JQlbeiryok

'oST—Pocket-book containing about SC. jTha was lost on Filth St., between and Cherry. The Under wil be rewarded by returning it to Mrs. Jtine Mer-

rlflan

weal side Flfih St., between Nult.ny and Cherry.

Liour.—An

MT old diary with loavfr. a 11 torn containiag papers ot no wort'i to uuv eno

but the

owner.

F!lKler wil

ceivo tbo worth of dooK leu viva mu JJat this office. rwT— MONEY OKDttR—Somewhere in I .the allev between Fifth and Hixtu and M^i'n and 5hio streets, a postoffice money order, for 92.02, signed Wm. C. Ball & Co will be of no use to any person except IhZowner, as the Money Order Clerk. Mr. unf Am has been instructed to pay it to no rereon except the bustn-ss manager of this £aper. Return to this office and receive reward. 08T—Shawl, near northern 2oiling

I JUIUI. Btrlned same color on both sides. The finder will Be liberally rewarded by leaving the shawl at the market of P. Wya't.

IWill

08T—Gold badge .bearing the name of Deputy Marshall Buckingham Find

be rewarded by returning It to the Mayor's office.

LOST—Lily's

lur cape, on Chestnut Re-

to Mrs. Sackrlder. at the house ot J. w. Haley, on Chestnut st-eet, between Sixth and seventh gtreetB.

WANTED.

change Hotel, on Ttuth street, near Union depot, at once. AN1ED—A good cook, Apply at P.

W W"willing

Wyatt's.

ANTED—A situation by a young man to do anything. Best of referent given. Address,C. A. B., this otlice.

ANTED-TRUNK-TO trade a Grover Baker sewing machine for a large trunk, and the difference in cash will see the mach.ne cheap. Address T. unk, tox 170 city.

Wthis

ANTED—A sci sors grinder to call at office. We haven't heard that he's an Italian Count, and bp needn't count on it so inucti as upon getting some Bclssorci to grind. References given and required. The scissors and YE GAY GAZKTTKIK say come, and, grinder, do you come quickly.

WANTED—Toknow

the whereabouts of

omas Evans, a retired coal-opera

tor and journalist.

WANTED—Experienced

WANTED—A

**7"

millinery men

who have a trade in Indiana and Illinois, by an old and established house, who are opening a new house in Indianapolis. Address Griffith Bros., Dayton, O.

WANTED—Everybody

to know that

Mrs. C. A. Beard is prepared to make boys suits. Work promptly done and sat isfaction gnaianteed. Prices very cheap. Call at the soutnwest corner of Third and Hwan streets.

vrr ANTED—Board by a gentleman in a W private family who need a piano and tire Tiling to let the board apply towards paying tor same. Thn place must be centrally located. Address, stating termB and ocality, Poatofflce box 1902, city.

purchaser for a Wheeler

& Wilson Sewing Machine, It is a bargain. Inquire at tuis office*

*ir ANTED—Two gentlemen can obtain W first-class board, »n private larniiy, applying at No. 43 South FMth street.

AN TED—A GENERAL AGENT—For

the New Family and No. 6 aud No. 7 Rotary-Hook, Lock-Htitch Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines. A good chance for the right man. For terms, Ac., apply to J. T. Grayson, at Terre Uautu House.

Wplystreet,south

AITED—Washing and ironing. Ap to Mrs. Floriey East side of Twelftn of Main.

WANTED-Work,

FOR

either driving team

or working at any manual laoor, oy a oareiul, industrious and reliable man. Address through poatofflce, or call at No. 12 North Fifth St. WM. CARTER.

WANTED—Anorth

position as housekeeper,

by an experioed person. Apply at the sixth house of Locust, on ahlrd Htreet.

WANTED—Situation

at light work by

a man competent and reliable. Address J. Y. Read. P. O. Box 664 City.

WANTED—Everybody

to know that

Brunker'd Carminative Balsam is infallible for tliarrnee, flux, pain or con eestlon of the stomach, or cholera morbus, children's teething chcllc, hiccups, summer complaint, or cholera infantum, Cures without debilitating alter all other remedies fall. Pleasant and Bale to afle, Inquire lor it at your druggist's.

nr A "WTWTG^Wk Agents for the best W AJM- JBJMW selling Prize Packages in the world. Single package, with elegant prize, postpaid, cents. or other novelties send Btamp. Address, r. GLUCK, New Bedford, MasB.

FOB SALE.

nuRSAt E-An account of aga^st Thomas H. Evans, formerly ot Xerie Haute, an ex-coal dealer aud an embryo editor, now in retirement, A liberal discount for cash.

nOR SALE—A I three run country. For Halteman, 1611 Jaokson atreet Mo.

SALE—A Wheeler & Wilson Hewing Machine, almoBt new and lately put In perfect order and as good as new, it will be sold at a bargain. For prrticulars nqulre at this office.

FOE SALE OB TRADE.

I"70R SALE OR TRADE-A feur-year-olil mare, young and iu good condition. Will be sold cheap or traded for a vacant lot in the otty. For fur her particulars inquire of Wm. Joab, corner ot Fourteenth and Sycamore streets.

FOE BENT 0B SALE.

FOR

RENT OR BALE—A good house of 9 rooms, suitable for boarding. Good aut buildings, etc Apply on the premises, on Ohio, between First and Second tINtt

FOB TBADE.

E»OR TRADE—A vacant lot, 100 leet, on South Filth street, between Wilson and Crawford streets, for a house and lot on Fifth or Sixth streets, between Ohio and Crawford streets,.worth five or six thousand dollars, tbe difference paid iu cash. Inquire at this office

FORIt

TRADE-Some town property in Cofleeville, Montwomery county, KanHas, is a store house and dwelling «use. I* is valuable and clear of incum to ranee. Will be traded for property here in

lerre^RB^yIATTiKA.

FOR

MCMONI9LE,

Sixth house east of .Sixth (No. 76), south aide of Chestnut street.

FOB BENT.

•*-OR

RKNT—FAIK GROUNDS—Tne mile FuUkT^alliand 74 acresof pasture on Vl*OA«ricuit&ral society's Ground*, near Terre Haut«. IN IBR rent Sot th®yj®r be-

KSIns/

Much l»t, 1W*

88tb, 1877, on the same conditions as hereto lore subject to the rules and regula^ hv of the society. Bids will be received by the Fair Ground Committee nntil 2 V. MFebruary 19th. The committee leserves the right to reject all bide.

JOSBPH GILBERT, A. B. P*GG, CORY BARBOUR,

Committee,

RENT—On the corner of First and Mulberry, two rooms furnished or not furninhed with, or without board. Call on the premise* and see Mrs. R. Scott.

IJIOR RENT—Houses in different parts of of the city. Also for trftde, a four-year-old mare lor a vacant lot or phteton. Inquire of Wm. .Joab, corner of Fourteenth Mid Sycamore streets.

£sostRENT—Dwellingwell,

OR bouse. West side of Fifth street,. Becond house south of eight rooms, cistern, Ac. Rent reasonable. Inquire at the St. Charles Hoteh

JR RENT—2-7 octaves rosewood piano

o«ll aoon at the Palaoe of Musio, 48 Ohio

(Siizetk.

WM. C. BALL & CO,, Prop'r8,

W.tl.c. BALI SPENCER P. BALL.

Office South Fifth street, near Main,

a a •tfu-rii'.-.'is, asct-vfc Ksmday, and sold by ',bf» Ht'Sft© per fortnlcht. By ninii $».«') per ya*i Jor 3 months $i$,00 Sc eiOHU.fi, The G&um-x in Ksue- every

Tinir«lfi5\ •oil contain:* nil the best icatter o( thu ir daily issues. Tho WsjiK.yr GLvrICttx '•. tfcf ,'yrsf-t .orlnted in Xerra H.am«. an.I Is ?old tor *. Ot.KJ copy, par ysfAi", ©3i siiv mouths', thrsa months, $63. Ali subscription* raust be paid for in advance. No paper discontinued until all the arrearages are paid, unless at the option ot the proprietors. A failure to notify a discontinuance at the end of the year will i3 considered 11 new engagement.

Address all letters, WM.C. BALL & CO., GAZETTE, Terre Haute, ind-

Wednesday Evening, Feb. 0, 1876.

THE St. Louis Globe-Democrat has so far overcome its reticence in the mstter of the misfortune which befell its chief proprietor as to give utterance to the following editorial paragraph. It appears to be game still. "The Republican, which is never so bright ns when it borrows a few of the Globe-Democrat's cast oil phrases, should hasten to inform us that the "actual damage is irreparable," Isn't it, though.

Specie Resumption.

New York is determined to resume, no matter what tha rest of the country may do. A curious feature of the New York State law3 is reve iled in tha following editorial extract from the recent issue of the Tribune. It says:

There is a complication in taking backward steps ou specie payments, which they do not seem to have thought of in Washington. Whatever course Congress or the United States may pursue, the State of New York has made her election in favor of a sound currency. New York in 1838 was the first State to enact and enforce specie payments and, at the last sess^ ion of the Legislature, she took another decisive and important stop in 'the same direction.

There is more gold here, or easily obtainable, than is needed for tbe wants of the State and the less competition we encounter from tbe other States and the Nation .1 Government, the surer and easier would seem to bo our first steps toward resumption. There are more than 11,000 school-districts in this State and tho total tax: collected, both State and municipal, amount to more than $55,000,000 annually A law, then, requiring all taxes, including school-district taxes, to be paid in coin, or coin-bearing bank notes,will practically soon produce specie payments.

No State can long retain a currency which is not receivable for Slate and local taxes. The power ol" collecting taxes in gold has been the great aud powerful instrumentality of maintaining specie payments in Texas, Cwlorado, Oregon, Nevada and California. The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Lane county vs. Oregon (7 Wallace, 71) has decided that a State can enforce the collection of taxes in gold, and that "The clauses in the several acts of Congress of 1862 and ISG3, making United States notes a legal tender for debts, have no reference to taxes imposed by State authority."

If a tax collector in this State should fail to collect taxes in the currency (or even in any article) designated by *w, his willful omission would be a misdemeanor, and the penalty might be tbe same as was imposed upon Tweed. Therefore it is to be presumed that the following State law, approved March 22,1875, will be rigidly executed.

Section 1. All taxes levied and confirmed in this State on and after Jan. 1,1S79, shall be collected in gold, United States gold certificates, or National Bank notes which are redeemable in gold on demand.

Sec. 2. Every contract or obligation made or implied after Jan. 1,1S79, and payable in dollars, but not in a specifi*Vi 1 1? •!/-, 11

A aViall Ka norrohlo In

ed kind of dollars, shall be payable in United States coin of the standard weight or fineness established by the laws of the United States at the time the contract or obligation shall haye been made or implied. ["The laws which exist at the time and place of tbe making of a contract, and where it is to be performed, enter into and form a part of it. This em braces alike those which affect its va

_A merchant, mill with Jlidity, construction,discharge, and enof buns. Is in a good wheat forcement."—Walker vs. Whitehead— particulars address, A, *•, 16 Wallace, 314.]

St. Louis,

Gold-contracts are valid/and are not prohibited by the United States Constitution or the legal-tender act as interpreted bv the United States Supreme Court, aud therefore' the above law of this State "will enter into and form a part" of every contract made in this State after Jan. 1, 1879 and will thus make all contracts made after that date payable in coin, unless some other currency is designated in the contract. Whatever party-managers elsewhere might be willing to do for the sake of temporary popularity or tocal success, we know of no party in this State which would dare to go hefore the people in the campaign ot 1S76 lo advocate such a step backward as the reppal ot this law lor resumption in New York in 1870.

Spi cle Payments.

Maybe the [country is not as far away from specie payments as some parties have imagined. Already ac tive steps have been taken iooking towards the retirement of the fractional currency. The present status of affairs can be well determined from the following Washington de spatch taken from the New York Sun. It says:

Washington, Feb. 6.—Yesterday the House Committee on Appropria. tions, having under consideration the estimates for carrying on the mint service for the next fiscal year, was unexpectedly brought into contact with specie resumption. Mr. H. R. Linderman, Director of Minis, was before the committee to explain his reasons for asking for increased appropriations at San Francisco, Carjon City, and Philadelphia. He said nt ^as on account of the largely increased coinage of silver under tbe operatiooa of the resumption act. Of this committee of eleven members, a majority (seven) are hard money men, viz., the chairman, Mr. Randall. Hamilton of New Jer ney and Wells of Missouri, Democrats, and the Republican members Wheeler, Hale, Foster, and Waldron. The pronounced greenback suppojters are Holman of Indiana, Singleton of Mississippi, Atkins of

Tennessee, and Blout of Georgia. It will thus be seen that, in advance of any action of the Committe of Ways and Means, or the Committee on Banking and Currency, the whole financial question wil be brought before tbe House with a majority of the Committee on Appropriations in favor of maintainihg the specia resumption act.

The director of tbe Mint was

v»/-

in full, tho question being chiefly upon the appropriation for wages of workmen aail thegaupply of materials necessary to conduct the coinage

While nothing definate was deter- March first, by the first of January mined, it has given an opportunity to A .l:0 be placed in circulantonce briD^ the subject before tho hirtv-twn imiiw-,r,a nr an nmrmnt

House, and it is understood it will "ce done to=morrowin form 01" a resolution to tnis effect:

During the hcariug of Dr. Linderman, .which occupied several hours, it was stated that the amount of siiver coin cu hand aud available for redemption of fractional currency is 33,000,000 in dimes, Sl.000,000 iu tweuty-cent pieces, $2,000,000 in quarters, and §6,000,000 in half dollars, aud that the gold value for exs port or melting of a dollar in these coins is two per cent, less than the sold value of the greenback dollar. It furthermore appeared that the supply and demand indicate a lower rather than a higher rate for .silver for some time to come, and the situation generally would justify the immediate issue of these coins iu lieu of tho fractional paper currency. The official reports showed that fifty millions of subsidiary silver coins were circulated iu the business of the country before the war, and without subjecting the public to any inconvenience, whereas now twic9 that amount would be absorbed, especially if the legal tender of such coins were increased by law to ten dollars, which would correspond with the practice in Great Britain, Of this one hundred millions it was estimated that thirty millions would be sufficient to take the place of fractional cuirency actually in circulation, while seventy million, in half dollars could be substituted for greenbacks, thus reducing the volume ot the latter to three millions without contracting the money circulation in the least.

Whereas, it appears irora the report of the Secretary of the Treasury that about twelve millions of dollars in subsidiary coins have been prepared under the provisions of the first section of the aciof Jan. 1, 1875, and are now on hand and, whereas, the relative value in gold of the silver coins is now less than the value of the legal tender note, aud is likely to remain so therefore,

Resolved, that in the opinion of this House, the time is at hand when the substitution of such coin for the fractioual currency should be begun.

The section in the specie resumpion act referred to is as folfows: That tli 9 Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required, as rapidly as practicable, to cause to be coiued at the mints of the United States, silver coins of the denomination of ten, twenty-five, and fifty cents, of standard value, and to issue them in redemption of aneqaul number of and amount of fractional currenc3r of similar denominations or at his discretion he may issue such silver coins through the mints, the sub'treasuries, public depositories, and post offices of the United States and upon such issue he is hereby authorized and required to redeem an equal amount of such fractional currency, until the whole amount of such fractional currency outstanding shall be redeemed.

It is well known that the main expense of the mints during the past year, their enlarged capacity, and their constant and increasing active ity, were all on account of the section above quoted, and that until the specie resumption act is repealed, the soft as well as the hard-money men, wilf be obliged to support it. The committee will recommend that every facility be given lor the purpose of coinage. There is, however, some doubt as to the expediency of continuing the assay office in New York and in Boise City, and the assay branch of the San Francisco mint. As to the location ,of a central mint, it was shown that upon the ground of economy alone, it oueht^to be fixed in the valley of the Mississippi.

The public debt statement on the 1st of February showed the outstanding fractional currency to ba nearly §46,000,000. Ot' this amount four millions is in the Treasury and the rest in circulation, the worn-out and lost^ notes being estimated at twelve million, leaving thirty millions in actual use. The silver coin on hand had accumulated so fast that there was no longer vault room for its convenient storage, the capacious vaults in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, St, Louis and San Francisco being already filled. At the latter place, the United States Treasurer, only last week, when notified that $271,000 was ready for delivery, was compelled to reply that he bad no place to put it. A serious question then arose form tbe fact that the law does not contemplata that the mints shall be custodians of public funds, except incidentally connected with the coinage. The mints, therefore, must either stop coining silver, which would be contrary to the letter and spirit of the mandatory law known as the specie resumption act, or else Congress must make immediate appropriation for the constructi on of additional vaults, and tbe further coinage of silver deferred until they are ready for use. In this condition of affairs and in consideration of the fact that there is no danger of the exportation of silver coins, they being less valuable than the greenbacks, the inference was that the time had arrived for the issue of these coins, thereby relieving the Secretary of the Treasury of a troublesome burden. The preseni gold value of the standard ounce ef silver bullion being 81.08, and tbe coining rate §1.24 4 10, the difference between the export and nominal value of sucb coins is 16 cents aud 4 mills. The gold premium would have to advance and remain some time at 117 before these coins could be exported at a profit,freight and insurance about 1% per cent, being taken into the calculation. It further appearaed that the gold value of greenbacks had exceeded that of the silver coins since

January 1st, and that this day (Feb. 5) the excess was two per cent, While all the co iditions of the market indicated tbe probability of the silver coins remaining in circulation when once put out, it was also demonstrated that if authority was given by law tor the *x«bange of silver coins at par for greenbacks, and vice versa.it would insure beyond question the current circulation of greenbacks, silver coin, and national bank notes.

But the most important part of the subject remained to be told. There was another reason why the silver should be substituted for fractional currency, and, astonishing as it might appear to the committee, ths saving to the Government annually would be ?2,000,000, or more than sufficient to meet the interest on the bonds which may have to be sold to procure the silver bullion necessary for coinage. In addition tbe seigniorage, or gain on the coinage, would be more than enough to defray the entire expenses of the mints and the distribution ol the coin in all parts ot the country. In other words, a proper regard for economy alone required the substiJ^ition to be made without further de-

•w»*eneiew*#*PW^®BWe*»we^^?2^

coining capacity of the mints is equal to two millions of subsidiary coins'per month, and there being on hand about twelve millions, if the issue began on

tion thirty-two millions, or an amount exceeding tbe sum of fractional notes actually in circulation. It was also urged that the resumption of silver payments would tend to steady the value of silver, iind this would be important, inasmuch as 'this country is likely to produce much more than will be required for home coinage.

The silver coin is put up in bags, containing one hundred dollars of each denomination. The United States Treasurer says that he will be ready on the first day of March to supply, iu conformity with law aud regulations, all demands that can be made upon him. There need bo but very little de-

ls,y.

BOSS SIIUl'HLRl) iBf A NfcW I1ELD.

He Proiioiincni) Coinprolsensive System of Iiii])roveiii«iiin in Mouili Carolina.

A Washington correspondent of the Sun, under date of Jan. 0, asked the following

Is it true that the visit of the three Government officers to Port Itoyal and Beaufort was for the purpose of making a bid, either for themselves or their friends, 011 property that the department will have to purchase to accommodate the wants of a large station?

Is it true that Con»re».sman Robert Small, of North Carolina, has secured a contract to supply the North Atlantic squadron with drinking water?

Both questions referred to iudisputable facts. And here are the proofs: A Dill has been introduced inso the Ass:mbly of South Carolina and is being pressed by Samuel Green, to charter a Stafe "Land and Improvement Company of Beauford county, with a capital stock of 8500,000, with power to increase it to $1,000,000. Among the gentleman who are to be declared a "body politic and corporate'' are Boss Shepherd, of District of Columbia notoriety, Wm. Tohnson, Allen McCauly, William Keeney, Henry Birch, Alexander Campbell, J. W. Scudder, and Samuel A. Pearce, Jr. It is said at Norfolk that Wm. Keeney holds residence in Jersey City, aud that he has recenfly purchased an interest in Spring Island, situated between Broad and Collector rivers, not many miles above Port Royal harbor, paying $32,500 cash for it. The character of the company outborizes the officers to improve such lands as they now possess or may acquire by laying out streets, avenues, aud lanes, and erecting such buildings as they may deem necessary, in other words, to create a new city in close connection with the new naval station. The shares of the company are $200 each, and work will be beguu an soon as one thousand shares are subscribed and paid for.

With reference to Congressman Small's water contract, it now ap pears that he has associated with himself a Mr. Dick. They control a large spring supplying the only fresh water in the neighborhood except ing a few ponds, and the business has proved sufficiently remunerative to warrant them in purchasing a steamer and greatly improving their water property. Another evidence that there is money in the contract, is that for several weeks eflorts have been made by various parties to buy the concession of Messrs. Dick and Small but they persistently refuse to iisten to anvsuch proposition.

LONELY.

TIIE CROOKED WHISKEYITES AT JEFFERSONVILLE LOUDLY COMPLAINING.

Interview by a Reporter of ths New "ilbany Ledger-Standard With Mill.

Ex-Deputv Collector Hill is well known to a number of persons in Terre Haut9, not alone on account of the connections he has had with the whisky frauds perpetrated by the Binghams, but, personally, through business and other relations. It will be remembered that he was a handsome man, with full, glossy whiskers, and proud bearing—a very heart-smasher among the ladies. When those "loves of whiskers" were chopped off by the remorseless minions of the law, it is said that Hill almost cried.

On account of the unfortunate similarity of the naoi33, Hirrv Hill, express manager on the E. & C., a thorough gentleman and a faithful official, has been thought to be the same man.

The following is an extract from an interview published in the New Albany Ledger-Standard of a recent date:

THE CROOKED WHISKY MEN

seem very lonely, huddled together, and appear very much out of place, and are doubtlsss very awkward in their present predicament. They have nothing to do with other prisoners, and while they fully realize their situation they can not reconcile themselves to their fate. Their clothing is new,clean, and warm, but of a rougher texture than they have been accustomed to. And the black and white strines ar« so much less honorable and patriotio than tbe stars and stripes of our glorious Union. These men watch closely every visitor that passes within their new home, and seem very much humiliated and dishonored. They leel as though the eyes ef the world were upon them, and that the verdict of the Commonwealth was "guilty, and served them right." As our reporter passed in the direction where these men were, Hill, tbe ex-Deputy

Collector,

calling bint by name, said, "Is that you please come over this way when you

get

time?" Comply

ing with the request, quite a conversation ensued, in which Hill protested his innocence and complained at bis treatment by tbe United States authorities nnd "the witnesses who swore to lies, especially John W. Bingham." "Why," said he, "its too hard that I should be disgraced and deprived of my freedom, when I did more than any man in my district to ferret out the whisky frauds. I was working for the

Government

faith, never took a

in good

cent

of money

unlawfully, and this is all the thanks I get for it. Politics had a great deal to do with the matter,

and

time when the

just at this

Republican

party wants

votes and appropation of the public, they must do something to make an honest appearance. I was in tbe way of these crooked men, and tbey took the means thejT did to get even vent their spleen aud crush uie. I must make up my mind to serve mv lime, but I tell you it is terrible. Things will cetne even yet and somebody will get their deserts."

An Irate Editor.

Chicago, Feb. 8.—H. ST. F. Lewis editor of the Western Rural, has brought suit for trespass against Milton George and others, at tbe instigation of whom he was recently confined in the COUH-

Arraigned Before our* for Fraud. Conspiracy

Mis*

'ieyernnienl.

ilistrific Attoraoy Dyor Makes tho t?j)ania£: Statement for Government.

IIE SAYS THE EVIDENCE AGAINST BAB. IS CONCLUSIVE.

'J'lic I'rosccuiiou Will Prove That Received Money Jt'rotn Joyce,

St. Louis, Feb. S—Joseph M. Fitzroy was then put on the witness stand for the prosecution. After testifying to his position in the revenue service, etc., he was asked by District Attorney Dyer, who conducted the examination, to state what he knew about C. Ci. Meguire, his operations here in 1871, etc., to which Judge Knew, of the defence, objected, on the ground that such a statement would be only of heresay character, as the witness did not enter the Collector's office until May, IST.'i besides, tho indictment charges the defendant with conspiring to defraud tho Government of a tax of 70 cents per gallon, ou certain proof spirits. Now, in point of fact, there was no tax of 70 cents per gallon 011 distilled spirits in 1S71, that tax did not go into effect until June, 1872, we, therefore, hold that no such conspiracy existed or could exist. There may have been a conspiracy to defraud the Government of 50 cents per gallon, that being tho tax then imposed. But this is not laid out in the indictment, and wo claim that it is the correct rule of law that a conspiracy*must be proved under tbe rule as laid out in the indictment. It is utterly incompetent to show the existance of a conspiracy to del'raud the Government generally when the indictment charges conspiracy to defraud out of a particular or specified tax.

Judge Dillon and Treat {consulted together a few moments, after which Judge Dillon said: We will not positively determine now whether the pleader has confined himself to the particular and specific tax of 70 cents per gallon. As that tax was not imposed until 1S72, it may be that the prosecution cannot show what transpired prior to that time, but if what was done before was simply the continued acts, it does not follow that it is incompetent to show what the frame structure was of the whole conspiracy. We have such little time to decide these questions that our ruling may be irregular, and therefore we will keep the question in mind and decide upon its admission hereafter. The witness may answer tbe question, it being understood that the ruling of the courr, on its competency will be given hereafter,

The witness then began to speak about Megrue when the defense object ed and he was withdrawn, and Mr Thompson, distiller, was called to the stand. He gave the history of his connection with the ring, and explained bow he made crooked whisKv, Ac. Ac., all of which has been stated numerous times before. During the examination of this witness, the defense objected to all questions not directly relevant to the indictment against the defendant, but Judge Dillon ruled that testimony to establish the existence of a conspiracy might be given, and the witness gave a tolerable full account of the ring and its operations.

St. Louis, Feb. 8—Fitzroy was then recalled, and Col* Dyer asked him if Megrue ever paid him any money.

Storrs objected to anything more pertaining to what ho called the Megrue conspiracy. He said Thompson testified that it ended in 1812, ami the prosecution in opening stated the same thing.

A long argument ensued, during which Col. Broadhead said, the theory is there was a conspiracy formed in 1871 embracing tbe Supervisor.Collector, a special revenue agent and others, aad that they went on making illicit spirits until the close of 1872, when there was a suspension. Then, in 1873, the same parties went on again and made more illicit whisky. It was not necessary that tbey should meet in a room and lay their plans. It was a coniinuation of the same plans, the e«me division, &c. There was no forn, al understanding, tbey all knew wl 1 tthey were to do.

J1 dge *Porer had interrupted Col. Broa ihead, and stated that counsel did not et the question fairly. The questiv was whether the prosecution intende to

connect

the defendant with

the conspiracy of 1861. We have it openly avowed iu deliberate argument by the Government, that there was a conspiracy in J871, wbich ended in 1872. The same counsel calls to the stand, a witness who says it- was closed in November, 1872. The man who organized it left it and went away, and the effort is to connect tbe defendant with it. We submit that they cannot resort to such means to prove tbe connection of the defendant with this conspiracy.

Mr. Broadhead replied that the pros-

conspiracy commencing in

1R?1

endiug in 1S72. It wis continuous from 1871 to 1875, when the strone arm of the Government stopped it \fnv we not establish the fact that Meerne was only an officer of tho ring, and was discharged when no went out and some elso put in his place? Wo do not claim that tho defendant was connected with ibo conspiracy in 1S71,

Mr. Porter was glad that tho gentle man so frankly declared that General Babcock was not connected with tbe Megrue conspiracy but is it fair for the Government to turn an indictment charging his intention to make illicit spirits iu 1874,into an excuse to go back to a conspiracy with it is admitted he had no connection, iu orucr to convict him?

The court said: As we understand it, the inquiry of the witness is as to what took place in 1872, and it is objected to on the ground that the conspiracy of 1872 ended in that year, aud is not connected with tbe conspiracy charged in the indictment. Tho counsel stated in the opening that the conspiracy with which the defendant is alleged to have been connected co mencen iu 1S71 and extended to 1875. Colonel Broadhead says the Government has no evidence to show complicity of the defendant in 1S71 or 157-. It it were a fact that tho coni-piraey ended in 1S72, we should hold is irrev-

elent to admit anvtliin^ further con-

Col. Broadhead said it was.not necessarv to show by the witness what the tax"was. It was enough to show that the Government had been defraudedThe prosecution are only compelled to show that a conspiracy was found, its effects, etc., and that if the conspiracy continued after the change in the tax was made. He repeated the history of the conspiracy which was organized here in 1871, stating that it involved all the distillers, and rectifiers, and Government officers, and employes here, and had its rumili -a:ion even in Washington. Ho cited soveral dispatches alleged to have passed between Joyce, McDonald, Avery and Babcock, to show that the two latter persons were engaged in th'e conspiracy, and corresponded with the conspirators. The dispatches between Joyce and Babcocic, touching tho appointment ot Col. Constantino Maguire, as collector of internal revenue, after the death of Cbas. W. Ford, were cited, and Col. Dyer stated that it would be proved that from that time on, the defendant furnished information to the ring here. The department wus thwarted in all efforts to get an investigation that would reveal tbe fraud for the reason that all revenue agents sent here to examine affairs, were either bought up on their arrival, or advices had been received of their contemplated visits, and an opportunity thus given the distillers to straighten up and show regular work. Dyer claimed that it would be clearly shown, that Babcock not only had full knowledge of the existence of the frauds which were carried on, but that he aided the conspirators in their work and received money directly from Joyce, who mailed it to him. Babcock and Joyce were the two men at Washington who kept the ring posted. Even after the indictment of Gen. John McDonald, Babcock, it would be proven,was in secret correspondence with him. The evidence, Colonel Dyer said, would in'a measure be circumstantial, but there would not be a link missing in the chain, and that the defendant was one of the conspirators.

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