, 1866-12-20
INTERNAL REVENUE FRAUDS.
Meeting Of shc Consrex- lnyes,lcaripg
Committee

lffOm LEE NtW ! CHE 4f3alEe, UtCsEt = LII
The Congress Com mittcc. consisting Of
Michigan, Myers, OF Pennsylvania. E.Slcs-
ton, of Ohio, and Trimbic+ Of Kentucky. with
IN Assistant Se1geant-at-!isus left Washing
ten last evening for this city. hav,n, in sicw
stupcndcus revenue frauds by which theti,v-
ernmcnt Is now bcshE robs,ed. They have
engaged rooms ct the Astor IIoase, and will
establish their headquarters there upon shcss
srriynt this morning,
The committee isas, OF course, some idea
of the york required ofttem bnt however
nnch thcy may have examined tie subject,
thele is little doubt tll.t they VIII ae con-
founded by the colossal proportions and cx-
tensave ramidcatiou= Ut these pizacics on the
rertnrc.
The plots arc not confined to whisxey:
though this article, having pretty heavy
burden and being always noybfd]y sensitive
TO taxation or any restraint Of Law, leads In
ths t1. 'ntu1Teessen .na OF a .v1d'e,;; ffom
catalogue Of homemade Injuries
and superautsses, runs the pgcrs,us
scheme OF robbery, until horcs! manatactur-
crs are Icing actually driven IL the sa!l, aad
obliged to abandon busiGe.s IN WHICH they
can no longer compete. t:hi-ker costa. nsy
forty cents galtnn IN ltn n.1nut.ciu.c. HnI.
II Is oh. iol1 tlat dist,ller Brown. who pay 4
Government tax OF e On each saslon. cau'r.t
do business hy the side Of lila nri-hbnr. .!ls-
tl4lEf JHHEF, WIZ AaS pyltsSu AnltCIHS anu
Inspector. and Tsys merely nominal tax Or
none at all.
The mode OF operation IL someusa: e. f,,.
1"us: ser& nuc "tt:ceF 4 nrtlccs .rseisae
oil:cer B. on the next beat. Is cc:ti0. r1.'h
With iEeonptehcnsiblc rapidIty, ~ r],r,.
encounters man. L, nml,lt sous :: i ,nu
uiktiler, he makes judiri"j .rra1 .r.:
with him, whereby It Il ngrec that, hy,
rent Of s5QG week 10 III, n!tc.. his IA
shall be .'Itltcd, thai Is, No: imposed. ~,
h1s rroduct at Z. q gall ~. anil c.ca
then make clear psoi' ~ e."
week. 1t IA known that this t..ntiral NTH
cd tas been pEactrtd In nutnt -s,:,, Inst ,a.rs.
ard tofne Of ihr olIr+t dealer. ara -n4: .r.:
| 'ng dtstilintion and awntin: the c>jo,4rr
| Which Is their pn!y proter.kM
Whirkey costt. lax md al, ~ e'.n t.r
i gallon; yet tltrr arc several ;.Lr., In TAI.
city and Ds"'hlyn uirrc tho til r.a B.:
had at 8, nr even lover: \ -'ran:rT vii!
only eI, hril.e anh a'l. but d r.l1 VI, !.
kE"wn arr! believed 10 he ''z.l.'' can "shAI,
It at SLIGO,
THE wn1sKEr rHArns IN sE'.c.lsx.
The casr nf the cni,rd 1T: :r. a-'':'t. I'll
ton. Devlin and Lc.an. vas r.l'ncA 'i's'
! Commissioner Newton at th. uttrd s'as.
Court rooms, Montague strr. !, Erou.tyn. Al
| ~ o'clock Yesterday mnfnln:,. Scttra: ~.
nctscs were cxaluiIcJ, MI i.s:i5,lE:. l..
Gandt.
The next witness WAS ratr X MrArllr. u
pastter Of Osborne IN the ;itttllery Meu
tItncd by hta. Their rlac' va. et",;ci !
! from September 1st tn Ortt Ter tath, NJ. II
they nrplfrtl Tor an Inspector nnsf'r thr nrw
law saw Deylln who Told hli togo IN ultn
IfActurlng, aud he would ecu an fu+t~cte,r,
and It would be 'tall right - Till.'u and
Phillips would do the branuut:, and hc "" I'D
kivc us 1.N E+r gallon for via: We n.aac /,
he afterwards can,c down To- Il -: Tilt"n r.
tLrward CAME and wautcd som .bruu,l> era,> j,
aud DeyIln said le could nj play sach An
nnderland game; TiI.on tui Wl,nrt. that
hr hai quarrel vt.h Tap2a,4 a'sn,t h'anh
Ing their liquor, and Dcrtia s:a.cd to bin,
every month for prott ction; when thr dlssi1-
1ery was t,f lied he had tax With De. I'm.
Who said tlfbNrnc nccuscd int tt3cv1rJ NJ
bring concerned in the seizur ;: uIiuc%s told
him 1t was strange thing '1E all to go "n
we'll when They dealt with him. and tn have
such sudden Change when 'aey ss"Erri',
swnrc that they made as,o'lt trn Iarrrl< n
day, white IA, fur tax on hut i've, theit
; r:pEi5 were about S:So sa{i:: H. presumed
the liquor WIS fraudrIcnt:. branded; had
sold no whirkey IN October - any nac lit
Dcvl!r; ncvlin had specific. the r..th,
to wi.om he had to r"y ssD.e) o: $n ,hbi"'
another; Deylln stated that he could 1,,t
rny such large amounts for he protertion o
; others.
: Tie remainder nf Mr.. Nc srlie's t".,i:ao
. . ! ny was Of little Importance.
!, Mr. o. NJ Denton, ac'inc Cashier ol III:
, Atlantic National BANK: VI, examined ~ te
, Mr.. Deviin's business With &A.t institution
! ! witness lad IN accuuu. # N1. bcvi!a''
= clecks and deposits, shn ring tntA1 a
) $G12.ooo, from August e I. November -
on the 18th Of November he drew mt I'll!
balance Of So, ,e4l.sG.