Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-30

The REMOVAL OF THE TOBACCO IN
sPECToR-CARD FROM CoLLECTORSAUN-
DERs.-Editors Post, A communication
in your issue Of yesterday induces M TO
deviate from a rule adopted and acted
upon through fifteen years of editorial
experience, which was, to give no notice
to correspondents who skulk behind
anonymous signatures and in my reply
l shall endeavOr TO be as brief as your
correspondent was malignant, and where
he INDUCED in misrepresentation, L
will give facts. The case is simply
this: On last Saturday / was made
acquainted with the fact, for the first
time, that Mr.. Black, the tobacco inspec-
tor for this district, had been In the
habit of inspecting and branding tobacco
in bond, and allowing the owners TO
withdraw it before reporting the same to
my Office and paying the tax thereon,
Such a custom is unknown to the law,
and was never adopted in my office.
When / found Mr.. Black had taken upon
himself to do what the secretary OF the
treasury would not undertake, l instant
ly addressed him q very polite note, ask
ing him if such had been his custom, and,
if so, upon what authority he had acted.
He soon came into my office very insO-
sently, and seemed highly outraged
and indignant that the collector, the
chief Of the revenue service here, should
deign to question his action! | ex-
pounded some revenue law to him,
which, if he had ever read, he must
have seen he had Enthusiastically usurped
and violated; and | am certain l i'm
parted some lessons that will, in the fu-
tuTe, enable him when he enters a gen.
tleman's office, to know how to properly
behave. Your correspondent ~endeavors
to give the late inspector a very fair
name. Most unfortunately for the in
spectOr and his apOlogist, l found Mr..
Black violating the plain letter Of the Tar,
which he had SUOrn to execute! The
simple facts reported to the department
caused his head to roll instantly from
his shoulders. The statement of your
correspondent, that Mr.. Black twas but
carrying out the laws in q manne
adopted by the collector himself" is
without the slightest foundation in fact.
Such a custom was never adopted, nor
in a single instance permitted by me
since l have held the position Of
collector. Repeatedly have parties here,
who had goods in bond, desired to
know if they could give security
and pay the tax in thirty days, or on
short time and 1 refer the public to
them for my invariable reply, that under
no circumstances would l allow any
bonded goods withdrawn until the tax
was paid.
The outrageous conduct as an officer
attributed to me, consists simply in my
not allowing the law to be v~ioiated-in
not permitting q subordinate officer to
adopt and carry out the most dangerous
precedent that could be devised, and enc
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in all the whole scope of the revenue
laws; while the innocent victim
is no less than the party found
violating the plain and I'M
mistaken letter of the law he had taken
a solemn oath to execute! Let his
friends and ~apologists make whatever
excuse for him they can but these are
the facts: he was found violating the
law, and was upset for it; and when an
investigation shall be desired it will give
me great pleasure to render some very
important service.
ROLFE S. SAUNDERS, Collector
We publish the above card so that our
numerous readers may learn the position
in which our efficient collector for this
district stands in relation to the removal
of Ex-Tobacco Inspector " Black"
MISPLACED CONFERENCE.-The arrest
a negro porter in the employ OF our
well known cotton brokers Brunson, |
Bayliss & Co., took place yesterday,
which is worthy Of more than a passing
It appears that this boy, Steve
Clinepicker, has been in the employ of
Mr.. Bayliss for about three years, and
has always been regarded as a sober,
honest and industrious lad. For some
time past quantities of cotton samples,
gold pens and valuable papers
have been missing, but the servant was
not suspected. Last of all a shotgun,
valued at two hundred and fifty dollars,
was "non est" and the boy
was suspected. Complaint was made
to Superintendent Beaumont, who
detailed detective McCune (Curley) to
work up the case, which hat officer did
n a manner very creditable to himself,
not only recovering the goods, but ar
the party and lodging him in
This is not the first time that
' Curley has worked Up q difficult case,
and we are pleased to record it. We re-
member that he once recovered an ed
tors diamonds. Honor to whom honor
8 due. He also succeeded in recovering
yesterday MI. Leidy's pistols, lost some
lime since. In this connection we may
Iay that the APPEAL is ever ready to
approve the good and condemn the evil
.cts of any public official.
EMBEzzLENENT.-One of those rare
in which an Italian fellow-citizen
S accused of crime, occurred yesterday.
Il. Wolfer was arrested, charged with ]
.mbezzlement, on a warrant issued by 8
Justice Moore. The accused was COM
nitted to prison to await a further ex- !
animation in default of bonds to the s
mount of two thousand dollars.
STORE ROBBERY.-The furniture store !
f Mr.. Robert Grindrod, No. 43 Besl >
treet, was entered at an early hour yes t
erday morning. A small sum OF money I
some jewelry, amounting in value !
about fifty dollars, was stolen. They =
aimed an entrance by throwing the lock
{ the front door. Many valuable goods U
yaFa in tha cfora hint tho Hurg1ors did q