New-York tribune., 1867-08-30

the Second District Texas IN place OF the late COL
lector charged with the murder of his deputy
The following officers have been detailed as a gen
eral couTt-martia TO meet at Fort Leavenworth'
Sept. l5 for the trial of Brevet MaorGen g. A. Gus
ter Of the 9TH Cavalry, and others:
Brcvct MaisrGen. W. Hoffman, Coorcd cd Infantryi
10th Cavalry Brevet MaiorGen b. W. GTierson, Colonel
10th Cavalry; Brcvct Brig.Gcn T. Morrison, OF INC re-
tired list; Brevet Brig.Ge H. r. Morgan; C9nmiss,y y
OF Sube stcnCc: BrgGCn j. ID. CduehdaI OF tc
of fSe S SaTr HreSd Major Henry Ay Of the
30 Infantry and Bevot Major l. c. Lyford, OF the ord
nance Department.
Cant Robert Chandler of the 18th Infantry, is as
signed TO duty as Judge Advocate of the Court The
charge against Cen Custer is leaving his post with
ont permission.
Complaint is made through the newspapers that
the Secretary If the Treasury essts the payment OF
the so-called Collectors suits pending in NewYork,
on grounds merely techncal that he is inconsistent
in his action in paying some and not others. We are
assured that this complaint is untounded and that
the Secretary only desires full and fair trial before
the Courts upon the merits of the case. These suits
are of a peculiar character. Their object is to re-
cover back duties exacted, as alleged, in excess.
They are in reality suits against the Govern
ment, and involve many difficult questions of
Revenue law. During the war; owing to the press of
other business these were allowed To pass with
out much scrutiny; and, as result, they increased
and iuyOlue millions of dollars. OF these part are
doubtless well founded, but IL is believed a large
number are mere SpeculatiOns upon the Treas
ury. Such claims exist nowhere else TO any cN-
tent except in Ncw-IOTk, and il is asserted that
many of these prosecuted by attorneys Tor CON
tngcGt fec Ii is not true that the Secretary refuses
to abide by the decisions of the proper court but he
il convinced that decisions can be found sustaining
the claims TO which he objects. 10 IS true thata
large number of judgments were rendered some years
since but they were rendered upon the mere comics
sion of the District Attorney, and not on ruling by
the court. Among the decisions made IN the cases
tried last Winter, some are dCCTeed erroneous and III
them q review simply sought. The points are too
important TO rest upon the opinion OF a single
judge 1t is true the secretary has lately paid
certain claims Of this class without a suit, and
even without protest. But such
claims were deemed legal and Just and the protests
were actually prevented from being made by the
Government itself. To refuse 10 pay on that ground
would have been grossly wrong. The pending suits
stand upon very different footing. lie cannot
fully and fairly heard not OF course that each sepa-
rate case shall be tried. but the principles
involved in il thoroughly tested
Under the new regulations about TO be issued from
the office of the Internal Revenue Bureau for the
shipment of distilled spirits bills of ladiug and con-
Sgnmcnts to collectors will probably be employed IN
addition To transportation bonds. so that greater
security will be given to the Government and IN
creased facility to Legitimate trade by allowing an
increase in the number of removals IRON Warehouses
The receipts from distilled spiuts for the last fiscal
year Will equal if not exceed the receipts from that
source for any year preceding
Mr. j. Il. Dodge, Statstlclan OF the department OF
Agriculture, left Washington last night upon tour
of observation to the Northwest to revise and com
pletc the list of statistical observers in that region
perfect the present system OF collecting agricultural
statistics. and to represent the department III the
Autumn fairs Of the NOTth-N W cSteTu states.