The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-05-23

\ yDlsrILpMa.-The following is tho
official order With reference to dis,
thfng, wliieiiwas referred to yester.
day: ~
HEADo'Rs Do MILITARY DISTRICT, Y
CHARLEsToN, May 90, 1867. >
General Orders..No. 25.
1t appears from sundry petitions
and official representations, TINT the
present scanty supply of food in the
Carolinas is seriously diminished by
the large quantity of grain consumed
i'll numerous distilleries, put up and
worked III defiance of the revenue
laws of the United States; it is rep
resented that few or none of the re-
quirements of law are observed, in
any Of these establishments; that the
officers of. the internal revenue SER
vice, while cndeavoring to assess and
collect the whiskey tax, arc, frequent
ly treated with disrespect and SOME
times mcnnced with violence; and
that when offenders are prosecuted in
the civil courts and violations of the
Internal revenue laws indisputably
proved, juries fail to convict the
parties; it is further shown that this
unlawful traffic makes food dearcr
in places where large numbers are
depending upon public and private
bounty; that the Government is, be-
sides, defrautled Of large amount of
revenue; thGt the authority of it's
civil officers is brought into con-
tempt; and, furthermore, thut the
mischief complained of tends to in
crease poverty, disorder and crime
therefore, in the exercise of the au-
thority vested in the Commanding
General, it is ordered that
l. The ,distillation or manufacture
OF whiskcy or other spirits from
grain is prohibited in this military
district. Any person so engaged or
employed will be deemed guilty of q
misdemeanor. Tho possession of a
still or other apparatus for this pur-
pose will be considered prcsumptiye
evidence of Il violation of the revenue
laws. and the party OF parties using
the same, or on whose premises or in
whose possession the same may be
found, will be arrested and brought
to trial before military tribunal,
composed Of the commanding officer
Of the post and two officers of the
army next i'll rank on duty within the
territorial limits of the post. If the
exigencies of the service do not per
NIT tho detail Of other officers, that
fact will be duly certified, and the
post commander will hear and deter.
mine the case.
II. The penalties, punishments and
forfeitures prescribed by the several
Acts of Congress for distilling OF
manufacturing whiskey, or Other
spirits, in violation of the revenue
laws, will be imposed and executed
by the military tribunals hereby au
thorizcd.
III. No sentence extending to i'm
prisonment, forfeiture of stills, liquor
or other property, or the imposition
OF fine or other penalty, will b.
carried into effect until reported tc
these headquarters. and approved by
the Commanding General.
~. ALI troops of the United States
magistrates, sherifls, constables, DO.
lice, and others in authority, are re
quired, and all citizens are solicited
to be vigilant in detecting and promp
in giving information of the viola
ton of these orders. Commanding
officers will be held responsible fol-
their enforcement.
BY command of Major General D
E. Sickles. j. W. CLOUS.
Capt. 30th l., a. d. G.. & A. A. A. G..