New-York tribune., 1867-09-27
INTERNAL PRVENTC AFFAIRS

POSSIBLE REMOVAL OF DEPUTY-CoNMSsIONER
INSTRUMENTATION or THE METROPOLITAN
BOARD.
The inspectors and employees of the Internal
Revenue office ia Cedarst. deeply interested ycscr
day in report That an attempt being made in WASH
ingon procure the removal from oce Of Col Isaac +.
Mcssmore the Deputy Commissioner. and the appoint
mcnt his stead Of Cen NJ y. Wisewe o. Weslchoster
Comfy Tie rum0r was not credited until IL was ascor-
taiurd that Col McssnOrc had been hmticdy called 10
WASHINGTON. for which city he left on Wednesday even
ing. Opinions aud suTUi-es were freely expressed. hut
nobody n the Office vcuturcd It ruytiine posi-
lively II has been asccaucd that for ~ least ten day
past number Of I.lci rial ucu have lrrl urpu, the
Department to remove Col Mcssmore Among thcsc. it
i alleged, are Gea oIoeamIu tHo Hon J. L. Wool;
others. WHO favor Gen. NiseveIs appointment. Gen.
stood taking with him = lcter from Mr Cooper rcron-
mendbg his appointment. Commissioner l.. A. Rollins,
though Secretary McCul"ch Is opposed u ~
The Hon. PR. Woodbridge is sad TO- be tho
very earnestly pressing Gen NI,cwcrs claims with
President Johnson. MI. Woodbridge Was member o.
the Impeachment Committee and ~ such strrnuOusly
opposed Che impeachment Of the EAccutiye Inc friends
OF Col Hcf.u'ir assert very cOnAdciy th9t ho'lnhg
lated 10 Jmc h!, character and standing lH me Depart
Incnt end insist that hc IS removed political reasons
Mnssm0rc of rc Kentucky BoI4DoH Company, 800" Guaeg
the ban " tho law for alleged frauds tlc Government,
"a ~ Dl3.uol "i 'ie c"oi,I' ~ V"'o'''" VIZ ' ' 80
Col Mcsmorc ard his friends feel confident that, If per
&
stress Is laid on tAe 4'Ct that M approved q
worthless bond some time ago. by meas OF
w.ich permission Vas er4n'el LOT the removal '.,,
warehouse ia the second District. This whisky WIS Os-
tenahly 10 bc shipped 20 CdolLia, bui, IN realty. on
being removed from the warehouse, Was sold without
having pad any Government ta& whatever. While tho
approval ~ N worthless bond IS admitted, Il Is con-
tended that Col. Messm0re visited the Collectors Col
Woods Office On the following morning Qatlug bech ~
formed that the sUrctcs not altogether "~ound y
and revoked s approval and that. therefore, tie fault
O allowing the removal uf C whisky Gi there be Oucl
should not be charged against him The members OF the
Metropolitan BulId Of Revenue Atouel Court
Ycy, 1rlcy and Kea>hey, and Assistant United states
Treasurer NauDyCk yesterday forwarded 10 Washington
Joint protest tiu,t thc removal ot to Mcssm0Ic and
petition for his retention u Office, scied icy prominent
merchants. sent 10 the Secretary Of the Treasury BY
the mail.
The seizures yesterday were: Fifteen barrels Of raw
whisky OuG 80 No 1o East Twenty iitiiat, HregdRly
branded BIZ, Of whisky found 0n Nuuh River pier,
puIporting IL have been shipped from Kentucky. aut
supposed 10 have false brands; bis Of whisky seized
OIL Br00klyn ferry bcvt branded "rcotcd,' hut con
tanning raw rum. The following d,tileries were also
,ciZcd Nuilm NheLlus 80. I4 Eat uy iuulihtt.,
and George lacobsOu's. No f.6 East Twenty Ia
boh these csc, its alleged, there MAS ilcc acc,N, 10
The ci rriIruuin violation of fhc revenue lIW. htl
was likewise seized at Concord aud Jay ss Brooklyn, on
charge oi bc,nG used 4ur Tic Manufacture col I.eIs
whisky