New-York tribune., 1867-10-02
TIE INTERNAL RETENUE.

The Metropolitan Board OF Internal Revenue
met yesterday. The following seizures were rep0t'd'
1l3 barrels of spirits ut LuXs warehouse III John-st
Brooklyn, which were entered in the name OF Thomas
Dunorc ir supposed to be fictitious. The recliyinS
establishment OF Walter scott at No to Johns Brook
Iyn The show that 1915 gallons of spirits were
Iurchas sed and gallons sold; but at the time oi
seizure only 100 gallons found on the preihlSeS
The distlcry OF Mr. Hsggerty at sixty hrsst between
the Nlnth-ave. and Broadway Thirty one barrels Of
spirits the OF Frstave and Twenty hrsst on
which there brands or inspection MARKS orders
wer gyen for the release Of establishment recently
seized the payment Of all taxes estimated to be due
issued by the Appraiser the They provide that
immediately the discovery Of loss Of goods from pack
ages examined IN the Appraisers depart hen lnIosteiS
shall in future give their names aud the name OF Tie
vessel the mark and number OF The package deHcIip
zion Of the missing mefchthu.r. tne uat 2i c I'Il9
the goods public store, date on which passed ana
received by the importer. and the time Of the discovery
of the loss, with view 10 prompt hNestsiton. t"hi
plants for unreasonable delays III the examination Ot
Iuerchandise and Of refusal 10 give proper information,
to be laid before the Appraiser u haNhg 0teh re-
ported that Custom House brokers charge import
for moneys alleged Ia have been paid by them 10 eX
sminers or officers all importers are reqostedLas u"
psrtniont
REVENUE CASES AND THE L. =. COURTS.
RICHMOND. Va, Oct. lin the United States
Circuit Court to-day the counsel for party charged with
efraudng the Revenue Of the tax on whisky moved to
quash the indictment because Federal eOnr,' being oi
not expressly declared 50 by act OF Congress
THE TOBACCO TRADE REGULATIONS
Secretary of the Treasury -erics No 3. No. ~ have
already had very serious effect uPon the tobacco trade
The tobacconsts assert that the Old system Of bonded
warehouses the storage OF tobacco has been proved 10
subserve the OF Government and 10 be convent
npt 10 the merchants and they fear the adoption OF new
sysfem Under the old stem little fraud rictced
Two distinct the appointed by the Met
topOlitan Board Internal Revenue the other by the
Treasury Department at Washington on close inVest
CATION failed discover frauds. The larger number OF
merchants part OF their promises SET apart Tor the
storage Of their goods IN bond, with f security 70 the
Government aud under the supervision OF an inspector
and sOrekeeper This gave proper space for ca'snca-
iiop. sampline, and sales The new order IeNefsfS
ali this The merchants say that now access 10
goods Is almost impossible; parcels arc likely "a be con.
fused room assortment j. not accOrccd; ana should
damage happen the goods, proper space not fuI-
rhasers cannot make a proper examination; aud that
iyacy which occasionally ia a mercantile trnnS
actions Is DESTROYED" They assert that the new rcgu-
tons simply provide for the storage OF tobacco and not
go sales These provide for warehouses the lowest pos
,lhe i'm number and Of the largest capacity THIS II IS
,lamed would not only prove disastrous 10 tddr, Dul
runous 10 many merchants who have leased portion or
their premises others. whereby they would be pre-
vented from bonding entire building, except Dy
the lessee. The Collector cannot rec
ommeid establishment Of warehouses ia addition 10
those i'm use these have capacity 20 hod all The 10
baeeo on hand however urgent the necessities Oi The
trade Another alleged grievance IL the small anou Oi
tbaccO allowed for samples IL u said that certain rev
enuc officers have pronounced the reeualionS mpoti-
rable.