The New York herald., 1868-11-11

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| cradle sum OF money and much time IN working OUT
these matters through detectives employed at nay
/ desire you to inform me whether it is usual 70
pay retaining fee to counsel retained az am ant
70 allow MIN commission ana i 50 TraapS Tsas 9g ~ua'
| l am willing TO leave this whole matter 70 tne
proper authorities in the premises, and wouia ma1
n 70 nsow your views as wen as 'nose Oh 'A'
As retained counsel OF the Treasury Deparsm9e,nls
and Associate OF the District Attorney, being laily
accredited as such. viii yindicate the integrity OF
the Treasury Department ana reaze or s aSe o so y
% h. very large eeesd YOUR U u support and CO.
| operat,ve action, y" JOHN II. GILMER.
| RICHMOND, oct. 8, 1858.
have tslerranbed you:--'sRichards has betrayed
bis trust ana icf Tor Washington Ia violation or ex-
press agreement. VIII forward you lun correspond
we Yesterdsy morning having received abundant
evidence that Mr.. Richards was not IN E good laita
Saa Ga1'h yesisTdas .ss sse0afa ann twice. pro-
| was with him in his room about halfpast
fve O'Clock He professed to be prostrated but said
os me- thus morning. Of which tue enclosed Is an exact
| You will from these facts form your own opinion.
Copy A, as you VIII see, is searching investigation
OF the mode extent and results OF Mr. Richards ex-
animation. He is not and never will be able TO
am now satisfied his Investigations were mere
sham manifestations, and hope ere long to be able to
What assert in Copy A win be fuly sustained.
Having deceived me IN these particulars and dtsre-
MS " 0nss
conhded to him. If so shall be seriously emoar-.
rassed
i await with interest your action on the subject
matter OF this letter. Copy will speak for ITSELF
JOHN II. GILMER.
RICHMOND. Oct. s. 1858.
bon. 4. A. ROLLINS, Commissioner Internal Reve-
nue.
to has In every instance at every point and each
particular, deceived and betrayed me.
He Is utterly incompetent. absolutely untrustwor.
thy aud has been spy on me. lie has violated
every promise, betrayed every trust and outraged
every sense OF propriety.
refer you my letter to him, dated yesterday. IL
| he has the manhood to snowit. have enclosed
copy to the Secretary Of the Treasury can and do
assure you that Mr.. Richards has utterly betrayed
his trust and has deberatey failed in his duties
have been thus plain, as do not intend 10 De
| misapprehended, misrepresented or misconoeived
desire TO hear from you at your earliest con-
venience and wish this letter to be regarded as
OFFICIAL to be placed on file and shown to the Secre-
| General. JOHN H. GILMER.
him the Secretary or the Treasury can furnish you
with IT, !! u. =.
You having examined the dstllleries around Rich.
mond two successive days in company with the AS
and Collector respectfully direct your alton.
lion to the following sections las cted) OF the new
law and desire to be informed il agreeable to you,
how far and TO what extent and in what particulars
the requirements OF each ana all OF the said sections
have been complied with or violated. In this con.
nectlon specially direct your attention 10 tue rene
dies and penalties provided and denounced in each
OF the said sections
l. Has the notice required in the sixth section been
given? II 80, who are the company IN each oi the
three dstilleresi What are the specifications Ia
each OF the SAID notices.
yeloped by the material structure OF each OF the said
distilieress Same questions as to recsaer are re-
peated.
T. Lave the bonds in each case been given and
executed according 10 the requirements or the
eighth .ections II So who are the owners In fec Of
interested IN the distIleryf
This question, though applicable TO oil the dstil-
lerles, s directed specially 10 Burns dstillery.
3. Have the provisions and requirements OF sec.
ton nine been complied with? n so, dld you ex-
anime srtsrcally tue 'pian and descrpsonn ''d,s-
playedn IN some conspicuous place IN the distil
leryY And If 80, did the "plan and descrip-
tion' correspond with and truhfully represent the
machinery, apparatus, &C. OF the working dis erys
What is the "dispayedn capacity Of cisterns tubs
tubes, &C.. as compared with the actual ana work.
special attention has heretofore neen directed.
A. Have the requirements Of the tenth section been
complied wr.hs II so, do The "producnq capa-
cities" in each case correspond with and adhere to
| the surveys as required by iawi Your special
invoked by me, aud you were Informed that the
actual producing capacity" widely ana largely
varied from te measures ,a capaci.y rno,,o.
q. the same questions are repeated as to the six.
!. Have the provisions OF tho nineteenth section
been honestly complied witnf II so, how, by whom
and In what particulars were Tie discrepancies to
which your special attention has peen repeatedly
called In my once, between the amount OF whiskey
known TO have been produced and solo and that on
which duties have been paid, explanedf Particu-
larry the forty barrels produced by Burns and deiv
cred to William b. Jones Co, as you have been
whiskey produced and sold by A. Smith, and the
numerous violations Of the law at the bonded ware
Inn nnd a nf naut a rA
the rectIfying establishment OF Joyner kept within
twelve feet Of Davis warehouse, with rear windows
s. Have the requirements OF the twentieth section
been complied withs III 80, how Is the anomalous
fact shown tc have existed at Burns, dstieIy as to
OF dlstilng and the rst return expiainedf In this
discrepancy 10 involved the forty barrels never ac-
Jones Co.. who are believed to be direct partners
in that distllery Your attention has already been
0. Have the provisions OF section twenty-one been
complied within II 80. which storekeeper was on
aats Of each transacton, made the entress - '"'
TO- II the provisions or the twenty second section
have been complied with what xplanaton has OF can
distnlery tbis day two weeks and its known re-
H. Have you exercised or asserted the duties I'M
posed by thrtynrst, second or third sections Of the
law, or has any ono Tor you been requested TO en-
the distinct infOrmstiOn given you on siI these
points.
IL Las any direct exercise OF the powers bestowed
by the law been invoked or made to en.orce thu pro-
Visions OF the thrty-sixth sectionf
IL You have been informed that distilled sptritsn
have been ''removed" from dlstfleries after "sun
settingn and put on York River Railroad BY certain
'dstillers" In violation OF the provisions OF the
thirty seventh section, and this repeatedly. Have
you examined into that particular do you propose
to embrace 1t in your report
Was your attention directed 10 or did the Collector
Assessor or either OF theru IN Jour presence test
the ..wcights' used tho dlferent dsiilleres and
4 So were the rcquremoos Of tho iorticth section Of
tho law complied with
fcrsr In town. and, II 40. do they meet the require.
lnenis Of section forty.Avey
have thus enumerated q few OF she points which
have passed under my consideration In connection
with the objects OF your Wait here and conference
with me. respectfully call your attention to them
and express the earnest desire that, In each case,
you Will furnish me with your written report on
them and for this plain reason DESIRE after seeing