The New York herald., 1868-01-05
INTERNAL REVENUE MATTTas.

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uatars appsar 10 be assuming az 61wontsd briskness
in this Metropolitan revenue Strict and II the animus
which charactsrzes the cias here at this New Year
season be continNed throughout tho coming twelve
month thereis every reason believing that the vast
amount Of Illicit dstiaiion Of whlskey now being car
risd on in this city and Brooklyn will be reduced
10 almost nothing Collector Shook, Of tho Thirty
second district, is following up the imitation
vino makers with an earnesness indicative Oh
his determination either to collect the tax wnicn
he holds legitmatey due the government from Ins
source or else bring their operations 10 tnde Inis
phase OF the revenue is becoming very important The
action taken by Mr. Shook in the matter mas awakened
ticulary in Boston. Phadeipha and Baltimore. where
spurious Champagne making s extensively carried on,
and the business those places Is eeng tne enects o
his bold stroke 10 add 70 the government revenue Inc
parties whose places have been put under seizure are
making desperate Efforts is alleged to have the col
inSou iSI but these viii doubtless pfovs to be fruit
less. Collector Bailey, OF the Fourth disrct ID aao
making increased efforts in the way Of ferretng ous
and Furnishing frauds among the whiskey operators,
and with excellent success The officers attached TO
this district have received instructions with regard to
doubtless they viii be will have the effect Of producing
disastrous revolution among The dealers IN and dis-
lers Of fraud whiskey Judging from the outlook now
presented the close Of 1868 will see In the governments
Treasury much larger amount Of revenue to the credit
Of the whskey tax than has ever been credited to u
during any previous year since the passage Of the law
II is alleged that some Of the wealthy whiskey deal.
ing firms OF this city and elsewhere acting in con.
junction with outside spectators, have recently in
augurated plan by which to I'LL their pockets and de-
fraud tho government secret subscription list is
said, is beng rapidly filed up to the extent Of
s1O00,o00 for the purpose OF buying up Congress to
reduce the tax whiskey, and to the end, fuIther
more Of having the tax put up again to - before this
Congress adourns. Meantime all the whiskey In bond
Is to be bought up and held until that end Is
plished. Some OF our city firms are said 10 be repre-
sented in this scheme to the extent Of from 5000
SO 900 each.
Collector Bailey reports having made the following
seizures within the past two days.
Derres dstillery Of Rorty seventh street
Eleventh avenue. The charge against this establish
ment which is regularly licensed is that the proprietor
made return Of his product The distiery is new
and very valuable
Kanes' rectifying place in Forty yeighth street. 1t II
alleged that this was . tender to the disery abov'
mentioned, and that the spirits therein distilled
transferred here for rectifcation without having drs
paid government tax.
Rothschilds distlery, located at No. A Muberr,
street. seized the charge that the returns OF spirits
distilled therein were fraudulent
Colonel Porter, deputy of Collector Bailey, reports
having seized an Illicit sti, which was being operated
cellar Of the premises Immediately overhead Of which
is barr0om man supposed to be the owner OF thu
still arrested and brought before the United State
party under arrest was in any way connected with th
matter ne at once discharged All the above case
were turned over to tho courts for prosecution.
The Metropolitan Board met yesterday afternoon ant
proceeded to investigate several Of seizure mad
during the past week. Most of them we're turned owe
for prosecution The following cases were reported a
having been detained In order 10 give the
portunity TO prove the payment of lax-Twenty-tw
barrels Of spirits belonging to Luhrs Durhoop, foun
at 225 Washington street; released by the Board afte
investigation Five hundred and seventeen gallons o
spirits property OF J. s. Bearus found PSI Washing
ton street. Nine barrels of spirits, belonging to samue
| Street 4 Co., 90 Water street.
Deputy Commissioner Harand has returned from
| Washington, and present at the meeting Of th
| Board yesterday.