Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-06
WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct. 27- 1ef

Zeal OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CertaIn for Seymour, Sc, &c.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct. 81, 1868
DEAR JOURNAL The case of Georao r.
Moore, the alleged defaulting DEPUTY O.,
lector of Internal Revenue for the 81 N.
trict of North Carolina, came up ma:
yesterday morning before U. S. Conn,
sioner Brown. The Collector, Woot..
with his Deputy pro teno., Tillinghast MI
two other witnesses for the prosecn,in-
Messrs. JAS. Johnson, of White Hall p.
den county, and ". S. Peterson. Of So.
son county, were present The cas- = Z;
been continued fer two weeks ia co,''"
qUence of the accused demanding = ~
liminary examination. F'e'
Messrs. johnson and Peterson hos
identified the accused and prodncad =.
celpts for moneys paid him, which d, ~.
appear Oh his returns for the months
which the payments were made.
Collector WOOteu testified as to his o,
appointment by the President in Aurii
1866 and his appointment of Moor,
Deputy III month or SO afterwards il
first agreed TO pay him ! ! per cent. lit..
was soon after Increased to 2 ror cpi.r. ~.
COLE ct1ons. and tiuail, fixed tbs pay nj som
per month. He came here In June Ll..t.
seek the appointment as Supervisor
Prof. Hedrlck (of the Patent Office Lal
caused the arrest to be made AT hi, ra,
quest.
Mr. Illinghast testified that in J.Iy L.t
he Went to Sampson county 10 collect t,v.
IS from sundry persons, who appeared as
delinquents upOu the books of ;ho Off,
and was met by them with the recent, ~,
Moore for the amounts appearing Il. dro
The people were excited and iudIgn.,pt ~
being a second time charged with tpes.
amounts. He produced several If Moo,
receipts taken up in Columbus cnp,,ty
from persons who still appeared MS dr,io.
quents on the books.
AS it was deemed necessary II a.cerl,r,
the aggregate of Mr.. MoOre's coilectY,.
and payments the case was cIntiuued uptI
this morning that the additions might hn
made. On reassembling to day tue col.
lector was put through searching cross.
examination by the counsel for thc ac
cused, and a number Of his letters f.
Moore were produced and read, some Of
them creating much amusement, especially
one in which he expressed the nope that
Rollins will be continued IL Office, and en-.
Enthusiastically exclaims Bully for Wall
street-there's where the power lies. -
These were offered to show that the ar.
counts of the accused could not be settled
without his aid. One of tho letters read
was recommendation Of Mr.. Moore for
appointment as Supervisor, signed by
Wooten, after the date fixed as that of the
discovery Of the facts upon which his sus-
picions were based. The principal fact
elected by this examination was that the
Collector had not appreciated the i'm
portance of this preliminary examination.
and had not, therefore, fortified himself
| with the data necessary to establish the
guilt of the accused.
Mr. Tillinghast was also further eros
examined, but nothing new was developed
except that this amiabIe gentleman was not
moved by any personal dislike to testify
against Mr.. Moore. He took occasion to
| disclaim any such feeling, which was to-
! tally unnecessary, as bis face and manner
| indicate too plainly to be mistaken that
he wouldn't say aught to anybody's dis
paragement, ii he could help IT, He init
| mated something about some cotton q!
| riverside in Brunswick county that had
been assessed and shipped, and the taxes
| must have been paid, bat, as the amount
was not traced to Moore's hands, this did
not go in as evidence. The case will be
continued tomorrow.
The line of defense, as developed in The
examination, is that Mr.. Moore paid over
in tie aggregate, all the moneys collect
ed, or, falling in showing this, that
o Deputy Collector of Internal Re
venue is not responsible to lie governmental for
1o1; l,,E T. - "A,
from whom he holds. In reference 10 this
latter, there is On old law which makes
Deputy Collectors amenable to the govern
ment, but decision was recently made by
the District Judge for the District of North
Carolina, to the effect that that law was
applicable to Deputy Collectors of Customs
who hold their appointments from the gov
ment, and could not be applied to Deputy
pointed by the Collectors that the latter
| we're in the same relation to each other i.
4 Sheriff and his Deputies. ii this be d
correct Interpretation of the law, Mr.
Moore will doubtless be entitled to a dis
charge under it, and the only way the OK
lector can reach him will be 10y criminal
proceedings in the State Courts.
1t is to be hoped, however, that Nr
Moore will be able to show that he haa
| acted honestly in his dealings WITH the
Collector and the AK payers, and that be
may return to you with his character III.
furnished
The o lservatives hereabOuts aud, In
deed, all over the county, seem co have
entirely recovered from the shock OF The
October elections, and b ave gone to work
with renewed energy aud z-al, nOtwlth'
standing the continued detection OF one o.
two journals that are tho ,ght to have been
bought up by the eueny, and which Keep
up quasi connection with tbs party thai
they may the more effecoually serve then
new employers.
The Hon. G. w. Woodland, OF Penn
sylvania, q member of the present Con.
gress and elected to the next arrived IL
this city to-day. He reports the chances
of Conservative victory there next Tues
day as amounting almost to certainly
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