The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-17

f.nueras Candy ana the Fcaf-Sbash I'm
Neutrality-suspicious. OF the poIsticfnns.--
general Shcrman---The War on Hill
cit nisfiiEcrs.
VIRGINIA POLITICS.
Politicians here arc not disposed to place
much reliance upon the report telcgraphcd
from Richmond that General Candy will
i<snc his proclamation in ten days declaring
the result Of the election, converting the
legislature, applying tho iron-clad oath TO
members, and giving the seat Of q member
who cannot take the oath to the candidate
ro,civinc the next highest number of votes.
The Virginia Radicals, it is thought, are
ready for desperate measures, and for n
resort to any reckless scheme to gain pos
session Of the Legislature and secure a
United States senator, and this dispatch, it
j. said. is thrown ont as - fcclcr.'
While General Candy doubtless sympa-
thizci with the Wells party, he is not pre-
r9rcd to violate al sense Of political pro-
;eietv, and 90 to the extreme lengths indi-
Gated in this dispatch. A gentleman here,
who is in his confidence, and who was as
anxious as any one else before the election
for the success Of General Wells, says he
does not believe that General Candy has
indicated TO any human being an authorize
ton to make such publication as the above.
Hrt in all the discussions Of this matter
the President and General Candy have
nccn only mentioned as having control of
the subject, when the fact is that, under
the reconstruction laws, General Sherman
las something to say and do about it.
In its great desire to have Mr.. johnson
sAoru Of as much of his power as possible,
the Forticth Congress gave the General Of
the army almost supreme control over these
reconstruction measures. These laws have
never vet MI been repealed, and ii is posi-
tie that General Sherman may yet have
much 10 say in the matter; and it is not
believed that he will permit such action as
tina; indicated in The dispatch above quoted.
Nor 10 wcll-informcd gentlemen believe
that the President himself will countcnance
what is suggested His disposition seems
- lie rather 10 place confidence in the Vir-
r;niaus. and allow them to reconstruct their
state on tho basis indicated by their last
election, when the people spoke plainly in
Iayor Of a conservative policy for the State
The people say they acted and voted in
GOOD faith, and the President is believed to
he disposed to give their sincerity fair
tcst.
n.lD oN pISTILLERIES N PHILADELPHIA.
Commissioner Dclano has been advised
nv Supervisor Tuition Of the seizure of the
Nouutioy distillcry in Philadclphi one Of
the largest establishments Of the kind in
the country. The amount Of the seizure is
very heavy, the distillcry having n capacity
Of 1000 gallons daily, and has been run to
il fullest limit for many months. 1t is
charged that the proprictOrs paid tax
only on every other gallon Of spirits dis
titled. When the detectives broke up Loeb 8
di.illcry in New York about six weeks
n-o the Commissioner directed his attcn-
ton 10 philadelphia, where whiSkcy was
selling at from twenty to thirty cents below
the market price. Every effort was made
t. ferret out the source Of the fraud, but
without success.
X will be remembered that in order to
prevent combination among officers Of the
internal revenue to defraud the Govern
mcut, Commissioner Dclauo adopted q rule
whereby supervisors might be transferred
from ono district to another. and the above
seizure is the first fruit of the rule adopted.
Supervisor Southworth, of the eastern
district Of Pennsylvania, was recently
transferred 10 the western district, and Su-
pcryIsor Tuition ordered 20 proceed to Phila-
dclph;a. The Mount Joy distillcry, 1t Is
reported here, was the first place inspected.
Three days were spent III carefully exam
ming the books Of the establishment, when
the supervisor had occasion to 90 over them
again, and, it is alleged, found the figures
had been altered in very many places, and
the day storckccpcr had gone of. The night
e;orckccpcr and gaUgcr were arrested, and
the revenue officers interrupted the business
bv Selling the entire premises. Most OF the
whiSkcv manufactured ut this diStillery was
shipped to Boston. i is due to Supervisor
Southworth to state that the commissioner
does not charge him with dereliction OF duty
or COLLISION.
DETECTIVES, GACGERS. AND SToREEEEPERS.
The necessity existed Tor the change OF
supcrvi-ors from one district to another,
and against such transfers the detectives Of
the ring" cannot guard. Another order
has now been received which will completely
break up their power. CANCERS and store
keepers will be changed about as the in
tcrcsts Of the revenue, in the opinion of the
Commissioner, may demand. The enforce
lucnt Of the revenue laws depends primarily
ana III IL laEEc lucdNtlt uloIl tiIS til!S4SAiN.
and fidelity of assistant gaugcrs and store
keepers. If these officers are competent,
honest, and attentive 10 duty, the internal
taxes will be assessed and collected but not
otherwise The Commissioner has there
fore directed the supervisors, collectors, and
assessors, throughout the country to keep at
al times perfectly familiar with the official
conduct and The character Of all the reve-
nue. officers in their respective districts who
are under their immediate supervision, and
if they know or have good reason to suspect
any one Of official misconduct, neglect, or
inclicicncy in his official duties, that they re-
port the case Immediately.
These Instructions arc not intended as q
reflection on the past, but as indicating Il
rule for the future which will be strictly
and impartially enlorccd-a measure that
cannot hut greatly increase the efficiency OF
the revenue service.
Data writes 10 the Baltimore San:
81 Great curiosity is felt here to hear the
determination Of the Pratt h0bed& corpus
case in New York tomorrow, as the writ OF
tQ5eGS corpus has not been suspended Ill
New York, and cannot lie suspended under
existing circumstances. The general YER
dict here is that General Grant has, by
Giving directions to the Fredcral officers 10
resist the operation oil the judgment OF the
State Judge. made another serious blundcr.
Il il added that Governor Hoffman can,
in forty-cight hours, raise III the CITY OF
New York alone about double as many