The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-19
..o,1 WASHINGTON.
rohaeeo Convention OF Supervisors f 7a''i
upon tho Revenue, &c.
1speclal Correspondence Of the Di'p,tch
ru,ouyyornN cpnt IL 1871

III
For two or three days past there ha
been an extensive consultation going OF
here between number Of Internal revenue
I Supervisors, whose names have been yer.
| prominent in connection with the service
| ever since the Office OF supervisor was firs
| created, and the leading officers oil ina
branch Of the Treasury service stationc.
here, including the Commissioner ana M M,
F! Kimball, the chief of the division OF Ia'
office which has complete jurisdiction ose'
all matters relating to tobacco. $3.50. o,to
| The discussions referred hinos' ., hict
gether to the subject OF coInlii'. AZ Tho de-
are almost constantly received ~ W..
rnr ,nont from manufacturers ana oe"tIi
IN tnharro of the disadvantages w w.
ior;t;n,nto trade made by parties wn1 rys
.s.at;naIiv avoid compliance with the LlMs,
aeu a ,.,hn have 80 long managed 10 cSSape
anu Geo Geo from any penalty whatever. nese
s SCI IF law arse by means OF Ieus'ns
md counterfeiting stamping, as wen 10 G ~
the manufacturing of the great s'ap.o ~
Localities where it is easy 10 a!oiu nvii ,,or.
| ance $50 say revenue oihciaiSj VIII "''' p0'
| ton of the statutes whatever: -;,:oto
''T Tbe oue.tion of protecting the ,cslI'iliaac
| ,'aa.n trade pcrtcctly and absolutely nas
a,n,. heen n difficult problem WIN Inv in-
,arn,I revenue officers here, ana Dr. h.ni Il.
tnI, who is yersed in every single "olu VI
,h ""i lows affecting these interests, mas psooI
.tI ,,,r;ttnn and translated more olLI:E'l
any ,,,,r.tions to supervisors and collec-
toro and to manufacturers ana tradels, vi,
t ~ matter than there have been prepared
s sn,1 cent ont of the office upon any othef
SllIicct of similar Importance 10 the uoV-
eminent. ,,,,
It all seems, however, to be Valucless,
md # is not vet asce!tained how to best
s,,hsorvc the Government interests aud to
nrotcct the rights of the trade. The great
subject of stamps that can neither be re-
moved or countcrfcitcd has not approached
complcte solution, although under the sys-
TEN as it ut present stands either is most
difficult Of consummation. AS tar as have
been informed. however, this seems second
ary in importance to the other evasions OF
the laws, for it seems that tobacco, like
whiskey, thonsh not to the same extent, Is
often on the market without any tax ever
having been paid, and that without stamps,
either old, or new, or counterfeit, upon the
packages aud the wonder is, where does
it come from? The officers of the rev.
enue service do not seem to know. and
many of them who have reported factories
at work in violation of law have stated
their inability to suppress and seize them
acitkout the assistance Of troops. ms Is
the old story to the effect, as 1t has ever
been, that communities ,hield rlolators OF
law. 1t seems that some OF these state
ments are accepted by the Department.
and recently it has called upon manuiac.
turers to assist revenue ofhcers-not mere.
", as the request in substance is, by re.
porting facts to the office, but by adIltlona
activity. 1t would seem that legitimate
dealers and manufacturers themselves
would properly believe that it is the duty
of the Government to which they pay
heavy taxes TO use every means to protect
them. and not require them to probe to the
bottom every instance of fraud they report.
The Commissioner will very likely make
| this question, which seems to have swelled
| to such proportions rs to require super.
yisors' convention here, paragraph Oh
some importance in his Forthcoming Official
| report.
| in its attention to the demands upon 1t re.
| sutiur from the complaints of those deeply
interested in the trade. Less than this
could not be said without injustice, and
| the courteous and extremely industrious
gentleman who is chief Of the tobacco di'
vision gives almost unwearled labor to solv'
| ing every knotly problem that arises from
the consideration of facts daily brought &c
his notice. They certainly must feel, how
ever, that something is needed in the Ia"
to give clearncss to several points upon
which for months there has been almost
constant discussion. TIMON.
KUKLuX PROSECUTIONS IN THE SOUTH.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-AttorneY.Genc'
raj AkeIman left for Raleigh on Thursday
last, instead of Georgia, TO attend TO the
proceedings in the United States court
there arising under the kukluN act. On
Friday he was in consultation with Judge
Bond and Governor Caldwell, of North
Carolina. Thus far some three hundred
arrests have been made, many OF which
have been based on the mere dlctum OF {;
colorcd witness, and which have i'll several
| instances been found TO be cases OF mis-
| taken identity.
Adyices here Indicate IN attempt TO In
yolvc several of the Conservative officials O.
North Carolina in The so.culcd kukluX con
| spracy, with Il view to their arrest and in
| prisonmcnt, and the impression seems to bt
that many Of these arrests are dictated as +;
kind of political revenge on those who were
open advocates for the Impeachment ant
removal Of Ex-Governor Holden from
office. A battery of artillery and regiment
Of infantry are stationed i'll Raleigh to assis
the authorities, il called upon Cor. Sun.
ELECTIONS IN NEW MEXICO.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE Naliona
Democratic Committee received dispatch