The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1867, Page 3

‘Hoffman Re-Elected Mayor by 21,634 Majority Over Weed and Darling. i Ce ae The Successful Candidates for Aldermen, Councilmen and School Officers. “4 5at INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. | ou 66) +537 60] 532 62; 361 Scenes at the Political Head- A quarters Last Night. Mel oe 36; 420 mail. to The election for Mayor, Aldermen, Counc!!men, = _ — sebool officers and Civil Justice in the Sixth Judicial ges] ami] 692 district of this city took place yesterday, Notwith- Se standing the unusually bot canvass of the past month i vee e] a] & TRE VOTE FOR MAYOR. 306] 222) 002 amy unease NT Be Tae 701| 1,760] 19,445 z 6 by & ry ® 100) 18) GOT 330] 99] 428 i : 335, 35] Gal : i 205] 90] ol Hi : 326} 80) B44 é H i 140) 102) 424 br eH <7 18} 185 610) 13) 180] 66] 885 bes z 200; 67) 431 190} 183) +679 kon Boe in| dal as 68} 1,667 281] 2,667 184] 189) 480 a5} 160] 513, $3, 98) 20) 902 ai} 124 = 201 a le 4 ee Pa ia oy | TOtal.soceceere 63! = _ai9! 62! 403 ) née mT cl tases 41] 220) 8a) 433 oe rr 3 eons ie ey 8,765] 1,811] 9,001 i Mo Ml LLG ne ia] ias| Gr Sree gall saat 2 hd al sul 300 il 135) 806 ma) 224) $00 43) 207, 63) B78 2a} 1m 44 at} 600] 8364 2001 65] 486 16] 274] 141] 606 255) 98) 88. | 616 90) 429 92) 53) 261 18} 205| 105] 434 215] 133] 504 6; «271, 81 45 218 87) 686 13) and 125) 660 252) 230) 609 aul 5,106)" ese! 806 | Ml fo am % * ba) 61 267 1 © 92] -19), 177 179] 223] 100} 635 18] 89) 21 202 189] 254) +9150 128 30] 267] 99] G11 na Ala lle . 132] 163} 64] 482 1,626! 8,086) 1,762] 6,141 Saat ant ee 15) 151) 287) 516 a a) | i “e| del ial Bt a tas| ial Sam mm Ba ML Se Total...... 000s 346] 1,483] 140] 3,482 Le ae 1 20| 370] 130] 550 6° ee eS 73) 16 18) 214 so] oe] 15) 47 63} = 108) 116} 246 11 218) 80 465 38] 318] 99]. 601 61 180) 147, 603 49] 190] 1ai| 482 55) 247] 98] 654 @4; «=283) «107 610 7 194) 122 515 68! 174) 65) «419 so] 145] 63} 300 8 137) 62 347 3. ey 120) = 103 a7 + fo] dst] 300 426! 4,071! 2,191! 10,083 6. 73) 504 23 7 4“ 271) 16} ia An a of 8 50) 253} 100! 89) 416; 66) 846 9. 49) 821 168) 1 603) 58 939 10. 65 si¢| 227 212 433) 82) 843 i ao aoi] 80] 641 5, 174) 312) 680 biz| a670l a,3201 7,207 ai} 130] 82] 878 113] 246 86) 406 178] = 807 o4) «(686 165, 216 4) (508 116] 177] 36] 307 isa] 318] 23] 414 166) 30) 510 493 661 136) 26} 97 30} 61) 57, 72) 700 pr 35 86 82 30) “3008 40] 6,051 Hoffman over Wood... Hoffman over Darling Hoffman over all. Total v the city Totat vote for Fa sts Nelson over McKean, Nov., | BBSSESESSSSSENEETEE Tuble of Plurnlities by Wards, ae) e el ali Wards. R i] : alfalfa q Baller atone Seber 1,000) a3) 617! 9,679 ah a 905) os ie ae . 155} 69) ry 664) 216) 59) oes! 215) 48) Zo) 20 a12| 140) To a Paty en m7] 1 4205} 004 a 110) 1,935] 26) Vin ph 3123) 20 Total... 39,480] 680) 4 767 + ad bsi7| 976! seeeees aie 81; 333 14 gi 105 7 “a b+ 74 | Twontioth ‘ 2,645) 765! 660 | Twenty-first ....; 2,060) 2280) p> 4 Twenty-secoud. | ‘014! 1,600) a 437 4 THE VOTE FOR ALDERMEN. 329 weinhedidbetnetiades =| a Secoud District. 223; 2040! 1,152) 4,749 | Thomas Coman, the Tammany and Mozart candidate, is 50) gar | Slcoted im this district without opposition. 41] 400 “4 448 89} 692 ot ar BR O'Brien—Tam.. a boo J Eawera Cavanagh—M Loc wood—Rep Sink | vecnion, 4 COUNCILMEN ELECTED. It the courts decide the election of Counc!imen yes terday legal the following list, composed exciusively of Tammany candidates, will constitute the next Board: — Fourra Disraict—William Piggott, Jeremiah 0’ Briea, John Stacom, Bryan Reilly, James Lacy co Firrs Dstrict—John Rik: Senet ibney, Thomas 2. Bult Ocal Berard Kenney, George 4. Heinrich. . ju nel, Edward Bracks, Bernard Ke Morphy; Michael Fas, — Saee iane Berasra bi James Cunningham, Jr., John Rey: Charles bs Finst Drsrnict—James P. Dupignac, rep. and dem. (re-elected, wen P. West, Tam. and Mos, (re Tarp Disraict—Wm. H. Gray, Tam. and Moa, Fourra Disraicr—Francis V. Euring, Tam. and Moz, To fill vacancy, Theodore Tooker, rep, and dem, ff ae Eo ge ag “ Sixra_Disraiot—Thos. J. Tam. and Savenra Disraict—John Jasper, Mox, and Dem. U. _— SCHOOL TRUSTEES PROBABLY ELECTED, Wards, 1—Wm. ema Tammany. - 3—Patrick T. Si Temmesy and. Mozart m. m. Union ¢—Terrence me and Mozart, A 20—Joha H. 21—Wm. C, Higgins, and Mozart, ‘The police made no collection of the returns, and the above are estimated on the basig of partial returns col- lected by the press, THE VOTE FOR CIVIL JUSTICE. Sixth District—To Fill Vacanc: ‘Thaddous H. Lane, Tam.. John & Stephen H. Turnbull, wos. SCENES AND INCIDENTS. At the Herald Building. Although the election progressed very quietly during the day, there was undoubtedly anjunderlying feeling of deep interest beneath the calm exterior maintained by the public, When the regular businees hours were over, however, and the people felt free, they gave the rein to their feel- and, bastening to the Hxratp buildu ered ons 4 iluminated bulletin, and in the bratty lighted up by Prof. Grant’s calcium light, which glare from one of the windows of the Astor House, hooted ‘and cheered and made up a scene of animation and ex- citement only to be seen in a New York election crowd, Tammany Headquarters. The council fires of the Tammany wigwam burned with unusual brilliancy last night at the headquarters, in Masonic Hall, where the braves had assembied to dis. cuss the merits of the victory achieved during the day and, though the lodge fairly reeked with tobacco smoke, numerous orators held forth to and domon- strative listeners in barangues fraught with exuitat! ovor the day’s success, and inciting them to still more splendid efforts for the Premdential campaign of next fall. Messrs. Samuel Hirsch, James B. M hellan, Henry Arcularius and other speakers addressed the assemblage, and among other sul adverted to was the impenen ment question, in reference to which sentiments were expressed in favor of s unanimous support of the President against Congress, by bo wd necessary, in the event of any decisive gro at Impeachment without @ trial by jury. The ¢ was enthusiastically Mozart Hall was last night a hall deserted; not the ghost of a Mo- zarter was to be seen in the vicinity. All the lights were fied, and not a solitary individual, save the inevit- able reporter, appeared who entertained an idea that the defeated Wood or any of his few late adherents would show up. The Wood banner flapped gloomily in the night air, and the American Eagle which surmounted the bust of Wood tooked like Poe’s Raven on the bust of Pallas, as if powrias down iuto the eyes of poor Fer. nandy, singing, ‘ Nevermore, for Mayor, nevermore!”’ At the Republican Headquarters & penitential meeting was held, but the discomfited were too unhappy, and miserable and woe-begon: to thunder forth the usual ‘threo groans for the vic- tors.” Addresses of a solemn and funereal character were delivered by Major Haggerty and Charles 3 Spencer, and the audience dispersed at a very early hour, " Arrests f Vo The following are among the made yesterday om the charges of “illegal voting’ and “illegally at. tempting to vote.” At the Tombs, Thomas Moore, James Murphy and several others; atthe Second Dis- trict Court, James Watson, Charles Kelly and Thomas Madden; at the Third District Court, eric Frank and John Frierz; and at tbe Fourth District Court, G 7c King, James Griffis, Thomas Calahaa, William in and Patrick Quian, UNITED STATES BISTRICT COUAT. Condemnations. Before Jadge Blatchford, The following decrees of cosdemnatien in the Caited internal revenue cause were y yy akea by default before Judge Biatcbford on motioa of Mr, Rol- lina, Assistant District Atiorney, no party answering to defend:— Sixteen barrels of distilled spirits found at 341 East ¥ i$ of same at 434 and tit; quantity of same at 513 West Thirty- quantity and fifty-three of same street, ; 8 barrels at Forty-fifth street near East river, now stored at 56 Broadway: ‘a quantity of same at 36 Broadway; 19,000 cigars items at 44 Liberty street; a scrow and other materials at 446 and 448 Water streot, being no other case for hearing the court was then adjourned, In Bankruptcy—The Duties of Assignees. An important order was made by Judge Blatchford yesterday morning in tho matter of Francis B. O'Conner, ‘an alloged bankrupt In this case an order had been made by the Court om ine 26th of November requiring the assi William H. Braman, to file bonds to the amount of $100,000 for the duo and faithful di 9 of his duties as such assignees. An affidavit was p's be. fore the Court, alleging that the bonds, as required, bed not been fied by Mr. Bram On the motion of Mr. B. K. Phelps, counsel for the creditors, E. V. Hs & Co., 51 Btatcbford made an order that Mr. should on ‘Tth instant show cause why he should not be removed from his trusieesh p. Petitions Filed ia Bai N Register Allon. Edward F , Ne y; referred to Register Dwight. Isaac Wyman, New York city; referred to Register hum, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Tho Butchers and the Bonrd of Henith-De- cision in'Favor of the Butchers. Before se Boe Joseph B. Janteen v1, Metropolitan Board of Health,—Yesterday, aithough strictly @ die non, by reason of the charter election being held, the argument in this case was, by consent of counsel, continued before Judge Barnard, Messrs, James M. Stth and Shafer and Coleman 4) ing for the relator, and Messrs, Eaton id Bliss for the Lae naome Y Justice Barnard at t the close of the argument ion must Yasue in accordance with the decisl | Term, hho having had a consultation in reference to it with Mr. Justice Leonard on the previous evening, The form of the order will be settiod to-day, It will be romembered that the relator was enjoined by an ordinance of the Board of Health from dri cattle through the streets below Fortioth street, 1 nance also applying with equa! force to ali other butchers south of that tine. The motion originally came up for injunction against the Board to resirain it from enforciug the ordinance re- ferred THE GRANT MEETING TO-NIGHT. The movement having for i1# object the nomination of General Grant for the Presidency will flad public ex- Pression ats mass meeting to be held this evening at Cooper Institute. A number of distinguished public and private citiz7us are angounced as the orators of the display 6 brew Like iM Ciinivn oquazo wil We yeremopien of U9 qvening, Report of Commissioner E. A. Rol- lins. -_— Treasury DeraRtMent, } Ornce or Ixtennat Revencs Wasumaton, Nov, 30, 1867. The internal revenue laws, as amended by the act of March, 1865, were operation without substantial change during th: ire fiscal year of 1866. The tabu- lar atatements, therefore, which accompanied my last annual report exhibited the revenue from different sources under a uniform taxation through the entire year, The amendments of July 13, 1866, and of March 2, 1867, very materially reduced the productive power of the law, adding largely to the free list and modifying the rates upon many objects of taxation, The definite and permanent effect which these and other changes ave produced cannot be stated because of the naiure of some of them and the little time which has elapsed since their adoption. I shail endeavor, however, in this the sixth annual report of this office, among other subjects the discussion of which seems appropriate, to present as clearly as possible the results of the present jacti' for the of th mot of July 1, 100%, exclusive Dank, were for the goods ex- ported and sums refunded as erroncously assessed and ‘The amounts of drawback and sums refunded were as follows: Drawback, A’ A e 5 07: Feduction of receipts from capital, circulation oe 4 oom i iad to the wre ae: banks Dational institutions, ing taxes to the Treasury of the United States, bi Deposits of savit hav Ro capital stock have largely been relieved 1 from a Wy the act of July 18, 1806. RAILROADS, Dividends. $2.0 816 $2,208,804) 9, we, iV nee ry! Interest on bonds.. ‘847, 25s Lo} $3,879,262 . 5,917,203 7,614,448 4,128,255 ‘The returus of the taxes upon dividends and interest on bonds were made to the office of the Commissioner until the act of July, 1866, took eflest. Since that time they have been made only to the aspessors, and the tax has been paid to coliectora The monthiy abstracis of the collectors have not given the amounts received {rom the two sources separately. The reduction of amount from gross receipts is due to the exemption of receipts ir the transportation of property from tax after July, INBURANCB COMPANIES, Dividends and additions to surplus..... }764,658 $767,231 $663,473 Premiums and MODLS......++e20e-e-++ 061,602 1,169,722 1,326,504 The rate of tax upon dividends of banks, railroads and insurance companies has been five per cent during the last three years; that upon premiums one and a half cont. Por oR noes mecalets OF TRLEGRAPH COMPANIES, ‘$215,050 808,437 REVENUE STAMPS, 1867 16,094,718 ‘The excess of the revenue of 1806 over that for 1865 was due to the use of stamps in that portion of the coun- tty prior to that time in rebellion. Since August 1, 1806, wits, receipts for the delivery of proporty, appeals, confesnions of judgments, writs and other inal pro- cesses have been exempt from duty, while the tax u; bankers’ and brokers’ sales of stocks, bonds, &c., been added to the stamp schedule, Salos of beer stamps are not included in the receipts above given. Daring the year the sum of $1,927,117 56 was received from the sale of one cent stamps and $3,231,247 27 tor stamps from special dies for matches, perfumery, cos- metics, medicines and other proprietary articies, AND SUCCESSIONA, fisnsas 168,7 1/861,429 of succes- ers, they are frau per. haps, are seldom the receipts of the several their kt districts en very much upon the diligence and faith- fulness of ecal officore. Pow that tho aunual liet ich sions and legacies are due from tax, often ignoran: of their liabilities, and wh: Sie tenon pl Ree on on on to give 00,804,135 im schedule A, and saci eet tee (Ox. copt wholesale dealers and wholesale doalers in liquor, are subject oaly to andual assessment, The Income tax .faaae rinse aot oar stven Gene’ o oh By the statate of March last the amsessment ¥ from May to and $47,266,782 {1 f Copia rom pearl; 090, ihe, pene of persons whose income tax on the annual list in 1867 was Twenty doliars or less... 63,085 Over $20 and no! over $60 42 947 Over $60 and no} over $100 24,036 Over $100 and not over $500, 54,778 QVOF F500, .....eeeeeeee . ‘Total number.... No reports of the number of persons come tex “_- auncal list of me oor bey — from she following vis:—Fi aie, California, Second ladiana, Third Louisiana, First North Carolina, Third aed Fourth Texas, Idaho, Montana, No- vada, ‘end Washington, The whole number ef persons assessed on the annual list for 1566 was 460,170. The difference is attributable to the amount exempt from tax, ARTICLES IN BOREDULT A. 1865. $779,901 1866. 1,092,701 1867 . 2,116,405 Carriag: piano- forves and other musical instruments were exempted by the act of July, 1866. The receipts during the yoar jrom assessments upos those Mei made prior to their exemption, were $1,005,162, ihe receipis from watches In 1566 w 1,657; in 1867, $619, The in the time of making the annual assessment, assessment of 1865, Since July 1 $406,180 of 1867. wing ihe receipts thus far from from that lected, assessments $500,518. $12,508,081 18,016,743 . 18,108,616 of the assoss- ind echedule A appties as well to special 1 d in relation to the ti ment of incom: taxes, Of the receipts for the last tiscal year, $12,51 wore derived from the anoual assessment of 1866, the balance from that of 1867. The total recoipis far from the asvessment of 1867 are $11,830,050, Wholesale dealers and wholesale dealers ia iiquor, an- (il tho aet of July, 1566, paid their Heonse taxes vu; tuoir probabie sales for the year aa sales of th ir jing. After of Gniiare by whol nis dui atone Nunared wise +7 206, ¥ 966,683 olesale liquo 400, 801,631 082,136 Distillers, coal, oil, 16,024 17,860 21,809 Spirituous liquors, 46.661 81,205 «= 174,445 Appies, grapes 8,236 20,280 67,382 Hotels,....., 415/279 © 680,021 663,656 Tnsurance agents 21,409 104,860 (148, 647 WYOrd..... 100,377 264.886 367,668 Manufacturers 635,115 1,043,030 1,206,487 lors... 670,013 708,113 Physicians and surgeons, 802,847 425,606 649,368 Rectifiers.............. 48,781 61,300 60,470 Prior to the act of July 13, 1806, brewers paid $60 for each license, and where th: oduct was lese than ive hundred barrels per your, $25. After that time the rates were doubied, as was ituoud liquors, Manufacturers of tobacco, snuff atu cigars were by that act classed as tobacconists instead of manufac- Be sot canoe the past year paid a special tax ef wi, ber of ying tax as pediors duri 1066 were 21,018; 1806, 421 woe Ral tax upon distillers of spir- 196; 1867, 46,64 \W COTTON, ne 23,709,078 ugust 1, 1866, when {t was increased to three cents, where it remained ‘entil September, 1867, when it was reduced to two and a balf conts per pound. The receipts during 1866 repro- sent cotton grown at different times which could not, by Treason of the war, before that time reach the market, The receipts of 1867 substantially represent the product of that year—nearly two million bales, REFINED PETROLEUM AND COAL OTL, pal ithe lighter ols have, at diferent times or al but at bg ceeairely lower rates. jons of rei petroleum were ian tans fur, Sn im troleu! 3,002 gallons ‘Gfreaned coal oil; in 1806, "25,800, al and 028,380 galions of coal oil; 993,585 gallons of petroleum, and 768,025 warehouse on the 30th of of that at the close of the pre- ported during 1867 was ax not only been avoided 1p various through a defect in the Jaw, butthat tbe law itself has been frequently violated with great loss to vent The high rate of tax offe: rs and offi 3,661, ‘ten monthe of the year 1865 the receipts were For from specific taxes uated by differcat values of the cigars. On March 8, 1865, @ uniform rate of $10 per thousand was jm By the statute of July 18, 1866, the tax became specific and in part ad valorem, aud by that of March last the tax of $5 per thousand reduction from the ‘was adopted, which wasa very large then exiting duty. The tax ions smoking tol clusively of stems, was inc io March, 1865, from 25 cents to 36 cents per pound. Five cut chewing and plug, in March, 1865, was increased from 35 cents to 40 conts per pound, where it still remaing, The tax upon smoking tobacco not sweetened, stemmed or butted, was reduced {o 1865 to 15 cents’ per pound. 11,075,568 pounds of the manufactured article were ex; to bond during the last flacal year, while the amount in bonded warehouse was increased trom 4,123,681 pounds, on the Ist of July, 1866, to 7,625,001 pounds on the Ist of July, 1867. The taxed production of tobacco tn 1665 ‘was 36,639,020 pounds; in 1866, 85,748,351 pounds, and tn 1867, 45,635,581 pounds, The product of 1866 was largely prejadiced by tobacco manufactured in the South before the war and during its progross, and after its ciose brought to Northern markois. Notwithstand- ing the Leavy toss by fraud the increase of the roceipte has been quite satietactory. FERMENTED LIQUORS, + $2,657,181 6,115,140 5,819,345 continued The tax of one doliar per barrel has been during the three years, DISTILLED STIRITS AND BRANDY. Distiled spirits. Brandy, 1865, $15,496,701 $12,005 1856. 20,195,578 283,499 1867 28,296,264 868,145 For the first six months of the fiscal year 1865 the tax on distilied spirits was $1 60 per gallon, afterwards $2, The tax on brandy has vat from 50 cents to $2, The amount of epirita forfeited has bee rgel; in excess of that during any year precoding, an robably equais the whole amount prior to June 3, 1860, e receipts from forteited spirits are net in- cluded in the above, The frauds with the production and re= nN moval of spirite are of very alarming extent and character, and will be cons.derod more fully in another part of this report. The amount of spirits in bonded warehouse on the Ist of July, 1866, was 6,081,551 ; om the Ist of July, 1867, 17,887,272 gallons, ount out of warehouse under transportation bonds om July 1, 1866, was 4,133,211 gailons, and on July 1, 1867, was 8,931,444 gallons, Tue amount of spirits received into “class 2 warehouses" so called, for the manufacture of medicines, cosmetics, cordiais, &c., for exportation, was 802,727 ga‘lons. The amount exported in upon which tax was paid was thie it will appear that u wount of distilled spirits which was reported to revenue officers during the year 1867, and which can be accounted for is 32,209,629 gallons, The difference between this amount aud the actual production measures the product which reached the marget throagn fraud. RXPENSE OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE. The expense of collecting the internal revenue has always been a matter of imterest to ine public, who at the time of payment of taxes have not the present means of Page ng he actual advantages to the government. From the great extent Of territory, and the almost numberless objects of taxation, it was veriously estimated daring the pendency of the frst Invernal Revenue bill in the Thirty-soventh Congress Of collection would be from seven to argued that tho excise oul reach the Treasury for less then fifteen or twenty per cent of ite amount. It is a cause of no small satisfaction, bom that tho accounts of the the Treasary, bave be largely in excess of the actual expenditures, The manner of adjusiment and payment of oxpen: a8 pre- acribed by law, has variously changed from time to time, and I cannot weil present comparative tables ex- copt for the years 1966 and 1867, bond was Satie Pee The amount (4,148,132 gallons. From an “ 1866. 1867, Compensation expenses assessors aud assistant asses. BOTW esses pongitue deeeee ss $4,034,053 $9,849,913 Collectors’ compossation and ee eae 2,161,710 2,144,206 Superintendents of exports ‘drawbecks. . . 16,714 16 436 96,455 45,541 17,226 30,812 121,078 169,271 22,080 1,248 ‘buréau ..3. ee + 977,072 296,900 Blamps and cotton tags « 197,089 186,234 Owwer incidental expenses of UDI OM CO... 6 oe eens eceen eee 40,093 87,990 Commission On eaie of stamps. 855,696 +687, $7,712,039 ‘THE PRESENT V.ACAL YEAR, nm that the estimates of future ou when mado by those best qualified to re liable to great inaccuracy. Cunanges ia the ia juent, and prodaction by rea- son of the disturbed condition of the country so uneven that no ceriaim and absolute conclusion cag be argued from the statistics of the past From a careful consideration of such date, however, as aro in possession of the office, an approximation to the aggregate colicctions for tue year may be made, | berewith present a tabular statement of the receipts during July, August, September and October, of the flacal years 1965, 1866 and 1867 respectively, as appears from the eertiieates of deposit received at this office -— 1865, 1867. 7,079,103 $24,734,656 5 343 17,848,651 5 13,183,006 30,487, 490 (14,496,696 ‘ 457,983 20, , Of the amount collected during tho four months of 1865 948,561 were from incomes, and of that in 1866 $43,463,065, while of thas in 1807 only $17,755,714 came from these sources. DISTILLED SPIRITS, The propriety of itaposing @ Jargo tax npon distilled spirits bas never been seriously qacetioned in this coun- try. In most coses where a tax upon an article greatly exceeds its cot, harm results to individuals or the pub- @ treasury is certain of in- , if the amount prodaced is brought to eo, the more the consumption ts checked the more the social and moral condition of the poopie is im- proved, ‘The limit of tax is roached when ita amount not only decor incoutive to {raed on tue part of the prov ducer most high taxes bave proven, but where no in- considerabie portion of it may safely be ured for the corraption of officers employed in its colicction. When such is the case, the revenue is not only diminisbed, but the inistration of the law becomes disroputable, and the law itself » feprecch. ‘Tho sevoral taxes iu poned . any reveitia law aFe fald cheerfully only when covery tal ted by Mt contributes tts apportioned and aul wr “uery ws reason, to veltove that rare fublie dade efeetion attgos from tho fluro to #e- cure the tax upon spirits than from ail Spt comes combined, aud uniews some remedy is obtain “pre. hend acre demoralization, extending Bs h other sources of revenue, and corrupting even the business latious of Individuate. Bad srarnpien 00 aro ye to Jowed as good ones, ane the profits from fraud col cases suggest advantages be ea ee Allen.,.. Hillhouse Bristol. . Gates... Richmond... Roweil.... Simply atest one's enterprice and. Asancial Sua ae one’s ent ial abili those made ag @ basis of taxation. na! The special revenue commission made an exhaustive Fever of this subject last year, prosecuting their \nquiries through all avenues of information, and after making due allowance for the entire disuse of bufaing fluid and the employment of substitutes vinegar, medicine, aod generally in mat pharmacy, in conclu its report, say: Afier cireful consideration of ihe facts above pre- @ented, and after conference with many of the principal dealers aud manufacturers from all sections of the country, the commisai pe aoe ap on are of opinion that, with the the guantiy of dist esent tax of two dollars per gallon, ed spirits which may be expected to be produced and rendered subject to assessment for ‘the immediate future wiii be from forty-two to forty-ive million of gallons, In arriving at this conclusion tn their report, the com- mission does not refer to the amount of stock on hand; and {t 1s quite impracticablo to determine how much of the consumpilon of the past year was of that which had id the tax ot fom rre Oy Was manufactured fore any was iw| co s, of cou \0 know how much reached the marke’ through fraud” FRAUDS, 4ND HOW THEY ARB PRAYETRATED, We know the amount of tax received upon spirits withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, and, trom ‘this amount and the estimated actual consumption, the very low price of spirits in the market and the frequent detection of offer extensive and alarming frauds which undoubtedly exist, Under the law‘and the regulations of the Department, all distillers are required to make record and tri- monthly report to assessors of all end the bumber of gallons distilled and placed ip’ and sold from warehouse, with the and: place of business, or residence of purchaser, oping pong fo cor ae or prod ia made, correct re! uct no fraud can be committed without the kmow- ieee g Pla yp een Mig ey officers, Every with- rawal of rit wi er for consumption, tramsperta- tion, fpr yacintry Why nippy or export, ie record and proof bebind it, All producuon is to the proper collector, and must be ted fer by bim tn tax received at withdrawal for consumption or by bonds or other evidences of removal for the several [parnases above nataed bud authorised be Giatanee These nds have occasivnally been insufficient, and in some instances it is believed they have beea corruptly taken ; but are in existence, and the geese ow by them is easily ascertainable. It 1m this connection to say that it is emall in with the quantity which bas reached the other avonues of fraud. It is possible, ail evidence of removal from warehouse to but such destruction imvolves the wholesale and monstrous combinations collectors and their assistants that I cannot contemplate it as an actual existence. tem bas furnished i | i i man, that frequent and extensive frauds of this caaracter bay, been consummated; bat while it is quite probable that wt io these attempts have countries, ous lai small magnitude when osaiperea to ihe" which avoids taxation, As no drawback is spirits exported, frauds can occur only in al monts in bond, water. or other articles being substituted for spirits which are thi market for consum} free of tax. Such volves the bribery of custom house officers, whose daty 16 ie to carefully inspect ali goods e: ted in bond, as wel] as the procurement of {alse certi: of the jand- ing of the spirits abroad for the cancvilation of the bonds against relanding in this country, which are flied {n the custon house of the district from which the ex- portation is made. There is, of course, actual export trade of very considerable importance, but the actual and frauduleat shipments combined only reach 4,654,816 ons for the fiscal year 1867. ‘This amoant is larger mee for several years immediately preceding the last, but not as Jargo as in 1861, when no (ax existed, or in either of the two years following. Much of the increase may well be accounted for by the low price of tax paid spirits here, and thu necessity of seeking othor markets without the payment of two dollars per gallon. I beheve most of tho illicit spirits 1a the market is the product of those estabiishinents whose proprietors report for warehousing on!y a portion of their proiuction, A smaller amount is from hidden aud ized distil- leries,’ This illicit whiskey is conveyed uabranded to neighboring rectifying houses, and emptied iinmediate'y into vats, where it can never be identified; or it i shipped !n barrels corruptly or falsely branded by the proprietors themselves or our own officers in collusion with them. It is exceedingly difficult for superior officers to detect such collusion on the part of their sub- ordinates, It can rarely be done pt upon the dis. closure of some party privy to the arrangement, and ‘hat can hardly be expected when all are equally guilty ‘and equally liable to punishment. ‘These extensive frauds have not only robbed tho national treasury, but have driven from their accus tomed business many men of acknowledged int Others bave taken their places tor the special at pavpeee. of acquiring fortune through fraud. cnpital but. without conscience have times” been silent ers Of have put to the front rity, ered, If ail the various means signs upon the reven fully written, the very weil be questioned, wervable during the spring to the causes cisewhere stated, to neral trans- fer of tho business of distilling into the handa of corrupt poobh meg pe| who in turn im various ways oo! revenue officers. The slight improvement which Since been made is the rosult, not of a radical cure of the evil, but of the more vigorous offorte pf those ollicera to whom the Depart: jovernment became grater. It is as much due to the honest ross who have suffered in reputation and estate by reason of these practices, ae it is to the Public, that this monstrous wrong be corrected, and tbat the legitimate business of great moment to the manu- facturing and grain producing sections of the country shall be thoroughly protected by the law, while it measurably relieves the entire lex from their present taxation, E. A. ROLLINS, Commissioner, BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Sviciog BY Taxrsc Potox,—A lady named Mrs. Jane Kidd, wife of Mr. P. Kidd, residing im Gowasus, Rightoenth street, between Fifth aod Sixth avenues, took a dose of oxalic acid and shuffled off the mortal coil yesterday morning. Tho unforiurate women had been des; nt for some time previous, and a few éays since attempted self-destruct swallowing & large dose of Iaudanum. Corouor will bold an inquest on the body to-day. ron Gop Romuzny—$4,000 Ixvotven,—Detectives Folk and Videto arrested Charlos Aubry and Joseph Lagotié & few days since, the former on a charge of stealing $4,000 worth of goid chippings from his empl: , oJ. Troussard, of No. 17 Maiden and tne letter for alleged receiving of the property. 1b were commitied to the Kings coanty jail yesterday to await trial, Tus Warten Surriy.—On Saturday last the new forty. eight inch water main wes connected with the thirty. six inch main which supplies the city with water from the Ridgewood reservoir. Tener wom Nees ta tulation to people residiag on Heights ‘other Srovated sections of Brooklyn, where much inconven|- ‘ence has been experienced from the inadeq of the supply. The force of waier will now be sufficient to raise it to the highest poiota Fing,—A fire broke out in the house occupied by Thowas Doyle, Eighth streot, near Fifth avenue, caused by achimney board taking fre. Mr. Doyle sustained a loss in furniture of $600, and tho house, which was owned by Mre, Hobel, was damaged to the extent of $600, There was no roneral atarm given and further destruc. tion of property was wented by the timely arrival of Hose Company No. 14, which extinguished tne fire. Fe is tux Easramx Disrriotr—A Youxa Maw Row Over ny an Exqine axp Ivstaxtiy Kintep.—A two story frame building, situated in Myrile avenue, near Bushwick, E. D., took fire about soven o'clock Inst even- ing, from some unknown cagse, and was destroyed with its contents, Tho building was used as a stable over an unknowa yout man io Broadway, rect, and instant ry orty-aisth preoinot station house by and Coroner Smith notified, wix yours of age, five feet eix hair, no whiskers or mustache, = aa officer, fnches a belght, aark er NEW VORK STATE ELECTION—OFFICIAL CANVASS. The Hoard of Stato Canvassors convened at Atbany yesterday and canvassed tho vote for State officers, The following are the official footin.s:— BRORRTARY OF STATE, Nelson. . dicKean, STATE VEYOR, Men of the; tr ewe ‘ar peeery and the perils of detection. These have often without reputation to loge and with no local babite- tion to aid in their arrest when their frauds were discov- resorted to