Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-31
From 'tr Nvc FORK Erpnv.
AN EYE UPON THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
s. S. BAXTER.
Attorney General.


To pas. entirely the ENORMOUS increase Of
expense under Mr.. Hcyi. anil the number Of men
employed by him over Mr. Thompson. which Marin
Van Bircn. IN ic2e. thonght "a great poaoer ~
aironace." will notice n the first place. and
Mr. Hoyt appointed Collector. he Increased the
number that were there on the day thai Samuel
Swariwoui left Though nj tins very time the i'm
pIrs very light and business very dull Thi,
sur'iy Is "cutting Sown Che expenses Of the Govern
ncnr. and thereby rejoicing the eItentof Executive
patron &c" IN retr'gade aava~ce-a faC smile OF all
the oher advances Of the prevent
- they ndvanco IN S'rne~hat q backward march
What wI done ia tho Collectors Office olsI done
IN the Auditors aid square yard rvnns the number
being increased oneihirl. over. But il does not
stop hero. u II pursued through p,r Of the Cu,-
tom iIoase dep,unenf. is easily dscov cred nv
comparing the National Registers OF the time NJ Swnri-
w,'ui with those OF Huyi. and il compare them
back inDm the present limo through the periods which
Swanwout and Jnnathan Thompson were collectors.
II Will he found that. notwithstanding the proflspn
of Mr. Swat;~out he had been n great national econ,
ofaisi, IA cnnparisOn of Jesse Hoyt. IL was not a
strange thing tn many three individuals in
Jt ssrs Office, standing sitting at the writing
desk all having the claim this desk for the
want o rosn to place Others because every nook aud
corner hal been filled " III new for the accum-
notation ot new claimants. What. nsk. Ind these
broIherly fellows To dbl Absolutely nothing but u
talk LpcoiocO politics. read and circulate BOcooco news
papers and collect money. by demanding portion oi
tIc salaries oG Others support LcoEe Martin Van
BrreR. and his L'c"fto oil e-+1lders Nothing i.
said thai cannot he proved
Having noticed the state Of thng' in the Collcctors
Office. Auditors Room, &c. let "a. turn our eve 10 the
Public Siores-in doing winch. cunfine myself prirr
cipay ioa letter which ] have received from a
frieni. md who well acquainted with that de.
partment Of the Custom House
"a will appear by comparison Of the Blue Book,
that Mr. H>yt has not been rgetu here also in great
y Increasing the number over that boh OF Mr. Thumt.
Sn and NJ. S.vadwouL Ii is IN vain here 10 talk of
the increase of imports. e'r since 1886 the imp ~,
have decreased ami mi inrroased Yea they hay ,
decreased fifty millions OF dollars Havo the expense.
decreased ASH No, vcry; they have increased IN
the same. nearly the pTopprifDn TINT the iva
porte have decreascd-HhIch increased proportion u
expenditure is. in round n imbers. about e0wo hn
dred thousand dollars. annually "a aud above
shat of Mr. Swartw out-and three sun irrd and fiji,
thousand over Mr. Thompson. What blood OF n free
man does not fov with increased velocity upan al
rrrcii"n' But why n II that the nupnber culnectes
with the Public Stores - 80 oyergruwn' The answer
- pam. a. Is rsi, to enable. f p,ssble Jesse IIoyt 4,
forfeit goods not Ia prevent frauds anil secondly &c
give SituaIo: to coloro eectioneercrs This Is Oh,
answer. My Correspondent in hi, letter n, M,
says-"rhe motive of Mr. IlOyt m sending m,s, SOD
n the Public Stores. nnd having them appraised h,
persons chosen 10y himself. II found in the fact that
be can succeed m rfeitine ihem he will receive on,
srth OF thcr appraised foreign value. al the sam.
time provide situations or ms friends an not 81 ran,i
from an anxiety 10 prevent frand because no C,,.c
Tor has ever tried so hard TO get goods condemns,
Hnd make money out Of his Office Collector IIyt
My correspondent gocs ga, AMI says: Former ,o-c
tors dii not try 90 forfeit goods they tried To- prevent
frauds, while the principal study at Mr. H. seems g. b,
how Co proceed successfully condemn the AsI. -
IInot At all difficult To that. 10y cry OF precnu
ton onf great scrutiny IN The examination Of goos an,
Tic necessity Offending great Quantities 10 The srr-
r tH1i purpose. we might increase tho nun bor nr
ccssary 10 transact the Business almost To any .Ii-ut
a Il must DE plain ~ the partial obscrye r IN,
great and undue advantage has been taken of I'm,
circumstance. Thus the double sheet is secured oi
personal and political adVar cement Considerips
ne" ihis double handspring of action - il wonderful
Iiai Locotr'Isn. in IL. revnlptions should beat
high and YET u ~ certain that notwithstanding m,
greatly increased number OF persons. the highway OF
fraud and abuse is sIll open. from the fact that wh,
Mr Thompson used TO do himself il now left Ia otbc,
hands, and Il was this TINT gave certain cusi.
oliver such AMPLE room 90 practise frauds g1t II 4,
no mriter whether the revenue 10 preserved or not, a
'hcre - hat great cry OF cauIIsn nen supplied with
stun'ons. and particular persons Ilne their uoek
with plenty of cash
viii ask your indulgence for another cotamun;,,
non iH the mclntIme, let refer nay reader, Il,
Communication IN the Express. Of Saturday and MoD
day, Oetohcr 81 and h. rst page Ire ided "A m,rro,
| pr 'he pretended Democracy
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