Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-05-07

NEW YORK CUSTOM HCUSE.-on Saturday
the Pre,Iden OF the United States sent the House
OF Representative the following alton a,-
com. anieJ With thc Reports referred ip therein
The papers ars said 10 have II led good sized mar
acI bastc:
WAsmiNGroN. Apnl -. 1872
To ne H'fW IF Req -sssa,airss II he Uaii,d
S'aies:
In compliance with your resolution of tho 29h
mt h'NS the honor To transmit the rcIs,ris OF
Me.srs Kelley az S.cwarr. ,wo Of thc Commission.
cts originally aPpo ned along with Mr. PpndrNtcr
10 uyrsssaic the utiurs ufthe IsiOm house of New
York. together With all the correspondence aud
i"siInn " accompanying hc sam, and also the re
/ l"ri OF Mr. PuiudeStcr, TO which Is anncycd tWn
letter. subscribed by Mr. PuiudcxIcr and Mr. Brad
ley. TIE last named gcutlcrR tu Was surs iulr, IN
the place of NJ, Kelley wh sc iuclin iiiuns and du-
ties called HIM 10 reside IA OIin. after the return OF
The Commissioners lo Tins city about the lis ct Au.
gust One of the letters. just mentioned was az
dres ed tu the Secretary ct the Treasury and bears
date iHC 18th ui April Ils'an aui the other to my
self. dated The 2CIhuC Ihis noah. From the lur
uicr YOU viii lcaru that mHsi inter sting portion
of Ihe inquiry instituted by the Department. VIZ.
that islLing 10 lisl houses huoys bearons,
alters anJ revenue brt'ss prop scd TO be male tho
subject Of a further rcppri Toy Ales Bradley AID
P-rud"s;er. You WI also learn. through Il,e nc.
'mpauyus lrtcr irom MIR Stewart the reasons
winch have delayed him rn making a supplemental
and Additional report 10 that arsauy made ~ hun
self an Mr. Kelley, en- braCing has view and OIir.
I'ns up'n The dcyc'opemcnis made suhSe IueuI Ia
the withdrawal pf Mr. kcl cy from the comm ssiou
AMI the substitution OF Mr. Biadlcy in las place al
80 transit two dpcumcn furnished by Mr. Steward
and which mere INDEED 10y him 10 the = crclar.
ui the Treasury ga iih inst The orc beng Me
0 a
other Letters accom- ryIHs Memoranda &c
; marked Nu2
The commission was instituted ~ The purp,Sc of
as'criaiuiug Sing defects the Custom house &C
sulti'ns 60 trace u their causes pl,l errors "a
detect abuses; and, 10y wholesome reform, to guard
IN future not only against fraud and pcculatiuu bat
against error and Encouragement For these pur,
poses selection was made ofpersons OF acknoN l.
edged intelligence and industry; aud upon this as
they have been engaged for almost an entire year
and their laburs remain yet Go he cumpl, ted. Tn,
character Of those labaIs may be estimated by ia,
extent Of Messrs Kelley and Stewards repor; cmbra
cling about one hundred pages Of closely writer
manuscript. the vulumIhOus memoranda and CORES
pOudcncc Of Mr. SleWarthe great mass of cvi,Icnc,
accompanying Me r. Kelley AMI Stewnr's report
and the rcETirl of Mr. PoindeH er extending uvei
three hundred AMI ninety pages, comprised ~
The volume acComI nuy,nC lhiS.aud additional repor
still rcmluIng 10 Ice made. before stated
| should De better pleased To have u IN my ppWer
10 communicate the entire mass Ofreporls made and
contemplated 10 he male. al uae and the same Tim,
And sui more should have been graiifed flim,
could have been allowed. me nsisIently with the
apparent desire Oi tho House Of Rcpreseuil e. I,
DC pat into ImneiIq- Pc session OF Tie ia lcr, .,
nave compared, even To have -ead with delber
qIIon the views presented by the Comm .ssinners a
10 proposed RETURNS ia the revenue laws logeIh,l
with the mass oiducumen,ary evidence and m,iirrna
ton by which they have been exp aimed aud enipr
"ed, and which Do upI admit of a satisfactory com
paTlson until tEe whole circle of reppts he compile
ted, Charges of maiieasluce against some of lhDS,
now IA Office wi, duyolve upln the Executive ;
rigid nNcs iglitOn Iutu their extent aud character
and will ~ due season claim my attention
The readiness, however, with which the Hbust
proposes T. enter upon the grave ard dill .u al
cts winch ihuse papers Suggest have nutcip: Irt
that consideration Ui them by the Executive who
iheH importance dem tuds.it utly rem tu, ipf IN 2, IA
lieu of sc"rir "a Ilirrus; " ,Ich uuIer 9th
, CT circumstances, Il would have been NV dury d
mike, 90 urge uirn Congress The in prrtluce at,
Necessity If HtrpTrIrg the earliest rcrm, In exist
nag law ani usrges - ~ 10 gard the cIuG ~ 10
future against iraT, IA the coll cpn Ut rhe rive
rucs, and the Treasury against prcuari,n To- rrlicy,
trade ana comm rec from pprcs-ivr REG Irrrn-; ara
20 guard liN AID morality against ylu.arion and .
ruse.
\, from their volume. it has been ncrrs a-y 1
transmit The "rEiua paper - the II Iuse have 1,
Suggest ih" pr"prey at the House taking order &,
Their rrsoritH 90 ihe frclslry De ulrimcut al surl
'inc as my CON pa with It's pleasure.
JOHN TYLER.