New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-09


g,e~rt'! he seen now lar ,hose e.roe. have b.en
cat.,ctrd and Reformed unitr thc ne. collector.
l. iNasd C.t's De mias 1t unnecessary :, 20
through the Who'll, Is, Il d.bur,e tor every
.rnci- tall NJ alder the b. al 4 Stationery itMii
ls ,4ifceut = sis'r that tn ptioe, paid to them
y ne col, cor Holt durisg rs tenn of service
>ualh ranged from 100 t. goo per cent ald IN
come instances NOR. above "a" regular New lsrk
.rice Tor the sane art Ct, aid tnr trvubc Il pro
-lrlng them al the r'Suls! ctaiges would have
zen even itss than II ~, t. hni ii'iNIaUils Mo
would consent . 6e raj. th- in,tiumcat, Il zen.
drting suca bils s., t,o,e pad b, lioyt, 10 answer
tie end, 10 which the uadefs .n,d La, her toioge
diverted. But /, NAY be proper sni useful 20 ~
'eEd t'.c ice. which mas been taken - tNilaNa-
CANT i,cus % lew NOR. Which sre too rmsIA-
4b.. to b. overlooked. L. tue bills rtnd,rcd by
O ticrn and Others. the article OF writing sand
charged at tse rate of from 50 tn - 81 PER pe,k.
and ~ eases even hg h,r when IL l. m ptoot
b, the deposition OF David Felt, Ihs, he supplied
tie sane, II taken b., the bs,bel, at Il - cent.
ger peek. or 80 cent. pei bushe; and II ,shes by
tie ,Nele p,c. At IS ccLt,; AID at these rttes tie
tcs,.nss that BIZ. profits would be 300 PER cent
Ddiiug the three years OF Nlr Holt's time, there
"a. paid for wiring sand the sum OF SOP 80.
Nhch, It puchtsed at the customary rates, ac-
eoring 10 he deposition OF hf. Felt, would have
.upphcd the quantity of tour hundred aAd four
Su ,hes and three pecks.
Ii may To- useful. also. 10 extend Ihls summary
10 some OF the item, in these bills Ia particular
descriptions Of paper purchased by the collector
from the persons selected ~ supply the custom
house. Abstract paper or bluo-laid English
imperial ruled. Is charged IN the bills Of @ liern
At the rate ct 500 "a slli par rcam: it, value
aciug. inihc Newly ork. from $50 a. FL 30 per
rcAm. " lmpo,t.book paper whicl Is worth IN
he marhot tlJ per ream. Is charged IN the Gus
jom-hou,e bids at from go T. $50 per rami ard
denny paper. ruled to pattern, which may be put-
chased at I'll per reanl is usually charged to the
.ustom-house at $40 per ream. The ordinary
qualities of paper are advanced in price oa gem
eral scale about ore hundred per cent.
Il j, worthy OF remark, that all the supple. Tor
the cu,ton-house were furnished at secondhand
ov he individual, heretofore named, selected by
Mr.. Hoyt, TO whom the opportunity was afforded
If purchasing Mt the rates, or even lower than
the estimates contained IN the deposition OF
David Felt, aud the Increased price paid 20
them by Mr. Hoyt constituted an enormous profit.
while it is manifest that the Wholesale dealers
would have supplied the same articles at the r.
duccd rates mentioned by Mr.. felt, which he
states there would have been to the stationer
clear profit Of from twenty-five thirty-,hrse and
third per cent. This system ct tayoriti-m, 50
ncon,i with the public interest and fair de"l
ing. was uniformly extended 10 the most violent
political partl.ans who earned the favor 10y their
devotion II the hand from which they received H.
Their, i one case which 1t may be proper io
meNion particularly \ custon-hOuse officer. IA
the surveyors department, OF the name oi Jones,
was evidently concerned in the supply of stat,ono-
" to the inspectors of the customs, who were FUR
nishcd with such articles, through his office. By
reference To the deposition of Alfred /. Jones, the
.on ct the abovc-namcd officer of the customs. Il
will appear that he, being lad of eighteen or
ninctsea years of age made purchases, Tor cash
and on credit, of stationery, Tor which he present
ID bills at the cu,tom-hou.c, amounting. IN all,
far AS known, to : ,507 %, which were paid. The
age Of this YOUTH in whose name the b.s were
made our. connected with the fact that his father
the proper officer for supplying the inspectors
ct the customs; the great Impr0babity that be
could have obtained credit On ms own account from
any wholesale dealer; the cquiyocal manner ia
which he tesilfes, first denying any participation
If his father in these transactions. and then admit
ting that he paid his father the profits. or = por-
ton of them, adding that be did 50 because his
father his natural guardian. who held the
amount paid for his benefit, would seem To leave no
rational doubt in the mind of any that tho
business was done the capital of the elder
Jones. and that the profits Injured to his benefit,
except so far ~ he might reward his son for the
service rendered. The profits were similar Ia
those already noticed This man Is still retained
as chief clerk in the surveyors office by the present
solicitor, Mr.. Curtis.
Nearly the same remarks may be applied to tho
principal surveyor OF the port, Hector Craig who,
being paper manufacturer, supplied his own de-
partment with paper, amounting IN the whole TO
81 ,688, during his term Of office and, what is
stu more remarkable, the bills we've made out in
hi. own name, at the foot OF which be cert t.l.
under h, signature, that tie amount was
Just; :" and, wthsut ssy other evidence of their
accuracy they were audited AID paid at the Gus.
tom-house.
The price of printing basks Of various desciip
tons, Is charged in the bills paid by Mr.. Hoyt
at The minimum If twelve dollars per ream. eX-
tending through various intermediate prices To the
maximum Of twerty-h five dollars while, according
% the testimony OF Mr. Felt asd others. they were
worth, 10 this market, from 81 TO 81 30 per ram.
The aggregate amount paid during the three years
Of Mr.. Hoyt's colIector.hip, for printing various
descriptions e blanks required at the custom
house, was sl2 369 75-nearly or quite double
the sum for which the same work might have been
procured by contract with regular printer, at the
usual rates paid for printing ia New-iork. lis
.ot believed that the printing paid for by Mr.. Hoyt
IN the article of blanks was ei'her necessary in the
transaction Of the public business at the custom
house, or that the quantity ordered was used for
that purpose; which, in polnt Of fact, may be- truly
.aid Of every Other article OF stationery confined
10 the bills furnished to the commissioners by the
auditor for that period.
Included in the general result Of 81 %,
expended by Mr.. Iioyt in articles of stationery,
are the bills rendered and paid for like articles
ordered for the OF the public store at Staten
Is and, at which the Quarantine Ground OF the
port OF New York is established. Those bills are,
in some respects, OF character even more eAtfa'
ordinary than those already reviewed, and there