The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-06
Warrington.
Correspondence of the Herald.1
WASHINGTON, May 1,

WASHINGTON, May 1, 1872.
New York Custom Mouse Rcport---Rcform
or Fuss.
The House have been discussing during the whole
oil this day, until the adjournment, the motion to
print the Executive Message, Transmitting the re-
ports, on the affairs Of the New York Custom House
The debate branched of into all the attendant cir
cumstances of the Commission, and turned chiefly
upon the action of the Committee of Expenditures,
in the manner Pomdexters report first brought
i ITO the House. 1t proved and admitted, that
The Committee had had the report in their posses
sion week before the 'summons was issued on
PondcXter, and the time, before 1t was sent
10 the President. So 1t Is very clear, Poindex tcr
was the prime mover OF the whole trick, to iniurc
the President before the public, because he was not
appointed Minister to Mexico.
The committee IN obtaining this report have
overreached themselves. They have prevented the
Executive from taking any action on the report by
taking II into their own hands The Executive can
not make even any recommendations from the re-
port, because he had not time to read it, The
whole intention of the commission il defeated-for
Congress has not power to make removals or APP
pointmens.
The facts OF the case are these The report of
Poindexier sent to the President on the 10th of
April. At meeting of the Cabinent next day, he
submitted it to them and asked their advice The
Cabinet their part agreed that, as they all could
not read so large document in any short period that
asynopsis and index should be made of prior TO ex-
animation. The President was DESTROYS that he
should have dlspassionae examination of it
before he could decide on any course to pur-
sue in making his views known TO Congress
along with the report, IN connection with the
reports OF the other commissioners. While
these preparations still making and before any
action had been had In the NATTER the report Ga d,
plcatc copy Is introduced into the House. and
resolution Is next day received, calling on the Pre-
sdent for all the reports. which he promptly COM
mumcates, and the whole matter Is out of exc
cutive control, and III the hands of Congress- a lob
of their own making. The report of Poindcxier is
now printed IL covers 1871 pages of printed matter
written with ability, but in prejudiced strain of
every matter II purports 10 investigate and de eide
upon There Is no system IN it-ilies from one sub
lect 10 another, and couples extremes together
lloyt Butler Games, WATSON, are all attacked with
out mercy. The carriage, the storage and stationary
accounts are all taken up at length. The seizure
ana compromise cases are opened at full; accuses
the manufacturers of the east of "A conspiracy with
the New York Custom house to defraud the reve nue.
names Abbot Lawrence, Stone and others as parties
MIR. Hoffman, District Attorney. comes in for a
share OF the abuse about opinions he has given in re-
lailon To arrearages of storage.
In regard to Curtis, the report makes out that he
has not diminished the expenses of the revenue il
any way, or made any reforms, and insinuatcs he i.
almost as bad as Hoyt. The charges against Curtis
are mostly OF an iVecatiai character, based on nc
positive testimony. The stationary accounts he
mostly relics upon 10 convict Curtis of malfeasancc-
brings up the testimony of Gould and Felt TO prove
all tins matter-accuses him of selling offices in
Wall street, ON affidavit scraped up by somebody
of the name OF Dwlght-says he paid more for let
ter paper than he ought TO have done and used
great deal too much sand In all this part of the re-
port. there appears to be much labor convict some
II closes with some reflections on a mocilico-
lion of the tariff laws, and in the end is more us-
ran than cloth. All hail Macbeth.
There was no eridence sent with the report COM
municated 10 the President, and the Boston iesti-
mony taken by the other commissioners in Poindex-
Ier's report, is all suppressed New Workers don't
be disappointed,