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

First, as to carriage and labor. The undersigned.
on iii. arrival in the city OF Newly ork and at the
commencement Of the Investigations which be was
charged to make, found all the arrangements OF
the Custom House and most Of the officers there
Of. precisely in the condition in which they mas
been lcf, by Jesse Hoyt, on his removal from mat
Office and so they continued for several Ihon'ns
after the labors ot the commissioners began Al
will therefore be only necessary TO iooK into 'he
system adopted by Hoyt, to show ITS real charac-
ter under the new collector. until a reform was
proIuceJ 10 some extent, 10y the Investigations OF
,i ,,,,,,;s. iopers II will be seen that the eX-
ren1i,ure of money BY Jesse lioyt. for carriage
a,d labor. was not only enormous in amount. but
,,,.lied. a. the undersigned believes, to corrupt
purposes and paid out by the order OF the COL
ip.,or TO the accounting officer OF the Custom
House, without any sufficient voucher to show the
actual amount Of labor performed. or Of the car
,aec for which payment was demanded and made
Al tie shier. office. The 26th answer OF John
\. Fleming auditor of tic Custom House, in his
testimony. will show the character and description
OF all the vouchers on which these payments have
tccn made. They contain but two lines, without
any specification whatever.
" Paid for carriage
Do. for laboc.''
Which in all the tudor under The direction o NE
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paynent OF any amount carried by the siorrkeepr
George A. WassOn who's receipt ras taken Tor thr SAINT
under which charged 70 the Treasury OF ie se"
States, and approved By The Department al Washington
NJ evidence required from the soreheeptr OF any ue
scfpion either written otherwise OF The sums pau ny
him tor carriage or bor, To whom Iai Al "tdl uc, W az
wa, taken for granted the mere exhibition Of The vague
account above stated and the amount OIL money tob
time to called Tor By the s,or keeper va by oruer OF
the Collector and tie sanction of the Auditor IAN oitre de-
pendent the GoilectrD pad over 10 peorge a 3d.
III priDc pal sorekceper OF ue appraisers store 10 Ndu
.lfc.L II appears from the testimony Of mary "tt'''s
examined on tins subject AFTER Mr. IIOyt became to
e.tor OF the port NewYok, there we're two Hgtd
cart, employ ed IN transferring goods ordered 10 Tue punC
store IN Nassau for examination, elier from 'h Oh
oer public stores. and thai all Oher cdfis were txcilft
rom pari, paIng the transfer OF such gp'd hp'"
iu- great iuc0nseDence ans delays"e'e ~
sufficient number OF carts miefim 'he 49,
qured tor the proper despatch Of ne business ~ u'
aud examination oi goods orietd IN lhht N"t ~, ~
Col rc9r. ore OF tbese carts - PIirteed ISM 'lt"ee
vs the properly OF George 4 WATSON, the pubic soie
keeper; and The other although entered IN ,nr ha'e
George Shourt il may well be doubted whether by -
cret arrangement some NOR out OF tue
1t not rece. We proport Of the pfohts The system
| adopted by he public stOreheeper, VINO vas ue o"he "
one of these carts estimating the charge on e"ob paoh
aye transferred To sad public store Tor eNahna'o wa
substance follows: On each package from oIf W -
according to distance; and II, al one lCad inc car.
bring ironi four eight packages, The uh ptce 81 a '
charged ON ordered that, Wiis ""
~ reliant could procure cart, 10 transfer soo"sH
tsncc from Sit to 81 cents per load, 'e Coy 'ne var
by these iic gcd carts owned III "ioe ol I"
Inv t.on luse oil sometimes al the rate oi tour in
loads and sometimes extending 10 the numtr VI esh io>,
appears by the testimony aud ihus he aDo ~, va
carts would perform Tor my cents al VIC nS"a, ",
charged the Government al Interviewing rom t~o nor
lar, per load 10 four even ave dollars pei od n e.,
ten charging VIII account tor lc enoiHl3us su,, %
George A. WATSON for carriage and aboi' witoul any sum
cIent voucher To justify IT, and which amounted dccins
the statement furnished ny uIt huu''o' !" wv gum
81, $50 81 a. clis"s; -
,tatceat If Moneys raid at The Custom" Hoa'e Ne'o lort
ia, Outage and LIbor at The APPr"er' 'i''e ~ inc
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