New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-29
Bos1os, Saturday, Asf. ~

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n Ne EAhy Of A1 Ess. Ysrk TSIbsAsi
sIR, Oar attention has been called 70 letter
tceIessed to you, under date Of The lisa lost BY
ksssrs. Godfrey PAttison & Co. and pooiahed
In the Jssynai Of Commerce Of the i'm ln't
u contains some tbipgs with "tisa We have no
concern. 1t also contains some assertions add
scms insinuations which do concern ~ aid call 70:
asnply.
In August. lsl9. we were requested BY Mr
ReckweIl the Commissioner Of Co.tons 10 make
ABATEMENT 10 him in writing respecting one Of the
traussctops which Ia mentioned In Godfrey, Patti.
son a Cos letter. We did 90; and the folIow wing
n q copy OF that statement;
BosroE, August e, 1898.
O. w. ROCKWELL, Etq.-Dear SIR A, re-
s9tsted, We proceed 10 state 70 yo1 ss dstiaosy
- possible, the case 10 which we are OF opinion
the Custom House was defraudsd by under inyoic
90 ehaws.
Daring the Summer OF ls4e, our partner VIM.
Menroe, made q contract through w. b. Haggins
Il Co. Of Glasgow, with j. & A Roxbursb msoo
fectEreu At Paisley, for an article Of Wool ohawls
o. their production. This contract provided that
We should take certain quantity, and that no par
" bot ourselves and Messrs. A. T. Stewart
%. Of New-York should have any OF this style Of
6bavls for export 10 the United States The prices
for those goods were 2ss Cd, J5s and 42s, for the
several qualities and they had no other qualities.
HesHs. A. T. Stewart Co had some OF the 42s-
and oil 10 oiber quality.
We imported folio Tvs, per steamer Am erica,
arrived J 1ne IS, le4o, AZ Boston;
La c, s2wool ,havls ., "a per steamer Cambria A.
rveo Aug 49, 1Sf8, n New York.
la c, f7sassl-Wool ,hsws At sss Cd ss5 do 1856,
.s:%sr BsoDis arrived Aus as AZ a. ~ 40 $500.
ss9 90 DO 81 "a Sd per steamer Niagara arrived Aas'
La o. S9O-Wool shewls t2St. Cd.
The goods readily sold at a profit on arrival, and
we requested MIR. Nunros 70 make as further
Shipment Of the same style of goods II TO be OBJ.
tain.d. Consequently, esrly In October he called
On J. q A. hoa borgh and found them with guam
tity that they were anxious 70 dispose OF, as the
tasie for this st,Ie Of pattern for the home trade
had changed, and the goods were becoming every
day les valusole
a eoncession Of sbout rs per cent on the ofigiosl
prices and took tie remains OF bis whole stock in
sbe various markets of Great Britain.
q We considered the purchase good one stihe
time, and the goods obtained az the lowest mar
he's value. Subsequently, We ascsrtsined that
kessn Godfrey Patt,son Co. OF New York had
received some Of the same makers goods, and were
selling them at less prices than ours coat 20 import
and one Of their salesmen stated 70 one OF our
toners that he was fully acquainted with the fact
that ourselves aDd A. I. Stewart q Co. were the
only parties that had received them aud that We
paid the several prices for them OF 25s Cd, 35s and
SIS.
Annoyed at these things we made application 10
O. w. Lawrence, ESQ. Collector Of New. York, and
stated the facts, asking him to investigate whether
hessrs. Godfrey Psttison & Co. had not defauded
the revenue.
He referred 10 the appraisers, TO whom we gave
info msiion that Godfrey Psstison q Co imported
LIS, az two cases Of Shavls that We had reason
60 believe were the same goods which cost us 42s
tach.
They bad ticket upon each Shawl with the No.
400 upon il. That q F. q Co. also imported by
The steamer America, arrived at New York on Sep.
tem5er 1915, LIS, "a g. seven cases Of Sha~s, hav-
ing tichets on each Shawl marked 800 and $500,
that we I'D reason to believe were the same goods
We imported, costing Us 2es Cd and 33s.
The New. York Custom House refused any inbr-
nation as TO what Godfrey PSttisoE & Co. entered
the goods at but we were able 70 ascertain iron
another source that LIS a contained about sc 70
30 5hswls each. and were invoiced at an average
81 about goa each
A, our store, No 90 Broad street, Nos. York, you
YIN aud ssarl. shs ~l. Of our importation and also
Of shat OF Godfrey Pattison Co. to enable 700
I v Judge OF the identity OF The tvo.
The only satisfaction we oould obtain from the
appraiser was that we "paid too much Tor oar
aoOds, and no such shawl was worth more than
About 20s" While we WEI velny epdeavorlng
To Investigate the matter, the goods arrived which
Hr Mum oe had obtained by bis second purchase.
TIL. Hioerpia steamer arrived November ?, le45,
bringing ns LAC 69Q75, which o. mPnsed the 80
oopd purchase of BOX burgh sha~ls and lea other
sb les.
The result Of this shipment was loss 10 Us, as
a Pattisop & Co. were able 10 underseli as AMI
vaf maAe a profit on them, from having psi1 less
duties Their goods passed the Cus'on house
about 40 per cent less that oar hrst shipment and
about rs Der cent less than our second shipment
We are satisfied that the fair market value OF
tbe,e Goods IN Glasgow AZ the time q Pattison y
Co obtained their goods, cay 10Th September, was
at least IS per cent more than IL wss when month
ls,er. early in October, we were glad 70 get tncm
by pa, ing rs per cent more price than Iney hAo
ipyoioed their purchase at go long prev icusly'
Hoxbursh having broken faith Nth as, by sell
ms the goods 10 q. Pattison X Co. at any prce
whatever. we made demand on them through the
law, the result OF which was compromise.
We hand herewith copy OF letter from d r.
Babcocs. Esa of the fra Of Wm Is. HaSgias
O. GI,seovs. addressed to our Wm Manroe at
Paris, with his answer thereto, which ans ser was
the bssis Of n settlement In which We reoeved
$50 for damages, aud the amount OF laT expense
which We had incurred.
That Roxburgh should consent TO pay snch
pspalry misht argue that he did really sell the
sb.wls cheaper TO g. Pattson n Co tnan 10 rs
Bot the state OF the market and some collateral ev
idence puts such suPPosEion entirely out OF tne
question In our mlnos.
Ii asked how, then, DO we suppose the case 70
have been, we will suggest that u. Pattlson x 20
tooh the goods from hox burgh on consignment
making advances to the latter OF l5s or 20s per
sba~l on the amount OF the actual invoice rendered
with The tacit or perhaps written agreement 70 pay
over a portion-perhsps the whole OF the excess
that their sale produced
iavoiced TO them Roxburgh entered the goods to
them in their books at the same, having tile In
the exce,s of the proceeds of their sale
Iii. easy to manage these things when 'nefe Is
AwiIl. Il. ., the IN.
voice price at which LIS 9s, were entered, " run
.s,scf Yon viU be able 20 ascertain II ne are
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