The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-06

ber of Lie weI-knoaH and extensive mouse 2
Is. DeVisser d. Go, had been detected In pass
ling Of fraudulent invoices % The custom hoas'
tat that place. What added still more 70 th'
Excitement Of the moment, Eun1or was Ilie Ina
all the members Of tie fra were Implicated
while their well known character for honest.
and integrity created strong sympathy 10 t3e e
behalf The investigation. which ~as haT
hefare T.. :, commissioner Lusher, On tAt
gath ult.. completely exonerased Eli OF tEeh
EXCEPT Tie man Aeteye Il VAS made appa
rent that the fault or crime, which ever yos
NAV call it, had its origin a much, # not more
!. the loose method Of doing business In tie
cgstara house. as liz the rascality Of Meteye
TIE circumstances are these: The sole o.
eupation Of Meseye was To attend p the Gus
ION house business Of the house IF = De
i Wiser IL Co., for which lie received fifteen PEI
cent, Of the profits Of the house. This sbusl-
ness be had been doing for their predecessors
! Tor fifteen years. The genuine invoices from
Cuban ports were al made out IN Spanish;
these, Meteye was in the habit Of making out
anew in English, changing them 70 sui his
own purposes, which was simply In tie exten-
sion Of the total amount. For instance Ii
The genuine invoice ealing for = stated nun
Der Of mounds, at stipulated price, would
amour. 10 len thousand dollars, be would make
out one in Eaglish, calling for the same NUN
Der Of pounds at the same price, while the tota!
amount extended would be but six thousand
dollars, making difference Of four thousand
dollars, The custom Louise dues on which, be
put in his own pocket By this simple system
on the thirty eight Invoices produced At the
examination, he has swiadled The government
out Of twenty-five thousand dollars. How
much more lie has accumulatd in The Preced-
ing fifteen years it is impossible to say. From
the foregoing it will be seen that be used no
adroit sL1fulHess, or scientific czljgraphv, but
simply depended upon the loose method Of
doing business in the custom house 70 escape
detectioq. The public may very naturally
inquire if there are 10 persons in the custom
house whose duty it is to examine the eI:el-
SION Of iavo:ces and attest to t1eir accuracy.
Certainly, poor deluded public, there are eer-
tain individuals known By the cogBomen Of
Equidadng clerks, whose duty is. to attend
to this matter; but. judging from tbsir eyi-
deace before the commissioner, We opsoe that
they are t1qaoor-dating the invoices Of some
81. Charles street bar-room instead Of attend
to their custom house duties. One Of them !
testified that it had been his duty to examine
the extension Of invoices since the first Of Feb !
ruarT, but that he had never examined one
for the house S. De Wiser 4, Co. Here Mr. /
Benjamin, counsel for the defence, said that
since thai tine nine Of their invoices had passed
through the custom house, most Of which being
fraudulent Is not this simple fact enough in
tselfto prove the lazity Of the method Of doing
business in the custom house? What makes t
.ise mater look sill worse, TIE man Meteye 4
was present ia the custom house when The
fraud was first discovered, and did not leave
.be city for three days afterwards, yet be was
allowed 10 escape. Tae reader will no doub.
agree with as, thai it moald have been 10 the
credit Of the custom house had this fraud. like
hundreds Of others, never seen the light Of day.
We arg happy TO learn by our exchanges
hat TIE reeent action Of congress, which gives
% aliens the right II suffrage in Minnesota is
Ealing d9En upon LIE heads Of those wLo per
3etEa.ed THE outrage That condemnation which
! 80 richly deserves. The prediction Of sena-
~ Bsowh &aat the act would add 1--WE hundred
ho2saad 10 .he American parry, is in q fair
@aT 10 b. fully verified, lor il ean1o: be thal
go with oae sPark Of Anerseaalsn in their
3oaiS will aasoB precedent Of this kind 10 be
sngrzfse1 npon tae Legislation Of the country
@i-aost fe5aze. Erery republican in New
zaga4a3, Eew Toak, aa@ Pennsylvania, vho
a&s &se 3east sympathy with Amerleacts1o, will
,eFaal@te NE act, and give aP their adherence.
o a1eh deaaagogaes as Wilson, Seward and
Chase, WHO for tae sake Of fore1ga votes would
legrsde md dena&oaat55e tue whole American
people,, We hazard no:h1ag ia saying that
q those who roscd Tor Fremont last
a3 10 Aes Eosk, aare become heartily si~k of
longer with tue Democratic parry
or foreign ro:es, for they Eee. i. no b. as VS.
esq as IL il hanalsaGgg.
IL will be seen By the late proceedings Of the
American parry Of Kentucky. published in
mother column, that gzea. preparations are
making in that State for the coming August
Elections, The Kentuekians, wien once fairly
aroused 10 action, are hard % be checked. AZ
er the disastrous surrender Of Detroitin 1919.
" Hull, and Winchcster's defeat at the river
faisin, Proctor and Tecumseh were consider
d ihgulnerable, until Shelby, johnson and
harrison, with the gallant Kentuckians, made
sudden entrance into Canada; DESTROYED the
army Of British and Indian, killed
recumseh, and restored thewhoIe Of Michigan
0 the United States. The Kcntuckians are
nee more aroused, and nothing will stay their
'rogress until foreign influence is put down in
hat State
The Cherokee Sentinel, published at Rusk,
Texas, says, the large and fine steam saw and
'rist mill, belonging to d. TuI9r, and situated
b1ut one m Il q apd - c,ox,~, E. ~