The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Revenue 0ficsi's Story.

Ine h0V6nue uulVoi Ss"AJ'
Thirty wears TO- when vas an officer ofHis
Maiesty's Customs. the ua'iume coun''SS "
England were Ia a very different cordinon u. IN
that ia which we row oO-erve thom Inc CVu-
trahand trade was still hounshUgi hlHn uu'''o
and large prices tempt d the ssiugt Ter 70 CoD-
slant eXortons aud there as ny ho ghrAls W
same uniform vigilance o. 'he par OF ,n' so'
ernmeLt uliciala, whic, cha nc efhe' .u'
Ont day Althoupb Tar 40 o'd man, and lee.
n natural fppdn. > Tor uy-Gun- times when 1
waa vounp aps vigoious, cinno' but oTn tGat
,hs 'pnyssdve Service ct q Ieon Nctotlas
ro;gu Leeps the cost 10 much better ORDER ana
.ec1,lfy than the case under those OF het
oral dit her AID uncies
Uuder these ctrclms taLces, IL Is not wontcr
full that n any prizes slipJc through oui htine'.
The Tsl woAoer Is thai Wc male rs rnsy cap
tuItS as w du. Bl. 49, sets n't ali d''",s q
the li,e. 5 ne u us Nrrs - Ict Gus 20 u 10
rvs ibie to H. : az, 80 |h,. nun Yor, IN tho !o.f
ts21. | l,ou. Cd wds 'u ,outS ua' '-'
had b. p t,s su.n, .c'r. - Gus us, ard nay
mcncertly occn y ou,'. 4, iH N" rabk q Ha-
ia tdi.tr. Dad q t,t.,i 90 suili ioat 'luy &c
r',mi. rsto rtr,. Wy s'aiN1 was 90 - |
k,rt,st 0ois., Itdf IN t.SD of D., aHc !,
We ore tha, gave go. amp opportunity g
81. vim: 90. ., ivi "a r,d I tho kirs
int,rrs. H. 'ro,cra k'ut I'D SUI * we
lie hc0iuugt c.>I vh I was ,illot Tie Far
Tr,d,; and q col, s.,l trnr G. it vs. Most Of tho
salo-s ,luu. 'hc ,vlr wee c''carn.d L. tth |
smucdinr alu0.' al 'h' traders Of tho TO ru-
hSd cspi II cIuoitk 81 iu ig anil oven Tie farm.
ers Coz miles irlanr, bad ,t least sn annual snaIe |
in Smo contra,and venture
Tlerev,r Grea' 1eszinc' q 'mug-''cd ware
mSAui t"o cN''.'"', va . !N,'
o. wv NHNu We i -, " 49,, -
the ircIetLlI. y Of . ,rr. O. tul n'yu-t fm 20 e.
regard he laW q, "muipu ro;, Bus TINS trl 20 g..
that w. car,t Ho- go ~" 't- ir The {, preston q,
tue'. N' l.N-.' ~ IA ~
th' '". "'' "'' ~ .'.''' -
"a -. ''
a.'' .t' va . ''' '"'- $3.50 -"
10 .ruc ...-.l a.. cog, oid not wrc'
prov. &c cue uu. IL 90 'u r &c ku .wn GALE.
iai..n We tat' oHc ..u'. v'H.,c folly 'tuu-h'
70 u.ut"' psi O. o." p" 81 t'O ie'shl', ~
great wgfr 'I o. L MS "a On" ~ iiuis5 q 70
pr, -. ... 'aiif y 10 r .c--.le Ia i,tiE1', d.
DIV C.I-f u.--i 'ri..'G with any Of thcir
hlunts ...l LuIr. -y..ar- uI Shore, they reg'd-
e. .sca q. .--i's 90 ~ 'r-aan ct TAR play,
an -.tuf.. a. ttiu-l
NJ. Oh gr... | b,4 received wtll-mel.l
vauip -, tom fc.rl't.l. tr~.,iu.u or i.t,.n,...
fL,tIv,. ,fo. t..n" Zoo tic exercise a. III.
c,g =. Ina, a. uri .'d4 On. Fl. b. No. roc b, o. /
p.rs.s d, T., u. .cI,- Nur., uut hi, | Ia
better 's,.r. ito. %. oi' ~ foahu1y, 0!
WHO 'ur 'p.iy va. j hot ~rh purIlia.
eve. sit,f 10 Ii. - i1s O. oYr, I NE Ctca'
sa,,sC,c,io. If tn-t,i-tr.d -. Bat Inus to,
vnuu- AMI t,ut b..4-,. 81 r..e may add To-.
honest TO fyllp., "a. kiu l.ai,i.. Tobs.
drrlN toott Ices v.Cl 30 u, Ike ola Lieuteiar'
p.,t.s;,. n,t n. rba,kin, nor bitiu,. br, "a, .,.
tb, K,n,'.lrc,J on 49,. u~,tencc. bgI scue.
thi,, Ia Il, .rr,,,,,,,. d. ,,ty .pnI.i,e 70 ma /
iLci 10 IL c.v d.,f 9. L, r, .it,o thu pr.i.e ~
nv rbi,i. tho Assam Iommi., ionrrs, who
hal already l,liiu tot IA of NV future promo.
,;cn wet, t,,ls act a, u, .t!.nrc in t,,o.o,.
hsriny tbai nv nam. ,,.,k o,,n. and nv yl.,i.
lane feared 'bv the n,tdi.-t despcrAto,s +, 9
the co,si u.d lint INV r.pl,its hal even found
ariche IN inc corner f th3 county ucnsptpci.
But had vel alo.l,r AMI more s,IIl $50.
for tn.tg. ma every v.y, 10 win sdyanc,mos,
Inv merit tuu,. iof IL thr uI IN, COLLEAGUES
VIVA m ariel A. o. W. -,it. and 10 ono born in
ar,rl Nm, rubcra o,. nv own-tho orphan
taugbtor Of a Il ~, man. Ciccrtully 4dsm l.
iurly lad Iu,y sht. Ell my pnyrrty hut still |
loIgCA TO N., al, 10 yrnvldr Ucr with tho con-.
ioris that had sur,uund,ih rrn her Youth sud
itN.s mostly Tor hri stkethl, a.plrcd to rs,
in uiy pi,i's,iol. Let no one laugh TIA.
gusgcr shf I'D 10 AuIrifioJs. Tto-o are calling
moe popular and cN,lf,d, aye, uul moe Hl;rec,
aLlc, hut no TIA Ic dos, JNc- 10 he utterly dos.
pis,d Ia which man can do his work honor.
a5ly and keep lis bands clean iom kuaYisl
prsctiots.
The autumn of tho year ! have montionc,
had been a rough one, 9Th strong blustoria.
weather. Such weather as that which SNUG
glets love. bright nights and mOonlil sen
arc less to their fancy shan the dark and dirt,
weather that hides tnclr operations from hos
tile eyes. In spite Of tho revenue officers thon,
the ''runs' had been many and profitable. Tue
government cutters had nsdc few cIpturcs the
guard on 81 orc had boen Tailed in almost every
instance In only one case had large seizure
been effected, and though myself the most
fortunate Of msnkind in being the cause of it,
Little cid | dream, when in my lonely rides
across the downs came upon that solitary
hiding place and detected its secrets that it was
my Orn destruction | WAS toll TO ,ffcct
Little did | imagine whs, was TO il
low and what dire ven yeance | WIS thought
lessiy provoking, when ] male that i'll
omoncd discovery. The hiding Ilace was 10
itSelf very curious and ingenious. Near a
lone farmhouse on The chalk downs, four miles
from the sea, a well, an old, deep well, wi, h
buckets, chan, wildlass and wooden cover, not
in The least differing from a thousand other
wells in the south Of En2lInd. Bat, forty feet
below the surface there was a cave, ortunnelled
passage, excavaed IN the ,ide Of this well, wide
enough to admit two men, and it led to u large
grotto scooped out Of the solid chalk, and whcL
made dry and roomy store for the kegs and
bales which filed it. Any one might have
peeped down the well and suspected nothing;
nor should ], had 1 not bapI cned to rise up Just
astwo u.ep, toiling AT the windlAss, had dawn
TO the light of d4y bucket containing not