The New York herald., 1867-03-09


suppressed. elee they could not have stated that
Mr. smyshe was she first TO aes out the general order
momosndum agreement made the 9Th day Of sepsem.
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SQUIRE JOHNSON.
loosely charges are made. Having been somewhat
familiar with storage business with the general order
my knowledge in the matters refute the statement
OF the committee that Mr. Smy the first Collector
iolate that he is the only Collector for many years
who has not been interested In profits de-
that COMMITTEES express stated ha, never agreed nor
promised 10 give ihe Collector any friend anything
order business and yet III his statement and that Of
ahe Collector tihs only testimony given the committee
DO no. reel at liberty trespass upon the public
1nh any commentator their opinion as TO my testimony,
SrounaIcssL untrue, and prompted by devsh
spirit conseniaI 10 their own natuIea So mean have
ss '''n A'' ss sss.
AesaEe. Meyer d Ssnith's Answer to the Re.
port Of the Congressional C0mniifee ON the
s, NEW YoRK, March 8, 1861
10 always unpleasant task 70 be compelled TO
prsssnt ones self in public print, though may
necessary 10 defend against wicked false and unjust
imputaiiou Affecting character. We do not purpose TO
enter into any extended statement whereby We any
one else may be held forth exemplan Of good men,
0ut shall merely conlne ourselves refutation Of the
various charges made n the report Of the Congressional
Committee on the Custom House Being now in thc
charge Of the genesal order businep conceive 70
be duty 70 ousseves mater Of Justice 70 Mr. Col
lsctos Smythe, thai this public denial should be made
That report starts with falsehood, vz:-sll may be
Wen 70 nrss present and, possible, expose to
arrest abuse which only dates back the induction
- Mr. Henry Smythe into the Office Of Collector &C
IL Ia difficult 70 undcrsan dwbst the committee means
~ abuse;" NOT, certainly the giving OF said business
- particular parties for the report shows which
fack thst the Collector must designate certain stores
- general order stores, and why there must be
msn. g. he commercai AIM maTius
What then, do they mean by 'abuso f That in desig
sss ssDs nso ss 70
that such the case Governments has or can lose ono
cent? No alleged that the merchants suffer BY |
admitted 70 % necessity No is i alleged in tho
grices charged for storage under the circumstances
Il il alleged ina, Collector smyths has ever author.
business TO make any exorbant chargef No. On the
contrary the present appointment was expressly made
that charges and reasonable that 10 case Of
any complaint the charges should be rgdy scrunized
and be made 10 satisfy the merchants that the appoint
And snco Se nndessned have had Charge Of those
stores out OF hundreds OF bills the committee
M ns as s
plant veTs i@msdlateiy reduced; and AZ 70 these
expressly stated that they wore perfectly satisfied wl6
the bills paid By them word or two on the rate Of
charles we're made BY ,he Chamber u Comperce e9eu!
fen years ago. in gold tnef when labor SaS 0hethirt
each
hired OF onethd Of the preeent cost Iheee facts were
well known 10 that committee, to the person who |
u sse nc c o 1 ana s IN ssy
statement made By the BiIbys or b either Of the par.
male Of fair rates Of storage or carriage s made upon
thG old scale. ieg.s.
che Collector ies out this bunnesa Not only Mr.
snytbe, + C. Johnson Co, out We expressly stated
rscsy @ or indrse and he s.sms % have been The only
published siaienent that Collector sches nephews
Se.n engaged IL sSss business; iS. Mr. jomss y Hum
phrey, the partner and most intimate friend OF exCol
Dec Diapers also interested besides the pro-
prietor Of the Ispndent We cannot understand the
a cir sSs hat he nsa sn
The genefa al order busnces an abomnable faschoodr
iember, 1891 With squire johnson. now before ss,
whereby he with others were 10 have "thrty per
The storage Of all general order or unclaimed goods
esnt 10 the stores o. Squire Johnson And this
agreement, u will be noticed, was made In 1851 Now,
these were well known TO the committee Why,
then, did they state that Mr. smyhs was the nrs 70 let
srDndiy-They report that when the Collector nrs,
ou orde that
hlilc and Patterson had interests 10 t-tha, they were
each TO receive $4,000 =
Those United STATES Senator. have pubAcy in their
Mr. Collector smyihe his letter TO the President or
shese gentlemen obtain single Of testimony sup
port s.ch statement except that Of Francis Bixby
and what ~ He does not testify that those Senator's
were TO receive the alleged His whole testimony
ts mere memorandum, without signature. alleged 10
s nsys been given him Sy gsn.sman on nov de deceased
not state even that Mr. Humphrey IN
formed 'hs, those 1gnsss represented any persons
anteresf. Mr. smythe denied them IN too Yet upon
his mere hearsay without shade or fact corobote
shese gentlemen gavely charged those Senators with
having nteress There in fact proof that the
numerals by Mr. smythc and we are assured that
r Ogden denies that he svted that they we're his IN.
seen on slight thread these comm tteemen have
made charges which were IN the OF the Senators
TIiyd,y-Grcai ssress is frequently made a. 10 the
participation OF Mr. George r. Thompson in iho pro.
poeed arrangements which never went into of,.s Con.
etanf aluson - nlado 60 hin as late 1.-THE DAILY
hews" That rent4man is now confined TO hrs house |
BY broken leg but mis- answer 10 inquiry % TO |
during the past few yean ak Of which vas In the
knowledge OF the m5fffe, u1der osth show that
they were neither fair nor h0ooapr ~ the frequent an.
any having do with public snars even 70 know
20 belp We briefly quote from hts answer and his tes
simony ss given before that committee ss fcilows:-
l and was al the latter date advocating the election q