New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-03-04


5000
These cases weighed 80 lbs each total 1900 lbs Legal
CARLOAD 40 lbs The legal price per distance in tni3
lied before the Committee that bills OF such make ups
cOuldbe multiplied almost al tJ!hni NotwltDstandh
the rendition and payment Of sch,blls Mr. snythe soor
became dissatisfied with the small returns OF the peg
cent arrangement and sought again 70 avail himself o.
George T. ThomsOns assistance. IN November an oiteN
of 10000 per annum suggested through him for th9
business He thought so small sum was too much OF
twenty five thousand dollars were offered. Thomeo1
said II would not do the Collector must nave o Pe1
month IN advance, and he Crhomsonl must have sotoo
wear himself This the condition of thnge when a
Congressional Committee on Retrenehment and keforna
was session IN lNewiork On the LIST 81 DeeemDeil
1866 the General Order business OF the whole city wS
turned over TO Meyers smith. The conditions q NY
except that Thomson have $500 or pore oot o.
the business for underlined outside services le
rendered or was expected 10 render tbs 10 De nqqf5
that the several parties in interest swear no ysioaee
sideration or pecuniary iDdueement pass grssef
pectancy or In promise eutered into The Myers
behalf other persoR Ths n sone n Week. after pH
Ge Ee,era Order Wefc required and did pay 70 aesms
Meyer; s% stsn 0n ns &eE s Johnson
Who had that IS per cent money smith Bn NJ Mf sts
wears he has never, directly indirectly received any
thing them, and never expects 70 gay sm III
thar busuess-for nothing-for nothing that oe pS1q
escape personal annoyances, ana tnat .he -
might ho nave 9T SS,s W ,s scwhcn based upon
he had parceed out shares or sums "a va 1870
broker more or less OF the so per cent naS
fnsol sos 900 as too small sum, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. "hS2
he had lnagnsninousy bestowed the worspg Oh 'nsA
n,cr mnon Meyers Smith, without zee 81 IewaIu, ~
Summation or Solicitation or motive, other tnen peisona
coi yanece and desire that Justice SHOULD Dc oohe ~ ~
Merchants OF New-York. II Is more ln acco.emeJ
wifi previous declarations and aiTangepthto "
heIeve that things and oatls had been go preanlesS
that II was hoped aud expected, as was hall PROVED ~
s~s heen boasted that this time id Congiesaona5
Inyestisatng Committee could get hold OF inc aIataE
ment Certain IL is however there were some
MS to whether all was working Satisfactorily, a1 w1S
,,bf Judging little outcroppnH
aV The House authorized the COMMITTEE ON paDie EN-
ss3di,ures to Investigate Custom House matters &cs
Saturdays papers ANNOUNCED that the committee w9ni9
H. en- New York for that purpose the following MondayS
In one or two of the Intervening Saturday papers a
,,eared the following advertisement: "
GoodsIhe Undersigned having from the h 81 Det
hsrge delivered under General Order and kucss
Inc NAT serious hye heretofore been made IN reference y
chage o storage &e desire o. inform the merchants " .uA
Cir rat oleg their views aud prevent the newsi eeos
plants shall blythe dreeep Of tbs collector 81 the foh ss
such goods satisfactory basis aud IN ease " sJ ~
plant We invite the immediate pTeseHa OF the saIne ne ~
MEYERS SMITH Ohee, Ne 81 ueehseS
During the early sessions OF the COMMITTEE nsn ~
complaints were made Of overcharges sOoni ITO s my
Committee returned finally to WashnK3h 90 maS ~
posed such bs as tho following egah ~ s sss Tx
T. Calties had 1850 cases Of wire under yen "a .,nt ~
M.ycrs smith for which th,y Iehuei.u %" a., 49,
s0& the Isral Iates Mt eItAf.s 'o"" ""-