National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-09-10


Free Press Office an interesting nat
ural curiosity in the shape of a
young snake about six inches long,
with two perfectly formed heads
joined together at the base of the |
fances. 1t was found among nest |
full of the same sort, save that the |
rest were shaped as usual. He pre-
sents it to the Museum of the Uni
versity.
MORE FRAUDS IN THE NEW YORK
CUSTOM HOUSE.-One of the New
York papers gives an account of
the discovery of some serious frauds
in the New York Custom House.
They consist in collisions between
| the United States and city weighers,
and the manner in which the dis
honest work has been carried on is
thus described
a few days ago the --latest fiaud'
above mentioned was discovered,
and although the authorities have
not as yet taken action i'll the mat
! ter it is safe to say that,in a week or
SO, after they have accumulated the
necessary evidence TO make a grand
disclosure, there will be a terrible
shaking Of dry bones in the Custom
House. The persons who are impli-
Gated in the fraud are certain Uni
ted States weighers, and the manner
of their connection with it is given
as follows: They are paid a regular
salary by the general government to
do their work well, and are allowed
the expenses they near III employ
ing the necessary number of labor
crS to aid them in their work. After
they have weighed, for instance, a
cargo OF tea. say CT 10000 chests,
the merchant to whom the cargo is
consigned employs a city weigher to
weigh the chests, or packages, as
they are called. Df course the mer-
chant pays the city weigher for his
work, and ont of his pay the weigh
er must pay whatever help he may
require. The object of the consignce
III employing the city wcigher is
obviously to ascertain whether the
United States wcigher has weighed
his cargo correctly land to make sure
of it's exact bulk. But it has been
discovered--and here the fraud
comes iu-that the city wcigher,
instead of doing his work after
being employed, goes to the United
States weigher who has weighed the
cargo he (the city weigher) is paid
TO weigh, and for certified check
for good amount obtains the Uni
ted States weigher's figures. THESE
he,ot course, hands to the merchant
and the latter. finding that they
correspond exactly with the figures
of the United States welghcr he has
. already been furnished with, comes
to the conclusion that all is right
and that such correctness denotes
wonderful eXactncSS in his duties on
the part of the city wcigher. 1t Is
said that Il very large number OF
. United States and city wcighers arr
! implicated in tins kind of nefari0u,
business, and that the collector is
determined to bring them up with
sharp turn. Indeed. it is understood
J. that the men, laborcrS. who depent
). great deal upon the work that Ii
furnished them by the city weighe
, when weighing go,and who ar
constantly thrown out of employ
ment when the city weigher buy
: the figures OF the United State
n weighcr instead of weighing the cal
q 90 himself and maxim ont his Owl
e figures, have laid their grievance
&c before the Collector. They haT
besides furnished him with SON
" very spicy facts concerning the mu
o tual agreements that exists between
d the two classes of weighers, whlcl
# will no doubt give Mr.. Grinncll al
insight into a certain department q
the Custom House that he and bu
L few outside the ring have ever bee
lie given before. 1t is alleged that man.
n of the United States wcighe-s hay
u. obtained as much as 5000 and $50
:, at one time in exchange for thcl
!" figures. There will certainly be
he stir among the weighers soon. Th
ID honest men, however, have nothin
t. to fear, but the guilty everything
The Republicans of Warren con-
ty,Ohio, ARE divided into two parties
III the allopathists and the homcopatl
Y. lists, the physicians of the formc
Il. school defeating every candidat
- who has employed a doctor of til
later practice. 1t has been suggcs
~ ed that each school ought to he con
PEELED to take its own machines.
X ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29.-A most no
10 riblc murder and suicide was con
- mitted at East st. Louis ycsterda
- morning. a man named Gasp,
Is Waltz,attcmptcd to kill his step.so
IA NiplpIls ,ut1 hy striEiuu him :,