, 1869-07-05
GIGANTIC FRAUDS Oh THE Gus.
TOM HOUSE,
Enky Methe<1 OF Acquiring Wealth.
t250>o0O Worth of Sugar Confls-
Gated.

Enky n eth<.e1 OF Acquiring Wealth.
s25O.o0O Worth of Sugar Confls-
cutcd.
From The .srse 0rl<aos 7t,nea, Juns 30.
1estesda, thousand hos.sasads and four thou
sad boxes OF sHcas. deposited tn bonded ware
ncules. wese 2e!zsA by order Of the Hose1nHaent
au1hoEues fur dtiraudIng the Gnised States Reeve
uue.
which private fortunes Of the s1y arc made kno~s
thai . COED many uaInea eo1ld oe polluted out on
TIKI Col1eciuE's rolls, where Socc4Ss vas much
oftentr dependant on evasion Of the revenue laws
and bribery Of aoretunent on1csa1s, than upon any
wisdom or foresight superior 10 their neighbora
An instance in tie manner tn which government
has been dtlt2udetl By rings OF millions and u1l-
!oua Of dollars Is the one just nuH under tnvcstl-
Since the list Of March tt h,s become obvious 70
Collector Casey and Colonel Charles Dillingham;
Of the Naval ONCE, xnAt Large frauds have been
~; a1n opon ~ & d.n .aa 1,t.
tempts we're being made 10 continue the same s. +
ten Of opcEa1lQnA Lkt us naw e1pla1u how thcse
Irauds u = planned:
To succeed II N attempt Of this sort 1t u ueces-
sary that two invoices should be drawn up: Tho
one containing The correct nsures the rnE Itself
IS blind Is sent TO the Custom House Upon
Tits tho grating Of sp3ass L lowered about ten
Weighed about 151 pounds, and each box About
20. TIE sugar Is brought to the city On schooner
| CApsble of containing 900 hug.heads-afT1ve5
a the poH and Il here unloaoed-
One would naturally think, Il the suXAr r34 to
| be re~tlShed here, tha. the fraud would be Tran
RpArtnt the moment the scales were applied But
coriresponds i exactly Win tse fsl.e M naniiest The
law, too prorlues another teat Tor the prevention
| Of traudA II casslnes sngar INTO twenty grades,
adopting What Il known as the Dutch at4ndaru III
color It saIs, for Instance, that The sugar winch
l. above class 1s, and which does 60 over casa
II, shall pay tax Of three and 4 halt cenis q
pound The chtat upon The government, under
tnts important law, conslsta Us in the VINE frauds
II shipping superior tur IN Inferior Crude.
The atteat'ou ot the Custom house officers WAS
attracted TO the matter BY the obvious difference
between the auount described In the nAulfest, aud
| what box Of sugar Is well known ordinarily 10
contain Once III examination Was Instituted,
| the fraud IN q moment became mani.
| fest The boxes which appeared 80 snAI IN the
invoices, did noL prove 10 le below The ordinary
sze, wntn examined eluss at s3na ana syste q
! uted, as one could see At the first glance.
Kunot baa i lhst ut PRINCIPAL paIsy engaged
sa n saea snoua n9ups =, 10 e e
case the recent disclosure Will result probably IE
hia Euln- The suGsar to-daJ seized amounts to =
thousand boxes III the sAme lot The value o.
this amoslt reaches ~ q quarter Of q million o1
dollars, and as sugar fraudulcully Imported IS con
aseated by the Eoternn'ent, t PROOF Of the Shore
facts will result IN Its loss- The suppos,ou IS thai
an immense amount besides the Above will be
found else* heTc, and this will h. sezei as soon ~
The nost singular part Of this atur to tue rtng
Is that any noise should be naue about tho matter
and that they naturally are astontshed that the
Collector and naeaa officer 4fe NOT satla1ed to take
one-h2lf PROFITS a1d SAY nothing. Scarcely any
Attempt ts made to conceal the fact that such
frauds hare beer perpetTated, and the most thai
Ia now sought ls that Ill investigations shonld be
huahcd up To Judge from what ls no said, there
peEer waA my previous opposition MAILS 10 such
frauds upon the revenue, md TO the mind Of the
ring 1t appeats Incredible thst the goFer1men!
should be serious IN enforcing the lava
Under the circumstances, tu2t high credit should
tc g1ven 10 Collector Casey and Colonel DulnG.
ham for exposing these fsauts. no one familiar
with Custom House history will for \ moment deuJ
They hare acted IN the matter u public ocice1s Q!
honor and integrity, and Where fortunes could
They deserve the praise Of having ulat>t their OIL
ciM couduct square with the Teqoii eHents Of The
higher moral Law.
SRw OnIEAss, July a-Enongk Of the ae!zed
sugars hase been reweIehed to prove fsAna ds.
yond doubt. The schooner Andsometa, lying ri
quarantine, loaded With suRar consigned "a
Contour Co, has been take1 charge Of By
Cusrotas omeen. The stntlng q sl1 coal hargea i
Choctaw Bend, By the Comtt1 from eoue uncx.
planned cause, Is undergoing Investigation By The
Inspectors. The pilot on daiJ Ut the time OF tnt
disaster has been Suspended pending the tn
rest1g2tton.