, 1870-03-23

Fccuted: Just altsr hta escape despatch wae
feeeircd u ny Office erom one E. ss4sg, d4ss1
soizure, Of H: Wcbttcs 4 Gov place
made X Collector B bailey, 4na ~
no,,need Mat cornprosnise @ IA b. msde
With eeftnn IN ~ whialsy man in CalifuFnlA, pro-
TONED Is having btoa ono of Tho private de-
tectayes employed by Mr. HGley, and is &C
cused OF having been concerned in Alleged
black opezaionA n Chicago, Hls de-
srasch is now in tho hands Of Collector Ban
Colonel Thiteiey's assia.ants wcre activelJ
engaged. yesterday, in looking after the de-
faultlnE Collector. Although they could OBJ
tain no Claw 70 his whereabouts, they feel con
adent 1 that they viii b able to nnnE E?,3a nm
to .Lis eitJ under arrest Ar. {, Chiia'
card 70 Nj. Buley's hiding-placs than be
chooscs 70 toll. What lends strength to the
suspicion is the fact that = few Of bsileyd IN
innate friends have made endeavors 70 pro
euro Chld'a release, for fear, it Ia thouSht,
that he might dirulge some secrets which they
would rot ike 10 have told. The evidences Of
one illicit transActiun OF AaiIey's L. - follows
Mr. BAiley, while Collector OF the Fourth
District, EAre permits TO ono Ffank Edwatas,
on January 10, 1867, to transport from hss d4s-
tnct 10 tie FiInt District of California ~ hun
dred banels Of whi1key. Thu official dsstin.-
ton Of the wtiakey was 10 be the bonded ware-
house Of McCondray Co.. in S4n Francisco;
It subsequently leaked out tlst the botsiod
warehouse and the firm wore Atogehe
mythical, and that t1s G,,;,o liquor - -
whole amount Of tho bonds-cstinated At
e1ty thousand do!lars-st&nds charged 70 Mr.
l,ailey's account "a Collector Of the district
When the investigation wna mado about the
matter it xaA found that The srredes wore men
nf straw. Nilli.1n H. Chsse, one o. he ae nun run
Ss0. .OOO: but sEeet William WAS not known
! in The house which he bad given n his
] permanent residence, and 1t was found TO
10 occupied by Small Dry goods merchant
| James Fur, another OF the boguA bondsmen,
| had died tefose the instrument was prepared,
aud bis uame was assumed by somo sharper.
! The bond itself, It appears, wAs not In any
very proper place Of deposit, and waa never
! used. II waH missing until recently, ~hen pa
past vero flled in Washington The bonds
| Forwarded, however, wcro only for s1nan po1-
| ton Of the goods. The principal, Frank Ed
| wnrds, is said to have disappeared.
| At the time Of Nai1eys nomination for Col
| ler Of whi.key rneichAats, for the purpose Of
preventing his confirmation By the Sonata
Among tLo means taken to defeat him, wa8
the circulation Of paper for the private infor-
nation OF Senators, entitled '' Reasons Against
the Confirmation Of M1: Bailey as Collector OF
which were t4cn madc, tho following gives a
sufficient idea:
at ia charged that he not only should not b.
promoted, but that he should be dismissed
from the position which he now hollis. In
support OF these charges, reference is respect
frfjv made to sund1y formal charges now in
the possession Of the Finance COMMITTEES o!
tie Senate, made in detail, with the names
Of Witnesses appended to each case
Eho vii ala' fully verify, vssiiy Ill The H. .llogs;
called aud examined. Some OF the charges Al,
ready on file arc nado under OATH aud thn
one party WIS before the Committee on Fl
nancu and sworn in relation to hiA own case
lie was enut1atlcted ii one particular on the
spot hy NJ. lailcy, who alleged Tint he had
Department. Al examination Of the record,
vii show that Mr.. Iaucy's statement ID Abso
lutely false"
Among the many acts Of malfeasance il
office with which he il formally charged an
y. On he slst Of October, 1867, he scizet
the establishment Of Joseph Jones L Co.. no
in his district. He Aiterward released th.
place when s27, 600 had been paid, and reccip
was only given by Mr.. Bailey Tor q, 500.
"2. Andrew Deiser, J1., threatened with seiz
uro by Eailcys Deputy, and released on u
I'LL, Of January, 1sS8, upon payment Of Il ,0o1
10. which receipt was given, Of which I'll
following il copy:
$1,000. TOMcial Heading.
iseceiyed, New York, Jan. II, 1858, Of AZ
drew D+iser, 1r,, q, goo, on secount Of hnez
penalties, &C., in full, subject TO the decision
. Of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
{sened) ]. +. DAuEx, Collector.
Per CHnpe, Deputy
When Bailey was about to 10 prosecuted o
! this and other cases, ho sent for Deiser m
, , agteed 70 return sSoo Of his money, il he (Bs
! ! eer) would sign SOFT Of confession that he la
/ been guilty Of some fraud upon tho rcyenn
: Under tlrcats of further difficulty, he final
. Eigued come such paper, and received ~
! back. The case Wa newer reported TO the depar
c rnent until August T., 1868. when tue Hevenl
= imme4lia, ely" aud that q the money +
: turned in within thirty-eix hours."
r1s METHOD or II SETTLING cAsrz.
I The following receipts were also produce
: az evidence of Dai]ey's undtness for the Co
. lectorship:
No. 81 CnAhpEn9 STREET,
OFFICE or COLLECTOR or internal
EEvksEE, FoCH1H D1s1HIcT, STATE OF
) NEW YoRE, jan ~, 1863
Received from Thomas B, Kerr the sum
: 10000, in settlement Of charges co1necte
+ with tic eeizure OF premises in West Ssve1
c tecnth street, subject to the approval Of Il
! honorable Commissioner Of Internal Reyenu
i JosF1uA HALEI, Collector.
: f0t3ciA,
No. 81 CHAxnERa srREEr,
OFFICE or THE Cn1LEcroH OF IN1ERkAL}
!. l,EvENUE, Fouk1U DIKTRlcr.
: SCOT Reccivcl, New York, January !
1865, Of Ambrose oEeill, el,3oo, ce1tia.
i check, payable TO bezrcr, on the BowerJ N
tional Iank, in full for bnes, DC, subject to
decision OF the honorable Commissioner I
Internal Ecvcnue- J. +, DA1LETt Collector
Ey E. 8. CHuDs, Deputy.