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toward helping the young gentleman to some
share Of the warehouse patronage. Leot,
however, represented Horace Porter, tue
rresidents William Pitt, and their common
facto, in New York WAS person Of the mama
Of Lindsey, = eort Of politico+comuorclal 20
between. who has IN Office In John street.
With Loot Tas associated directly Colonel
Stocking, handsome person, who IL sup
posed to be follower ot the fortunes Of seq
ator Morton. ot Indiana The firm name Ia
supposed to be Leet, Stocking / Co. For
Bomettme thore WAS = euiious mix in the
general order business It Ia generally be.
hered, however, that the two young otflcefs
cold the whole or part OF the pluu to |
Charles Squire, Bixby, and Young Draper for |
$500 month, At any rate, Dixby DISPLAYS
around the city OF New York hio checks, paid |
to the order Of Leet, md endoraed by him ~ |
the rental OF this job. lest waa still, il i !
mistake not. In the army OF the United States.
THO Republican bonded warehousarnen wore
now Jealous Of Bixbs's enjoyment of the genes-
al order business, and they made such a furious
ho~l about Democrats getting the best prizes
from the Collector that the jon waa takeu By
fosce from Hxby i Squire, and divided be-
tween Leet Stocking. &nd Rodney Mason i
Go. a iudicrous feature OF this particular
period is the fact that Lindees. the mysterious
mercantile Jesuit, OF John street, Was taken By
old NF. Gtinuell to be : confidential aud IAti-
Itfe adviser OF the President, 80 constantly
"As Re aeen in the company Of Porter. Lind
sey hunoscd the superstition Of The old rem
tlemsu, and for some time he ran all the Fed
eiat franchises IN Sew York city. Il ia doubt
fc& if rlksidenk Gr1at ever aaw him.
pEFAIcA1.ox OF MASON.
With Macon i Co. Vas united in business
Collector Gsinnells nephew; Naaon had not
culy hs1f the General Order monopoly, Which
he ccudrcted 1t SIG and 5ls washngtoustreet,
hat he kept regular bonded warehouse, b.
eidea, 1t No. 2 Bridge street. Out Of This
double psop1etorehip arose series Of frauds,
by which the United Statea became Z heavy
sufferer. Nelghbors and rivals Of Mason
thought they detected aly TRANSACTIONS, such
IL p.seins packages from tue General Order
store to the bonded store.
Finally, one OF Mason's bondsmen, NOR
chant, Of tho name Of Price, vas arzeeted for
ceiling emuegled silKs In Boston these u;lks
were traced to Mason's Washington street
warehouse. As soon al Mason leaol tlst
Price had been locked up ia Ed;idge street
jail he ran away and has not been seen since
in Tits country. This happened lAet August.
When pfice was presBed for security he said
list he had thirty cases Of eilks in Mason'n
lhidge street warehouse meantime the fu-
gitiye Mason claimed TO have sold out his
warehouse buainesa to one Eckhert . Eckhort
claimed to be at tho point Of insolvency, aud
vac very glad to entrust his goods to Smythe's
old warehouae friend, Johussn; Prices
Eoudsmen c1me down to Johnson's etota to
examine the thirty cases OF 6ne silks they
werc found to contain IN assortment Of old
clay pipes. straw, aud eha7ingas This led to
the exAmlratiou Of one hundred casks OF
bonded brandy, which were found to ha empty.
and about ono hundred other caske were
! found go diluted N to be ~orthless. The
government lost s150,o00 by Mason / Co.,
hut before Mr. Grinnell could get this fact
through his specsscles, Pfice had also run
| auay there wcro left no goods, no bonds
| men and no prisoners.
TON MURPHY, COLLECTOR.
With the disappearance Of the house OF Ma
son 4 Co.. Leet i Stocking remained in un-
Gisputea possession OF the whole General Or
der monopoly. Meantime, Stocking bad been
ccIlucting the Carriage Bureau of the Custom
llGuse, grieVous and oppEessisa monopoly
created for no other purpose than political
! revenue, TIM New York merchants sent co:a.
| m,ttees tn Wauh;ncton. md bestIrred tlem~
| s,lvea po virorx,u41x On t,,is suhiact th>&
steckinc fonpd hi,nsclf uitbnut ocrnn,tion.
A NJ rortcr had r,s.pt;n,e m,ninu,.ta1
| ,?orn Mr,c,,v ;n,n tta f.o,ter,nr-1,;r Il ...s
! tccnad NJ necere,v !, tcan fa;th vii, pi,hv
! 1indeey, Mn1get, AnA others who had hasoto-
t fore divided viii, 1>ost 4 Stacking. The 1a,-
Ter firm, therefore. mt the Bixbys ont into
the cold. and gathered into their Iin.le hand
.he on1v General Order busines. of auy ya1ue
At the mort of Now York. To this day thev
m.intaip il. It III prubab1y worth. at an hon.
e.. valuation. SIS. 600 a wear. although souae
| nf sto rir,i v.rehousemr, nt,epa fiat it !.
Y, rtb three tirrs \. much
Who aro coup.ieed in. with, and behind.
| th;. n.rtrarsb{n rn.v nr may mt rarre IN
lrbt. 1t,A mt suppoeed bv auy person that
these two Young men. both strangers in Now
York, Fave The power or The ability to carry OF
uraided and conduct without opposition what
IL perhaps the bett pieco Of patronage in the
hA1de Of Collector himBelf avaricsous aud
Ehtewd. 1t will probably turn out that Lcet
aud Stocking represent tile parsons who OBJ
famed the. Collectorship for Tom Hlufphy
Senator Fsutou has introduced resolution
| init fla Eenata calling for information upon
sbo s,,bfect. ard it ia barely po.s;ble tbat 4
chect.of ain nrr n,.v be .r.ced from, Nav
Ycrk to washington "a psrt of tim earnings
of this p.rtuershiu. it ia also poss,ble that ,
letter OF President Grant 10 Collector Muir
thy may be examined. IN which tho rreedsn
pa5s he is not responsible fo1 the abuses o
the Gcueral Order system AZ now conducted
ard he will not allow his pame to be used a
i, bas been to ca.1y out the crasp,ne moaa
| nr.s of somo nj t,s SECRETARIES and forme
s,,n ofscers. s].o. fire aut{,orsl,,n or a tele
, c-,m SAVING "Genc,sl onlsr bn.;neus Al
. rrht,- nav be- traced to the White House, til
I ssn,a eova.;nc . l,to t1,,a,tanol ,xnlorion n
Q ,nao;.taria1 wrath .rainet liza General Okde
r pa,iners.
: r&,e,xo ,n,,srs ov rur arxrp,1 onnt-
= noxoroLY.
t Ihave given tl,is res,s,ne to ahov the stead
q Growth Of a Federal abuse In the cily We nj
= xrc,,.toned tn citc NJ n1scnel only by Tan
q MANY l1.ll. A nair OF Young business adyct
/. trrsrx fran, tte eonrtrv receire altarnste,,
n VI. .hota ..1,ca md f;anayaj order var,
d i,ns. hu.;n.v. ~ ,ha src,.as. rerenna nor
ID --oa,h,v =, ", rac,,,non.e for thc ;nauenf
ii .r,,;.h .r,n,;,t 81 ,,o Itollertor ami they c,,
It s,1,,et ro,i, in,o . wealthy ruonoroly. to Il
10 sc,ra,, of !, , ,;lnntnistr.t;on and the lpr
nr onnv Of ,he mercantile cl.ss.
10 Lei rs sec somo Of these abuses:
D. Tha i,nportipg u,erch,pts almoat unIve
10 s,},v comn1.iu. /, That ther are aissa.i.d,
Y. ali, sbo LEGATION. .afety. AID irau{hcie
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