, 1870-12-26
NEW YORK.
Custom House Abuses.
The Bonded Warehouse Svs-
tenn.
A General View Of the Custom
House.
l.cct and Stocklng,' and Their
"Gencral Ordern Store,
A Political Machine, With a Branch
at Washington.

A Political Machine, With a Branch
at Washington.
;IRcN orR owS coRcEsroSprSr.l
.- WAsHlsGTox. Dec "a
AIT beginning OF the present week, Som
ator Fentou. Of New York, introduced : seao-
luton asking the Executive for information
about abuses ard errors in tie New York
CuAtom Houee.
became satizfed that Congress would do
little real work un:i1 after the Christuaas l1ol-
:daye. and took the occasion to tndn1Go in
come 1rquity had lcng desired upon thu su!'-
icct OF this remarkable government iaetlsn-
Siot.
WHAT Il THE SEw fonE cr+1oM HorsEs
Tie recrle OF the West ehouid undctstand
the t.ue economy and the present influence
ct this great Custom House upon the politics
And finance Of all the United States 4ha11
net be able, in this hasty sketch, to deal with
moro than sing!e cte Of ite hydra heads.
rcuaider that it employs nearly one-tenth as
many men ~ constitute tho regular army OF
tho rnittd S.ases! That it il the toil-gatexay
for the gseseer part OF Ill the foreign c2rgoes
which sre poured amongst our forty millions
Ct people. That it IL not only the most fruit
full eon1ce OF rerenue Which We poeaees, but,
also. tie most fruitful source Of corruption!
Ton per cent head levied upon it's employees,
Is vas done every year doan to tie present,
will make = purse sufficient to ca.ty
an election in the largest community OF the
INV, ~ In
properly informed, had no trouble in the world
to set s15,00o from tits hive OF pensioners 10
help lin lose the State OF Indiana At the last
election Ont Of this great den Of revenue
comea the cash which iB myEtesiously die
peosed amongst us in tho critical periods of
partisan appeal. This Cns,om House has al
~ays been Welded ior patty purposes, and it
it said never to have hsd an e1hcient clief.
Its director is called the Collector Of the Port
OF Sew York He 1oui1ally receives $1,000
year, his Assistant Collector e. 600, his sud-
tor S7, o10, ind his Cashier Ct, coo. His sevett
deputies receive 81. 600 Il pieca. Uader hun
sre employed IN immense number Of potsous,
~ for example, 247 Inspectors of ono particu-
class. whoee aggregate waGes are a3s0, 900;
ito tight watchEneh, getting, AitoEetuer, about
Sl3D .000, 100 stoteAcepeEr, who cost in Eroas
$50 ,tW; 60 examtner=. and several hundred
cIefks- Few Of tie salaries fall as Low n 5000
and the Aytrage sal4rJ passes II 800. Mr. Al
leoui the Register of the Treasury, alleges,
in hsA newest report, that one set Of item.
chow = bill Of expenditures at tho New YORK
Custom uouee cf nearly Il 500, ,000- Sir.
Boutwell, sets down tie revenue derived from
Iii TIE customs in t1lB ycsr 1870 At Sl95, ,M0,-
D0o uh,r1, j. fen millions ,nore than tbe ,-,os,
receintn of the internal rexanne ,x,t.,ns II
We 70 back to tls yes1 1869 ve shsll la abts
10 see mere di,tirc liz ga.t q great p.rt tia
New York Custom Nonse pl.ys in
cur du1nce and our pelitics. According
10 the etati.tica of tlat year. tl,e
value OF ali goods ,,oE impot,cI into the
United S,,,.. il san con .ND.l mr. .nnnn,-
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New Aofk. subject 10 its custom aouse fesfnc'
honr. ''216 Eeseels' WITH tonnage OF s,2oo''
Mnmsn. This !. tou.l thcrcfo,a. IN n,
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fctt'dolnE edlnee. oh WAL street, near III
East hisef, close BY the su1-ltea=nrs, Ans
Hitlna few yards of The spot where Washing
ten was inauguFsted fret President from tn
drst Capitol Of tho Republic, in the thiekea
nsrt Vt bulls and beare, the graft CuAto1
House raises ita eeep ard gloomy pof:eo
il built OF blue granite ana ING tssoastal pa
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