The sun., 1870-01-20
SMUGGLING IN THE Why.

| -Ihe RECORD OF i've F0WnutHn-6Old Tor
Omcers aud GrcenbacSs for Common
! Sailors.
F,or, ne Nee ro,k Dsnocra,.
II was thought, when Rcar-Admirnl Poo!
proceeded TO Havana in the United States steamer
protect the interests of our commerce ami the az.
nifty AMI honor Of our fig. IN do ng which he must
dsclnae his duties tathiuly,, and not untaithluly
and sclndalOusiy, a. II seems ho has done.
the PowuarN
was the flagship of the United States fqundron in
the Gulf Ol Mexico
On board The Powha,an there was young man
nanCd II. :. q Grady, who now resides at II Cot.
tag1 place, " iich constitutes a part of Furman
street, BROOKLYN Mr.. O'Grldy called one Of our
atiacLcs, TO hom he made tue following statement,
winch was taken dow pbonogrupmcally;
Tie Powlatan was started on her voyage In No
vember last She returned TO PhilldelpMa a short
time since. That Is how am here.
GOLD roR orslcErs.
When We got to Havana, the officers were paid OF
& ld. The law requires tna. when a
lu.od States vessel is in q United States
t @ S pSy DC,n os and men
lhc oho'rs. both, are paid OF in foreign port
tey snail receive United States gold Had
Ter Scsr. been pad o wo she sss .ssT spd
u . would have received grcenbacks. Had they re.
s.iiei greonbacks ., Key West Instead Of gold at
Havona, there would have been large saving 70 the
Government. Kew West is only a few hours run
from Havana. But a. the officers wanted gold. and
Government, tiay GOT the gold That the onicers Of
the Pownatan were paid or In this manner Is a small
matter In itself, but when you take into considera-
In the same way, you will SOC that there is
an alarming waste OF the public income,
which comes from oil classes through that
machine, resting hke a dark cloud on the whole
community, known as the Internal Revenue systcm
every Rear Admiral Is permitted to follow the
officers OF his fleet shall be paid oil IN gold in a
foreign port. like Havana, which is almost WITHIN
hailng distance Of an American port whcie green.
backs alone must be paid. what chance Is there OF
decreasing the expenses OF the navy. and thereby
le,,,en,ng ,S the burdens OF taxpay,rs gsnetallyt
oncers had received their pay in gold. The next
thiAg saw vas those
OFFICERS sPEcULATISe
in the purchase Of cigars jeliles ard wines / was
surprised could scarcely conceive tn at the Pow
ha1an had made voyage to Havana AS cigarstorc-
saip, and knew that legitmasety her stores could
not not consist SO largely Of ises ard wines exc D.
the officers OF the navy, and the officers of the Pow
hatan were preparing TO take IT. and Secretary
the Jelies, and TO receive broadside Of the wlnes
WHAT oRfSSRLL SAYS OF SMUGGLING.
The discovery that had made was shared by a
few Others on board the vessel. We canvassel the
matter carefully and wrote Col ector Grinnei OF
this port;inforinIng him OF what the officers of tho
Powhatan contemplated doing. lie replied that he
could not interfere even II the Powhaan came right
an was United States vessel and her Officers were
sworn to do their duty, and II must be expected
that they were honest uaul Il vas proven that such
was not their character.
AT KEY WEST
The Powhatan went to Key West It Is a dread.
full place now. There about 100, Cuban refu.
gees in the city. The Mayor is portly individual.
lie Is the PROPRIETOR Of the main hotel and by virtue
OF his once as Mayor, grants licenses to all the other
bars In the Ilacc. When he Is act doing large
enough business himself according to ms own
rklng. he makes raid on all the other rumselera,
and shuts them ny Tor short tune The Sheriff IL
tue proprietor OF wen-pairohissi bowling alley.
GRErNBAcks FOR rHs MEN.
While We were at Kew West ne Hl<n rsre paid OF
IN gTccHbdckS They went ashore and many OF thcin
discovered Tor the first time that they had been made
the victims Of putup job. The Mayor swore in
draSeS S aus ocsoi sa ap I'd
Tue eallboose. The Admiral hai the absent
uen advertised as dcserters, and offered a
tgNard for their apprehension. The special po.
e-men Of the Mayor went and informed ihe
.dmlral that they could find the men. Then
tle men, who had drank the Mayors liquor and
pnd the Mayors price for It, were tried by the
Ma! or. who aned them for drinking such viiainous
wbisxey, and for violating cts ordinance also. AT
loand that they were running short of money be
changed the statute and look mach less amount
ths p.n. Just before die Po~Saian LEI, Kew West 4
the Powhatan attended aud were fcasted. There
were none of them fined for getNng drunk.
SMUGGLING AT KEY WEST.
While We lag at Key West, there we're cigars In
boxes sent ashore, roled up in old canvass. There
IL is now principally used 70 cover the uncovering
Of cigars sent ashore in the have described
MORE SMUGGLING.
On our way from Key West to Philadelphi,, one
Of tho principal officers had Two OF the men uuder
When we reached the Capes OF Delaware. there
were oiV00 e'gars on board One OF the officers
sent bis cigars ashore as we were gons up the Della.
ware river.
TIE CLIMAX or ssroGLrSo.
On reaching Philadelphia tho Custom Hons, ON.
GERS came on board. There was a long coufap In
rank, went on to Washington lie took with Lin
l2Vo cigars, which had come on the Powhatan, al
CommsDder Wblieseas uon. P1ons man man ,,, ,,v.
told youl true.
believe the matter has been entirely hushed up
Tue NsS VINO OWNED TUE CIGARS.
That the cigars and Jelly spoken Of were Snug
Laye procured the following list, embr aclng the
names OF the parties who took the goods on board
Here II Is:
L'utenan Commander and Executive ofnccr J. N.
Miller t'ok ''7OO eisaFs. lie did not have ta,te
rh.sn ~ IN, M,eSTegor Ordnance ofccr took 1000
s. Malot Baker comm ahdef OF the guard. took
$50 Fay,s;,sS Fsisa,s; snd .hirty @ 6oIes oils,y
8 RI. Slsbourue. surgeon. took a.sOo clgsr.
Dr Mlns.Ow, assistant surgeon, tooK $500 cigars.
" assistant surgeon. took $500 cigars aud
8 frareis , ~ Cove, master, took 5000 cigars and so
Master Emmy took $500 cigars and 50 boxes OF Jelly
~. Actlhg Master Morgan took l,sOo cigars aud rs
u. Chef Engineer Albert took 5000 cigars and $50
l2 fhsi Assistant Engineer Morrison took 5000
cigars. 49,
a. Second Assistant Engineer Smith took 500 oigars
Is, Mdsllpman Dubois look 2.0o0 cigars
10 hdshlpman Coggswell took 2,OCo cigars,
Here Is total OF 81 900 cigars and as boIss Of
Jelly wlnch these enterprisinG patriots, belonging
the service ofthe United States, toox aboard United
btates vessel at Havana, and smuggled through the
Custom-house Of Philadelphia.
NIGHT IN THE FIRST CIRCLE.