, 1870-12-26


come bonded warehouse designated by their
importer: third, General Order goods, those
for which no permit hss been obtained, which
sre unclaimed, OF which have arrived in i'd
rance Of their invoices. As it will not do to
lei these goods lie on the pier, and NJ the ahip
which contains them must unload 1t once, The
Inspector Of The particular vessel discharsing
cargo sencs thom to the General. Order Ware
house. This is warehouse named by the
Collector foz all ast.ay, loose, OF unclaimed
goods, and it is euppcsed to be his parqui-
site. One Of his friends commonly keeps it,
or lets it cut to somebody for bonus. For
mc.ly there were many General Order Ware
hcusee, to accommodate the merchants OF ait
patts Ct the city, hut the steady progresa Of
monopoly has at length brought all the aT1il.
abIe General Order business down to one firm.
This finn ia "Leet d Stocking" at present,
wEo have rented the warehouses of Luther
1lo1top, in Washington street, ard Greenwich
etEeet, and OF squires, in Leroy street. Thus
il on the North River side OF the city, whe.e
ali the foreign e.eauships come in, bringing
goods frequently in advance Of their invoice.,
which ccme ty mail. Practically, therefore,
the great proportion Of perislabIe and tine
goods arriving At the CREST port Of New York,
paJ warehouse rates to tho two men who had
Influence enough to get the monopoly from
the Collector.
Let us follow this subjec. down through ten
yta.s,
RARSET's ADMINISTRATION.
1t Ras in 1850, under the administration OF
liiram Barney, that the Gsnerl Order Ws.e-
lcuses begau to ba consolidated into monoop-
ly- Barney was supposed to hare been tho NOM
iuee OF Secretary Chase and Ms. Greeley.
BaineE gare the great General Order Bonded
Warehouse to one Humphreys, hia lau part
ner. and Humphreys landed it oree to a
Demccrat OF the name Of D. Il Dixhy; thi.
firm style sAs Humphreys x Co.. Uuuph-
ress knew nothing about the business, and
Bixby was allowed to 80 1oose, paying Humph.
fcy's half the prodta- At this time tho busi.
ness WIS supposed to worth 100000 a yesr.
During this administration the follo7in
tpisote happened, which l. will give as lit
tia idea OF what can be done in our Custom
Homes: Al No. SC Broadway, stood wlIat il
enlled the Public Store. This is = large build
inE used for the storage Of specimen invoices
When a merchant reports, s4y twenty
descriptions OF goods, be is required
| to seud one or more specimen packages oi
each, picked ori by the Appraiser, to this edi
| fice- The rest Of the consignment can be
| ttnt 10 some one bonded warehouse, preferred
by the importer, tho Collector issuine per
mi. for that purpose. during Darney's Id
I niEieration, it WAS suddenly pretended tha,
tie public Etore was full, and that ita contents
mutt he Immediately transferred to Nxbyt
(;nnera tirde1 Warehouse. Tho N ,schaut.
| hid to pay carriage and extra storage. ant
we're 1t their own insurance risk, but, undel
what Is called tie Fortr.etsht-hour LAW, thii
| Er.cipitated bill could be made out by Di1by
aud the United StateH must settle it. DixbJ
ntde cut y bill Of 5000, and the merchants
presented it to tho Third deputy Collector
who at ouca enid that Bt1bys bill was outTA
| geous, ard should Iot be paid. To this thl
1cply xas:
"fes, 1t is whacking bill, bn. don't son Sc.
Ba1by>s partner, HuTphreJa, il n candidate
for cong1ese, aId he wants thts money to zul
his carvass. II you cash it you 4hail hsv,
ten per cent
Lo, for tho honor OF putting in Congros.
tho siIent partner in tho General Order Ware
bouse, tie Uuit.d States paid an exorbitau
h.l,.
SIMEON DRArER>s TINE
Uainey was eusceeled by Simeon DrHpc.
under whose CollectcIthip the General 0sdr
business WIS worth moro than ever before Q
since; good judges hold that it WAS wort
el5e. .Op0. Bixby, still Democrat, vas a
lon ed to keep part OF it, Il ps.t Of it went I
warehouse1nan nxmed sa7ue, aud Draper
ron, the present auctioneer Of tho Custo1
lfouee, also Lad part At this time ther
were several General Order stores, but a
controlled by these three pereona.
r8Ea7oS k1xa's AASE.
. When Preston King acceded to the Collec
| orsMp. he was absolutely made crazy bS It
| persecution OF people who sarted the Gea'
ral Order business, as well As other 'tplums
fnm The Custom House. Every mcrchA,
acquainted ~ith tie facts believes thAs Kln
although Andrew Joluson's appointee, ":
an amiablo and honest gentleman. Thutlo
wetd's crowd kept pestesing him for Il
General Order job. FOR Appraissrslips. DC
. until tho POOR man laaped overheard from
Iery boat.
ENTITIES TINE.
Smythe eucceeeed King; ha ia bolievel
i havo got the Place from johnson through 4
influence Of Dick Connolly, Comptroller
New York city, who made johnson belle
> that Taumans Hall wou!d support him
: = second term II the Custom House were c
i | trusted to Emythe. The latter, although
a s1nexhat cstentAtious merchant, w1s r
3 presumed to he worth anything when ma
n | Collector. Smythe, on taking survey Of
o opportunities, made tho remark, which
y ti1ce been famous in politics, that a. the CT
n ezsl Order Warehouse WAS tbs biggest plum
II the Collcctorshie." One OF hla agents, n1m
l. Thompson. made tho round OF the B,ns
"a wneleu6tmen to find purchaser, a
he il said to have claired Il
70 Miller 4 Copger offered $4,000 bonus for
10 monopoly Of it, but that lie wanted = bot
ar offfr. Ills looee way Of tAlking made
II, reiing eto.ekeepe1s that Smythe bees
ts frightened AT this j1ncsure Keen and +
I'd ecvciing genius Of the name OF E. C. 10
hc ron vas bea1d 10 exclaiu that hs would 6
he SI0,000 for the tusiness. and hand the mo
ever 10 the Republican party sor campa
rurposes. Smythe hzd meantime becs
H. President OF the Central Bank. the posi-
is- ttirE obtslped for him by certain mercha
ltv Quo day johnson appearing At the bunk,
.ty nj drteaed .y Snstbe, and told tl,at evsryh
,ss t,ioke of him as Tremendous fell
rs, t.Sow,"' eaid smythe, - hox would you lik
ne take this General Order. business
it, manage it for mel" Johntpn replied me-
en- that te thought liz could do ~ much
nv t1se1a, and Sm1the told him to take it an
1ch ~n1t be WAS minded to do with it, JohI
se, II erce wrote to the Third Deputy Cole
d 4 md told him to give the General Order
tho N TT In the First Disltict to L1wEencc, ii
sev Second to Miller 4 Corger, in the Thi7
hat tlnself {Johneou}. aud i'll the Fourth Il
z" k1ns, Edwards i Co. Jchneon s2ys thai
osc stead OF four General Order Warehouses; d
..v mated, there ehould have bcen six. Johs
the ~ the boss OF the whole job, noT exac
not commission frcm the three firms he
ous E1ck.l, and tl.o,e fine trado; but it M
.biy ils Johrecn's nature to let SO any money
he had pocketed, aud Sm1 ths hold his n
,u.e oren IN vain for anT slice OF the rich
fr1m which lie had e1pectsd 70 much.
ssid 10 Johnson, therefore:
rinr IT Eear complaints about you; you vii!
New TO give UP thfec-iooiihs Oh tass necefa'
er.. monopoly to Myers / Co.. and for the I
.nc. which rou keep, you must pay them cor
aray s1o, III !eo a%so "Aae o'ne'a !'As ~
y in oHn's. 'epneon Assea'eo, VIZ W eAu
tho | lItA Gt %114L Eue-lOQfku VI AAH NeAntaA
,;nr Job amounts 10, when 1tcil gou that Joh'
10 t1ramissious paid over 10 Myers wero !
ort, month.
.a,a Tho General Order bueiocss in SIN
.a.,a | tine led to sou,e scandal involving II
anil. the publisher OF the Independent news
An Smythe alleged that Bowen was Interest
is i'll II. d>o"to aAt's Aop's :.
~ in tus sms1no pso@assa 80 a., p. .....s
the e' oo"ea' "1aen <et''.o NV .1a
rne1 ehisSA AIA > eAAI. '. -. -,..,...
ward Nse1s ne'a osei aa" o,a.t - !,
pass s..' o'1nne.l "ae es4ses s..,,,s.. ~.