New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-15

| been fraudulently run in and discharged at
| this port single cargo Of over thirty tons
| Of nutmegs. the duties upon which alone
| would have been upward Of thirty thousand
! dollars in gold; also that there had been
| brought in over eight hundred barrels Of
gin, brandy and alcohol, about Il hundred
barrels of castor oil. $4,000 worth Of cloves
and pepper and large quantities of WOODEN
socks, hay aua other dutiable articles, the
entire amount of which. if it had passed
properly through the CustOmh0use, would
have enriched the government to the
amount Of upward of two hundred thou-
sand dollars. 1t was further discovered
that ten full cargoes of liquors. spices and
Oil were Struggled into Boston between
April and December l, 1863. and niue full
cargocs into New York during the same
period
Sufficient evidence ilaving3 ieen gathered
to sustain these startling facts the next step
was to arrest the parties concerned. and
this was done some four months ago. They
were arraigncd before the United States
Commissioner here and subsequently, bills
were found against them by the grand jury.
The men thus indicted were Samuel c. CAT
field. formerly q distiler IN Brooklyn. New
York: Dexter L. Mills. Samuel c. Lund,
Augustine SandcrsOn. formerly . deputy
surveyor in tho Boston Customhousc: E. B.
W. kest aux. Milo =. Skec.e. George
Underwood. John L. Perry and Alden
Freeman. AS Will be secn oaly portion of
those indicted are now On trial here. Those
who are the most 1ronlinect in The colnlnu-
nifty are Mr.. Mills. who has l,ithert" moved
n the a-i,tocracy of Union Park. and Mr..
Lund. who reioiceI ~ the luxury of Il
$4,000 residence out N SOneryilie. Rest
IcauN, too. is Il man of heretofore high
standing and anon. his influential friends
are some of the most eminent connected
with the United States government.
Mr.. Garfield, the brooklyn distllcr. has.
as before stated. fled to Canada. and is no "
probably enjoying himself as much as pos
sibe under the circumstances at He.au's
st. Lawrence Hall. One important witness.
also in Canada. is said TO have received
$4,000 tor absenting himself and others
have retired to the Dominion on very hand
some pensions. and attempts have also been
made (" fix" some of the jurynen now
listening to the trial.
These disclosures Of smuggling are bur a
fraction OF what is constantly going on at
all of the principal American ports not too
remote from the British provinces. Prob
ably millions and millions Of dollars worth
OF goods are brought into New York and
Boston annually by these Coastiny vessels,
and as the customs officers do not make {,
practice Of examining. them the establish
nient of M ,ndcpenden: department for this
exclusive business seems 70 be the only
remedy for the protection of the govern
ment. Goods smuggled into New York are
usually shipped to this city for sale. and
those run IN i: this por: are cent to New
York
Another system Of fraud which is largely
and successfully practiced by those coasters,
is III takin: bonded goods out for export
They represent that they are for some small
port in the provinces. and then run them
boldly into some American port. One
coaster took out several hundred chests of
bonded tea and u large cargo Of brandy the
other day. FOX an island in Nova Scotia, and
after !e had cleared. it was a-certained that
there Were only about thirt. thousand in
!labitants ':pon the island. all told The
inference !. that :ile: are heavy on ,ea and
brandy.