New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-19
OJSTOM-HOUSE ABUSES.


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FUGITIVE WTTNEsS-TEE TROUBLES Or
CIGAR MISREPRESENTATION CONNELIo "a
PFrIENCr-CIAFIIN x CO.'S CBJEtuO'S ~
TUE pRFsFNr GENERAL ORDER SYSTEM
Til, Senate Committee resumed It's session
yes, rday morning. at tie fith Avenue noN ~ ~
store occupied on the previous 0"y' e''Vr it''" r.
Rac,.v,i, DENYING that he had been connected with
the Crs,oIn-houso in his support oil HeaTy Snhtn az
AIn,nv was admitted as eyid,uCe. O. B. Matteaon'5
not 10 bo excused from attendance as witness WAS
cuied as Il appeared that lie prcopbatey left the city
and pturued TO Utica 10 avoid testhying
collector Arthur testified that he had never con
suited with any one, as alleged IN regard To
the promotion OF Mr.. Terry for political services Pin
Gus Pohalisy cigar importer testified to serious losses
and rea: delay in getting his goods Through the Gen
erl Order aud Appraisers stores, and 10 the failure Of
AL his attempts TO obtain redress at the Custon-Ouse
surveyor Cornell, the next witness, after cxpr sSng
his opinion that patronage was used to control tue
action OF tic Syracuse Convention gave his version OF
The cl Ia the Republican party in this city, in, ud-
ing an account Of the Ortonsclutz Reorganization.
He thought he hud made only ono removal for politi-
cal reasons, in which case ho lad substituted n
Republican for Democrat. He had no knowl'
edge oi any Customs officers travelling through
the STATE on political missions, although 80 OF
S. who lined their country residences, were allowed
10 80 home Ind attend to their roitcol duties Most OF
the % os 90 in his department, who attended the
Syracuse Convention had received nar leaves OF ao-
sencc A. accordance with the Treasury sulaons There
were 10 ,r 5 he knew only II New-Yor& Custonhouse
officer, &C Albany during the organization OF the Legs
aturc nc sserted Lat complaints OF loss Of goods while
IN char . 81 tie Customs officers received immediate
and stree attention. and mat the storie in regard to the
C.yn of b. bes and ratuites were greatly exaggerated
Where INSPECT Is were found guilty Of receiving brides
he had y bly, favored thcr dismissal for the 0hense
and iaay had been accordingly removed. He
prOress,d 10 be ignorant OF any division OF
tue Republican party in this STATE ana de-
clarcd tiat the CustCm-hcuso men who went TO the
Syracuse convention last FAN did not to their in
ucucc toNard the particular result accomplished As
10 tie plrccc OF receiving gr2tuics, he admitted that
Il haG !c" quite general but claimed that it had ma
tel y diminished Of late. He acknowledged that the
rumocr O, men in the wciSers' department bad not
been reduced since he testified wear ago that il was
much TOO large ard also gave evidence to the of
Wch,v retained in Office by the Collector although re-
ported NJ tie witness dishonest grossly neglg
Mr.. Ccrutli thought that 10 appointments made
in tie CustolaLoUse. during Mr. Murphy's I'D
mirs;rd. %, upon Senator Conklag's reeommenda-
ton. lu.Yet.0rs wero expected to examine
tho TRUNKS Of all passengers and were pun
i-hcd IL they failed to do In numerous
cases was cheaper to weigh few packages and to
average le rest, thus losing trnc Of duty, than to
pay cost Of weighing all the packages He admit
ted trlt IIslcctOr Case when charged with completely
ia de7uIrS the Government, had been transferred to
c.cll GutY, and he was not sure that cuprt had
ever been C;solcr, cl from the Revenue service.
~ tho close @ e.. session, Il. 3. Cafln & Co.'S Gus
toIn.house cec'- r.. % q written statement showing
the objections . employers 10 tho present General
order system, esq eay the ground OF delay, damage
10 goods and extgtonate charges and suggesting that
the business Should De distributed aro.g several stores
each siea- mp line to have General Order warehouse,
il 50 desired.