New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-05
NEW YORK,
Money Stringent Run on Savings
Bauk-MeeiinG Of the Bar-PrOpOsed
Removal of Judges - Berah has the
PHeumOnia-<.reelCyB Before the Senate


COMMITTEE.
New YORK. January 4. Eyening.-M0ncv
stringent. The bulk of the loans to-day
We're made at !, with Is commissions on
call loans. closing trihe easier. Dealers
in governments were supplied at currency
to gold. Sterling nominal at 94 d93s.
Gold 109ls a lO9l4. Governments off Is a "A
ON 61s, 6is and G1s. Skies of 1881, Il434 :;
tive-twenties Of 1872, ll0 1864 HOS; 1863,
lI2l4, new ia; 1867, 1925; 1868, l1212
ten-fortleS l091s.
Southern State bonds very steady and
qniet. Tennessees old 6314. new 63as: Vir-
ginias old %, new 56 Louisianas old TO-
new 30 Ievee skies o., eights y; Alabama
eights %, tives g; Georgia skies 20, sevens
II: North Carolinas old -, new li South
Carolinas old ~. new -.
The run on the Third Avenue Savings
Bank continued to day.
A meeting OF the bar will be held to-
night 10 secure the removal of Judges
McCunn. Card02a. Barnard and one other.
CrurltytO-animal Bcrgh has the pneu-
monia.
/ Mr.. Greeley, before the Senate committee
tO-dav said that the only abuse he knew
was political abuse by the customhouse
officials. He believed that Generals Porter
and Babcock shared in the profits Of the
general order OF business, and believed that
many would he deferred from giving testi-
mony because the sessions were held in the
CUStumh0use.
The treasury today purchased only
SITS, 200 bonds at LOG a 100 i2-l00.
NEW YORK. January 4.--Eefore the Con-
gressional committee to-day, investigating Q
the affairs of the customhouSe, John Z.
Lindsay testified to having heard of fire.
qucnt assessments for eleCtionceriug pur-
poses. They were always two per cent of
annual salaries, and extended to every Off
Ger; knows that Collector Grinnell paid
$1,000 from his own pocket to save poor sub
ordinates A part of the control of the
general order business was z ven by Grin
nell to Lert.
When Grant became President, Lpet
came here from Pennsylvania and told
Grinnell that he (Grinnell) was to be APP
pointed collector, and asked for the general
order business. A letter came from the
President and Secretary of State recon-
mendlng Leet for anything good, and wit
ness advised tirinnel to give Leet the
general ardor business. Leet was not Il cit
iZeu of this commonwealth.
Ex-Mayor Weed, OF Brooklyn. and Mr..
SQulres got other positions, and Leet ar
ranged to do biXoys portion of the general
order business for certain per cent, and,
by direction of Grinnell, a portion Of the
business Was directed to Bixhy's store. Leet
was guaranteed about SlO,0 600 annually for
cOuLIOllln9 ne BUSINESS Ill litN or Ol DlNny.
Lcet was then in the War Department at
Washington; Bixby is a merchant; Grin
nell was known to be opposed to the poit-
Ical assessments OF the cuStOmh0use en-
ployes; he was threatened with removal by
Lect If he tLeet could not get what he
wanted. There is no restriction on charges
for general order goods. l understood
from Bixby thai the profits on that business
was 100000 pcryear.
Whitelaw Reid, managing editor of the
New York T-jbtHc, testified that he had no
personal knowledge Of abuse at the Gus
tomhouse, but that hc knows men whose
names were given TO him as having testified
t. the stutcnrnts made in the leading aIti-
cles OF til, Yrijiue and that he would be
happy to give their names. The committee
tltn adjourned.