New-York tribune., 1872-01-17

know of iny one who refused 10 pay that was trn.a
ont' ~ A. never knew OF any one refusing. lIanght@r
that goes round. " Pay up or get out" -"
VINO i,T,i circulate. sa this mnsioi A. don't know
NIT 10 these assessments! A. DO not. ~
q. The Committee have heard Of many such
Messrs. Bayard and Cassery-And stayed In
Nj. StewHt-Yes; wo have the testimony OF npe
, Mr CasscryDrh,At was long ago IN Mr. Bsy tina.
Mr.. Pratt-well thongbt there were some tba, =.
rsned CIo wi.nrlon DO not pretend to .ay La,
Know who was assessed and who was not. '"'
Tor TINS causei A. don't Know Of my own kno,ycda'
TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM II. DE cAvp
To Mr. Bayard Am lawyer; reside A. NJ, %, p...
One-hundrcd-andtwentyfo fourth-st. have nyea In ~.
York for from % to 20 years was connected Wi, a.
New-Yor Custom house aS an entry clerk In the ~,
OGlce; first amendment clerk; abou, tho 100,
August, 1859. WAS promoted 20 entry cleb,n o,on
held until October, 1870.
q. What do yon know OF the Use Of tho Datrora,. -,
tbs Custom-house IN the way VI influencing party mali
ticsi believe your name waslr-crrcl to IN Mr. RcP,
evidence thai your removal was without causel Nv
case w9s removal without cause anu { thiak 10,
pn,Gad,. political reasons o,,aap upon Mr. MUphys ap
Get control Of the General Committee .ad al.o of tbs
organlzatou two or three meetings sf thc General
Committee were held, AT which the vote taken wa
pretty evenly divided was mem bcr Of the Gene
raj Committee. but present al the meetings aS,
his appointment as Collector, Mr.. Murphy asked
me what salary I received from ths Sayai
office; | told him 5000: he said | was entiiIed
to better position; that was too much confined hera
and that he desired to attend to pOtca bu.l
and he said TO me that could have just position
as desired tod him was satisfied with the n6sit,on
held and that preferred 20 attend to he duties OF c or
hce: he desirOus that gates should Nh on
dyke a member OF the State Convention, and fhat
they agreed to; after that called Mr. Murphys
Oce after the meeting Of the STATE C0Dy anhon IN.
dcCstQod tla some parties hsd ya6d upon Ir Gnnci
md reqlestsd that as an0Frtf primary was cogng on.
he would direct me 10 aIp0int Inspectors OF Eeei1.
@ Who were those parties A. James d. Thompson
and william Haw; they wanted him 10 direct me 10 sp
point inspectors Of that primary persons whom they
should name Mr. GriLnell declined 10 do So "A he sub
sequonty Informed me- or on the same day Tor eale
into the office just as they lett, somewhere aoon. mes
O'Clock IN the afternoon; they were aoout iJ'',.EH
that time; the primary elections wet1 ai,s"S, Gnu
appointed inspectors myself, as had al"ays been
In the habit OF doing, without any pic,t@Oh ifOn
any one some few days after the eecIloh M CIDneH
formed me that he had received an oruel i1n wash
ngtOn fOr my removal. at the same tle tebg me ne
gretted II very much "a he consdereu me OhoW ths
most efficient clerks in his department anu ono oil tho
Mr. 'Cas,erly-Was that orally or IN writingi A. II
MIR Hoye-Did he tell you that Mr.. Murphy bad that
order A. He said that the order came directly from
MIR boutwell, but understood aferward tnat u cams
originally from the President; OF course Kho" nothing
p0sityeiy never went to Washington.
o. Was there over any formal charge DrOnght aganss
yOn 10 your knowledge A. None 10 my knoWlecge;
Mr (rinne stated that 10 charge had ever oeen
made IN respect to my official duties
o. This removal was entirely from dtOlfdEJ IehOus
within the action of your partyi a. Yes as under
stand II. Sir. o, -, ,,...
OF tue Futh Avenue Hotel.