New-York tribune., 1872-01-19

@ Yc1 Yc,or tn',S ,ssy had made that than poiore' M
~. -, that the officers upon the ground oi
@ You 1oudastes' ns objected 30 paying tAeir
Yes sir not with them vClunATy, y,SS gSp55'D To- my
" a. No such assessments nave haN,Senytorilv yil
tnowledge IN the & on fail ont about the word; ySo y
hi ,hof some objected 10 making COZ
ground Of their neSessSSs, T tSe whole thing voluntary
,Nton why should any man eosi eainS able TO pay
smse from PAYING which came to my knowledge men
Az excused from paving ana houd presume that all
refused when cS about 10 per cent of the men t of
eWT PTatt-Do you know NI any al No Sir
.sna tor failing 90 contr1bntei n No, -
sin's i'i 's, srXt,oR ooSKLING's sELF-DENiAI"
-. tnow whether any Of the appoiIIheh's ~
~ hnsc since the time Of the appointment VI
,r Mnrphy as Collector, have been nauo w. Nrov
nj sa,on q, senator Conknngi A. DO not Ano"
,rnre recommended by mp thinK nc n"s
,.;ond from making such recommendauons , fon
no during Mr. Murphys administration ,o o
% Have You ever received any J Iva srreeaIie
peintment q any n'lu0uu"l P'4S'A
10 him I A. No, Sir
pxA,rSING PASSENGERS LUGGAGE
-. ,,r,ttwbere ia the baggage OF passengers
-,,,, o,.,,ined1 A. Generally upon the per u ''0
s.eamsbip Company, sometimes with the more M
lines the baggage is taken to the barge o'n'0 "H0
aIined there. ., .-,,,,, y, nassen.
Isuuot the practice TO open all trunRs ha q, PTne
- and examine their contentsi A. Inat is 'no - -,
Trosmuch as articles Of value, such as damonuS a
49, n,ocions stones IN small packages mgn' 10 80.
red about the persons SSs @ purpose Of
a. 40 S tber they have smuggled goods & ~ 20 Ner
only in case We snsnieon is aroused or by reason
s91 oodnct OF the persons themselves IN Drawing tno
Suspicion 81 v ne INSPECTORS in the Of gentlemen,
and bv the nSpectresses III the case o in obor
MhSie i socja poson arrive in vessels, the ladies
with any quantities OF trunks IS IL the pIaCt.Oe eIo+Sor
sS or S5y nv dia6le goods in them A. 1t s the rule
and think The practice; sometimes we have found IN
n Sson ohIi Sed 10 nunish them for their conduct
q Sometimes il is said that the Collector gives orders
SaNs Iithout Examination A. am positive that no
ncb order has been granted since the o
nv official term have heard that sueh orders "eio
issued sometimes by Collector smyIhe -o,n.os o,,
o. You speak Of CustOm-house officials appolnted ouu
ay retain their old dOmicile when they are appointed 70
The Cnstomhous or give it up ana ae tbs their
home in some instances, If married men, tnoH 'lnneS
reV Where thew do not change their docHs do they
pretend TO interfere with elections here, aud take Any
PAT in your primaIiesi A think not
HOW GOODS ARE WEIGHED.
O. Did YOU read the testimony in relation TO quantity
Of soda ash not weighed in point OF facti A. Yes, Sir
O. Please state whether you have instituted any ex-
perments in weighing casks containing sodaash and
co. what their weights averagei A. Yes Sir IN view OF
that testimony requested the Weighing of some pack
CS.
Of beachngpowder by the ship Brdgewater the MARKS
upOn the casks making an aggregate OF $3.50 peuna
the actual weight ascertaned Dy the UnIeu states
weigher TO be 3156 making difference OF $50 pounds;
The difference IN duty would nave Deeh e. ~,
Sne % hour haVe Weighed the 50 casks the cost for gang
o. five men would have been 81 son the case OF AZ casks
soda ash by the vessel the marked weight upon
the casks was G. O2 and the actual weight ascertancd
by the L. s. Wcgher, G32s0 making dnerence OF ony
s pounds weight and 81 20 in duties while the weigh
ing Of the casks cost the Government much larger sum
the ordinary way OF ascertanng the WSlGut WOu O W
weigh five or six Of the packages ana theh esunaVe 'e
O. So there was no loss to the Government2 A. No,
SIR and the equations OF the Department provide espe-
caly for testing the weights by weighing small mum
ber In reference TO the weighng OF IRON en9 ny
the Secretary of the Treasury provide that in every III
voice of railroad iron only sufficient number of bars
shall be weighed 10 ascertain their average weight and
i'm reference 10 the weighing OF coal and SAT- tnat te
Of The tnbs delivered must be accurately weighed care
teiDg taken have those weighed as nearly evenly lu
Senator BayardAre the articles in regard to G Which @
the average wsisht may he taken sleeiN0" III 'i' IL
n We l eHow that railroad iron is made by machinery.
sn az e bD IosdeJ ith 600 Ghds Of soda ASH You
think Il was night to send 1t of the wharf without SET
'is s@ch ~ case occurred was it not such Of
denauency as required the removal of the parties con
O. DO YOU wish 10 he understood adding sodaash 10
the list of articles whose weight may be estimated Dy
taking the averaged A think the weGhers have Deeh
accustomed to do ,-,-,.
@ Are they justified by their Instructions in SO doing
o. Explan what IS meant by the Surveyors Stahi A.
ere arc usuay five or six spectOrs assigned for duty
al tie Surveyors ONCE 10 perform any act winch 'ney
q WIN apnoints them A. They are assigned by the
Surveyor from among the whole body Of Inspectors
They are used TO assist the Deputy surveyor III dlacAarS
g. Are the names Of all the persons in your depart-
mcut employed in every way on the payroll. q: lLeIe
are no persons not the Official rolls Of the Custom
Juse which have been furnished here except the labor
the Weigher's department. ~ =, .
@ IL 80 a!ung Of the Weighcrs department N your
testimony wear ggO You said there were at times hrti
Lou- gwen IN; has there been any ameIO'd'io
itat pracuce A. We lave discovered nothing oI II Tor
. long time past.
Is THIS CULPEu DIsCHARGED?
O. do you remember whether Inspector Case was ar-
rested for allowing goods 10 be changed while under his
control TO transferred TO the railway station A. My
impression that he arrested upon the complaint Of
@ What was done 4 A. He was arrested and after
Q. lie was one of your subordInates9 A. Yes, Sir;
one OF the Inspectors assigned TO deben1ue duty.
G. Was he 6ailedl a. l think So
O Who became his ball A. do not know.
became his baili A. have no means Of knowing.
Q. Did you remove him from his positiOn1 A, I re-
suestod tie Collector TO remove him and he assigned
to some clerical duty in the CustomhOuse.
Q. Was he ever prosecuted A. thuk the prosecu
g was INV Indictment found against hint A. think
be was indicted, but am not
q. What was the charges a. Completely in deiraud
iDc the Government.
@ Is he st in oiicel A. think he has been removed
tul cannot say positively.
q. DO you know whether he has not been removed
nnee this Committee began its sessiOnsl \. cannot
tel
G. What iF bis fun namei A. William D. Case.
q: DO you thlnk he was removed three weeks ago
A ealLOt tell; be Las not been under my direction for
long time
q DID you inform the Collector that be was under
sueh serious charges a. spoke the Collector once
OF twice about him.
e. Is lis prosecution in the United States District
COURT a. IL sIoud be there, Of COURSE
TUE BECKwITH CASE
DOyou RENE mber the OF Inspector BeckWith4 A.
He was removed for some serious cause cannot recall
the precise charge.