New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-22

fraud on the revenue. but doesn't Know WHO
became bis bail, nor whether he was mdlcted'
nor whether he is still in office. lie has q
/ great deal to do with the dlspensa'ion u
patronage, but does MT know upon what prln-
ciple it is distributed. though he a4asi i
"think some regard has been given 10 qu".,n'
"catiQps, but that, as a rule, the recohinoa y
"tions have been Of a political cnarao.oi -
He does MT know about the notoriOus vass ~. y.
Forbes. COutant, and Nash. He is Chairman
of the State Republican Committee, but does MT
know that there is division in the RepuDh-
can party In New-York! He commanded inc
Custom-house forces at the Syracuse C0nven-
ton, but does mt know that Federal patronage
was used on that occasion in any way; does MT
know of any Customs officials travelling through
tho State on political brands Though he ad-
mits going to Albany and Syracuse himself on
such errands, and having fifty or Sixty other
Customs officials with him); and does MT know
that when he appears in such affairs ne hgures
as Federal official rather than as PLAIN A. ID.
Cornell.
Then there is Col Frank f. Howe, the
Special Agent who has acquired so wide
reputation in connection with seizures OF
books and papers. We say nothing OF his
ignorance of the rule that no warrant should
be applied for on the unsupported motion OF
the informer; for so far as we can learn that
rule seems to have been carefully concealed
from everybody's knowledge, and Col. Howe
only shared his ignorance with the whole
Custom house. But he has some special de-
ficiencies Of his own. He conducted the Naylor
o,,tt hot down
under examination, and has been abandoned as
to most of the charges and virtually dropped as
to all. He does MT know that his officers seized
the private correspondence OF the firm. lie
speaks of books being spirited away, but does nj
know that anything of the kind was done. lie
believes that "Custom-house Inspectors nave
"for year held Naylor & Co. in sort OF ter
"ror;n but we cannot discover that he knows or
any fraud the merchants have committed or
any proceedings taken against them. he
charges them with attempting to enter lSo
cases of steel bars as scrap-iron, and does NJ
know that after careful examination the
Custom house authorities decided that the
metal was scrap-iron and passed it accordingly.
But the most ignorant of all the witnesses
yet examined is undoubtedly General Order
Stocking This gentleman does MT know ex-
actly how he got into this lucrative InonOp-
oily. He obtained thirty or thirty-fve letters
from influential persons, and does MT know
whether anybody helped him to get them;
obtained the Carriage bureau from Mr.. Grin
nell by just asking for it, and did MT know
that it was one of the CustOm-hOuse
prizes; did MT know that the General
Order business vas a CustOm-house prize
either; does MT know whether anybody
helped him to get it; was intimate with Leet
while that person was in the War Department,
but did MT know that he was then receiving
money from the General Order privilege; went
into partnership with him without knowing of
the Bixby arrangement, and without knowing
that Leet was in the General Order business at
all in fine, to quote Mr.. Stockings own
words, the whole of the business fell into
our hands by accident
Parent OF good, thy bOunteous hand
Jncessant blessings down distilsi
We may add that Mr.. Stocking does MT know
what the business is worth, and does MT know
whether the books of tho firm have ever been
balanced.
As for Mr.. Leet he does seem to know two
things: he knows when the Committee does
not want to examine him, and then he comes
to the sessions he knows when he is wanted,
and then he carefully stays away.