The Portland daily press., 1872-01-20
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Jan. ia man named White
yesterday was killed up town ON Vanderbilt
Feurth Avenue slaughter-tpap, soon after the
accident large crowd gathered and threatened
to tear up the track but were dispered by the
police.
NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE INVESTIGATION
The retrenohment committee met at the Ho-
vel this morning A letter was read from Col
Howe, treasury agent asking to be heard be-
Iore the committee to cOntrovert the false state
ments made relative to him and his officers by
the Junior partner of NaylOr & Co. Governor
Jewell OF Connecticut was present as a locker
on this morning. A broker testified relative to
the appraisement of damages on goods Col,
Frank Howe called and submitted documents
showing the amount of fines, penalties and for
FIXTURES paid to the government from May 1869,
to November 1871 on information furnished by
the special agents Office under his direction to
be $187, 173, and the amount distributed to the
same officer during the same time in moieties
was $22, sos.
Mr.. Howe said that the salaries of agents and
inspectors attached to his office during the
same time amounted to $40, $780, The moieties
during the two and half years added to the
salaries OF officers of Col Howe's agency were
less than 80 per cent, making inspectors nav
10 per day, assistant agents pay less than So
per day, or S3285 per annum. Agents at from
Us per day to about S12, or $3.50 per annum.-
Col Howe's salary by law is $40 per day, which
with on per cent. for moieties, aggregates S15
the Investigations by the treasury agents have
been the cause of the large additional duties be-
ing paid to the government. The entire ex-
Pensss Of the special treasury service of the
United States, comprising sixteen districts and
fifty-three special agents, for the fiscal year end
ing December list, 1871, were about $3.50, 900, of
which $4,000 balances in salaries During
the same period OF time over 81 900 900 in casn
We're paid into the treasury recovered by agents
with number of large suits still pending.
IA t1,a -.
general supervision of the warehouse. He re-
membered the old system of the general order
stores when they were in the hands of the
steamship companies on the Jersey City side-.
They We're extremely obnoxious to the mer-
chants and press, but he could not name any
particular journal that opposed or wrote against
them.
Charles Squire, the next witness and a ware
house man, testified to some of the routine
practice therein.
ing, testified that ne met j. P. Lindsay at Will
liards Hotel, Washington, and was introduced
by the clerk.
Soon after Mr.. Lindsay told him that Grin
nell was getting up carriage bureau in New
York, and with his influence he ought to be
able to get it, He procured about thirty letters
from Senators and Others and came on Got
the bureau at voc, 90 year as Superintendent
and held it till the Secretary abolished it. Al
most Immediately after he joined Col. Leet and
Leet and L got into partnership through lk-
ing for each other Grinnell said he
would like to do something for us
and gave us portion of the general order
business, and afterwards the whole. No one
has any interest in our business but Leet and
myself have only bowling acquaintance
with Gen, Porter. had no letter FROM him in
coming on here -
A motion by Senator Stewart that they adj
journ tomorrow to meet in Washington Tues
yVQ "a lost at,d no
their labors here next week,
The brig Virginia, from Martinique, passed,
Jan. 9th, lat. $3.50, lon. 72.10, the American
frgate Congress, under sail, bound for Port au
Prince, to convey the Hornet to New York,
THE PROPOSED CHARTER
The charter adopted by the Committee of
Seventy differs from the draft recently publish
ed in the following particulars: A new depart
ment of public safety is created, consisting of
the bureau of police, fire. health, buildings and
statlstics eaptl bureau to haue chief. The of
flee of Chamberlain is abolished and the sub
treasurer is authorized under the control of the
Comptroller to receive city moneys. The board
OF finance is authorized to make estimates of
moneys required for all the departments of the
city government, which, when certified by the
board OF aldermen, shall be raised by the board
of supervisors. ON the first Monday of May
next, the terms of office of the Mayor, boerd Of
aldermen, comptroller and deputy chamberlain,
corporation council and corporation attorney
instruction, shall expire ON the 18th of May
The commissioners Of parks, works, charities,
and corrections, health, ire, DOCKS, commits
sioners, superintendent of police, register, ETC.,
with all the above named officers shall turn
over their respective offices to their successors,
whose elections is appointed for April
LEGISLATION FOR NEW YORK.
ALBANY, Jan. 19-The Assembly to-day con-
sidered the bill allowing Comptroller Green to
issue four and half million dollars in bonds to
pay off the claims against the city of New York,
Mr.. Twoinbly moved to substitute his bill MAX
ment OF Parks, Commissioner of Public Works
and President of the Board of Aldermen and
Board Of Audit, and providing for the raising of
SS,5O0,000. The matter was debated over three
hours. The Committee of the Whole reported
progress add asked leave to set again, Mr.. AL
berger Of Buffalo moved to aisagTee and order
the bill to third reading This was regarded
as test vote and was lost SO to S. The bill
was made special order for Monday evening
HOTEL AND TWO MEN BURNED. md
A large hotel at Hawes' Cane, N Y, on the
Albany & Susquehanna railroad, was burned
last night. Two men were burned to DEATH
Loss So, 000 a1- -rr-fr rET