The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-03

Ihs great points MADE and boldly stated pv
the witness were that the inspector VINO
made ,s complaints n! . against men Tor breaches
backed by influence like myself VIII surely
With oca for th as ws ss
hurryng up goods TO general order to oblige the
parties 70 benent by It; again. there Is no encour
by the settlement practice In vogue. the oIflcer gets
nothing but hard knocks ana warnings for his
trouble: am opposed TO the m0ley system, believ-
ing tnat the punishment OF defaulting merchant
would do more toward enectng q cure than u
The witness here told OF an incident which occurred
ON Cunard steamer; corpse was brought over
case, and the hearse was on the dock 10 receive
it; but In placing II In the vehicle the bearers
shook 1t, and ringing noise was heara: me
French clocks. senator Bayard remarked. "Ihat
was corpse for time, ana not TOT eternty."
ismalia. The storekeeper showed him four cases
OF liquors, which he wished 10 denver TO Mr. Lucas;
the storekeeper sau Tue nigh' man au'norileu snG
that they pc not sent to the Seizure Bureau, put
witness refused, and sent them there; witness DID
not know whether they ever paid penalty; the
liquor was secured on an order IRON Henderson a.
brothers; It was addressed TO deputy Coliecl0r;"
tom House, ana 1t was certainly smugxled; the
officers OF The ship had never been spokea to on the
subject, and the stOrekeeper was the only one 10
blaine; Van Horn was the night watchman IN charge;
there where the officers IN coiusl0n with
the merchant can select particular package Tor
apraisement; inspectors are employed to watcn the
transit OF goods from the bonded warehouse 10 the
vessels, while honest could be got at q less rate
OF paw: brokers nave monopoly OF clearing goods,
and Mr.. Grlnnell intended TO break II; IL requires
clerk; the dischargng oriicer the power to con.
test the delivery OF goods al general Order witness
order, and has been threatened with dismissal;
the general feeling among dlscnarglng 0fncers Is
that they are IN danger OF removal II they do not
send goods 10 general Oruer.
Evening Session.
Colonel william S. nillyer sworn:-I met Colonel
Leet some before the Presidents Inauguration,
and he stated TO me that he desired to enter into
some business In New York; had u strong affection
for Colonel Leet, ana when he came to New York
he stopped at my house, introduced him to Mr..
Hxby; he had no capital, and Bixby had; Colonel
Leet wished to go into the general order business;
knew nothing OF tine arrangement between Bixby
and Colonel Let; never dreamed OF It, and had
also positive that General Grant knew nothing OF
IL; the first heard OF 1t was IN the ties,
tinony before the last investigating Commlttee;I
remember Also that Colonel Leet wanted the
labor contract; Mr.. ilaw, General Cochrane and
told that he wanted it, they thought that
Leet should not nave the whole OF 1t, but That the
politicians OF the city should also have share they
therefore asked me II Colonel Leet would enter Into
partnership WIN Mr.. liaw; saw Leet anc he
agreed to the proposition; shortly alter went 70
that Leet was Chicago. and tle President did not
wish him to nave anything to do with the New YORK
him to come on TO Wasnlngi on; ne did SO, and we
held conversation about the matter; as it was. was
SHmpe st snoa sa eSme no on reason
New YORK, II he made the lowest bid;
saw the ana having TINS b 70
made was higher than the others, and That was the
end OF 1t; shortly alter Leet came on 10 New YORK
and went into partnership with Horton Coz
met Mr. Murphy IN the street soon after. anu ne
said certain parties had come ON with letters from
the President ana had got the general order busl-
ness; said to him that the President ola not wish
any one to have anything IN that way ana That ne
Colonel LeeJ at Vicksburg first.
@. How did Mr.. Leet become q coonel9 A. After
General Grant became General OF the Army; his SER
vices were. SO far as know. solely Of a clerical
nature; do no: know wnere first met Mr.: Lind
say think at CITY Point at General Grants head
quarters; when went there was General Grants
guest, and MIR Lindsay was, think. the agent for
O. When did the intimacy between Porter ana
Lindsay begina A. After the war; Porter made Mr..
New YORK: do not know that Porter was
intimate with him; General Porter
a Mes Leets appointment sand and Mr. H Grinneips
appointment az Collector; do not understand that
torses vni in, maze eSs s
gether; do not know General Porter very well; we
never served together, as he joined Grants staif
O. Colonel Leel in his evidence? A. Which as.
tonisned me vey mucn; ne never ,oa me mat ne
business; General Rawlings told me That tue Presl
dent had given hum letter to Mr. Grinnell:
| q. Was that before Mr.. Grnnell's appointments
A. My impression IS that II was alter but OF course
| the testimony shows tlat II was before; never
| Grants letter TO ColOne Leet
O. Did you know Mr. g. W. whi'eY A. l used to
buy clothes OF hm-tnat Is all; know Co One Leer
| Knew him. ! thought the suggestion that Leet
should 20 into partnership with Bixby came from
me, not from Wnlte; went with Mr.. Humphreys,
Mr. BlXby aud others TO President Johnson, whose
political supporter was, about the general order
business; never should nave permitted Colonel
Legt II could have helped 1t to nave made any ar
rangemcnt with BiXby while he was IN the service.
q. Then yOu concur In the opinion tnat such
thing very improper? A. Yes, sir, ana know
10 me.
@. when did Lect begin 10 talk TO you about the
LABOR contract? A. In the spring OF 1870; think
made Haw acquainted with leet; did not know 1t
That time that he was rcceiv ne money from BlXby;
he stated at that time that he wanted TO retire
from the army and nave the labor contract; do not
remember the figures Of the contracts my reColiec-
ton that all the negotiations about the amount OF
the bid took place In Washington; Colonel Leet was
my personal frend, and thought 1t well for him TO
take half and go INTO partnership with MIR. Haw,
who had Governor Fent0n Tor MS friend at that
time; FcntOn had promised to see the Secretary in
his behalf and advance his interest as far as he
able; went to General Porter In regard to this
Haw and Leet matter and General Porter told me
that under the dlctation OF the President he had
written letter To Leet, requesting him not to 20
to New YORK.
Q. Then Mr. Leet's personal business had been
General Porter A. suppose So DO not think
Porter said anything about consultation with the
President about 1t; 1t was after that three or four
days, and after Leet had come on TO washington.
that saw the President and explained to MIN that
the labor contract was not matter OF influence,
and that 1t was competitive bid; General Grant
told me that under those circumstances he had no
business to Interfere with Colonel Leecs bid
ding; but that lie did not wish any one
TO 20 on to New York and get anything In
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