, 1873-06-10
An individual without q Head Engaged
in Single Combat Against tho
Custom.II0nso Ring.
How to Crush Man Who Touches Tho 0ftoo.
Holders Pap...A Tyrannfca1 Ex+
orclso Of Federal
tnftucnca.


Bni}tnglY In, thoro wero fabulous yarns told Of
tho sohemes Of rotronohmont about to DO in
auguratod by tho now nun, under pheitor OF
which many useful public servants woro dls.
charged and others ptchforlsod into thctr places
'sou,o pooplo woro sufficiently aeslnine to bo-
liovo that f},c crumbs that fell from Unole Sans
table, wli1h tho Collectors had grown slock
upon, were also to bo swept clean by tho non
broom Of the Judd. Among those individuals
who wore, unfortunately for thomBolToB, IN no.
wise mixed up with any
'FrE-F1E aToR1EB
Of any PreRident'a brother, at tho; ttno tho I'M.
1nsculato Mclean TSnt lou oue Into @ .ho ooid, aoaa
the State, but not any Presidonts brother, some
service. Mr.. Adams. of tho Marine Department,
waa ono Of tho1n. For many yours Custom.
House official, he etood without roprGaoh In that
ourcd had boon gr1dglngly awarded him Tor
he was q good Grant man.
Judd came In, and adams walkod out. Why
did Judd's coming In necessitato Adarns' walking
out2 Let us sec.
In those dnys, reporters from tho city news-
papors wero dotai1ed each day to watch develop
ments at tho Custom House.. In tho absence ct
much news, thoro was much speculation: It
ssS% ~ss lie 90 Ss d fsqa 'DA~
OuBToM:uousE uINa,
like Now Orleans, Now York, and other happy
huntng-gronnda ., Ct arnnt,s warriors; but there
naiists would swear horribly as thoy camo
ta sang gd from nn,nsna 9nan inflicted anS by
traps; aud the oigar-loViing Ayaru, the bland
tho Collectors luxurious chamber, day: BY day,
when every man tried to fool his follow, and
told stories, and Cracked jokes, and blew clouds
of smoke around tho subject thoy oil had. Of
hoars. As the Times man who wrote up tho Ed
IA representative Of this journal (moaning
himsolf) wont on the var-path." In point Of
fact, u reporter then and there did p1aco himself
On tho track Of Bome Of tho discharged officials.
That is how AdamH comes to be mentioned as
going out in tho aame breath aa Judd's coming
There are no Custom-House brokers In Ohca-
20. paternal Government saves our ship-mas-
tors an such nuisancos a little bird called Judd
sits up aloft, and locks after the manifests Of
poor Jack and thors arc NO busy, prying, fees-
IWTLE BIRD JuDD'B NEsr-Eoos.
To legally clear big ship from port, poor Jaek
some mysterious ceremonies over thcu1, and tho
good vessel iB froa In law to sail to whatever
port her Cnptain nstoth. Tho paterna1 dovern-
mont intrusts Papa Judd With these blnnks, which
he rctails to tho simple mariners at 80 much s
blank, aud when theaimp1o mariners arc unablo,
from circumstances over which they have no
CONTROL and for which the friends Of their youth
must bn held responsible, 10 I'll up those blanks
some SOM Of judd'a Young men viii do It {or them
Al Of which l. worth 81, hoo per annum to Paps
Judd, net profits.
Whom the naid Adams wns discharged from Ills
post Of trust In the Custom HouHe, he demanded
to know whether there was anything against his
| character.
No; nothing against his character. The Office
was not going to make any ohargo::
Vas thero anything against his ability or
Nothing Whatever. Ho loft, as the papers
say, without atain On his character.
Mr. Green WAS Collector McLean's corre-
spending clerk Mr: shunaan was Papa Jndds.
10 mako room for shulnan, Green had to va
cate; but 1t was felt necessary to mako place
| for him elsewhere to do which somebody's 3 head
must fail. There being nothing against Adams,
! except that he was remarkably lnoffonsiyc and
Da yonE Eaa sspofo Sa Tans tha
ECONOMY AND nETRENonMENT
| wore the order Of tho day, and he would do hla
duty. oven If ho out OF tile head Of his dearest
| gossip.
pick up a liging, aomohow. It Is not oil OF
| thom Who rctiro men OF fortune. To DO do.
| capitated with pleasurable feelings, and chant.
| ing 10 DeumB, ono needs to bc the repository oi
| BecretH Of erring brothers OF tWo-term Pres1.
dents. 4 man who has no other pursuit in lfe
| to fly to, except tho ono ho has been kiokod out
| Of; who has d beloved wife and large family Of
dear little ones to bo Victualed, clothed, and
generally provided for, not to speak OF q root K
cover them a man tho savings Of whose Life
time represents . handful Of dollars, noeds te
| do something in the way Of work. Accordingly
| friend Adams
TooK TO ousToM-HousE BROKERAGE.
Arguing with himself ho may he supposed tt
Is open to mo. understand tho business. II
paying pursuit were mado ready for mo, cut ant
dried, It could not DO bottor than this. I vii
embrace it." hlr. Adams counted without his
Tic discharged clerk stated ID bualness ii
Custom House ahlp brokcr, with an Office In tht
Oustom-House building, noxt to the elevator
The elevator ia in tho contre OF tho building
tho rooms devoted to tho custom-Hous /
door, which had never been cloaed, adjoining
tho weat side Of the elevator, whorr
shut, cut OF the oustom-Honse from th
rost OF tho building. Tho day. following Mr.
elevator, tho door on the west sdo was oloBod
and 1t has remained cloaod ever since, daY an,
night, with notice put up:
/ " ENTRANCE ON A1uADE COURT"
OF course, it had always boen intended tha
the entranco should bo on Arcade court, whiol
IL placid, client alley, instead Of Lasalle atreot
which Ia inHufferably noisy, aotive, and busy
and the resort Of commercial men but WAS Il
not curious coincidence 2. Tho faot ie, frleni
sinooure. II blanks wero to DO sold, and form
filled up. Adams, who Was By nature and train
Ing tit Tor the work, thought he might Aa vol
share in tile profit Of doing i. 4 man With BIZ
head Oh stealing Papa 5udd's pocket-monoyl"
eHuT unI OUT;
stamp on him, crush him. That's prcolsel
what tho Collector has daacended to doing
Tho Captains catno to Adams ut frat, glad t,
be able to DO saved tho trouble of writing GU
forms they hatod tho yery sight Of. He sol
them tho forms, and did their business for ther
for the prioo Of the forms aold by the Custom,
House Collector. Ills good luck did not con
tinue long. shlp-maalers began to walk th
other side Of this street; owners remembered
engagements whom they accidentally met him
found out tho renaon Of this gonoral avoidance
He wes told by Captain that he had been .
WARNED NOT 10 DO DuslNEss WITH HIN.
Mr. Adams thought ha muat DO joking, VII
could have warned him
"Woll, he didn't rightly know. But he wo
ono Of tho customs folk"
But what could he have eaid, in u warning :
"Ioll him that he uout have taomo din
Guilty. II he didn't atoer clear OF Adams oflce.
Antl was ho afraid OF Huch threat?
"Not 'znotly feared, burmay bo = bit sonro
like. We water folks wnrn't much Hcho1RrdE