The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-10
FEDERAL OFFICES.
Happenings at the Custom
House.
The Pension Payments for the First Quarter Of
ls7S-Internal Revenue Doings-An Illicit
"Poteen shop" Lighted Upon by the
Supervisors STAFF 0fRcers-
Abolished Assemorships.
THE COLLECTORS OFFICE.

THE COLLECTORS OFFICE
Beyond the regular routine OF business there ID
nothing OF any great Importance to report In re-
gard to Custom House affairs, beyond the fact Of
heavy importations being passed daily and large
amount OF duties paid The little ripple OF ex-
element, caused by the issuing OF the order to
inspectors relative to documents which was
published In full on Saturday, has subsidized, and
nothing further is thought Of the subject, except
that Collector Arthur has taken q highly proper
course In protecting the government well a. the
Importers and even the few who, in the heat OF
passion, detained against this order as "unjust,
arbitrary and in the interest OF certain partiesn
having seen the legal explanation In the HERALD
are now the loudest In praise of the measure.
According to q law passed and approved by Con-
gress June 20, 1872, material Imported for ship
building, to be used fer American vessels shall be
admitted duty free under certain restrictions.
were entered at the Custom House on Friday noon,
the 7th instant to be used In Gopperng the bottom
o. the bark TX Marco POLO. BY twelve o'clock on
metal had been used in the repair oil this vessel
were .,i fled upon which the bonds were duly
the dry dock fully copper-bottomed, and
was cleared and sailing out OF port In twenty-f0ur
hours from the time the metal was entered at the
transaction OF the kind ever before attempted
This immense feat formed the theme OF CONVERSE
as we'll as among those transacting business there.
PENSION OFFICE
Az ten O'Clock on saturday evening Mr.. butcher,
their office, tired and worn out with
hard labor performed during the five days
yinn 10 tS 0rnmg IN nstam III
their Widows or ornhans and ali were bannv tn the
reflection that the Sabbath day would give them
the rest they 80 much required. on the first day
tendance by five O'Clock in the morning. but early
as was the hour the stipendiaries were on the
snavim that the marty h;r1 cotnh V th ZIG 0'u
but this time the bird was "upr before the reptile
Among the veterans paid ON Saturday was the
rom PIastshnrg and OrJenshUrS IN 800 A. WneS
draws his $24 per quarter but his pension is as
scrupuiously RENTED oy MIN 10 a widow Of vet
on in worIdiv goods ns Mr. Weed Can,aIn 10 gos
p simpson, eighty five years sld ana who boasts
.nat ne was captain before our venerable Gov
a lieutenant likewise presented hs nsns,on
papers, upon which ne received Mr.. Dutcher's
check on the united states treasury for $H. Be-
drej other isi2 ensioners who TeceiveS the,r t
pend last week
Altogether Mr.: butcher dlsburscd about one hun
uLJ , .Lo usana uoaIs auiing the past week, with
Wnicn ne paia i,5oo lnvahds and 100 WIDOWS"
one .otsi sum OF about three hundred thou
sanu uoIars WIN De aosorDeu: mere Is an I'M
Every claim must tAD be made seceSeS
sNun ~ III 5rIpncxse WINE escn Sneck must %
h also ~ on ,n ,hs hcr no. Only on ts ace
bs msner a. tha ,me 70 ODtsn
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Contrahand Disthiery-Thc Outgoing
Assessors.
Another Illicit a,sti,,erv has hoo, uo..r,,.o ~,
Huo.ae, anol. a's.ii'ers nas eeea uneartned oy
Hawiey's office, No. SO Cedar street. which clearly
demonstrates that there must no some nront ,ar,
in the nroduc,,on ~ cortrah.nc nm, ro,-,.n
standing the steady denial of these dtstillers The
.poteen shopu cantured nv Revenre AGENT NJ
1891 '"op .Ap.uieu y, "esenee Asen' a. NJ
e. smith and Assistant Assessor David lrSh, Of the
Supervisors once was ostensbly q licensed ..frut
d,st,,,arv,, 100. a. =. NJ $50 g.. r..~s ~"
dis'lliery" ioca.ed AZ NO. Az East Twenty-nth
street, authorized under the act OF congress July
o,nar ,,r, To- .oa,;.n ~ pt pro- pa..S ,' "
80, N' .. !' -o".'e', '"'' us
tlhery owned Dy James higgins, turned cut TO be
q mandatory OF rum nom mOlasses.
In ordor On h,do tho rooI cno,oct.. -, .,o ....,,
,.,. -. - -, V ~ S'sO
msnmens Ans make VISITING revenue omcials De-
cordino tn law q fex barreIs NJ ann,es wera ran,
.Hont tbe Mac and IN ssvor ms,o n1pe
after the .!mashr was found a few ansIes vere
fruit not being visible the distiIer wc1id swear
tbat tho annJaa woro % tha hnt,nr, Ws,1 80
ahas .ne uPpes mTte 81 Tue po.to: Wnne tne
gins place one of them stumbled against q ring IN
the floor. Not being able to lift an existing hatch.
a Wit III aid
raised the faIi When an immense cisterr "nntair
nn ohnYt W. thnr ..o,,aus -, o0ns
ing moiassss mash was exposed to the
view, the tank being firmly imbedded in
the foer Some of the barrels ON heino
rem oved also hid the existence az two more tanLs
~ w;so 6IIoI rr;t hasr $500 .. ~, ,,U,S
ronner st uoS IN ect,ya 'e os ~ on os.eu Tue
copper SUI was ih sCtlVe operation turning out
what purpOrted TO DE apple brandy but was in
reality "molasses rum" Apple alton had been
an AIDE that morning To Collector (,harIea " Coater
Of the Eighth district in whose precinct this DIS
ti,,arv VOC onara taI ror .is .s.ao
uieIy was VpeIateu' LOT Stamps 10 brand tnree
DarIels WHY put - no barrels eI quer were 0und
On the premises the presumption Is that the run
had been sent away and the stamps were destined
for Some other emergency. n was asce rtained
hat the conyer eti,, w.s eor,nar,1 nsed in the
Twsifth wsrfr RrooSi., $780, - wys ,rananortad
"e ~. wau' otcohyn wncuce u 90 " G ~
W tnls CIy; oeVerai arrests were maue uy .ne
revenue Offcials and proceedings at oncepnsttuted
by the District ATTORNEY far OF the dis