The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-16
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ton will commemorate their lives and
deaths by suitable resolutions and ser
vices.
Arrangements ore making by the
French residents Of this neighborhOod for
the national celebration OF the approach
ing evacuation Of France by the Germans,
A festival will be held on September
9th, in anniversary OF the birthday oi
Lafayette.
The Jersey City Board OF Education re.
opened the sectarian war last evening by
discussing resolution that no child be
compelled to take part in any devotional
exercise, vocal or Otherwise, in opposition
to'the wishes Of its parents.
The auction sale Of pcws in Rev. DR..
Hepworth's new Church last evening,
gave guarantee Of a gross yearly income
Of about $4,000. The first choice was
81, 200, and few brought 1000.
Tho Mutual Gas Company yesterday
promptly discharged foreman for en-
blowing u striker. Tho men who went
out from the New York Company's works
are seeking employment at anything and
anywhere.
The first deposit oil $50 q side has been
made in the prize fight between Peter
Croker and Jim Boylan, 10 take place two
months from Friday next for 81, 900 o
side and championship Of middle weights.
Jno Murphy and Jno. Wallace too not
ed thieves quarreled to-day, and the lat.
ter fatally shot Murphy. Wallace was
arrested.
President Grant has pardoned Joseph
Hartnett, sentenced last March TO ten
years imprisonment for embezzllng letters
from the New York pOstotliCe.
A private meeting OF the Brass Manu-
lacturers OF New England and the middle
States was held to-day. The general in.
terests of the trade was talked over, and
arrangements made regarding the settle.
ment OF prices.
The National Convention of Advertising
Agents meets here tomorrow.
Judge Blatchford to-day granted writ
OF habsaS corpus in the case OF Carl Volgt,
the alleged murderer of Mr.. Bianco.
Alderman 0ttendorfer refuses TO receive
his salary, both as member OF the
Boards of supervisors and Aldermen, on
the ground that the salaries paid are ex.
cessive, and that 50, 500, instead Of $4,000
as now paid, would be amply remuncra-
tive.
The firm OF Phelps, Dodge s. Co. will
publish tomorrow morning detailed
statement Of their present difficulties with
the Government, the particulars of which
are as follows: The law requires that all
imported goods shall be assessed for duties
at their market value, but that the invoice
accompanying, shall declare their actual
cost In practice, however, 1t is the GUS
tom TO assess duties on the actual cost
when this Is in excess OF the mar
ket value. When this is in eX.
cess Of the cost ii was not charged
that the firm had even invoiccd
any goods at less than the true market
value but the difficulty arose in respect 70
q certain comparatively small item Of un.
usual sizes OF tin plate specially contract
ed for months in advance Of delivery, the
firm furnishing the raw material TO the
manufacturers and receiving in return the
finished products. The market value OF
OF these goods in consequence Of
the fluctuation Of the value OF
the metal was sometimes different at the
time OF shipment from the contract prices
moro or less, and Us there was always
possibility Of some reduction IN conse-
quence OF the variation in the price OF the
raw materials. In tho final settlement,
the cost itself was not fixed, but con-
tingent under such circumstances,
the shippers in Liverpool, with
due consideration, met the practical
difficulty created by the law by marking
up the goods on the invoice when the cost
was less than the market value, and max.
ing small reduction when the market
value was less than the cost, the changes,
as the investigation subsequently showed.
being far more frequently in favor OF
the government than against It. In
such cases small memoranda calling
attention to the terms OF the contract,
were sent to New York. The firm con-
sidering them Of no Importance, handed
them to an assistant clerk to be affixed
without conCealment to the pages Of their
invoice book. The same clerk, who had
previously been taken into the house and
educated from charitable motives, and
who was subsequently shown to have
been concerned in allowing certain dis
honest persons TO enter into the
store Of the firm at night Tor the purpose
Of inspecting their goods and papers, did,
however, discover the irregularities in
question, and In place Of informing his
employers, as was his dnty, and giving
them an opportunity to correct any error,
removed the memoranda from the
invoice book, and after destroying
those which showed instances where
the Government had been benefit
ted, and preserving those where .
small benefit had accrued 10 the firm and
placed the latter in tho hands OF the
Treasury agents. A charge OF fraud
having been preferred, the firm at once
voluntarily surrendered their books and
papers to tho authorities and offered,
without any legal delay or expense, to
pay any just claims and penalties that
might be proved against them
and as in earnest Of good faith
and before any complete examination
deposited, the value Of tho important or.
ticles. The Government had the mem.
Orauda TO be In tho nature OF duplicate
invoice, and going back five years, selec.
ted out Of an aggregation importation ol
over forty million some fifty invoices,
which represented an import Of about a
million, Of which the last 1t was claimed
the items OF the value Of two hun
drcd and seventy onethouSand dollars on
which had been itTegularly charged; but
Of the total amount Of these items the
maximum under valuation charged was
less than $4,000, on which the highest
estimated loss TO the government was not
probably in excess Of $4,000. By astrict
construction Of the law tho govern
ment had q right to Conascate the 9g-
!, gregate value Of the whole fifty In,
voices, but the government compromised
by assessing the firm $a7l 900, the value