, 1875-05-31
4 Report Concerning Useless Gus
toms Stations and Officers.
Tho Man Kinds Discovered In an A.
tempt to Get Anotlcr's
nl0n0y.
Tho Indians, and Where They Went to
Church Yesterday.
What They Yet Hope to he Ablo 10 d.
with tho Government.
Atty. .-Gen. Pierrepont Threatened
with Eonntorinl Non-Con-
firmation.
THE CUSTOMS SERVICE.
TAx.EATINo lNTRnIon FORTE.

8poctal Agent at tho Treasury Department, who
vas charged with an examination OF tho condt-
uops aud methods OF customs business Al all
interior ports Of entry and doIiyery, has 1uHt
endcd six months "trip, and has presented ILLS
report to the Secretary Of the Treasury. Tho
report consistn Of sories OF detailed leports as
to zach port Of entry and oach port Of de-
Hvcty. It discloses eorno very curious thlnHa-
among othors tho facility with which ollicers At
certain places draw their ealaries without having
any sorvico to perform. Tho rcrort recommends
tho abolition Of considerable number Of tho
smaller ports Of delivery on Tho Wesiern rivera
and the consolidation Of othera. In somo Of tho
snaller ptaces tho officers wcrc taking great
liberties with tito law. The officer in charge
Of the collections at Alton. H.. epont
considerable portion Of hts time
ut Chicago Intending to tho business Of Ills ftutt
form. while tho pos.maatcr. \ relative TO sorno
deputy who has no legal right to do even tho
little business thnt has to bo tfansacted there,
performs tho dutiea Of the Office which this
t.utt-fatmer holds. Tho similar officer a. st.
Joseph, No., resigned long ago aud moved to
Nebraska. but. owing to tho Inability Of bis
deputy to file bond, still draws the
Bur. e,or At Quincy, ill.,, sho was tound to 10
capable Young lawyer, capdtd!y admitted Tint, II
tho United States 0oyornmons shou:d ask him
h,a opinion as 20 tho proproty Of continuing his
office, lie should say It might .wcit 10 abolished
OH account Of i.a entiro uselessness. The Ap-
p1nsfr at EvanHsn G, Ind, has a1rcady made hia
record in Congress- in tho letter which Dawos read
bis speech on tho budget Inst wiutor. In the
latter. tho Appra,sor protested against hsa ro-
moyal, on tho ground that no complaints could
DO properly nsdo agaiust him. is there was
nothing to do In hb Office but to drA. the aaary,
aud ho had done this as regularly hs anybody
could. These reports contain detailed statistics
ID to tho rcce,pte and cxnondlurea OF tho aes-
eFat minor ports, Int theBn detailed returnH nre
en'y supplemental to the official 1oportB Of tho
bualucss at tceo ports during tla last fiscal year.
soME SAMPLES.
Tho books Of tho Register Of the Troasury
tho flacal year 1871. At Now Albany, Id, tho
receipts from customs for tho facal yoar 1874
wers 5786; tho expenses Of collecting the
c'1atomH rovonue were s62s; o. Cairo tho
aesslpts from 1 ssao s1;ons we're etol5l the
nuo were s2,0o5; tho abol tton Of
tho Cairo Office will not Be recommended, on 40
count OF the peculiar position 1t occupies at tho
junction Of two rivers. This fact, and not the
Recommendation for Cairo. The Special Agent
III OF tho opinion that the rroat majority OF yee-
aes cntofled at 9alena, ILL.,, cannot unte1 the
law, be properly enro'led thoto. It this reoom-
dono At dalena would be reduced below the OK
penscs Of collection. Tho present expenses OF
collecting tho customs toycnno At that port arc
about $1,000, 500 lcss than tho recoipts. At
Quincy, Ill.,. tho receipts from customs we're
there. Al BURLINGTON. 1a., tho CUSTOMS TO-
cepts were sl.l2G. the cost OF collection
at55. AZ Dubuque. Iowa, tho CUSTOMS recaipta
tho expenses Of collection we,e 1864. At Ia
Crosse. Wis, the customs receipts we're s103;
steamboat fees $s4s: expenses OF collection
sCs7. Tho buslness Of this port. however bas
rory rarldly inoFea-od ainoo. tho closo Of
ct tho Srccial Agent Is no favoratlo that he Is of
tho opinion thut the port should DC uaintainod,
Al 0inaha tl1o customs receipts vera eGi0:
steamboat fees, s513; cost Of collection, e6iA.
toms, steamboat fees aggregate thore $50;
ponsa.iou OF si00.
WHAT GAN ne noEH ABOUT IT,
This Is type OF tho dotaiia OF thu business 1t
those small ports. None Of tlleso ports were
created By ths get Of july II, 1870. known as tho
"Immediate Transportation act., No norta
under .l'at act ean bs discontinued by the secre-
t.ry Of the s.xI Treasury; but. nnder the Law
can. In hia discretion. discontinue nearly ali of
tie ports mentioned. Tint provision ia ipcor.
posa'cd in tho noyisoa Btstutes. 800. 253. Il
roads:
Tha Secretary 0f the Treasury may discontinue all
ports Of delivery Tho rayenus received y. each of
Which does not amoant to III, ,00l year.
Tho Weatera ports Of delivery which IN the
discretion Of the Treasury under this aot. can bo
discontinued are Evansville aud Now Albany, 10
Indiana burlington, Dubuque, aud Keokuk, in
loss; 0alsna, Alton, Quincy, and Cairo, in iii.
nols; Madison and Jofrotaonville. In Indiana
paducah, ln kcnLucky; Loayenworlb, in Eau.
saa. St. Joseph. In Missouri 0maha, in Ne
hEaakat and In C.osAe, in Wisconsin. This ro-
ro't will be formally considered By tho bscso-
tary upon his return.