The New York herald., 1875-10-22

passengers arriving from Europe on their baggage
amounted 10 upward Of $27, 900 against the sum OF
$4,000 paid BY passengers arriving 10 oeptenper Lo4
II IS also ascertained that fash enable smuggers bring
present far less baggage than previously Oeins
afraid or making false declarations 70 the customs ON
cials.
CONFLICT or FEDERAL ASD STATE AUTHORITY
This morning eleven O'CLOCK Judge Van Worst
will render his decision ia the matter o. the smuggied
goods Of Goldberg Of No. Love lane London, sezed
last Monday from the bankrupt Lowensten, Of No
AL Broome street, by Colonel j.. +. Howe and Mr..
Brown, special Treasury agents Meanwhile the goods
already seized AT the Custom House have not been a
praised and the Sher7s officers and Treasury agents
have been placed In charge Of the remaining goods IN
Lowenstelns store, pending Judge Van vorsts decis-
ion. Mr.. Il. NJ Angel is the receiver in bankruptcy,
who claims the goods behalf OF the creditors but
the atters chances Of receiving any proceeds from
them are remarkably small in comparison with Those
of Uncle Sam.
FIGHT FOR THs TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
hOIRTY
The contest for the moiety Of $4,000 in the matter
OF the seizure and of the eight OF and
SIX goods, promises TO be lengthy affair. The said
cases were entered az the Custom House, Of this
steamship Pommerania, oseusiby by a firm called
Freeman Powell, but really by the notorious Charles
lawrence The discovery took place in this fashion,:
Last September Deputy Collector Phelps learned the
lact that certain Broadway lace house selling
goods below market value This, however was no eyf-
dence OF fraud number Of silk merchants consulted
with the Collector on the subject and he advised them
10 employ detective This they did aud ascertained
that the firm had not for back imported any
goods to this port Boston, Philadelphia OF Baltimore.
THE DETECTIVES TRACED
three cases OF corsets imported by BambergeR
Goa mythical 1rm-which went to the
suspected firms store. The entries at the Custom
House were passed by Colonel Des Anges tnow Lud-
low Street Jail charge Of deirauding the revenue
the deputy collector of the Third DIVISION who had
marked the cases for apprasement in the pubc stores
Nothing fraudulent could be detected, however in this
importation Investigation went till last January
when Dos Anges informed Deputy Collector Phelps and
Chief Clerk Bachas he had been instructed TO do
that Bamberger Co. had an importation of linen
goods and had passed warehouse entry for the
Later on they passed withdrawal entry, through
Lawrence for the goods which the eight cases
in question. The watched by customs in
spectors and detectives for some days. but Lawrence
knowing that the game" nearly up did not have
them removed They subsequently examined
and three Of them which had been marked for exam
ination by Colonel Des Anges found to contain
linen goods, while the other i've cases. which Des
Anges had refrained from marking, found
tain silk goods which have been sold for $40 000
Mr Balch, of Deputy Collector Phelps office the
first officer who discovered that 1t Lawrence who
made the fraudulent entries and subsequently
over 100 fraudulent made by him The value OF
silk goods smuggled, through Custom House con-
nivance, by Lawrence, is estimated at ST. OO0,O0O,
number of the smugged silks were traced TO II. B.
Clahn. To whom the credit belongs Of discovering
Lawrences frauds the apple Of dlscord and the
subject Of judicial inquiry.