Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

Ex-PUBLIsHERs, DIyISEs, LEGISLATORS, GENER
AIS AND POETS on THE PAY-RoLLs-A RARI
GROUP OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS.

GROUP OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS.
From the New York Sunday Mercury.
A study of the custom-house pay-rolls re
yeals some queer facts. Among the ex
m miilionaires whose names appear on thC
pay-rolls is Samuel Sinclear, the former pub.
Usher of the Tribune under Horace Greeley
Some years ago he was reported to be worth
1000 900.
W. Ii. Coventry W. !dell, once a million
aire, is also on the salary roll. Twenty
wears ago he was one OF the best known men
in the city. He lived in Fifth avenue in
style and gave grand entertainments, which
were attended by the elite of the metropolis.
The then odious police uniform was first worn
at fancy dress ball in,his house by the late
James W. Gerard. the lawyer. who desired
to show the police that it was no degradation
to wear it.
Deputy surveyor Edward +. Burton was
worth a million not long ago. He served in
the war as colonel of New York regiment
He was made deputy surveyor at s., 500 a
year, by the Hon. A. b. Cornell, who is
fellow townsman of his.
Edward Osborn, once one OF the most
prosperous merchants on Broadway, and
resident of Fifth avenue, is deputy-collec-
tor at 50 900 year.
William II. Morris, who was at one time
one Of the leading men of the city, is also
deputy collector lie is brother-in-law of
Hamilton Fish, the Secretary of State
Col. George.Il. Leet, who was on Grants
staff in the war. and I. Pitt Cooke, who was
a member of the bankrupt firm of Jay Cooke
u Co., are filling subordinate positions in
the custom house.
Among the ex-pOlitical notabilities in the
custom house are Butler q. Noble. ex-gover-
nor of Wisconsin, who Is a stOrekeeper at
81 800 year Gen. George 5. Nichols. a
brigadier general in the United States army,
and once an influential member of the State
Senate, deputy surveyor at s., 500 a year
and John Quackenboss,, an ex-judge in
New York, clerk at = 600 a year. There
are several ex -assemblymen and ex-aldermen
who depend on the custom house for their
livelihood, among them being ex-Assembly-
man Blake, a weigher at 81 500 a year
Knox McAiee, deputy collector; {. ii.
SouthwOrth, Il clerk ex-Alderman Alexan-
der keech and kehoe, inspectors at 50 60
day exAssemblyman Barney Biglin is the
custom house carman, and ex-Alderman
James Owens is a weigher
There are a number Of clergymen Of DIFF
ferent denominations whose names appear
on the pay-rolls. The Rev. j. L. Hodges,
pastor of the Mariners Baptist church, is
an inspector at $500 4 day. The Rev.
Joel B. Blackmeir, a former Unitarian min
ister at Boston, is clerk at 81 800 q year.
lie is an appointee Of George W. Curtis.
lie occasionally breaches to a small congre-
CATION on Staten Island. The Rev. Mr.. Van
Cott. the Methodist exhorter, is a clerk at
81 200 a year, and the Rev. CAauncey d.
Murray who preached in Boston some years
ago, Is clerk in the appraisers office at
1900
The pay-rolls contain the names of one
Irish patriot. Patrick Kelly. Fenian lead
er who was rescued from prison van in
Manchester, England. while on his way to
the Scahod. lie Is clerk at 81 200.
The military profession Is represented,
ex-generals and ex-colonels mastering in
force. ". Burns, who was general with
SickleS. fills the position of welgher Gen.
Edward Jardine, an old soldier, i weigher
Col. Addison FArnsworth. who had u good
record IN the war, is an inspector at 81 GO
a day ; Major W lizard Bullard, one Of Gen.
s'iN NJ "a EaAl NAANN47s ~ q N4-
j B. Presdee. who served with Gen. Me
Cook, Is an inspector Col. Z. L. NJ. Ehlers,
and Col. A. II. Mulligan are also inspectors,
Col. William II. McMahon, another gallant
soldier, Is a clerk.
Among the poets and literary men in the
custom house are George " Bungay,
store-keeper, at 81 day. Richard Grant
White now has position at 3 900 year.
Franklin j. O,taTsOn, storekeeper; Col.
I. b. Thorp, the magazine writer and lee
turer, who ranks as u weigher q. Moore,
who is The author of the free trade essays
published over the nom de plume Of "A
Curiousbhoy, Parsee Merchant
Dr. Erastus B. Rice who was prominent
physician in this city before the war, Is
clerk at 81 500 year. lie was wounded
in the war, and incapaeiated from resuming
his profession.