, 1877-12-25
pushing them about from ops place to anothoE.

pushing them about frou, ope place to anotheE.
mn ptlorrzp ORE or 1na GOLD PIECES,
but continued his work as II nothing had hap
pencd until a good opportunity presented i.
there was nothing enntra'and In this lot Of
trunks, there might hare been thou.
snn.ls Of doltws' worth Of amuQRlcd
good" in them, al Of which 49,. would .,la
the st0 10 quietly pacel In tho Enspector's
hand. A. there were large number Of pas.
een9crs on that steamer, and as Innse 81
l,n thsm drove ~ With ,., sho,f t'ssaRage isa
days work. Observing their actions pretty
cioscly, saw t''at the baggaRe generally r.
ssfe %c1s onr At Wor
Imagine thnt they mado at least $50 apicce from
thcso litt1o perAutsites." AZ vas going UT
with m, party, heard YOUNG lasly. n front Of
%d 5fitt s sono n tsrnsa e meet T. e fnRs ve I
lid gloves sewed up in my psttleoat, and Mamma
has piece u{ silk made up In hers" Asl
smiled at tho remark, the young lady caught
ha.tened ia k % in great confusion: lily eonpan:
Ions Informed me that sho was tho daughter ut
a member OF Congress from tic West, and't that
he waa . very wealthy man. But t'lo tonpta-
COUNT con, T. vas too great q boe resisted By these
ladies'. Possibly M own lair friends had some
contrabanl Eooda concealed about their per-
Suns, but, II 10, they Certainly did not inform inc
Of It. It may possibly have been wrong IN nc
to accelerate tho movements Of my Inspector BY
tho contribution which l maaH to him, but Anl
eonadent, u had not done 10, my trunks would
have been tho last Inspected, and that thcy
operation. It will 10 readily seen that under
sueh systum ,.x ,..z..n
The Inspectors care moro for the presents made
sam's revenue. j do not suppose they would
pas suspicious person " for Reconsideration" y;
but, taking It Tor granted that most travellers
arc honest, they arc willing to pass them on
for slna!l aum In hand. Another class OF IT.
apcctors are assigned to tie duty OF superintend-
Ing tho unloading Of the cargocs Of lncotninE
vessels, These inspectors remain on ne vessel
It to their power 10 delay the unloading very
materially II they choose. Therefore the officers
Of tho vesscl take grest pafns to conctltatc tho
Inspectors, pay them lIberally for night work,
feed them On the best tho market a!1ords, In
cluding fine wines, and. whcn THO work fa done,
send them On their way with a pleasant rcn'er.l.
brance Of them-in their pockctbooka. An Old
army fEiond, who holds s1cl' position, tells
mo that ilfs "pcrquisltcs" amount to moro than
his saiary. hit ha works hart for 1t, some
times being away from bis family. night and
day, week at q time. It ID fact remarked by
oil customs 0llledala that
WOMEN ARE 0MRAT sMua0LRRs.
| AZ o consequence, thrre arc several LADY, ex-
anincrs in the service, whnso duty II Is to scarc
suspected pcrsous Of the gentlcr sex. A sister
Of senator Cunkllug has hecn one OF these e1-
| nmincrs for many years. Male Inspectors arc
very sly OF lady passengers, and never think OF
/ bringing them to account unless their move
mcnta aro very Suspicious, or they bare sono
| Information which will warrant them tn dctnln-
| ing them. As consequence women arc much
| 4 Sfnnrr1hfA fb11r N1n1jH nf f3rHAe
1urdinE better ucana OF conecnllng small ton.
trut,and articles than does tho costume Of thclr
| male companions. Laces, silks, diamonds, and
many other ar tlcles Of value. have been found
concenlcd amid the ample folds Of convenient
| pctticouts. Even cigars. fresh from Uaynna,
have been found suspended to the wassts Of our
fair frseuds. Once In a while one Of these female
smueglcrs Is detected, but the psobahilltYis that
tho other ninety-nsno out Of that hundred
| escaped. One of tho accrct-sorv!cc mCn re-
Gently informtd Tuo that fully one-half OF the
imported cigars and clRarettea to DO found IL
tho market reach hero without having puid duty
being sskod how that could 10 wllen the steam
ets arc 70 closely watched, he replied that thu
steamers bring them up TO tho Jersey coast
THROWN OVERHEARD IN wArsR-T1onT PACK
and rescued by mon In small boats from th
shorc. somcttmeA tbs officers Of tho steamer
participate In tho operation, but most general
unknown to tho otllcots. a fcw dollars mad
thtsway each trip helps wonderfully to eko -ou
The nay OF sailor. Tho recent exposure Of II,
enormous silk.smuRgliuc frauds Indicate hos
extensively this fraud upon, tho aoycrnnun
can bo done whom tho officers Of yet
sells arc In collusion. AZ vet no officer Of til
Government hnB becn Implicated In this Ill
but 4 Il Gr1 to9 az ~. shsnes1sa aha
on. The testimony on tho point cstablishe
their guilt to moral certainty, nut ID not Of