Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-07-23
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Special Correspondence.


investigated; then it was weeded out
by the adjustment of lot of sinecure
positions and the giving of a strong
hint to the remainder that they would
be expected to earn their pay. Then
came the presidential order to Federal
officials warning them to keep their
fingers out of the political sugar-bowl,
and causing considerable emotion among
the heads of this establishment who are
also much addicted to running with
the masheen." now the Custom House,
goaded into something almost like activ-
ity by these unprecedented onslaughts
upon its time-honored corruption, has
bestirred itself in the person of one of
its special agents and unearthed the
biggest mares nest, in the way of smug-
CLING conspiracy, that has swindled Un-
Gle Sam and bothered the few honest
importers of New York in good many
years. Already some fifteen Of the con-
spirators have been arrested who ac-
knowledge the smuggling during the
past two years of nearly million dol
lars worth of silks and laces. OF course
frauds of such magnitude could be
practised only with the connivance of
steamboat and dock officers, a dozen of
whom, belonging to National Line, are
found to be. among the guilty parties.
The method SO long and so successfully
pursued was to bring over the silks in
barrels which the purses and storekeepers
of the boats involved would secretly
land withSthe aid of the shore hands
who were in the ring. The goods would
then be auctioned off at figures so far
below the prices at which honest mer-
chants could import them that the sus-
picions of the latter [werej aroused and
finally led to the present discoveries,
The latter have pretty serious tear-
ing upon the steamship line in cornec-
ton with which they were made. By
United. States law if the value of goods
struggled on any vessel is over $40O
the vessel itself is liable to confscaticn
as we'll asI the goods. Elm the present
case five 6rst-class Eocean steamships
worth nearly as many millions ofldollars
came under the provisions of the law
and while it is improbable that the flat
ter will be rigidly enforced, the compa
ny running them will doubtless have Il
pay fine which will cause them il
future to exercise strict supervisionio
their employees.
The New York Central Railroad which
has been working so hard and, luckily
for the city, so unsuceessfully to &c
permission to run their cars by steau
along our western water front, have ha,
better fortunes in another scheme whicl
has just got the sanction of the cit,
government. In pursuance of thi
schenectady will at once proceed to ru
an enormous underground pipe or mai
from their uptown depot to the Ea:
River. and along the bottom of tia
stream to the point on Long islam
where large proportion of the refine
petroleum used in the world ir mad
This important work will save an in
mense amount of freighting and tram
ferring of oil which will now run direC
from the cars through three or fol-
miles of pipe to the refinery.
Secretary of State Evarts is about
lose portion of his wealth by tt
foreclosure CT large and valuable piet
of real estate near Brooklyn wort
AedilJ PoOO,OOO, Oh S%OOVuu0 VI uVi
payment of interest on a mortgage
the county authorities. In justice
the illustrious statesman and advoca
it should however, be said that his mol
payment is not because he can't but b
cause, having got his legal back l
about something, he won't.
July 18th, for centuries marked |
riots and bloodshed on the occasion
rival parades of the Orangemen al
their old-time foes, passed off in unu
ual quiet here. The Orangemen wise
decided to omit entirely the para
which in past years, and most notab
in 1872. has been attended with SUI
disastrous results combining themselv
to picnics, excursions and similar inc
fensive rejoicing. From other point
and particularly from Canada, come I
ports of murderous outbreaks.
In order that the code of honor M
not become entirely obsolete in this e
6 lightened land we have managed ii
week to get two duels under way he
in New York One challenge was
sued on account of bulldog and t
other as the result Of an argument "
shticks" over clans and beer at Con
Island. So you see that the age
chivalry is not dead yet. RADIx.
:. The people of Vermont should 4
S forget their Centennial anniversary
n be celebrated at Bennington, Augl
t 10Th and 18th next. The first
! will be the celebration of the establis
n ment of the civil government of |
!, State by the conventions at Westmins