, 1877-04-10

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tuto hea'cn''H .hses''Ra1'on".1o '"o .'e" YIN
custon'.i!ousc eiscs 'ehe"eu interest anu M.
pDrtangc to certain fAets collected by HecrctarY
Uristoy prcylou, to his retirement, wjtl, a view
Ia rrfccck1t,c viii, rn,ttor tno,,trv Ia that uow
'....'ts. 49, .,n,,,".t ,..i,t, 49,, 1vtt.
pto.!!seo ~ 1oo. ~ t"c eoa.Gss VIZ An' ""'e'
Ky ltltE vas OIL Ills ]lhfd1. lle hao ninde him
self familiar, through Inquiries ordered at dff-
f.rcnt tines witt, tic manner In which tho most
nromlucnt nfrIrtots NJ thc fusfn,n.F,ousc
f,erformm1 t,,rlr an,1e., son,e of .1,o
facts thus ascertalncd came tfen Into the
hands Of correspondents 10 bc used when tho
general moycn,cn. began, but no such
t,nnort unttv thrn nrcser,r lt.c]r ar,l tho nre..
oppol'uul's lnen p'eseuts" '.esa' a''' ."I M.e-
cut seems Inc trst opportunity "nen the'F uso
AGRA or i SPECIAL pspurr-co1Lrcron
at Now York are recalled: 4 prominent United
states mportca ~ easeso VINO e cent
tho exact amount Of money to pay thu dut[es- THIS
money WAS handed over to the proper clerks In
Tim Cuatu,n-Ilo,,sc The ytne waa sent to tl,o
toue'A' .'.".,...s 1 ,s',..". s',s
for delivery was found. Subsequently It
appeared that tho Deputy Issued a
tic ressci, aid froni January, lyi untll tie close
OF 1s;5 Ills sasie Senators name remained tI-
en @ tGs hooks q having oelaae;i ta!s wlae iroia
tor t%o L had beeu nronpt|y 1a at o 9 tie
im,n,rtatinn.
In thc catc uf n celebrated English actress
n1uynr In tllfs country, several hundred doIars
,vnrtf, III sliE sntfn nil yelyct t1rcssra wcro i'm
ported by cxprcas. Ti,cse wcrc sent to thc An
rraisef's oflcy, who rcportctl them as silk wear
RSTEt,Ep As rnEE 1oops
by tho Deputy's orl.f, aud Tho ovtress, though
to pass them, While DUPLICATE Invoices lad been
iilcIl II, Tic prOncr ojjec Uf Tho Custom. Iiousr
In thts casc tj,c Gpycr1,1ncut was lciraujed of
| between 500 and s50o in duties.
! tcntion in Tic Trcasury Dcoarifneilt was dfs-
covered, 4 eertatu prominent mtljlncr and
Irssn,ukcr Of New YORK Imported Iareo
% a,nounts Of u coous whct, wero s' '1 uot cn. IT,
| tcrcI 1t nil. Deputy ordering then,
! fn ~ .arnt Ia n prb}ic store tlcsirncif hr
thc strcrt nntj numbur. w}Iirh. unot, invrstt,,n
| tjou, turned out to be tlu plaec Of business OF
Tic tnijiineF aud drcsstuaker. On sofnr occo-
stuus this sunp pcrsotl imported coods uscu ii,
| her businees ~ bouks II, use, and under this
ti,in thev wer1 "'~' N"Ns' '3''
ALLOWED TO rAss ynEg,
In other cases no invoice un,,eprrl to l,ayc been
] uac,i. In sot1p tuses tho duties ntnol,uted tu
over $500 Oh lie jot, subsequently thls wornat,
chnnred her r,Iare of busIncsn. md aftcrwarls.
| on Tic arrival p{ her Ruosls by order Ut thu
samu Deputy, hcr r,laru Of business
was arain de.icuated as uubjic
storc. ausi tic roods ecnt directly over IL nm
| nlarss thus ayoidnv aIi eraultuatIon. In somc
81 thesc cases no report wI,ateYcr ,yps nude In
| thc Atlpratsrr'e o1,ee. III son,e cases several
months wars allowed to pasa before INV uutry
whatcyrr via n,atlc OF tGr ln,nortutionH III thi.
woman, or before any duties appear to havo been
naiI.
| ANOTHER CASE
VIVA dtscoycrcl wlIcrc a prominent cxprcssman
| Of New York was allowed TO Import Httcct,