Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-24

as denauds prompt cetion by tho Executive or
tho Legislative bcsIch Of tho Government, cr
both.
| % tho S:h Of LAST moath Mr.. Evarts sent
telegram to Col. MoSb3 saying that his (alos-
by's) dispatch No. 50 could lot be found, AID
asking ttr o copy Of it. Ia reply dated Jau-
usry II, 1850, he iso:oscs tho copy asked for,
aud ho also forwards copy of the tabulated
statement f the quarterly returns Of the con-
s1ate. Commenting on tLis tabulatad state.
mcnt, COL Mosby says:
| This table Of itself is conclusive proof of the
fraudulent character Of Baicy's and Lorings
account. For example, Mr.. Bailey. in seven
years. from GG5 vessels cleared. ION average CT
% year. reports 46o seanon discharged. or
an annual average OF 65. | havo discharged at
tho date OF this dispatch (January III 42l.
| and have 10 doubt. II roman here until the
lh Of February, | will have dcharsed az many
ucn in orc yeas as Bailey reported discharged
| In sevoa. So far have cleared los vessels.
Thoro can bo 90 doub; Of tho fact that Mr.
Bailey cot orl5 discharged as macy men an.
nually ss havC, ku. that ho discharged moro
| 10 proportion to tho slmo number OF vessels,
for the reason that oil my discharges have been
voluntary aud with tho mutual consent of mas
| tor and crew, whilo Nj. Bailey msdo @ great
many compulsory discharges OF whole crews,
with three months extra wages. Again. as
MIR. Bailey appropriated all tho extra wages.
be had an obvious interest IL encouraging crews
10 apply for discharges. As | account for all
tho extra wages rtc,ive hava all tho trouble
without any benefit Of The discharges. Eut
cVon suppose Mr.. Bailey dischsr2cd 10 tho
samo proportion to tfc number Of cearauces
that haVn, ia seven years he would have dis
charged ), 200 scauilD, Ok whom under his rule
Of extra wages. at l1as: 600 you'd haVo paid
extra wSges, which TQH,d hava amounted to
about $G0.G0n. IL rcpcrts 2020 seamcp
shipped during lis @loic term. or oSS annual
average, | hagG already shipped GIG. and
by tho III N ncxS February, ii | remaia
here, will cor!sici? hsGo shipped at least
700 iG The rGc9apg twtlpa u?orifs. Mr. Bailey
in seven years yc?oc.s 35,25l 50 extra wages
collected, ao;l c!I!&cs lie goy2rnmoot IS .403-
- Tor re!t&i 20 s12nleas so that Gu tho extra
wages AID r2ii2t aIo3Ilt :htr1 WaN balance
aga1s: Ito soycrGnont cF s.. li9 l6. MIR.
Bailey 3 THe CT cxtra wages ought TO have pro.
6uced at !east $40 coo aunu-iy 60 tho govcru~
meGt, while his a1nual average amount re-.
ported Sos about 800. E7tG tho limited rule
which hayo adopted has produced about
$500. hut hsvo cXnerdcd ncihiog for relief.
Tho amount Of morc? OF which seamen wero
robbed far exceeded tho amount stolen frcm
into tho consulate 40. oa!y tho oao months eS.
ira wages for tho aGvoruaaat, but aso oil tho
wages duo tho saamcH from III, ship up TO tho
tlmo Of bis discharge, srd very often two
months extra wages fGr the saamar. Tho
seamen would bo put ct Potor Smiths bosrdiug
house, in which tho consul was partner, aud
then reshlpp!Cd on s6ue American ship, aa
masters wero not allowed TO selscs their own
crews wherever they choose, as they DOW do,
but woro required TO take such as Peter Smith
furnished them. When the seaman was
shipped oIo month advanced wages we're re.
quircd to be paid by tic master toto the con.
sulate. twill thus bo seen that tho extra
wages. tho arrears of wages duo tic saamen,
as Well as lis advance wages, were all con.
sumod IN tho v3rsclous nav of tho consulate"
Col. Mosby forwards a certificate OF Captain
Forbes. OF tho G,rlbaldi, showiog that on tho
18th Of April. 1875. he discharged before Mr..
Bailo7. a carpenter ard cook, paying the
months extra wages ($4O) for cach for the
government. besides the arrears of wages duo
them; and that On January I, 1877, he dis.
charged eight seanon Nth one months extra
wages ($30) for each to tho government. and
also his steward with one months ezra wsgm
$40; no also s'a!cs that ho paid all tho ar.
rears Of wages dna tho seamcn iuto the con-
sulate. "Ail thcs2," ssyJ Colonel Mosby,
were sttlcn
A certificate Of ilonry Il. Field master of tho
Francis, Ct Boston, is enolo3cd. Ilo certiles
that in May, 1871, hs arrived ut Hongkong f.om
Cardiil; that Bailey. on the complaint of tho
crew, dischs7get .hnn. thirteoa in number ten
with thr7a fhrnths extra wages and threo with
one months eYLra WAGES 10 tho government, be-.
SIDES I'll the arroars Of wages duo tho sosmen up
10 Inc tlma ot their discharge, the whole amount.
lng to $f13 33 and that ho after wards shipped a
Sn maid inf f..
wages and for foes $%32 TO- "hli this" says
Col. Mosby, "wss stolen" Other case. Of liSo
character arc alfo referred TO.
Another species OF RsiIoy's alleged corfuptiol
IL exposed as follows By Col. Moshv:
In my no. S3, OF September 60, 1879. rsya
inc iscts OF tho controversy about tho right of
tho unitel States Conau at Hongkopc to ceriirv
invoices ol shipments of opium from Macao.
ANS WAS KEPT an opon question during Mr.. Ba;
ley term. but tho colonial g3vornment has uou
abandoned IFS protnReionS TO extend its monop-
oily IN tho opium traffic beyond its territorial a.
rlsdIction. Soon after my arrival here my To-
terproter. whom J. found in tho eli 20, informed
me that tho Macao opium farmer would soon ba
ready to ship his opium, ard that could get
the same sum that Mr. Bailey It for certifying
his invoices. viz: 500 L ucow out Of hiui
tho whole story OF the business ile told it to
me with tho most perfect simplicity, taking il
ioT grsnted that would accept tho sams boun-
ty. His report WAS fully confirmed by others 10
whom spoke about it. Recently an American
citizen of Hor gkong insormoi mo that Loring.
who conducted the negotiation, told him all
about It, 1t is matt3r Of notoriety hero that
this large sum WAS exacted as a consideration
ior anthenticating these invoices. Tho Macao
opium was shipped in 1879 by Russell tS 20. to
San Francisco. and j cortif vi tho invoices,
charging tho legal fca 81 5O'
Url lIPl Url-That is the cry now in al,
most every line Of goods. in particular dry
goods We "hold The tort" in that line. Havo
made carly a large purchase. and arc prepared
to give our customers !he benefit. Call aud
pre-, our roots. and go defy Washington city
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