The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-01
RESIGNED.
Treasury Agent Moore Will Engage in
Stock Grazing.
| Interesting Facts About Smuggling and
| the Unprotected State of the Border.

Col. Z. r. Moore, for five years special
agent of the U. S. treasury department with
supervision over the entire district of Texas,
rendered his resignation of that Office to the
secretary of the treasury, and yesterday re-
ceived telegram stating that it had been &C
cepted. Col. Moore's action was prompted he
said, by desire to engage in less irksome and
more remunerative business. For the purpose
Of so doing he has associated himself with
Col. Cheney Prouty, deputy U. S. marshal
and purchased 5000 sheep and goo goats
which will be grazed on some 20 600 acres o
leased land situated within about 40 miles OF
Laredo. Col. Moore's successor has not yet
arrived. He is John N. Camp, of Galveston
In the course of a conversation with a
LIGHT reporter yesterday Col. Moore stated
that smuggling operations were not SO exten
sive as is generally supposed. "rhere is q
good deal of petty smuggling" said he, "bu'
there isn't much to smuggle. The articles which
most frequently enter into smuggling opera
tons are. silks and cigars, which are bonded
through Texas into Mexico and then SNUG
gled back. Cattle are not only too bulky bur
the interests of the Texans and Mexicans art
too conflicting to permit of their being snug
gled.
1.-The number of custom house guards OF
the dividing line between the United State,
and Mexico is smaller than one would sup
pose. At the Brownsville custom house there
are 81 officers, all told, but only II of them
are on duty outside of the Offices. In the Cor
pus Christi district on the Rio Grande Their.
are two at Garlic and two at Laredo on out
side duty. For Eagle Pass on the Rio Grand,
there are two, and two are stationed at Del
Rio. Between Eagle Pass and Laredo Their,
IS space of 100 miles in which there
is no officer. From Eagle Pass to De
Rio, distance Of 70 miles, there is
none. Between Del Rio and Preside
del Norte, a space of fully 900 miles,
there is no officer, and but one at Preside del
Norte. Thence we have to 60 200 miles far
Their to old Fort Quitman to find one From
Quitman to FL Paso, space of 90 miles, Their,
are three officers, and in the district between
Ell Paso and the Colorado, the line dividing
California and Arizona, space of at least 700
miles, there are but twelve officers. good
many of these are inside men, that is, EN-
ployed in Offices. The proportion of office men
at the large stations is about one-third.
"The men receive their salaries regularly
They know when to make out their accounts
and all seem to know just when payday ar
rives. The outside men have made seizures
in some years that amounted to more than
four times their wages in those years
One one trip to E: PAso | myself in two
months secured SCI, 900 in penalties for viola
tons of III law When discovered the viola
tors offer the department certain sum o!
money, as compensation for the losses the
government has sustained by reason of the
violations, and place this sum in national
bank, which is designated by the treasury de,
partment as place depository The offer
is considered by court of adjudication. II
it is rejected, suits are brought against the Of
fender. The First National Bank here in San
Antonio is one of the places depository"