The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-11-06

of Customs officers. Some of these
packages were addressed to naval Off
GERS, Others to their families, and others
still to private citizens. One package
contained 2S3 pairs of kid gloves and
was addressed to merchant in New
York city. There is no doubt" con.
cluded the man, "but that the SNUG
Cling still goes on, and it was not long
ago that 400 Turkish rugs were landed
at New London, Conn. They were list
ed at the valuation OF the naval officials
at SIS and Sl2 apiece, but were worth
many times that One of the most
famous instances of smuggling in the
past was that of an Admiral who long
ago brought over cargo of fine stock
from the Mediterranean on one of his
ships. The affair caused so much SEN
sation that an order was issued against
its repetition. One of the finest lots at
the capital, near the White House,
which is now worth fortune, was sold
by Henry Clay for an Andalusian
jackass to an Admiral in the navy, and
it is not Improbable that this animal
came over in the above way"
| "a Senator was caught smuggling,
said the Treasury official, "during the
term of President Hayes. The man
lives still in Western State, but he
is Senator no longer His case was
a curious one, and | don't suppose
any QUE outside of the State Depart
ment has ever heard of it. His son
was Vice Consul at one of the interior
towns of Germany. One day the dis
patch agent at London received pack
age done up so as to resemble papels
from this young man, addressed to his
father, care of the same department at
Washington. We had been having a
great deal of trouble with goods being
smuggled into the country in this way,
and the department was trying to put
a stop to it. 1t had notified all the
dispatch agents to be careful about
what they did, and the man at London,
noticing that the package had not the
Consul's frank on it, but only that of
the Vice Consul, sent it back, saying
that it could not be sent if it contained
goods, and that it must have the Con
sular frank and seal. By the next ex-
press it was returned TO London with
the Consular frank and seal, and with
request that it be forwarded immed-
lately, as it contained important mat
ter. Under the circumstances the
agent had to forward it, but he still
suspected that it contained goods, and
he sent off by the same steamer letter
to the State Department giving his
suspicious. According to the rule
which prohibits the examination of
matters addressed to the State Depart
ment by Customs officials, it was put
in the State Department bag on its
arrival in New York and shipped on to
Washington. When it arrived here
the Senator to whom it was addressed
was notified, and he called upon the
Secretary of State for it. don't think
he was received by the Secretary him
self, but the man who was presiding
told him that there was suspicion that
the matter contained in it was dutiable
and not dispatches as represented and
that it must be opened before he could
have it. The Senator, upon this, be-
came very angry and ragged up and
down the Secretary of States office
saying he mad been insulted. The mar
in charge, however, quietly cut oper
the package, and the angry Senator be
came very meek when he saw held NJ
before his eyes dress pattern of thirty
yards of the finest of black gros-grain
silk. The goods had then to be sent
to New York to be appraised, and by
the time the Senator received it it cost
him as much duty as it contained
Yards"