The Jersey City news., 1899-09-09
JERSEY SMUGGLERS
the First Revenue
Collector Of Northern
Jersey Had to Con-
tend With.

+t,s .,v,..,.. eao&s1,, ~ Nam 1ersey was
- sd,ag arrSr 81, . ss 10 Newark ..sunday
~ can q vss knawn As the col-
,aataa - ~, r,1r+ ne perrin Ambov. and
II Ma t,,r;s7,ctio,, ovar ali fhe coast from
: ,aos,y ASA a,,as bs,ow his headquarters.
81 t,,a avtra,,s I northern nart Of the State
He laft a,no,,g hts nrivafe papers a more
s, ,sss ,o,,,,lata record OF his business
s,,,,;1a A,l,,,,,r th,s ,os,tion These papers
.,s,a,,+ir, ,,ft 80 tass ~ b;s descendants
,s,s,,,, 80 ,,rnnartu ~ Noah FARM
49, arorrt,,on WHO ,reens an old book
49,, :, t,,s ~,
= - ,aars affer the Revou-
49,, +ho+ hol, taar nbarpe and the old
.r,,ls g,oa idaa az how busi-
80, ,,,as sor,a j., +,,osa davs They had no
,o,,,,,,,,r r,assas tt,an for lxeening fac
st,,,i,as of All earrasnordence and a clerk
rs,,rra. ~ rnae oontes Of all let
tars :, h,our Lart for tha nurnose. The
erst hao,, ,,sod ~ COLLECTOR RelI is In
The collection now In Mr.. Morrison,s s
banas
r,na ~ tba Arst la,tare ia fha hook fthe
or,e.,yal yvas urfttsn m January 4. 1880
~ -, ,as, ! ,,arsanaga man Alexander
Hamilton yho was SECRETARY Of State
The Government was then located in
New york rItv In this letter collector
na,I nrasants anona other things the fol-
lovvIra.-
..rh,s ctata nrosar+s = +ha sea verv
:. - a,. ,b,,,, a. ,ot
,,t.1o -. ~ r,,,.
-. ,a,,,s.as j. fao,l,.
80. -I4 s',sa,@ u era, - 2 ,,rrIt,,g would
ta+ ,,,, ,,assat he
q ~ ,,a ,,To,,id ,,ronosa
tbat q ha constructed with an easy
80 ,,st, x,,a,,,d .5r,,;t
- ,f t,s inlets alon
~ s1o,,ld
ha % faet Heel X feef beam and 4.s hold
s.-,1, ,,-,s,t 1t,-ar,,,sa ,,,,,I be,n4ssnansa-
saassos,- ,,o+ o,,l,, a. % IN hoard
.,aa-.,. ,orts h,,t arso oc-
,reors
90 1o..'s.ss ssss +,,,s -,art - sandy
az ''l' -. L. 80 = Nr.r, Arlr 81,
llooA 3. ~ o.as r,,,,,rt,,,itv
'..s '' - a.
y eoiis u''A.,e 49, ,t,a,,a
rsspec.tls .ne Du,,u's .,, - = &c
go ~. s,..,, ae ~ ,,assa1
pVuuus y. so S,. ~. ,.,,,,,r,ar,~ ~
Witn Doom anu oo" ''ie = o'' I" - = -
cep'so' ~ :. 80
f1anilson eViueasis e,
pail wrofa that none of the carpenters
ben wrote enal .aole - '.s. -. -
~ ms psfs = siie ''ase ..>4s,.S 49,,
the .llnpef' e4seps ~. ..--.,,~a r,rorasals
-ni- " iiiis''A eor-,eS that
you nave "a ,,,e1I
MT. byiaien = = svvu r.as-a,s,
acquaii'eu 49, Az Mat
sosa ~ assume that
ous = = ,.,ssr.a ~ h,,,,d Il and
- 80. s,,t .raye,,,e cutter,, en-
tiiAl :. = ~ aoast az Nav Jersey It
p.', ...1a~t;,es - ~ note too that she was
= ...ss- = ,rs-.sar,r
Duifs 1, -, x,aar carnes deep and
2 ,s's,.s4t,,s ~ Smuggling ana that
ua' .-..-,. :, II, uara ,s q portion of a
= 49, 80 oo,lactor wrote. on May g.,
ieesel u .aon the Soth
i.sv' - So. ArL T se,zed the sloop
ots'''Ao' ,-'..to, % ions Cornelius Phoe-
~ y ,r,,,tar belonging to Mr.. Israel
lllN, -. - tv,,-ortinr 10 the United
laeuueA' ,.a~ro,s ~ coffee from Cuba or
nea'es :" - fore,sn growth. subject to
80 -. = .,r,s,,t If duties and customs. My
.i's =, 4 from stephen Wright, a
lnIornlaeoh = s,,.,,e 4ba voyage" The
sal4oS u 49, 80, =, tbe Passaic off New
sioop was 49,
arn. o, ur,t,ne back and forth
fhere was ,ns ..ttar and it certainly
concerning siis -, 1pa,gv had, tried hard
LOOKS az = s'-e ra1s, ~ coffee in free OF
to get tne 'Wo 80 latta, hook does not
duty, alshoush 'i'e - v,atter Here and
tell the outcome y - o,,a comes upon
there throush s'ao ana of the sans
| episodes AAe .iie aDo .ar,r, Santember %
sort as the loiiowine ,ror,,,,,g star bur-
1870. seized tne sioop se,,,,, ster
then 81 tons, Jonl Ssst,,acofe que
owned at TINS port ilonA ana o. horned
In Virginia, navins a. - froY, tbe nort
cattle. without cer'ln.S.ss ~ h,s orvr
Of sailing or pernla' = pa,sSs .,,a,,ld ba re-
destination" Tnese Weie' = ,,,,,t1,,
| membered the carry uas - 49,. I'd,
and the officials were Aee.As a,yz e,
constantly, az !. w. ~, t,ase small
Know exactly whae - ~. - as,'ssaa ...S+ am
points have long ago peeii ao' '7'ss's -
| the right method OF proceau1e mapps.
out long ago, but In the ciosine uas =
| the last century the ohciais
pioneers, as 1t were, and often leis enei
| way along with great caution.
In the above instance u seems ehat ens
master Of the Morning star clalmeo eha
whom he came to sail with MS cargo oi