New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-02

OF = coo for dOID- tlEf WI CD l. - m 'InJeE !" Is
bOUro 10 do in the d charge OF my oical 1u;y AID
tius subjected to the wrong Of wing * pare
ttsfeDe ut concocted BY perscn rnlizny, ana
IN the sfCre: chamber Of tie Grand jury u "llcs an
not permitted tccess for explanation and 70 be seat
forth 70 tie world to my serious injury, and nv only
Tlneoy heng an appeal 70 the public through me press
driven 70 thai course ny only alternative, vii pro
eeed 10 state and explain the character Of the = an ac
non witt NJ Qun, leave the public % l1f5e Sls.her
have been dealt Kty with by the Grand jury n max
Ing Their ITesenrueri without explanation.
Sometime durng the N nth o. November, and BE-
neve about the middle Of Il, John Z. DsThn E-q,
councillor CT Law Of this CRY. called ami stass1
thai be had client Who lived New Jerey, and WAC vas
tie ownsr Of LOT Of land corner Of Hammond snd West
st. and that ne believed thai he entitled % 1e pre-
empuve night to the land under front Of h!s IT.
sDd reque-ted my assistance examine l. AMI procure
from the Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund. which "a
Beard composed Of the Mayor. the Controller. the
Chamberlain. the Recorder and the Charmcn Of Com
miiiees Of Finance Of the two boards Of the Common
Council and who vested by Law with the isgng sat
dfposiDg OF presmptve nights Gnd grants around
the city, and TX the price therefor without 4ny reference
or sppEcat1On whatever 10 the Common uncil, aud
over which the Common Council have no control
grant for said night which be- Qgin, expe,tei - =:
toT twenty dollars foot that being the price fixed by
law, passed IN 1874 Reyed Ordinances Of ls45 pages
20 and 22l) but which law repealed year or two
snce, and the prce left entirely IN the discretion of the
COmmkslonerF who in this by their unani
nous action fixed the price ~ which Mr.. Qnn
could take his grant 90 twenty-five dollars per FOOT
Cr nearly four times - much a. he Q1in, expected
to pay fOr II. ! communicated this 20 Mr. Y un
WHO at expressed biz surprise and his utter
inability 20 raise the amount Necessary, and
II clearly Understood BY him be would have % pay
about per cent OF the amount and that ne oi
suce could and would be permitted 10 remain bond ald
mort the property he however sid that no| thlt
lie knew what be had DO would try and find
Of taking on; the grant and thas LEFT Office, and si1
him eEain for ten days when he called
and sad that be had tined AL means IN his power 0ut was
unable TO succeed IN procuring money and that b. mus I'll
bis preeptve night; unless could BY taking the grant IN
for him told HIM al once that could not en'sr into
such specestons was lawyer ann bad no fcll es for
raising money for such matters, but advised him strongly
and frequently 10 hold on 10 hs night be could that By
paying for his grant, building the bulk head in front Of IT,
fIg thus making the land and building half Of
Hammond st., which he would have to do; ne would IN
my opinion, il verJ few yeBTs hHd very valuable aad
fact little fortune and above all cost and
pense that all he would have TO nay down would
be three thousand dollars (and this | suppose "a
he grain OF foundation for the statement that 1t would
quIe 900 tor the purpose He said that he could not
carry TN ough 1.-The Uteror expenses Of the filing in the
space builCe the bukhesd, &c &ehe requisite process
70 bring the property into maket his upland, lot At the
OF Hammond and Wet being already morglged
TO It's value and he anxious lest he he should be
unable that, ana begged 10 find him pgr
q for hs preemptve rght which be was Wiling TO sell
Or much lees than II final sold for AID earnestly
desired to buy IT aud could easily have done AZ
low price, but refused tor the reason winch to0ds
lawyer culate out OF ms Client though II Afforded
the opportunity Of very handsome speculation a. AFTER
the bukhesd built the space filled 10, Ham nond made
ard nded 10 the eater line the whole cost Of which IN
cudiHg grant would have exceeded IN al ability
SAGE there would have been space Of feet BY 0tet
about i9l Of 2 feet by fronting HsmmOndst
which, unless there should 'ery iOus revision
IN the value Of real estate would be worth IN thf locality
for butuess pun thai two three AZ
least g. So IS per lot besides which, seventy feet
Of Bulkhead worth, think, sAoO per year But was not
IN situation 20 take upon myself such speculaons and
or this business ded Mr. Qun TO b. my capacity Of
an gve NE no other RELATION to the subject nan
that Of any other lawyer in town to client bat that espae
Ity lawyer enough G. make me unwilling % proh
directly Indirectly, from Transaction tha ehent and
al soutely declined 10 purchase but 10 obge and serve
him. end6avOred find him purchaser r his presmpty0
gbt and did find ore. suppOsed IN the person OF Mr.
Martin the Pr, sideut OF the Ocean Bank gentleman IA
animation ara satisfaction with the title, wa - give NJ
Cnr thousaDd dolars for II Aud he Mr. Martin had
sverd interviews wi;hm the sub bat fom want OF
time 70 toen nd the Necessary Improvement he, M hhun
husily chpngtd ht mind, emo decline tho purchase HF
Qun again sady DISAPPOINTED AID begged ne 10 con-
TIME e1erOns 10 bnd another purchaser, and maze 20
large offers for doing. did continue, and found
smother gtnm in Mr.. h. Gndets who after nego
ntton I'D acus pay hi ten thousand dollars IA money
for hs pon gh aud then took the grant from tao
COmmlssioIeIs Of the sinking Fund, and paid them thc
s75p.rioot the price they bad fixed upon it. Mr. Quinn
received his and went oil delighted and apparently
ys grateful fef tie 'cyets lad rendered HIM, ana sIld
tn he would be IN town ssain N ie days ea tt DC
would call and pay MI i. win ind my hahasoe eIo
sci fec be having engaged with M Dcyin to psS rs ~
Aad pts is The phoLc Transaction
M Oun has never vet called pay the promised fee.
Ii tue have asked him for H. though leave i TO
ay lawyer 70 say what Em entitled o-hs business ran
pJsy much through the months OF Nov and Dec how many
hints and long he worried me- atmy once
no ,sy took great deal OF trouble for him out u sheer
Lip6ness ana SYM sihy ard out Of regard 10 my hieni
peyn 10 introduced him, gave hlm the best AdNe and
ad the best possible for him And for all tbs purely pro-
seasonal trouble and service tiny capacity az Alderman had
no more DO with the case than my Apacl'y n AIeoo
OF associate IN any other corporatioul have
the first cent neither the old hes been enspped INTO
statements made behind my back when ne new M t 70
make in the sense given 70 them, or whether ne nas
,lonei that he had paid literally IN thanks az me
o tat be can now afford conscience 10 ~oIk Ou on MS
ust oebt Of professional fee by gong 4ioie me Ortla
sury and thus bao keing perfectly upright ana
Transaction do not pretend TO Judge presume 'ns i'i
uleT TO have been the case :, i, -, ,..,, :,
For the correctness Of all the above state1nenI IN
ali the mats of H. referring 10 them respectively APP
neal to Mr. Devlin Mr.. Taylor the Iae Oo1IinIo.,
Mr. Martin and Mr. Grhrn Aud ! also eau uPy{u
i nS i"ye.sgntiou into the whole Transaction, aud
mo suy oleI IN which msevoeIoe may pIele-a 20 coh,
meet nv name with any SUGGESTION Of ohclaL pro
., ner,pal dishouor dead set made on ms by sr'cn
AID power.e influence, which II nov MOVING heaven and
eab tbut through mesns appropriate 70 Henefl . pre-
s,t he eon.uma that great and valuable popular
measure Railroad Ia BToadwsy HAVING been toI hAhy
v.sys IN aNov,G mend 20 City Railroads and having done
An hones duty 20 beet CONVICTIONS IA taxing prom
eut hut perfectly dsinsrested part IN tn- lsa2a " tle
Brosdwsy Raj DAD grant, the object Of many shafts
"a Ysrv 10 ouous cnes some persons probably deude
theuse Ives into believing Their own csiumhes, OF eNu
nauErd supcous others latei 70 tseAA ne uoSI on ~
teu rs me aus t. end Bat defy theu and declare
" spte of ali these csumnies which made 70 poison
the atmosphere that my hands and my conscience are s
Tree from stain, IN reference 10 any oiheiA trAs4 oh OF
nv he whether - a member OF the Common Council
O, ID nv other capacity as could wish them TO be- IL any
mn be 10
Of he Recorder or the Grand Jury - ~ let hun 20 'or
warc use point oGt witnesses ana suggest inquiries
will od 20 an g. any ultelor responsibility iof Alyihs
he NAV IN honest and neny way win ave" 70 sgeh
Az alton. But let now come t1iNni De-
fore either the Recorder or h Grand jury VIVA any cas
afaps the integrity Of any ocel ac OF vote OF Ulnesnd
hank him tcT the opportunity OF invesssloa and "u
facilitate ~ al means IN my power and VA respond Hoo
IN 20 any ex lgni nat'on addTessed to myssh
The ofhce OF Alderman Is Gihankess one eEonSa Ueoi
rnfs great deaf time usktslts lAeuno-nt the o2ect
OF hstaf ataes from peTues Disappointed % "a p, ~
ed by any oca act and he ;hl becomes The OBJECT OF Tue
ost odous suspicious and eauuDles To me u ss aaJTd
I'd no Other benefit than occasional end and eeni IN
S,,efly hrou ght INTO professional acfunat &c |th ms
fAn6 the fsf instance watch disiuferesi-d ser
We u purely professional capacty, kindly rendered ana
AZ The tine thankfully acknowledged has be- thu, repaid
In eoucluon ask the Just aud candid FsaeI - coaIfs
tbe c,. Of t case with the abom.na9o peryefson con-
aufd 10 & paragraph IN the pTesenfment 10 "hieA al
noe and tlen to rcAee, the Aoty OF any map 20
nave rs character bAckened oT ihe moot strictly npsnt
,T,,sast,o1s isre presented behind bis bak, eetjrv
Grand jury u body secret IN Us ex pare lhqly 80
spreading sort Of official eaumny faI and WAC Iossl
he laId In the form OF presentmeut o. eh1rSe they
have gwen him opportunity TO explain Il 40. 'n 40