New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-12


South Brother in lc50.
In February or March ls52. several persons who
had been engaged in the same work and whose bus-
meas had thus been taken away from them and monop
ozed b, REYNOLDS or White, whoever the real par
tie. to the contract We're and who were ANXIOUS to
have their rights in tie matter presented petitions to
the Board of Aldermen stating the circumstances aud
asking the privilege of removing all the offensive sub
stances from the City at their own expense without
sny pay or reward whatever from the City, at The same
time rendering good security for their ability TO do
So if the contract should BE- aried to them. There
upon petition was sent in in the name of Reynolds
not 10 the Board of Aldermen but to the Board OF AS
sstants. praying for continuance OF his exclusive
right for five year.. at the same prices he was then
'reoeivng from the City Inspector" The Board of
Assistants not only granted the petition but passed
resolution giving him $50 900 year. for FIVE years
for the service This resolution. after it had passed
the Board Of Assistants was sent to the Board OF Al
dermen for their consideration and was BY them re-
ferred to Committee composed OF Oscar ". Sturte
want. Jacob F. Oakley. aud another whose name is
not mentioned How that Committee treated the
matter and how they looked after the interests OF
their constituents let Mr.. John Green of No. 400
Nnthay. wealthy and highly respectable dealer in
carcasses aud oa and one OF the witnesses examined
before tie Recorder, speak. He says:
Il then went before Committee of the Board OF Al
dermen, il company with Mr. William Meack, and found
,Lee Mr. Nathaniel Wood and other applicants for the
contract. Aldermen Sturteyant and Oakley were pre-
sent OF said Committee. Some questions were asked OF
Mr.. Wood, but the Committee did not seem Is pay much
any the applicants and believe the matter
was all settled beforehand The Committee met after
o oclock and continued in session short tlme-about
twenty minutes or half an hour. From the Committee
Room the Committee went 10 the Board of Aldermen.
which commenced its session. In less than an hour AFTER
man Sfurferanf presented rcry report which recon-
uerded with ordinance which had passed
the Board Of Assistants, directing the CITY Inspector to
m, Ike with VIM. b. Reynolds for removing the
dead animals butchers oiia md blood, for period OF
five years which ordinance resolution was passed by
the Board of Aldermen, and the contract was accordingly
made by the City Inspector, Alfred W. White, with the
said Wm. b. Reynolds
The above matters relate to what is known as
the ofia contract" under which William b. Rey
nolds has made claims upon the City, to the amount Of
sixtysix thousand dollars per the payment of
which he is attempting to get through the Com
mon Council, in opposition to the Controller, who
has refused to pay, on the ground, 6rst that the con-
tract is illegal and void and, second that if not
void it has not been performed by Reynolds. We
will not now refer to the merits of that con-
troyersy 1t is before the Courts, and no doubt the
parties will receive their due We only desire at
present TO call attention to the hard swearing to use
no stronger term. committed in their aiidayits as
given in the Controllers communication of June D,
to the Board of Aldermen, and printed as Document
No. az by that body The facts stated above
are mainly contained in the dispositions OF Brady,
Baxter and Lent, three of the partners to the
original contract, Morgan was not examined,) and
in those of John Green. Samuel Garrison. Thomas
C. Pinckney, and John II. Hobart Pinckney, the
lawyers who drew the papers, on the one hand; and
on the other fatty denied far as his interest nthe
concern goes and many other respects by Alfred W.
White. He says:
Il have read the depostions of John Brady. William
C. Lent William l.. Baxter, William II. Knapp and Thos.
C. PGckney in which my ia referred to- Each and
every allegation contained in those dispositions, any OF
ii EN-, that a partner Of the firm OF Baxter,
Brady Lent Co.. tending convey that idea that
interested at all in their transactions, or concerns or
Acknowledged said was such partner, or was 50
interested, utterly untrue. never was such partner
/ never was so interested directly or Indirectly
1t is proper to state that Whites testimony is sup
ported by that of Reynolds, far as it goes. But thi
worthy appears TO have very convenient memory,
and is altogether "nOn mi rcordo' in most of his
answers to the questions which were put to him. The
Inspector is also quite rich, and merits the attention
of tax payers If Whites affidavit be true, then the
other side has falsely; and they should be in
dicted aud punished fJr false swearing. And on the
other hand if they have told the truth, then Alfred
W. White should be punished. Perjury is one OF
those crimes which deep in hue, and so danger
GUS to the very foundations OF society that the law
everywhere visits it with its ssyerest penalties Let
them be applied in the present case. Let the Dis
rict Attorney do his duty and lay the matter before
the Grand Jury; and if an indictment be found let
him that the law be properly applied to the case
and that the guilty do not escape through any colu
sion between lawyers, judges, or jury. And if the
District-Attorney does not take it promptly in hand
let the Grand Inquest do their duty and compel that
officer to proceed in the business.
The uneIampled corruptiOns which have crept into
our local Government and have been for years winked
by the public, and participated in by ofthe high
est standing in the State producing their legiti
mate fruit in general laxy of principle where great
public or private interests are at stake To make the
most Of any job for which the people are to pay-in
other words, to punder the Treasury-has been
looked upon as a species of virtue to be admired and
the man who could show his hundred thousand dol
lars as the savings of three four years in Office
has been called smart instead of thief" and
pointed out as one to be praised and initiated The
developments Of the past two weeks prove how
widely and dangerously this false course has been
followed. II is high time that some attempt was
made TO get back into the reht path. 1t is time that
that the robbers creed IAN e fair in politics"
TO the victors belong the spos, 90 The public is