New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-29

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SenE sssety may ,. ss-H fIeS ne face Of The S
70 sss r nsns which !; ' eompsed the Committee
cs,' .. o. etss, eiert than myseh .
DsSsa on the ammunition bin and The signature. w H.
are In seDt. mans handwriting. and that the
ss Cid I'' oS BE firm Of Child 4 @enme
. sd July ls52. furnish for the obsegaies Of He1ry
Clay sss 90 not lDow wkss became Of se properly fur
nkhed amer he esIemonts were 9ys AZ ooas stea 70
sespnsnis firm slso funtsd fer the xouth reception
srss whatever they were AID Francis rendered hrm
hi Tor eafgrnhed BY him which We sd fed our profit
oun psa 20 Francis but believe st7 les the
profit Above referred to- DO not know what became Of the sad
die cobs except witness used himself which he returned
Geo. 7. Rodman says deponent's brother, Jno. F.
RaSmsn chartered the seambos Santa Claus 70 Committee
Of the Councils does not know th price a. which the
so. & 5a J Of b t T.yS
never paid him the whole portion Of the bull deponen
,ms aspoaent'; brother bed the agency Of the boat
Wines sens requested to sign ss De position under sdvcs
Azsrisb c. Fisgg, Controller, has in bis custody
GU b. from aid documents and information received from
quarters which information he believes 20 be true
Rsse GeSr Of aid City Which fraud. be believe. be er
ma in their nature and Characters that s%oDs them
verify believes been defaudd out Of the Of 30 by
The s aSS y ss zoe and %
the payment Of said made payable
Sor.ed BY he ssid Taylor; SID rendered for
f2 instead Of S2 80 which was the true smolnt which
should charged the Corporaon that the money
spp~s been drawn upon sed from the City
Treasury the ,ad Joseph Taylor DepOnsnt saith he has
believe and does believe mat various other frauds Of
like criminal character have been pcPetsied on said Corpo
may fully invesgated and his Honor the Recorder shall
proceed TO examine into bis said complaint and cause to COME
Before him the proper and witnesses 70 give evidence
in relation thereto and to the proper process &c
Charles Arms-Was book-keeper At the irving
sS.:e sns Rs d .ss . S o ~
@ Of M soT e 9Ss On ~ Rs snd
for their gus on during tns e nn ae ssn
her how many occaons certainly than my i'm
preoD occasion dinner was ordered Tor a. many a,
Judge from uemoraDdums furn.hea that champagne and
nd ' acre used 5 ss w ,as sssT
made from the bar for liquors and eisars
Dsnl ID. Howard, keeper of the Irving House, tes'
tilted 10 the accuracy Of Mr. Arms
Henry Van Velsor keeps porter-hOuse in Hudson
furnished certain articles Of refreshmeni 1t the time Of
f.rpshed were champagne and other wines cigars nquAs
dinners Shippers and 6eaass AID on tas pas
neighborhood Of 10 - baskets Of ehanesne
had partner ne H9 me me ma p.eu. nV Case SH w At the @
steward Of the Santa Claus bill amounted to something 10
des presented the bill to him and he paid the money! the
whole Of the bill paid to never received any
ADV w.nspt TO pay our bill to the order Of Taylor.
wsnsn No 5s2 under date July TO- is52 being shown to
Insysr saw his warrant before; did not there
ssss Pfssr me- Sd Ca the hight we
sed Cornell how were 70 so he SAID about 2O ana
accordngy; the morning discovered mp
~%d q 500 en- board tint 5ls New6ush procured
m, peTeer 70, dinners bresss.s and teas ana Of these
had tbs numbers furnished and we left that In baak 70 DC
him thni the Alderman fsured up and put it down at
sum- what became Of that bill do no. know we did
NOT receipt it, receped another the whole Of the 5s pas
aid return the boat from zoo e 500 S AID re-
:sns nd f.uInns s Cornell yesterday called upon
and sobpensed they had no rsht to examine
you'd give sdyee on the ubect therefore when
PDsd did cal on him h s ne wo,d sD Tys T pro
ruIed ZONE eight baskets Of champagne as nearly "
William Adams testifes that the muslin and Grape
.ssd for trimming the platform in front Of the City Hall and
the for no I as ~ e .D @
disposed Of the benefit of the City The muslin used at
e sSpentsnden received the money and made his return
the Controller The black cloth used on the same occasion
Aldermebs given away by Aid Tweed as was in
%paln The cloth similarly used in the Assistant Adermens
room stolen informed By Mr.. Taylor keeper Of
George Olney was Captain of the Santa Claus; was
have $500 for the p up and down and = an hour for de-
the boa, alone gross Of my bill;
Geo Rodmsn for procuring the charter the
conmi.son which paid for procuring the charter did not e1
Azariah C. Flagg-As to the grounds for my be-
with regard 70 the fraudulent bill for smmunonl state
addition that after the adjournment Of the Grand Jury
that found bills q Indictment against two Aldermen Of the
the Grand jun person who bad rendered ere, bill for s2
rendered for that he cOud evidence Of that BY
calling upon the Commssary General and was waited upon
General and exhibited account which he stated the
..e0snt rendered and paid w sl so then called On
~sd. then desired MI TmpsOn who received
.s.s a'if ssrsssss was to Joseph Taylor
Isaac Edwards, in giving bail to appear and answer
any Indictment fatty denies the charge Of rendering false
Charles s. Frances, Alderman of the Tenth Ward,
A: be S SS sdss Ain e, TO- S sS rs
sood faith the articles furnished At the ordinary market
promise Of any from grantees Of the Third av Railroad
a action In relation the natter received
sson 10 regard 70 said Railroad any pro
sssdn before the said Conn on CSSn na. no
ina received any money promise OF thing satisfaction tor
WIN. &. Leggett deposes that he is acquainted with
the hand writing Of Aid Cornell; believes the body Of the
paper married. Exhibit AZ 70 be in the hand writing Of Ala
10 not tini are in the hand writing Of Ala CORNELL but
VOID approved" and the signature on the back, are.
The following "' copy Of f he paper s
n. osnms.. of the Funeral oS'squs. Henry Clay,
Charles J. poqsherty ... -, co,,,,i pI: 3,
..d e% PS.ssphs to and from jersey cy aud Ssi1
sasss, bringing hs deceased to the City, and incidental
' sse.isss P.s1:nt, cHXs j. DoUGAERTY'
Approved, w H. Cornell and others"
Charles j. Dougherty says: The bill was made out
mestins Of the Committee in the Of majority
made By Of them; do remember which; made
sst my BY the understanding Of the
h<s and with my consent being the customary mode of
mailing bills Of that character understood money
ns s ss ~ him @ the the the
were sathsd that all the money the bin had been actually
nd IN eeod faith expended by Aid Cornell
Isssc o. Barker testified to the making out of the
III and AID Cenefs explanations Of the items from the
the vouchers could be
he