New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-25

:, the City Of ses,i. . tom morning tonight. wish
lsbcsirg usn, ,;t;z ,ns would look VI tnis aeei9
that ny h;. LAbOr must pay this eiS ,, mun ts
no lnd Ten millions OF the peius .hns ,iorP
yeer, s - A. M that we can remedy tna- iV'
you va s ,suedy IT. except by the oasnge 0, yon
Yea yon will SAY 10 addition to ,hi,-ne nJu ''a
fuss th;s community-you have Out nAt 40
Ter .hen you tell Us tsst 20 are ~ ,s you what we
We E.,,bSrg bu, dlsorier ssd, to san II up "a que
r,,.r.e life and property are o. rlsk oun ,rt Srtv
sepnf, hs dsv. You are in tbs situation WIG auT
street., with every department OF tae Wy 70 sesk IL
nkms.sged sod 70 I pus YOU, 1O Own shoulders to
10y 1871 II l. In vain TO call upon Herc.';v'' 49, -:
-, here has the poEer, ard II he rp' the
Serpticn Is at bard. loud cnso, Tbsy saw the
,. of this city s not res2oosloie ior ts
ia cor sou OF affairs. hold bln resp2hF,9
FOR Tie grester part of this wrong. n,s.ant
Kelly last right daIf. uI glad Inst am speaking here
nI ~ aessnoe of one Mayor Havemeyerl VINO ma
aoss honor TO the City Of New-foek 10 me Oo.cl
Nseetracy of this city Lond enseIs ne ~ 800
sstisr usu 10 the Chief Magistrates seat can say
a. oyent of corruption, and be can tell whether no
-, tn himself In the bresch or not; ana ne kn'ms
full we'll as most of you do that VITO one nsnes. - ~
Al Il head Of the government nIcn ., .a ia M
soa could not exist. TCheer' unoers' snu "a
81. Honor the Mayor, lie TO address sous axenotI
n infer This Fl ON remark in his speech isse aoa
ak Rim to answer questions 10 rea. i ~ al, TO-.
matters, SO that he may nave the sioyIe fact are the
res,sy roder HE administrator OF uoder tue
sd~;ni,,,stious before he wesf INFO ONE tha'
;nni. opestiop viii in advance Ht's tne itcl, enl
up. n,radct H. that in 1855 the taxes were
<sr H ,br.e md ops and the tax for the year 1857 s
80, s;obf n HEops. There is ons fact which ASK
Em 10 .,slain. But, Oh Gays he. Gid not pass the
sols dids vos ior aese mHasuIes naeu dow uO1s
sre az ysur dspoe you cannot control the action OF
1s Common Council. They were in cnasonanoe With
xeu dcYng greater part Of the ii ne thatyou we're 10
sfbce. How does it happen thai with political sent.
mept The same as your own yO1r influence was not
.sf6cisnily great tbst you could ooosro them and
make them act honestly in the matter Then
/ ask you, how does it happen that 10
tie mere ster Of salaries the i9c 0ea mss oeen
Show nee single veto thst you have passed or offered
IL relation to salaries, except that which referred 10
your own, for know what you viii cay, you wili say
hat have given evidence OF my alSlrteresod ness IN
self Why, gentlemen, what would two or three
thousand be to such syor, who understands hnsn-
cieripg 20 well. loud laughter. Show me single
place toat yog have IN any onxse. Of tbe ctV
MIR. Mayorl Did not, he says, save the aPpropns
ton by my veto when said they should not Increase
the nun Der Of clerks in the Office OF the Counsel to the
Corpoi stion7 Bot, Mr.. Mayor why vas that appro-
p,iaion vetoed1 Because the late lanented Lorenzo
B. Shepard who was then Corporation Couosei,
had 50 uck a blow at corruption, and you lotehaeu
that be shosld not have the requisite force 10
cary on the business Il the Office OF th Council TO the
Corpo alton. But have had nothing to do with tue
corruption you say Answer me with regard to the
Joseph Walker affair. There sl3 600 to be paid
for the raising of vessel and was informed by
rooo Democratic friend, who counsel in the
ease that ho bad information and knowledge of mau
by the name of CopdoD-an Idshman--vho would
raise the vessel for $780, but that Wood would not let
him mise her without Walter K. Jones was paid
al3OOO What do you call that? Cries Of as Wind
ire"l You call il swindng. dot call it anything.
TLauehier1 What has become OF the rest OF that
SIS co. Ibeliye from 81 OOV to ~ oUV was Pna 10
Jones when Mr. Fagg put bic veto upon the residue aud
the money is in the treasury now. CheersI BAT
why did you 90 to the expense OF raising that RESULT
Because q petition was presented. Peulon ~
whom The people IN inc vssss u sank from
Ten 10 6fisep feet below the surface OF the water
endangered the public health, and 1t required after
n Joses 10 raise il. Iaughter.l Bat wnere IL taa.
,s,ionf VInfortunately 1t cannot be found. Laugh
ferl more unfortunate man with regard 70 the doj'
umen ts never existed. Laughter Now, ask ain
10 explain-to give me some reason why test Peulon
cannot be found or at least give us some OF the n1nes
ATTACHED to It. at Lot name Mr. Van Ollcda, ~nom,
understand hsyor Wood does not know, but who wa
In the same office with Waiter Jones. Lausoter'
That is tie Joseph Walker affair. Inc next tnlng
desire him to explain, il the LDwb.r mater, which
Was to take $l9G 00O including interest from the city
treasury There good deal OF olflculty IN ge!'
ting IL through the Common Council, ana when Il
psssed into the Mayors hands VIVA. ulu ns 10 IL, ne
of the man--be knew there was something wrong, add
be cid not wish to be identified with the measure
The pspeis which have here e&hi0itlng Iorni1a-
bic mass OF papers for speak from the documents,
are those which were before the Court ia the L)woe
case and an ipve stigaion OF them show tnst the
MAY or neither signed nor vetoed the act OF the Com
mon Council in relation to the purchase OF tue ).oer
property. 1t was known or suspected oy hl,a tnae
sometbipg was wrong. Whst was wrong We are
Indebted to Judge Whiting for having made the dis
coyery that TO half Of that property Mr. LoToor
k.n NhV4n nhA ny N ~
g At beet the title to the property was 10 dispute
and would like TO know how many here WOMB pay
1900 000 or even $780, piece OF pro oety, the ce
Of which is disputed MOI man. Wnen JuoSs
Whiting made the discovery, tho Common Cou4ch
passed a resolution directing the Counsel TO the Cor
poration to make arrangements TO free t1e par
sonsl property Of the city and to rahv tue
judgment ont of the real estate OF tue
CITY. The resolution ALEC further provided tina the
Counsel 10 the Cooperation, make DO resistance
to this matter Of the Lowber claim, Within a snort
time after the passage OF that resolution IL was up
proved by the Mayor, who thus became tne nuolSor
of the whole transaction. ask him to explain, waen
he next addresses an assemblage. why he did not veto
Sign the Lowber claim in the first instance aud he
gives satisfactory reason for thai why did he when
Judge Whiting had discovered aud announced the
fraud put his signature to the resolutions Of the Com
mon Council calling upon the Couusel to the Corpora
ton Lot TO resist this fraud upon the public treasury
But the most transparent Of all his acts is that con-
pected with the glass ballot boxes. Laughter
have Dot time to go Though the whole OF that matter,
hut state the fact upon the papers which are pre-.
sented TO the Count that tsx-ps'er OF the City OF
New.York has s'raiened in the Courts OF public JUS
bee Of this city Mr.. Fernando Wood aud his brother
BENJAMIN for havitg been connected with the par
chsie Of these boxes and that the result OF The matter
they were TO make forty Thousand dollars out OF
the cty by the operation Now they viii say this not
40 Wby gentlemen W lat am to do IoDly read the
papers snc speak from the documents as they appear
IL the Courts, and any mau who takes the trouble to
20 to the Court read hem and say whether there
Y -. hU nf all he
cuted that ever lived Fernando Wood Is the wors.
peisecuted. Laughter. Why, gentlemen. there are