New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-28
MAYOR TIEAANN AND MS OPFYcIAg.
CONDUCT.
To ne EI..sr sf Then y. T,isxss.

To ne Edl.Sr " IhsS. b. Iriesss
Sir: In vour psp.r of this morning Another Tax,
PAYER" undertakes . defense OF Nsyor nemaan IN
repyto my former article commenting npon ,he irco-
petencv Of that official shown in his ui,n.nage-
meut Of the Wes, Washington Market su.t. Like
many smother advocate conscious of a bad carse he
e>adcs the points of my strciaEss and strives 10
weaken the force Of the evidence by abusing the
motives Of NY criticism. As ths defense oi the Mayor
to he "by authority shall treat L ss such.
In the first place. the Mayors clerk or deputy could
easily remove from his mind the impression that an
one who would knowingly circulate "sanderous iuuu-
"endoes or absolute iaisehoods, or that am Que of
those Interested in Itching from th city large and
:, valuable portion of her property, No, Sir Az
" down 10 any such rife that I" s..
Ii my statements were devoid of truth, ofheial
equannity would never have been disturbed by them
Indeed denial is attempted Of my allegation that
the stipuatious IL which the Mayor has s.santaJ 10
that snit involve the city in xcreing $ e0O.
That the Msyor has pad s. ,Jn retaining tees in
that same case can be shown from from the vouchers
in the Controllers and Chamberlsn's offices, a.
Another Tax Payer well knows, and h. Is equally
Cognzant of the fact that there is provision II the
city charter authorizing any such h'cnins from the
City Treasury. The confession that the Mayor IN
dorses' such action, Acknowledges the pith oi my
charge. Another Tax Payer endeayors tc make
point the Mayors favor by by citing the refusal OF
the Judiciary Committee Of the Legislature 10 initiate
from the city, for the reason that there were "no
grounds fur such suit" But he wisely rclrains
rcm telling you that the Judiciary Committce
came 10 that conclusion because they were
convinced that the ME Of he Stafe was already
reyt,c To strive 10 get title to property to which
they already had clear title. was a mode of scf-sta
tfcaton thst they discpety leit Ia such sagaoloas
managers rs Mayor Temann ana ms aPoiossl. Ihat
the Mayor is uot sustained in his present opinion Of
the citys claim by the "abcs urs,s of this city aud
State but that his former doubts of the ceapess oi
the city title and are so sustained, Is sufficiently
evidenced by Judge Davoss decision concurred IN
by his two associates whereby the city has been en-
joined from collecting any OF the rents In that opin-
ION Judge Davies aludes to the Mayors apprehension
of want of title being well founded. As tor the
hint that the property in dispute has cost the city
large sum of money perhaps il may interest The pub
lie to know that the city reetrcd $1,000 for granting
permission to parties TO dill in that ground.
Another Tax-Payer censurcs me for selecting AS
asignature 10 my mmuucation that Of TaxPayer.'
He sets me no better example. am what pretend
/ to be. am paying over SiOo per annum tar on
property that formerly was taxed but $loi-a differ
! suce that would educate two OF my culircn. | am
compelled to earn my money by hard daily labor, and
when see my hard.won earnings spent in dinners at
/ tie Metropolitan, headed by the Mayor, where 800
guests sit down at $40 per head to be paid ont Of tho
/ City Treasury; when hear proposition To appro-
pirate another $4,000 of our city funds To work the
/ Eleventh avenue county road, when Mayor Tie
manu's property is TO be benefited, while | am Gs-
sessed heavily when an avenue Il opened near my
j
/ lar- thrown away in silly law suit, in which The
\ Mayor knew we had not a shadow Of a chancei
and now when 1 witness his undgnited ard
equally foolish behavior in the Quarantine
matter whereby il he is not checked "a
time our city will surely be again implicated for at least
$500, COO more, / think l have right TO raise tho
question of the competency Of presiding officer who
''mdcrses" such Wholesale depreciation. II am not
mistaken in identifying Another Tax.Payer" as an
atacl of the Mayors office, then he and have both
voted the ticket for fifteen years past ny TO last
Fall Very many voted for Mayor remann because
they did not know him. did not vote for him, secaue
did know him. have not been disappointed. But
/ that generous and coniding community have been
cheated Of their hopes in his election is fact too
patent to be- concealed Perhaps the murmlrs OF dis
content have not yet disturbed the peaceful precincts
OF the Mayors office, just the riot aud conagration
on Staten Island could not divert the august attention
! of magisracy from the sparkling wine aud perfumed
luxury Of the Metropolitan banquet So Nero iddleJ
/ while Rome burned.'
/ If Another Taxpayer wants more elaborate
schedule of the neiciency of presiding magistrate,
/ can furnish him with ii on another occasion. The
subject is not exhausted. T,x-PAYRR.
! Ne1 York Sept H. 1853.