New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-04

utt4e Rad due regard for the duties it might b. sod
-eguenty ws directed TO perform. Is a. o9-h
questlOo.
Heretofore that Committee has been mere cypher,
s-e The conviction forces t-.f uDou on-s MID u ~
for TIE las, eight yeSrs Ii. Common C"uoc ha. paf-
po-elv coruiv,d a. the mObstfous tfauds nov oeioS
brought To light.
Son after the standing CO umttess were appointed,
III, BOARD 81 Aid. Tmen led Of by cre. ng Comm
t,e on fr.nds. The Board Of Cnuncmeu 'oipSrd ny
sppoinp select Con uittee u. y. G-oet CHAR
nan 70 il into the reported fe'scatoo IN the
Cortroller's office. Both COMMITTEES { mhetc-i
procs ei,ngs with great flourish Of tFunpe's. Fiat
on ,rsuds sfte; holding few meetings sod presenting
two sb- reports wit, spirited ard Appropriate re'on'
lions attached, sudde0ly Suspended Operations Toe
Sn.c,sl Comm tee of t1s BDsrd OF COunclnan held
four meetings rad M. Flag and some e" hrs ; ih"r-
dina,es urc-r exzpioston snd ehcI'er good deal Il
vsnah. sId Interesting testimony bot every ettort ot
nike 10 induce The u srman 10 make, or the Board u
order L report uGsvahng. Ia the ueAntime reso-
lutops passed both Boards directing JOINT Commit
tee On accounts to audit the aecoutrs IT he different
officials 20 write up the books IL the v1Ii' as depart
netts where needed dud 10 report al eirols Snu
frauds monthly.
The zeal and enthusiasm displayed by every mem
Der OF the committee at IL first meetings, fores 7sdoS
ed the spprosch Of a municipal millenium; out when
the AGerm.Js Committee on Frauds gave AZ tie
,tost, and TIE Genet Special Committee became
tired spending WEAKNESS seized upon 80 ne OF
tie members Of the Joint Committee on Accounts
Nevertheless the work prosecuted ~ W. "r)us.
circumstances tlt lie nature Nhud per NJ, Htu
harmony prevailed among the members ~ 10 TIE
time employees took ny the accounts OF Isaac Id
wards arc oeputl-s.
Then bo-tty To the Com uIltee manifested Itself in
vsroos toms, aud obsts les were throSn 10 the way
of the pr gresS f the work.
II became difficult procure the books and papers
necessary 10 perform the work promptly .ndcprectly
The /. I'D Of the Street Depart nent, whether rom
ieslcusy or party pressure was extremely sensitive
shout furnishing tbe documents required from bis
office. Much time was )st negotiating Nth that geo.
ttmsn, bnt fudipg opposition uusVa'ling, asd the
Conn tee De xrmned to tes the pom. IN thn Supreme
Court he surrendered In speaking OF the Street.
CoumssiOIer ,ettr to ris official acts only. rley
are pubic property. Our persousl rc7tions have
been, ana hope will continue to ne, cordial aud
friendly.
ooab'ed the proprety and expediency Of his hsv-
ing am thing dc 9Th the auditing of the accounts
of TIE Collectors of Assessments other th.o t. give
10 the JOINT Committee and their employees all The
fschties IN bic power ins5mgch ss the work vas IN
competent hsnts ard the duties OF ois oiirs we're
sufficiently arduVus without attempting to do what
properly beloIged 20 the Finance Department.
DESTROYS Of dIsoba1giug my duty, l used every
effort push the work, but fond myself tnwart"d
az every turn IL the Board Of C0uncinen ] VAS
persota ~ abused ana every effort made Ia bring
the Committee and their labors INTO contempt. F1n'
rg that the employees steadily pur.ued their work,
ard fearing results decidedly unpleasant 10 the party
in poser, a dodge attempted 10 the shape OF
res,Iuti, offered by Councilman Brady "tnat the
"Comni'ee be Instructed to extpine tho aner Of
ID, ipg business in the office Of Commissioners OF As
"ses-urnfs.
That flee bad been pretty well overhauled, as may
be seen by the reports Of this Committee, the commu.
picatrops Of Mr. Copover and Mr.. Flagg and that of
hs Honor the Mayor, N his impeachment OF Charles
Deylln; hence Mr. Brady resolution could hove 10
other object than to duect the a tebtion OF the
emr Ioye.s to other work and prevent the au-
diiIg Of the accounts OF drfautng officers.
The attempt failed. Nevertheless the enemies
of the Commute. were untlring in their exertions
to desuo) i's us. fulness He Honor Mayor Tlemsnn
seued inclined 10 give il the colo shoulder. Father
Tuck-, was fearful II wuud eud 10 snoke and to cap
the cmsx q caucus If leadipg DE n"cIats WAS COO
vel to dcus- the sxpediercy of sitting the nvesti-
gstiuu The ressors gLed for safer ii to go on,
| Withhold; they being more of privs'e thao pub.
lie nature. This branch of - facts will be resu ned
IN my next. JAMES NJ 'fo'''