The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-12
mined that that party shall accompany him in
bis fall, never more to rise.

mineu tnat that party shall accompany him IN
bis fall, never more to rise.
The LEGACIEs OF Mr.. FLAGG.-The new
Comptroller, it appears, is met at the very
threshold of his Office with q whole batch of de-
lnquencies and deficiencies, the precious legacies
ofhis predecessor, poor old Flagg, affording con-
elusive proof that we were right when we said
that the latter was wholly unqualified for the
Office of Comptroller The fact is that Flagg
knew nothing whatever about accounts he could
hardly distinguish one book from another he never
was in any business in bis life. He commenced
his career as an editor of an obscure democratic
newspaper in the little town OF Saranac away up
on the frontiers of New York and Canada, where
his influence had little weight in the election of
some Senator or Assemblyman who took him to
Albany, of which city he became at length Comp
troller. But as the money annually disbursed
was only about three or four thousand dollars,
he bethOught him that there was more to be
made here-as, indeed, it appears there was; so
he made descent, with pack of his vultures,
upon this city. Through the influence OF a few
men calling themselves the reform party, backed
up by some corrupt newspapers who went in for
the printing, he was worked into the Comptrol-
lers Office to serve the purposes of these parties
which he did most efficiently. He got the city
into more financial difficulties, swelled the taxes
to larger amount, and tolerated more frauds,
during his six years of Office than any other pub
lie servant.
1t is claimed that Mr.. Flagg is honest. No doubt
heis and we never questioned his integrity; but he
was imbecile and incompetent, as was shown by
the manner in which he was humbugged by
Chemung Smith and others The fact is that
Flagg might have made very good, bitter par
tisan editor of two-penny democratic paper in
country town; and that was the full measure of
his capacity. His management of the Comp
troller's department has certainly left legacy of
confusion and trouble to this city which it will
require years to get rid Of
END OF THE HAYTIEN REVOLUTION
AND FLIGHT OF SoULoUQUE.-We publish this
morning highly important intelligence from
| Hayti. The revolution is at an end. Geflrard
entered Port AL Prince in triumph ON the 18th of
January, and was proclaimed President of the
Republic of Hayti, amid great rejoicings, illumi-
nations, and the widest joy of the people. Sou
louque upon whose person the direst revenge
was threatened, fled for protection to the French
Consulate, and there signed his abdicaton. He
then took refuge on board the British war steam
er Melbourne, in which he sailed for Kingston,
Jamaica. Our latest advices from that place an
nounce that the Melbourne was going into that
port, with the fugitive Emperor on board.
The capital capitulated to Geffrard without a
shot being fired on either side, and thus the popu-
lar cause was successful without drop Of blood
being shed. The sympathy of the whole people
seemed to be with the new President, Fabre Gef-
frard. The brutal and despotic rule of the negro
Emperor had rendered him hateful to his sub
jects, and a merited retribution has fallen upon
him. in the shape of defeat and exile.
Thus ends another episode in the interesting
experiment of negro government in Hayti.
CITY RAILROADS AND THE ALBANY LOBBY
Some of the most fruitful lobby schemes of
Thurlow Weed and his friends are the city rail-
roads of New York They are plotting to run rail-
roads through the city, up and down, and trans
versely and in all directions, figuring up at least
three millions profit to the parties concerned in
the jobs. Now, these franchises are the property
of the CITY, just we'll those of the ferries and
do not belong to the Legislature 1t is nothing
less than plumber and theft on the part of the
Albany legislators and the lobby to dispose of
them to any one. If a poor devil steals hun
dred dollars worth of property belonging to
another he is sent to the penitentiary or per-
haps to the State prison, while these lobby fell
lows, who steal enough to make dozen peniten-
tiary offences, go scot free, and pocket large for
tunes besides
THE TARIFF QUEsrIoN.-It will be seen by
our Washington dispatches that confident hopes
are entertained that there will be no necessity
for the President being obliged to have re-
course to an extra session. both the democrats
and the opposition being likely to concur in
some measure for the relief of the Treasury
The statement that the Pennsylvania democrats