The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-15

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stay the sale in the meantime.
RELIABLE RAG PICKING pub
lish elsewhere private circular signed by five
of the most noted chifonniers of the rump of
the old American party in this State. They
deem it advisable to reorganize our State in
conjunction with the national Union party, and,
nation, intend to hold at Binghamton, to-day,
a small Tea Party Convention, to be composed
of three reliable delegates from each county.
That means pow-wow for the purpose of
making arrangements to sell out the old clothes
of the American party at the highest possible
figure. The chifonniers, headed by the
Brookses, have been running around like a
chicken with its neck half wrung, trying to get
into some political bed or other, and now we
find them with their hook and basket hard at
work in the Union party-an organization
which is still in an inchoate condition. 1t is
all up with the chifonniers now-ad days, we fear.
They would be much better employed in labor
ing for decent living than in waiting upon
Providence and signing for the spells,
The COMPTROLLER's REPORT.-Comptrolle
Haws presented very lengthy report to the
Board of Supervisors on Monday night, setting
forth very fully the mode of conducting public
business in the financial department. of the
city and county, and suggesting some reforms.
Among the latter we find suggestion which
has been repeatedly put forth in these
columns namely, that the fees of all pub
lie offices should be paid to the County Trea-
sury to tighten the enormous expenses of our
local government, and that the remuneration
Of officials should be confined to their salaries
alone; and furthermore, that all the county
Offices should be made self sustaining, and not
be burden upon the Treasury. We see no
reason why these suggestions may not be car
ried out, and we hope the Supervisors will ap-
peal to the Legislature for the necessary
measures to do so. I5r
CHARGE AGAINST SOUTHERN PRINT OF BLACK
MAILING NORTHERN MERcHANrs.-It is charged
against a Southern paper, lately started at
Atlanta, Ga, for the ostensible purpose of pub
fishing black and white lists of Northern mer-
chants for the enlightenment of the South as to
heir political opinions on the great question
of the day-the black list embracing the names
of those. hostile to Southern institutions and
the white list the names of those friendly to the
rights of the South-that the real object is to
levy black mail, and that 1t inserts in the black
list the names Of all who will not pay down a
certain amount demanded, while 1t places in
the white list the names of those who submit
to its imposition.
1t is stated that an agent or principal, who,
the Evening Post concludes, is the senior editor
of the black mail paper, from the fact that he
Is announced in its columns as being from
home T" on business" lately sent to the journal
in question list Of Philadelphia abolition
merchants" quite evershadowing the black list
from New York, where it seems the operation
has been more successful agent or senior
editor, according to the statement of the Post,
having confessed to levying in all $4,000.
Why was he not arrested as a swindler
by some of the mercantile houses from which
he extorted or attempted to extort money!
Whatever truth there may be in this charge
of fraud, certain it is that the Atlanta paper
has misrepresented the political opinions of
some of our merchants, But if any evil has
arisen to them from the establishment of such
paper, it is the legitimate fruit Of the anti
slavery agitation at the North which some Of
the merchants have actively encouraged, while
others have not taken the trouble to check it,
till now that their business is affected and the
very existence of the Union is at stake. They
have themselves to blame.
CoroMers' Inquests.