New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-04
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY AUGUST A. 1860.

told that certain men Of bis Ward would object 10
having the bills replied, "Ot have them ali right;
have sent them ticket" They would have to dis
tribute great many TO s.isfy the people. In regard
to the figures he had ufla he had Mt used them with
out the book He WIS at first appointed on that Com
mit'ee, but afterwa1d withdrew. It was some time
before the Board Of Aldermen acted on the commune
cation of the Mayor and during this time he was APP
preached by the proprietor Of frst-elass hotel,
one Of the most arisocratic in the city, and
hexoffered to supply one-hak of his hotel, and
furnish parors and take Of all these at 30 per
day. In his calculation he had left 1913 900 for the
ball and supper including the 1000 bottles of cham
Tsgne We want the particulars. You had $40, 600
given you, why do you want 5000 more His friend
from the Seventeenth (Mr. Lent says he will never
sign bill unless he knows to be correct. He be-
leved he was honest; but what did the Committee
care for his signature; it only requires majority
they all understood that. We have one item given,
which is that Is pairs of gloves not paid for and
another item Is that the Committee at first refused TO
have wine; the order was rescnded and it was far-
nishsd I'D hditnT; He hoped this mott IN would not
not been seen." He knew the gentleman from the
Seventeenth too well, however, TO charge him with
being thief and swindler.
Mr.. LENT explaned-He did not mean to say his
friend had charged him with anything of the kind His
friend occupied position favorable in the community,
while he was amoDg the gentlemen handed down TO pos
terty in black lines. If the charges true against
the Committee he hoped not only njunctons would be
hand and let them be made to suffer the consequences.
He was not going to back down at all. He had done
the best he cOnd. When he believed that he deserved
the appelation of swndler, other city than the
city Of bis birth would find a home for him. In
the midst of the excitement, paper then called
them swndlers. No paper called TOR the items OF
the bill then. He was not going after " Hank
Smith with sharp stick" whom The TRIBUNE
it was the Controllers duty to investigate all
bills, or else he should be impeached. Let the
DjunctiOns 60 on they had done their duty, now let
the Courts do theirs. The Japanese had been here;
the Committee had perhaps been lavish but they had
the honor of the city at heart. 1t has been said the
price was high to feed few Japanese on rice. The
four Princes bad dining-room, and the next six
another; indeed all of them were in their own country
men of rank. If the Japanese had not been satisfied
they would not have left $4,000 to be distributed
among those who kept ORDER One OF the
first things the Japanese did on the boat,
was to sketch the likeness Of policeman and they
did not forget the likeness of Councilman Van Tine
aughter] the Veterans. gentleman asks if the
reporters were sketched; he not aware whether
they were but in all his contact with the reporters
they had treated him with courtesy. The Committee
tried to avoid all errors committed at Baltimore and
Philadelphia. At the latter place, the movements of
the Japanese were given out in the papers, and there
was such crowd az TO destroy all comfort For this
they tried to keep the reporters in ignorance
here to prevent repetition of any such scenes The
would pledge himself to throw any impeachment m the
way of unjust bills being paid.
The question was then taken on the motion to con-
cur with the Board of Alderman.
YEAs-Me:ns BOgeIt the President Shannon, Burns, Ho-
gan, Bsulch, Van Tine Rowsgen, Costello, Mcconnell Hail.
hunson, Van Wart, Shaw, npbel, Lent McCarty-lZ
NAYS MesIs Perley Kane Trotter, Pnckney, Allen,
DecbeI-6. J
ABSENT-Mr. Townsend.
The motion was lost, it requiring vote of Is to
pass it.
MIR. HOGAN moved to reconsider the vote. Carried. /
After some other unimportant business, the Board
adjourned till Tuesday next.