New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-04

and it Is also TO be feared that large pOrLlOn
of the city loans and revenue bonds have also
been privately disposed Of in this manner. Of
the fraudulent and VIGOROUSLY fraudulent judg-
ments obtained by Charles Devlin against the
City, during the last year of BusteedS reign,
when that officer was making bis final haul
against the public money-bags-we challenge
Merwin R. Brewer, Mr.. Devlin's counsel, to cite
one that has not been paid; and we also chal-
lepge him to name single one of said judgments
against which fatal evidence does not exist in
the proper Departments, had Controller Haws
seen fit, in obedience to the orders Of the Legis-
atare, to have had all judgments by default or
suspected collision "opened up" and tried over
again-nOt by the Busted crowd of =" Referees"
of whom Mr.. Brewer was so conspicuous men,
ber-but in Court, and before a jury Of twelve
citizens.
In concluding our present reference to this
topic, we have simply to announce that Mr.
Controller Haws to this day, and every day, is
in the habit of accepting this indicted forger
aud public pecuator, Charles Devlin as surety
for very many of the city contracts made
Mr.. Haws regarding him as "good and valid
bondsman and evidently never suspecting that
Deylin himself, as the surety in each case, Is
really the principals and that the men who NOM
inally take the contracts are only minor villains
of the useful class-such as John Fitzpatrick
used to be-whose names are employed to cover
I'D Charles Deylin's interest How the Control
Ter iustifes himself in accepting the security as
good and valid" OF man who, in all proba-
bihty, must 20 to State Prison whenever the
Dstrict-Attorney can be stimulated to do his
duty, is more than we can understand. 1t is
one of the many eccentricities of finance, and
must be coupled with that other strange con.
founding of unexpended Specific Appropriations
with the necessity of paying private or unsettled
claims to applicants who have had the good for
tune to retain the fright kind of man" as their
legal adviser.
In Justice to the District-Attorney, We should
add that in the case Of the last indictment found
against Devlin for forgery, Commission was
issued to California, possibly as q means to &C.
cure delay, and that the time for its return has
not vet expired Meantime, Charles Devln is
still doing a good stroke of city business, under
the cover of being accepted by the Controller as
bondsman for other men; and it must also be
believed, judging from the Controllers report of
the expenses of Street Opening Commissions
within the last three years, that the Busted
dynasty has been succeeded by one in every way
worthy of its predecessor; and that Busted HIM
self and all his special adherents are almost as
well taken care of under the younger Mr.. Bron-
SOD, as they were when they took care Of and
provided for themselves and oil their relatives
and assistants, political, personal and social, IN
the sumptuous and magnificent manner for which
the City is still sweating gold at every pore.
VIII some member of the Legislature call for q
detailed account Of all the Specific Appropria'
tons made, and never expended for the objects
set forth, within the last three years. In thi'
obscure fence, many who are likely to know
believe that there is a colored person Of perfectly
astounding proportions.