The New York herald., 1865-05-28

MUNICIPAL MIsoovHRNMEET.-We arc inun-
dated with communications calling our stten-
tion to the prevailing alarming mismanage-
ment Of city sffairs. The waste and proRigacy
ia nabli0 expenditures, The nltby condition Of
the public Streets the lamentab!e ineffciency
OF The sanitary force, the danger Of fearful
epidemic the coming summer, and the shame
less negligence Of most Of the public officers,
lead every good citizen to regard with deep
concern and apprehension the future welfare Of
the metropolis. But what IL the use Of no.
ticing these thingsi The streets are getting
dirtier and hlthier every day, nuisanoes are
allowed to exist and exude their pestiferous
vapos in many parts Of the city, and the
recklessness In expenditures aud the inefa.
cheney Of officials become daily more and more
matters of public notoriety.
Our contemporaries notice the same evils
in the same strain. But It Is al OF no
account The taxation Of the city has
run up from the two or three millions
Of q few years past to fifteen millions, and
there Is but little doubt II will soon reach
twenty millions per annum. Mach money is
wasted in useless expenditures -such, for
instance, as tho publishing Of unnecessary
advertisements in rebel sympathizing papers,
while the public roads, the public health and
the general welfare Of the city arc entirely
neglected. The only portion Of city affairs
conducted with any degree Of efficiency and
creditability are those under the control Of
commissioners sanctioned BY the Legislature
such a. the Park Board. the Croton Board and
the Police Board. The balance Of tho city gov
ernnent is most horribly mismsnaged. II Is
worse than that Of any other city on the
face Of the globe. This miserable condition
of things is fostcred and encouraged BY
the varions city political hctions. Tammsny,
Mozart, the McKeon and the Gunther factions,
are alike SsqDnsible for the mismsnsgeaent Of
our affairs The republican faction
is eq1ny so Tammany starts of, lead by
Cornell in the Street Department. Brennan ss
tho City Comptroller, Tweed In the Super
visors' Department, Peter b. Sweeny and others
in various other branches of the government
ell jobbing out tho city business To favories and
parasites. All the other factions have their
leaders or snuffling pilots doing the service
on land what shark pilots do for their vo-
racious followers in the sea-point out the
public plumber that may be gobbled up. We
shall never see Improvement or amendment in
this gross mismanagement Of our city affairs
until these factions arc driven out or put
down, and new government formed with
single executive head, with the. power and
strength 70 control the factions without being
bound 10 or controlled by them.
During the summer now coming in is the time
70 prepare TO bring before the next Legislature
such changes In our system Of municipal gov
ernment % will put forever q quietus upon
the jobbing operators Of the political factions
that have so long misgovernsd the city. We
ask our citizens To furnish US with all tho infor-
nation they have that may help ON the work
Of exposing oil these factions and oliques, with
the view Of having them ultimately started
out Of the oity.