The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-22
Continued Absence Of Witnesses and of ANY
Sufficient Proofs.
The Sources OF Municipal DisOr-
ders and Their Cure.
0ix Municipalities In Full Blast In
New York City.
&c. &c. SEQ.
Our Albany Correspondence.

Corporation Of the city of New York; the parties appeared
before him by their counsel and had sitting from ten
O'Clock until four. As testimony was introduced
che arguments occupied the whole time and turned upon
the motion dismiss the matter upon the papers Aed
with the Executive. 4
LAwRESCE's ARGUMENT.
Tho charges against tho Comptroller were taken up
hrs and they necessarily implied the principal bear
ings Of the charges against the other officials the argu
ments upon them may be assumed to dispose OF and
the entire scope Of the complaints Mr. Lawrence
commented length upon each Of the ahega-
tions against tho finance department, making
. clear and vigorous explanation Of the law and
ordinances, and showing the entire workings of
the city and county government in reference to
the charges In treating Of tho charge regard the
sale OF city stocks he recurrod to tho occasion of the
opening of the bids in question: when General Lee had
invaded Pennsylvania and the gloomy aspect Of tho
beon had affected every other species of security The
stock TO be taken that occasion advertised and of
the amoun-one million dolars-no half offered
10 be taken at various amounts of premium All Of these
bids accepted in anticipation of the result which
subsequently reached when bids OF the kind
could be had, owing to influences which have affected
not only city stocks but those Of the State well
every other species of security No fraud collision
legal rregularty shown and all the clamor about
persons bidding who did not personally take the stock
their account entirely set aside by the pro-
ducon Of all the necessary testimony from those parties
their principals showing that every bid made had boon
in good fah and by parties with whom not the slightest
collision understanding had existed 1t appears that
Mr.. Andrew Mills had made verbal offer of five per
cent premium for Of the stock; but this
was after the bids had been opened, and the
Comptrollcrs power to accept such offer out of the
question for various reasons the balance Of the stock
turned over to the account Of the city itself upon
proposition made by the Commissioners Of the Sinking
Fund There not in this or any other allegation
made pref Of proof offered Of any grounds for
removal and the entire tissue of charges advanced
by Mr. Herrck like those Of Gregory supon informa-
tion and Belief tho leading point OF the Governors
previous decision that there must be something proved
reached. or the numerous letters Of similar tenure
which have been received by the Comptroller since his
the Governor, with the oder OF many others desired
LETTER
New YoRK, Oct. IS, 1865.
DEAR s,nIn compliance with your request to state my
Central is'Gn
time and do m they are
briefly for bids for this stock aaver
.csspas nc bids made also fully approssd sas
Fund take balance q this stock Of that
a price sa the & This S dom" the
so and the oy thus securing itself loss
e Of them to be-
say 9S 1oS Sasdu'' in the matter s gsf
LHrIxs FROM ;ons CISCO AND rEoa w1nD AND CONTAIN
No wal srs Sss. Ssx Soss Oct sfS isss S
sea having sssd IL q .hs awards sisif
have examined ns subject and in view Of the
under which &C S. s . s be-
Psnnsyvsna By the army under General Lee was received
sa IL sa a sis ss 9
os e awards oT the Land %. the a,
Premise. for The best Sas Sy
We concur the above WARD i co.
LETTER rmos CHARLES 4. WHITNEY.
No scn.nrr'. sTnnn si NEW 1 Yosx, Oct i lss
@ sass T. s ne mater matte Of ne
Robert Sopsy s made asa"s,
swara and that tbs said coplsy was myth Mr. copley Il
no. s 4 resident % a can be =
Isolated = the city Directory. :, -,
20 was made in good faith aud my advice the pro-
w, ws ~ %s " ad Ss es For
the amount VIZ s now Y my Ppissssiop WuT Tm very
JOHN MKEos's ARGUMENT.
Mr. McKeon came forward as the counsel for Arson
the charges s alleged By bis
but in SO discursvc a manner as to make
u difficult TO determine what he aimed
20 establish. He was provoked, II would appear, by his
antagonist, Mr. lawrence, to give tho whole matter the
aspect Of sort OF stump speech about the McKeon Mo-
xnr and Tammany organizations in the city politics Of
Now York He pitched into everything and everybody
in avery Characteristic manner taking up for instance
ton last year rival delegate, he said was reducing
the dignity OF the Recorders Office to level with the
criminals whom he had sentenced 10 serve their term In
the Pcntentary Judge Ingraham he characterized a
dcmagogue for having made the Hecker decision In favor
of the swcepcrs this being corrupy done in anti
cipation Of his reelection this fall John J. Cisco no
said had and &c. for mere stock broker In Wall
street and with the other stock brokers who now en-
by such jobs about the patronage OF the city stocks
those ind'cai in Mr. Herrcks charges The press, he
charged had all been s'suborBed by payments OF mil
aion or dollars excepting his client, Mr. Hcncks paper
He argued that Mayor Gunther criminal as any
urged his removal Il for nothing ese, for that no had
taken part In getting up and signing the Blunt essi-
OF his speech devoted 10 OK President James Blu
chanan, Fernando Wood and his own removal ticKeon's
he denounced his old friend j. r. for having removed
him without any reason whatever that he (icKconl
could see or allesaiion Of sasse BY :. b. wa. only
vernon Fcnton 70 remove all the city officials In
manner u they must have had something do and
70 for in ths matter Of his loss of his olcia
position rs United States District Attorney.
nR. BRApy's REMARKS
II was evident that Mr. Brady did not yet any
cason for argument and but that due respect for tho
Executive Attorney General aud Judge Advocate Gene.
raj who gave the matter the gravity and importance OF
ter presence, called for something 10 be said he would
have left these charges as he did those which the Co.
vernon has already dsnisscd without any argument on
his part As u was, he made n speech Of length
ons OF the most amusing anu CHARACTERISTIC, perhaps no
has over made kcmarkng the entire absence Of any
audience except the Executive and his attendants and
thc counsel the argument he described the former
OI this case, contrasting tho absence and the
presence cf Mcssrs Hcrrck Waterbury, Gregory,
e. al making what he termed "verbogrsphs
che 'sclargesn he explained the depreciation in
tho bids for Central Park bonds by some telling
illusions 10 the draft riots and tho completely therein
OF tho coppcrhead McKconite) politicians Of the city,
who were concerned in that business and rejolced
In the disasters OF the country upon the invn-
sion by Lee, announced the very day those bids
opened. He did not say " In SO many words, but
mis- argument plainly inmaed the fast that the pro-
sccuton Of these charges but the contingent
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stgaed for disloyal ends by the parties before
Seymour. When he TO the Blunt testimonial his
illusions had similar significance and did not need
much equyocaton He spoke OF the dreadful scenes OF
this draft riot and the vivid ancpaons Of their re-
newal, when Mr. Bunrs ingenuity in connection with
he m gu III CITY Hp do.