New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-31

The extraordinary action Of the Board of Aldermen
caring the onice which hold the appointment
Acting Mayor CLARK, confirmed by his honor Mayor Mon
roe imposes the duty of making plain of
facts through hs Medium Of the public press substitute
for the explanation for which opportunity has been denied
me by those who assuming sit in Judgment on my
Without acknowledging the right of the council
exercise which is vested by law in the mayor of the
city yet deem such explanation due M friends Rud
the public who may attach unmeted importance the
extremely pendiced report of the committees who depu-
ted to examine my accounts and the exceedingly unfair
of the Board of Aldermen, based on that report.
The committee consisting of Messrs McCloskey Smith and
Clark visited the Workhouse once which occasion they
made cursory examination of my books and
rather of the of hemp picked by prisoners
This the only examined by them and had no
to suppose that they found unsatisfactory they
said nothing whatever of any discrepancies If there
discrepancies stated by the report it is very strange
they said nothing about it at the time The simple truth is
that all the transactions of the Workhonse matter
hemp picked by the prisoners with house. that Of
oppnbug and in the final settlement with
establishment there is difference of precisely three
At period happened that the prisoners without
work. of the failure the city to provide mate
as Rather than suffer them to be idle appropriated the
Of $3.50 49, by the books to the epurchase
of material be picked by the prisoners This opera
on, with traing additions to the employed
repeated from time to time small scale The aggregate
receipts thus only these Investments
final profit but saall At this time Mr.. Paisley, chair
Of the Committee Workhouse and Prisons authorized
purchase tue repicked material the
paid by other PERSONS which did to the amount OF
SSl 20 This transaction likewise appears the books
presume that fault found with by the committee
made to it in the report The only specific
allegation contained in that document is that
found OF the dsposition made of cothing the
about ST19 which had been furnished the use of the
Workhouse Itisptoper 10 that took charge of
institution By apponment aforesaid the first Of last
April and the clothing referred furnished the 18th
Of the month It certainly is not surprising that in
months this small amount of clothing should have been
pended The gentlemen of the committee asked what had
become Of this cthug and told them what literally
true that yard OF it had been made the prisoners
The fact that gaye this information be substantiated by
competent testimony and the additional fact that the clothing
appropriated stated is likewise susceptible Of proof
The evidence at hand and at the service the committee
if they had chosen call for it, The
could be found is therefore, qubbe clearly designed
to conceal aid not to elicit the truth.
The remaining contained in the report vague
that is almost impossible meet them. On this ground
alone they would be dismissed entirely unworthy
consideration, y any tribunal possessed sufficient impair
tay to judge fairly and sufficient intelligence
curately When it is stated that large of money
ceived by accounted for indere
accusation only by simple and unqualified denial Which
the referred tot What their amounH Who paid
them? When they received? general allegation
this kind unaccompanied by recital of facts in confirmation
of the charge is emily unjust but absolutely Absurd But,
addition the denial which have made will state that
large of money received
Wokhouse The only sunni of money within my experience
which remotely that description
of $3.50 90 the erder fer hecoecon of which
to Mr. Paisley and still remains in his hands, ii
ready been collected That gentlemen the
of the committee yet he has taken the trouble
examine my all About the only interest that
have known him to take in the Workbouse get
ting work done without paying for it which, presume
considers Of the perquisites Of his official position
If the gentlemen of the committee had devoted ae time
real investigation my accounts they coud have
failed to discover that my administration has been far
expensive the city than that Of my predecessor brief
statementwi eueidate this point During six months
which greater than before received from
the Workbouse for equal period of time The Of
done during six months my administration was $I3
5S and the expenses for the time SsOl7 IT, In
1864 the expenses s6sS So and reGeg SIS S3 CO. In
1868 the expenses SS66S g. and he receipts S1 S8 49,
exhibit of this kind would in the mind impartial and
reasoning being preclude the idea that any erge
money were received by me- and not accounted for.
In order however, that there may no lingering
consequence of the Importance which the public
may possby attach the Of the committee have
queted his Honor Mayor Monroe and the
Aldermen to select ree competent book Keepers and
tn the favor of examining reporting my
Ihe arrived by such persons subj
will presune have much influence those of
Of the distinguished gentlemen who compose the
Common Council Of the city Of New Orleans, By their re
port anl willing abide +. NJ ADDRESS
ant City WOrkhSuse