The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-12
Town Talk.

ted to our columnsi
NEw ORlrASs, March 10th,
jlS66,-Xr. 7oocn Tdlk:-Con is.
ltency is Il jewel, is il not! But
Some people in tho City Hall do
mot seem to think SO. Judging from
their action lately. 1t is but a few
lshort months since the great nm,
Hugh Kennedy, touk his seat ia
Mayor ut iitis much governed city
lot Now Orleans. One of his first
icharges was made to the police,
/ that und,r no consideration, indi.
'yidually or collectively, were they
20 take part In pohtics, under the
lponalty OF immcdinc dismissal -
but what do we find now Z Strange
lrumorS are floating around that
Im,n have lately been discharged
| from the police force Tor ,he reason
that they would not tako part in
politics or, N other words, sign
away thoir liberty by pledging
themselves to vote the ticket hatch'
led by their masters ut the City Hall.
I, | should like to ask that great Ty.
coon, through the Times, what has
wrought such wonderful change
lin his ideas OF political interference
lby policemen and others under his
lconuol9 should like to know al
SO il consistency has induced him
e. return that one thousand dollars
taken ont of the city treasury some
months since, in order to pay his
and friends expense 70 the great
Mecca at Washington! The best
of the joke, though, was trying to
make the public believe it was all
done Tor tho benefit OF tho city, 10y
lnrging on thu Exccu,ive claims Tor
, wharfage accrued during the war,
+, What iiimsy preteXt and excuse
He must have thought the public
very gullible.
Some Of the questions / have
, lpropounded may seen, harsh, but
t they are to the point, and | claim
, that, as a citizen and one OF the
people, have a right to ask the
, servants Of the people questions in
, regard to their stewardship. The
public are not satisfied TO this day
in regard to that thousand dollar
{ business, nor the leasing to privi
legged parties = large portion of the
public wharvcs for mere nominal
, price. And what has become ci
the pet contract system, whereby
the city was to have been saved sc
much Z Have any Of the contrac
tors done anything towards fulfil
ling their contracts, unless it was
Q to draw their pay Were the
, streets of New OrlSans ever known
, dnpwn to be in such an awful con.
, dition, some of them impossible in
. muddy weather? Some of the
, enormous house will have to so
over thom two or three times, in
, order to make a good job. OF them
More anon. Yours,
r JouN CHRISTIE.
!, Town Talk went TO the church q
: Jcsuits yesterday, to hear fathe
u NBooker, aud listen to the music
II which he had often heard highl,
" extolled. lie was disappointed il
IS not hearing sermon, as the Rev
y Father confined his remarks t
: some latc instructions from th
Bishop. The music by the choi
al and organist, was beautiful gran
y sublime. 1t is not snrpasse'
~ nv any body of singers in the city
d and it is second to none in thi'
country. ..r
Through the politeness Of tn
r sexton, Town Talk was enabled t
get scat in a pew near the centr
d of the church, entering the sam
81 from the middle aisle. lie is TIM
ID particular in giving the location Q
'e his seat. as he desires to add tina
le the elaring light from the straug
r window, directly overt the altas wa
l. almost intolerablc, not to him aion
but to all in the middle rows @
8, pews, as the foreheads, and a
v, times tie halfcloeed eyes Of larG
4, portion of the audience painl.
If proved. 1t ia surprising that tn
Of three windows over the altar at
y not shaded in some way. 1t woul
al certainly be a great relief to IL.
le audience ifthey were. The chnrcl
H. as usual, was crowded to overflow
a. ing.
i. Gripes, is busy Marshalling hi
al hosts. IL must be remcmbere
or that he ia u candidate for the stree
j. lnspector5hip. He has been yer
active ever since he consented tob
10 elected to this Office, examining til
5, highways and byways, prcparator
C. TO the commencement OF his ad
as Ininistration as Street Inspector :
n. His coat is of, but he will not rol
n ND els sleeves until after the vote
are counted. lie thinks that Nigh
n, look too much like forcing matters
10 nozeas volens," as he terms it.
at lie SAYS now, if he had known {
re tLe start. how many votes were y
a. I'M around loose, he would hav
a. entered tho field as a candidate IL
a, Mayor but lie considers 1t too LAT
Il, now, as everything is cut and drie
I'd pertaining to that Office. Ho be
Ills inaugural written out, and
TO gain time has handed it in for pul
this morning. He wi
j thus be ahead of the other cand
81 dates, at least one day. pt
ne Her, it is:sdf i.i.ggW ogl
I'd Y "FeHotol Citisens--In assumin
ld the reins lof ofIice--may nv re-