The New York herald., 1868-01-05
SIEGE OF THE CITY HALL.


Pssse-Attacks and Repulses Tho Garrison
Likely TO CnpItulate.
There and rumors OF wars at tho City Aau
yesterday-contests Of influence between oce olderx
fas and sleek yet agated with an asue OF quxkue and
ofceseeks seedy hungry 1and impetuous, often baf.
Ned and as often returning to the attack pslled by
promises maae tue oay ns election to DO convenient
v Forgotten Gay /or two after Tao elect,
vas oiamorously declared on the psrt Of the
assailazts, had faod 10 recognize ,he,r frien ds.
ana siege 70 enforce recognition was tie consequence
'1'anuy and 10 warEs array, some ranks Deep tho
p~nsans OF H.mmany drow up front or the edifcc
!. % s'orm"l as carly as nine o'coek yesterday
,ng. motley band, bold as Napoleon's TO the last
varousy uniformed, they r.so varously armed
some WIRE seedy and mud from the effects
OF long campaigning; ank and loan enough were Others
been long on duty as packets, and that without
av.ons or commutaton therefor long bearded and un-
60 mbed Others probably for the Of looking
fierce and invincibe possible; in tattered cers.
asn which were most likely borrowed for the OCCASION
wore others, who, being impressed with notion that
rags were more persuasion than words proceeded to
tho utmost ecquence OF which rags are capable Bold
Fellows with Australian biliants blinking Begra-
via scarfs, and we'll clad Turkish pants and pes
jackets, were others, WHO trgged forcely At
cigars and nobly insis1ed their rights gallant
enough hungry regiment wsre they all together and the
Siege Of saguntum pale 10 historical gories in sompari
siege
True they were her irreguarly armed, as impro-
Saa soa armies are aps be With papers indorsns them
day no little szeeu, on With small TASKS which now
and anon were care fliy uncorked put the lips and
corke othe w trough thew 1d s
nobiy IN the Eight, mapfestcd disposition to hold ON
With ho pes %Cre 10 the sna armed
who unfortsn Sciy, having been carefa!ly washed
sc, ncS %bom spsoatey By the
omCeseokers ray craw the wholesome lesson not to
asn snemse lyss ra'ii atsr their share Of the spos
ona nave Dc doed out to them. For this-the fail
are 70 Iecogr Aoe their former allies in taking Of their
sovs.ea Ssp ssOpolthe officers elect not par
sicuiary Da 6eworthy would at 1rst be apt to
fancy. Thu sriate allies hsd been wsehed very care
sSy .Sm wasn a. n some csss in fact .hay had sna.sn
Of SOAP warm wa,sn r'zor and comb fails 70 recog.
n1e mn AsH, 1t 10 scarcely expected that anybody
else sh MD recognize him. TINS class, therefore,
Jared Jared .Sy lawns. as nased :..y ousn. to hsss
selves or to Se washed; asc neither Mayor
John Hoffman Sheriff Jasaes O Brien could be
pected TO notice or nod TO thsm without first reading
not however ne point Of stack and little strategy
iror major aerais and dom the utilization Of that
m ary cenm Odity which psovais among this class of
sPle mDarf celebrities might learn lesson OF great
IN DortaDco to aIl future campaigns The only real
master Of str hegy Is Tanuany partisan the trail Of
once -an observation which vas better Illus
tr1ted saan h tho City Hall yesterday.
Drawn up gallant array and armed with tongue and
infuenco, ae army Of those who would hold office II
they cond ssconeed the Steps OF the City Hall about
O'Clock IN Las morning Their ranks not particu
lariy rgul Ar. and neither drum fife heradsd tho
advance the storming party Az the outworks no re-
sntrarcc and into the rounda poured the besiegers
seeking or what they might deyoor. Then, il IN
mys,eric TASKS from their pockets. uncorked them
hitsd u EN- 70 their lips, soIsnny DETECTED the neck
Of she bottle and gave utterance cultural
gnlp Again. as Il satisfied that the victory
was mo re than half won the bottles solernny
1scted, carefully corkod and pocketed; and. with
energie recruited the besegors lighted fresh cigars
and eceedea to BUSINESS. "ro the vicors belong
spois saith the code Of political warfare and tho
ragged and motley regiment began the work OF ransack
ing fortress for bits Of official patronage-crumbs
petet pockets sheriff Keliys posse-the few Of them
Who emained-were speedily disarmed and put hors de
was no shreve for tho followers OF the executive
aps h. They E We're no M silent army aits, the manner
mbiers for the crumbs that fell from the masters
tabi .; and, having profound belief in the efficacy Of
talk they talked and kept talking They
aid mot care for the troubles Of Office 4nd
an, dous 70 assume. The pcrqustes-gve them the
PEI 1uistes and mattered very little who got the sal
eG One or two offers were made in fact to accept the
on ce for the psrqustea alone which, though unorho
pipd.be Now. perquisltes At the City Hall are inter-
pfetsd 70 mean pickings. which latter is mild term
applied 70 gentemanin IN official capacity and is hence
b. gentlemen IN official capacisis. s M ,aoooed nod
quisites, comprehend the whole philosophy Of the
sa'ne; ana If any individual can SNUFF The atmosphere
n n,,. the meaning OF , pssquistes, that indi.
tho public in any capacity. Perquistes the great
motive power which Keeps the city government in
on and were It not for peqais'tes tho city govern
minister Il Through psrqastes city officials are an.
aoed 70 sport yctors and span through psrauistes
nifty OF city oicial through psrquisites they invest
real estate and msnageso have personal interest in
IN fact they are enabled to contribute neray to the
sss
their position In wcrd, perqusites are quito neces
e.ry 70 keep up the Official dignity, and perqustes
officials must have 70 be unworthy
bearers OF tho seal OF great city; and
from inc inmate eonycon Of the value OF perqusl,es
manifested by tho gallant regiment who stormed the
Sheriff oince yesterday Ne people need have fear
that any means OF maintaining their dignity as repre-
sentativcs OF The Official Of tho great commercial
metropolis VIII be overlooked neglected Gallant
fellows and ap. at comprehendng the strategic points
efa position they wero obviously just well posted up
r. the exact meaning Of pequisitcs as II they had had
the admnistrstion Of tho city government in their
hands for whole year. and duly qualified ofncc,
there reason why they should not hold it, except
the fact that the ncumben,s we're just As quahed as
they and understood the thing practically
Ter. Besides the Sheriff could recognize half OF
them. owing 70 the fact that stey had boon very
fully washed for the OCCASION they ought not to
have been TO DO recognizable In vain the impor-
tunate soush, to make hum understand who they
were and what they had done for him. They bad been
washed-so carefully washed tsat recognition was I'M
possible It was useless to plead promises the official
shayen Individual before him tho vertab,e ud-
vidual to whom the pleaded premise had been made
and there nobody who could Jog his memory
into recognition. SO Jared the many who had relied
upon the fact tina. they Old Oampaignsrs The inn
psrturbable elect simply stared ~ he would say. "My
dear SIR, you have surely mistaken your II was
nseess 10 say, my dear Sheriff. Patrick O'Flanni
gan" or thing OF that Sort Cor OF Patrick OFlann
gAns there are not less than fifty an the directory and
mot one Of them Is the Samo man afor washing that he
was before that epdermic operacn In fact, were
whole nfty to wake up washed after hours sleep
neither OF the whole ffiy would able 70 disein gush
himself from any OF tbe ether forly, nine;
and, " neither OF ths nfty oouh swear which
Patrick 0Fannigan he was having IN on washed nm
Known 70 himself, Mr. sheriff O'Bnar could no. Ger.
sainly be expected TO tell han.
ThusGar in defence OF that Official whose memory
slough bad certainly noS worse lbsn that OF any
body else who has just been elected peruu
sites which latter before Observed constitute the
groatcr part OF Office itself That funeionary behaved
With merkabe pr1dence uader the circumstances
II 10 embarrassing TO have gsEteman tus shaven, and