New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-10
10, TILE POOR INDIAN

IF fine celebrated Logan could look down
from his celestial hunting grounds and see inc
prosperous condition of his descendants-such
Of them at least as wear tho paint and feathers
of the Tammany tribe and owe allegiance 10
tho great sachcm in Fourtcentll-st.-we uare
say he would forget his wrongs and his rheI-
uric and ask leave to withdraw altogether his
f,mous speech against the palc-faces. What
ever rascaly agents and lawless settlers may
do 70 the red men Of the Plains, the Copper
head braves of Manhattan are getting so rich,
and prosperous, and comfortable, that the whole
race must feel bound to accept their prosperity
"a an amcnde honorable from penitent public.
OF the Tammany tribe the most famous are,
"a is well known, Warrior Peter y. Sweeny,
celebrated for his cunning and wise counseiS;
Grand Sachem William NJ. Tweed, well known
for his long purse and generous (some THINK
IN n faulD distribution of the public wampum
among decrepit and WORKOUT braves who have
done the tribe service, Sachem X. Is. Con-
molly. crafty old warrior; popularity known
as the great scalpcr OF Oliver Charlick, the
Railroad King, and Michael Connolly, the big
Judge, popularity known among his famllars and
admirers as the Daniel O'Connell of the Amerl-
can Fenians. Those three chiefs are monarchs
of nearly all they survey. They own much
wampum and lands, and have parceled out
among their own relations all the scalps that
the tribes have taken. Look at the record, and
then contrast the happy situation of these big
and little injins with that of Logan's family.
Warrior Sweeuy is City Chamberlain, with
an income of $lSOOOO William A. Herring, his
brother-in-law. is Auditor, with salary OF
20 ona Il, in s.
ISOLATION, which, together with the N Y. Print
ing Co., receive, in one form or another, 1t Is
popularity believed, about 100000 per annum
from the subjugatcd people OF Manhattan, Tor
recording the wise laws made by the whisky
braves at the City Hall, and the long-drawn
| out account of the scalps they take when an
nually on the war-path in November and De-
cembar Thomas j. Barr, his uncle, is Secretary
TO the Tax Commissioners, Commissioner for
| Opening Streets, and, now and then, Receiver
when railroads bring their quarrels into our
| City Courts. They say he also made good
thing as Receiver for the Fenian Fund, receiy-
ing to his own use g, 800 thereof for very small
| services rendered.
The second big injin is Grand Sachem William
NJ. Tweed, who aspireS to be the National big
njin of all the tribes
1t will DO noticed that the male members of
his family are, unfortunately, not numerous,
which puts him to the painful necessity of
| holding many offices iimself-such as Senator,
| Supervisor, Deputy Street Commissioner, and,
directly or indirectly, some twelve or fifteen
other fat and pleasant places His papOose,
| VIM. NJ. Tweed, jr., Is Assistant Dstrict-At-
| torney, holds an Office tho Governors staff,
was Receiver in the Pacific and other rail
road quarres, and is Referee, appointed by
the Judges. Although not over 20 years old,
he is understood to be on the Tammany slate
for Judge of the Superior Court, to be elected
this FALL VIM. ii. King, his brother-in-law,
is Tax Commissioner, with a salary OF $4,000 ;
and VIM ii. King, jr, his brother-in-law's
son. is Chief Clerk to the Street Commissioner
with a salary of $4,000 per annum.
Next and last comes big injin Connolly,
who for the present is satisfied with being
Controller. with J. Townsend Connolly, his
son, as Deputy Auditor, at a salary of $4,000,
and who also holds position upon the Gov
emor's Staff. Robert C. IIutchings, his son-in-
law, is Assistant District Attorney, and is now
believed to be on the slate for Surrogate. to
be elected this Fall. Joel A. Fithian, his SON
in-law, is Deputy Receiver of Taxes, with
salary of $4,000, and is also School Trustee for
the Twentyfirst Ward.
OF course, the curious reader will notice
that we have taken no account in any of these
cases of the perquisites appertaining to each
position, which are reputed to be, under the
care of the incumbents growing larger and
larger, until they have already reached such
princely proportions as to make the stated sal
aries look Insignificant and beggarly in the
comparison.