The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-10-26

national halls the meeting is almost pub,
liCly attended. Many of the high people
OF the country are members OF it,
A modification of the Injunction order
made yesterday probably remove the
main obstacles to the early prosecution OF
the work on the ViaduCt Railway.
The steamers Santiago de Cuba and
Espana, have arrived here with troops
from Spain.
The race between the LivOnia and
Dauntless did not take place to-day, in
consequence Of the weather being stormy.
Two men belonging to the Dauntless was
washed overheard, and one drowned.
The National Insurance Convention re-
jeCtCd the amount Of the report of the
Committee on Taxation, providing that
the uniform rate Of taxation be one per
cent on the gross premiums Of fire COM
panics; one.half per cent on the gross pre-
miums Of marine companies, and one.hall
per cent on policies Of life insurance com.
panies, terminates at the death OF the as
sured, and one per cent on every other
form Of life policy,
Otis Field, well known sporting,
character, died today.
The new American party nominated
,Ias. Mackay as a candidate for Senator in
the 7th district.
At the Republican ratification meeting
tonight Horace Greeley presided and
made some brlefremarks, urging harmony
among tho Republicans. Letters were
read from Senators COnkling and
FcntOn and others. The principal
speaker was VIM, NJ. Evarts, who dc.
nounced the composition of the city gov.
crnmGnt, and said II the evils could not
be remediGd by ballots they must be by
bayonets. Judge Plerrepont, Marshall
Sharpe, Chas. Spencer and others also ad.
dressed the meeting
Tho German meeting tonight declared
that the Germans would support Tor office
none but honest public men, irrespec.
tive Of party i.
Tho Tribune publishes tomorrow the
evidence against Tweed, which will be
submitted to the Court tomorrow, and
says that an arrest in criminal suits will
probably follow ut once. The application
Tor arrest will probably be made In Al
bany county. The Tribune says that the
transactions Of the subject OF
thecontemplated suit will begin inthe pas.
sage OF section four,Of tho county tax levy
Of 1870, creating q Board Of Audit,
and providing for the payment of claims
and liabilities against the city and county
thereby. The Board consisted Of Mayor
Hall, Comptroller Connolly and Tweed.
The Board never had but one meeting,
which did not last fifteen minutes. The
record was there made Of the minutes and
q resolution, which resolution was drawn
and read by Mayor Hall, and Is said to be
In his handwriting, Instead of auditing
the claims on the liabilities they, in plain
violation of the law provided that
Auditor Watson should collect together
all claims,and certificates OfW. NJ. Tweed,
the President Of the Board Of Supervisors,
Or j. B. Young, SGC'ry Of the same Board,
which should be the evidence required to
enable the claim to be paid. II was held
by tho Attorney General that tho Mayor
must have advised his colleagues that this
was an execution Of their trust, whereas II
was their duty to investigate the accounts,
md find out what was due. The Board
had consequently no right to take the GER
.itlcation proposed by the resolution rs
conclusive. Duty was ministerial and not
Judicial. The next step was the collec.
ion Of warrants. The total Of these war
rants are $G,3l25it 81. The depend.
,nts and tools OF Mr.. Tweed de.
posted $5,710,013 Of, and the New
York Printing Company deposited
S395,3O5 10, making $G,005,8l0 II.
A further $l03,54S 69 Is believed to
lave been deposited by IngersOll in the
litferent banks, so that the whole amount
)l the audit, except $l13,5S3 90, was
'eally collected by persons in connection
with or COllusion with Tweed. Inger.
Ioll collected $3501 ,59l 80 of the war.
ANTS, and received from Garvey out of
lis collections $47740 G9. OF that ag.
yregate he paid over to Woodward
S1,Sl7,4O7 40, or little more than
lalf Of his whole receipts. Garvey
deposited warrants amounting to SLIT.
lib 70. lie (Garvcy) paid to Woodward
6721 ,S71.Ol, or over two thirds OF the
vholeamount Of his receipts. Woodward
deposited $1O327l, $40, and he received
n checks from Ingersoll and Garvey,
,nough Of these collections 10 make n total
u $3,692, 2,0j423, Of this amount he paid
1ver $023,95950 10 Tweed. Wood.
ward was then and Is now depu.
y clerk 10 Young of tho Board
If Supervisors, on whose CertificatiOn
according to Mayor Halls resolution as
we'll as on that Of Tweed, the bills were
% be paid. 1t Is unknown TO whom
Woodward made the other payments, but
hose he made 10 Tweed are established
beyond doubt. The tickets accompany.
ng the deposits are in the hand writing
)f Woodward The teller Of the Broad.
way bank swore that they were generally
)y Woodward in person. Including
Sl04,333, Tweed received the handsome
aggregate OF $1,037,192. Z. A. Wood.
ward, former clerk Of the old board
supervisors, and joint agent with james
Watson, Of the Ring, recently disappeared,
saying that he was going to Chicago, and
i proves that lie transferred his property
70 his partner Mr.. Beatty, 1t not being
very valuable, and represents but the irac..
lion ofmany millions he stole. His total
real estate, since 1868, amounts TO $174,-
9Ol, mostly since February, 1869; and
bis sales amount to $G0,500, lie has
also loaned TO parties in New
ark S3OO,O0O, taking in each in.
stance mortgage on property in
.own. The complaint Is accompanied by
tables and schedules Of city warrants,
tickets OF deposit and other documents
by Tweed, the Woodwards and
others, showing how large sums Of mon.
oy have passed into their hands, and the
Of these tables Is certified to
by affidavit from Samuel j. Tilden, who
swears that he personally traced and ex.
1mined them. ~
BALTIMORE.