Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-24
NEW YORK.
Oakley Halls Account of His
Stewardship.
Suit for Public Property Worth
$1,OOO,OOO.
The CITY Accounts Produced.

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accounts from Jan. j, 1869, to July l,
1871, were received from Mayor Hall,
accompanied by lengthy message and
explanation of the same.
LATER.-Specisl meetings of the Board
of Supervisors and Common Council
were separately held to-day, one to re-
ceiVe the city accounts and the other the
county accounts. Three were huge
budgets, beginning Jan. l, 1869, and end
ing July l, 1871. Long messages from
the Mayor accompanied each budget
The accounts sre made up in chronology
cal order, describing each warrant issue,
amount, and the subject matter. The
| Mayor sent also q valuotion of the city
and county real estate, made by three
sworn appraisers, whom the sinking fund
commissioners several months since Sc
lected, Messrs Palmer, BECKER and Mil
Ter. The valuation is within a frac-
ton of 1924, 100000 The Mayor off.
cialy says that most Of the bonds of
other cities are issued entirely on NUM-
pal credit, and claims that New York.
great value of property is collateral,
uneXampled in the history of the city.
He asks from each board select COM
mittee TO more particularly investigate
the vouchers behind these accounts, and
\ requests the committees TO permit un-
| partisan committees of citizens to JON in
the examination. He quotes every
statute of 1870, which he claims made it
a ministerial and compulsory duty for
the local authorities to pay enormous
claims of years standing of $40, 200, 900,
begun and made under the old Metropoli.
tan City Deputies and the abolished
Board of Supervisors so as TO allow the
new government to btgin unhampered.
He claims a distinct understanding with
| the legislative, with men of both parties
to provide for these claims, and says IN
less they bad been provided for the new
improved city government could not have
been legislatively inaugurated.
The Mayors message is regarded as
candid, but officially bold and politically
defiant. The accounts are parity printed
aud partly in manuscript and make
enormous budgets. When fully printed
they will make several volumes of 8
thousand pages each. The reason as
! siguCd by the Mayor for delay is that
siIce the tables which accompanied the
message two months ago the public de.
mand for the utmost minuteness com.
PEELED recall of the tables to be replsced
by this succinct and chronological his.
! tory.
1 A frank Move OF Tammany ON the
Ttmes-sI, 100000 Worth of Proper
| Involved.
| An eiectment suit was commenced TO-
day on behalf of the city against George
Jones q: Co., alleged owners of the Times
building, the plat of which is claimed as
oity property. 1t is said the ground was
given by the city in 1866 to number of
Presbyterian gentlemen who built an old
brick church thereon. The conditions
of the conveyance being that it should be
forever devoted to religion. uses and tC
the purposes of cemetery, and revert tc
the corporation in case of its not being
used for these purposes. Aldermen vii
pass resolutions calling upon the city
authorities to carry on the suit to recover
the property which is valued st a million
dollars.
1t is said on the other hand that thu
ground was purchased by the origina
proprietor of the Times directly from tn,
trustees of the old brick church, that tho
reVersion was at the same time purchase
from the city authorities, and that tbs
full consenl of the latter as well as of thu
State legislature to the transfer were OBJ
tanned.
GTecIey's War with Grants Organ
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-The Times ant
Tribune are sill discussing the merits o.
the Republican factions-the Tribun,
correcting what the fines asserts, and tn,
Times declaring that the Tribune seeks t.
avoid the Times charges by mixture Of
denial aud accusation. The Union Re
publican General Committee, of which
Mr.. Greeley is chairman, is charged with
aiming at a division among the Republi
cans of the city, by reason of its retusa
to cooperate with the organization know
as the Custom House party; and out o
the dilemma caused by these two Organi
cations, Mr.. Greeley believes the safes
and easiest way is for the regular Repub
licans, under the Union Republican Gen
elal c Jmmittee, to defeat the Murph,
circulars, as they had been before defeated
and thus finish them. AS it now stands
the State Convention will have to decid
between the rival parties.
Mayor Hall says he will send state
ment of the city accounts and debt t
the Board of Aldermen, and the count
accounts and debt 10 the Board of Super
visors, to-day, and that these statement
will be accompanied by message of re
commentator.
Another Victim of the WeSIfIeId.
The body of man, supposed to be
victim of the Westfeld disaster, wa
found Monday floating in the Pascal
river, entirely naked, the left hand an
right arm gone aud face distigured.
A city Hail at Auction.
The Sheriff of Paterson, N. j., advel
tises the sale of the City Hall, lot o
horses and two fire engines, by auction
TO satisfy judgment of 81, 200 agains
the city.
Young America.
There was an attempt at the organiza
ton of Protestant American party, at
meeting held last evening in the got
ward.
A party of l29 children started for tn
West yesterday, in charge of the chill
drens' aid society.
Anniversary of the Decheance.
The French citizens are making pre-
parations to celebrate the anniversary {
the proclamation of the French Republic
September one year ago.
, The War on TammanY.
? ! The New York City and County Revt
: ! me Reform Association held q meetin
3 Yesterday, and resolved to employ tw
distinguished lawyers from outside STATE