The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-10-28

lent transactions, the statements OF which
have been furnished to the public from
time to time since the frauds were tirst
discovered. They report large number
Of vouchers missing, and the Others were
found mutilated and iraudulently en-
dOrsed The special committee on pay
rolls and salaries say they find degree
ofwastG and extravaganza unprecedented
The subcommittee on printing say the
average prices paid Tor printing, &c.. were
fully 80 per cent in excess of the value Oi
the work. During theyears 80, '7Oand n
nearly two millions and three quarters
were paid 10 81 papers. The statement
shows that there was paid nearly eleven
times more in 1s6O.7O than in 1s50.60
while Tor the county alone the Increase
has been nearly $4,000. The Central
Committee find that over $23,O0O,OOO
are apparently due tho corporation. The
assessments, taxes, &C.. about which there
Is uncertainty on account of bad admin.
istration of the laws and the loose man
ner In which the books was kept The
real estate agent told tho Tribune repor.
ter yesterday that Tweed's purchases
made extravagant prices; that he paid
so per cent more than many whose money
Is honestly earned. Tho bill of complaint
filed in Tweed's case Is very lengthy. 1t
refers almost exclusively 10 the evidence
furnished by Tilden'saflldavits, The suit
is in tue Supreme Court OF tho State and
Is ordered to be tried ut Albany 1t al.
leges the violation of the tax levy, the au-
diling OF claims in violation Of law, and
the robbery OF vouchers from the Comp.
troller office. Suits will be commenced
against Garvey, Woodward and lngorsol,
and Judgments asked in the sum Of
$0,3l9,00O, The complaint swore 10 by
81, Tilden, and the testimony accom-
panying th6'bill, embraces the Afldavits
Of Arthur. Z. Smith, book.keeper Of
Broadway bank, who testifes as to the
deposits Of s. Cady, who swears us to the
the vouchers, and various other parties
testilying as to the deposits and accounts
Of John II. KGyser & Co., and to the war.
rants and lorgGries. The warrants refer.
red 10 loot up for tho years 1860 and 1870
nearly one million. Richard O'Gorman's
affidavit sets forth that ho COM
menced on October 10Th suits against
Tweed and Connolly, by, direc.
tions of the Mayor, and that
tho complaints in tho case were in
course Of preparation. Since these d.
reCtions from the Mayor he has not con.
suited with any Of the defendents except
Hall, and when the proceedings begun he
also, at tho same time, commenced suit
against IngersOll and others under direc.
tiOn Of the Mayor Before aiding O'Con.
nor In his duties, he was anxious to know
what kind Of action was required.
The New York Herald thinks It certain
Tweed will never go to the Senate, and
again asks that he be removed from the
COmmissionership Of Public Parks.
Dry goods to the value Of $4,000, in
the store of j. l.. Sutphen, at Newark,
were seized yesterday under the charge
Of an attempt made TO transfer the prop.
eriy and deiraud tho creditors. I'd
Judge DAILY has decided that COlah, a
wealthy ParSee, shall be sent TO Bombay
as q lunatic.
Messrs. Wendt & Ilaunelsburg have re.
Ceived orders from the Baltic Lloyd Mail
Steamship Co., to pay another thousand
to the Chicago relief fund. .'.
Ex.Judge Barrett declares that District
Attorney Garyin did not subpoena proper
persons 10 testify before the Grand Jury
concerning Mayor Hall, The persons he
subpTnacd were mainly ignorant Of the
facts, hence no bill was found lie also
states that the prosecution against Hall Is
only suspended.
The resignation Of Nathaniel Sands
from the Citizens Association was at the
request of Peter Cooper, who states that
Sands made $4,000 as Commissioner by
selling bonds Of the city to Belmont and
RothsChild. Sands defense is that he re.
ceived only half Of one per cent COM
mission on 100000. Hugh J. Hastings,
of the Commercial AdsrtiScr, qualified In
the sum Of 100000.
The Sheriff states that ho had orders to
arrest Ingersoll, Woodward and Garvey,
but that he had not served the papers as
he could not find tho parties. In the &C.
tion commenced against Tweed by the
corporation counsel, A. Herman, 1t is
charged in the complaint that Tweed vic.
lated his official trust In the matter of set.
tlement of the liabilities against the city
while President Of the Board Of Supervi.
sors, and guilty of gross frauds upon the
city In securing the payment OF fraudulent
and corrupt claims. The suit Is in the
name of the Board Of Supervisors, andthe
complaint, which has annexed TO II va.
riou5 papers containing fraudulent nc.
counts, demands the recovery Of the
amount unjustly procured by Tweed.
Tweed has been lately engaged In making
assignments of his property to members Of
his family and other parties. -
It's said that legal proceedings will be
taken against Nathaniel Sands, demand.
ing n restitution Of the money appropria.
ted by him for tho negotiation Of city
bonds III |ltE IILtfl ~
Mayor KelbneisCh, responding In
communication asking whether hu could
be a candidate for Mayor OF Brooklyn,
says that q reform In the affairs of the
city IL needed, and that the evils which
have resulted from the ring dynasty of
public matters, may be such as,in the city
OF New York '''r1 ,,.-
Bertha Smith, ayoung girl eleven years
old, committed suicide this morning BY
swallowing paris green. She said that
the cause for the aCt WAS because her par.
ents prevented her attending party. s4
The National Insurance Convention
this morning announced that the Conven.
tion would visit New Haven, tomorrow.
Il was voted TO comm bhiCate the recon-.
tiendatiohs oftfe Convention 10 the Gov.
ernors of several States with the request
that they be laid before the State Legis.
latures. A supplemental report from the
Committee on dividends, expenses and
appointment oi attorneys, fecomtiending,
that no Life Insurance Company, divide
its surplus; tabled. The committee ap.
pointed to consider the best method Of.
supervising companies lnsuring impaired
lives. atH..r.
MSssrs. oeltidh q Co., in this city have
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