Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-17
ACADEMY
ACADEiMA Z
OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
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DIV q cOmmlIt6S, one IIOm 6StCn
ward. A committee Of seventy
was appointed to draft an ad-
dress to the people of the State,
advising them of the necessity of a
new city charter.
Recorder Long, of Island City, is
accused by the Common Council of
appropriating, to his own use, moneys
belonging TO the city. He has resent
ed the request OF the Common COun-
ell for report of the corporation.
The counsel is preparing bill of inn
peachment.
The Tribune, in referring to the fact
that Custom House Collector Tom.
Murphy is dissatisfied because the
regular Republican Committee of this
city has not disbanded at the call of
the State Committee, says that said
| Murphy is the real head of the Gus
tom House and the Committee here is
the source of nearly all the trouble
IN the local organizations.
The Central Tweed Club last
night passed resolutions highly
euIOgizing Tweed, and expressing
unbOunded confidence in his per-
sOnaI official integrity. There
are a great many associations being
organized under the leadership of ex-
sheriff James O'Brien, who has been
vigorously fighting Iammany for
some time past. O'Brien is proposed
as a candidate for the State Senate.
He will be triumphantly elected,
though he is living in what has been
hitherto a strong Tammany district.
He is receiving hearty support from
the citizens. Both parties are Op-
posed to the cOrrupting influences Of
the city government. The recent de-
veIopments and the action against the
Tammsny ring are due in a great
measure to his vigilance, he having
detected the claims and frauds in
July last; and he was the first to
cause the speculatiOns OF the city rul
ers to be presented to the public.
Mayor Hall announced that the
committee of citiZeus invited to act
with the Joint committee of the Board
ofSupervisors and Board of Aldermen,
had prepared a report in which they
say that there has been no over issue
/ OF city bonds; that the debt of the city
and county is just what the Mayor had
said it was in his recent reports to the
Board of Supervisors and Board Of
Aldermen.
The Republican Central Committee
have issued an address in which they
denOunce the corruptiOns of the city
government, and invite the Germans
generally to aid in the work Of secur-
ing municipal reform.
The Germans are astir to the i'm
portance Of the situation, and through
their local organizations are sndeavor-
ing to disseminate principles of polit-
ical reform throughout the city.
Governor Hoffman had a private
interview with Mayor Hail and Comp
troller Connolly to-day, the result of
which has not traDspired.
Connolly was not at his Office to-
day. He was engaged in consultation
with his counsel and friends up town.
The Times tomorrow will publish
the following correspondence:
EEw YORK, September 16, 1871.
To Richard B. Connolly, Esq:
Dear Sri have considered the
questions which you have submitted
to me, and to prevent the possibility
of Misrepresentation, l reduce my adj
vice to writing.
l. On the assumption of your inno-
cence of the charges made against you.
do not consider the resignation of
your Ofice as your proper course.
Your duty is to give every facility to
the fullest investigation snd abide by
the result.
2. In your answer to request Mayor
Hall for your resignation, you have
stated that your official acts which
have been impeached, were super
vised and approved by the superior
vigilance OF Mayor Hall, and that
equal responsibility for them should
be attached to him; that in his afida-
Wit in the pending litigation there
were acts adopted which were vindi-
Gated by him. Even If you are con-
scious of having done wrong
in your trust, you owe 1t to
the community not to do another
wrong, but to make every reparatiOn
n~-ttbin your power. To surrender
" n office into the hands of a confed-
& youl -Quld be fresh betrayal of your
sLaVe tLtt while it might damage you,
o1,Id - oS, 'aG taiI doing justice to the COM
munity. No asp seleceeu a1oo 10y Uy ayoT aSroT
Hall can, withoLN y some oLner mOIal %
support from the ~ u,II uTi'f, naSe nav,
public confidence. l. a.S VIZ 20 Sol. -,
promised by being su- sSIoo sJess - an az
understanding with the le, VslS VI a'e eme
ring. AS the law now stan0. S,'N-o - -
assume your Office only by an a. 'e'iso lso
ment, to which you are party,tC -,
ate a vacancy for him. The man y ~
give place to ought not to be a tool,
though implicated in no transactions
which excite public alarm and dis
trust. He should be the nominee OF
the citizens now seeking 70 protect
the people. In this way alone can he
have the confidence of the public or
improve the credit Of the city. FOrtu-
nately, the law affords perfect solu-
tion of the case. By section 3, chapter
674 of the laws Of 1871, you are author
lied to appoint deputy Comptroller,
who shall, in addition to his other
powers, possess every power and pert
form every duty belonging to the Of
fee of Comptroller, whenever said
Comptroller shall, by written au-
thorfty, designate and authorize
said deputy Comptroller as the pos
sessor of the power and 70 per
form the duties of the Office. Ny
advice is that you forthwith ap-
point Andrew 81. Green such Dep
uty Comptroller, TO leave him in the
exercise Of the full powers OF your Of
fee, without conditions, without IN
terference and with the complete Gus
tody OF ali books and papers belong
ing to your ofhces with the appoint