Smyrna times., 1871-08-23

THE New YORK FRAUDs.-For two wears
and six months there has been no official pub
lcatlon of the receipts and disbursements of
the municipal transactions Of the city of New
York, Notwithstanding the law requires such
publication annually in at least two public i)ur.
nails In the meantime city taxes were being
increased at every assessment at an enormous
rate, and class Of unscrupulous men, at the
head OF municipal affairs, were growing fat
and rich from the emoluments of the citv
tt asury. At the head OF this gang of political
cormorants, known as the Tammany Ring. .
Is VIM. NJ. Tweed, man who, but few wears
ago, was poor and comparatively unknown,
except as ward politician. Shrewd and un-
prlnclpled, he has put himself at the head of
the Democratic party Of New York, and is now
ole OF the millionaires of the metropolis. His
fs'stants are such men as Peter B. Sweeney.
Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, Comptroller Connolly
&c They are ruling and running the city of
New York.
by some means the New York Times has
succeeded in getting hold of the accounts of
the Comptroller and has exposed such enor-
nous swlndllng on the part Of these city ruler,
to startle the country at large. By these
exposures OF the Times, which it vouches for
by publishing extensive transcripts copied
from the Comptrollers books, it is shown that
fraudulent accounts have beon drawn against
the city treasury to the amount Of over eiybt
millions and half of dollars. This enormous
sum OF money was to various firms for furnish
lng plasterlng, carpetng, and repairing eight
or ten rooms used as armories. 70 give some
idea OF the details Of these immense swindles
1t Is but necessary to name few items of ex-
pense Thus, for the simple item of repairs
to the armorles the sum of nearly 5000. 600
was paid. For plastering in the armories y
there was paid to one Andrew J. Garyev the
nice little sum Of $l97, $50; for plumbing in
the armores" there was paid to j. II. Keyser
l42,329 for " chairs in the armories" there
was paid to j. II. Ingersoll Sl79, 729; and for
carpentering in the armories" there was maid
to u. 5. Miller, s434 O64. And so we might
60 on with the details of this swindle. showing
now the city has been made to paw this i'm
mense aggregate for work which, at most
could nave been done for one million of dol.
lars
such Is Democratic rule in New York And
her. '.. '-gI to be drawn from the article
as polutcl out by Hon. Jas q. Blame, Speak
er OF the I. :. House of Representatives. in
MS - "'i r n last woek lie said
Inc 4;eI49Hcans are in full honor at Wash
ing'0n' the Democrats bear undisputed s,,av
n New ork. Need L draw the picture
VIII. "Mon Chis Drace oi tacts suggests to every in
.enigcht MIND! In Washington, every dollar
that can be saved above current exnensos o,'i, !.
faithfully applied TO the reduction of the na.
honal debt In New York every dollar that
can be raised or wrung from the gr0anino faT
payers, above current expenses, is faithfulIv
applied to the benefit Of private rina 81
political spectators. In Washington wa bava
witnessed with amaZement and admiration the
payment OF our national debt at the rate az
SlVO,OOO,OOO per anRum. In New York we
nave seen with CONSERVATION and alarm the
increase OF the municipal debt at such a rate
as would involve, at no long period, the bank
riuptcy and ruin even Of that gigantic metrono-
lis, with its immense resources and it's fabnlans
wealth. 1t seems but yesterday that Gen
Irant was lnaugurated, and yet, in the brief
period that has since elapsed, $3.50, 600 600 OF
our deOt have been pald-a sum equal to more
Ihah one-elgth OF our entire bonded debt as II
exists this hour; and this payment, be II re.
mem6ered, has been made while taxes were
repealed that were yielding $50, ,OOO, 900 per
annum when Gen. Grant came into power.
LOOK at New York City during the same ne
Ilou. 1ts bonded debt increased to such a
mammoth extent that the authorities dare moi
confess the actual amount
The New York Herald of yesterdav-Tuos.