The New York herald., 1871-09-15
THE RING ROW.
YESTERDAY At THE PUBLIC OFFICES.
The Laborers Receiving Their Pay-An Entsn
prising Clsrgyman-No designations
from the "Ring"-Murmurs and
Rumors Of All Sorh

The County Court House was really alive yester.
day with men, old and young, and OF all sorts snd
conditions. While those having leisure time and
prompted by curiosity, personal or professional,
were listening attentively to tho Injunction argu-
ment at one quarter OF the building very different
scene was gong on at the other end Of tine samd
noor. Thousands OF the sons OF toll who have been
engaged on the public works and have been without
any pay for some six weeks were ON hand early In
the morning. rs they we're promised at least por-
tion OF what was due them yesterday. They formed
IN single or ''post Office" 1le aud, although
anxious, they were decidedly orderly. When the
doors OF the Chamberlain's Office were open 10
them they filed in To tue desk OF the City Paymaster
where Mr. Whalen young and active, although,
strange as 1t may seem. grown gray in the service,
stood ready to attend to them. young
assistant took each mans check as he handed
1t in al the window, called on tha
amount, and instantly the money was placed by Mr..
Whalen at the applicants hand. On they passed
quickly and quietly, many OF them no doubt build
ing 'castlcs In Spain;' but there was another ma1
near by, intent, as he averred, on
BUILDING CHURCH IN CORK. e
or some other part OF ireland. He approached the
poor fellows as they came out one by one, ands
addressing each as "My son" succeeded In obtain.
Ing small donation" to aid IN the erection Of thar
church Each Irish heart was touched, and, true to-
was promptly responded to. As he gathered hand
full after handful Of bllls he would drop the money
into small satchel which hung at his side. There
he stood oil day. patient and persevering, and, NO
doubt, prontng by his possession OF those admlrs.
bic quaitles THIS may be AN elegant way TO secure
fund Tor the speedy completion OF sacred edihccs
but 1t must result also In
such as cannot easily be cOunterbaanceG. AS fcl
as the Door, hard working donors were concerned,
their gifts It Is safe TO say, will reap interest ioi
:, The m WORK o. paving the men was gone through
tween eleven ana two O'Clock. Beyond the cOngre.
CATION OF the crowds there was little or excItes
ment
IN THE COMPTROLAER's OFFICE
tho work was going on quie y. as usual, bur moths
the clerks were all busy, and In the County Audi.
tors Oillce the comparing OF tho books and the
ried on by nIr Lynes and his assistants. Mr. Con-
molly was IN the oilce only short time, and had
but little to say OF The AFFAIRS going on around him.
little stir created bv the arrest Of Thatcher,
the Broadway star-gazer; otherwise there was no
same way. There was mo news.n Everybody
was intent on the progress ana result Of the pro,
ccedioss III the Supreme Court
were, OF course. Tying around all day. Onesad the
Comptroller would resign, ana General Mcclellan
wOuld accept the position. Another .had It on tho
very best authority that A. T. stewart would get the
placer while others knew beyond doubt that Conl
molly did not intend to resign 'untl The whole mat
ter was settled" Then, again, Mi. Isaac BeIl was
to he Comptroller. He was seen going into the Of.
flee, and that settled the question. Nobody seemed
to know whether there was any truth In the report
that Judge Loew had reen telegraphed to come home
ana take his place as one Of the High Court Of
IMPEACHMENT,
Ia the Common Pleas. but the story was generally
discredted. Certain wiseacres "kncwn that =
meeting had been held either ut the Manhattan Club
House or ut Mr.: Tweed's private 0nce In Dusne
street; that the Board Of Apportionment was there
ana matters would be all right. Then Cassidy, OF
Albany; Herman, OF Utica; Aardenburgh, Of UlsteE
county, and others OF the democratic leaders from
the country were said 10 be In town and quite ear.
nest in their speech TO the effect that
"SOMETHINd MUST BE DONE"
Again. 1t was rumOred and seemed to be credited
that MAYOR Hall intended to resign his 0llce, come
out as private citizen against Connolly and fOriu
one Of q new set oil leaders, with Sweeny, Hilton
and Barnard as his associates. Such statements as
these circulated either for (uu Orthrough ~.
nOrance or innOcen co during the entire day; bus
nothing positive could be learned In regard TO any
OF the ideas thus bruteu about.