The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-09-23

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surer of New York, Dick Connolly, whose
epithet hereabout is "Slippery Dick"
He is worth fully six millions of dollars,
which he has got by larceny out of the
drawer of the city, or by shaving city war
rants and bills, after first grossly exagger-
ating their amounts.
Connolly, except as thief, is not worth
describing: shallow complexion, faint
hearted, complacent fat Irishman, with a
bright, welcoming, treacherous eye, sandy
hair, and underneath the nature of petty
tyrant. Sweeny and Tweed use him be-
cause he is the best tool they keep-not
faithful to them either, and particularly
serviceable in breaking up revolts against
their power.
The court house and carpets frauds are
more than one-half Connolly's jobs. He
found stealing growing so wholesale that
he took too much from the till, and it was
discovered. Connolly is a native of Cork,
Ireland.
MAYOR HALL.
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most clerical-looking thin and tall gentle
man, with dash of the snob about him.
He has black hair, and wears eyeglasses.
and does not look to be forty years of age,
In reality, he is a spruce New York State
Lawyer, with an amateur bearing toward
| such topics as politics, literature and the
drama. His life lacks principle and sta
bility; he is spendthrift, pretty orator,
lover of the green room of theatres, and
finally, he is made by nature and inclina-
ton to live upon the enterprise of other
men. Originally know nothing in poll
| tics, Hall impressed some business folks in
New York that he was proper person to
send as a lobbyist upon some errands to
Albany. His affability, nonchalance, light
PUNISH, modes of speech and easy senti-
ments made him tolerably popular, and,
finding the Democratic leaders there more
liberal with public money and more "club-
able" he drifted over to their organization
and became the quasi-editor of the little
weekly concern, the "Leader."
Sweeny has meekness or affects to have
for people who can compose and display
literary talents, and he helped Hall up from
shelf to shelf till he became district attor-
ney of New York. His use in that office
was to delay indictment, or prosecute them
mercilessly according to the status of the
person disposed toward the Tammany Ring.
"Scammon, there's an arson case over
your head that Oakley Hall wants to indict
you for. Look out for your company, or
we'll let him r'
This remark was addressed by reltivae
of Connolly to fellow who meditated join
ing band of anti Tammany Democrats.
The next election day, of course, the man
Scammon's vote, shillaleh and hussa were
Oh the side he hated. He feared each bush
an officer.
The CONSPICUOUS traits Of Oakley Hall, as
mayor, are what might be expected from
his mode of subsistence. He fears nothing
that can be said against Tammany, because
it has always been strong enough to cover
him. His courage is that of subordinate.
He acts with blazen sense of irrespons-
bility, like child approaching danger
under the protection of its nurse. Never
principal, never anything, never anybody
but Sweeny's young man, and full of flip
pancy, which understands neither persons
nor occasion, he points the lesson to scoun-
drels that they must never use infants and
sophomores on their greater errands, lest
the cackle of these might betray them all.
Probably one million of dollars has passed
through the hands of Oakley Hall since he
entered Tammany's service. He has been
the worst and the weakest mayor who ever
presided over an American city.
GEORGE BARNARD.
This man, vouched for by Judge Pierre
pont at the great meeting on Monday night,
is believed by everybody else to be a per-
fectly superserviceable tool of the Ring,
and a disgrace to the annals of State juris-
prudence. Lawyers who expect to practice
before him may use lighter language.
1t was he who was relied upon to issue
the injunctions, &C., which kept Fisk,
Gould, Tweed, and Sweeny in possession
of the Erie Railway. His court is held in
the celebrated 81, 900, 900 court house, and
he is State judge.
Barnard is a black-eyed, black-haired,
trim man, with an apprehensive face much
sensualized; he is not yet forty years of
age and is reported to be "smart," al
though it is alleged that he was driven out
of California by the Vigilance Committee.
He sits in his court chatting. smiling and
nterpolating light remarks.
I have seen this man in private box at
Fisk's Opera House in the company of both
Fisk and Gould, the box brilliantly lighted
at the very period when the whole country
denounced him as their confederate, al
though a justice. The large audience as
sembled to witness grand ballet, looked
on at this picture of their judge in wonder
ing silence.
1.-THE Judge has since somewhat redeem
ed his character by granting perpetual
injunction restraining the officials of the
city from appropriating the funds to other
than certain specified purposes
DIR. AcRNoCHAN.
DR.. Carnochan, whom the Tribune"
accused of quarantine frauds, is not direct
ly Tammanyite, but State official and
a friend of Governor Hoffman. He is
large, bland, black-ringleted man, able to
be severe with composure, and he is doubt
less fee-taker and an abuser of his posi-
ton, but he does not deserve to be ranked
with the Tammany leaders.
HOFFMAN.
Governor Hoffman if not getting his due
from the Republican press. He is not a
great man, nor yet weak one; he is a
decent man. And the fondness of the Tam
many men for him, their frequent favors
to him, and the great offices they had CIV
en- him, led him, in an evil hour, to be
wheedled by Sweeny and sign the Erie bill,
which destroyed him.
He has behaved better oflate, and I have
confidence to believe that he could deal
with the Tammany heads more vigorously