The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-25
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fFRoH OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
NEW YORK, July %.
The war on Governor Hoffman continues.
Not only in the Irish quarter in New York, but
also in Brooklyn, the police have cut down
efhgles of his Excellency, which was found
swinging from very elevated housetops.
At the, funerals of the rioters killed on
the 18th, the rancor of the mourners has
found expression In the most fearful threats
against the life of the Governor. Another
striking evidence of this feeling was exhibited
in raid made upon the headquarters of the
Tammany Hall general committee, in the
Eighteenth Ward, BY gang of :roughs, who
smashed all, the globes surrounding the gas
fixtures which had portraits Of Hoffman
painted upon them. The extreme vlrulence
of portion of the population against the
Governor seems to be provoking the other
class to express their sympathy for him. The
Evening Post (Republican) publishes lender
In which 1t takes back all the hard things it
has said Of Hoffman, and predicts that, II he
is to be .ostraclsed BY Tammany and its follow
ers for what he did on the 18th Of July, he will
be taken up BY the people and. whlrled Into
the Presidency. ..6G. . ~ = .sT4 >
We have the sequel. to the riot In the shape
of numerous official reports from The generals
and celonels OF militia engaged In the battle
of the Eighth avenue. Each, commandant ap-
pears TO be anxlons to give variety OF reae @
SONS why he found It necessary to, fre on the
crowds. 1t Is agreed that the general orders
from headquarters were to fire without specl-
fc orders In case of'attack: The number Of
dead has now reached fifty. One .or two Of
the wounded drop of daily. The gallant. Col
onel Fisk, who was confused In the ankle by
brickbat, has so far recovered that he was able
ness at the Erie Railway Office. The colonel
has been nursing his ankle at his villa, at
Long Branch, surrounded by a beyy Of sympa-
thzling lady friends. He limps little.
The Times appears 10 have gotten the muni.
cIpal ring on the hip. 1t was an unfortunate
day when the ring refused to stand the Times
blaek,mail levy any longer. Better to have
raking which that Journal has given 1t ever
since. Aslong as the ring paid any bill the
Times might present tor printing, it was
spoken tol In terms of kindness, not to say
eulogy. Abouta year ago. Mayor Hall refused
to audit q bill of SIS, ,76l 36 for alleged print
Ing, on the ground that 1t wasa swindle.
From that moment the injured journal opened
abuse has poured on the municipal authorities
and all who have said q good word for them.
Even such respectable citizens as John Jacob
Astor, Moses Taylor and Marshall o. Roberts,
two Of them ardent Republicans were subject
ed TO constant denunclatlon because they had
reported favorably OF an examination OF. the
comproller's books.
Mayor Han has been very sensitive to the
criticisms OF the Times, and has kept'up @. de-
fensive fire through the World and Herald,
and his own paper, the Leader: But he is now
In qusndary, which 1t will take all;his inge-
nuity to wriggle OUT Of The Times has been
able to buy up. a clerk In the -cOmptrOllers
office, who has furnished It With what pur-
ports to be transcript of the comptroller's
books, showing the amounts OF money paid
out during the past two years on account of
the county buildings. The statement is pub
lished In large type, In the most conspicuous
shape, on the flrst pags OF the Times, fresh
instalments being given daily. Some Of the
items are startling. They show that during
the years 1853 and 1870 single frn received
S., ,663,6A6 for furniture and repairs for the un-
finished county courthouse. A liberal allow
ance:for all the furniture In the courthouse
would be $4,000. Some Of the other Items
are equally extraordinary. The Times eG-!
plains the method Of manipulating the frauds
as follows: The furniture firm Is made OF
straw; furniture Is bought, but bills are rem
u6Ecu pAiCCo htIy 1tuoo iso ASoA Voiu0.
The difference between the real and pretended
value is pocketed by the Ring.
It Is due to Mayor Hall that his response to
these damaging charges, which he publishes
In to-day's Leader, should be given. He de-
nies the correctness OF the alleged transcript
from the books; denies that any money paid
out for furniture, DO, has been divided be-
tween himself and the comptroller, and as
serts-and this Is his strongest polnt-that no
payments, of; claims sgalnse the county can
be made unless they have. frat undergone a
searching scrutiny BY the board of audit or the
board of supervisors, some Of the members of
which are Republicans. He attributes the
Times warfare to malice, growing out of his
veto of It's matchmaking bill d yea.
ago. This expose on both sides OF
the controversy Is not calculated to give
your readers a very favorable impression OF
the morality of New York politicians and
newspaper publishers. do not see how the
truth OF the allegations on either side can be
settled without resort to the courts Of law.
The Tribune very solemly expresses its con-
cern at these revelations, hopes they cannot be
founded in truth, and advises the mayor and
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