Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-01
NEW YORK.
Criminal Suits against the Ring.
The Greeley Murphy War.
The Times Despairs of Radicalism.
CiviI suits nrninst the Rinr.

SANAl SuAtS aSfAn3L the King.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30-The commence
ment OF suits yesterday against IngerSoll,
Ga1yey and others will probably be followed
by the initiation Of like measures against
other persons supposed to be connected with
the robbery of the city treasury. The lead
ers OF the ring are getting alarmed for fear
that they will be brought into court. From
the indications, it appears that the judicial
investigation which they have with such APP
parent anxiety desired will be afforded them.
Judge Barnard viii not settle the injunc-
ton order till Monday. The Board of SUI
peryisors to-day passed an annual tax levy,
the amount of which is So, 1862, 527.62.
Judge Barnard has granted an order to
compel the senior member of the firm of
lngersoh & Co. TO be examined for the pur-
pose Of eliciting testimony on which to base
complaint on the issues that have been insti-
tuted against some city officials.
Thos. g. Fields, the gentleman who stated
that the incendiary article in the Star was
inspired by Judge Hilton, which charge the
latter denied, publishes card saying that
the day when the article appeared, Judge
Hilton informed him that he (Hilton) sug-
gested the ideas to Howard, the editor of
the Star, that Howard said he liked them,
and that he would make an article of them,
but that he (HiltOn) had no idea that he
would make an article of the length he had.
Fields holds the Office of corporation Attor-
ney.
Threatened Criminal Proceedings.
Some of the persons against whom suits
have been commenced in connection with
the city frauds, are avoiding the service of
process papers, by keeping out of the way.
The officers stated that criminal proceed
ings would be instituted against certain
city officers Monday.
Wholesale Discharge of WOrkmen.
Several branches of the city department
were unable to make the usual payments
to-day owing to the restraints upon the
city Treasury.
There was wholesale discharge to-day
of mechanics from the Construction Depart
ment of the navy yard. Among the dis
missed was j. Leavy, who was a delegate
to the Syracuse Convention. Other dis
charges will follow.
The meeting of the park laborers, an
nOllnced to take place this evening, proved
a fizZle. No more than a couple dozen of
men attended. Platoons of police were
present, but their services not being re-
quired, they left early.
Insurance Companies TO Keep mp the
Fire Department
It is expected that the Board of Fire
Underwriters will make arrangements
to advance funds for the payment of salaries
to the firemen, which the treasurer of the
fire department says he cannot meet owing
to the lack of funds.
Tammany Aping RadIcaIism.
Aclerk in one of the city departments writes
TINT he il common with others employed
in various city offices has received a commu-
nication signed by Tweed asking a contri-
button of two per cent of their annual sal
aries, to go to the election fund.
Democratic RefOrmers.
The demonstration of the Democratic re-
formers at Apollo hall last night was an
immense affair. The announcement of the
Chairman of the meeting, A. g. Courtney,
that all the Democratic organizations of
the city had been consolidated in opposi-
ton to Tammany, was received with ire
mendOus cheering as was also the reading
Of letter from John A. Dix announcing his
concurrence in the movement and his will
hngness to cooperate for its success.
The general committee on organization
which is led by Ex-Mayor Havemeyer and
made up of the best men of the city, with
some of the friends of the Comptroller, last
night held a meeting and applauded the
course of Connolly and denounced Mayor
II all as a Know Nothing.
'sGit EOut.''
The TriJq1,e says 1--WE will not-any hon
est paper will nOt-make war upon the
Tammany thieves and spare worse crimi-
mails of our own party, holding our highest
offices. Thomas Murphy must get out of the
Custom House,
The Radical Times DespaIrs of Its
Party.
The Times SAYS that whatever is efIectu-
ally done for reform in New York in this
election must be done in cooperation with
honest Democrats. The miserable specta-
Gle offered by the Republican Convention at
Syracuse is a warning not to rely on that
organization alone, even if We can rely upon
it at all.
Tammany Delegates to the State Con-
ventiOn.
Tammany delegates to the Rochester
Convention were elected in this city to-
night. The list is made up mainly Of Tam
many officeholdeTs, but neither Tweed,
Sweeney, COnnally or Hall is Of the num-
Der.
Lost His Life I'm Saving Lady Passen-
ger.
Capt. Mcclellan, Of the steamship Britain
MA, from Glasgow, was lost overheard in
eXerting himse If to save a lady passenger
while the ship was giving heavy lurch and
drowned.
The Pennsylvania EmbezzIer.
George o. Evans, the defaulting Pennsyl-
vania State agent, was before Judge Nc
Cam to-day on a writ of habeas corpus, his
counsel contending that he should be dis
charged. No decision was rendered. The
counsel for the State of Pennsylvania desire
that Evans be sent to that State for trial