The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-02
THE VAR AGAINST T1MMANY.
NEW YORK. September %

NEW YORK, September ~.
The examination oil Haggerty and Banich,
the alleged voucher thieves, closed to-day.
Counsel for the prisoners maintained that
corpus del,cti was not proved, no particular
papers being proved missing, and the case did
not come under the statutes concerning bur-
glary. Judge Bowling held the prisoners TO
await the action OF the grand jury.
Strong pressure Is brought TO bear upon ire
deputy comptroller to secure the payment Of
laborers on the public works. He promises 10
satisfy all demands as soon as possible. sISAs
deputy has requested the Mayor to call spe-
cial meeting OF The board of apportionment to
take Immediate action relative TO the Issue OF
bonds aud stocks. 10 provide funds 10 meet
the present need OF the several departments oil
the city government.
General Barlow and associate counsel, act
ing for the committee of seventy, have insti-
tuled legal proceedings against James B.. In
gerso, Conrad BolIar, the common council ard
board of supervisors, as the parties most d.
rectly implicated in the frauds on the city.
Those are all whom 1t has been thought adVls-
able to include as defendants yet, but other
officials may be proceeded against afterwards.
The first step in the legal proceedings consists
in The service of summonses ON The defend
ants This has been done under the direcuon
of General Barlow and counsel with him. The
summonses specify O period OF twenty Gays
within which the defendants must be severally
prepared to answer oefo1 judge OF the Su-
preine Court. 1t Is proba> 'e tnat ln few days
the counsel for The comm, lee OF seventy WIN
apply to some Judge OF the Supreme Court 10
ak particular Gay for the appearance OF the
defendants. Although the committee OF sew
enty are the real prosecutors, exMayor Have
never is the legal complainant, and IN his
name the suits have been Instituted.
NEW YORK, September 30.
Judoe Barnard has granted an order to COM
mel che senior member Of the 6rm OF Ingerso,l
& CO. to appear, 10 be examined for the pur.
nose of eliciting testimony on which to base
complaint or complaints III one or more SUITS
that have been Instituted against some OF the
j mass meeting Of park laborerss, announced
to take place this evening, proved lizzie. NO
more than couple oil dozen Of men attended.
A platoon of police was present, but their ser
vices were not required and they lett early.
Samuel j. Tilden aud VIM. F. Havemeyer
held consultation yesterday with the leaders
of the several Democratic reform associations,
with the view of uniting one solid delegation
to the Rochester convention In opposition 10
the Tammany combination Tor that purpose
said to have been effected. At private meet
ing OF the Democratic reform general COM
mittee this afternoon, Charles OConor, the
eminent jurlsl, consented to head the anti
Tammany delegation to the Rochester conEen-
ton.
An afternoon paper gives O record OF the
city expenditures following the county ac-
counts lately published In the New York Times,
showing about S. 900, 900 paid out for various
things in bills OF astonishing proportions.
Nearly 100000 90 ostenslbly for printing
and stationery, $50.Oo0 for carriage hire,
s32, 600 for orooms, $4,000 for chair posts,
over 100000 for lamp-posts, sl35,00O for
glass lamps. $4,000 for maps, sl,335,0OO for
street cleaning. repairing streets and remov-i
ing snow," 1862, ,449, &c.