The Portland daily press., 1871-09-21
NEW YORK,
Ali Qutet,

New YORK, Sept. 20.-There is at last a rest
in the political storm. To-day all is peaceful
around the City Hall aud the new Court House
in remarkable contrast with the excitement O,
the past week. There is no crowding of DIS
tracted politicians and there is no .uneasiuess
apparent among the clerks. Every thug is
quiet. The Comptroller aud Deputy Green
were at business soon alter 9 this morning
Several prominent lawyers have been coseted
with them for over two hours.
The War 10 60 On.
John Foley, in an interview YESTERDAY, said
the committee OF seventy had resolved to meet
law with law and force with force in defiance
OF everybody. He said the committee fully
expected to see Mayor Hall and his associates
in State prison soon. Connolly offered to paw
submit statements which will crminate and
send Tweed, Sweeney and Hall to prison
There will be no compromise with Connolly or
with any of the Ring
esniy a Lu.I
Mayor Hall still refuses to recognize Green
as Deputy Comptroller, but it is not generally
believed that he will resort to force to remove
Green from the Comp'roler's officer
The friends of Connolly met last night to
make preparations for demonstration IN his
honor. Resolutions were adopted severely
cepsuriug Mayor Hall for his recent action and
calling upon him to resign.
Judge Ledwith expressed an opinion yester-
day that Connolly will force Hall to resign
Fernando Wood endorses the action OF Con-
molly.
Halls Resignation Demanded.
The Evening Post OF this afternoon saws
Mayor Hall and the other members OF the
Board of Apportionment must resign at once
and let the people elect good Mayor The
people who placed the Mayor in office call upop
him to leave. If he waits for months until the
Legislature turns him out he will have de-
stIoyed his political party in the State and OBJ
Sfrucfpd all husinaSs of tho n md do cd
its peace only to his own deeper=ra;saiaca ena
more helpless rum.
How IL was Done.
A responsible man of this city informs one
of the papers that the four engines in the new
Court House were built for S25OO each by a
Newburg firm, who could not get their pay
until they agreed to make out bill OF $4,000,
which was promptly paid and 500, 600 was
"handed back" The name of the informant
is at the service of the citzees' committee
The Voucher hief l&nowa.
The man who stole the vouchers from the
Comptroller's Office on Sunday week is known
and will be arrested in the morning. II ap-
pears that Connolly had nothing to do with
the matter, it being instgated by the head OF
another epartmeut.
Other Vouchers Missing.
The Post this evening announces on the
highest authority that the vouchers stolen
from Comptroller Connely's Office on Sunday
my ut Wceh aIc HOG INC Only OutS IuiSSiuS irOu
that Office. Early 10 the summer, it is said
that vouchers for $3000,000 were suddenly
missed from the ComptrOIlers Office, though il
was only very recently that the Mayor or any
other officer outside of the Office knew of the
abstraction OF the documents. The City Au-
ditor, through whose hands these vouchers
passed and who was responsible for their accu.
racy was j. Townsend Connolly, son of the
Controller, and who has since left the country
and gone to Europe, Mr.. Hewing taking his
| place. The Post, however, says that it has moi
learned whether the vouchers were missing
| Immediately after Conpoy's departure or not
| nor has it any facts directly duplicating him il
| the theft. II was said some days ago by mer
| who knew these vouchers were missing that
| it was designed to manufacture new ones il
| their place; but it is believed that Mayor Hal
| will make use of this robbery as well as the lat
ter one for driving Connolly from uffice.
The Var 10 be Keuewed. ss@
| Midnight Nothing more has been develop
| ed during the evening regarding the truth O
| the Posts story. 1t is reported, however, OF
| good authority that Mayor Hall will renew hi
fight with Connolly. The department. OF Park
| to day renewed Its requistion Ga Connolly TO
money with which TO pay the laborers on tb
| parks and bouievards. The total amount a
acquisitions to June 9th is 81 100000, of wbicI
only $2750 900 has been received.
Connolly Denies.
Controller Connolly will reply to the articl
in the Post tomorrow denying that his son ba
anything to do with the vouchers, bnt that the
were stolen in the summer of 1870, and tina
Hall, Sweeney and Tweed knew it at tha
time. The stolen vouchers include those {
Ingersoll & Co., Keyser and others.