Connecticut western news., 1871-09-22
, New York sqtx Affairs.

EAs neafI4&WpRM bne N1nOtlOn to con- tii1ns stheSiHjdAetfon 'agafnst the Comp trollero and other city officials of New York, in the suit brought by John Foley was begun iiilthe Supreme Court, Cham bers, before Judge Barnard 'a There was g. large number of citizens present. Richard O'G Gorman, Corporation Coun sel. appeared for the Board of Super visors, the,AldernaerAh Ahd Commonality, and for Peter B. sS~eehy w. o. Bart Lett, for William M Tweed J. Stirlings Smith, for Mayor 'Han, Ex-Judge Bar rett and MT. StfalEIn represented thez plaintiff After some preliminary dis cussien by'counseF the answers of Mayor Hall and Comptroller Connolly, the afi- davits of Deputy Comptroller Storrs and Charles El5W1lbour.. and the record of the proceedings of the Board of Alp portionment were read and further1 hearing was asked. 5oAt this hearing vouchers showing how. the city money had been 1speptcwere~ ~tdSbe produced::' These vedchefs, 1t is claimed, were ab- stracted from the ComptrolEe erss office at night and cannot be found ''''~
 In view of these circumstances, Mayor Hall sent the following letter to the ComptfoHer :: Ft E. a
 MAYORS OFFICE, Sept. II, 1871. '
 MY DEAR SIR: have just been in formed by the Superintendent of Police, that last night the offices of the Eipance Department were secretly invaded, and that, IS a consequence thereof, valuable vouchers, evidences Of payments and largsamSu5sof disehsig 'cify liabiIi2 ties, are alleged tbyBone of your subor- dinates to have then disappeared.
 .. The Superintendent and the Mayor Immediately had full conversation re- garding the means of Investigating the untoward circumstance of the alleged burglary; and so as to punish the guilty, procure restitution of such papers asmay haSebeel taken, and prbtecbthe interests of the city.
 kse Our constituents will shaye atighH to hold you responsible, and in g meas1re withhold from the Finance Department desirable public confidence. It isimpos- dblesnoesto perceive that the city credit will suffer, and in very critical period of municipal government.
 With greati rsonaIs Ere luetance [ pfi7 cially reach the conclusion that the exigency requires your retirement from the head of the4Fihahce4D Department, iii order that I may place there another Egeptle leman who will be enable thonoQgh- | ly to investigate affairs, 'and mrestore
 I oanflot fsuJpead the Head Of any De partment, not evens pending an investi
 gation. ,,[ can only prefer charges to the Common Pleas, who alone can re- move, after a considerable time for trial. I am compelled to throw myself, there fore, as Mayor, in this sudden and un- napimity, anafssk Saddef tRss csedR. stances for your resignation.
 ,a gvr Yours, Yery truly
 I. SstSFsSK}A. 03KEK HALL, Mayor. Hon. R. B. Connolly, Controller.
 Comptroller Connolly declined to re. sign. In his letter to the mayor he says
 Would nqt my resignation pt this par. partisan sattadks upon the City Govern
 ment just cause to ;, believe me to p1ead guilty, not only to participation (at least p gaS1Ts fSs oRsrass in tns burgls5 nog y
 proceedings So it seems. to me. My oMeiab acts Nave 1bsen Sdpervised ano approved by your superior vigilance
 So far asmy administration is questioned equal respphsib biEty} }atadhes to1 8dhEself In your answer and affidavit, read in tht pending litigation, you have adopted and vlndicated those acts. Yoh codlt
 not justify yourself without. SO doing
 Consequently, do not perceive why my
 resignation should be, asked, or how, i Etendered, it would have any just infu
 ence ,in. appeasing public clamor. Con
 fident, therefore, in the steadfast goot
 opinions of. friends, in the ultimate iudg
 ment to be rendered by the Courts,
 cannot, consistently with self-respect
 accord to your desire. am unable tt
 submit myself gas, a yicariops sacrifice ,tt
 satisfy the hungry appetite of adversatfe
 for a victim, or, at this juncture an,
 under these peculiar circumstances, be
 tray weakness of position or fear of rigi,
 investigation by rendering my resigna
 tio y i - e.a .,a. @ T. ,, y,ssss Ss,s.,s. .sg IF Il THE TERRIBLE SUFFERNas IN 5RFRsIA 3(-The accounts in the Leyanta Herald . the terrible suferings of the people o l Persia, which, though not unlike man , of the similar stories published, show } that the days of famine have not ye t passed away. he1Persihns afmy { ha l been disbanded, business has stopped and the people are camped in the mouI . tains. No such terrible famine is reeorde ] lin history, and We fear it may continu e for months. While contemplating thes t horrors it is pleasant to hear that tn t march of heacholera has been Gstayst 7 But this should cause no cessation ( v Rthe sanitary measures in this co1htr il eagainst the disease. .9The misfortune e sof other countries ought, to Osteach ns th e lesson of providence and prudence, n .NE3fjAzs uoiBRtE1EI a'2 2AE1
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