The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-08-05
More About the Tanmany Thssvss.

The New York Times is just now
busily engaged in exposing the thieying
operations Of the Tammany ring-she
ring that has for several years passed
controlled New York city and State. The
Times boldly arraigns Connolloy, the
Democratic Controller, aud Mayor Hall,
as thieves aud swindlers, and proposes to
prove the allegations by the Controllers
oaca 5ooks. For three years there has
been no public exhibit of the finances
of New York, although millions of dol
lars have been raised by taxation. The
citizens who pay exhorbitant taxes to
enrich these thieves in Office, now de-
mand full exhibit of the financial con-
dition Of the city, and are band
ing together and refuse to pay more
taxes until full exhibit is published by
the ring. The ring, compelled by the
force of public opinion, lately published
partial exhibit, which proves, even by
their own showing, that they have in
creased the public debt during the last
three years to moro than tty nsitlions %
dollars! No wonder the people were
indignant, and when the full expose of
the rascally doings Of the ring, which ap-
peared in the Times of the 10th Of July,
appeared, of course the most prodigious
sensation was produced among all classes.
The amount and extent of these down.
right stealing and swindling operations
are enormous, and the Times proposes to
furnish evidences, still moro glaring if
possible, of the rcbberies committed by
these Democratic officials Among other
things spoken of in the expose by the
Times, it is shown by the Controller IS
secret books that large number Of
lofts, stables and rooms are rented for
armories to the city by the ring, and that
for ten such lofts rent amounting to S85.
500 is charged to the city mot one of ffheIoft.
being used! and that for the armories ac.
tually occupied S190, 600 a year is charged
by the ring, whereas fair valuation makes
them worth only $45, 600 year! In the
item of rent for armories about $3.50 900
is annually embezzled by the ring, which
is but mere atea bite" compared to
the amount stolen under pretensc of fit
ting up and keeping in repair the lofts
and stables used as armories. Under
the head of 's6nishing and repairs" mos
of the big swindles are perpctrated. The
following sums were paid for keeping ter
armories in repair for nine months
J namely, to
A. J. Garvey, for pastering $197 $3.50 2
John IL. keyser, for plumbing. l42 ,S29, q
j. H. Ingerso. for chairs........ 17o,729, 81
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Total..... -....".-S94l ,453 81
No one, of course (we quote from tn,
Times, is so "grecn" as to believe tha
the amounts copied above, straight from
the Controllers books, were actually pait
to the persons described. A fractiona
part only fell to their share-the bulk o
it being returned Chat is stolen) by Hal
and Connolly and their colleagues
Thirty FIVE or fortv chairs and three o
four tables cost the city S17O,729 sc
Does any body believe that Sweeny, Hal
aud Connolly paid that sun, for them
The chairs for each armory cost So, ,484
81. Does Anybody believe tina. Hal
and Connolly really paid that amount t
any chairmaker? No; they charged tn
amount to the city, and divided tn
money among themselves-and this, W
say, was robbery. and for committing
Hall aud his colleagues are thieves. ]
/, that clear enough for them to understand
/, They cannot say it is loose talk, becaus
4 the proofs of their dishonesty are plai
enough for everybody to understand.
These are but a portion of the thievin
: operations that have been carried on b
: the ring; but even were these all, the
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sion of the Tammany gang, and by il
= suppression the utter overthrow of tt
= Democratic party in the Union-for tn
: overthrow of Tammany is the overthro'
. of the Democratic party of the countr.
e MINNEsorA.-From st. Paul, und,
date of July 27, we find the following:
II During storm at Darien on Monda
the wife and three children of Charles
Zegar were struck by lightning. One
u the children died, and the rest will reco
er.
l. Charles Henry was Instantly killed
v Martins mill, at Avoca, a few days ag
He was assisting to arrange belt, wht
he became entangled and was carrie
9 around the pulley with terrible velocit
At the first revolution his head struck
e frame, which severed the skull from Il
. head, scattering the blood and brains
e all directions. He Was carried around
q number of times, and when the machi
? cry was stopped it was found that eve
7 bone in his body was broken.
p The dcfaulting Paymaster of Lexin
10 ton, Missouri, named J. III. Northoll, y
!, ne arrested here to-day, where he has be-
'ls working as journeyman tailor und
Nv the name of c. C. Neville. He left M
soufi in May last, and was traced to Il
as city by one of his sureties.
IMPERTINENT-The San Jose Gli,
ny speaking of Mrs. Stanton, says:
:. Mrs. Stanton's elocutionary powers ;
good; she is learned woman; but