Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-28
diem and sailors who fell In the late Wal,
xss dedicated on the 18th.

diem and sailors who fell In the late war
vss dedicated on the 10th
Comptroller Connolly, on the 18th, sp'
| pointed Andrew Fl. Green - Deputy
Comptroller of New York city, eice Rich
ard A. Storm, removed, with full power to
perform all the duties belonging TO the
Office of Comptroller, 70 the lst o.
February, 1872. Mayor Hall regarded
this action on the part Of MI. Connolly
AZ equivalent 70 resignation OF the office
Of Comptroller, and 90 notified him, and
formally rendered the position to General
Geo. b. Mcclellan, requesting his prompt
acceptance.
on the 18th Comptroller Con
molly sent letter to Mayor Hall
denying that he had, either In fact
or its equivalent, resigned his Of
fee, and stating that his previously an
nounced determination not, at present, to
retire from official position was still I'M
changed.
A New York dispatch of the 18th
says: "In consequences Of the Mayors let
ter to the various departments, regulating
all official knowledge Of Comptroller Con-
molly, or of Andrew II. Green as his dep
u,y, the City Psymaster has refused To
pay any more warrants issued and signed
by either of them. The laborers who are
now holding warrants for their work will
be refused payment, and to many of these
there Ia at least months pay due. All
the public works will, therefore, have TO
be stopped, and over 1900 men thrown
out Of employment"
Upon entering upon the discharge OF
the duties Of his Office, on the 18th, the
new Deputy Comptroller, Mr.. Green, i'm
mediately doubled the detective force Of
the Comptroller's Office, and placed ten po-
licemen in the Office, for the purpose of
preventing the abstraction Of important
papers. The accounts were being straight
ened by force Of experts, and an accurate
statement of the condition Of the Treasury
would soon be made public
The verdict of the Coroner's jury on the
recent fireworks explosion In Beekman
street, New York, holds the proprietors of
the establishment responsible for the lives
lost. Klueber, the surviving proprietor,
was In the Tombs ON the 18th, in default
of $4,000 bail.
The Univeralist General Conven ion
met at Philadelphia on the 10th. Rev.
DR.. w. II. Ryder, of Illinois, was elected
President. The Constitution adopted at
the last Convention, held at Gloucester,
Mass, has been ratified and is now law.
General Mcclellan, in letter to Mayor
Hall, has declined to accept the Comp
trollership OF New York city. The Dep
uty Comptroller, on the morning OF the
10Th, gave directions for the immediate
preparation OF schedule of all officers Of
departments and date of appointment, and
their salaries and nature of the duty per-
formed by each.
The Committee of Seventy sent com.
munication to Mayor Hall on the 10Th re,
guessing him instanter to cause proceed
ings to be commenced by the Corporation
Counsel against al, the Tammany Ring,
including himself, for the recovery of pro-
perty alleged TO be stolen from the city.
In letter TO the Mayor, Richard O'Gor-
man expressed the opinion that legal steps
should be taken to recover moneys paid by
the city on grossly extravagant contracts,
and asked for the Mayors instructions in
the premises. The Mayor replied that
O'Gorman Is the head Of the law depart
ment, and has full discretion to bring any
action at law he may see fit for promoting
the good name of the city, or benefting
the Treasury, and leaves the matter In his
hands.
A Springfield, Mass, dispatch of the
Goth says: Returns received by the Re.
publican show the election Of 573 dele.
gates TO the Republican State Convention
of which 216 are for Butler and 357 against
him"
Two cases of Aslatic cholera were re
ported, on the Goth, to have appeared a.
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the victims
being recently.landed immigrants from
Germany. The Amboyans were alarmed
and an investiga alton had been commenced
Tho West.
Horace Greeley delivered an address be-
fore the Northwestern Agricultural Asso
citation, at Minneapolis. on September IA
A San Francisco dispatch Of the l4th
saws the latest returns indicate that thu
Democrats have two majority in the Cali
fornia Senate, and the Republicans clear
majority on joint ballot.
A dispatch from Grand Rapids, Mich.
says that Vanderpool Is going into business
at Kalamazoo, some Of his friends furnish
ing the money.
Mrs: Finley, the child-murderer, who cut
her throat in the Wabash (Ind) Jail the
other day, was not dead on the 10th, bu'
continued very weak. Sheha conf ssed te
numbering four persons besides her chill
dren, but her statement ID regarded as thai
of maniac.
The whole business portion Of Phoebe
New, was recently destroyed by fire. Five
lives were lost, and many persons were