The Portland daily press., 1872-02-12
NEW YORK.
The Great Criminals.
Mayor Hall i'm COurt-He Makes a Little
Speech.

Mayor Hall i'm Court-He Makes Little
Speech.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-In the Court of Gen
eral Sessions this forenoon Mayor Hall appear
ed to answer to the indictment for neglect of
duty. He read the following remarks:
I appear to respond to the action of this
court. Twice before it l have been counsel for
officials charged with official misdemeanor.
One was Judge of this very tribunal, the
other was former Mayor. They were each
absolved as 1 expect to be. 1 am here to offer
bail am here to waive all irregularities COM
mitted by the Grand jury and believe them to
have been many Nor do l demur to the indict-
ment nor move to quash it, plea the general
issue and ask that an early day be appointed
for the trial. This is is manifestly due to the
the public and to the accused, who has patient
ly waited through much malice and persecu-
ton. ask the earliest date, if possible, Mon
| day week. Also as it is announced that your
Honor leaves the city to obtain relaxation from
| your arduous labors desire an immediate trial
and as the other Judge of this court ought not
for social reasons, to act in any case OF mine, L
suggest that any one of the e1-oficio justices of
this court, to whom such xreasons can
not apply, be substituted. l have much to say
| but reserve further remarks for the opportuni-
ty of meeting judges and jury.
Five indictments were found against Mayor
| Hall by stating that he willfuly and corruptly
| neglect to audit certain claims against the
| city.
Bail was given in $4,000 and the trial fixed for
the week from next Monday.
| Indictments were also found against Tweed
and Sweeney, who appeared by counsel, the
former being bailed in $4,000 and the latter
$4,000.
Judge DAILY will sit ON the trial OF Mayor
Hall.
Bail for Nathaniel Sands ON the indictment
found against him was given in $4,000.
There are five indictments against Connolly.
OF the five new indictments against Tweed
two charge him with forgery in the third de-
gree, one with grand larceny and one with lar
ceny.
FINAL REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.
The Grand Jury to-day handed in a number
of indictments and a report stating that they
examined 400 cases. The frauds which they
investigated had occasioned loss to the city of
over twenty millions of dollars. They were
discharged.
The jury failed to find indictments in many
cases of city frauds because existing laws pro-
vide no punishment for the accused They dis
covered plots cunningly, wickedly and mali
ciously devised, and other frads to swindle the
public. Perjury, forgery and official malad-
ministration were the means used to rob the
Treasury The reading of the statement was
listened to with rapt attention throughout.
The jury has been in session since early in
November
FRAUD.
A protest was made to the Board of Audit
against payment of claim amounting to $685.
900 for brass meters, on the alleged grounds that
there was fraud ON the contract and poisonous
qualities of the material.
GERMAN CELEBRATION.
A large number of enthusiastic Germans
celebrated tonight, the anniversary of the first
compulsory payment by the city of Paris to the
German army at Versailles.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
The Hudson County N. j., Grand Jury have
indicted three inspectors of election for signing
a false certificate by which Dennis Reardon
was declared chosen to legislature.
The people of Paterson, n j., are calling on
Mayor Tuttle to resign on account of alleged
completely in frauds on the Treasury.
Conkling, the defaulting Treasurer of Market
Savings Bank, left Toronto last Monday for
Montreal, Halifax and South America
A son and daughter of Mrs. Thomas, aged q
and II, persisted in a fire in the first ward yes
terday. The family were recently from Wales.
THE SILK DUTY.
mass meeting of the silk weavers last even
ing agreed to memorable Congress against the
reduction of the tariff on imported silk goods
WHAT THE BISHOP OF NEWARK SAYS.
The PASTORAL of Bishop Baylge of Newark,
urges on all Catholics to keep out of the inter
national society and says that the public schools
of New Jersey are virtually Protestant schools
to which it is impossible for Catholics to send
their children.
ROBBERY.
Ira S. Cady was robbed in the Fourth Avenue
car last evening of papers valued at $4,000 and
S10OOin money.
LETTER FROM VICE PRESIDENT coLFAx ON THE
PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
New YORK, Feb. ia special dispatch from
indianapolis to the Cincinnati Gazette of Sat-
arday, says that Vice President Colfax has
written letter to the editor of the Journal in
which, after noticing telegram from Indian
apolis to the effect that concerted effort was
being made to secure for him the Republican
nomination for President, he says: No such
effort is being made anywhere by my wish or
authority. Publicly and privately have in
variably declared myself in favor of President
Grants nomination as well to those got
friendly to it as to those who were, and have so
written to every friend in Indiana who has ask
ed my opinion. When the ticket of Grant and
Colfax was elected in 1868, l determined there
should be no alienation between them growing
out of the distribution of Presidential patron
age, in regard to which l resolved not to OBJ
trude, not from any lack of friendship and good
will on my part, and am glad to state that this
was most cordially recprocated by the Presi-
dent; so that there has never been the slightest
disturbance of our most desirable personal and
political relations. Nor can any discord in the
party De tfdCeu 10 any real OF even pretended
antagonism between u.s. 1 feel deeply the OBJ
legations am under to the Republicans of In
diana and the nation for their long continued
confidence and political duty to party whose
record for the past ten years is the noblest ever
made by any party in any country or any age
1t induces me to say that if the National Con-
ventiOn deemed it wise to re-nominate me for
the Office now hold, would accept, but nv
interest in the continued ascendency of Repub-
icanism is far greater than my personal CON
sideration, and if the convention prefers some
one else for the Vice Presidency, and there are
many worthier and ADLER, no man in the United
States shall exceed me in tine cordiality and ear
nestness with which shall support him. am
not candidate for the Presidential nomina-
ton, being just as decidedly as ever in favor of
president Grants denomination, and hope our
convention on the 22d will so declare unani-
mously. l beg, for the sake of harmony, polit-
ically, to save me personally from suspicion of
bad faith toward one with whom my relations
are and always have been so cordial, that my
name may not be mentioned by any one in our
State Convention in opposition to Gen. Grant,
whom believe to be the first choice of very
large majority of the Republicans of the Unit
ed States. Yours truly. fH
SCHUYLER COLFAx.