The New York herald., 1874-07-30
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
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er, c The reporters at the city Hall called In
boe mon His Honor, who received them smiling,
"a ,ual. The unpleasant duty OF announcing the
purr ort OF this visit devovcd upon the reporter of
the RAID. The Mayors lace paled somewhat
whe the disagreeable word "suspendedn struck
up ais ear; but, after musng awhile with his
ke eyes nailed to the ground, he informed the
reTi ,rs that he had simply called upon the
On roller on private business and tnat Colonel
NY came in while he was talking with Mr..
Gi 4. Colonel DE Kay did not say word about
sus ,ension and, moreover, was just on his way TO
the Governor, whom he had not seen for quite a
while. The reporters, thanking the Mayor ior the
explanation, left, rejoicing that the inestlmable
wisdom and intellect OF the nayor were 10 bless
and benefit the city for at least another day. The
community may rejoice oyer yer this TACT and also
His Honor IL will probably not be before next
Week. Governor DIX Is reported to have author
ltarvely announced that 1t would take MIN till
Saturday to thoroughly digest the Mayors pom.
derous reply
Dog News-Au About Saratoga Dogs.
The country is saved. There Is already another
applicant for the vacancy created by the resignation
OF Thomas Wech, ex-dog catcher for the Twenty
srst district. Yesterday morning Alderman Nor
rls, Commander'in-Chief Of the dog campaign, re-
ceiVed letter from "Mother,n who ''entreated"
MIN ITO relieve" Seventy first and Sevenfy-second
streets from the large number Of dangerous. un-
muzzIed dogs. She says she once counted seven
on the corner of Seventy-1rst street and Ninth
avenue on her way to the Eighth avenue cars, and
on her return with her children, they "were met
py bloodhound and large black dog" Alder
mon Morris fair correspondent adds that the low
ties IN that locality are perfect denominations.
n wafer, no sewerage, and amtlieS, horses,
Is, pigs, chickens, goats, geese, dogs, &C., are
Alderman Motifs returned yesterday morning
ltom Saratoga. He said the number OF dogs IN Sara
tOga was something monstrous; they were every
Where One ofthe city ofcials called upon him with
a view or introducing his benign ordinance IN Sara
tSga. Alderman Morris saw so many dogs 'there
tnat ne asked several gentlemen II they had
drought them up from New YORK for the benefit or
tleir health.
nound would have to be killed in the old manner
or q While until the drowning apparatus was per-
new mode OF despatcnng the ours would be IN
augurated, but gave the experience OF friend Of
MS VINO came very near being drowned, and found
tne sensation positively delicious. The Alderman
declares that he has none OF the appointments Of
nog.catchers, having left them al To his colleagues
IN the Boards OF Aldermen and Assistant Alder
men. In regard 10 the new pound the Alderman
says there Is no ground for the many complaints
wn,ch nave 6een preferred as the east emo OF the
80 lar lr0m any dwelling that not even the sound
or bark could be heard.
Venezuelan Experiences.
yesterday morning in the case Of the aborers who
were enticed by the false representations OF san.
ders 4 Mcmahon, intelligence office Keepers, to
Ship for Venezuela, and instead of finding work
there 'at 81 65, gold, per day and $40 month in
lieu OF their bOard,' were starved at the rate of
slxty-two cents per day. Dir. Sanders put In his
defence, which was in reality an admission OF the
onence charged. He said he had nothing to do
With the matter except that he made the repre-
sentations to the men as the mouthpiece Of
InaTles II. Nell, agent OF the Venezuela Steamship
company, No. las Broadway. Mr. Sanders there
lore confessed that he made ialse representations
but excused himself on the ground that Mel
MIN to offer the great inducements stated Above
he was not only to get 81 for each man from Mel
but 81 apiece from each of the victims.
Among the witnesses examined by the Mayors
Pc German Emigration Society. who said that the
seputatiOn or Sanders & Mcmahon was SO bad
fnat notice was posted In Castle Garden warning
emigrants against them.
=. Mr. Bonneville, the private secretary OF the
Mayor. informally asked Mr.. Neil, who attended
the investigation, whether 1t was true that he got
$4, O0O from the Venezuelan government Tor send
ing these poor men to starvation and misery.
Mr.. Nell admitted That ne got that amount, but
thought that he ought to have received about
$4,000. He did NOT state whether he had author.
ICED Sanders Il McMahOn to make the false rem.
resentation which they did make, but will be ex-
amined at length tomorrow.
Another Syvfndle Exposed.
P. Bailey and D. K. Hoaglan appeared before the
Mayors secretary and charged Mr.. Neil with having
extor ed from them SIS for passports to venezaea,
he having promised to ship them on the Aibemarle
and afterwards on the Cleopatra. Neither OF these