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The New York herald., 1874-10-01
The Mayors Charges Declared
Malicious and False.
THE LAW AND THE TRUTH.
Explanation of the Irish Birth
Question.
EX-TAMMANY MAGNATES AND KELLY.
"reminiscences of Morrissey, Croker, Con-
molly and Watson.

The following Ii the reply Of Mr.. Kelly to the
charges or Mayor Havemeyer. IL Is, as Indicated
In the HERALD yesterday. clear and almost bald
narration or facts and figures with very little ac-
companying comment. The latter part of the let
ter, which deals with the personal history OF well
known politicians In o few crisp sentences, VIII
be read with interest by the general reader. Mr..
Kelly states, with emphasis, that he shall not make
any further statement:-
NEW YORK, Oct. !, 1874.
To WILLIAM F. HAvEMEYER, Mayor OF the City OF
New York;
SIR-On the 18th or September last letter from
you was published Ill the newspapers OF me city,
in which you eEdeavor to reieve yourself from the
severe and merited censure passed upon you by
the Governor Tor your own Improper conduct In
onice by casting wholesale aspeSslOns upon all
who have been In any way concerned AS complain
ant, counsel or witness In the proceedings against
yourself or against the convicted fohce Commits
sloners (Which you seem to regard also as directed
against yourselD, and assert tnat the whole mat
ter has sprung from my personal enmity to you,
anu that am "a very dishonest man." possess
Ing IAN audacty born of u low beginning" and
q Your @y, , CLASS" ~, Win m those nos & VINO
dlsgraced position You now occupy before the
public win affect my character. Yet tue charges
over the signature Of the Mayor OF this great city
that feel lmperatively called upon to make
such Of the public as may not Know me person
ally at an earlier date than the slow progress OF the
law Will allow.
Passing by for the present the various personal
lnnnennoes and aspersons with which your letter
Is filed your trst grave charge against me Is that
shave detrauded this city anu county out o large
sums OF money, and nave been guilty OF q CRIME
that is adequately described by the term teion-
Ous." In proof OF this TACT you assert that
IN my reports TO the Secretary OF State
OF the NUMBER OF convictions In the county OF
New York ''during your my six years OF
Office You ID reported $4,000 convictions in this
county. While the CLERK only reported 2O,SS6. In
other words, tnat your my) eyes, keenly directed
moneyward, Were able TO discern 2.204 convlc-
tons that the records OF the courts did not men,
tlon;o and TO substantiate this charge you give
the following tablet
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Making the total amount which you ID fraud:
uienuy received 4,259 81
Stating, however, "tnat this sum may be subject
TO IL deduction or few hundred dollars" Tor con-
vlctions IN police courts, not included In the
These charges assert TO be base and malicious
M Miaiseaooas, and which you and Nelson j. Water
bury, your assistant IN preparing them, must have
known to be such ut the time they were written.
WHAT THE TRUTH Is.
Ine truth III regard to the matter Is as foiiows:-
by section ol the act vi April 26, 1889, the
Sherln OF each county was required 10 report to
the Secretary OF state the name, occupation, sex,
native country, &C.. OF all persons convicted III
any criminal courts OF record OF MS county. BY
section similar reports were 10 be made by
convictions in any Court OF SPECIAL Sessions OF
that city, by the Sherif Of Monroe of convictions
Ia any criminal court IN the city OF Rochester by
the Shertn oi Kings OF CONVICTIONS III any
criminal court oil the city OF BrooHyn, w
the Sheriff OF Erie Of convictions In any criminal
courS IN the city Of Buffalo; and by section all
justices and other judicial officers were required
to furnish the required information TO the snerin.
The object vi TINS law, as deined TO the secretary
OF State In circular for the information Of
Sherins, Issued long before my election to that
once was ITO OBTAIN sueh accurate statistcal IN
formation concerning cunvlcts aud crimes as may
guide Intelligent legislation. For othef countries
such Information has Ueeu found eminenty usemi
III developing the sources or crime and Indicating
the means vi preveutOn.n
1t VIII readily be seen tnat to make these stats-
tics of any value they must be UNIFORM, and tuat
1t wound be absurd to require returns from "all
criminal courts" III Tie cities OF Rochester, BROOK.
lyn aud Buffalo, ana omlt the great city OF New
YORK. For this reason the practice was estaO-
llshed. long before first became Snerln, ior
that onlcer to collect ana return to the Sec
retary 1i state the convictions IN the different
polce courts or the CITY, and include them IN tue
coiunin headed CONVICTIONS at Special sessions"
practice which your own letter shows was
known 10 tue Supervisors when passing my bulls.
III TACT, Tue huinher was 80 great, being nearly cen
tune a me utner courts, that 10 could not he 0tn-
erWise thah apparent to both them and the Secre-
tary OF state lne number oi these convictions,
~ wiz oc hereafter shown, was enormous. Each
yearly statement OF them, Incorporating the par
ticulnrs speciied 10y statute, constituted a volume
lafgef thaH pahK ledger AT tle same time tue
ohences we're OF similar and not aggravated
CHARACTER, such as disorderly conducI, vagrancy,
criminais were unlnlportant, although / TOOK
from the records OF eacn ponce court the
naiue, age, nauve county degree Vi edu.
cation, reiiKtous iAsti iuction iorMIer conviction,
&o. de-, oi esch ksfsoa eonvlctsd, and lled tue
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MY charge was hased upon the number OF those
woo after CONVICTION were placed 10y law in my
custody as Sherlf, and ior none otner. 1ney were
carried by my deputy and was responsible lor
them ana entitled to charge Tor their conveyance.
THE CONVEYANCE FEES,
The largest numDer U. these prisoners were con-
vlctcd by the ponce courts, ana your 1xtig z the
number at 1000 would be preposterous Ii 1t was
not stated inaiieiousiy. One word AS 70 my tees
tor TINS service. You admit tina, long before my
accession 10 otice compensation OF tae Sheriff lor
carrying prisoners Eau been liked at seventy.ny
cents each, tile amount which | received uur.
1ng my nrst term, DuL that during my
second term, ''without the slightest warrant
from any source" mad the auoacity to cnarge
double the previous large rate, ana received 81 90
Tor each pftSoner-a rate WAlcn two years
and three months olterwaru I Increased
10 81 10. As you state yoa "are no law.
yQr," You seem TO consider yourself Tree
t0 msks any ASSERTIONS In regard 20
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~
Number frnuduleutly charged for............. 9a49
For the police courts you allow the beggarly
number OF 1000, and calmly assert THAT that ~ at
least double the actual deficiency"
THE HOUSE OF REFUGE.
The hgures you give In regard to the house OF
Refuge are Of course all wrong; have In my pos
SESSION an official Certincate OF the prisoners re-
ceived at the House ol Refuge Of which the lOl-
loving Is an abstract-
1865 lSb6 1867. To.aL
Number received. ................ 40 Az $50 lH3
The aggregate you put in your table for this
period is o2S. The reason Tor this, as | am ln-
formed. is that when on September you wrote
TO the institution tor thelr ugures you only asked
ior the number of boys committed. being appar-
entity IN Ignorance that the institution received
uoth girs anu boys but even here you nave Dinn-
dered ia your figures. The following Is state
ment taken rom my books, showing the number
OF prisoners who were convicted during my last
term, ana VINO were committed to the Sherlf to
be conveyed, and were conveyed " the places to
WINCH they We're sentenced =
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Courts Ut Record Sessions in Brook ~, OILY.
Males. FDas irish. Total. Naies F'm's. Irish 1Dat.
1859. No report OF sheriff 76Ay 1897 4s7y II, ,O3y
CO.. AS 10S 1857 956S S52S 26s7 1906
1So5.. ~ ~ ~ " 1854 S,7lS 6,y75 N,e9l
lS66 lAU Ii 81 lo6 1915 6,s49 4, 50 l6l5g

In conclusion would state that while am as
conscious any one OF the obligation which ! owe
to those or my race. that tney would be the last
ask or expect me 10 Ialsiy the records to conceal
lact. Your next attack IL Tor overcharge In
latlon to the returns TO the Secretary OF STATE,
you IN TINS matter practically omit the persons
committed from the police courts, although you
pretend to give them. During my first term you
admit that charged for AS less tnan was enti.
tied 10. In my second term. however, you aleQe
there was an enormous overchargc, Rs SHOWN IN
the lollo wing table contained In your letter.
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Totals. 1898 lU, 57 ll3U9) $3.50 1906 2uSS6
Tnis you assert to be "a '.nagrant crime" You
Also aege that 1t is aggravated by the law being
violated III my not returning the names of those
convicted In courts Of record, and dsregarding
thar provision as to ''the enormous number re-
ported lOr the Special Sessions. III respect to
which you Q} on,y gave the total number each
month";
THE REPORTS OF CONVICTIONS.
You then proceed to an additional ana even
graver charge that while my reports OF con-
vlcions to the Secretary Of State were thus
1raudulently swollen to enormous proportions.
Yet that lyon t) collected pay for g. 353 more
vicuons than YOU ~ reported" substan tiating
the charge by the following tablet
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You were familiar with these bills. In tact you
borrowed them from the Comptroller IN August
last, and believe still have them iu your possess
sion. You were ZANZIBAR with the act vi 1861. Tor
you expressly refer To 1t in your letter, and yet
you nave the mendaciouS audacity to ignore the
existence OF any CONVICTIONS beng returned or
Charged Ior from Police courts, aud by branding
me as having returned TO- Az convictions rom the
Courts OF Record ana l09, l57 from the Special SeS
sions, strictly called, and publishing the con-
vlctons IN tue two latter courts alone as beng
but q, ,23g, assert and claim that you have proved
the difference. amounting 10 0S,0l4, Is rauuulent.
The scandalous character OF this statement can be
best understood oy the following comparison be-
tween tile charges contained In my bills during
the years 1865, 1866 and 1867 (when these convlc-
ttons were, Tor the first time, separately. and the
figures you give rs obtained ron the rccords:-
Ny charges a Coafaiaed IN Your Figures 0boined
HiNs. from lhe Records.
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Difference in my favor..................


ing this period lO42s
Difference in my favor. vor....................... 424
SHAMELESS FRAUD.
In this connection IL may be wen to call yOur
attention To II .'sbamee>s fraud" upon your
part in regard TO these figures. You expressly re-
1er to the resolution oi the supervisors, uXlug the
Shern's compensation 'at h,ty cents Tor convic.
tons reported from the oyer and rermlner, and
General and special session5.v and by the pre-.
cealng hgures snow that, according TO your own
Compilations from the records oil these Courts,
was entitled to charge Tor 1886 convictions dur
ing the years 1868. 1866 and 1881 Yet, IN spite OF
this, ou insert the following in your table under
the mead Amount of Piunder." VIZ. -"Excess of
convictions charged by you ttne) during your (my)
second term, at hIty cents over the number shown
by the court records:-"
Charged by you une
shown by Court records. lii
belilS hn
Although, IN order to do tnis, you have 10 omit
entirely the convictions IN the opeetai sessions,
wnicl your own letter conceues am entitled to
charge Ior, ana whch your own uIures show
amount TO S,13o and thus endeavor tu convince
the pubic that have swindeu the county by over
charging Tor s,3Il CONVICTIONS a. nILy cents each,
whereas COMPARISON OF my bins with your
figures show that have charged Tor ~. less con.
victtous tnan, according TO inc records OF the
Courts, was emitted TO.
In addition, yon put down ~ "sxcsss Of minor
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convictions received by you lmel being those ii


ShoWu Wy court recorus. s7i5
Excess
wbicn, az twelve ana Il hair cents each, amounts
TO $4,000 81" anu assert that tnis Is '.raudu
u on my part.
In othrr words. you take the S7@5 convictions
wHich YOUR own table shows were rendered IN Iua
Special sessions, and or winch YOU admit wa,
entitled to charge hi'y cents eacn, ana assume
that they, ana they only, are the returns Tor the
police courts, Tor when my charge was i21 cents
eacn. ana upon THIS basiS assert that have made
an overcharge OF 35,22l cunyletions although IN
every one OF my Dills during my second term the
charges Tor the returns from the SPECIAL Sessions
were distinctly separated lro those for the pollce
courts. The only recognition you give TO the cX-
istence ol snch thing as ponce court at all is
your statement that "A few oi the minor eouyic.
lions IN the police courts may not be Included ~
and that deduction oi 4 lew hundred dollars Tor
CONVICTIONS in police courts may possibly be al.
owed me.
MAYOR HAyEMEYEH KNEW BETTER.
You knew better than that when you wrote it.
You cannot have lived as long as you have in the
city OF New York without knowing mat there are
almost ten tmes as many convictions IN police
courts as III the Oyer ana Terminer and General
ahd specla! Sessions combined. Nhy, the police
arrests III the city OF New lorK during the perlud
you refer to were as l0ilowS:-
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The evidence OF these commitments are In my
pos esson. nave receipts ior those sent To the
Penltehtlary ana House ol Refuge. Ia addition IL
appears ny the report OF tue Commissioners or
CHailtles ana correction that the following per-
sons were received by them during TINS PERIOD =
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The number Tor 1859 being exactly what
turned and those OF the two following years aggre-
eating slightly less than the number returned.
THE POLICE COURT RETURNS
After 1861. tHe compensation for returns from
Police Courts Lsving been reduced TO l2Ia cents,
while tnar Tor rCurns from the other criminal
courts remained q. nty cents, the price previously
paid lOr both. my oills were necessarily divided.
THESE nave already been published III the Times OF
September II, 1874. probably at your instance aud
although they contain many errors in copying, as
to other items, Us lar as this matter is concerned
were, believe, correctly printed by reference
to these IL VIII plainly appear that W nile the vast
majority OF names returned by ME to the Secre-
tary OF State as having been convicted IN the
Special Sessions were really convicted in the
turn ol convictions at special Sessions to comply
with the provisions OF tue act OF 1891, declaring
that TOR this purpose the Police courts should be
deemed Courts OF Special sessions. yet that In
making out my bills was careful to make q dis
ence give the iOO wing summary Of thaaa bills =
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Where were the petty offences that constituted
the vast majority OF these cases trea, II not
Police Courtsi You |oud fam have the public
believe thai the total CONVICTIONS in the criminal
courts OF the city OF New York during the years
1889, '6D 49, '65, go and '67 but .. 239. In
fact, you say there "cannot be manyn more, and
are ouly willing TO allow me few hundred dollars
ute and returning them to the Secretary ol Stale.
A COMPARISON WITH BRooKLYN.
Yet In the neighbor1ng city Of Brooklyn the con-
rictions, as reported Gy the different Sherlns OF
that county, compared with nine, were as fol-
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CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE.
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From this ie appears that, for your own base and
vlndictive purposes, you nave falsely placed the
number OF convictions returned by me below the
real number, as folows:-
~-Anouat actually returned by me.->
Courts o. Record. Special Sessions.
General Sessions ......... 3,sas lis2s5
4,0H
Amount st ated by you .3,SJ3 lO0l57
Diffe renee between your
statement and the truth. lA 7l2S
fIoJ
This statement OF my returns. as certified to by
the secretary Of State. conforms IN all respects to
my charges. which find by my bills were as ol-
iOWS:-
lS59-Returns for quarte ending April Alb
Returns Tor quarter ending June TO- ........... 4Wi
Returns Tor quar- ter ending september 3D.. $3.50
Return, tor quarter ending December 81. 1855
i394U
1S6o-Returls for quarter ending March 3l..... 4zU5
Returns Tor quarter ending June 3D. d055
Returns iOr uuarterending September 80. 1888
Returns Tor quarter ending January L....... 5.42S
Total....................... ........ $3.50
ls6l-Returns for quarter ending April l..... 1851
Returns Ior quarter ending july f........ 1851
Returns tor quar- ter enaihg October 1....... 7ly4
Returns iar quarter ending December 81. o,942
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--ior which responsibility received no extra CON.
pepsation. Tne expenses OF my otnce. over al
allowances from the coucty, averaged about
y2A0o0 y1ar. Thoss OF Sne present SheTln are
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-Hapemeyers lStateI : --Sec'y Of State CertVfcate
Court Deridt Total General oyer Specai Total
Uf Sessions. Sessions. and Sessions.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18
A New England EIegH.

Wilbraham is so rich in reminis-
cences of the past that one might easily
fill pages in their recital, but we for
bear and give only celebrated poem,
which we transcribe in its original
form. The poem was written on the
death of Sc Lieut.. Thomas Mirick's only
son, who died Aug. 7, 1851. By the
months and three days old, and very
nigh marridge." This poem has been
appropriately termed the Elegy of the
Mountain, and had a wide circulation
in its youth, and was often borne upon
the evening air in plaintive song:
- On Springfield mountains there did dwell
A likely youth who knowne full well;
Lieutenant Mricks onely some,
likely youth nigh twenty-one.
I" One Friday morning he did go
Into the medow and did moe
round or two, then he did feel
A pisen sarpent at his heal.
a. When he received his dedIy wound
He G dropt his for sithe Thea pon the ne ground;
Calling aioude still as he went.
'' Tho all around his voys vase hered,
Bat none of his friends to him apiere
They thot it was some workmen called,
And there poor Timothy alone must fall.
So soon his carful father went
To seak his son. with discomfort
And there his fond onely he found
Ded stone, pom the ground.
" And there he lay down, sopose to rest,
With both his hands crost his breast,
His mouth and eyes closed fast,
And there poor lusn he slept his last.
" His father vieude his track with great concern,
Where he had across the corn;
Uneven tracks, where he did go,
Did apear to stagger to and fro.
{" The seventh of August, sixty-one,
This fatal axsident done,
Let this a warming be to oil,
To be Prepared when God does CALL"
- Worcester (M0ss.) Spy.
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Chinese PHARMACY.

All May was detected recently in the
act of robbing a Chinese apothecary-
shop on Pacific street. He was dis
covered on the elevated window-sin en-
gagged in fishing up articles through a
broken window-pane with a long pole
to which hook was fastened. At the
precise moment of All Mays capture he
had succeeded in enticing upon his
hook a small pair of deer's antlers, and
was endeavoring to draw them through
the hole in the window. The horns
were embellished with Chinese hero
glyphics and adorned with fancy paper.
Dya Hook, the erudite druggist whose
premises had been raided upon, assert
ed his proprietary interest in the
antlers, and, to the manifest astonish-
ment of the court, declared their value
to be $50. In explanation of the APP
parent enormity of the charge, the
druggist explained that the horns of the
deer, when properly prepared, con-
tanned a certain and specific remedy for
various diseases. The trouble ex-
perienced in securing the antlers in
their prepared state was considerable.
The deer were pursued and worried un-
til they fell to the ground from exhaus-
ton, at which time the blood had be-
come so active that it had coursed
through the antlers. The animals were
then killed and the horns removed i'm
mediateiy. It was supposed that the
horns then contained the essential
properties of the blood. The horns are
then cut and ground into powder, and
finally dissolved IN questionable solu-
ton of Chinese liquids. The particular
pair which were presented to the OBJ
servation Of the court were of superior
kind, and contained the curative quality
so extensively as to effectually eradicate
half the diseases prevalent in the city.
The Judge, who seldom puns. asked
the druggist if the name Of the ultimate
preparation was not Chinese harts
horn, to which the druggist smilingly
responded, " Oh, deer, no. o.'-ISan
Francisco Chronicle.
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in when I came. Father says a very
unhappy-looking kind of young man,
that looked like minister himself, left
it. But he said a woman in a green
shawl dropped it. That must been a
mistake. Glad to return it. No trouble !;
oh, dear, no. Had call to make in
this street. Good afternoon.
And the boy went off.
Mr.. Pennywise examined tho pocket
book. It was the one he had lost. It
was also the one he had found. Itwas his
own pocket book that Mr.. Pennywise
had seen upon the car seat and had
picked up. It was his own pocket-book
that had given him such agonies of re-
morse and that he had delivered over
to the station-master. If he had opened
it he would have known it at once. Yes,
it was and always had been his own,
and not that woman's but Mr.. Penny
wise declares he broke a commandment
all the same.-Nea0 York Ledger.
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The Prettiest Woman I'm New York. Miss
K we'll known in fashionable society for
her distinque appearance and beautiful complex
ion, was ssllow, rough-skinned girl, cha
grned at her red, freckIed face. She pitched into
Hagan's Magnolia Balm, and is now as pretty in
complexion she is charming in manners. This
article overcomes freckles, tan, salowness, moth
patches, ring-marks, ETC., and makes one look ten
years younger than they are. Magnolia Balm Tor
q trans nsparent complexion, and Lyon's Kathairon
the hair plentiful, luxuriant, soft and del
icate. have walls. The Kathairon prevents t he
hair from turning gray, eradicates dandrum anu
is the best and cheapest dressing in the world
Damned by Faint Praise.-Jas. Beekman
Clergyman of New York, was recently badly kicke
by horse, and speedily cured by using the
celebrated Mexican Mustang Liniment. when the
proprietor asked him for a certificate, he replied
that he considered it q remarkable article, but
it wouldn't answer for him to indorse remedy in
print" Here's consistency. But we didn't kick
him. the horse did. The world knows that for
Rheuma atism, Bruises, Swe11ings, SPAWN. Scratch
es, Inflammation, Lameness, or any flesh. bone or
muscle ailment upon man or animal, there is moth
ing like the Mustang Liniment. 1t costs but so cts
and 81 90 per bottle and should be in every FAM
lily. 1t is wrapped in fine stee1-p1ate label and
signed G. W. Westbrook, Chemist"
Tonic and Recuperant Plantation Bit
ters.-The constantly increasing patronage which
ftreceives has, it true, excited the petty envy
aceas, who hope to make market for their own
sta@nant, watery wares by decrytng all spirituous
M edicinal preparations. But the public stom-
ach neither their arguments nor their potations,
and onseQuently reject these very weak imita-
tions of the enemy as entirely too thini