Year: 1871

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A meeting of the friends Of Comp
troller Connolly was called for at 3P. NJ
to-day, in the City Hall park. Con
nolly's sympathizers assembled, but they
Immediately adjourned to the Sixth
ward hotel, where arrangements were
made preparatory to holding mass
meeting, to protest against the three
Tammany chieftains.


1t is stated that Gov. Hoffman, the
Mayor and Comptroller had a long and
private conversation this morning.


The joint committee OF the citizens
and Supervisors have prepared a report,
in which they say there has been no
over issue of city bonds, and that the
city and county debt was correctly stated
in the Comptroller's report to the Mayor
on August lst. 1t is also stated that
the Comptroller's statement will be read
next week. Meanwhile the sub bcom-
mittees are actively engaged in their In
vestigations and are preparing reports TO
be submitted to the joint committee at
their first public session.


Death OF Another Victim OF the


BeeKman street Explosion.


Michael GoldschmIdt, G one OF the firm
of Klueber & Goldschmidt, who was so
badly burned at the explosion at his
store in Beekman street on Thursday
last, died at his residence in Brooklyn
to-day.


The trot announced for to-day, the
first day Of the fall meeting at Fleet
wood Park, were postponed on account
of the heavy condition of the track,
until Thursday next. The programme
Of the other days will take place as pre-
viously announced.


Prof. Boacheller, who went to Can
ada, some weeks since, to speak on the
annexation of the Dominion to the
United States, has returned. When he
was in Montreal lie received a letter
from the Mayor stating he was author
lied and instructed to advise him (the
prcfessor) to desist in a course which
was unlawful and disloyal. In Quebec
and other places the professor met with
no other obstruction, whenever he un-
dertook to address his countrymen.


At meeting held this afternoon for
the purpose of making preparations for
an outdoor demonstration in favor OF
Comptroller Connolly, resolutions
were adopted extolling Mr. Connolly
and denouncing Judge Barnard and
Mr.. Connollys fellow members Of the
Board of Apportionment, charging
them with conspiracy to injure the
Comptroller. A committee was ap'
pointed consisting of three from each
ward, to meet on Tuesday afternoon
next to make final arrangements for
the proposed demonstration.


Connolly TO Surrender His Office.


New YORK, September l1.-Consid-
cradle excitement was caused last night
among the friends Of Sweeney, Tweed
and Hall by the announcement OF the
fact that Comptroller Connolly, at the
suggestion OF ex-Mayor 1avermyer, was
prepared TO hand his office over to Mr..
Andrew II. Green, one Of the Central
Park Commissioners. This was thought
to be clearly equivalent to the surrender
of all the papers and accounts of the
Comptroller to that gentleman. 1t was
thought that in case Connolly should
surrender his office, r. A. Storrs, at
present Deputy Comptroller, would be
appointed in his stead. There is much
speculation as to the probable course Of
Mayor Hall under these circumstances.


The following is the correspondence
which led to the appointment


New York, September lG.
To Richard B. C6nnoNH Esq.


SIR | have considered the questions
which you have submitted, and, to pre-
vent the possibility OF misapprehension,
reduce my advice to writing. First,
On the assumption Of your innocence
of the charges made against you, do
not consider the resignation of your
office as your proper course. Your
duty is to give every facility for the
fullest investigation and to abide the
result. Second, In your answer to the
request OF Mayor Hall for your resig-
nation, you have stated that your official
acts, which have been impeached, were
supervised and approved by the superior
vigilance OF Mayor Hall, that equal re-
sponsibility attaches to him, and that
in his affidavit in the pending
litigation those acts were adopted
and vindicated by him. Even if
you are conscious of having done wrong
in your trust, you owe it to the COM
munity not to commit another wrong,
but to make every reparatlon in your
power. To surrender your Office into
the hands OF confederate would be a
fresh betrayal of your trnst, and while
it might damage yourself, would fail Of
doing justice to the community. No
man selected by Mayor Hall can, with
out some other moral support by the
community, have the public confidence.
He will be compromised by suspected
understanding with the routine of the
ring, or by the acceptance OF its tavors.
You practically make your own sue
cessor As the law stands he can assume
your office only by an arrangement
to which you are a party, 10 create a
vacancy for him. The man you give a
place to ought not to be tool OF those
implicated in the transactions which
excite the public distrust and alarm.
He should be the nominee of the citi-
zens now seeking to protect the people.
In that way alone can he have the con-
tidence of the public, or improve the
credit OF the city. Fortunately, the
law affords perfect solution OF the
case. By section three, of chapter 514