The New York Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1854, Page 4

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BIGHOR BLITZ, Brooxiyy Aruenarum. New York, Thursiay, April 20, 1854. Malls for the Pacific. HE NEW YORK HERALD—CALIFORNIA EDITION. ‘The United States mail steamship George Law, Captain Bex, will leave this port this afternoon, at two @elock, for Aspinwall. The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific ‘Will close at one o'clock. ‘Tne New York Week ty Heras, California edition, eon- taining the latest intelligence from all parts of the world, ‘will be published at ten o’clock this morning. Single copies sixpence. Agents will please send in their orders as carly as possible. ie New: %m another column we give such particulars as have reached us of the shipwrecks on the coast eansed by the recent violent gale. The passengers of the packet ship Underwriter, ashore at Squan Beach, have all arrived in safety at this port. As sistance has been despatched to the vessel, and it is thought she will be got off. The ship Humboldt, Paulson, with passengers, from Hamburg for this port, is reported to be the vessel ashore at Barnegat. A steamey will be sent down to her this morning. Telegraphic despatches from Philadelphia state that the ship Powhatan, of Baltimore, from Havre for New York, went on shore early on Sunday morning, near Egg Harbor Light. She had about two hundred German emigrants on board, every soul of whom perished, and the vessel was Completely destroyed. Fifty-eight bodies have been cast up onthe beach at Absecom. The schooner Manhattan, of Bangor, was also lost in the same neighborhood, and all on board save one man drowned. There are reports of many other vessels being on shore, and the loss of life can hardly be estimated. This has been a season of disasters un- paralleled in the history of our commerce. The destruction of vessels and their cargoes, during the past winter, in which Americans are interested, in- volves, it is believed, a loss of between two and three millions of dollars. Itis stated that the probabilities are in favor of the adoption of the Sioo amendment to the Gadsden treaty by the Senate, and the confirmation of the treaty itself. It can hardly be possible, although Strange things happen in these degenerate days. The Senate has done nobly in rejecting that offspring of the spoilsmen, and we doubt if it lies in the power of the administration to effect any change. The treaty is dead: there can be no question about that, although the galvanizing process may produce a few spasmodic squirms from the corpse. The Senate yes- terday confirmed several appointments, including De Leon, as Consul-General to Alexandria, and Frederick S. Beecher, Secretary of Legation to Cen- tral America. In the United States Senate yesterday remon- strances were presented against repealing or sus- pending the duty on railroad iron. The House amendments to the bill increasing the salaries of clerks in the executive departments were concurred in. The bill appropriating one hundred thousand dollars {to the real discoverer of chloroform, was taken up and passed. The consideration of the Homestead bill was resumed, and, upon the motion to strike out the part limiting the grant to citizens, an animated discussion arose. The effect of the amendment would be to allow foreigners all the rights of our own people simply upon taking the initiatory steps to become naturalized. Notice was given of a substitute to the bill, to include a clawe making pre-emption rights permanent. In the House of Representatives, the bill granting ten millions of acres of land for the benefit of the indigent insane was taken up, and after a speech from Mr. Clingman, on the unconstitutionality of the measure, passed by a vote of eighty-one to fifty- three. “The question of woman’s rights is becoming quite important from the number of suits recently insti- tuted in our Courts in the names of females. Judge Roosevelt has lately decided that a married woman's “next friend” is ‘her husband ;” but we this day publish a very interesting and somewhat antagon- istic opinion of Judge Hoffman, who says that if the action concern the wife's separate property, the husband cannot be joined with her, but she must Bue by a “next friend,” and when the action is be- tween herself and her husband she shall also prose- cute or defend by her next friend. Judge Hoffman is of opinion that a complaint which relates to the separate property of the wife cannot be filed by her and her husband as plaintiffs—that she must sue by her next friend, and that the husband cannot be such. For some days past the inhabitants of the Fifth ward have been in a, fon from the fact that the Commissioners of Emigration have rented a build- ing in Franklin street for the purpose of occupying it as an office and receiving house for newly arrived emigrants. As these emigrants are very generally on their arrival prostrated by contagious diseases, Dr. Hosack and Mr. Nixon, of the Fifth ward, by their counsel, Messrs. Edmond Blankman and F. Park, promptly and properly commenced a suit against the Commissioners, and haye obtained an injunction, as will be seen by our legal reports, re- straining them from establishing such a nuisance in the. ward. There are numerous places in the suburbs, or on the immediate confines of the rivers, where the Commissioners can find accommodation for the emigrants, without concentrating them in our midst, and jeopardizing the health and lives of the inhabitants of this densely populated city. The act that has just passed the State Leci-la- ture, amending the school law and extending the powers of the commiasioners, will be found in the report of the proceedings of the Board of Education, which met last evening. The Board of Aldermen transacted an unusual amount of business last night. A communication from the Comptroller on the Reynolds contract was received, which, together with the official report of the proceedings, may be found elsewhere. The Board of Councilmen met last evening and farnished considerable amusement to a large number of citizens by protracted debates on the matter of their own dignity. Councilman Beakly was arrest. ed, placed at the bar and reprimanded for absenting himself from « meeting of the Board when a call ot the Board was made. Editors of newspapers re ceived a gentle hint as to the tone of their editorials on racnicipal matters, and the reporters of the press were endorsed for accuracy by the civic legislators. Owing to the protracted sitting of the Board we cab Only give apketeh of the seone, © ‘The Nouthern and Western Convention on Satur- | think not. We opgtehend that the close of hostili- | gent thoroughfare in order. T's was all that day last adjourned af resolutions on the Pa glmost unanimously. ed our views as to the iafes it is but necessary now to ste the vmus to the Pacific is re men of the Borth, more espe: States, as of fur greater impor’ across the uninSabitable region lyi weetern boundary of Texas the t A reedhition was adopte wares to prevent the abduction of plete govlogical surveys cf the Souther recommended. This is a subject which should claim the attention of the Legislatares of all the States of the Union that have not been surveyed. By a thorough and scjentific survey the actual value and adaptability of the soil can be ascertained, and the prosperity of the country enhanced accordingly. ‘The convention will meet in New Orleans on the second Monday in January next. Our report {3 un- avoidably crowded out. Information bas been received of changes in the duties on produce by the authorities at the Bahama Islands of importance to merchants. Beef and pork are admitted on payment of one dollar per barrel, fifty cents only is levied on flour, while corn, peas, etc., are admitted free. As provisions are mostly furnished from this country its commerce will be benefitted accordingly. The steamship Asia left Liverpool for this port on the Sth inst. Her arrival is momentarily ex- pected, and the news by her is anxiously awaited. By the arrival of the U. 8. war steamer Fulton, we have advices from Havana to the 10th instant. An interesting letter from our correspondent will be found in another part of this paper. Another vast mass of spurious money and imple- ments for counterfeiting were seized by Deputy Marshals DeAngelis and Horton, as will be seen by our court reports. It is necessary that the public should be on their guard, as there is, no doubt, an immense amount of base money—coin and paper— in circulation throughout the country. James McDonald, the Confidence Man, was sen- tenced at Albany yesterday to four years imprison- ment in the Clinton prison. The directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have decided to declare a cash dividend in October next, The Legislature of Pennsylvania has finally passed the bill for the sale of tlre main line of the public works for ten millions of dollars. It now only awaits the signature of the Governor to become alaw. A fire broke out in Hayne street, Charleston, S. C., on Tuesday, destroying about a dozen stores in the heart of the business part of the city. The loss is estimated at four hundred thousand dollars, Ex-Senator John Davis, of Massachusetts, died at Worcester, in that State, yesterday afternoon, after a brief illness. On the inside pages may be found an exceedingly interesting letter from our correspondent at Cara- cas; the arrival of the mysterious muskets at New Orleans; financial and commercial articles, &c., &c. ¢ As w v6 hitherto express of this d at the route a arded by practi %& of the yan a vail x between ion, more efficient mea+ laves by sea. Com: The Issue of the European War. Strenuous endeavors are being made by the press in Great Britain and France to persuade people that the allied Powers must be victorious in the war now commencing. The supposed weakness of Russia is paraded before the public, and the preparations made by her enemies are magnified by a contrast. Victories both in the Baltic and the Black Sea are as confidently an- ticipated as the repulse of the Russian invaders on the Danube; some sanguine prophet’ has even gone so far as to foreshadow the future partition of the Russian territory and the re- striction of the Czar to an empire scarcely larger than that of his predecessors eight or ten centuries ago. As usual, these anticipations have found a ready echo on this side theJAt- lantic. American journals have been heard to pronounce a prophetic elegy on the fall of Rus- sian ambition. Nor has the task seemed un- grateful. Here as well as in England, the con- test about to begin has been represented as a struggle between civilization on the one side and barbarism on the other; and we have beea told, time and again, that if Russia is suecess- ful in the war, the whole of Europe will be Cos- sack, and the cause of enlightenment will be re- tarded several centuries. If, on the contrary, the Western Powers are victorious, we are no- tified that their triumph will be the triumph of civilization, and that liberty and the arts will penetrate Russia several centuries sooner than they would have done without this accident. We are not so sure about the correctness of these views as some of our countrymen seem tebe. There is no doubt that the complete triumph of Russia, and the inroads of wild Cos- sacks upon the central and western countries of Europe, would be attended with consequences which we could not but deplore. But no one seems to ask the question, what effect would the complete triumph of the Western Powers have upon the United States ? Let us suppose for instance that the antici- pated victories of the allied fleets are followed by similar victories of the Turks on land. Let us allow that Sir Charles Napier not only passes the guns of Cronstadt and Helsingfors in safety, but captures those fortresses, blockades St.. Petersburg and invests it—that the com- bined squadrons in the Black Sea are equally successful at Sebastopol and Odessa—that Omer Pacha, reinforced by 50,000 English and French troops, compels the Russians to re-cross the Danube and Pruth, and marches victorious- ly towards Moscow—in a word, that the Ozar, -thunderstruck by the rapid march of his ene- mies, and paralyzed by disasters, negotiates a dishonorable peace, and leaves Turkey in the hands of France and England; what will then be the condition of Europe as far as this coun- try is affected ? England wiil have secured beyond all dispute the road to the Hast. Better than Egypt and Candia, she will hold Constantinople—if not directly, in the shape of a protectorate: and the key to the Euxine will be hers, as the key to the Mediterranean is now. On the Baltic she will have secured valuable privileges. Russia, her only formidable rival except France, will be humbled; and in proportion to the injury in- flicted upon the one will be the benefit reaped by the other. France will have enough to do, at the end of a successful war, to keep her army and her revolutionary rabble in order: and be- sides, France has no navy of any importance to compete with that of England. The latter, paramount in Europe, and secure in her roate to the East, will be fully enabled to carry out ‘the plans she is even now laying in China, Tak- ing advantage of the state of anarchy into which that immense empire is being thrown, England will make a second India of its provinces, and plant her fag on every fort, and at the mouth of every river. Tier national prestige in- creased, her army and navy in perfect order, her popular spirit aroused, her commerce in- creased, her naval advantages developed to the highest point—without any revolutionary fer- mentation at home todisturb, or any foreign foc to diequiet her—Great Britain would emerge from such a war greater than she has ever been. Could that greatnges by ignoguoys to us? We corporation officials professed to of Catifarnia. | States are | { tuster a spirit of jealousy of England here. We rhould meet British settlers everywhere in Central America, Fraud, money, and violence ; would be freely used to induce the petty gov- a ernments of the Central American States to exchange their independence for a British pro- tectorate ; and before we were aware of the @hject of British intrigue, we should discover that the Isthmus of Darien was a British possession. We might find Cuba surrounded by British frigates ; and though Spain might be willing to scll it to us, England might interfere and forbid the bargain as she forbade Russia to annex Turkey. More than this, the opportunity that such a triumph would afford for the prosecution ofa scheme long cherished by the British aris- tocracy could hardly be overlooked. Fresh coatitions would be effected between the British nobles and the abolitionists of the North. Moncy would not be wanting to further any scheme for assailing the institutions of the South. If nothing more could be done, the English could at Teast succeed in stimulating a feeling of intense enmity between the two sec- tions of the country; and this would serve their objectin acertain measure by weakening the Union. But with the aid of such men as Wil- linm H. Seward, a still greater work might be ac- complished. The Union might be dissolved. This great work—which has long been the aim and object of those farseeing British statesmen, who are aware of our growing power—would be the crowning deed of England’s eareer. The Union dissolved, and, as certainly would be the case, the } i} | 1 i | sion of sixdays. The | ties in Euroye would witness o renewal of the | was wanting to render Broadway one of the © Railroad were adopted | series of instances of British interference on this | most splendid promenades tn the world; and | continent, which have so largely coutributed to although it is not to be expected that the gen- tleman to whom we owe its present improved state will be able to devote much more of his time to diecharging the duties of others, the practical lesson that he has taught the city suthorities will, we have no doubt, lead to the extension and perpetuation of the advantages which his disint.restedness has conferred on his fellow citizens. ‘ Proeress or WittusaM H. Sewarp’s ScHeMes, —The pro‘ected Irieh invasion of Canada hav- ing failed, for the present, in consequence of a difference of opinion between the atolitionists and the Irish as to the distribution of the spoils in the conquered province, the Hon. Wm. H. Se- ward’s organs are busying themselves with de- monstrating, by every species of moral, rcli- gious, philosophical and commercial calcula- tion, that the Union costs the North more than it is worth. Mr. Seward’s arguments, as given in his chief organ, must go for what they are worth: they do not seem to us to be very formi- dable. To say that, because the chief acquisi- tions of territory made by the United States have been on the Southern frontier, and be- cause the annual expenditures of the republic have gone on increasing with its growth, there- fore the Union is aburthen to the North, does not seem at a rough glance to be particularly logical; but Mr. Seward’s mind is sui generis, and must not be measured by the ordinary stand- ard. It is hisaim to foster among the North- ern people a dislike to the Union, and he cares little what arguments he brings to bear, pro- two fragments animated by a spirit of jealousy and animosity against each other, Great Britain would easily contrive to manage both as she pleased, and would be in fact the only first rate Power on the earth. These forebodings must not be regarded as visionary. Her Eastern rival crushed, Great Britain Would naturally and necessarily turn to her rival in the West; and unless she were ready to resign the palm she had gained so dearly, would at once endeavor to dispute with us the supremacy of the sea. With such prospects, we must be careful how we allow our feelings to be engaged on the side of the allies. National sympathy for Great Britain in the present contest would be decidedly misplaced. Neutrality is our position. Retanpiyé, on Ossrrvuctina tue Untrep Srares Maits.—We have been requested, for the public benefit, to call special attention to the act of Congress in relation to the retarding of the mails of the United States on their way to or from a post office, as there is no doubt that very few are aware of the existence of any such statute. Owing to the crowded condition of our streets and the short time often allowed to convey the mails from the post office to the railroads and steamboats, the contractors frequently have barely sufficient time to get through, when the loss of # moment or two might cause the fail- ure of important mails to be forwarded. Un- der these circumstances, and all classes of ¢iti- zens being interested in the prompt despatch of the mails, every facility should be extended to those having the legal custody thereof, and especially by the officers of the police, who have of late assumed, and no doubt very properly, the movements and regulation of vehicles, which at some hours of the day almost com- pletely block up some of the principal thor- oughfares. But it seems some of those officers do not take any such view of their duty in that respect. One of the persons employed to convey the mails to the Erie Railroad, complains that afew days since, when he had barely time to reach the ferry boat of the Erie Railroad, he applied to the policeman then on duty at the foot of Cortlandt street, to allow him to pass with the mails, rather than to wait till a large number of other vehicles had taken their turns, when the said police officer told him to“ go to hell,” and that he was “ no better than any one else,”’ &c. In order that mail messengers may fully un- derstand their rights, and police officers their duty on this subject, we copy that portion of the act of Congress relating thereto :— And be it further enacted, That if any person shall knowingly and wilfully obstruct or retacd the passage of the mail, or of any driver or carrier, or of any horse or carriage carrying the same, he shall, upon conviction for every such offence, pay a fine not exceeding one hun- dred dollars: and if any ferryman shali, by wilful negli- gence, or refusal to transport the mail across any ferry, delay the came, he shall forfeit and pay for every ten minutes that the same shall be so delayed a sum not ex- ceeding ten dcllars. Forxey Anp ats Democratic Jons—John W. Forney. Clerk of the House of Representatives at Washington, has, it appears, pretty much the whole care of the administration party upon his hands. He has quite a number of demo- cratic irons in the fire. Besides being Clerk of the House and chairman of the kitchen cabinet, he owns one half the Washington Union and its profits of the public printing—he owns one- half the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, and one- | half the Evening Star, at Washington, and manages them all. The Washington Union, as the court journal, he endeavors to conduct with the stilted dignity of a loafer in a new coat; while in the Star—that paper being the White House scavenger—Master Forney personates the scavenger to the life. As Clerk of the House, and as chairman of the kitchen cabinet, and as a director of the lobby and contraot speculators of both houses, in addition to his management of the three organs aforesaid, one would think that Forney had his hands full. So it appears; for it is understood that he will resign his clerkship in May, and its perquisites; and yet it is estimated that from his other spe- cified jobs he will be able to pocket the snug sum of a hundred thousand dollars a year. Lucky man. Lucky President, to have such a man. He reminds us of one Oliver le Dain, the barber of Louis XIII, we believe, vided his conclusion can be on the side of dis- union. He reasons of the immorality of slave- ry, with a view to sow the seeds of disunion. He endeavors to prove that slavery is opposed to the Bible, in order to strengthen the dis- unionist cause, He argues that slavery is a bar to social and intellectual progress, in order to aid the work of disunion. He strings column after column of figures together to show that disunion would be cheaper, and easier and more comfortable, and in every way better than the present arrangement of things. It may seem awaste of time to notice such trash, but if Mr. Seward undertakes to review the commercial side of the subject, we should like to know what agency has had as much to do with the greatness of the North as the union which he is seeking to break up. Every com- mercial man knows that our present flourishing condition can be traced more clearly to the free trade that has existed for three-quarters of a century between the independent republics con- stituting the Union than to any other cause. Disunion would at once arrest the beneficial working of this system. The North would levy taxes on the cotton of the South, and the South would raise a revenue on the mannfactures of the North. To what extent each would suffer, we leave thinking men—not protectionists—to cal- culate; yet thisis the end which William H. Seward is striving to attain for the gratification of his own ambition. For such treasonable con- duct we are at a loss to find an appropriate epithet. Tue Canapa Forcertes—Tae Exrraprrion.— The first case that has occurred under the treaty with England, where an American citizen is de- manded to be sent for trial into the British ter- ritories of Canada, is that of Daniel W. Van Aernam, whose case is now pending before Judge Betts upon habeas corpus, arresting the warrant of extradition issued upon the decision of Mr. Commissioner Morton, in which that of- ficer say s:— The present is an entirely new cause under the treaty, and may well awaken public attention, and demands, for general satisfaction, that higher judicial authority should settle that construction of the treaty which the present demand for extradition requires and apparently sustains. Under my views of the case, I feel it my duty to give tle required certificate, and certify the papers to the President of the United States.) PP It appears by the proceedings in the United States Circuit Court, yesterday, that little re- gard was paid to the above judicious sugges- tion and to public sentiment, upon a question which may prove dangerous unless settled by the higher judicial authority of the Court ia the district where the case is pending. The Com- missioner forwarded his report to Washing- ton, and the counsel for the accused hay- ing ascertained that fact, telegraphed to an agent in the capital city to request the attention of the President to the particular and peculiar circumstances of. the case. An answer was received that the President would investigate the matter; but a second telegraphic communication was received from Washington, announcing that the Secre- tary of the State Department had already is- sued the warrant—without the authority of the President—to an officer of the British Govern- ment, directing the immediate delivery of the accused to the claimants. This is another instance of the very loose way they have of transacting business in Wash- ington, and the lack of concert between the Se- cretary of State and the President. The British plenipotentiary and Mr. Marcy will, however, find that such proceedings are not likely to eventuate in carrying out the treaty effectually. This case is new, being the first under the trea- ty. An American citizen is demanded by a foreign power to be taken away from his friends and witnesses and the means of procuring the aid of counsel. Common justice requires that no obstacles should be interposed to a more ex- tended hearing, which” the Commissioner has declared should be granted before a final dis- position of the case was made, Marine Affairs. ‘THE StEAMSHIY ATLANTIC, Captain West, from New York for Liverpool 16th inst., and the SW. spit 16th, at 101% A. M., was seen on the 17th, at 7 o’clock A, M., 100 miles to the eastward of Sandy Hook. The Bremen bark Agen & Heinrich, Captain Kohlmann, from Bremen, hove to in consequence of the heavy galeand severe snow storm. She appeared to be very easy. ‘Toe em Wa. H. Hanocx, from Liverpool; Mauhattan, who turn- | from do., and Bremen bark Agen & Heinrich, from Bre- ed his daily opportunities, while shaving | men, report seeing large quantities of ice for two or the king, to such good account as to be able to manage king, court, ministry, and all. So with Forney—as premier of the kitchen cabinet, what with his organs, three days. The latter, on the Sth, 6th, and 7th insts., from lat. 44, lon. 45 30 to lat. 43 39 and lon. 47, saw sixty large icebergs. LAUNCH OF THE MAMMOTH STEAMBOAT MeTROrOLIS.—Mr. and what with | Samuel Sneden launches, at two o'clock to-day, from his the drippings of the kitchen, the scraps, the | yard at Greempoint, the large and beautiful steamboat broken bones, the soap fat, ghe candle ends and | M¢tropolis, for the Fall River route. She is 3,200 tons old bottles, he will make a good thing of it— equal, perhaps, to “half the fortune of our glori- ous Forrést.”” Broapway Unper toe New Reare, appearance of Broadway, since it has passed under the provisional government of Mr. Ge- nin, forms a refreshing contrast with its former filthy and neglected state. There never was amore complete and satisfactory illustration burthen, and is probably the largest coasting steamor over built in the world. Her length is 860 feet, and she is 45 feet broad, and 15 deep. She is exceedingly strong, allher timbers being carried nine feet above the main deck, to the level of the stateroom floor, and she is also —The | heavily traced with diagonal iron straps, extending from the top of her timbers to her keelson. The iron used in these braces amounts to the enormous weight of fifty tons. Her engine is in proportion to the mammoth hull, the cylinder being ten inches in diameter, larger than thore of the Collins steamers—namely, 105 inches—with a twelve feet stroke. The Novelty Works are the build- of the adage that “new brooms sweep clean,” | ers of the machinery, The Metropolis is expected to for the passenger is no longer smothered with | tke her place in the line in July, to run in conjunction dust on a dry day, or spattered with mud on a wet one, as was the case when the well with the fine steamers Bay State and Empire State. Derarrurs oF tie Evrora.—The R. M. steamship Ra- “paid | ropa, Capt. Shannon, sailed yesterday, with pinoty-rix Keep this | passengers, and $654,149 in apecie. Board of Edueation. Arun. 19.—The Board met this evening, E. C. Benedict, Faq., President, in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Coma PIICATIONS. From school officers of Thirteenth ward, asking for transfer of ward school No. 4, during the erection of the edifice on Rivington street. Adopted. From school officers of Twelfth ward, asking for an ap- propriation of $3,168 for furnishing ward schoolhouse No. 37, in Rah irerventa street. Referred to Committee on Fites and Schoolhoures. From school officers of the First ward, requesting the Board to furnish twenty-four scats for the use of their school. Adopted. From school officers of Sixteenth ward, for an appro- priation of $26,700, to build a new schoolhouse on the site of No. 11, in Seventeenth street. Referred to Com- mittee on Sites and Schoolhouses. RESOLUTIONS. ‘That so much of the thirtcenth section of the act rela- tive to Common Schools in the city of New York, as amended 81st March, 1854, as relates toa uniform sys- tem of instruction, be referred to the Committee on the Course of Studies, to report as early a: practicable a plan for carrying the same into effect. Adopted. By Mr. PHnuum—That so much of the thirteenth sec- tion of the act relative to Common Schools, as amended Sist March, 1864, as relates to uniform rates of salaries, be referred’ to the Committee on Salaries, to report as early as possible a plan for carrying the same into effect. Adopted. ‘That the President and Clerk of this Board be, and the are hereby authorized to apply for and receive the distri- butive share of the literature fund for 1863, apportioned Adopted. REPORTS. The committee appointed to apply to the Legislature for amendments in the School law—presented the follow- ing law, passed April 16, 1854. ‘The people of the State of New York, represented in the ad Assombly, do enact as follows:— ection 1. The act entitled ‘An act to amend, consolidate and reduce to one act, the various acts relative to the Com- mon Schools of the iy, of New York, passed the 34 July, hereby amended as follows: in B00" Toate sala'act se amended Uy the act eutitied "An net to the Free Academy. five tothe Common Schools in the city of New York, sad the Sist Mareli, 1854, as follows:—Every school oflicer Mat the time of his election or appointient, be a reei- dont cf the ward for which he is elected or appointed, and the Hoard of School Officers of any ward shall have power to decinxe vacant the ofice of any Commissioner, Inspector, or Trustee, elected by the people, or appointed by the Board of Education, who shall have removed from the ward, and it shail be the duty of such board of School Oiicers to consider he rutject and determine whether or not the seat of the officer who eball have removed from the ward shail be deciared vacant, And by striking out all of the fifth subdivision of the third section of said first mentioned act, ag amended by the act entitled ‘ An act zelative to Common Schools in the city of New York," passed the fourth day of June, 1893, Hier the word “finished,” and adding to such su! divi followe:— And the Board, upom the recommeadation of the faculty of the Free Acailemy, may grant the usual, de- grees and diplomas in the arte to such persons as shall have completed a full course of study in the said Free Academy; and by striking out of the eaid first mentioned act us amended by the other acts aforesaid, the words * ruperin- tendent of Common Schools, wherever they occur, and sub- stituting in place thereof the words “State Superintendent of Public Instraction.”” Sec. 2. All the trusts and eatates held by. Public Schoo! Society of the city of New York, as organized and existing previous to its several acts in compliance with the provisions of the act entitled “An act relative to Common Schools n the eity of New York,” pa 1853, which have not been conveyed by the said or vested in tho ciety ; and et remain therein, shall continue and be vested in tho oard of Education of the city of New York, which Board is, and shall be held to be the lawful successors of the sai society, in the execution of every trust, and the corporate existence of the said society is hereby merged in the said Board, and th pointed by the said society as commissioners an ‘common schools, under and by virtue of the said act, shall, during the term for which they were respectively appointed, have and possess all the rights and powers, and be subject to all the liabilities and duties of the offices to which they were so appointed, as fully and completely as they would or cor if the said society had fully complied with all the provisions of the snid act. icc, 3, The commissioners referred to in the seven- teenth section of the act, entitled ‘Am act further to amend the charter of the city of New York.” pasted 12th April, 1855, shall approve of and report to the Board of Su, Tr the said Commissioners, by te Board of Education within twenty days after such submission is made by the d of a statement of the appropriations required by t! 01 of Education to the Comptroller, who shall immediatel, vene the said commissioners to consider the said within the ity with their obj ions, in the nd the pro- said act shall coase to operate upon, or affect, from and after the expiration of the said twenty days, any A dingresees in respec which the said commissioners shall have omitted to ‘such action; or any appropria- tion to which the Boat ducation, upon a recommenda- tion pursuant to said act shall have adhered by the roqui- site vote of two-thirds, which the said commissioners shall omit to report within’ ten days the return thereof to them to the Board of Supervisors, and the provisions of the eaid act shall apply to such only of the appropriations re- quired by the Board of Education as are required by law to be acted upon by the Board of Supervisors. ‘The foregoing law, on motion, was ordered to be printed and placed on the minutes. REPORTS CONTINUED. Of Standing Committee recommending divers amend- ments in the by-laws of the board. Ordered to be laid on the table and printed. Of Executive Committee on Normal Schools rel ative to form of diploma to be presented to graduates of said schools. Adopted. Of the Executive Committee on the Free Academy recommending the degree of Bachelor of Arts be con- ferred on the members of the graduating class of last July. Recommitted with instructions. Also that suita- ble gies be engraved for striking medals to be awarded to students. Adopted. Of the Committee on El claring that William Monte! mon schools for the Twentieth ward. «nthe table and printed. Of the Committee on Sites and School Houses recom- mending that the school officers of the Twenty-second ward be requested to advertise in accordance with the law, for proposals for erecting a new school building on the site purchased for that purpose on Forty-fourth street, Tenth avenue, according to plans filed with re port. | Adopted. Of Commmittee on Repairs, recommending another appropriation of $5,000 for repairing the hall of the Board of Education. Adopted. RESOLUTIONS. That the Clerk request the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the several wards to furnish him with a list of the school officers of the ward, and of the teachers employed in the schools therein, with the places of their residence subsequently to the first day of May next, on or before the 6th of that month; and that the Clerk imme- diately after that day cause the manual for the present year to be printed. “Adopted. That it be referred to Committee on Salaries to fix the compensation of the City Superintendent i tants; and also all other officers whose is authorized bie the new law to regulate: tain whether the salaries of the Clerk, his tants, deputies, or either of them, should be either increased or diminished, and report to this Board, in order that the same may be inserted in the manual. ‘That the Clerk be requested to provide maps of the city of New York, with the sites of all the schoolhouses un- riations submitted to ions and Qualifications de- is a commissioner of com- Ordered to be laid B der the care of the Board of Education, the same to be hung up in this hall. The Board then Common Pleas—In Chambers, Before Hon. Judge Ingraham. INJUNCTION AGAINST THE COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. Arrit, 19.—Nathaniel Hosick, William Adams, and others, against the Commissioners of Emigration.—Applica- tion was made this morning, in behalf of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, Messrs. Edmond Blankman and Fletcher Park, for an injunction to restrain the defendants, the Commissioners of Emigration of the city of New York, from creating or establishing an office, or , OF re- ceiving or lodging rooms for newly arrived emigrants, who are more or less affected by contageous and infec- tious diseases, in Franklin street, in the Fifth ward, in this city, on the ground that such an establishment would be a nuisance and greatly endanger the health and lives of the citizens of said street and ward, and greatly deteriorate the value of the property therein. The in- junction was granted, and an order made by the Court for the Commissioners of Emigration to show cause be- fore the court, on the. Ist monday of May next, why said injunction should not be made perpetual. United States Commisstoners’ Court. Before John W. Nelson, Esq. CHARGE OF MUTINY AT SEA. Avni 17 and 18.—The United States against John Duher- + pa twenty-one others.—Defendants composed most of crew of the packet ship Calhoun, on her last voya from Liverpool. Upon the examination in this case, Me, Ridgway appeared for the United States, and Messrs. Doheny, Whedon and Cooper for the prisoners. Captain Trueman and nine other witnessea were called and exa- mined by Mr. Ridgway, and one by the defence, who roved that the ship left Liverpool Februsry 27, having a number of passengers on board; that about the 17th of ch, it was found that the crew were in the habit of disposing, otherwise than in a proper manner, of a large amount of meat, nnd the captain accordingly direct- ed that each man should have but two pounds a day in addition to the other food. On the morning of the 17th, Doherty and four others complained to the captain that their coffee was salt, (which he promised to rectify,) and they did not have enough food. | He replied, that if beef, pork, potatoes, flour, rice, codiish, scouse, bread, beans, coffee, &c., were insufficient, then they should go with: out. They walked forward and knocked off duty. Orders were given to prevent their having anything to eat until they returned to duty. The next day they were still ina state of mutiny, and there reason to believe that the crew were furnishin, to the five men, Captain Truman gave ra that the crew should eat on deck instead of eating in the forecastle. the crew declined to do, sa; that the deck was an unfit place, and they consequently, with the Raced of five or six Italians and Spaniards and some noe their duty and did nothing until the following nigh! inday. The mas- ter of the ship, finding his o Fo in great Jeo ardy from the want of hands to make and take in sail, determined p ‘yen inions vhensetorth to. be carried into rmitted their to be carried into 'e forecastle. From that time until arriving in port, he had not perfect control over his men. The Commis- sioner decided upon committing the five men who first knocked off duty, and discharged the remainder. Superior Court—Spectal Term. Before Hon. Judge Hoffman. Apri, 19.—Frances D. Brown vs. Jacob W. Brown.— ‘This was a bill filed to obtain a divorce, a vinculo, on the ground of adultery on the part of the defendant. The cause having been referred, ttre referee reported in favor of the plaintiff. On the pleadings and referee's report, Mr. John B, Fogerty, counsel for the plaintiff’, now move for a decree granting her an absolute divorce from the defendant. Judgment ordered accordingly. The Late Snow Storm, TO THR EDITOR OF THE HERALD. © The Oldest Inhabitant Stamped.” MR. Eprror—I am not one of the oldest inhabitants, but I distinctly recollect that on the 8th of May, 1802, snow fell one Toot deep, and on the morning of the 9th, mg father took me to school in a sleigh, sixteen miles. The Lombardy poplars were in fall leaf, and stripped of their limbs from top to bottom. This was in New Jersey, not forty miles from New York, JUNIOR. all the rights, powers and duties of the raid eociety, which | ee | titution, produced by hoarding up her money. At that | it has been determined to hold a public mecting in New City Inte! he Mars MEsrive oF THE Sona soa mass ; of the beiler makers of New York and Brooklyn was hel yesterday morning in Tompkins square, to take proper measures to secure an advance of their wages. The boil- upon petitioning their e1 instead of demanding it by a general strike. This course ot resulting to thes satisfaction, they have at length been compelled te come out in their might, as honest, working men, and demand what is due them—bet- ter pay for their daily toil. They now only receive about $2 yer dey, and they anly ask an increase of about twen- ty-five per cent, a very reasonable demand, consideriog the rise in all the other necessaries of life. There were present yesterday in Tompkins parade ground, in pursu- ance of the call in the newspapers, a large and enthusias- tic meeting. Aiter the usual preliminaries, several speeches were made, expressive of the ob, of the meeting, and of the best mode for securing those objects. ‘The company finally adjourned, te meet this evening at the Crystal, in Grand street. There are perhaps no boly of men who work harder than the boiler makers, and surely there are none more upright and more deserving of an advance in their daily wages. We trust their em- ployers will perceive the justness of their demands, and ive their men a salary that will enable them to live. ine present times demand Vetter pay for all kinds st classes of labor. Cuarity Coxcert.—A concert is to be given this eyen- ing, at Rev. Dr. Potts’ church, corner of Uni and Tenth street, for the benefit of the New York House and School of Industry, West Sixtcenth street. The con- cert is to be an amateur one, and the programme in- cludes several of the grandest compositions of Haydn and Mendelssohn, as well as selections from the “Stabat Mater” of Rossini. Mr. Timm will preside at the organ, and the concert is to be under the patronage of a com- mittee of twelve ladies of the haut ton, The obdject is a ood one, and we trust that the concert will prove a Eighty remunerative one. A Token oF Respect to Pouce Justice StuaRt.—It will be remembered that, a few months ago, a Mr. Bdward Jones, a resident of London, England, was robbed by his butler of upwards of £6,000 sterling in Bank of England notes, and escaped to {his city with it. Subsequently the man was arrested, and by the services of Justice Stuart the greater portion of the money was restored +o the owner. In consideration of the Justico’s kind atton- tion in this matter, Mr. Jones has forwarded to Mr. Stuart a massive and handsomely engraved salver, valued at about $300, the centre of which bears the following inscription:—“Presented by Mr. Edward Jones, of Lon- don, merchant, to Sidney H. Stuart, Esq., Police Justice, New York, as a token of his gratitude. April 4, 1854.’” Tur MisERLY BECGAR.—A few days ago we noticed the inquest held by the Coroner on the body of Mary rt, a woman eighty yeurs of age, who died in a state of des. time several hundred dollars were found to her eredit inv the Savings’ Bank. Yesterday the Coroner received a letter from a Mr. Tirburn, of Hackensack, New Jersey, m~ forming him that Mary Bogart, the deceased, owned pro. erty to the value of near $1,000 in that village. ‘The letter was handed to the Governors of the Almshouse, who have already the other money in their charge. GENERAL MISSIONARY CoNFERENCE.—In pursuance reeolution passed at a general meeting of the clergy of the various evangelical denominations, held in February last, at the Concert Hall, Philadelphia, on the oecasi of the visit to that city of the Rev. Dr. Dull, of Calostte, York early in May, to learn the result of a conference- composed chiefly of missionaries and the officers and managers of the various national missionary associations. which is to ‘ake place on the previous day. Due noticd of the day of meeting will be given in the neway and all the friends of missions are invited to atten. The: Rev, Dr. Duff will be present, and will give an account of the progress of his labors. Tuk MERCANTILE LipRary AssociaTion.—The work of re- moving this library to Astor place was commenced yes- terday. ‘The old Opera House is now known as the New Clinton Hall, and soon will be filled with volumes instead of song. It will be perhaps a fortnight before all the books are removed from Beckman street, bringing the opening of the ‘new place at about ithe Jet of May next. ull description of the new building retofore been published in the Hrraxp, A Stanis Borngp.—At half-past four o’closk on Tues- ia afternoon, the stable of G. 0. Knapp, No. 108 Thirty- third street, was discovered to be on ite, The flames, however, were SxBngalsee, with gest building, which was insured in the Company. Two men were arrested in the stable on sus- picion of having fired the buildmg. They were intoxi- cated at the time. Serious AcomExt.—About nine o’clock on Tuesday morning, Wm. Vantassel was injured by the falling of ar. awning under which he was standing, at the corner of Wooster street and Amity lane. The awning was heavily laden with snow, and was knocked down by a coal cart striking against’ the posts supporting if. Vantassel’s skull was badly fractured, and fears are entertained for- His recovery, “He was taken to the City Hospital. Brooklyn City Int eo” DAMAGES OBTAINED adazeae rege tere ‘ORPORATION.—In the Circuit Court, Ju Rockwell ding, an action was tried yesterday in which Henry Weill as plaintiff, and the city of Rabie ¢ as defendant. inti’ owns several houses within the corporation limits, the- cellars of which were overflowed and greatly damaged by water on tho 28th of August last, caused, alleged, by obstructions in the street which the city neglected. toremove. The jury rendered # verdict of $975 damages to the plaintiff. EXAMINATION ON THE CUARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—Yes- day, Patrick MeAuliff was brought before Justice Blatch- ley for examination on the charge of killing Bernard Monaghan on the night of the 30th of March ult. From the evidence taken it appears that four men—three of whom were intoxicated—passed up Van Brunt street about 3 o’clock on the morning of the above date. Among them was deceased. They met McAuliff, who had been employed as a watchman to guard the lumber yard of Decker &Co., and he was accompanied by an- other watchman. The first party asked the watch- men what they were doing out at that hour of the night, to which one of them answered that it was none of their business, and passed on, when they were assailed with a volley of stones. McAuliff retreated among the lumber for shelter, when one of them came up and took hold of him, and in the struggle the watch- man fell. As he got up he saw Monaghan approach him, as he thought, with a stone in his hand, an ano ther assault struck him with his club with such soyerit: to fracture his scull. Monaghan was immediately taken to his residence, and lingered until the evening ot the following day, when he died. The Justice appeared to be in doubt as to holding the defendant, as it appeared that he acted in pure self defence, but finally concluded. to transmit the case to the Grand Jury, for thelr action. McAuliff was thereupon committed to jail. BorGrary.—The house of William Atkinson, No. 125 William street, was feloniously entered a few evenings since, and rob! of several ies? silk dresses and a pocketbook containing $58 in bills. The family had not retired when the theft was committed. No detection. ,, Tae City RartRoaps.—The railroad in Flushing aven: is fast progressing towards completion. The track has already been laid from the point of beginning on Division avenue to Ryerson street, a distance of one and a half miles. “It will be completed to Navy street, the pre sent termination, some time next week, it the weather Inte! Ces proves favorable. Narrow Escaps or Six .—The building known a Zion’s Methodist Church, (colored,) occupying a lot in North Second street, has recently been removed on to a lot in Devoe streot, and workmen have been raising it one story higher. Owing to an insufficieney of props, ape the carelessness of the one in charge, the building aH ke a Meet with iat crash, and five or six of @ workmen narrowly esca} being killed or fright fully injured. It happened that the beams fell in ‘den 2 manner as to protect the men from the weight of the ruins, ond they all escaped unharmed. STRANGE CASE OF SHooTinG.—At an early hour on Tues day morning, Mr. Richard Hancox, a pork dealer at No. 60 Grand street, was aroused from his sleep by the re- port of a pistol shot, and a noise apparently at his bed. room window, in the rear of the second story of his building. He heard nothing farther and sgain.went to sleep. In the morning he was surprised to find a pane of glass broken in his bedroom window, and a bullet or slug lying upon the floor. It is probable that some per- son meant to take his life, and for that purpose climbed upon the shed in the rear of his establishment and firet at him through the window. Jersey City Intelligence. AN ARREST ON THE SteAMER.—Yesterday, a short time before the ae sailed, one of the passengers, a Hua oe placed his trunk in his stateroom, locked tie loor of his room, and went on deck in company with a friend who was seeing him off. He happened to step down to his stateroom again when he found his door open and a man engaged opening his trunk; and the de- predator claimed it as his room and his baggage, and tol, the real owner to “clear out.” The Hungarian collarcé him, led him on deck, and delivered him into the cha: of the captain, who sent for officer Johm Ayres, int: whose charge he placed him. The bold operator was taken before Recorder Cutter, who appointed twoo’clock P. M., this day, for his examination. A number of skeleton keys and a jimmy were found in the possession. of the accused. Common Counct..—Alderman Lyon presided at the regular meeting of the Common Council on Tuesday even ing. A resolution was adopted, authorizing the purchase of four lots at $850 each, South Fourth street, for « site for a public school buflding in the Fourth’ ward. The Finance Committee stat that $10,000 had been borrowed for the use of the city of the Hudyon County Bank. A resolution authorizing the fencing of Hamilton square, in the Fourth ward, with a neat wooden fence, at 8 cost of not more than $1,200 was, after some debate, lost. A requisition of the Board of ‘Education for $2,085 59 was ordered to be |. D. E. Gavit wastauthorized to take the census of the city, at a cost of $40. The ot Lewy will hold its fi meeting on Tuesday evening ELOPEMENT—DECEMBER AND MaY.—Mr. Williant: Carmines, aged 60, eloped on Wednesday last, with Miss Lucy Smith, 16, the daughter of a respectable farmer in York county, Va. The romantic pair hastenoi to Portsmouth, where they were by the Rev. William Knott. The father of the bride pursued the fugitives, and Nee’ ne to separate them, but was too 3 father ascertaining that a Mr. to the match, and had testified to the clerk of the court in obtaining the marriage license, that the bride was of lawful age, (21), got out a warrant and arraigned him before Mayor stokes, for per} ep On due examination, the accused was held to, for his appearance before the next. grand Jury. Wit Car anp tHe Mexican Avurnontrres.— The Western Texan of the 284 ult., learns that Wild Cat the notorious Seminole chief, has declared in extenuation of the recent depredations committed by himself and his marauding hese our werk ent that his forays ‘upon our settlements were made with the « the Governor of Coabuilla, who ieee the Indians.” A family in an old fashioned covered wagon, with » dog tied tothe hind axle, passed through ci the 16th inst., on their way to Nebraska oe aeas ‘said “he had alarge family of boys, and he ws spread Bimeelt on a free farm, inter the fanctios of ihe shares the spoils witte