The New York Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1855, Page 2

18 THE NEW MUNI(APAL RECIME. Proceedings of ‘ne Boards of Aldermen ‘and Council, SON? TRE LPR PLAGG AND THE NEWSPAPERS. THE VVORKINGMEN’S PETITION, THE APPOINTMENTS. MEETING OF THE COMMNSSIONERS OF EMIGRATION, te. &., &e, The Work of Reform Commenced in Ear- nest—Mayor Wood, the Police and Heads of Departments, and the Filthy Streets. Our new Mayor has commenced his official career by ‘® thorough inspection and reform of the various depart ments under ‘his immediate supervision and control. He is determined to correct the abuses which have ex- inted #0 long in the Police Department, and for this pur- pore he has introduced a new regulation, which, if car- mied into effest in every case, must be attended with the wost beneficial results. A book has been opened at his effice, in-which complaints against the police and other fficials connected with the city government, for neglect ef duty or improper conduct, are registered every day. This is areform that haa been much needed; and as it is not confined to the police alone, it has caused quite an excitement among the officebolders generally. The par- ties who have contracted for the cleaning of the streets will be particularly affected by it, as the Mayor has ex- pressed his intention not to sign any of their bills on proof of their failure to fulfil the obligations of their eentract to the very letter. But this is not all: The Comptroller, who has hitherto paid them en his own responsibility, ana even when he was ac- quainted with their negligence in this respect, will be prevented from doing so in future, as the Mayor’s sig ature must be endorsed on all the bills before they eau be paid. Our readers are at present fully ablo to vealize the importance of the course pursued by Mr. ‘Wood im this instance, from the state of the streets, which were never in a worse condition than they are now. Even the sidewalks are covered with @ thick, slimy, slippery mud, which is as bad, if not worse, to walk npon than ice. Broadway, which is usually the eleanest thoroughfare in the city, can hardly be crossed with safety, while the bye streets are absolutely reek- ing with filth, For ail this we are indebted to Mr. Flagg, who, while refusing to pay the salaries of many of the fficials about the City Hall, actually endorsed.the claims ef these contractors, whon he had proofs befor that they were imposing upon the city presenting dills for work which was never performed. With the view of correcting this, as wall ag ether abuses, Mr. Wood has addressed a communication to the Comptroller, calling upon that official to furnish him with copies of specifications and abstracts of such contracts as are now on file in his department, which are im course of being performed, or which have not been commence, with such information in relation thereto as may enable him to comprehend the obligation of the sity and of the contractor, in every instance. This is a move in the right direction, and, if followed up with energy, will put a salutary check on the arbitrary au- thority he has assumed. A sunilar communication has been addressed to the heads of the other departiwents; so that we may look out for a complete exposition of the manuer in which their bu: 88 has been conducted. In addition to ‘these, he has issued the following instructions to the several police captains: — Mayon’s Orrice, New York, Jan. 1, 1855. Sm—I enclose to you, through the Chief of Police, eertain instructions to the men under your command, to which I ask your attention. You will see that every requirement is complied with, and that the results be reported every day to the Chief, at his office, in your ‘wesual morning returns. I will also take this occasion to ask of you the most rigid adherence to the rules and regulations governing the department, and to express ‘the hope that discipline will be observed without relaxa- tion in your district. Discipline can only be maintained by aregard to the smallest requirements of the service ; it requires eompliance with every order, however trivial or apparently unimportant ; it recognises no | right in a subordinate to judge the practicability or pro- pricty of any direction issued by @ superior officer, You anust be responsible for every dereliction of duty by the force under your command, for it rarely occurs that an efficient and faithful captain does not make eflicient and faithful men. You will see that in your station house the apartments are always cleanly ; taat your books are correctly and regularly kept, and that no games are played fur money, or profanity permitted ; that religion Tad potties be ly excluded from discussion ; that Joud talking and quarrelling be prevented, and that erder, decorum and attention to public duties be strictly | quired. Very respectfully. Beir Js FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor. To Capt. of — District. Te each member of the Police Department the follow- ing letter of instructions has also beeo rent — Mayor’s Ovricy, New Yor, Jan. 1, 1855. Sin—1 have this day assumed the office of head of the Police Department of this J shall expe:t andr quire adberence to its role " In your | hands is placed the care of the prowe:ty and lives, as well as the order, peace and outward jworal deportment, of the whole community. Though you cannot extirpate vice, y an do much to suppress it. Vigilance and an hon h of | to pry wore via which crims ty of your positions ere is now pparent in ny» canse for our duties will not only enable the pe for your protection by reducing the « juces, but adil to the respectal and to the security of its continuance dissatisfaction in the public mind with the efficiency of the police. There should be it. Let there be nene. Your duties are light, the pay not illiveral, your social standing good, and the term for | which appoinied renders you indepentent of the contin | gencies to which the operative and other laboring classes | are subjected. You held positions of trast and honor to which the pride and ambition of any man need not be ashamed to aspire. it in made my duty to see the laws faithfally oxecut ed; you are to be my aids in effecting this. I canast look over the whole city to see that all is right; bat you can forme. Irely upon you, You are to be the eyes through which the thratre of my duties ix to be observ- ed, and the messengers to convey to me through your officers faithtul and truthfol reports In addition to the rules and regulations now in foree in the department, and the several directions therein, are requested to take note of ani comply with the Tollowing — It is hereby made your duty to report every 4 on duty, to your commanding officer, the follo formation; and an cmission to do #0, and to cont requirement of this circular, will be deemed dis hedience, and punished as such. ‘To report every street uncleaned upon your patrol Every unlicensed public house for the sale of Liquor. Every public house kept open on the Sabbath. Every on of prostitution. Every gambling house. Every street not lit at the proper hour Every street or sidewalk encumbered, ant the party or parties offending. Wvery excavation made under the sidewalas or streets, by builders or others Every nuieance, and the party o Every supposed dereliction by ax ding. officer of the cor: tion . violation of the city ordinances Egle further directed to disperee all x amen or boys at the corners of the streets or othe on the Sabbath day, where 4 rif Toenforce the closing of public houses on t rings of pablic “Ki protest the stranger or emigrant from extortion or imposition remove from the streets all beggars, and direct them to the several public and private institutions cre ated for their relief. ‘To see that the ordinances for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks and gutters be promptly com plied with. ‘ : You are farther directed to arrest for creating riot or Lreaches of the peace. , For being intoxicated or disorderly For injuring public or private proper For stopping the free passage of th cartinen, coachmen, or othe: For throwing offal, garbage TD the streets. For offences of any kind n the streets. cross-walks by , vegetables, and rubbish, Your faithful complian tione in re couested. Let no consideration induc to omit one of them. You have now a determines! chief officer, who will not be indifferent to a single dereliction of duty upon the part of those for whose conduct he is responsible to the | ity. Very respectfully, err uNat Y respec FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor. The following report, made by Captain Speight, of the ‘Twenty-first police district, shows that the orders of the Mayor bave already been carried into effect — Captain Speight, of the Twenty-first district, «ays qo nreete this district not ¢ ! cording to the contract, Thirty-second street Second avennts, i# in a most Milby tractor saye heis not bound tocl-a St ia not paved, There are vier stncets + but this has not been cleaned 10 one pnt Lg pd ‘The ach carts are r the people don’t know what to do with the ashes in Ackerman, of the Ninth district, makes a complaint. ‘The Mayor has also caused the following notice tv be bliahed in all the morning papers, so that the pu may be fully informed of what he is doing, and woat Bee intends (0 de rowan Ormce, Jan. 2, 1865. There is opened, at this office,’a complaint book, under ‘tent on, se erin aad eabering @D complaints of matters coming | for the purpose of | mproved, by the erection of buildings there! & ad - thin the joniediction of the munic'pal authorities, The xr wilewtertain. and so tar ay ie laws give him Power, Yale Cocnige ace of 4 preferred by t apo ihe pares for WiGlation of or: noes @ud Jerelistion of duty apes the part ef any persom holding office under thoelty govermaent By orlerof the Mayor WM. 8 STEPHENS, First Marshal, Ouky two complaints bave, as yet, been made, and these have been registered as follows, npon the book, which is always opea at the Mayor’y office for the in- ‘*pection of the publie:— Mr. David B, Pike complains that Francis Kraft, « pohes officer of the Fourth district, was guilty of con duct unbecoming a policeman, and that he also im- prisoved him falsely. Councilman Jack*on, of the Eighth Council district, complains that the Street Contractor of the Fifth ward has neglected to remove ashew from Reade street, which have been lying there for the last two weeks, Every citizen should, in compliance with the request of the Mayor, report all cases o/ neglect that may come under his notice; and those who are unable to call at the office of the Mayor to make the complaint in person, should address him a note specifying the particulars, and giving their names and places of residence. In this way they will be enabled to render him valuable axsis*- ance in carrying out the herculean work which he has undertaken, BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Jan, 3.—The new board held the first meeting since their organization on the first of January. Isaac 0. Rarker, Esq., President, in the chair. The minutes of the organization of the Board were read and approved. MEETINGS OF TI BOARD, Alderman Voorites moved that the regular meetings of the Board be Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, until the business be disposed of. EXPENSES OF ADVERTISING IN CERTAIN PAPERS. Alderman ©, H. Tucker offered a resolution directing the Comptroller to report to this Board, at its next meet- ing, a statement of all the money paid to the proprietors of the Evening Post for advertising and for publishing the official proceedings of the Common Council, including the amount paid for advertising the official notices of the Board of Assessors, the Commissioners of award and assessment on opening streets, the Commissioners of the sinking fund, and tor every other description of advertising connected with the business of the city and county during the year 1864, Also a similar statement in relation to the money paid for similar service to the proprietors of the ) Com- mercial Advertiser, National Democrat, Staats Zeitung, and New Yorker Demokrat. Also, whether the amoun collected of property-owners on the line of improve- ments, during the past year, has been sufficient to pay for the advertising connected with the same. Adopted. NOMINATIONS BY THE MAYOR. A communication was received from the Mayor, mak- ing the following nominations:— For President of the Croton Aqueduct Board—Mr. Myn- dert Van Schaick. For the office of City Chamberlain—Mr. Francis W. Edmonds, For the office of Resident Physician—Mr. Wm. Rock- well. ect, the office of Health Commissioner—Mr. Jedediah filler. Vor the office of Clerk of the Civil Court of the Sev- | enth Judicial District—Mr. Wilson Small, For the offices of Clerks of the new Police Courts, created by the act passed March 21, 1854—Mr. John Van- derpoel and Mr, James Mcleod. For the office of Clerk of Police, to ll the vacancy oc- casioned by the resignation of Mr. W. G. Davison—Mr. Alfred Chancellor. ‘The above appointments were affirmed seriatim, with- out any,opposition, with the exception of the nomina- tions to'the clerkships of police and civil courts, which were Jaid on the table. ‘THE WORKINGMEN’S PETITION FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,0( 0. ‘The following was offered by Alderman Horrmire:— Resolved, That the committee of unemployed working- men which’axsembled in the Park and at Hope Chapel, | during the last week of December, 1854, who are now in | attendance upon this Board, waiting for an opportunity | to presents memorial in pehalf of the objects of those meetings, have now permission to present the same, and tobe heard in bebulf of its prayer through their chair- | man or secretary. Severnl members were opposed te permitting the com- mittee to be heard, ax it would be a bad precedent. Alderman Exy was against hearing them speak; but was in favor of the petition being read, Alderman Voorms said he was the friend of the work- ingman; but he was opposed tothe violation of the orders of the Board. ‘The following petition was then read :— THE WORKINGMEN’S PETITION, Mx. Prestprnt—At a meeting held in the Park on the 26th of Decomber, and adjourned to Hope Chapel on the evening of the 20th ult , 2 committer was appointed to draft a petition to your honorable body, embracing the spirit of a series of resolutions unanimously adopted on that cecasion. I bave the honor to present this petition to your honorable body, and in accordance with your kind permission, will proceed to preface it with afew illustrative remarks. In view of an intelligent direction | of the sentiment pervading the minds of citizens, in re- ference to the unhappy and destitute position in which alarge body of the inhabitants of New York—accus* tomed producers of wealth—now present themselves be- fore your honorable body as capentant consumers, I beg leave to say:—That for several years past the induce- | meut of a ingh rate of wages and resultant profits has | been held out to the producers of labor generally, and | especially to intelligent mechanics and employees from | the country, by capitalists of New York; to induce them to emigrate to this city from their rural homes, where, for | the most part, a certain remuneration could be depend- | for a life of labor, securing ample comforts for ent and a homestead for old “fhe poor, you | ways with you,’ but the ease of the suffering | producing classes, at present in New York, is analogous | only to the accidental misery which arisea from ship- | wreck or destroying fires; and it springs from no want | of pradence or foresight exemplified in them. That | every inducement which promoted the large emigration to New York, of labor and skill from the country, has been found to be fallacious, inasmuch as the high seale of wages were more than neutralised in comparison with advantages of the country, by exotbitant rents of apartments and extortionate prices of retail provisions. ‘These unexpected and vaccillating taxations upou the | vital means of laboring mechenies, and other employees, rendered it impossible for those with large familios, or such as sickness or other misfortune should overtake, to reven advantageously leaving the city, up to the when a sudden collapse of speculative capital has | unemployed at the commencement of a hard | winter, wit vut w dollar of reserve, o¢ an ostensible | claim Tor credit, and at the merey of their landlords. | That your petitioners bave stroog arms, willing ands and hearts, ready to do their whole duty | loping the wealth of their couatry, or enemy who may assail our shores. ave not been remiss ing employment n every lawful and honcrable ayocation. havenever, at any time, charged exorhitant rates for | their labor, compared with the prices which they were | compelled to pay for the necessaries of life and that they are now, as ever, willing to accept. and will thank- iully receive, any remunerative price that may be offer. ed. That they Kave not been in the habit of “carousing | away their wages,” or ‘spending the ume in ges-gaws,”? | or i “loafing about the corners of the streets’” or in “grog shops,” as has been tatimated. That your peti tiouers have considered various theories which have baen wcvenced for bettering their condition, au! sve also weighed intelligently aud candidly the coad) .jant plat- form of the New York Daily Times, as pres that | print of the 26th ult. The editor, in “ plain is to the mechanies,’’ concludes with the following compenti- our advice: “Try and weather out the winte there ix one who will, if best for us, give us our daily bread;’? and as their daily bread did not come, cogitated upon every imaginable exigency it would not be best for them to have their daily bread, and they could only learn of one analogous, though not well authenticated case, in which (t was stated that the monks of St. Bernard, in the higher Alps, Lad recently resuscitated a man who | had been sol'dly frozen in an avalanche for a series of years, During that period, doub it would not yeen “best” for the frozen individual to have re- | ceived his “daily bread;? but as we have uo monks of | St. Bernard in New York, and they only have the credit of extraordinary skill in resuscitating such cases, your petitioners would object to the experiment of being froren up for the winter, so far as they aro personally concerned; and they cannot entertain this, with other equally impracticable suggestions, inasmuch as they are not hibernating animals, or cold-blooded reptiles, who alone, under stich circumstances, are known to practice the system of ‘weathering out” tbe winter successfully. | That your petitioners cannot consent to ask for charit: as the “poor of New York; and whataver of heartfelt | thanks aud gratitade they may confess, in reference to | loans or donations which may be made’ to them, either | from a generous public or private sympathy, they will | stl continue to protest, with indignation an! scorn, against any attempt ‘to class the free hearted mechanic, who has enifered himself to become a victim to the wild speculations of en with common paupers, In view of the en tire question, as it now stands between the labor and capital of New York, the moneyed interest have unques- | tionably o large balance of liberal duty to perform, ant through the municipal government, the mechanics and other suffering producers ought to’ be permitted, as a er of right, to call for aid in the fulfilnient of an deontract, it being assumed bya rule of equity 0 unexpected and disastrous dissolation should be rmnitted between family or national interests long as. ted, exoept the dependant parties be provided with cor, ‘This committee, as exponents of the et Hope Chapel, have been instructed, b lateral question, and 4 body for a recognition itioners, as voters, so far it may peur advivable, in granting the prayer of your peti ners, embodied as follows:— Mayor Axp Commox Coonct. ov tax City or New rial of the undersigned r fully shows ting of more thin two thousand w ni mechanics of the city of New Y. a the Park on Toesday afternoon cember, and adjourned from th » Broadway, oa the evening of Frida; f December, for the purpose of prov: merely temporary, but permanent re ief to the unem- loyed poor of the city, wh» are now, in addition to their y toobtein work, threatened with famine, your morialists were appointed a committee, in behalf of c, to draw up and cause to be presented to immediate action, this memorial Your memorialists do, therefore, in pursuance of their and according to their instructions, earnestly re 9 that you will immediately ordain that the pablic lands ond lots belonging to the city sball be fort with lor the wee sad vecupancy of the tenantsy of New York, ef a just and equal rent, and that you will appropriate from the clin ienaaees at least tive hy d thousand dofars for this pu , and ensplo; rewith am the execution of the object of the app) tion, 80 many mechani's and lahorers as may be toa and rs completion of Sear And your me- morialista further request that mave @ hear- ing before your honorable bodies, {a Lehatt of the object 0} their memorial, ROBERT GRAND, Chairman. Wituiam Wear, Seoretary, Wa. Arbuthnot, Johh Cummerford, Wiliam Rowl, R. A. Bailey. Ben lice, Tra B. Davis, Chairman of the meeting of workingmen, held-at Hope Chapel Dec. 29, 1854, at whieh the above commit a pointed. Alderman C. H. Tucker moved that the petition lay on the table, and be printed. Alderwan Voorum moved, as an amendment, that the petitioners have leave to withdraw the petition, and pre- sent it to the Soard of Councilmen, as it involved an ex- pepditure of money. The amendment was carried and the petition with- drawn. ‘The Poard then proceeded to confirm assessments from the Councilmen. at the Loard of Councilmen, appropri A resolution of the Board of Councilmen, aj is ating $5,000 A the printing of the Board of Aldermen, ‘was coneu: in. lay by means for re-establishing themselves in the coun- | That they | CONMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF STREETS AND LAMPS. A communication was received from Joseph E. Ebling, presenting the following names for confirmation :— John Lyons, clerk to Comuissioner of Streets and Lamps, in place of Jobn Owen Toole, removed. Morgan L. Mott, § uperintendent of Streets, in place of '. W. Glover, remove Mathias Gooderson, joodheart, removed. wey, Supervisor of Lamps and Gas, ia place of Henry Allen, removed. Ralph Trembly, Inspector of Weights and Measures, in place of Gershon Cohen, removed. Thom Welerres Inspector of Weights and ee Ki Sealer of W. i o and ‘Measures, jorge Karr, 7 eights place o? D. W. Clark, removed, John H, Embree, Sealer of Weights and Measures, in yy of Pierre Delahunt, removs Ordered to lay on he table. ‘YARD. The report of the Councilmen non-concurring with this Board in the matter of extending Albany street, through Trinity Church yard, was taken up. derman BROWN moved that this board adhere to its former action, Alderman Lorp thought that the reasons of the Board of Councilmen should reoeive some consideration, and he moved that the matter lay on the table. [This was lost by a tie vote of 11 to uy Alderman Kx1ty moved that a committee of conference be appointed. Alderman Vooruis was in favor of the motion toad here to their former action, and they could then appoint a committee of conference. Alderman Exy spoke in favor of referring the matter to a special committee. Alderman Movsrr (Third ward) was in favor of the matter going to a committee. 5 ‘Alderman HowAnp was opposed to a street being cut through any churchyard where bones lay, and he was in favor of referring the matter, because they would have imaediate aetion on it, and he had reason to know that Fernando Wood (the Mayor) would sign a resolu- tion repealing the action of the Common Council of 1853, which authorized the opened of the street. ‘Alderman Buccs (Thirteenth ward) would go the shortest way to kill the project. He was opposed to a street going through that churchyard, where his grand- father was buried, It was his family burying-ground, and he was opposed to it. Alderman Brown said that speedy action was neces- sary, as the Counsel for the Corporation was about to apply for comm’ ssioners to open the street. he amendment to refer the subject to s special com- ‘mittee was then carried by a vote of 12 to 10. ‘Tho Prustpenr said that he would announce the com- mittee at the next meeting. Alderman Hurnick offere { a resolution calling upon the Counsel of the Corporation to suspend all proceedings in the matter until the action of this board was known, Carried, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CROTON AQUEDUCT DEPARTMENT, The President of the Croton Aqueduct Department sext in the annual report to this Board, of which the following is an abstract :— He commences by saying that the works are in excel- lent order, and effective for the purpose intended. ‘Tne report alludes to the Croton dam having been injured in the spring by the heavy rains, and states that the damage was repaired at a cost only of $26,706 ; other repairs were limited, and the cost of the whole was about the same as that of last year. The co. joners: appointed to hear the owners of the land for the new re- servoir, on (he appraisements to be made, have not com- pleted their labors. The area of ground to be taken com- rises about one hundred acres, and contains ,860 lots. Of this number eight hundred lots, which are owned by one hundred and thirty different persons, have been investigated ; three hundred and forty are owned by the corporation of -the city, and the remam4er are still under investigation. ‘the commissioners express a hope to be ready to report at the February term of the Supreme Court. The Board complains of the present reservoir being in- sufficient to give the supply that should be had, and hopes that the new one will quickly be constructed The laying of the line of four feet pipe at Manhattan Ville, in the ‘Tenth avenue, from the gate-house on the north, to that on the south side of the valley, was eom- pleted, and the water let in on May last. From obser- vations made from the 23d of August to the 10th of Sep- tember, the dry term, the water in the lake, which was found on the former date to have fallen eigheen inches below the lip of the dam, had sunk on the latter date to thirty inches below the lip, showing an average decrease | of water in the lake of about three fourths of an inch per day for the eighteen days observed, until the like was replenished by rains, and rose to overtiow the dam. The Board reiterate their complain’ that citieess ere ia the constant habit of wasting the wet slarly by leaving it running to keep it from frre The amount received by tax for water io 184 > 15 008 1). | The arnanpe received in 1853 wae S97) 0600. The amount derived from Croton water, frow the tea: of ite introduction into the elty, in 1842, ix $4,010,247 42. The appropriations for ISb4 wert $229,010 25, and the expenditures were $215,112 23, leaving a sum of $13,927 92 unexpended. RECAPIVCLATION. to the present time, App'ted. Expenied, Caezp'd. Aqueduct repairs and improvements $52,000 00 $13,773 00 $8,225 10 Aqueduct exten: 10,500 90 10,059 17 “440 92 | Water pipes and laying, 128,000 00 123,000 00 ——— Sewers, repairing and el ing . 590 00 12.402 59 3,097 49 S 430 00 — Statisrical table 437 7) 2,103 41 ‘The communication was ordered to be printed. The report of the Committee on Repairs and Sappliss, | on the report of the Councilmen in relation to providing | rooms for the Seventh Judicial and Police Courts, was referred to Committee of the Whole. ‘The Board adjourned to Friday evening, at 6 o'cl | BOARD OF COUNCILYEN. This Board assembled at the usual hoor yesterday afternoon, the President, pan’l D. Conover, in the ciair, After the readirg and approval of the minutes, the | following papers were read :— PETITIONS, ETC. OfB. Gafney, in relation to his claim as th member of the Fiftieth Council District. | Special Committee. Remonstrance of Daniel. Macfarlane, claiming iregn- larity und fraud in the Seventh Election District of the Seventeenth ward, and claiming his seat as the Corneil- man elected from the Fiftieth District. Refermd to Special Committee. Petition for flagging sidewalk in Twenty-seventh s:reet. Referreé to Committee on Streets. To have streets paved between Second and Third ave- nues. Referred to same committee. The following resolution was read a thied time and adopted: — Resolved, That the sum of $5,000 be appropriatd to the Board of Aldermen, for printing. elected ferred to to be printed, The following was sent in from the Board of Alernen, and laid over :— Resolved, That the Corporation Counsel be, anil he is hereby directed to stay all further proceedings in the matter of opening Albany street from Greenwich sreet to Broadway. THER UNEMPLOYED WORKING MYN, Mr. P. Screxck presented the following res Resolved, That the committee of the unem: ingmen which assembled in th from thence to Hope Chapel, ber, 1864, who were appointed to | memorial to the Mayor and Comm | on behalf of the objects of that and wh are now in attendance upon the Board, waiting permision to present their memorial, and to be heard in favor“ ite prayer, be now permitted to perform that duty, anv that they have a hearing through some of their gasber mm they may select, resolution was referred to a committer of five, thus virtually defeating it. A large number of working: men were present, waiting to see what action would be | saken upouit, and they were not a little disappointed at | the result, as they had selected one of their number for the purpose of addressing the Board in the event of its adoption ition — loyet vork= adjourned ELECTION OF OFFICERS, Counsilman Resp moved that the Board go into | election of officers of the Board for the year. Them ‘ion was adopted, and Messrs, Barney and ( | appointed tellers.” The Board then procecde. | tion, with the following result :— | CCA. 8. Holder for First Assistant Clerk, on the Grst ballot J. Green for Messenger, on the third. |W. HL Peabody was elected Doorkeeper. | All these officers served last year. The Board adjourned till Friday at the same hour, COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. IMPORTANT ACTION IN REPRRENCKE TO SsHiPc m A moeting of the Commissioners of Enigration wae held yesterday at 4 P.M., Commissioner Verplanck in the chair, Present—Commistioners Kennedy, Witthaus, Dunlap and Kelly From the weekly statement it appears that th» total number of inmates in the imstitations under the ¢ ‘sarge of the Commissioners is 3,984, of whieh 1,441 are on Ward’s Island, and in the refags department, 1,043, RRCNIPTS, Ralance in bank on January 1. Received since....... we Carrigan, «+ 961,195 46 1,002 00 Amoant row in DADE. cece eevee ‘The City Inspector's report was presented and ordered NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1855. — Due Governors of Almshouse Do. Count Commisrioner Wirtuavs from the Committee on Out- door Poor, proposed Messrs. Kammerer and Grifia as proper persons to act a» visiters among the applicants for relief. Adopted, Commissioner Krtiy moved that the President and Secretary be instructed to prepare the annual report of the Board at as early a ¢ay ax possible, with a view to submit is to the Legislsture pow in session, Carried, Commix Kextiy moved that the followiog stand- ing resolution be rescinded Resolved, Whenever sny alien emigrant, having paid the ordinary commutation, shail have embarked in good health, and not being a cripple or otherwise in tate , no special claim shail be ‘to become @ permanent | made for support of persons from the owner or consignee om aceount of any temporary aid required from sickness after landing or other cause, unless when such cases arise from the misconduct of the mas- ter,or other reason chargeable to the want of due care = fe sv ; im ail cases the evidence shall be sustain- ed by lavit. ‘On this considerable discussion arose, It sarees, that the Commission is now overrun hy applications from emigrants who have just arrived without aay means whatever, and the impression is _pravalent among them that they will all be sent West if they so dusire. ‘The evil is a growing one, and if the resolution was rescind- ed it would compel merchants to be more careful whom they would land on our shores. The matter was deem- ed too important to be acted on immediately, so it wax Jaid over until next week. There are a at number of emigrants now at the roomsof the Commission in Anthony street. During the month of December over $2,500 was paid for theie lodging, which is three times as much as was ever paid in one month before. . The Board adjourned after trans- acting some unimportant business. THE LATE MURDER IN TRINITY PLACE. Inquest upon the Body of Eliza Hammond, Alleged to have been Killed by her Husband. Before Coroner 0’Donnell. Yenterday, Coroner O'Donnell proceeded to the First ward station house, in Trinity place, within a few doors of which the woman Eliza Hammond was murdered by her husband, on New Year’s night, for the purpose of holding an inquest upon the body of the deceased. The body of the deceased, lying at the house of the prisoner, No. 82 Trinity place, was viewed fby the jury. The neighborhood of the shocking occurrence was crowded with a large concourse of people from an early hour in the morning until the proceedings of the inquest had been closed. The following testimony was taken on the INQUEST. Rich’d McCarthy testified th st he resided at 30 Trinity place; the prisoner and his wife have been his teaants for nearly ten years; the firsti knew of the alfair was New Year’s day; I sent wy little boy into the room of the priscner to tell him to come into my house, as 1 wanted to see him; it was about hulf-past five o'clock; my object in sending for the prisoner was to tell him to leave my house, on account of the noise and his keeping another woman; he always paid his rent like any osher man; this woman he kept lived uptown; when she calledto see him there was a continual disturbance be- twoen the two women, so that my other tenants com- Jained, and I was about to order them out; I had sent ‘or him before this, about ten or fifteen days ago; he called upon me and I téld him I wanted him to quit my remises—that ou account of this woman he must leave; they called her Sarah; he promised he would keep ‘her away for the future; she still continued to visit him, however, and when the boy returned he told me Mrs, Hammond was dead; I immediately went down; to the room; I did not stop to put on my slippers I was shocked when I got into the room; I fouad Deth in bed; he was lying on the inside, next the wall, with both his arms around her; his left arm was under her body; she was lying on her back at_ the time; I approached the bed and felt of her pulse; found she was dead; I then sent word by my boy to the police station house for an officer; I saw blood on her person and on the floor; there was some blood upon the look- ing-glass; the floor looked as if it had been partly washed. I was so confused that I did not try to rouse the pris- oner, as I did not know but he was dead. At the conclusion of this witness’s examination, the Coroner requested the jury to visit the room that they might know how it appeared. Upon their return, Ellen McCarthy, being duly sworn, deposed that she wen athe, wife of the last witness was we lacquainted with the deceased, Eliza Hammond, and her husband the prisoner; was acquainted with them for the last tea years; both husband and wife were in: the habit of getting intoxicated and quarelling with each other; was not present at any of their quarrels, but heard ‘them from the sidewalk, or whenever she opened her windows; never saw the prisoner use any violence towards the deceased; a woman named Jane used to visit the pri soner’s room, and he (Hammond) said she was his cousin; éuring last summer she had been in the habit of Visiting the prisoner's room, and for the last two months mace it her home; never saw this woman Jane intoxi cated or conducting herself improperly, yet the neigh- bors all objected to the prisoner hav! r there; the neighbors spoke to witness and her busband several times about the scandal that had circulated about the prisoner; they stated that this woman Jane caused trouble between Hammond and the deceased, and that sbe was a woman of improper character; witness had a conversation with the deceased in reference to the scan- dal im the neighborhood, and told the deceased to have Jane put away; but deceased said she saw nothing amiss; did uot cause any quarelling between ner and her hus. bard; Jane, deceased, and her husband, all slept in the fame room; they occupied but two rooms in the base- ment, kitelien and bedroom; the latter was used also as a Inmber room; Jane was there on New Year’s day. By a Juror—Q. At what time did you see Jane on New Year's day? A. About 12 o'clock; she was going in at that time, Q. Did yousee any one else going into the house on that day? “A. Yes, 1 saw a mam named Malone go into the rooms along with the prisoner and the deceased; the prisoner took a driak previous to his evtering his rooms; this was about 5 or 5% o'clock; they came from the corner of Rector street and Triaity place; about half an hour before I saw thoge three per- sons coming from the corner of Rector street; I asked the daughter of the prisoner if Jane was in the room, and she said she was; 1 was in my own house all the even: ing, but did not hear any noise, as if fighting or quar. relling was going on; the first time after I saw the de- ceased that day was when I met the little boy coming from Fammond’s room, saying he wanted Mr, McCarthy to come down; I went mto the room, and saw her lying on the bed dead; the floor was all ¢ and the decea: was a caudle lighted when I went into the room; T went for a police officer, and got two at che correr of Rector street; I put my handon the mouth of the deceased, to see if she was alive, and found that she was quite dead; the prisoner was also lying on the bed, with one hand over the body of ihe deceased; this was about 7 o'clock; | told my mother that the de- ceased was dead, but she said she was only sleeping, and told me not to go into the room; I said she could not be asleep, as there was acande lighted in the room; I then went into the room and found them motionless, as before stated. TESTIMONY OF THOMAS MALONE. Thomas Malone being duly sworn deposed, that he lived at 28 Trinity place; that he went to the house of the prisoner about 5% d'clrck and found him beating his wife; Lasked him if he meant to kill his wife, and he said he wished he had done the good job long ‘ago; he said it was a drunken serape, and then helped to take the deceased from the floor and putheron the bed; the prisoner then got into bed and I went out for @ pol'ce- man; I went down towards Greenwich street, and when Igot back there Ifound Mrs McCarthy there with two policemen I have known the prisoner about ten months: used to work in the same store, and I went to visit him about once a week or perhaps every fortnight; on New Year’s day the prisoner cams to his room in search of his wife, who was there at the time; he demanded the money that he had given her’ on the night Previous; on giving the prisoner the money he asked jor the remainder, when she said that she had spont it; he got eight dollars per week, and the amount he got from his wife was eight dollars also; the prisoner, on re: ceiving the avswer from the deceased, struck the de- ceased twice across the face; she did not fall from the blow; the deceased sent out for aquart of beer: witness went out for the liquor, and he, deceased and the priso- ner drank it; they started for their home about 8 o0’clock, and witness accompanied them; witness and deceased entered their premises together, and the prisoner © »pped vehind to get another drink at a grocery atore below his home; when witness went into the room with the de. ceased there was no one there beside them; he then went out of their room and went to the grocery store where the prisoner wae drinking; I saw the prisoner there, drinking brandy; I left the store immediately, and went to my own home, in Trinity place, leaving the pri- soner behind me at the grocery atore; the time occupied Ps 3 3 5 E 5 ip to Hammond's home, to the grocery store and back to my own home; did vot occupy more than ten minutes, and when I got back to my home it was about 3% o'lock; about 5 o'clock I came to the house of the prisoner, and heard a loud noise, as if some one was dancing or jumping on the floor; this noise induced me to go own in the basement where the prisoner lived; on my going down there Isaw the deceased lying at the door; the door was closei,and it was upon pashing it open that I saw the deceased; the prisoner was kicking the decensed towards the door; | pushed him backwards, and said, ‘is it murder you would commit?’ I raw the isomer kicking her three times while | was there, with Bin right foot; the prisoner wore heavy boots: he kicked her in the left side; I shoved him away from the deceas ed #0 arto prevent him from doing any further fajury; ‘on my asking him if he committed murder, he said he did and wished he had done so long ago, and that it was ‘a drunken asrape: witness asked him if he hadany can- dle, and he said no; there was no light inthe room, but there was light enoagh for witness to see the prisoner kicking deceared; Lasked him for some money to bay a candle with, and the prisoner gave me two cents to pur. ehase one; when I came back and lighted the candle I saw the boty of deceased exposed, and it was covered all over with blood; the floor was also wet with the blood of the deceased; J assisted in putting her to bed and then ran to call the police; when I went forthe candle to the grocery store I did not say anything about the death of Mrs. Hammond, becanse Hammond sail to wit ness if be would report the murder he would serve the witness in the same way; I wanted to get the prisoner safe in bed before I made any alétm, for when I spoke to him of the crime that he liad com- mitted, and sald T woul! make him suffer, he told me raighten me out in the same way if I said anything about it; I thought it would be best to ian safe fn bed before T'made any alarm, and when did get him into bed I ran for the police, and told a little child (the prisoner's child,) that his mother was I go! dead, when I got back I found that Mrs, McCarthy bad found out all about it, and had the officers there to ar- yest Hammond, This’ little boy wax in the room when we were removing the deceased to the bed; [left him be- hind we there while 7 went for the police ofligem. Tae jgoner widen bn the store He: §Otene wae in the eep ng i pee it Ice one n the store it morning; er in charge when | took Dr, David\Uhi, eniding af No. 5 Bond street, wholbat 5 3 at No. rt wi made a post mortem examination of the body of the dv- ceased, testified that he found two coatused wounds on the back of the head, penetrating to the bone—one four inches to the left of tue right ear,and the other two and a-balf inches to the right of the teft ear, each wound being two and a )alf inc! in length; the pearly torn off, and there wae an irregular lacerated wound four inches in circumference on the right temple, street; e, O1 right siée of the chin, one and a half inches in length; there were two tured wounds in the left groin, one two inches in 4) other a quarter of an incl in depth; the face and chest and limbs were covered with severe bruises, the lunge were collapsed and somewhat affected with tubercles; the heart was empty but healthy, the other viscera of the body were in a healthy coi thon; the brain was healthy and there was no iractnre of the cranium; the injuries above described were the cause"of her death. Christopher Wettje, M. D., residing at No. 12 Green- wich street, had also made op mortem examination, and testified to substantially same state of facts. lames Lane, o! ‘rinity place, sworn, deposed that he kept a liquor store at the above place; on New ‘Year's day, it or four o’clock, Hammond came into his store and took a drink and went outazain; the ‘risoner was notdrunk, but was partially "under the in- fluence of liquor; he did not see the deceased on that day. TESTIMONY OF JANE SMITH. Jane Smith (the woman referred to in McCarthy’s evi- dence,) being duly sworn, deposed that she lived with mer for the last month; lived with him in Brook- lyn for some time; she boarded there and was a ma- ker by trade; Sg lie mail in Brooklyn she paid her board, but not any tu do while in New York, she did not pay anything, but did work around the house; the prisoner and deceased were inthe habit of ee intoxicated, and witness naw the prisoner beat his wife (the deceased) on several occasions; witness wasin the house of the prisoner on 's day, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock; room about one o’clock and did not retura e went to Mrs. day Lynch’s, in Washington "abd the remainder staid there for %! of the the prisoner struck witness about eleveu se = She interfered §=between him and the men _ with whom he was quarrelling; I knew nothing about the death of Mrs. Hammond unt Malone came to her on the night of the occurrence, while she was staying at Mrs. Lynch's, and told her that Mrs, Hammond was dead, and had been killed by her hus- band; Hammond was pretty drunk before he ate his breakfast on New Year’s day; he was very druak the night previous, and had not got sober the next morning; the deceased was under the influence of liquor when wit- ness left their rooms, at 12 o'clock A. M. on the day of the murder. TESTIMONY OF OFFICER DWYER. Officer Edward Dwyer, being duly sworn, deposed that on the afternoon of New?Year’s day, about five minutes before 7 o'clock, he was standing at the corner of Green- wich and Rector streets; a little boy came to him and said there was @ woman lying drank ‘in Mrs. Mc "9 house; in a few minutes after I saw Mrs, McCarthy, and she told me that the deceared, Eliza Hammond, was dead; I went into the room occupied by the prisoner, and found his wife tying dead on the bed; the prisoner was there also, and [ arrested him, and took him to the sta tion house. [Here the witness's testimony was corro borative of Mrs. McCarthy’s testimony.) On wit- nesw’s arresting the prisoner, and asking him what he killed his wife for. he replied that she nad been out all the night previous, and that was the reason that he killed bev. In the morning witness took the prisoner to the Tombs, and on his way thither he said that he struck the deceased twice, and that she fell against the stove and cut herself, Coroner O'Donnell then addressed the jury upon the evidence elicited, and after a few very sensible remarks, gave the case into the hands of the jury, who, after due consideration, rendered the following VERDICT. That Eliza Hawmond came to her death from wounds inflicted by her husband, Thomas Hammond. Upon the rendition of the verdict, the prisoner, who is about forty years of age, was committed to the Tombs to await the action of the Grand Inquest. The deceased was # native of Ireland, and about thirty years of age. ~The Sunday Liquor Law Violations. DECISION OF JUSTICE CLARKE. Dre. 26.—The People on the Complaint of Daniel H. Carpenter vs. Isaac B. Smith and others.—The complaint against the defendant in this case is for a violation of the statute for the observance of the Sabbath. ‘The statute renders every keeper of an inn, tavern, ale- house, grocery or porter house subject toa penalty of two dollars and"filty cents for selling of disposing of any ale, porter, strong or spirituous liquors ‘except to lodgers uch inns or taverns, or to such persons actually travelling on that day, in the cases allowed by law. ‘The offence complained of in the cases now before me is positively sworn to. I see no reason to doubt the evi- dence, and the fact of the sale remains in my mind un- disputed. Unless, therefore, the defendants have brought themselves within the statute inflicting the penalty, they are reveraily liable to peyment of the fine. ‘The exceptions contained in the statute are among that class of negative averments the affirmative of which being peculiarly within the knowledge of the fendants, the usual presumption of innocence ceases, and the general rule applies, that he who asserts the affirmative Is to prove it, and not he who avers the neg- atiy Rex ve. Smith, 3 Barr, 1,475; 5M. &S., 209, and Haley on Convictions, by Dowley, p. 45. The defendants are therefore bound if they wish to avoid a conviction (the fact of a violation of the law by selling or disposing of strong or spirituous liquors, &e , on the Sebbath being first proved), to show oa their part that they are justified by one of the exceptions contain- ed in the law, On this point no evidence has been offered by the de fendants. The law for the observance of the Sabbath is one highly proper in its inception, and bene- ficial in its effects on the community, and it ix one of thore laws which should bs strictly ‘enforced w! ever an infraction of it in clearly proved. In the present case I will inflict the penalty on each de- fendant, for each distinct and separate sale, whish is to be measureé by the payment made for it, without reference to the quantity sold for such payment, such appearing to me to be the mean ng of the statute On Isaac B. smith, who it appears by the evidence, made one sale of strong drink, or spirituous Lquor, on Sunday, the 20 day of July, 1454, I inflict the penalty of two dollars and fifty cents. On Charles T. Kip, who, it appeara by the evidence, made one sale of strong drink, or spirituous liquor, en Sunday, the second day of July, 1884, Linfliet the penalty of two dollars and iifty On John Lawrits, who, it appears by the evidence, made one sale of ktrong drink or spirituous liquor on Sunday, July 9th, 1854, T inflict the peaalty of two dol- lars and fifty cenis. On Asa F. Miller, who, it appears by the evidence, made one sale of strong drink or spirituous liquor on Sunday, the 9th day of July, 1854, 1 inflict the penalty of two dollars and fifty cents. On William H. Munger, who, it appears, made two sales of strong drink or spirituous liquors; one sale on Runday, the 2¢ day of July, 1851, and one sale on Suo- day, the 6th day of July, 1854, I mfict the penalty of two dollars and fifty cents for each offence On Jobn Wilson, who it appears in evidence, made one sale of strong drink or spirituous liquor on Sunday, the Sth day of July, 1864, I inflict the penalty of two dollars and fifty cents. On Joseph Cusach, who, it appears in evidence, made one sale of strong drink or spirituous liquor on Sunday, the 2d day of July, 1864, 1 inflict the penalty of two dollars and fifty cents, On William Mason, who, it appoars by the evidence, made one sale of strong drink ot spirituous liquor on Sunday, the 2d day of July, 1854, I inflict the penalty of two dollars and fifty cents. On George Duncomb, who, it appears by the evidence, made one sale of strong drink or spirituous liquor on Sunday, the 24 day of July, 1854, I inflict the penalty of two dollars and fifty cents, Beooklyn City News. APPOINTMENTS BY THE COMMON COUNCIL. The Common Council re-assembled on Tuesday even- ing last. The chair was occupied by Ald. Barnard, the President, and a full Board was present. After the usual preliminary business, the President Smecuneed the following Standing Committees for 855 On Laws and Applications to the Logislature—Sparks, Capweil, Atwater, Baker and Wardwell. On Opening Streets, Avenues and Parks—Crowell, Fames and Bergen. On Grading and Paving of Streets—Onkley, Blanck, Backhouse, Bennett (Eighth ward), Cashaw. hi On Finance—Huntley, Pell, Fowler, Troutman, Back- Ouse. On Assesements—Fowler, Canpbell, Eames, Bannon and Barnard. On Public Sewers, Culverts and Grades—Pell, Masters, Muleahy, Davis and Ralphs. On Kailroads—Ralphs, Wardwell, Crowell, Sparks, Bennett (Kighth war ) \ On Public Lands and Bulldinf»—Bennett (First ward)s Campbell, Eames, Whiting, Crowell. On artment—W estern District--Faucher, Pell, Crowell, Babnon, Walsh. E On Fire Department—Eastern District-—Eames, Lins- key, Huntiey, Davis, Baker On Stages—-Maerr, Masters, Luyster, Leverich, @ a iner. On Police—Masters, Ralphs, Whiting, Troutman, Clay- ton. On Water--Wardwell, Borgen, Fowler, Blantck, Ben- nett (First ward) On Printing--Ciayton, Cunningham, Leverich, Maerr, Oakle: ‘On Wells and Pumps-—Campbell, Cashaw, Muleapey, Paker, Barnard. On Ciniras against the City of Brooklyn prior to 1855~~ | Backbouse, Capwell, Atwater, Mills, Bannon. On Claims against the City of Williamsburg--Atwater, Linskey, Sparks, Ralphs, Eames, On Cinims against the late town of Bushwick-—Trout- man, Blanck, Luyster, Davis, Maect ‘On Supplics and Expenses of Departments—Walsh, Cunningham, Tucker, Mills, Cashew. ‘On Gas—Davis, Pell, Clayton, Linskey, Oakley, On Lamps—Cashaw, duer, Masters, Cunningham, Fames. On Ferry and Water Rights—Borgen, Fowler, Baker, Faucher, nett (First ward). On Schools, Arts and Sciences—Capswell, Sparks, Ralphs, Barnard, Whiting. ‘On Hospitals—Mills, Huntly Crowell, Walsh, Bennett (Eighth wad). | a superintending Provicence watches over ali? | VOL. XX. bight. Cisterns—Blanck, Wardwell, Gardiner, Whit- wleabey. : af. Levtiicn. Cine, Oakey, wits, Fan- a See es 2 burg, wa, wick, wr 188 pursuant to Sec. 45, Title 10 of the city ec —Bacl shouse, Huntley, man, The following officers were then elected by ballut:— ‘ity Hal and en Mo ; Kee ity and Messen ger—Moses Abbott. Keeper City Park—Richard Coffin. Sealers of Wei and ures, Dis- ‘in B. Brower, Thomas trict—Wm. Utter, Sealers of Weights and Measures for the Eastern Dis trict—James Smith, Jobn Powell. Clerks of Police Justices’ Courts—Smith’s court, Ea- ward C. Morebouse: Curtis’ court, Zachariah Voorhis; Blatebley’s court, Thomas H. Appieton. Bellringers Western District—-Joseph Montrous, Lewin Dul WwW. 4 Bellr ‘Thirteenth Ward Tower—Eéward Wade, John Ja 2. Bellringers Sixteenth Ward Tower—Arthur Bassett, Wm. H. Ward, Clerk of Markets—Peter J. Van Duyne. Inspectors of Meats, Western District—J*r sos Titus, Valentine Carmat ta, Eastern District— fobert Rey- Inspectors of nolds, Jokn Coffin, Ordinance Clerk—Wm. 8. Osborn, nspector of vemen' este”, 7 Pa emalteme ‘@ ° Dinteict—Hicke Inspector of Pavements, East ern District—John Monte gomery. A ‘ Poundmaster, Western 'artrict—Lewia Nichols. Assia center rte fiall—James Abbott. yousd) eapibe Bovgh Somes renee oe bak ‘Tue PouCt.— he police of the Tenth and Eleventh wards of thicy eity were sworn in But few of the old Of%eers were The new appointees are all Similar changes are whigs and Ki Nothings, and Know speeaily to be made in all the other wards. Fire.—A fire broke out in a double frame a house in Union street, on Saturday last, was damaged to the extent of about $500. It was ocou~ pied by several families. ‘The owner is a Mr. Stevenson. Watcn PRrsentation.—Christopher W1 of the Fourth District Police was ewan ith a did gold hunting case watch, at his residence in le mond street, on Friday evening, Mr. George A. Waddy- made the presentation in bebalf of the by en accompanied with appropriate remarks. Captain Wi responded in a neat speech. The incription on the wat is as follows:—‘ Presented to it. C. Wright by his friends on his retiring from office, January 1, 1865.” Sxow oN Lon IsLanp—RatLnoap AccipENT.—The snow on the east end of Long Island is about four fost deep making it difficult for the railroad train« to worl through. The 10 o’clock mail train from Green due in Brooklyn at3 P. M., on Saturday, did no: ai till after 6 in theevening. The engine Townsend, with the Hempstead train ran off the track at the branch, on Saturday afternoon and » fireman, named Barney Lynch, had his leg broken in consequence. No other damage occurred. Acqrritep oN AN InpIcrMENT yoR Consrrracy.—John McUarty, who was tried in the Court of General Sessiona on an indictment for conspiracy to burn down. several buildings in Second place, in February last, in order, as alleged, to obtain the insurance, has been ‘acquitted by the jury. Acctprnt FRoM GuNPowDER.—Two little boys, the sons of Joseph Hart, residing at No. 98 Smith street, were severely burned on Tuesday evening, in consequence of the explosion of a horn iilled with gunpowder, with which they were playivg near the stove, ‘The windows in the room were shattered by the eoncuasion. Apaisstons TO THE Ban.—The following candidates passed a satisfactory examination yesterday before ex- aminers appointed by the Supreme Court, and were ad- mitted to practice as attorneys and counsellors-at-law in the courts of this State:—James W. Carpenter, Core neille 8. Groot, Wm. M. Skinner, John B. Steele, Jr.; Wm. H, Waring, Brensted Woodhull, Addison Brown, and Peter Dorland. Theatres and Exhibitions. BROADWAY THEATRE.—The romantic musical drama of “Guy Mannering” {+ announced for this evening, Mr. Harrison as Henry Bertram, Mr. Borrani as Gabriel, and. Miss L. Pyne as Julia Mannering. The hurletta of “Ganem,” with the Misses Gougenheim, Mrs. Nagle, and Mr. Davidge in the principal characters, concludes the amusements, Bowrry TuxaTrr —Four very dramatic pieces are announced for this evening, The first is the (arce of “My Neighbor's Wife,” which will be succeeded by the “Massacre of Michilimackinac.’? The farce of ‘ For- tune’s Frolics,”” will follow, and the amusements will close with the musical drama of the ‘Poor Soldier.’? To-morrow the officers and doorkeepers take their benefit, Burton's Taxatke.—Three favorite pisces are an- nounced for this evening namely: “Sophia's Supper,” the “Nice Young Man,” and “Apollo in New York)? Burton, Johnston, Miss Macarthy, Miss A. Lee, and Mrs. Hughes will appear. Several new pieces are in rebear- sal, and will shortly be produced. WALLAck’s THraTRe.—This theatre continues to draw fond d good houses. The pieces announced tor this even- ing are the “Sisters,” a “Gentleman from Ireland,” nd the farce of * hy Wife's Second Ploor.”” Messrs. ugham, Laster, Blake, Dyott, Miss Rosa Bennett, and Mrs. Hoey’ in the principal characters, ” inter ay fora pr opm the American ragedian, a) rs to-night in \kspeare’s tragedy of Othello: He will be tupported by Mrs, M. Jomes awa Mr. Canoll in the other leading characters. Miss G. Dawes willdance, and the amusements will close with the comedy of “ My Neighbor's Wife.” AnERICAN Muskvm.—The selections for the afternoon are the amusing pieces of ‘Quite at Home’ and to i ounee Benson.’ In the evening Sheridan Knowles’ play of “The Wife,” with Mr. J, R. Scott as Julian St. Pierre, Clarke as Lorenzo, and Miss Mestayer as Mariana. Woon’s Vanities are doing well; the hall is well filled every night, find the amusements afford great pleasure to the visiters, Beexi Ss SERENADERS continue to give their bur- league operas, which are very much admired by the visiters. Williamsburg News. FESTIVAL TO THE POOR CHILDREN. There was a happy gathering at the “ Old North Amer= ican” in the Fourteenth ward, on New Year's lay, the occasion being a festival to the poor children, about 80 in number, belonging to the ragged school under the charge of the Children’s Aid Society. Visiting the school about noon,we found the children, (who were comforta- bly clad,) partaking of a susmptuons dinner, consisting of soup, roast beet, cake of various kinds, apples, nute, raisins, and in fact everything desirable to meee up an excellent feast, all of which w furnished by ladies and gentlemen well kuown for their deeds of charity. After the appetites of the little folks were satisfied, adéresses were made by Revereuds J. D. Wella, 8.8. Jocelyn, W. W. Halloway, KE. S. Porter and Mr. Jobn Broach. Rey. Mr. Porter paid a deserved compliment to the efficient teacher, iiss Fister, who bas been eminently suecessful in her labors of disciplining the children un- der her charge. The board of managers of the school presented Miss Fister with a writing as a token of their appreciation of her arduous labors. At the conclu- ion the children were sent home, each with a package of apples, cakes, nuts, &c. Kesides other libera! donations, the sn of $28.63 was deposited by visiters inthe con- tribution box, The ragged school is now well establish- ed, and by occasional donations by those abundantly able may’ be continued, thereby rendering a lasting benefit upon the recipients of their bounty. Morvenovs Arrsmpt.—About 9 o'clock on Sunday night, some unknown men attempted to shoot a young woman, Mrs. Daniel Raynor, residing at No. 30 North Second street, in the Fourteenth ward. Mrs. Raynor was sitting in front of a window, when she was startled by a loud report of fire arms, and, on looking out, dis- covered two men running away; and also thata bullet had passed through a pane of glass and lodged in the wall of the room. ‘The affair | enveloped in mystery, as the family are not aware of having any enemies, Coroners’ In BeRweD To Deati.—A boy about 17 years of nam- ed Sainnel Malorey, was burned to death ow Saturtay night, in the lime kiln in Fifteenth steeet, near avenue A. Coroner Gamble beld an te ee on Tuesday upon the body of the deceased, when it appeared that deceased was connected with a bad set of young inta around the neighborhood, who used to aleep mighty ia the lime kilp, and on the night above mentioned he went there to sleepalong with @ companion, and saffocatedt by the gas emitted from the kiln’ fell into the burning mares of stones and was literally burned to a cinder. Verdiet according to the above Dratu ny Drownte.—Coroner Gamble held an inquest, at the Fifth Ward Station House upon the ofaman supposed to be George Collins, who was tally crowned on Saturday night by falling from the pier foot of Beach street. Verdict, death by exhaustion. The deceased was about 43 years of age, and is sap; be a native of Ireland.” In EN ne was porna for Geo, Collins of 108 ton street. The Mud TO THR EDITOR OF THE WRRALD, As your report of the meeting in the Park yesterlay makes severel mistakes, and as it is to be supposed that you would not intentionally and pu isrepre- Jent any matter, 1 beg leave to make the followng re, rections, As the meeting was called to consider the im- | bevility of the government of the city in and in the matter of not cleaning the etreets particular, and to point out a way whereby some of the thousands out of work might be profitably exaployed, you will per- ceive that there was a large margin for remark. ‘ Mud’? «id not necessary exclude every o' subject, tho there iv matter enough in that for several mevtings in ‘ kk, or at least for one, of every tax rand re- nt of the city; and I took occasion to say, by way of stration and enforcement, that it was not vi~ Cence—the gp hha od of Gud—that enraed us, wand loft us with foul streets and a city government false and re- crennt to its truth, but improvidence, the improvidence of men. | did not, therefore, “blame those who believe I simpl, or rather vindiceted Providence from the rattonnees and corruption which we know everywhere exists. I addreseed no word to mechantes, but & to the men who were before me. Had your reportof the meeting be patina ee it Tags Biv Stated that the two *# made, with respect to the streets, were the citizens of New Yor wanted the \geente’ che she they would el na they are we open the matter to the competition of with bis horse and cart, end of tne Inborer. Second, that, at the present . yal the thousands who t be profi chy om in to ves and to the lam not aware that anything a resentations, and therefore misapprel beg of y sive this note the same publicity which Yo report. Very renpeet fall ee, TL, 1864. . “