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jr-awerenient which, ? le* judgment, can h.< Made
upon the present system, M It e?necnlrat., the Krkj
,,ower into the hards of thr highest municipal officer
jjown to thr laws, nain. !y. the Mayor.
Thr Surgaal Bureau, established during the past
rear ha* far exceeded in its tiencfiu what was con
trtnplated. It has saved much to the treasury in the
time of the nv n. Th* ?eW plan attends to the ventila?
tion and ok an linens of the station-hi mses and sleeping
apartments, and furr.t-hes medicines and surgical in
?trtunent*. and n quire* immediate attention to all si. k
|olie#roep, and con?tai t attendance until recovery.
3 he saving of time by the deti-ction and exposure of
alteoipts to defraud the s-rvice by simulated
sckne** is alone more than sufficient to pay
r the whole cost of the Bureau. During tbs last
fir* months of 1?54 there Were .',,379 days hist by siek
fjtrtx During tlie corresponding period fa l?!>~> "rily
314?, making a savmgof 1,433 days. Mr. Wood
j: akea a comparison of our police with that of Lon?
don and sees no reason why we should be behind them,
and in bis judgment wo may *.?>n be superior. le t
the hands of |>oIiti< ian*. whlok curse and paralyze our
fitr Oi'VCTinnent, be kept < rT of the police. If the*
rill, let them take all else, but leave this, upon the
integrity of which our jieaeo, order, liberty, property
and life depend. Tin jM-oplo of New-York, iirespect?
ive of |*rty, made a noble rtlly last Winter, and suc
rossfully n-sisted one of these diabolical attempts, in
the Legislature, to break d >wn and demoralize the
J'olice. If it be renewed, it U hoped that the same spirit
Will be evinced, so that at least one branch of the
Ifnnioipal fiorernmeut may be spared from the canker
which now threatens the whole social organisation.
Street Opening is the next topic to which
Wr. Wood directs Lis attention. He refers to
the frauds j>erpetrated in this work, and says
that the consolidation of Iba whole duty into one
Iruri au or department, would reform the many abuses
Dow eiisting. provided that department was adminis?
tered by an officer to be appointed by the Mayor,
holding the place at bis disci et .< >n, and provided suita?
ble amendment* to the law* and rules governing the
subject were made, 1 y which the rights and interests
Crf property-owners were properly protected. The
gradual increase in ajraesaatroBaai of street opening is
alarmingly perceptible. From 1H14 to 1837 the BYer
age amount per mile for fees of counsel, commii.siouers,
Bud others employed by thorn, was about if ">0. From
1637 to H41 it was 12,300, ?od in 1H55, taking the
(Bowery opening from Chatham to Franklin square as
B guide, it was at the rate of over 170,000 per mile for
fhe same services. No amount of complaint has been
able to bring about any amelioration. In 1831 the
(supreme Court was directed to make rules in rotation
to taxing costs, but that rule, instead of dimim-hing,
I.nly increased the extortions previously practiced.
There still remain a great many outrageously heavy
but useless charges, which ought to bo stopped. Mr.
Wood suggests the propriety of opening all tbo streets
and avenues not now open, by a single commission,
composed of men whose object in accepting the place
Wonld 1m- the good of the city and not their own private
emolument. He thinks that the cxpcnsivcncss of
Street opi ning has driven tens of thousands of people
from the city, and deterred hundreds of thousands
from oomiug to it. A reform would raise the value of
property, inoreaae the bases of taxation, and materi?
ally add to the number of those who bear the public
burdens. He recommends the adoption of an ordi?
nance permitting purtiea owning from street to street,
to do their own work w itbout being assessed for other
portions of the street. He also recommends the aboli?
tion of the street assessment bureau, and that their
fluty be ji?'rformed by the tax commissioners without
additional compensation, and without expense to the
property owners.
Next we have the Public Markets, historically consid?
ered, from the settlement of the island. He says that
t>ur market system is obnoxious to a great republican
principle, that the government should not interfere
With private enterprise. We should no more build
houses for the transaction of the business of n butcher
tl an for any other trade. L?d there be free trade in
ail things; tin' authorities to stand off and see luir play.
Another objection to the present system is its OOOt,
7'he maikets are worth a mi'lion and a half, all dead
to the treasury. He estimates the loss to the city at
nearly ? 100,000 per annum. Further objections aro
the peii'. of public health by the accumulation of de?
caying veg< table matters and the tendency to monop?
oly by bringing purcharser* all to a few points. For
these and other reasons he recommends tbo
abolition of the whole system, the salo of the
market pioptrty and the adoption of the free-trade
principle, B0 that any individual may open shop
for the sale of meats and vegetables as be might
for dry goods, boots or shoes. Hut if the public mar?
ket system is persisted in, there should be a Market
Avenue not less than two hundred feet wide, com?
mencing about Fourti. nth street and running parallel
With the Hudson and Fast Hirers toward Harlem,
Brith corresponding ones at convenient distances on
the cross street*. Near by should be depots for coun?
try produce. The money procured by the sa?o of the
present market property would more than pay the
Whole cost of such establishments. Still his desire is
that the whole business should b* left to private en?
terprise.
Tai Collection is his next theme, the system for
trhich requires some modification. As this matter is
purely financial, and not easily explained to the gen?
eral reader, we pass it by.
The Croton Water we are justly proud of, and we
Ore proud of the magnifiet nt conception and bold
tntrrprize which has brought it into our city. We
have aUiut 30,000,000 of gallon* of water each day
turooght over the High Bridge?Is gallons to each
person of G50.000 inhabitants. More than half of tins
quantity is consumed and wasted by ships, factories,
pnblic bouses and for other business purposes. But a
liberal view supposes that twenty gallons a day for each
Individual is enough for tu t aal use, win. h would bo
hut 13,000,000 gallons, leaving 17,000,000. which is
fasted. This fact he thinks a subject for thoughtful
Concern. Stringent ordinances have been adopted and
enforced with much energy; but the waste is not
?topped. Without waste, the aqueduct is capable of
?upplying .3,000,000 of people, but. with the prese nt
lavish use, it would supply no nitre than l,300,0d0?
B number we may n ach in ten years. This, then,
las ceased to be a trifling question, and the ooaae*
Cnenee* already assume a threatening aspect. If
things go on as they uow do, we shall soon be forced
to consider the necessity of an elargement, or the con?
struction of another aqueduct. Additional ordinances
?re required, making the penalties more severe, and
Clothing the department with full power to enforce
them; but a* a most effectual remedy,he recommends
the adoption of meters and charging for the amount
n*cd. Still, in any event, an enlargement of the ca?
pacity of the aqueduct munt at eonie future period be
ensde, but the day i* so far distant that he thinks the
?nggeetion a* to tin use of BM ten may relieve the next
generation from the apprehension of taxation for en?
largement. It is, however, important to the future that
B-e secure the sources whence the Croton derives its
aster. He is informed that factorial of various kinds
?r* established upon the rivulets and small lok s that
Prm the Croton K vcr, and that they are. likely to
fr?re delotenou* to the pur.ty of the water. II -
Cvmmende the appointment of a Commission with
txiwer to select such spots as they think it desirable
tor the city to poeaeas in order to prevent any such in
faty to the water. The Communion for taking ground
** the new reservoir bare completed their report, and
the work will soon be commenced.
Mr. Wood next refers |e public expenses of prirate
"-ration. II? thinks this should in no way bo a tax
?pou the ps-ople. Litigious men should bear the b ir
??aeeaaed by their er? inciiaation?; and if people
***k redree* for wrongs by resort to the courts, there
J ** ?**aon why their grievances ihould be imparted
pothers ia no way interested. He is aware that
heg as our nature remains uncharged, so long
m1 ttJu*tioe exist in the world, and ao long will
* ? Mceasory to eoforce~the iadJridoal right! of
D.? r. Mnriy sound thinkers have re* tied the cotivie.
tion that nn abrogation of all law? for tha collection of
tbbt* will facilitate fair dealing, and nave largely
to the honeM. This position Mr. W,s>d is not pre
pa:< d to deny; he merely calls attention to the expen?
diture and receipts from oonts. It appear* that every
court shows an excess of cxjienditurca the Supreme
Coi.it of t'TO.OOO, the Superior tn(t>.?of the
Common Pitas Onv.ooo, the Marine tH.-VK), the j
DifJlU C?SBtS ?-,n,000, the County Cleiks Moo
17,000, and the Sheriff"s Offioo ?V00, which, with I
the incr. ase in saJariee this year and the rent of rootni.
show a cost to the city over receipts of nearly
#170,000. On the 1st of January there were .'.,'J70
causes on the Court Calendars, which, nt a
l.l*-ral estimate it would take over four y?ars
years to clear off. Mr. Wish] advisee that MSJ be
taken to influence the I/egislature to pass a law by
w hich tbe Corporation may levy a tax upon litigation j
in the city to collect enongb to pay for actual outlays.
Of tM Central l'ark ks says that there is still an
appan nt desire to dejrrive us and posterity cf its I
benefits. He thinks it is extraordinary that tbe oon 1
fjrmation of the fair and judicious rejiort of the Com- '
missioneis has been so long delayed, and that it is 1
greatly unfair to indiv iduals whose property is locked
up and rendered unavailable; and that it is also ad
verse to the true interests of the city, wb>h deLiand
this improvement at the earliest possible day. He
sets in this obstruction and delay a disposition to
abridge or overthrow the park altogether. His offi?
cial sanction can never be obtained tn postpone its
completion, diminish its size, or to repeal the law
which proposes to give it to us. When the Supreme
Court fhall have confirmed the report of the Commia
r.M.trs, he will present such suggestions for the
progress of tbe work as are in his judgment dosir- ,
able.
The new City Hall is now very murk needed, and
great complaint is made of want of accommodations
for city business. Mr. Wood's conceptions of a proper
plan are undetermined, and be has none to recommend.
? xc? pt that none may be adopted which will not secure
to us all w'e re quire, or that succeeding generations
Day n qafars in a building of this class, as to capacity,
proper architectural proportlcoa, and in keeping with
the progress and character of this emporium. II? con?
curs in the opinion that a commission of men of ability,
high character and integrity, should be raised, to whom
tbe subject of the City Hall should bo referred.
The " Brich Church" property is o matter of con
sicli i abb- interest to the city, and Mr. Wood urges a
settlement of it. This subject was brought to the at?
tention of the Common Council in April, 1853, when
the Sinking Fund Commissioners recommended a set?
tlement of the matter by a sale of the property, and a
distribution of the proceeds between the church and
tbe Corporation, tbe former taking two thirds and the
luttt r one third. The value of the fee with improve- J
inents, such us would necessarily be STSetod on that
location, will amount to #000,000Of 1700,000, which
would be added to the taxable property of the city.
Mr. Wood closes bis communication by a reference
to various messages heretofore sent to the Common
Council, and urges action at once upon the more im?
portant topics. Among the matters which be has in
this und other papers called up are the state of the
finances; the opening, grading and regulating of the
streets; the increase of taxable property; the replace
ii 1111 of fees by salaries; Interest to be charged ou the
public deposits; estimates and appropriations; sus?
pended sales for taxes and assessments; the fraudu- \
lent making of contracts; city railroads and oinnibm
es; the projier protection of emigrants; duties, disci?
pline and efficiency of the police j Spring
charter elections; the speedy completion of
the Central Park; new public buildings?City Hall;
Public School expenses and system; revision of the or- j
dinances; the more substantial construction of the
ducks; non-payment of public creditors; relief to Broad?
way; cattle driving iu the streets; dirty streots?to ex?
ist no long?r; Battery i ulaiyi inent; removal of offal;
street cleaning; public markets; sureties for con?
tractors; safety of city railroad travel; appropriation
(ui Knggcd Schools; immediate extension of sewers in
Twenty-eeeoad and Twenty-third stroets to North
River; enactment of an ordinance prohibiting the stOf
?gi aad exposure of fire-works ia large quantities; the
ii. i. ssity of grooving the BttSI pavement in Broadway;
Commercial Restrictions to be Removed; Amend- 1
mint of Charter; Statement of City Debt; Oar De
tsaaeei Stone Dis ks and Piers; Introduction of Con- I
victs and Paupers; Public Health; Improvements of
this Island; Polin ; Market System; Collection of
Taxes; Croton Water; Public Expenses of Private |
Litigation; and the Brick Church Property. But bo
does not deem these measures, though adopted, as en- ;
tiiely sufficient to give the people all that they require ,
without material alterations to tho City Charter. The
adoption of every suggestion made by him would fail
to give us good government without important amend- ?
n.cnts in tbe organic law?amendments badispsasabls '?
to good government. All tbe changes proposed are of 1
see< ndary importance to the remedies indicated in tho j
fundamental law itself.
THE TENTH WARD KNOW-SOTHINGS. \
Our rcjiorter, from mere force of habit, again found
himself nt Council No. 5 on Saturday evening. The
company of the Brothers is to him a recreation, in
which he engages with the more zeal, as it not only
affords him a season of rest at the close of each week,
but also is in the direct line of his duty as a faithful
chronicler of events. From inquiries be is able to ex
plan what has before seemed to him mysterious, via.:
tbe fury of the Brothers in regard to iui TaiBOM,
He finds, they object, not to bis report, but his remain?
ing incog; claiming to themselves an exclusive monop?
oly of the rights of secrecy, in addition to their''Let- 1
ters Patent " for all the patriotism in America. He is
now relieved of all anxiety.
At e n'clink i>. m. the gavel sounded to order. After
the regular routine of business, and initiation of two
boys, tbe Tn asurer presented his report, showing a
scanty supply of cash. This induced a suspieiou that
tbe funds had been stolen or squandered. To operate
as a check in future Brother Packman moved the ap- '
pointment of a Committee of Three to superintend all
colUctiens and disbursements. Brother Thomas
Tdten, a member recently initiated, opposed the
motion in a speech of about hftf>ta WoaosI With?
out directing his remarks to any one, but as if " fireing
at the heap, he said, in a full, heavy, harsh voice,
" 1 want to know If you have so much money you
need watches for it." Brother Tdton, though sus?
tained by one or two others, was not equal to the
emerge rcy. Since Brother Vau Riper has been de?
throned, Brother Buckman has succeeded to power.
He carries all bis measures, and of course carried this
on*. Brother Tiltou ought to have rsmnmcd silent a
week or two, in order to get acqnaintcd with the ropes.
This being his second appearance only, and couple 1
with ths fact that he dared oppose Brother Buckman,
will cast a shade over his whole Know-Nothing career.
A bad beginning Thomas, very!
It having been ascertained that the charter of thi*
Council was destroyed orb>st, and as all acts in the
abssaes of a charter are rend, Brother Wainwright
moved tbe appointment of a Committee of Nine to
procure one. Carried.
A halt in theprocecdtrursbe mger*v>nntered, Brother
Armstrong moved that the report of the doings of thi*
Conned, as published in Tin Tristsr of Tuesday
last, be now read. Hereupon a fierce struggle ensued.
Opposed was Brother Van Duser and his men. Affir
mative was the mover, Brother Armstrong who alone
is a tower of strength, and a large body guard to back
him. In this stregcb- Brother Buckman again showed
powerful points, as a manager. Like his illustrious
predecessor in power, Brother Van Riper, he mana, -1
to vote with all panic* so as to please all. On the
motions to stave off the reeding, he was a Van Daser
nar. Foiled here, bs came over to the Armstrong
party, and on the rote to read he was in the mtjonty.
Brother Corson then read the report Merred to. Ai
a reader his mariner is decidedly good, Iiis vw.r has
? pecn'i-rity of mttroation which flts him admirably
for this kud of pub! c service. The ?ff.-1, however,
Wim not pr.ewely the same a* on th* first occasion of
ha reading to the bretl.na from The Tkiboe. Then
whistling, e wearing, aa<l laughing held scarcely divided
sway. The emotions excited then must have been
differ* nt Brssn th< *.? in th<- ascendent r.'.w. >'.,.?e an 1
c.nfusi? n now gave way to subdued and softened si
b BOB, The wb.de gfoap ps*na?ated the appearance, of
a soeicty ol tonds congregated under a harrow in a
bh.i ?fi rm. In not, Broth.i Corwon -<?? in> d t.-reira'l
lb Baa ia this light, for wh:l- reading he indulged ia a
raaaang esaaaaeasjary on the text, and an tha suHj.-ot
< hai _?< d boss tonu. to topic, he gad raatad by pointing
his Iii ger at the parti. ular brethef .-r brother* intend-!
by the K. porter. At the close, the mingling of oaths
end aiathsmas showed plainly the necessity for the
library proposed by our Reporter, or of some other de?
vice to cheek a vice now so frightfully on the in-Tease.
Undhrr Or flitb boldly exclaimed that "he did not
"care for Thr T?ipi?k, m>r all the paper* in New
' York." Brot! er C'.rson bit BSttiad at this, and was
nlsjut to lamjss.n Brother Griffith, but on being as?
sured by a brother that the Alderman did n->t m- an
to include The Expiett be became docile.
Bro. Wainwright Best moved that Mr. J remiah
Patty, 'brother of Senator Patty) who was expelled
from the Order last y.-ar for the offense of belonging
to the tame committee at tin* Broadway lb-use as his
lnother, be now reinstated in thai Council. Bro.
Tulmer opposed this. He declared he would nev.-r
vote for it until Mr. Petty explained the language be
was ffwing to use- on the night of his expulsion. He
said Mr. Petty then had his mind made up to tell the
Council, if they atkeJ him whether be Irstssajsd to the
Broadway House, that 'it was nOBOOf their business."
Pro. Palmer thought this ought to Is* explained just
as much as though Mr. Petty had said it. After seme
considerable cross-firing the question was taken and
the resolut.on lo-d. Pro. M<*vmus moved a reconsid?
eration for the purpose of having it voted down. Here,
upon un exciting scene ensued. Uro. Iiuekman, b- in,
f. orfu! tb>- motion was in good faith and not really to
kill Mr. Petty, opposed a rofwsaldtaaliiai Pro. Jack?
son took sides with Pro. Pu-'kman, nnd said Mr. Petty
Be laepeetOS of the late election, attempted to cheat
the Americans in canvassing the State ticket. He ad?
ded scveialscurrilonsaccusatiems, showing plainly that
be was actuated by persona! ill-will.
Bro. Wainwright said the who!.- fuss was kicked up
by the resolution of Pro. Jackson; and th--moment
that resolution was repe-aled, Mr. Fatty was thereby re?
instated. That as the Qoaacfl had no charter, be pro
tc stcd at ainst further ac tion. Br<>. Wheeler there,
upon sounded bis gavel again, and declared the Coun?
cil adjoutied.
This sudden termination of a wi angle which has an?
noyed C> uncil No. 8 f.-r tin past year left the brothers
in a brown study. Koch and every one took it up >n
hiOBM If to look with a sort of vacaut stare upon each
nnd i v. ry O?M r one, and by their manner to say, as
plainly a< sib ucc and staring oonld asy?" Who was
the remarkable personage that struck the oorjsirosity
of Mr. Wilhaxn Patterson f" Silence, however, wa*,
Bs in aaother place m.d at BBOthi r time, of short dura?
tion. This temporary eaba Barred only to show tha
wonderful recujs rative powers e>f the brother*. De?
termined not to be thus summarily deprived of a row,
they formed into groups about the tooryss l.a.- -1 many
standing committees, pitched into The Triucse.
Among tilt in was a thin- visaged, sombcr-l.Hikiug, red
IIISSlStItefl, long-hair* d brother, whom they sin
gled out as the Bspofter- Without ventur?
ing n direct ( barge, s. verul of the bold
ones astonished him, by posing in his vicinity
ai d indulging in strange ejaculations regarding him
and ''bis d?d paper." This of oosuae was Greek
to the etressjar, bat they expect to see it all in The
Tnn i si I Among the g reaps not before rtfitictrd w.u
a deputation from the Nineteenth Ward Council, to
Bee it they could dtt.ct the "cuss." Our lepOrtef
could not learn whet success they met with. On his
way hi me bo aacertsined that Bio. Dolan, the Know
Nothing Assemblyman, was in the city; that he ap
plOTI d the pr. j- ct of a library for Council No. .'-; that
lie would enrich this library with a volume of his pri?
vate rifcrticn* upon the Maine Liquor Ijiw. To this
he will append Ins own esparisaos, nn-1 perhaps that
Of Pro. Elias Combs, on the effects of strong drink
Upon the human system. Their joint exploit* on Sat?
in day evening last should not be omittod. at therein,
it a full explanation if their ab'enofrom the Counril !
Dr. Dolan must be more careful in th** selection of his
company. Even lbs fumes of li.pior from the breath
Of romrad*. s have been known to produce drunken?
ness.
Our reporter is fearful that the election of Banks as
Sjs nker of the House of Representatives may operate
as a sort of loosener to the " eternal bung" of Ksoaa
K* thing profanity. If they can In got over this snag
he feels that possibly the Tenth Ward Council may
j 11 beO BBS a i.i-1 of morality._
c itY~it~em s .
Ot'T-noOR Poor.?This is the term applied to all
w ho are assisted by the Alms-House Department at
tin ir own homes. It is one of the mi>t excellent fea?
tures?or rather it was intended to be?m all the scope
of duties of the Ten Governors; because a little timely
BeeL-tarcc, a trifling relief of temporary want, may
asYS a whole family from the degradation of paupoi
i-ii.?nfti B has saved them. The system was origin
allv intend* d to give aid to tbSBS who wore si- k, or
aged, or feeble, or any way tomj-oranly disabled from
t aming their sup|*irt by their ordinary iudustry. It
wa- the same system t.'ittt is pur-ued now by sornn
private charitable ssa.iciati.nis. The names of wor?
thy poor families being ascertained?often by informa?
tion from acquaintances?they were visited and their
wi nts carefully investigated and kindly relieved with
OStt degrading them to the ranks of paupers. How
terribly this whole u.itter has been altered and abused,
m d turned into a degrading, pauper-'upporting, pau
p< r-makit g, l>egger and beggarly institution, may be
judged by the public when they are told that this
Pe; aitn ent br.s furnished to the " Oat-dOOS Po>r " af
the c:ty this Winter esoJ f--r over lt.Oi'O families. And
what families I A large portion of them were paupers
and chih'ri n sf paupers in Europe, and many of thern
have d. pet.-led upon the Emigrant Coinrnissioners and
lid to the M Oat-door Poor n every Winter sin-'e they
latdtd upon onr tfcotSS, and | r bably will ju?t as long
as (s-al and either aid to out door poor ia given out by
Iht AhaavHooas Depaitxoeat as it is n^w. Mr. K- l
lock, tha Superinte ndent of this Department, is proba?
bly as arsO skilled and effic.cnt iv- any officer in tiie city.
He ha* in fact reduce*! the chaos of disorder and con?
fusion to system; but what can he do I What could
anv human being do who is borne down with fourteen
thousand clamorous beggars?many ot' th.-m are
aethjig el** so* a share of tha spoil* woo by rotes af
"the rale Piui.?cracy of the city' They com- in
swarms, herdi s, droves, or herds, and often in gar?
ments that indicate squalid wretchedness, filth, arid
utter degradation. Ho woman that ha* a spark of
aside left to her inheritance can go any further than
to peep through the door. She will need to look bat
ocee to content her to go Iwxck to her el.eeriesa home,
to freeie and starve, rather than be number*-d
among the ''out-d*jor poor" af New-York. It she
went iu to ask for a share of the coal that has been so
liberaily distributed, she would have to submit to be
driven with th* herd into a pea'?that termi?
nal* s in a l.ing lone by which one at a
tin e is brought t<> the stand for examination.
Then a series of questions an- put. such a* ' What's
?war SSBBS1 Where do you live J Are vviu a w.do* '
H w !? rg have you been a w.d. w ' Or, where is
yi ur husband, ar.<! wl.ut d->e*he do ' How many
dren have yon got ' There, that'll do; go along; we ll
actd a vieiteir." And so they do send a visitor, and he
probably tries to ascertain that the applicant is not an
importer, or totally unworthy of ael from any charity.
But what can be do with aoeh a host' The whole
astern twests a sweeping reform. As it it :* aa oat
rageoui nAuanf^priAUon of money darrxed to the ?a- I
cred OMf of e harit>. It ?'rjooarage* panperisn*, and
- I]-''* ??'. w..|.f In?,-,;.ry. Sf;,| ),. g^irv,
ai d de-p'tves Hbf re?!, truly worthy, inditstriiitis, but
urJ> rinnstc rTrff'-rrn, fr-wn aar pxrticipat.m in the
b<n<fit of fand* set spart for the "oat-door pwr."
Of ml! tho rottenness of onr City fte>ve?mm?-nt, tiiis in
Ik* nws.1 n-t:- n, most outrageous, rn-aet abu?c?d, though
tot ii.<j ? ? ulat< ii np- c. It net ds n-tonn.
LsVBJ Klttafl Variftie".?Mis* Keete has been
per-?nating s certain axLviduaJ of very q;je-?tiooxble
r< potation at this Theater tho last few nigrht?. | vtan
in Paris was produced at the Vaudeville, ia that
et? hatting capital ?.nie ten yearn since, with that
mo?t fa.-?inatiig of actresses and charming of
woaasa, Biadame Doebe, aa tho heroine. Notwith?
standing the perfection of her dre** and spiritual
beauty?enough to cover a multitude- of def-cts?the
piece waa a signal failure. It waa afterward, however,
played by Doche with s.rurular siieve?.* at the St.
Jarre- s Theater, :n London, and waa produced by
Madame Celeste to affluent audiences at the .Vlelphi.
The part is personated with much truth and b?anty,
on the wb?d>. by Mi? K?-ene, and in the scene in the
thieves den, where ?he apjiear* as a Gamm if. Paris,
she is particularly happy both tn drees and action.
In the first scene, however, she makes the mistake of
suy posing that she is really t>> represent Satan, and in
cbndlir.se, and even d?se'"iiipo*ur?" of dres* and horrid
heard and bleak c?>roplexi >n, is most r'pulsive.
Poohe. in the same scene, v&i perfectly cxqu.site
in attire, as we fancy even Satan, who i
rathaV a fascinating wretch, would be if he visited
for a time this lower earth. Mr. Jordan was adm.ra
ble, and Mr. Cbaridler, we are happy to record,
?pake less gratiigly through his teeth than usual.
We trust thnt this piece may, with such plays as
"Mull Ada ?hail Wothlag** and "st.il Water run*
?? J)eep," hohl somewhat of a longer and merrier life
than those whieh have proceedod. Even the eircum
staaOSS af difficulty in which tho management was
placed, and the just ground for apology they offer, '-an
hardly excuse the utter baiYSSBSM of surrounding
with which the plays are brouirht forth, and the inox
easahls ignorance of the text in which the manageress
herself is specially r? markablc. At some moments it
i- absolutely ] a.nful. Miss Keone will make a sad mis
t>ike in attempting ne>r?- then she is eipial to. and im?
agining she is a necessity to every part, bo it
ii elisltama. conn dy. or farce. The costuming,
tew, is remarkably defective. In the Km/ of
tin ('< art and tjur-en of ths Market, Louis the Fonr
teeath sad his ooartien appeared ia powdered head
dress, though the style poudrs" did not come m until
I ot I ths K :?>i nth. Again in the Lady of Lyons Colo*
Bt 1 Pumtw was dressed pr<ci*dy as a French bitdls.
PioFreaeh officer ever wore such hat, orclcak, or
military belt, and to the Kreuch habitues such gaucb
eriss make much amusement. Tlien the gens d' armes
in Satan in Paris is in a perfect fancy dress. Nothing
of the kind was ever set n in Paris. A little more' oafS
and preparation are essential t<> success, ami W" trust
will be c xbibite d. I he public can linger for the week
with much delight over such pierces as we have named
and the model h comotives and fresh gushing streams
of sound of Miss B OSS Ik Durand in preAreBM to ill
digi rti d and ill-prepared varieties. The- houses have
I., aa full and nsshittaaMf. and Miss Keene has only to
d'-se rve to win.
Walls'k's Thkatkii.?" Duke Humphrey's Din?
ner," for some time delayed, OOfltpeaaated bf the tar
(liness of production in tho dehcacy of its condiment
whe n s? rvi d< It is compre-ssed into one act, but in its
wii is a eaaaaaabW ?>f eery exquisite cookery, gather?
ing in the essence of many excellencies. The scene
opens with Dick Bhdeea and his wits Agnes in an
attic ris.m m Mulberry stre'et, in that condition of
poverty whieh so severely tries young love. Having
no BBOrs practie-al dinne r on which to exercise their ap?
petite, tin y are obliged to partake of that very un
labstantial faro known in England as Duke Hum
1 hn \ * dinner. Iu this dilemma Dil Ii -ells an edition
of Erasmus, gilt elu-ped and so forth, and bids his
Agces's prandial ambition have full hound. L'tckdy be
is ptnnhtsd to do so by the happy eppearaaOS of a rieh
Mi?S, liny wasesw, wlwi? HA isa ).<m1 saved, aad
who hnd si en him pawning Erasmus, and just came
in in time to make- ths curtain fall with perle?-t pleas?
ant mss. Mr. I>este-r and Mrs. Ho. j both played with
great spoit, and tho pises was announced for repeti
t:< I Mrdd i alls fur the author and generous applause.
The- dialogue was in many parts animated and spark?
ling.
BttBTOtfl Theater.?At this house last evening
Mi. J H. Mi V.i ker, a Yankee ooasediaa of consider
able celebtity, ippaared in a pie ce entitled " Sxm
Pate b in France,' in which he enacte d the part of tho
redoubtable Sam of jumping notoriety. Mr. M? Vi.-ker
is aa aeter who to bettor kaoera in the West than in
the Bsstara sattos, heriag acquin-d bis psosBsaaoaal
reputation in the Western Stalest. He has just re?
turned fn tii a visit to London, where bs playe d for a
number oi months with excellent succe-ss, beasg pre*
nounced by the London critics the be-st Vank.-e come?
dian who has ever crossed the water. He is un?
doubtedly the be-st living representative of th* suppo?
sititious charae ter.sfies of tho stage Yankee, and is
um HsOed in that style of parts which were for so
many years played with great success by Yank<* Hill,
Dan. Marble and Josh. Silsbee. Although we do
not admire the "one man power" kind of plays
we cat not deny that the quaintin-ss and originality of
bisecting in these dramas is infiuitely provocative of
laughte r. His humor is undeniable though fantas i '?
? ? -.si bly fut sy, aud cannot but delight those
who are pleased with a touch of extravagance and
? xsgge ration, which, however, is never so brood as to
heeaw ?Lsagreeable or offensive. The large' audi?
ence whieh as-embb-d last night testified their satis
faiiion in the- most unmistakable manner. Mr. Mc
Vieker was called before the curtain, and made a
capital and characte ristic speech.
In tie Board af Aldermen last evening, a debatS
are at in relation te> the want of a quorum in the Board
of Sapeirvisors, and finally a resolution was adopted
that in the opinion of the Board, tho Mayor and Re?
corder should be relic ved from the duty of Supervisors,
and calling npon tho Le gislature te> amend the law by
striking out these two functionaries. Jae*>b F. Ovk
lay and Was, A IX-edey, formerly Aldermen, were con- j
firmed as Atsesson. Kufus E. Crane was confirmed
as Supt rii.ttj.dent ot wharves, l*ie-rs and 81ip*.
Ths Ci 11 -IlsLt.?The edifiVe that mi >rn* the cen?
ter of the Purk terc-sented a perfee t illustration of what
is fajn.iiariy termed a jam yesterday afternoon. The
Beard af Supervisor? attracted its crowd of outs.ders,
and by the time the Aldermen met to discuss mune i
pal sffa.rs the oasiiaVe and petsea^e* toading to Uie
A!demilune chamber were crowded with an anxious
tj r-1*. The Mayor s office also waa well fili?*i, as a
horde of candidates presented themselves for the Po?
lice, and many of the friends of Capt. Hartt and the
. thi t aspirants to the Captaincy of th" Seventeenth
Ward were in attendance-.
THt C*?r or AllX'-.sd Bribert.?Justice Osborne
attended at the Mayor i Office yesterday afternoon, to
hear the evidence further to be elicited in th* case of 1
Officer Churchill of the Thirteenth Ward F'Ak*.
. barged with bsving received a sum of money from a
woman named Mary Ann Moore, i-x the purpose of
compounding a Mony. It appeared from the testi?
mony already deduod. that the offiet-r had arr?t.-.i
Mr*. M?o-?- and her husband?who are junk dealer*?
for having bought at>l received stolen goods; aad that
Churchill enter<id bete an arrangement, with those
parties to remove the witnesses for a stipulated
amount of money?who would com* forward to prxve
their gm't. Much icters?et ha* Wa manifested
throughont in this ease, partitrsilariy by the members
of the Police force, who were present in larye nambers.
The case was adjourned in eoaaeqaetie* of tbe uoav
attesxdance of witnesses who were te V- e^rniaed oo
h? part of the defcase,
* e
Tm Vk rout?I Im Kepuhin ?n? fired ass mm ! ?? i
?od three gun* last evening in the Park, one for each
of Speaker Hanks'i mt a. The Tnbaae BoJdiugs
wott br?liintly ?loaiinated for two hour*.
The paper null of Uesen. Persse ?V Drooks. at
x^ dsof Is*"*:*, Conn., arw the nrost 4}jfl> luive,
bt lieve, of any in the country. We gnftaVa order on
Wednesday last f^r about nine tans of piper, whx'.x
was made and delivered to us on Saturday morning
by the New Haven Katlroad. I V - lented
d i?o'.i h in filling an order waa acomitp'tsl.ed without
interfering with a large portion of their mills engaged
on urdtara fur other establishments.
?? ??
We perceive that Mr. Green, the reformed gambler,
is again in print, giving the world the fruits of his ex
r ?. 1- B1 latter hi The Ttmet we make the
following extract describing the boll of hells, Natohex,
ss it uaed tu be. It seems from the concluding line of
this ixtraetthat one of our moat eminent gambling
house keepers graduated in that inconceivably bad
hole before he came lather:
"When 1 first knew 'Satchel ttaoWrJtrsti/.'it was
at the l ight of its infamous notoriety. I do not sup
rx-ti that Lon.icn. or 1'aris, or New-York, could have
found its parallel in wickednee*?certainly it had no
equal un this continent. Every house, I think, without
. v i ptksj, w as occupied by gambit and prostitutes,
hi robbers Bad minderem, A description of a single
hou>? will illustrate. On the ground fioor, the front
room was used for drinking and dancing. In thia room
the y;>st of both sexea held high revel. Faro-bank*
were nightly crowded by excited players, and the
gLmblrr* never failed to reap rich harvests?for what
tie r game* e?uld not accomplish, their pistols and
bown-knivra could. ( .x-k-tigl.ts, dog-fights, and other
similar brutal spirts, wire Usually conducted in a sep
aiate apart men* in the rear of the gaaibling-rootn,
while the upper portion of the house was occupied by
abandoned woim n and their more dissolute male com
j ann rs. Such was Katcbex when lbs gamlileia had
jo-session of it; it is not, therefore, surprising that
r.blery and murder, and all the raukest offenses in
the darkest catalogue of crime wcte of dailv occur
reaee, giving that looahty a world-wide aoractstyi It
tt c. ia or e id' the houses I have described that 1 first
paw Pat Hearne, bow of Nsw-Yoih.''
m
Titr. WEATitin.?S.i.ce Knday, tbe ar.th of January,
Utwe S and 7 a. m., tbe . ibesl and lowest temperature*
have been'aa followi:
Higbe*' D-g. Lowest De?.
Jan. t*.1? t
Jan. 2*.3S t
Jon. CI.<M is
Jan. 2s.is a
J*n. ?.IS* 34
Jan. an.10 if
Jan. 31.24 13
Ken. 1.32 II
Feb. 2.N 11
Feb. 3.13 4
Ml 4.14 4
Tli* tliint quarter of tea third sreet circle sad* to-Tv>rrow,
fTaaaalay) Ma, at noou. and th* third great circle end* en stoiur
dov. (Uli. between s and 7 a. in.
hrnvUyn H'ohh, ret-. 4, Is.*!. K. MERIAM.
'IVrturUetiou.
Scirtor ON (lovrRtou's Isi. tsn.?Coroner Hill*
held an inquest yesterday at Kort Columbus 'tpon the body of
John Vouns, a ?..Liier, ? ho eu'omitted ??lieltta on Sa'ur Jay laat
bv hongn s himself. The Jury rendered a ?er IK-1 of" i'ra'h by
.e The ihreased wu a BBtfVS of Ocnneuv, two-ity-tiye
year* of as*.
Scalped to Heath.?Coroner Connery held an ia
?ne*t te?teola? st No 13* Mi lt atr**t upon fh* body of Haroh
BrnWaahingMi ail I tvro years of ago, who d eil front tha
effect el acaJda received on Saturday last by the ainettiug of a
cup of he tea upon her. The Jury rendered s verdict of" Acci?
dental death.'"
STttiRivc, AfttiaT nrrwim Relative*.? On Sun
ASy evening. William and John Miller, brother*, entered ths
dwelling of their coti?in. Willi.ini Miller, a baker, living at Nix
119 Sitth avenue, srd in con**Q,oenre of some previous family
n 1st i ileratanding be'ween them, commenced abusing him Iu
th* most abamef-il manlier. Tbey finally fall upoa him and
?truck bun several powerful blows. Miller, to escape, ran into
tL* street and railed tor help, but was followed by his assail?
ants, on* of whom, his namesake, Win. Miller, drew a pusknt
kdfe and ttal.bed him in the neck and aide, infliciiu* serious
wmu.d*. Ihe assailants theu tl.nl, and for a time escaped; but
m tl.e evening OflUera Fisher and Roach, of tha Sixteenth
Ward, captured Was. Miller at bis residence. No. S Cernuue
attest, and bl* brother at Simpson's ,?>rter-hoS*e, corner of
Twenty-fifth atrest and Sixth at (hue, whore he was concealed
between two kesla. Th* prisoner* were taken before Justice
Klaiulreau. where Wm. M.iler t onfeasod atol.hiug bis cousin,
BSki regreftod that h* sur.-nede-i so poorly They wer? bo h
lin ked up. These Mi.lers ar? Irishtunn, ai d wheu ths "Angd
tisbriel" wu bidding forth in this ci'y they were hin constant
attendants; and Job:. Mdler tollowsd htm tu VV'aterbary, Conn.,
where, in s street tight, he cams near lo<m,t hi* life.
Chams or Gr.Aso Laaoast?Bornas * Frik*o.
?A ynun* man named Aim. Cameron, alias Parker, was *?*
tetd?y arrested by offirer Luna of the Seventeenth Ward,
charred with stealing a sold watih, souie uemey and varion? or
i . Is* i f i Ii.thins, from the honse ef Mr KnWt 8 faolknsr,
Rat, S4STaffjfJl sireet. It aia?ars that Cmn-ron rtM sntly or
rtiad Ba IBa rHj frnaa Wbts ffssTai. sa rosfs for California, and
|Dt up with Mr. Faulkner, sn oid liioud and ?rtioolmat* | and
?hile there tiii-reeded in carrying oil'the ahnyn-uamsd Utk lot,
meat of which belonged ro other psr*on* living in tbe hont*. Ms
win tusrected of be n* tbe tb.ef, Mid traced to Us* City Hotel,
where he had ei r??td ? rBBBB, a- d t!.-re ?II ths ?tideu property
except the watch we* loiind. Tbe watch he sold to a Air. ii K.
King, and Mr. K sta'es that it was again stolen from hiui. Tue
prisoner wu* taken before Jutfic* lireunan, to whom b* BSsV
tested his guilt. He wo* theu locked up f t trial.
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BROOKL YN ITEMS.
A fin- broke out in the house of Tho*. M'-Carty, in
Myrtle avenue near Caiaoa street, aa Sunday night,
caused by placing a lighted candle iu a closet. Dam
ape trilling.
On Sunday night about 9J o'clock, a fire was dis?
covered in tbe varnish factory af K;-*nian 6c Kelly,
in North Ninth street near Fourth, Eastern District.
Tie fire was aeon extinguished by persons in the vicin
itv. Loss aUiut $100. Some of the fire companies
w ere out nearly an hour without being able to discover
the locality mi the fire.
On Saturday evi n.ng thi |7*reSBja6s ot Mr. IsBg, Utk
901 Ewen street, were damaged to the extent af als>ut
IM by fire.
A BansaBooai is Taoo sin,?Tsstsrrlay sflsraaaa
a your* man named Francis "lebold.r-d-tiag in Mercer street.
.S. w fork, was arreited by C?.*tabie Uer.Lln of the Four-eenth
Ward, or. a warrant loaned ty Justice Palmer, on a charge of
bastardy. Tha comploh.ant, Mary Schimidcr. rsstSBS with bar
parents corner cf Stosg ?cd Kwen atre- Ba, rates that aft>;r be?
ing aeiaced by DsboTd BS removed hsr to the < ouatry to pre
? k. ,? i. n, her parents, and while she was
? -jed w sa married. He ws* held for etom naUoo.
Hisefit.?Tlie receipt for the exkibitio.. of tbe Ten
M?s Mi-ttt. at the Odeon last evening, were appropriated for
thr benelit if the North rifth atre-t M K. Cnurch.
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COIRT Of GENERAL stESsMON?-FE* 4-B*fora Jadgta
Csraoa
CHtKOE TO THI OPAUD JCRT?THE fROHIBlTORT
LIxCOU LAW COBSTITCTIOSAL.
The February term of the Court of O n*ral Session*
e n ine-Bced its sitting this morning ai th? usual hour,
end th* following-named persons were ?worn in aa
(iraud J; rors for th* term:
Hen. Jame? Harper. Foraosan.
Loaia J. Eelicti, fe.bbcsas L. KsUy,
Tbcmaa Brown, H -arv A 5-oiaaa,
w m. CrotsweU. Jno L. Olcutt
Mose* W. Dean, Abraham OvattBUBS,
t harlea Fowlsr. Oeo. W. Ftott
Jen. R Forsh. Alexander Ronsia,
Stephen i). Fr?ser, i>??id Tappen.
Wm. MrGawtry. ISaxthia* VVillisms jr..
Hovel: Hoppock Parnck Crowe.
Jams* ft. Jaenbs
A Petit Jury was then tmpan*l*d, after which
Jadge Capros debvesred the followiag important
ehaS0 to the member* of tbe Grand Jury :
TBX CHARGE.
GiSTi iarf The opening of amjther term of this
Court bring* me again into communication with the
Grand inquest of the City sad County of Nsw-York.
Yotx v*l>tt*y- *? Qt?a4 Jurors, it, is perhaps ssrV
Ml to Im? Mid, i* highlr oompiimerotary to job persoav
nl.'y, ?od the dilti?-? devolving upon yoa in the pssr
(o-Tvnncr of trust bring* r*?pon*?hiiUirs comparators!*
grave and delicate.
Tour i mVial < alh i? a good syiYopaia of those dutiaav
and indicate* very clearly the uatore of Ute rvwfffaBBV
bilitiee which Sow from if.em.
\\ lb BO ? at i t.on to make a fereonal application at*
curreioaika.it may be ml'-icieting, at U-aet, ia eoaa>
C I nefly upon the requirement* of thai oaekw
Ti e re**,* may f rve to iinprca* all our mind* more)
fully with tie-importance which the law attaches !?
dice and out i? a, and to enable yon to act more
aaefaJb a* (Jrand Juror?.
lou bare sworn that yoa will diligently inquire aaal
t:ue presentment* make of all sock matters and th new
a* sf n I ba ghn n you in charge. This undertaking
d< n and* that you shall be eatiencd btoond all raatrrao
bit doubt that the p<r*on accused ts guilty of 1mm
. ti BOB imputed, boefra yon create by your actioa tbo)
uactsatfj at a public tn?l You shoals' be **ll*dsd that that
"i'teao ?re rredlbl*. make m.t allowance* for Boaetble aaal
. vt* impar* design., clsawly sera on Is* th*as. taatfaaOy
I endecre. and anak* th* question of guUt *o *l*ar taaft
}ou weald b? compelled, or ? trao*v?res -f *Br f-tltatt tat
least, la find ? verdict of guilty Im li.. aeBt, If au robalUa* ac
eiitttiiotT araasaea ?er* <>????.i by th* ac?*?*d. WhatUaW
of th* fan.'ia ' dxl t+mtty luquir* and f tie nraaMBV
" meuu u:*i? of all such maitsra and things t* BaaV b* giraa Ba
lar**!'
'?? Tb* counsel of your follow* and roar own yo* ahall kasMS
?e. ret." Yoa sr? a*r?claily ?njnfaed ay a teaBaiaaf BBB) s5o
t:. in disclosing the tart that an Indictta/tnt la Sswad ?*? n.t a*-f
I. im ii l. r ? tel. ny uatd the defendant shall ha** fcaan iinilsl
iharsxm; and 1 ihiuk a candid tat*rpr*tat)ou af th* lajsnsaeeaaj
lieu anus thst son shall make no eisclasur** of anj anattaaa
analster ?hieb may be saba.itted for your consideration.
I.. .: s . ? lesei i ? fron serry, hatred or malic*." Cam
at * , akas m v u sotar* be required in eiacldarloa of this Injaae
t. "nil si its awa i ? S aaal niprrasiv* I ana aar* f a* arawtsaht
sesnh ih* rot s, 'once* of witnewe*. let our inowl*dg* at BBS)
t-? Ueeof i .-or I aman natura, and of tue freqaeit errors at BBB)
ksMaet human intellect, teach a* to b* waVhftil ov*r eve sea
? while we sit in lodgment upon tbo** whose ouadaeB
n-v he aur-nitted to oar investigation. Let Dot passion BBBT
I rejvdic*. nor hatred, nor revenge, find alodganeat In oar ? '?-*T
" ftcirbrr ahull you lese* ai y one atpfaaentad, froai feer
later, altectiou, reward, or the bur* of reward." **
True courage is aevr aaL.boml ui the rask and atabbara e?
Bti ue ol j. ?er I'rudeuer, reflection, u trgruy, and a oomo
> l?: rss ol n*Lt. ax* eaasi.tial el*m*nta of this rare and aaaV
i.ent tirtaa. Thea* dualities. a*stleuisn, will lead yoa to mum
uo distu.eooi s ia in* escrrise of y.mr ilnties between taa rtafe
snd the |oor, tli* lotiy and th* hauible, taa titled and th* psa
?ste eltiaeo.
taa u ti. ol trueeoarat* is Decesaarilr an hoasat nil Bar
BS sf eery sin k s mau will stand firm. V*/**a
i?.n.fi w.ul.l beaaile hini be will remain lufleaibl* aaaBBBB
lbs ? .uit'oiei ia f aSeriiou. and will east th* wlthariua frewa
i SBfJ ai repn baih.n upon th* aurdld ? retch who saail dans Ba
I-rorl*ny>r aee.-t-t the bribe of fold.
" But yoa .hall rreaei t all thira* truly as thay OOBse I* yaw
ai awli Ifa Baeaaaaaa as tb* best of your nnderetandioa."
'Ihst ia all the law requires at yoar bands; but, teuihtmaa,Bl
rasjaistaeBl akaft l?n must not only paaaaai truly baa year
u:t.st so present all tJimai as tb?? roain to juiir kaowfao*-*. t\
faithful retard to the damaud* of thw oath will not kola y**B
audlless, if you reiect a complaint preferred by respaatabt?
wltnasara, ueraly kei suse tb* law winch I* siolat**! la Oka*
fatorrd by *te pnflk. or be aus* It* validity Is qa*aii.,ned, ssr
il* sx|>edi*nr' deubu?<L With th* qu*aU*oa of .IUUtsw,
tali.'ity, or ripevUncT. you base uo concern. " Why hast boat
ionnea nie thi.a "' tor th* law ia the euianatioa of a
cetnity.
If ahu
B* esseu'ialiy abt.se It* creator as tha Creator is abora BBS
ra'iuLal creatures.
' Mo NKLr rou lien." Sn. hi* the *ppe?|wbioh, on aasmtaaaa
rltie, the ilraiid Juror make* In aasarsttiou of tha parity Of BBS
n ? ivsa ami the Integrity ot his actions.
llent'.euiru of the Orand Jury, with this brief aa.l laap*rf*aC
j arnihra-* ou Iba ororial oafb, uudar tha saucliou of wbiefel
y. ' r datiaa are astmned. yon may ba able to form a tc4srab*B
[.lea ot 'be impetuses ot thr Uraad li.quasi, as an Intaaral pasO
it the City Clr? tiovernmeLt,
It is tba shield of defense which tha fundamental law of taw
Stat* bss interposed, for th* protevliou of theeitisan asaiiist taa)
BsaUaa of priraie pras*cu'ors, and th* siolenr* of popttlae a*al*>
eka and exci'emant. Ton will, therefor*, mak* all yoar oaV
cisl aattaaa laksenlai t la thai c.i.linaJ object.
V. ur tcrritoraial Jurisdiction, (enltemeu, *xt*'.ds, of soaraav
ever tho ( sty aad County of New York. Including tb* waters or
i\,r RaaaaSJ and rlast litters, to th* sLoros oppuslt* th* city aast
coal ty, to the p. int of low water and tba Imlauds lying thsrela?
W BBB sr. ofiense shall hat* been cooimltted ou th i bunntary at
tl ,a si.a any adjai ent connty In Ibis State, or wlthlu fly* haoaV
rad ysnls of such boundary. aithoush in an adjoining coanty.
the eilender may be imlicted and triad In this county. Whsa
ans oHenen shall Base bo*n committed ou board cf aay ease at
while tatleaiing any ef tha ilrsra or water* eoatisuou* to taa
City and t:ounty of New York, th* nffander may 0* In.llctswl
aid tried in the county, although th* oSSuse asay has* heass
(etpetratrtl whd* the seaacl was In a foraiga country, If taa*
tesssl paMj*d thrragh this county on the saiae soyag* ot trip, ear
t<m. i.ated in this county.
Th* Ibief and the ret eurer of Steden or embeastad propartaT
n ay b* in.lifted ai tiled In this count j, although the prepare*
i>.* \ hav* beenstoleu or embesaled in auy other ooanty of ihm
State, il tha tbiet has*, or if h* ahall bar* had the atofaa m*M*
ertj, or the rei e tc r. stri or l.ava It In this county.
If by any nnlawlul mean* employed iu auy uthar county he
tili? Slate a human being shall b* wounded who shall die thereof
In I In* county, Ike offener may bei 1 .dieted aad tnod In lasB
rglsry at robbery be committad In toy other coauly aaat
the propern atolnu be brought Into this county, th* orTioida*
ii ay he bBaWtaa and tried iu this county for the burglary at
robiery.
If a nBlaaaaa shall he continued on, or near the boandary at*
' BBtleeol New y ..rk. YVeat. iitister and QosteBa, tb* oBsuw.
der BBS) If indiciad and trietl in this i .unity, if tha litiasu* ahaB)
be injurionaly often'lod thereby, although tb* nuiaauca may baa
situated in either of Uie other counties named.
The accessory to any telouy may b* ludictad and tried in taw*
eou&ty, il his oflensii 1 e commliad iherein, not withstanding BBO
I riw leal oBeiiae may 1? perpetiaWid In any othat aaaBBaVj
ltd i in.. ill* for minder may b* found at any tlm* after Ok*
death of ib* teraoti killed. Iu all ol her cases ludlctataata maaB
be luiii.d aaa Mfl wiihiti thie* years altar th* . oministion ca*
iL* aaeasei but the IbbsS dum g which, attar tha act, th* p*r>
(etrator ahall i ot hare been usually resident In this State snail
n. i . oi atllut* any part ot the limitation of three year*.
Tha subji rt matter of your jurisdiction euibrss-es all tha loBBJ
ca'alosi.e ol crln ea recognnted by the laws of this State The
? 'ttuiptlo ei uuu r*.:* them kerr, and tu detti.? tliein, would
mtor more of oatmiation thai, of a desire to Impart useful praav
tlcal knowledge, and I will, therefore, briefly aay that th* lMa>
trict AHotLe t Is your legitimate legal adriser, and that h* wUL
at all tin."a. cheerfully git* to you any required adslc* aaaa
counsel He has laid on your Uble a printed manual, preparast
by I In.sell, whi.h OOBtaLsf a brief but lucid st*t*m*ul paBaf
at i ol rate boa..a, el all the points of evidence to which yosa
IBsalS Street yoa* inquiriealn the *t?iniuiu*tion of wita*******
i the rarioea charaaa at* ariaae, whkh may he brought I yoaa
notice, fira will Bial this BMfiaal IB h? au niealnable aid, aaat
ita use will iiialerislly ahndga and facilitate your laBaBB
It i? n.y duty, bowerer. (lentlemen, to direct your att*a/aaat
part ilarlr leaeretalssaaasea. This duty i* enjomed becausa.
iu th* opinuii of the I.eglalslura. Ilia wi.lfars of tha people will
lie nmaterially mum oied by the prompt trauishmant of oaT*udaa*j
sgains' ihesa stat .lea. \ i u will therefore pardoB m* for Berts
IBBB insinuating tLat if tbo law r?yor*t that tha Judge shall asv
pcclaUy inatiuct you in refrrcnoe to the snb.ect* aiubraoed fan
'r.o?* l?w?, it also demaj.da ol you obedience to that iusuue?
t.on. YMii refore tho inatrnctiou, If tha instructed may diswe?
sard It.
One rf these Is the s'atat* ent.tied "Of th* Interest at
n.oi.ey." He this law do greater interest, discount or eoasaS
eratio'n sn I. a lean tt n.oi.ey can ba received than at th* rat* af
?et en dollars for the ios ol ou* hundred dallsrs for on* year OSS
the aum loan. d. If more is received, tha parson receiving It ka
gudiy ol s r.iisdeuieenor, and liable to he puulshed by a flu* atst
eti eecfh.K oi e ti on?and dolisrs, or imprvsonmaut not n inandlaQ
sn l ouths ..r Ixith.
Another of thus* statutes is th* law declaring and proalbltiag
eitert:, r.
NoaahUs Oslesr STyasaea raadnmsnd or receive any other
larger fee or reward than that whn h ia hied by law for the
performance of tho particular **i lie* for wblab the fee er ie>
ward UdenauRsd. Whoever ahall siolat* this provisioa tat
gu If v of a misdemeanor, snd ia liable to treble th* damagasj
susta ned hv the parts aggrieved thereby.
I meat al?o mention the election law*. Tho safeguards that
are thrown sround th* integrity of th* ballot hot by tufas
efaiaeBtly In tv.rtsrit statuta axe numerous. All violatioua a?
ti.ose sateguards ax* declared to t* althor felonies or oil id a
BBtaaaa*, a eorear*] t<> dkeif character, and th* pin.nhm**e?
in.|oaeoar. .. rr. ?i ? n.i.ngly severe. What is fanUiaxI y oallsst
'' aw eanng in a vote," if false, ia declared to be perjury. FaB>
curing a vi te, to he falsely sworn iu. is tha sam* crime. Par
ggssaBBfl vote* is daciaxed to u* bribery. Kurmshing sBOBrUiaV
ii ? i i or paying for It hy a candidata^lor of/ke or i/baerorsasa,
11. ,.nos M ttaBSBBfl an election, or"furnishing mousy to p?w?
saofe ihn election of such candidate*, it a criino. Cbaaflaf a*
altering soles fraedalently, or fumiahuia voles containing avrare
then the proier nuBilerof names; willfully dlsobaylug th* l*W
I'.. i ..u.U.snd* ol the board* of Inspectors; obstructing or iaiae
de.lng siei "or? oa the way to the pol.'a; voting or otTaring a *?*?
ii ale! titu distrlet where th* *leetOf doe* not reside, voting ee
CsTerlog le toie more than one* at electwu, prucorlua illaajat
v o r? . proenring. aiding or counsel in* another to coma into aany
t. wii, wsrd or district for th* purpo? of giving a vot*. know
in* iho tersvD not to be qunlified. are all ads which, by tho
election law, are declared to bo miedemesnors and iniUctebta.
Another ot the** laws is th* statuta prohibiting the sill III Mm
rneut of lotterte*.
At ibis day do lottery, or game, device or ehanoo, la fhss
nature of a lottery, la authorised by tha law* of this State, aaar
cau lottery stakt M lie sold. Evtry violatlen of this Statut* U
de. .sr?d U> !*? a aiiedemeanor and ludictabl*.
ths rsoHisiroar Mtittoa Law.
I am alsodlneted to call th* spec.si attention of the (Ireast
Jory to ' An Art for th* flurars?saon of Int**ay?raae?, faafaai
i.e.. snd f rime," p**wd April ?, 1*A?
Thai H'atnte, gentleiiien. bss probably esclted more fliaiaal
.? i eli. "ed vtariiifT rtlacussious than anr ?
?tatote psated iu tnls State a .nee tha foundation of the CKrva,
"idstfngtiisbed couDeelors ha?* written opinioaa again*
? i ? ta'anraalit*. kWdei inent Maas have pronotiaee-l i '
? ji-iens Ircra the bench. <>n th* other hand, couAieis*asi
eqoally abl* and other |udgns base argued that tb* law is aoav
SOIntlooal fa all its ytuxMvunt, and that Ii embrace* no uarsr
irBc.lls* None of Ih.a provisions of th* law, bow*ear. wMeBj
it is' Important for us to conaider, at this ttaoa. has* heea ds>
dared uucor.?t|ti t.or.*l a' ax.y general teras of the 14*Ml
Cooit?by the oj.aiiiurf/us decision of th* J':dr**. n*e accardaaai
to my undenstandiug, bar* they been so held by tha maj. iity ggf
any fanch. _
Thb I'kOHiaiToar I.sw.OrsTLrnBM is a ceanrirtmouaaY
Law. I entertain no mor* doubt of it* cou?tituti*ualivy thaa f
co I f th* f?c 'hat I am now pronouncing this oyAalea. la yooat
leering. Toe aboald prom Buy act aptm all eosnataast* vrBBBB
n sy \* brcisbi to your notice through th* proper ckaanal Bar
vi?/fattow 11 this statute. The papers relating to *aoh eosB*
plsmu will b* fosaad on fl.'e Hi the ofoc* of the Clark ef thaa
Cerurr. ana it will be your duty to sand for thoaa. Tboy wfllihv
form von of the name* of the accaaed, aad of the wttae??. awO
job should require thst the latter ba tabpariaed aad broaght Be?
fort j'.u to t<stlfy In *upport of the coaplolct Tu
cue only such as are sent up to this Court bv ec**r*dtBi?S asags*
tr?te? and tha City Court or Spaclsl rtsssSoarsr lh* rsasea aaj>
t!ei tU anvrjd.tory act of April tJ. ISM, relating to th* CesjsSB
Of J.jsth e in this city To* ba*? aothlag to do omm*
atitoilonaliiy c^qoaatiorA It I* yoar duty *? ragard tba law a*
BVfca as the iaquiry is Important for rt if JJ?^?
mXZ&mrn^^
ToJ.omt?trot'-Aoo, and store*, arid pablia place*of MB
ITZt wbr*eil r?* sway or keep for sale or ta ba giraa awsgyw
ufthe^plaV^ WlTllsasi liquor, teha-ad aa.
bet rtge In lax** err small auan'.ltle*. era* if they hav* "
5Z75SLIsl section. *ta ahw vtoUtora of tha rtafato | ?
e.ceiSsoB* relate ot.ly te th* right of **U.for ?*t*^f^'JmL\
t ,?, pacnlsaxlv within th* aaowUdge tttheaccvUsad. thay as***
he ?aislliehed by the drfeuaw. ... ^_ .vi.aU>
W.ib ti.. brief syuor*ts oftb* l*w, yea will W aM*tofb
BtevJifsatiy. aad I wast jotrecui et gay sate) ateah ssaj i