The New York herald., 1845-08-29


with the matter all The question involved was one
Of law which the Board had nothing 70 90 VIM
as If the thing done Illegally the BOARD ot
10 take the responsibility upon themselves as ~ 'hey
voted Of the city Treasury any money iiiegay ne
considered the members voting could De heia peisonS
Mr R,cH considered the report Of the Committee ought
be acted upon and the survey made IN order asoei
tain the real estimate OF expenditure go.
port and accompanying resolution. Ihere were two
modes of doing wrong in the present case, either
" the law called malleasance, misfeasance NAL
feasance was wiul deiiction OF duty but mlsiea-
sance amounted to erroneous discharge OF outy'
which was done hout any wilful ntenson as to er-
ror which, it appeared the case in the present IN
stance. He no objection to the adoption Oh inc re-
Mr. DsuaY considered the report ought not be adopted
as the law was not carried out . :.
Dr. SwEENY felt it would be an undignihed ana Unfair
course throw any obstacle in the way OF pay Oh
this appropriation, upon mere techhcahy
which ought not be entertained The only question that
ought be Considered had the commissioners acted
according the letter and spirit of the law and they
fling omission, would be unjust to deprive the school
OF the advantage OF this appropriation
adopt the report. The work done for $780, and If
they did not grant that the commissioners and IN,
acted illegally % they 'i had acted Certainly not wuy
and he hoped they would therefore pass the resolution
accompanying this report
Mr.. SKIpMoRE moved call OF the house, as he per.
ceved there was no quorum present. ,
Mr. RIcH moved to have the names OF the gentlemen
who had lett the room inserted on the minutes Lost
Mr. WiNsLow hereupon moved that the Board auJourn,
to meet this (Friday) evening.
Mr.. DEURy wished to know wh they should meet
again tomorrow evening?
MIR NcoLL expained-it for the purpose Of akiug
action in the Of Mr. Engs, who had been expelled
by the Boad and whose to be brought before the
law tribunals Tuesday next If they did not meet
before Tuesday next, the could not be brought up
before December.
The object was to move for a mardamus in the case
The PRESIDENT hereupon directed special call OF the
Members TO meet this evening at five O'Clock
Brooklyn City Intelligence.
Tnn mann nf
body will convene in regular session Monday evening
next after one months cessation from business during
agreeably engaged than in the often unpleasant duties
which they called to perform in their official capa
city. One Of the first and most prominent measures
which will occupy their attention, will be the po-
lice project suggested by the Mayor in recent message
to the proposed purchase Of the Heights for public
purposes and another equally important will have for
s the entire M n q, n rns
improbable also that effort will be made to effect
new organization OF tho Fire Department so as to re-
move from il many present features Of decidedly OBJ
tionabe character.
An UNNATURAL MoTHER.-A young woman named
Catherine Clokey who has evidently been very beau
tifu but who presents miserable and besotted ap-
pearance, brought before Justice Garrison, yester
day morning, charged with having deserted her infant
child under circumstances of peculiarly brutal and
essing character The poor child undoubtedly IN
the last stages of disease by neglect and want
of nourishment and it may truly and literally be de-
scTibed living skeleton In this situation, she who
ought to have watched over and protected it, left it
several hours; without attendance, in dirty and
wholesome apartment, for other purpose than to
vel in drunkenness and debauchery We learn that she
has for several weeks been separated from her husband
in consequence of difficulties incident to ntemperance
She was committed as vagrant and her lll-iated on
spring to the care OF the Superntendents OF the Poor
A VRAGo.-Susan McGee was tried for assault and
battery upon Henry Maxwell, aud wife, who is her sis
went to her sisters to reprmand her for something
she had said about her. and acted very uproaously-
breaking windows, &c. aud upon their attempting to
put her out, she gave the whole party tremendous
beating As the prisoner seemed glory in her achieve
ment, She was sent to the Jail for thirty days
More BuneLARIEs.-Y csterday morning. three four
c,mplants entered the Police Office that houses
in Brooklyn had been burgiariously entered on Mon
day night and various descriptions of properly stolen
At one placethe residence OF Mr. Halsey- lady, oc.
cupyng upper apartment observed from the anning
scounde at his nefsrous work, and alarmed the fami
that the acttyand vigilance of the "Star Police" Of New
York have ven many culprits to Brooklyn, but We
fear that instead OF this the latter city has long been the
residence and hiding place Of many of the daring
and desperate scoundres that any community be in
tested with in Brooklyn that the notorious Bill
IIoppy found, for time shelter after his isonous
cape from PRISON. and may therefore, reasonably be
supposed that OF his pals and socates canuot be
RonnrRY-The house of Matthew Horn, in Myrtle
avenue near Adelph street was entered da' or Two
since. and coat taken, containing memorandum book
with sum Of money.
CouNrsaFr,rsHs-Some Of the the New York Police,
having lately arrested two persons Tor passing
counterfeit bills OF the Tonpkns Bank OF Ithaca. &C., II
may perhaps, be servceabe to them and to the
nifty at large 10 inform them that there are two men now
in prison in Brooklyn who supposed TO he Intimate
ly connected with an extensive ana dangerous gang Of
iorgers The magistrates AMI officers of tnis city wills
doubt not afford every facility to their brethren in New
York TO ascertain facts that may lead TO the deiec
ton of more of these offenders agant tie
laws.
DANCE HousEs.-ln the Fifth and Seventh wards Of
Brooklyn there are several places where under the
preteAt of railing worthless article for the benefit
Of distressed widow aud her atheress chdren great
numbers OF rioous and disordery young men, and not
very well behaved young women meet AT all hours OF
the night and disturb peaceable and respe table
idens OF those nelghbohoods by their unhallo~ed or
ges The Mayor ought to detail officers, without delay
Tor the suppression OF these grievous nuisances.
AGAiv ARnEsrEp.-James Paterson whose alleged
misdeeds duly set forth in this paperand whose
conduct to his family represented to be Of most
fragrant and objectionable characerhas been again Ar
ragned before the Police Magistrates and ordered to
find bail in the sum of $3.50 for the support Of his wife,
with whom he absolutely refuses TO live 1t said that
there are many extenuating circumstances in his case
and that he has been led into his present difficulties not
so much by any disposition his part to do wrong as
by an unfortunate paray on the part oil his accuser
for discord and disJ rbance.
JUVENILE OFFENDER boy of very plausible man
and appearance about fourteen years
of age alsey representing himself to be clerk N Nr
Wilds dry goods store in Fulton streeD has succeeded
robbing two or three houses of rihng articles when
pretending to seek for board. lie geneey dressed
in blacs-had on his cap and his and gave
LIBEI.-A warrant issued for Maximilian Cohen,
for beous publications by advertisement in the Daily
.4drerfiser against Elias J. Magnus.
A.AuLT.-Philip NJ Rockfellow, hand on board one
ofthe steam propeors, fined IS for assault bat
terry upon Patrick McCarey on board said vessel lying
NAyAL.-The store ship Lexington, wi ich will sail |
next Monday is to take out 500 troops from Fort Ham
ton and Governors Island
SPLENDID METEoR.-Yesterday evening (Monday
18th lnst) about half past o'clock, mcteoric
frcbal ofvery uncommon spendor observed by
many of citizens. The sky still light that
few stars visible when the meteor appeared high
mp in the Southeastern quarter 1t rapidly increased in
brilliancy, and as sailed slowly down towards the
East threw off host of sparks and flakes OF various
hues, among which the most prominent steeblue
and golden green II was now apparently many times
larger then Venus when brightest and being enveloped
in blaze of tinted cntations it presented spectacle
Of surprising magnidcence and beauty 1t disappeared
in kind OF explosive flash of red light low down to-
wards the Eastern horizon too remote probably to per-
nit us to hear the report The following notes relative to
the meteor will be useful when combined with similar