The New York herald., 1845-10-23
Nrooklyu Ihtslliaea6e,

FEkRY ANNotAkors The Cnion Ferry Company {
Brooklyn, glutted with succsss, has, through Its agent
and employ been guilty of many petty annoy
to those who commute, by perpetuay requirhg the Ir
ducton Of tickets. II is tax sufficiently grIevous
burths to all who have daily to the Ferry {
be compelled to pay the exoIbant charge Of ten dolla
foi annual commutaton, without having TO endure Il
additional NOR i6cation OF being constantly nsuted
The pampersd servants Of this too literally pstroniz
and graspng incorporation. There are oil course
honorable exceptions TO this otherwise sweeping acc
sation but they are few and lar between" Not late
than last vening at Of the ferries noticed Il
compulsory detention OF one OF the Messrs. Coster,
New York, who (when in company with three or fo'
equally wealthy and respectable gentlemen) was su
ected TO many gross and inexcusable impertinencie
arising from a slight misunderstanding with some o.
connected with the boat about making change Til
Ferrymasters in the employ Of this compan
nave themselves. no doubt, to submit to many ven
tons during the performance OF their arduous and lab
sus duties, and il is not much to hem as to the sy
tem tolerated by their lordly masters that the grie
complained ofars Of such general occurrence
KiNo's COUNTY GENERAL SESSIONS AND COMMON PLEA
discharged ON Friday last but the Judges still c0ntn
session for the disposal Of appeal cases, constif
chiefly Of disputed decisions in bastardy Of which the
cases pending before Judge Vanderbilt, one Of viii
will embrace many exceedingly interesting facts IN
Iation to matter Of difference between Mr. John Be
son. the well-known brass founder OF Brooklyn, and
w. J. Benson, (his cousin) OF the firm OF Benson
Lynch. coppersmiths, In this controversy, the ms
eminent lawyers OF Brooklyn are engaged pro and &C
The courts are adjourned until Saturday next.
ALLEGED SEVERE JUpoMENT.-It will be rocollect
that among the offenders sentenced to varo
terms of imprisonment by Judge Vanderbilt on saturd
last, were cera in individuals who had been convicted
creating disturbance at negro Camp Meeting ne
Bushwick The immediate friends and comrades OF the
persons have been loud in their anathsmas at decis
hich they deem to be unnecessarily and cruelty seve
II may not be known, however, TO the few who prete
10 ink in with greedy tears" the complaints aud We
ngs OF those who pretend to sympa'hise with the fate
their friends that the latter had long be
residents Of Wallabout, portion OF Kings county
rious for the awlessness and desperate recklessnes
ANU nj ita hal mis- Va gnhduo
spirit cf nsubo dnation manifested by that comnnnit
II became necessary to punshwithfrmnessd deternnatl
and uny ielding rigcr those amongst them who might
detected in ths commission Of acts OF outrage Wroi
AID violence. Judge Vanderbilt and his learned ms
ciae1 pursued this course and instead Of meeting "
the puny condemnation they receive they are EMIT
20 the hearty thanks of every lover OF good order,
OF all who desire to witness salutary enforcement
the laws. II is, such occasions, only the "gal
jades" that vince.
DOMESTIC DFFIcuLrEs-It Is a melancholy fact
the police history of Brooklyn, that great majority
the complaints presented for the action aud adudicas
of the magistrates. arise from difficulties and dspa
eBgendeed by that worst of all demons, intemperai
Last evening we informed of two OF this
scripton, which had recently occurred in respects
families in the sixth ward in the ne,ghborhood Of
south Ferry, Wherein husbands and wives at ss
to the extent almost of ''daggeR drawn Happ
however through the nterposition of friends aided
the kind Offices of one Of the municipal judges un
cially rendered, the unfortunate breaches were, it
he hoped, permanently healed.
Base BALL PLAY.-We were misinformsd in relation
the result OF the Base Ball Match reported yesterday
appears that the New York beat their Brooklyn
ponen.s with great but the latter earnestly prom
to return the compliment with compound interest.
repetition Of the play which Is 10 be made tsmorrou
Brooklyn, on the ground belonging to the Union
Cricket Club. IS
ANOTHER NEw CHuRcH-Yestei day morning. W.
men commenced laying the foundation OF anot
church, which is to point its spire" in the good CITY
Brooklyn. II is to be situated in Schermsrn st
between Court aud Borum streets and, are
formed, is inten led for German Lutheran congrA&
tion.
FRANKLIN LITERARY SocIETY.--The young gentle h
connected with this praiseworthy association met
Tuesday evening to discuss the following question
" Was the conduct of Oliver Cromwell deserving
more censure than praise !" Ofthe result Of the del
we know nothing.
RELioious. The Presbyterian Synod we're in sss
yesterday morning at the Rev. MIR Jacobus Chu
which was but thinly attended, spectators being
sent in the galleries. The Rev. DIR. Krebbs
speech apparently in opposition to project which
osen broached for establishing religion. wspapc
New York. instead OF using the Pres6yterisn, AZ RI
ielphia
PolIoE OrFIcE.-Catharine Purcell corner of Pym,
aud L,ttle streets. complained Of her husband Matt
Purcell for habtual drunkenness, neglectDg 10 sup
uis family, and committing at several different Il
assaults and batteries upon her. complaint was
made anst n Young man for ba,tardy