The New York herald., 1845-01-29

report of Mondays proceedings before the Board were
The BbL agais-Re nIavor of directing the
Comptroller make any pay ment for the use or ben
eft Of Of the Common Schools from winch the Bible
Mr. Henry of opinion that they ought to see what
they about in concurrng with the Board ana 70
ascertain whether not they were acting according 10
Mr. w.Rp-we have the opinion Of the counsel OF the
Board on the subject.
Mr. HERsy-That may be but without meaning any
thing dsrespectfu should like to have better authority
Mr. TArrAs considered the matter ought be referred
Mr. SroFFoRD conceived hntthere was very grievous
in stating that the Scriptures were ne
Common Schools. The Superintendent was in error ON
this subject.
referred to the Committee on Laws as well as Counse Oh
the Board Lost-yeas D; noes IT, ),
Mr. HENRY called the attention of the Chair to the fac
would be Illegal according the i3h section of the Act
to pass tsnch section prohibits the passage OF any reso
luton or ordinance on the same day on whch Ii re-
ceived.
Mr. HoRx Il move to suspend the rules.
Mr.. HESRY-i wish the gentleman may suspend NM
self. Naughter) The resolution emanated IN oigory,
object Of the 18th section was to prohibit party
legislation he hoped the minority would be treated with
Mr. DIVER considered they had no right TO hastily pass
such resolution
President Provided two thirds the Board concur the
The question its final passage carriedayes TO-
St. PETERS Church Clock Report in favor OF placing
the clock of ST. Peters Church in the care of the regula
Mr. HErRv wished to inform the Board that this clock
did not belong to Catholic Church.
The question was then taken and concurred in-ayes
In favor of paying s. Hawkhurst $5O in consideration
Cured in.
In favor Of paying Albert Barmore ss7 So paid by him
mant sale IN December last, receipts for which
handed in-concurred in.
Honor the Mayor to offer reward Of 500 for the appre
hsnon Of persons that set fire to the barn OF
Hamilton Wilkes in l04th street-concurred in.
.appointmsnt.-W Sutton, City Weigher
films House.-Communicstion from the Commissioner
OF the Aims IN answer to the resolution OF the Board
with accompanying report in relation to purchase and
sale of articles for the use of the Aims House The
muncaton stated that the purchases were made in the
best manner for the public interest and challenged COM
parison with formerincnmbents in Office 1t also charged
the late city with having left large guam
ty Of bad -four hand, after they had vacated which
Lu the present city government considerable expense
The communication stated they had nothing to conceal
from the public eye and challenged comparison with for
administrations the question OF economy and dis
trbution Of the public moneys.
Mr. HENRY moved that the report be laid the table,
to enable Mr. Charck, who absent to inspect the
items at the next meeting, as Mr. Cwas absent this eve-
The report was then concurred in.
PoceThe appointments referred to in our report of
the proceedings before the Board, were ccneurred in
Resolution in favor OF appointing Clerk for the Super
ntendent Of Police at salary of $780, to act under the
superintendent Adopted Ayes 9, noes s.
Report in favor OF granting lease to Elias Thomas,
proprietor of the Baths at Castle Garden. Adopted
The Board adjourned over to Monday evening next.
The CoMKT.-The comet, before spoken of as
having been at the South, has since become
visible in the North. The New Haven Herald, of
the 9th instant, gives the following relative to
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The Comet, Of which notice oblgingly commu
nicated to Professor Olmsted, by W. H. Clark, of St.
Marys Geo. (as mentioned in paper OF the 23d has
already risen far in the South to become visible
our sky twas first last evening by Hamilton l..
Smith, and the following observations made by him
at Yale College Observatory Il is easily by the
naked eye from O'Clock in the South West Above
part heavens andsome distance to the left may be
group OF stars forming an irregular quadrila
horizon, the comet may be seen, presenting dim, misty
asPect resembling spec Of fog is little souta Of the
whs e., in ,ar the con ss, n .son the field
loped in the vapors OF the horizon presented fine ap
pearance in the large achromatic- The nucleus was
very bright though not we defined being surrounded
with dense coma and the tail about 80 deg. in
length; aad after proceeding in straight ne little
distance from the nucleus seemed suddenly to branch
The Right Ascension, as well as could be determined
80 deg. 40 m. It must therefore have been very near
nebuia, a. 2sl, or DnnloPs 1919 the appearance ef
little brgh in the middle, 90 seconds of space in dame
ter" II is impossible 10 have confounded the with
peared as large as Jupiter while the tail was easily seen
with the unassissd eye
The low position OF the comet prevented the
rate observations and the above determination of its right
ascension and decraton, is TO be considered merely
an approximation. o.
YALE COLLEGE, Jan. 81, Is45.
HIoH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY,
PHILADELPHIA Jan. 26 lS46.
TO JOSEPH r. CHANDLER, Esa. =
DEAR SIR This being the first clear evening since the
announcement OF the new comet in the Gulf Of
Mexico Professor Kendall and his assistants succeeded in
observing IL, together with the second Mauvas comet
the latter of which found the place given in Pro-
fessor Perry's Ephemeris
recently arrived from the Gulf OF Mexico and by Mr. w.
H. Clark intelligent gentleman Of 81. Marys, Georgia.
conseaton Of the whale visible 70 the naked Cd eVe
dim white cloud, with faint tail extending in di
IRON oh Inc comet $ opposite that Of the sun It's
In the equatorial trace of nucleus is be found
but the head appears as nebulosy condensed in the
centre
This singular affords another example of the ne
cuarity noticed by Oilers in January, 1924 respecting
The comet of December 1923 1t Two tas visible in
the comet searcher the ordinary tail extends about FIVE
degrees in the direction from the opposite that
The The extraordinary tail inclined about twenty
degrees to the South of the line from the towards
the and extends about degree being
the nsw o s
and 26h Of the month, at 20 minutes past P. NJ
follows
lam Ian u y 'ss deg min south IS deg min BY Mr Clark
1sa pay ag increase sa IN Right Obs
Daily motion in Decination North :" 4"
These two yisiters from the southern skies pre-
aDout 20 dppaItnt pains
tersect each other at a4 degrees of right ASCENSION and
twenyone and onetenh degrees Of south declina,ion
This will be the position of the Mauvais Comet the
evening Of the 5h of February 1t is also worthy Of
mark that should the present direction and motion
OF the comet continue il would on that evening be
within degree OF the pont-a singular .conunc
ton OF two Comets unexnmpled in the history OF Asono
my, If, indeed, such an event has ever occurred
Yours respectfully
SEARS G. WALKER.
INDIAN CoUNcm.-We learn from the Frontier |
IVhig that the Cherokee Council had convened at |
the old Cherokee agency: the United States Commits
sioners present with company OF infantry and
part Of company Of dragons About 800 had /
been enrolleda the latest dates but many unable
attend. The press ofhc crowd great, that they
intended adjourning to Fort Gibson until COM
Portable duartera could be obtained