New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-18
The MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS.

TIE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
n, "a ESii0r Of Tie Tfi5rzss
The writer Of this would call yo0r attention TO
the unfortsnste situation Of The Mercantile Library 40
,ocistion of City. This inxtuion has been 10 op-
GRAFTON many years and since rs forcston there has
no, before been much spsthy fsr 80 regards the
promotion of the sp-e6c objects Of tins Association 80
sx,,. a, the pressr. time Last Winter there were
s-x Lectures delivered before the Society. but they
v,-e poorly attended and some efforts uerf msds 20
firm Debating society 10 connection With the Associs
don but they failed Tbs Wnssr from present. sPPesr
,oess there sre 10 be no Lectures asd there seems to
he no desire for any Our Boston brethren have iee
..pra IN listening % several courses Of Lectures and
fr,Ss-.t.n3 th.y nave Dabarng Society M flourish
ing condition Is there not talent enough snon3 ine
members or car Association or desire ttnusn 10Y M"
tsl Improvement % induce such success - H NC
efforts of to- Boston Cierkst or c2cs me s1s .e "a
IN scers II our institution. wto nave not the ~riho
Of TIE members =; heart and therefor give no
10 wat would sivsnce the interest OF me Hoeey
hs, viii prevent that srcat misfortune. The iueE'aoe
failure of tha Association and % what vii matefisy
tsrd 70 elevate the mOrsl ccntuon 81 ne .etss o e~
City. NouTt "E
BOARD OF EDuoArioS-U tdl>.day.-r Pre-
sident 10 he Char. .
r-,,f-1 Seiooi, Mr. Fellows. Chsirmsn OF the Com
mite, made statement relative 90 Evening >cnoos
In TIE James o. school 400 schoisrs attend wnicn -
hst can b. AZ present accommodate. 10 me seventh
Ward school 80 siteuc and IKE namoer 10 'ne
Eleventh Ward school Tho fiieenth "Afa scn moo.
rspa for The fret time on Tuesday evening when so
scholars attended The Fourteenth Ward Schco IN
Orangss opened last evening and nat IN tiy nfs's,
Twelfth ward on Monday evening, but the aunoer Al
tending h.s not been reported. We understand maj
vast nunbar of applications are made 10 have Evening
schools also for females. for toe Instruction OF sh
thss i've out otherwise cannot s,end IN dNyume sno
the Committee are IN favor Of such being estsohsned
Mr. Crspo. from the Committee reported IN tAsor OF
establishing school eve believe for eolored enh
dreu) a. Harlem.
The Committee 10 whom referred the suoiec, Of
the contracts for the Free.Acsdemy, particularly 40 r.
s,es 70 Mr Andrew Brady and the inquiry a. 10 buildings
erected By him reported in favor Of giving Mr. b the
contract for work the defects Ia the buildings
spoken OF not being his fault &C Adopted
Some other business was done, and the Board sd-
journed.
The REASON or TIE THINo.-A poor fellow was
Yesterday broush, before Justice Drinker charged with
the crime Of being intoxicated. The Ju'uce iniefro
gated him Well. what DO you get drunk and come
here IN this condition Tor g. see here was the reply
uttered with the hccough and aceeniuson OF drunken
nsss What DO you give licenses forf
This question was too much Tor the justice. The
prisoner had the best OF the argument and was qucs
toned 20 farther.
ArrENPT To DEFRAUD.-A gentleman by the
nsms of Richard Evsns yesterday preferred complain,
against James W Phelps for having caused to be pub
sbed lot of hand bills announcing that the s,eambos,
Manhattan would proceed to Albany At specified time
and of fare thereby inducing the complainant and
number OF others to 80 board the said steamboat,
for the purpose going Albany whereas the stesmer
10 question does not and has To Albany The
hand bills having been Published snd circulated with
view OF defreuding the public and niuring the owners
OF the Manhsitsn. warrant placed In the hands
OF officer Sands Of the Third Ward Tor the OF
Phelps
LARGE sALs or PANTINGs --One half OF the
large collection Of Paintings in the Chsmberss, Gsl.
ery Granite Building will b. sod this morning =, half
past 10 CLOCK
CRIMES COMMITTED daring thief yester
DAY entered the house OF Daniel Even jO3 Ryineton o.
and carried Oh svaluaoe gold watch snd chsin- A
gold lepne watch also stolen yesterday from the
Office OF T.. w. & }. Hustled. Two men who gave
their nsnes "a James Avoy snd Hanson Joseph.
yesterday caught In tho ACT of helping themselves 20
quantity of wool worth $40. They we're both detsined
TO A young man named Daniel h. Tripp yes
terdsy csused tho arrest of Hannah Wilson. whom
he charged with having distracted from hs pockets
wallet coutsiDiug $50 in bank bills Hannah was locked
up tor examination. Mr. WIN Joses OF 5l7 Pearlst
yesterday. on visiting Alexander Mcbride now In the
City prison = fugitive from Justice from Patterson
relative 10 property alleged have been stolen
by Mcbride discovered that the prisoner had pair
OF his own pan,sloous and accordingly preferred com
plant OF larceny against him.
COURT OF GENERAL SEssiONs--The trial of
Thomas b Dorsey Tor constructive grand larceny
commenced Tuesday. was resumed yesterday, and
occupied thu attention of the Court until evening when
the jury al o'clock rendered verdict OF not guilty
POLICE.-Oihcers McManus and Owess last
evening took out Of den OF nsmy In oraDge-st four
girls all under 10 years OF age who are prostitutes
They taken 10 Me 9th Ward Station House and lock
ed up for tbs night A Penentiary convict named Far
rel who recently elected his escape from Backwels
Island rearrested In the City yesterday and sent
back 10 his old quarters. Officer Condt of the fil
ieenih Ward yesterday took into custody young man
named James Brggs charged with indecenty exposing
his person Ia Washington Parade Ground Justice
koome committed the accused 10 detsut of $500 bail