New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-04
CITY ITEMS.

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s1s on Sewers reported in favor o eou'
ss0no,lno those petitioned for in Batavia Duane
So ana law Thirteenth, T@ensy-n'nth ana
Vbi,tv keventh streets and they were ~ o'a0''N'
A number OF aireets are also 20 DO az rs
The vacancy in the Office OF Deputy oier& Oh mo
Rod ~ Aldermen, consequent upon sne eeceASe
IN. poebman, was filled by the appointment o'
~. T,,e. Ii. Wilson-sn excellent choioe. LIS
An,' r,rst Assistant Clerk was filled by she ap
.et.,en. nj John H ChamberB Henry Ten EycK
boing appointed Second Assistant. The board re-
.o;rSes the resolution approved in January 1896
,,ovidine for the employme emit oftwo Phyhoiens tof
r. I.ga,son and Essex Markets Police Districts.
o. 10 INNS were ordered TO be placed before some
dozen Churches, il diiIerens@ecslons OF she oisy;
tbe Aldermen having forgotten their old oppoal'lon
qha sambers again came to loggerheads upon
,he nsvment Of bill for funeral expenses an ola
story Last night the occasion was bill oil a a.
Stewart II Co Of about SEQ, for Grape ana gios0S
f,rn;shed at the late funeral of Jacob Hays Ano
n.vment was finally agreed upon after some 'asr op
anarripg The other appropriations loNo@'u, ~
sar s,,,,i,b;ra new machine to Engine 90 &i' anu
e,to o.. 4ha attachment of new Patent running
gear to No a. ..-,.. oe .ho T,avantb Ward
-,n,a ye6rganized according to the recommends
lions Of the Committee on Ordinances, Tne new
division is as follows: The Ward TO Do d'Vlleo INTO
Election Districts; the Fourth District 70 COM
rr;se that portion bounded by Thlr1-'s ha'f hlVef
~ E;fh.at. and Avenue B. The slxEh Dlstflos 70
ha honnded by Fifth and Seventh ats. East River
and Avenue B. The Seventh, by the East River
Avenne b. Seventh and Tenth SITS. The Eighth,
=, Tonth and Fourteenth ats. Cast River and
Avenue B.
The question Of leasing the old Arsenal ground to
Ehe New Haven RailroSd Company was then taken
mn hong discussion ensued. Some members
eyinced an opposition to the project; oshers $1,000
nm IN its defense. The Alderman OF the GWeitn
preed with great earnestness the adoption OF long
amendment of his owp, which had been iald on tne
ssble The claims OF the Military to snare Oh the
v,,ne,tv were maintained with remarkable ardor'
A motion to defer the subjec until THURSDAY even
ing next in order 10 afford them another oPpofsu'
nitv to.be heard, was lost, - to 6. The amend
mant OF the Alderman of the Twelfth speofylng
certsin restriction5) was now put TO the VOTE ous
lost nv tia vote to 8. The question then recur-
vea nm the Report OF the Finance Committee,
granting the Company their lease which was
adopted, with the following amendment relative to
the interests of the Harlem Road
aProvded that nothing therein contained shall be CON
spsd or taken az assent on ine par OF lhe
CoTpors,ion of city OF to The use by me faa
nIoad company any the streets and avenues OF SAID
% sI the pprpoae Of running thereon by virtue of
with Harlem Railroad Company or 40 wa;
ve right and power Of the Common Council OF gsld
rv 10 regulate and control the said New YORK and rev
Haven Railroad Company 10 the same extent II can now
unrbp Hura Rel
The subject Of changing or repeating 30 much OF
Sec. 1853 of the Ordinances organizing the Depart
ments requiring sum Of money to be paid for
making connections with sewers, was reported upon
by the Committee on Ordinances, and referred to
the Croton Aqueduot Department.
The plan OF City Railroad was briefly alluded
10 AZ the close OF the evening, but no action was
taken.
M,ssroHARY NEwa--The Monthly Meeting at
chs Asenov OF the American Board OF Commission
ors for Foreign Missions was attended, On the I'd,
~ Mr. Walker, ofthe Gaboon station, 10 Western
Ahioa Respecting the missionary enterprise, no
obatsae to ito advancement, it LIZ sald, 10 encoun
teree oshex than that arising from che Jealousy of
the tribe who count it great matter 70 nave
seen white man, and especially to have one re-
aide among them, and are consequently unwilling
10 bava Others see az much 90 themselves, prefer
ring 10 epoy the honor exclusively. large tribe
from the interior is now rapidly approaching the
coast and threatens to supplant to great extent
the present objects Of Missionary labor. They are
represented as much superior othose on the coast
v,eorous, muscular, and of larger stature. Nam
bera of them are seen at Mr.. w akera late station
nrn
having determined to learn 70 read, smade such
nroeress sa to master the English language and
TasS with n considerable degree Of haen1y in the
course Of two or three weeks. Mr. w. says the
Young negro is no more apt to learn than children
OF American parents, but just as mach 80" The
Slave Trade, according to Mr. w. has almost en
sirely ceaBed. In
communicated intelligence OF much interest touch
ing the melancholy process OF dePopulatlon that a
where apparent In these Islands. He says
the custom of recruiting the crews OF vessels az
sached TO the mercantile marine with natives OF the
Sand wich Islands, would of itse ultimately efeos
great reduction of their population but disease
ia by fer the most potent agency tending TO the
same result Tho moat destructive OF these are
the measles and whooping cough introduced by
foreigners. Behind these, however, ia the influence
of disease which bad its origin before the introduce
ton Of the marriage relation and which aggravases
oil others with deadly intensity MIR. P. saya its
presence is almost universal. Scarcely one can be
found who free from it, and it is transmitted from
parent to children. It pervades the phsioal con.
sstuton Of the natives
Mr. Goodell, at Conssantinople, writes that the
mission schools of that station have boen moved to
Bebec. Bar. and Mrs. Wood sailed July 13 for this
country. BIZ, Van Lennep arrived on tne l2.h.
Mr.. Hume, at Bombay May 90 Gays the new
law promulgated by the Euglisb Governor, which
shpulAtes that change Of religious opinion shall
not involve u loss of Csste has produced the great
ess excitement among the Brahmins and that
powerful though unavaiiing effort will doubtless be-
made to effect IT'S repeal The Hindoos regard it
as the heaviest blow struck at their religion. The
following is the law referred to-
"Bo much OF any sS upsge now 10 force within the