New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-21
BROOKLYN ITEMS.

BROOKLYN OBsERyATORY--NEErISG OF THE
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY The 6rst annual meeting OF shs
Society wss held ST he Femsle Academy on Thursday
evening Rev Dr. Cox President in the hsr stated that
the articles OF Incorporation uLder the general law OF tbs
S,a rrr In process OF preparation by the legal advisers
of ,he Council Of Sciety and thai they bad deeaed
Ibis better than to asa for ssPeca se' OF lncorpo
ration by the Leg sture.
pesrs thai the subscriptions procured amount 10 $500
In varying sums from members large SUN OF cs.n n'd
been co rcled which deposited IN the LOng slsnd
Bank To- the credit OF the Society bearing Interest 81 per
cent The report wGnt on 10 stats that tue person me
Council bad 10 view Sc Director ~ss Professor Mitchell OF
Cpcuns but thew considered improper TO call him
om thai until their enterprise was further advanced
On The subject OF site very interesting letter from
Prof LOOMS Of the New York University, was incOrpo-
rsled the report, In which be points Out tue various
sies situation liable for astronomical purposes
FTsL The view OF the hDiHOn was 70 Dc uonserIP'ed
clear, extending 20 degrees rom me zenh Ia al d.
rrcons Many Of the mott Important pherlo nsas were
AZ observed tue DeshboThood of the horizon
any other portion 40 e;hps~s OF We sun snd NOM
occusuous OF The and ususis OF The planets over
the disc The Comets fieG lcnNy GUY "
be seen for hail bOar the twilight morning and egen-
pe 10 vicinity Of The horizon fne clear view OF me
horizon was especially valuable IN the meridian In which
all he observations u The mural circle aud transit Inst IL
menI were made Il might be- thought TO OBTAIN cle.r
view Of the horizon by Increasing tr hight OF the build
ing but This involved lhe erection OF vast snd expensive
piers Of masonry 10 order TO avoid the eecs OF r-nors
second IL necessary 10 procure distant permanent
marks north and south OF the o6serVa1ory Ia order 10
verify the transit instrument Tlrd IL u Necessary 10 os
Al distsuce from road which heavy vehicles travel
e-the excited by dis Cause - q vastly msgni-
fed indeed opoionsby 10 me power o. he Instruments
Thus A motion that would be lnspprecisole In ordinary
cases m A. ms rument shOussnd mes cznsed
a star 10 be- thrown out Of the heid ofve@ Fowh Dis
lance hr din aHd buse OF city was also Necessary
"a th bsrtyer hsd listen 10 the beat OF The ock or
cbnr ON -ier Farm The transparency and homogeneous
49,, f n = also necesssfy and these
r,rrrred wh by vicinity of sciy Local heats from
The ame caused Disturbances and mouons 10 hs
,,.1L-,s The oust OF A city settled on the instruments
snd wss dcu be removed, especially on the axis OF
Dc T,o,'Is recommended Vanderbilt ulH spot in
a. heat suited Io the Of observatory OF any OF Ihs
situations viewed by him, In company With me council OF
An election was then held f,r officers, and The foow wing
gentlemen were chosen
Ie F,r,Crfi- Einuai Blunt, John sAinaa' aai H'ay T.
C5r,e,gs-d,rg S,-r,fary- Alouzo Gray
Rec,ratng Secreta,y- h~nJsmn p~eht 49,
CAM M, Rsseg' " oauhs@ Da,sopoft, c L.
Sampson } 7. Hoa ard AL John ki;chns.
Ifsafw,r- Daniel Embuy
CITY CoURr.-Before Judge Greenwood.-On
Saturday morning James Feeney was brought up FOR
trial charged with breaking into the Workshop a. the nos
Peuitebtiary ard stealing six hammers theTeom which he
afterwards offered for sale at Furniture store IN Pacific st.
snd was arrested spciou of having stolen them which
subsequently proved 10 be the case The puson'r was
found guilty and sentenced three years confinement in
the Star Prison Sing Sirg Peter Roberts, coored
mkn Indecent OF s peJsol vas set fenced
to 20 Imprisonment in tie County jail aud John Ry.
an for smuggling liquor the County all sentenced
~ &C days confinement in he same place.
ACCIDENT A boy about IA years Of age,
named Augustus Sfin, thrown from horseOn Friday
which rid ing IN Douglass u Smith and bad
j. was picked officer rho "a
District and conveyed the residence OF his parents in Bal
ticst
CoRONERs INQUEsT Coroner Ball held two
inquests on Friday One the body Of James Keenan,
aged one wear and four months who accidentally
drowned by falling tatO wash kettle OF water while rs
mother W the ya'd She absent but about ten
mirues ard on her return found the child head fOem
the water Verdict according ly.
The other was Gu the body OF Mary Callahan residing IN
fam I'm md
her sitting a chair dead. Verdict Died OF Congestion
OF the brain