New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-15

in fraud, and maintained in solemn mOckery OF hu-
manIty THE Happy Family" would make Bar
NUNS Museum IN this hight. popular blessing, even
If that establishment contained nothing else cal
culatej 20 WOO reflection, to crafty curiosity and
minister to the general appetite for knowledge and
amusement"
4 Court HOUsE-The plan for the erec-
ton OF the new building in the Park, fronting on
Chambers ST., to be occupied oy the Court Of Ses-
sons and for other purposes. has been completed
BY the architect Mr.. K. C. Hatfield, and the various
contracts have been awarded follows the stone
WORK to Vim. q. Chave sl095O the mason work 70
Theodore Hunt, al $3O,O72 the iron work TO J B. &
w IB Cornell & Co, s3l ,9s5, and the carpenter
work to Hennesy, Gibson & Gillespie, at sl7,7O6.-
The building will have ,5 feet 'front.' and will be 20
feet deep and three stories in hight, besides base
ment and sub-celar The cellar wall and founda-
,ions VIII be blue stone rubble work. The walls
from the base course upward will be Of brick vary
ing from 80 TO 90 inches in thickness and will be
faced with the best coabar brown fronts, laid wIia
small Joints IN white mortar, and painted In mlta-
ton Of brown stone 1t IS estimated that s967l6wlll
cover the entire cost Of the whole structure.
PREsENTATIoN.-The clerks. who have
charge OF the box delivery. in the City Post-Ofhce,
have presented handsome silver pitcher TO Mr. 3
j. Strong the chief OF their department.
TEMpERANCE-Our Jersey City friends
are wide awake in this important work. 1t is an
nounced that William E. Dodge Esq, of the firm of
Phelps. Dodge Co. has kindly consented to address
the Temperance Society at Washington Hall this
evening This Society has been making great pro-
.ho fnI att al
meetings leaves ample testimony to the deep and
general interest which prevails upon subject which
has so decided bearing upon the morals and future
prospects of Jersey City.
SUNDAY SCHOOL EXCURSION Meth
odist Sunday School of Hoboken will JOIN those of
Jersey City in the Excursion whchs to come off on
THURSDAY The boat will leave the long per at llo-
boken. at : O'Clock, AN
ST. JoHN's CoLLEGE-The Annual Com
mencement of st. Johns College, al Fordham, West
chester Co, will be held to-day
IBLos.-To-night the inmitable Burton
performs in the Toodls, assisted by Bland and Mrs
Hughes The laughable piece Of Ny Precious Betsey
concludes Mr. Burton and Mrs. Seton acting Mr..
and Mrs Bobtan. Another crowded saloon may be
anticipated.
Pay Now OR PAY MoRE.-The register
of the Croton Aqueduct Department has given no.
tce that all water rents remaining unpaid after the
first of August, will be taxed with an additional
charge of five per cent
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS -Monday.-Al-
derman Miller in the chair. The Laws and Com
municatons in relation to quota OF state School
Tax, and amending law as to some minor points IN
relation to Collection of Taxes were ordered 10 be
filed. THE Taxes for 1851, in this city, stand con-
frmed at 81 9s-l00 on each 500, the amount for
State School Tax, under the new laws to be pro-
yided for hereafteIl
Salary Of AsseSSorS-The Committee reported in
favor of paying the Assessors the same amount lex
cept Sixteenth and Eighteenth Wards rs paid in
Is5o--the Sixteenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth
each TO be allowed $50Oand all the Assessors, ex-
cept those of Twelfth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth and
Nineteenth Wards, to be allowed $25 additional for
services in relation TO water rents. Lad on the
table TO be printed
The Committee recommended the payment to
Chas MCGOWAN of $50 as Secretary to Board of As
SCISSORS. Adopted.
Adjourned to Monday next
INJURED FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE Sun.
Yesterday aboring man, residing at s25 Six
teenth.st was taken nsensible in Hudson-st., near
Hammond His situation, if not hopeless, was very
dangerous. Dr. Miller was called to visit him. and
by the prompt and speedy application of cold water
to his head the man became sensible, and is in fair
way 10 recover from the attack.
MR. WEBsTER's LATiN-For the benefit
ofthose who not versed IN Latin, a contemporary
translates the quotation which Mr. Webster used
near the the close of his Fourth Of July speech The
words are from Ciceros second philippe against Mark
Antony, and the whole sentence is as follows that
portion used by Mr.. w. being in ndlic:
"As for me, Will make this public declaration |
defended the State in my youth, and VIII not aban-
don II IN my old age Tuo things only .r'sh for me
frst that may !eare the Roman people free andd
greater Blessing than his the immortal Gods cannot
beso,r upon me: the other, that erery may be re-
wdrded as he has dessrred Of has eo'e'ry'
TENTH DIsrRlcr PoLIcE-At meeting
of the Policemen the Tenth District held atthe Sta
ton House on the Nth inst, Capt Benz. W. BRAD
FORD was called TO the Chair, and John Reed appoint
ed Secretary The Cairman briefly stated the object
of the meeting
On motion, Wn. B. Lowery, Stephen d. Skdmore
and John r. Weed, were appointed Committee 70
draft resolutions, who reported the following
Whereas. On the mxnmg Of the 18th July, George T.
Gillespie Policeman Of the Fourth District, brutaly
murdered while the discharge Of hs duty leaving wife
and helpless family 70 mourn his loss Iherefore ,
Resored That sincerely condole with the family of
The their great bereavement and that each
member Of ths District vii appropriate one days pay for
their benefit
Resol,d That copy Of the proceedings be presented'o
the family.
On motion. adjourned
BENZ. W BRADFORD, Chairman.
IoHN REED, Secretary.
The MURDERED PoLlcEMAS.-We are
glad 10 that our citizens propose subscription
for the widow and family OF George T. Gillespie
murdered while IN discharge of his duty as police