New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-17
BROOKLYN ITEMS.

The LAW OF AssEssMENTs.-JudgeB arculo,
of the Supreme Court, in conjunction with the
other Judges of that Court, has decided in two
recent cases, brought in Brooklyn, to test the Law
Of Assessment, that,
ls The properly Of individuals cannot be taken away
from them except by which be levied equally
all citizens according to the value OF taxable property
sessment Of particular Individuals supposed 10 be special
ly benefited by public improvement has Of the
ton limited purpose - the be coextensve
with the dsc park cannot be laid out and the expense
collected from the this Is taxation but robbery
4h That If tax 1t s violation Of Sec g. Art l. OF
the State Constitution. 9Th. That II Is violation OF the
section which provides that property shall be taken
for public use without just compensation being made there
for 9TH That the compensation must be made In money
and not in supposed benefits It'll That money properly
and that 10 coeceits payment and apply to the consuc
ton Of public work s to take private property and apply
It 10 the public use
These decisions are Of great Importance, and
threaten TO overthrow the present assessment sys
TEN. They certainly initiate against the system
by which streets have been opened, parks laid
out sewers built, and other public works prose.
cuied in our city since 1907.
We observe by the Annual Report of the Coun-
sci to the Corporation, that case is now pending
in the Court of Appeals, between the Corporation
and one of our citizens to test the constitutional.
ty Of our present assessment laws. The Counsel
states that he is sparing no efforts to have the
case argued at the present term of the Court, az
it is Of equal importance to the Corporation and
to the citizen that this question should be speedily
quito rest.
INV MILITARY CoMPAEIEs.-It is proposed to
form Rife Corps in this city. roll has been
in circulation for some days, and it already en-
braces many good names
"A new Company of Irsh-Americans has late
ly been organized in South Brooklyn. They have
adopted the name of gallant Irish General, the
last Of his country, and are known as the Second
to Sarsheld Guard, and are attached to the Thir
teenth Regiment Grenadiers. The following are
their officers Captain, Thomas Griffen; First
Lieutenant, Fitzpatrick Second Lieuten-
ant, - MCGEE. Their uniform is green.
GROSS OUTRAGE.-On Tuesday evening last
Mr. James Dooley, accompanied by a female &C
nualntance of the name Of Ellen Mcdonald, was
attacked by ten OF twelve ruthans while walking
in Fulton av the female was torn from his arm
and carried awsy into vacant lot, and there
most brutally outraged. Mr. Dooley Immediately
proceeded 70 the Fourth District Station House.
and officer Stewart was dispatched in pursuit and
succeeded in arresting a fellow by the name of
George Higbee, who was recognized as one of
the assailants. The woman had been released
upon the arrival of the police and taken to her
residence Wednesday six more Of the gang
were arrested by Capt. Wright and the force IN.
der his command. Their names are as follows
John McCluskey Patrick Murray, John Combs,
Wm Hendrickson, Peter Smith and John Ham
mond.