Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-15
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH
Municipal Inauguration.


Municipal Inauguration.
Y yesterday was an interesting day at the City
Hall. John W. Maury, ESQ.,, the newly elected
Mayor OF the city, and the Aldermen and Com
mon Councilmen elect, were sworn in.
In the Board of Aldermen, the preceding Presi-
dent of the Board, B. D. French, ESQ.,, was re-
elected I; DIR. w. B. Magruder, Alderman from
the First Ward, was elected Vice President, and
b. +. Middleton, ESQ.,, Secretary.
In the Common Council, Nicholas Callan, esq,
was elected President of the Board, and Richard
Barry, esq, reelected Secretary.
Mr.. Jacob Kleiber was elected messenger to
the two Boards
The usual form of proceeding with respect to
examining the returns of the election was then
gone into; succeeding which, committee from
the Board of Aldermen, Messrs. Towers and
Magruder, waited on the Board Of Common
Council, announcing their organization and readi-
ness to proceed in the Inauguration of the Mayor.
The Mayor was then introduced to the hall of
the Board of Common Council, escorted by the
late Mayor and two members from each of the
Boards, both Boards being present Mr. Maury
spoke as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Board Of aldermen and Com
mon Council: In appearing before you, in obe-
dience to the forms prescribed by our charter, to
assume the duties and responsibilities of the of
flee with which have been honored by my fellow
citizens desire to return my heartfelt thanks
for this manifestation of their confidence and re-
gard, and to express my deep sense of the obliga-
tions their partiality has imposed upon me ; and
while 1T is source of regret to me that my abli-
ties to serve them fall so far short of offering an
adequate return for their kindness, yet | shall
enter upon my duties with firm determination
faithfully to devote all the energy and ability
may have to their service.
90 not propose at present to say more than
to refer generally to a few subjects which, in my
opinion, should claim our more immediate atten-
ton. l shall reserve for a future and more ap-
proprate occasion any detailed reference to the
affairs of the city
Among those objects which should claim our
notice at present are the laws in relation to the
preservation of order and the protection of prop
erty; for the recent acts of incendiarism and
violence show that there is spirit of lawessness
in our midst which may lead to the most danger
GUS consequences, unless speedily crushed. If
our laws are not sufficient to give the necessary
protection in this respect, it will be our duty to
see that they are properly amended. Ny exer-
enforced
And, in this connexion, ] cannot omit the ex-
preston of my earnest hope that the establish
ment of an institution for the reformation and
punishment of youthful offenders against our
laws may receive your serious attention. The
want of such an institution has long been deeply
felt, and the evils resulting therefrom are daily
seen and lamented by all good citizens.
Although our city has been peculiarly blessed
respect of
population calls for increased attention to every
thing likely to affect it in this respect The
adoption, therefore, Of n complete system of sew
erage and drainage is absolutely necessary to
enable us to maintain its good reputation in this
respect. The application already made to Con-
gress for additionalpowers on the subject, hope,
will receive the favorable attention of that body
at an early day.
In respect to the finances of the Corporation,
feel it to be my duty, this occasion, to impress
upon you most earnestly the necessity of exer-
cising much forbearance in making appropria-
tions for the ensuing year. | have no expecta-
tion that the means of the Corporation will permit
any improvements of Importance to be executed
during the year. The appropriations already
made and unexpended greatly exceed the ability
of the Corporation to carry them into effect.
This condition of the finances is mainly in conse-
quence of the large expenditure for the improve
ment of the Washington canal-the amount hav-
ing far exceeded any estimate made at the time
the work was commenced as to its probable cost.
Our public schools, although in highly pros
porous condition, have not the ability to accom-
modate all the children who desire to attend
them; and | trust the application before Con-
gress for aid to them will receive the favorable
consideration Of that body and that we shall at
no distant day be able to say that every child in
our city has an opportunity of obtaining good
education at our public schools
The Corporation is much in want of additional
powers in respect to the levying and collecting
of taxes, the laying of pavements, and other OBJ
jects of the greatest importance to the proper
administration of the affairs of this city.
Steps have already been taken by our imme-
diate predecessors to obtain from Congress some
amendments to our charter, and it is much to be
desired that the subject should not be permitted
to rest until they are obtained.
In conclusion, gentlemen, permit me to con-
gratulate you upon the general prosperity which
pervades our city, and to say that it will be my
pleasure, as it will be my duty, to cooperate
with you in all measures which may promote its
and that of our citizens.
After these remarks, the usual oath was adj
to the Mayor by the President of the
Board of Aldermen; subsequent to which, the
Mayor received the congratulations of his numer-
Gus friends and fellow citizens, great numbers of
whom were present to witness the ceremonial.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION or BoMB-sHELL.-M
South Boston, a few days ago, loaded bomb
shell was about to be melted, when all the pow
der in it, it was supposed, was removed.
wedge was then driven in it to split it, but Mt
the first blow q terrific explosion took place, fell
ing the striker, German named Frank Keyser,
to the ground, and throwing fragments of the
shell in every direction. One piece flew across
the channel distance of an eighth of a mile, and
the wedpe was nicked IN i'm Souther's machine