The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-09

on the vessel the auc.oneer adjourned her sale until
Friday.
LAUNCH OF PACKET sHp.-Messrs westervelt 4 Co.
will launch to-day from their yard at the foot Of Eighth
street. East river the Gne ship Amazon of about 800
tons burthen, for Messrs Grswold Morgan's line Of
Liverpool packets
LAUNCH AT HoBoKFx-Messrs. l. C. Smith Il Son. of
Hotoken, will launch from their yard at half-pas
eleven O'Clock AN to-day schooner of $50 TONS built
for Messrs Van Brunt, slaght and Others Her dimcn-
sions are 100 feet keel 2s feet beam and feet hold
She considered in the estimation OF competent judges
both regards beauty Of model and strength of
strucon to be equal If not to surpass vessel Of
her class anoat skul modelling has secured for her
most successful combination OF sailing qnahtie, an
great carrying capacity She is to be called the Anne
ricus, will be commanded by Captain E. s. Vanderbilt
and is designed for the general freghting business
NEW CALIFORNIA LIsK-The new California line, Of our
enterpsing fellow citizen W. G. Tempeton consists Of
the two safe and splendid steamers the Prcmetheus and
Point Arenas Nicaragua twice month, leaving on the
fourteenth and twenty ninth OF each month. On the
Yankee ssm
TELEGRAPHIC.
DEPARTURE OF THE NIAGARA.
Boston, Nov. g. 1854.
The Cunard steamship Niagara, Capt. Ieitch sailed at
to-day with 90 passengers for Liverpool and u
for Halifax She takes out $3s6,257 in American gold
and "a, 200 sterling in English gold
Board OF Education-special Meeting.
Nov. s-The Board met last evening-Erastus c. Bene-
dict Esq., President in the chair The minutes Of the
last meeting were read and approved
APPLICATIONS.
or school officers of the Ninth ward for appropria
ton of $685. 80 for Stoves &C., ward school No o.
Referred.
OF school officers Of the Twelfth ward for appropr
alton $348 20 for extra work in ward school No 43 at
Manhattanvilie. Referred.
OF school officers of the Twelfth ward for appropr
ton of $2ee8 for fitting up school at Manhattan
Vile Referred.
OF Iamport, Brakeman Law, for payment Of arrears
Of bill for books amounting to sos 81.
RESOLUTION.
BY Mr.. CoIIINs-That committee be appointed to pre-
pare and submit to this Board plan for taking census
OF The educational statistics Of this city, both public and
private with estimate Of the probable expense there
of. Adopted.
OF the Finance Committee Submitting draft Of the
nual estimate of school moneys required for 1885, From
this it appeared that the following will be required
For purpose Of meeting the curaent expenses
For purchasing leasing and procuring Sites. 10000
For furnishing and fitting up said building 10000
For altering, charging and repairing the build
ings and premises under the charge of the
For the support Of schools which shall have been
organized since the last annual apportionment :, -.
of Of school moneys made BY the Board. A,too
library, apparatus and repairs of the building 500
For the support Of the Normal Schools. $4,000
For the support of the evening schools. 10000
For superintendence Observation-Disclosures. 1900
Total. $3.50, 900
The above sum Of ssss 600 comprises the whole est
mated amount Of money required for school purposes by
the Board Of Education for the year 1885, 1t order
ed that the report be adopted, properly authenticated
transmitted to the Board of Supervisors and printed for
The Board then took up Document No. SO, being the
report Of the Committee on Salaries and Offices on the
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practicable the system pursued in the common schools
and the salaries paid to teachers, shall be uniform
throughout the city The substance of this report has
already appeared in the HERALD Several clauses of the
report were adopted, after which the Board obliged
to adjourn for want Of quorum.
Board or Councilman.
This Board assembled at the usual hour yesterday
afternoon, Mr. Brown, the President in the chair On
ealing the roll quorum found to be present The
follow..as business was then transacted
PETITIONS, Src.
The following petitions were referred to the appropS
ate commttees:-Of Z, s. Ludlow and others, to he 4
the sidewalk on north side Of Twenty street.
between Fourth and Madison Of Hose
No a. for new hose carriage; petitions of owners
Of property and Others for extension of pier foot of
West Forty-seventh street, Of owners Of property
Third ward for regulating and grading Park place
tended to College place; OF officers of the Peoples Wash
ing and Bathing Association, for appropriation to
pay the taxes Of the past year. the establishment
having paid expenses to all in sunken lots bounded by
West Forty fourth and Fortyffth streets, Eleventh
and Hudson river; remembrance Of George W.
Tucker and others against tagging sidewalk in Eevertn
street, between University place and Broadway,
RKroRJs,
Report Of the Committee on Assessments with the as
sessment for regulating and grading Second avenue,
from Twenty to 1884 streets in favor of
In Twenty fifth street. from Ninth to q point
$40 feet west Of Eighth avenue with ordinance Of the
Committee Sewers adverse to application for In
Ludlow street. between Broome and Grand in favor Of
sewer In Amos street, between Fourth and Greenwich
avenues; of the Committee Of the Fire Department rea
tive to the action Of the Board Of Aldermen,
plants against certain fire companies; report Of Com
mttte on Sewers adverse to application for in
Bnocme street, from Eldridge to the Bowery.
The foregoing papers referred to the proper
mttees The following resolution presented by Mr.
Gray from the Sixteenth district and motion laid
the table after which the Board adjourned
Resolved, That, If the Board of Aldermen concur, a
special committee Of five be appointed by the Chair to
make arrangements to celebrate Evacuation Day-the
25th Of November
Another Homicide.
Coroner Wilhelm yesterday held inquest at No. IS
Broome street, upon the body of young man named
George Barrett who died yesterday morning from the
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