The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-02

sxxxroxnz Commits OF Inquiry INTO AFFAIRS or
CoI,xHlA CorIEoE lon the 18th Of April last commit
tee appointed by the Senate to investigate the affairs
Of Columbia College, in consequence Of the difficulties
growing out Of the late rejection Of walcot Gibbs
its professors elect This committee consisting of So
patcrs Hopkins Danforth and Brooks In the Aston
House yesterday at eleven O'Clock In the forenoon to
discharge the duties require Of them in the following
resolution of the Sepae:-
Rssoyed Ihs. select committee Of three b spDaqsss
and at early day as to inquire whether
SroSons or Of charter and psrtiealsry sethsr
.sis college any OTIS have IN any way sssarsd
candidate condition Of appointment to any professor
And further inquire the and Of
Ss g M
'.Rs s eom.s. .s called % order Nv Senator goDln,
who occupied the chair, and James NJ Baker was ap.
pointed sergean. at arms and Mr.. c. K Judscn secre
tsrs the following resou were passed by the COM
Received That ;. part the duty this committee
lege a. able to report TO tbs sene the char
the election Of Board Of Instruction. and in It's general
Rssoivsa further That shall 10 tho duty Of this
Of icing informed whether It's business adminterei
seiIess and the lest y the pSps
II woe then moved and carried to lay the above resou
tons of the Senate the committee before the Board
of Trustees of Columbia College, who hold meeting
Monday next. Also to present the resolutions to the
select committee appointed on behalf Of the College to
Dr. Spring and Messrs. G. d. Van Wagner aud Robert
Ray the Sub Committee Of the Alumni consisting of
Messrs. Cornell, McMullen and Mason.
An invitation was then received by the committee from
Charles King President Of Columbia College to visit this
Institution to-day at IL O'Clock A. NJ. This invitation
accepted, and the committee then adjourned On Mon
day next the Senators will their investigations in
regular order, when the special committee from the
Board of Trustees Of the College will be present.
LcKysEs-The Commissioners Of Excise for the last
month have been kept steadily at work granting licenses
listening TO applicants, and arguing the "why" and
wherefore" with those refused The number Of houses
permitted to sell liquor this year is by some thousan is
ess than 1t last year. year ago, between six and
Thousand establishments in the city licensed
to retail spiruous liquors. This year. but little over two
Thousand have been licensed TO this time and although
there eight wards to be added to the above yet u
is not probable that the addition will swell the aggregate
amount of licenses beyond three thousandess than half
the number granted last year. If restrictions upon the
sale of strong drinks make less Drunkenness there must
Immediately be perceptibe change the city
But see that the game Of the striped pig played
in Massachusetts when the sale OF Hrs stopped
there has already commenced here and disappointed
picants Tor license sell their crackers and Croton
and give away the drink in their decanters and dem
johns. The temperance men, doubt, will watch this
movement and before the proper tribunals have IL de
cided whether this game ia an Infringement of the laws
of excise. Lager bier and others, who have for
long time made their money in this traffic, and who
find suddenly that their occupations gone" will de-
wise all sorts of schemes to cheat the law makers and
retain their trade. 1t will be interesting to note
whether during the coming year, less sprituous liquor
is used in New York city under the dspensaon of three
thousand licenses than used in the year before
der seven thousand During the last month apphca
ons for licences have not been alone to sell liquor but
for various other purposes The following is list of the
number delivered by the First Marshal, Mr. Stephens
during the last month";