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Hoard q CO0netIAens
WEDNESDAY EvKSr0, Nov. is, 1854.
Edwin J. Brown, Esq, President, in the char.

WEDNESDAY EvExr0, Nov. is, 1854.
Edwin j. Brown, Esq, President, in the chair.
PETITIONS.
number Of petitions relative to the Fire Department
were received and referred 10 their appropriate commit
tees
RBoIurIoSs
resolution was offered by Co1 ncilman W. H. Smith,
making il incumbent for the Committee on Streets TO in
qure into expedency Of widening State street. from
Battery place to Whitehall street.
HOUR OF NETTING CHANGED.
A resolution, changing the hour Of meeting from six
O'Clock to that Of Eve, then taken up and adopted
On motion, . resolution page 323, amending the
forty rule, making their meeting nights on Mondays
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, was
taken up and after some debate adopted by vote
Of "a to IL.
REP0Rrs COMMITTEES.
ports relative to the made for the sewerng
widening and paving Of streets which received and
referred to the COMMITTEES Of the Whole.
CITY RAILROADS..
The report Of the Committee Ordinances relative to
the licensing OF city railroad received with
ordinance therefor and referred the Committee Of
the Whole The report states that there about 160
running through the streets of New York. that
revenue to the city treasury derived from them and
that in view Of that fact II would be judicous
for any person or company to run such cars In the
streets Of this city without being hrst regularly Ii
censed, at the rate Of $50 year for such privilege
Several reports received from the Committee
Streets relative to the paving grading and widening of
streets throughout the city, the greater portion Of
The Board adjourned until this Thursday evening at
O'Clock.
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have not for the last xty years either been In posses
aon Of any part o. the two tracts In question, 70
claim in or 70 such lands or rsn; nor does the
plant assign any sucent for such aches and
acquiescence that the plaintiffs claim in Whatsoever
light It may b. regarded has long SINCE appears BY
his showing been barred BY the statutes Of mita
ton there several other points relied upon by the
defendants submitting that the complaint wholly fails
to show with requisite precision any occupation
ceipts Of rents and profits by the church corporation
within six years before the commencement Of this
tion which would be equally fatal on the complaint
and now stands to an account Of rents and profits
The argument is stu pending
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A Five Haul Of Iich pockes-Four young men, named
John Mccarthy. Thomas Joyce, Thomas Robertson and
henry Williams, arrested by officers Corser and
Frost, Of the Fifteenth ward police, suspicion OF
in the vicinity Of the University very busy employed in
ushpg up against citizens they passing along
the streets their way to the University. On being
taken TO the Police court at Jefferson market the fol-
lowing articles found in their One gen
tlcmans gold hunting watch lepine, with snake chain
sttaebed;a lady gold watch old fashioned one,
made, II IL thought in France with very slight gold
chain attached; ladys gold chain for the neck;
little gold trnkets; two twenty dollar gold pieces, and
about $3.50 in bills Az all these articles supposed
call at the police court and make their adavits and
recover their property All the prisoners commit
ted TO prison to await an examination.
Grand L0rceny-A man named John Reynolds
arrested by ocer Dunn of the Seventeenth ward police
charged ON the complaint Of James Byrnes of No IA
b, with having stolen from him gold coin and
bills the Of &34, and also gold watch with
claims and rings attached, valued at $50 He was con-
vcyed before Justice Welsh, who committed him for
hearing.
the Fifth ward police, arrested named Michael
Aillisk proprietor Of second hand clothiog establish
ment No 10 West Broadway on charge Of having been
the receiver Of lot Of clothing and dry goods stolen
few nights ago from the store OF Miss Roberts, Ga West
Er.adway ksowing the TO have been stolen. The
property was taken by young thieves and IL is al
legged. sold to Sick for nominal sum, he knowing At
the time that the property dishonesty obtained
Committed for examination.
THIRry WOMEN NEARLY WIDOWED AT ONCE
The famous Brigham Young, the Governor Of Utah. and
NOTORIOUS end put TO his career in August last He
went down into his we'll to q lost bucket when
the eurbing tumbled in the earth followed and Brigham
Young became, for the nones, . subteranean ssint
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advanced TO the bank shortly before it's sape,
sion and which 10 stih due to him with interest," am
q Of ..3 Circulating notes which belong to tn
bank, and for which tine bank has received no value
that the annexed list marked B. and signed BY deponent
contains true statement Of the names of nle stock
holders OF the bank, and the number of shares held by
each as the same appears the stock ledger 1t This
sion that the annexed statement marked G. and signed
oy deponent, contains list of all the bills receivable
WIN me names OF the parties liable the same and
hst OF the persons indebted 10 the bank by over
ora WIN amounts and that said list also embraces
made by dponent Of the value of said assets and
nents information judgment and belief may be realized
therefrom that the paper hereto annexed marked
edness aud liabilities of the directors to the hank ereu
siye OF their Indebtedness on their respective stock
notes. that the expense account Of the bank from It's
ganzaton up to this time, amounts 10 $2l 6 about
twothrs OF which for salaries. rent furniture books
and stationery and that the profits Of the bank nclud
ing the interest paid BY the directors their stock
notes amounts to SAG CO. that the savings dspostors
have other security for their deposits than other
RoIders that as win appear By said statement annexed
marked d. the indebtedness and liability OF the directors
makers and endorsers Of bills receivable held by the
bank A2s 995 49, exclusive of their stock notes; and
their Indebtedness drafts amounts to % 089 49,
amounting together TO SIS out OF which depoAent
believes can be realized s2y 20 tnst dePonsns mus
be realized from the directors stock notes. for the reason
that they do not admit any Liability on said notes. but
intend to contest the that the debts due TO the
bank from others than directors amount to 81, 30e o.
Of which 060 SC Ia overdrafts and deponent estimates
that, Of said debts 81, 1903 " will be realized
Signed, CHARLES SANFORD.
Sworn to, October 81, 1854, before me.
Signed. +. NJ. BLATCHFORD Special Agent, &c.
The following Is the estimated value Of indebtedness
o the bank, other than from directors
Grom AMOUNT. Estima,ed Value
Notes not due. .......... $3.50 SO 1882 90
Oyerdrafts ........ 1850 81 81 o.
drafts ............. ss77 81 1883 II
Fixtures, Gc,,,,... sos 90 500 90
Total. $4,000 OF sS,l9S %
The following is abstract Of the indebtedness Of
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NEw BEDFORD On MARKET, Nov. 13.-spern-The sale,
have been checked the past week in Of h
have to report Il so bbs At 81 IS which IL now sska
by holders Whae-1here ID no change IN the unavh =
Tor whale The transactions dcluds sass Of $50 49, ~
5sc., at which price holders remain Arm Whals6ona
sales for the week, IL, 90 lbs. Arctic q lOs
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Court Of Common Pleas-Speclal Term.
Before Judge Ingraham.


Hahn rs Hull, impleaded Nth Pdrsons.-This action
is upon promissory note drawn by Parsons in favor Of
the plaintiff The name OF the defendant Hull is endors
ed upon IT, The complaint Is in the usual form to
Parsons, the maker to Hull states that he enlors
cd the note to induce the plaintiff to accept the same
and that was protested when due.
~ does not appear that Hull endorsed the plain
t This would not be necessary, because the note
made payable to plaintiff and 10 in his possession. (
Because it does not apper that the note deliver
This question has been lately decided by the Superior
Court, in Criswold VS.. Laverty, az Leg OBJ, p 316)
The Conrt says actual possession Of the note before
maturity Is frimd fdce evidence Of ownership and Of
he holders right to upon 1t, &C. II this Is
upon the endorsement, certainly delivery may be pre-
un,ed from legal possession Of the note, when the
Iayee of the note is the plaintiff And Selden, 209
the doctrine is distinctly set led by the Court Of Ap
peals that possession of the note upon the trial is su
Gent evidence of the plaintiffs title lastly that there
not in the complaint facts sufficient to constitutes
Of action In Hall Newcomb, q Hill, 49, II
finally settled that who endorsed note paya-
bic to third person without previous endorsement by
could only be held as endorscr and was entitled to proof
Of demand and notice. (See HILL so; HILL 587 This
doctrine rearmed by the Court Of Appeals in Spies
VS.. Gilmore, q Comst., .32l) The complaint charges
that Hull endorsed the note to induce the plaintiff To
cept the The consideration Of the note is to be
presumed from the making and selivery The averment
that Hull endorsed for the purpose Of inducing plaintiff
TO take IT, is equiv to saying that II endorsed by
Hull PRIOR to its delivery to plaintiff and the subsequent
allegation that plaintiff is the lawful and holder
OF the note, make out enough to sustain recovery in
his favor against Hull, If these facts are proven.
II would not be necessary upon the trial to prove any
thing more to make out plaintiffs case than the sigma
turet the demand and notice, and the enlargement by
Hull security for the maker, or to induce the plaintiff
and although few more words would have made the
whole free from objection, still think there is enough
TO make out cause of action.
Judgment for plaintiff, on demurrer. Defendant may
ans an All MT M
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Court OF General Sessions.

Before Hon. Judge bcebe.
Nov 15-Rocdyism-John Hoxey indicted for
knocking down John West, German, on the night Of
the I'd Of November last at the OF Madison and
Jackson streets and attempting then and there to rob
him Of q carpet bag. The attempt at robbery not
proved by the prosecutions and the jury fround verdict
Of guilty Of assault and battery only Sentenced TO
twelve months in the Pententiary.
Disorderly House-Harriet WOODBURY. was indicted
for keeping disordery house at GA Greenwich street
Several Witnesses including police officers testified that
and Of loose character in the habit Of
frequenting this house that they had often been guilty
Of rioous conduct there TO disturb the peace OF
the neghborhood and that occasions cries OF
murder heard proceeding from it. The jury with
leaving their seats returned verdict Of guilty.
The defendant who not in court during the al,
will be brought up Friday for sentence.
An application made by Mr. Holmes on behalf Of
Theodore J.. Pcvcrelly, (who indicted for the
cfcnce for which his brother has been conviced for
admission to bail Taking into consideration the youth
the younger Peycrcly who is only fourteen years Of
age, the Court accepted hail in $1,000 from John II.
SIMON, manufacturing jsweller, 81 Ann street.
As there further business, tho Court then ad
journed Scr the day.
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Inc grades OF salaries here adopted not operative
SO to reduce the present salary of any teacher
holding Office, before the LIST May 1856
The committee, after several hours discussion,
and reported in favor of the report of the Committee on
Salaries which subsequently adopted by the Board
on a vote Of twenty three to fourteen.
COMMUNICATION.
From the City Superintendent, presenting his usual
ing the primary and coored schools the city he
found them well filled and regularly attended ORDERED
file.
REVOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
That the Home Of the Fendless be allowed to take for
the of their schools the books laid aside by the ward
schools.
That the City Superintendent be requested to report
on the expedency Of employing professor Of music
professor Of natural history and professor of book
keeping to teach the normal schools Saturdays the
grammar schools other days, and also the evening
schools.
The Board then adjourned to Wednesday next.
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SINGULAR OoCURRnCE-h LouiwfI1e, Kv,, .
couple Of feoAh fslows having lot Of kaotty oss,
split apart got them together in pile ON Thursday
evening last ct the Of Twelfth aud Main Streets
bored hole In the largest log, filed with powder and
blew up the whole loo with explosion which caused
the splinters to ny in all directions One chunk went
through wagon standing Main street. killing two
men who were standing the sidewalk, Of whom
much bruised and his clothes nearly torn from him.
The same splinter also knocked hole ia the door Of
house, and another fragment demolished window ON
each side Of the house.
George A. Ieavitt sentenced to the State prison
for life, at Manchester Friday last for robbng his
father under the threat to take his life OF SIS the
21st Of September last at Amherst.
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Stock Exchange.

50, 9a5 IS se,oso IS SIS, oso 3is ,227ll -
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n ate ". D. imllsnn elected President, and
alIea t.t. 2 ins' ard succeeded same day ~ ia
ti,nwtli wl" ia ,ne week thereafter, removed
IL nc l,ard IT Il, cturs: the oncc remained
unt r =: ny of October, last when Joseph Potter
WAS elected. vr !. resident; that the original III
etors before med MI directors now, except John
l.. Hri en-, ltfl Fares, and Allen g. Newman
who i,s.nsa lr,si.s tr tie bank commencing bust
n.ss. vh.rcalsn .'.~sp! Potter, John j. v. Wester
welt ard JainoS H. ton elected IN their places.
aud .,r .i.ti.ns: that Of the 500 900 CAPT
TAI siotS sub- r.i,n aforesaid, only $50 200
lad been Iad " ~ Tie opening OF the bank.
and none las c.f paid IN since: that 81 500 Of that
amount IL ac cash, but q bond and
age Tor that receives" from Stephen Cromwell
str iidrr aG rad. subsequently Ia the BANKING
Del aItment " at tie remaining $i3 500 Of said capital
not paid ri all W money but in the promi ssory
notes OF the directors, following. viz -
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NEw YORK. Nov. Q, 1854.
To D. b ST. JOHN, Esq, Superintendent Of the Ban
Iepaitment-
Shin compliance with the request and instructions
contain cd il your letter Of 18th Oct, have made
examination into the affairs OF the Eighth Avenue Rank
in this city The result Of my cxamina IL contained
in the testimony herewith of Mr. Charles Sand0d the
cashier If tie bank II is full and in connection with
give you History Of the management OF the bank from
the beginning, well Of its present condition have
great doubts whether enough be realized from the
assets Of til bank to pay its debts certainly with
out much vigilance and promptness in collecting The
sets.
The CAPITAL IL s1C0 COO and you will that not much
than hall Of il has been paid in. It's principal
debtors the directors and ts creditors almost
entirely its Savings Bank derostors. The securities
which you hold for the redemption Of the circulating
notes. think will be found TO be very nearly if not
quite adcq uate to that object.
In view the large indebtedness the part Of the
directors and the reasonable doubt which exists OF the
insufciency of the assets should think the interests
nent Of efficient receiver Such Is the opinion OF Mr.
Ssndford the cashier, and Of Mir Jacob Cromwell OF
the directors and former president and who is taking
steps for that object. am, with great respect your
obedent servant. (signed) H. NJ. BLATCHF0RD.
In the matter of the Eighth Avenue Bank In the city Of
New ioik-1estimony takea by Richard NJ Batch
ford special agent appointed by d. d. st. John, Su
rerin.endsn Mt OF the Ranking Department.
City and C,unfy-V Neso York, ss.-Charles Sanford,
being duly sworn, says that the Eighth Avenue Bank
organized in the said city the 9th Of August,
1858, and commenced business at OF Eighth
and Thirty third street the 10Th December last
that he Is cashier OF said bank having been appoint
ed March 18th last past that from the commencement
up 10 his appointment James L. DAYTON cashier;
that by the terms oi the articles of association, the CAPT
tal oi sad bank 500 00o-divided into two thon-
sand shares of $50 each-which capital was all sub.
tlCpf he fIs a, fy r.l
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Board or Education.

Nov 15-E. @. Benedict Esq, President in the chair
The minutes Of the last meeting read and approved
COMMITTEE THE WHOLE.
The beard, in Committee Of the Whole, Commissions
Nelson in the chair continued its consideration of
cument No. 49, being the report of the Committee on
Salaries, recommending plan for the classification
studies scholars and salaries in such that as
practicable the system Of instruction used the
schools and the salaries paid teachers nigh
be uniform throughout the city The following abstract
from the report will be found Interesting -
GRADES SALARIES.
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That each Of said pfomssory notes dated January
1st 1854 payable six months after date, with interest,
and secured each by seventy three shares OF the
stock Of the bank that at the maturity Of said notes. July
1st last past they renewed for six months more
bearing intcsstthe accrued interest being paid In
cash; that raid renewed notes now In deponants
hands well the certificates OF stock belonging 70
each one powers Of attorney In blank for the trans
fer Of the same; that said bank stopped payments
few minutes before O'Clock on the 9th October inst;
that from It's commencement up 10 its stoppage, held
itself out 10 the public as savings bank as wen a.
bank a discount and deposit, will appear by the al
yvrtfeuent hereto annexed marked A, and signed by
dcponcn and which appended TO the deposit books
that al the time OF aid stcppage the savings deposits
amounted 10 SO 81 and the other deposits 70 084
that at this time savings deposits amount to e27 sol
q, and the ether deposits to about slooo-the
former having been decreased by payments In
money. and the latter by allowance Of the
same In the way Of offset 70 depositors who were
debtors Of the bank that the circulating
notes OF the bank amounted at the suspension to
slooo3I, and the same 10 amount now, except that
the bank has in hand $712, received since then
from 4. biors in payment that 1921 Of said crculat
ing notes are now pledged with John Thompson for
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The increasc oil capital + made up as IoIIows-EIot
81 2Oo Maverick 81 $780, National 5000; and Broad
way Bank, 81 AGO.
1he-Albany Alias Of the 1ith inst contains the
port Of tbs special agent appointed to examine into til
condition, &C., Of the Eighth Avenue Bank
NEw YORK, Nov. 8, 1854.
To D. b ST. JOHN, Esq, Superintendent Of the Ban
M MT
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Totu.... 81 423 2S4 3Os6 800 1925 ss7 s,e5s,45
statement of the previous week, EXHIBITS the following
rasi lfn.-
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Your historical sketch OF the capture OF lord Dan
kelin re- requires some correction. The Marquis Of
Clanricsrde is not the present Postmaster General
neither has he been Tor many years. His brother In law
Yseount Canning, Is the present Postmaster General
The Marquis Of Canricarde was succeeded as Postmas
ter General by the vceroy Of Ireland Earl OF st.
Germans and IL 10 singular coincidence that the latter
nonleman was engaged to Miss Canning, and abruptly
broken on In consequence Of john Earl Of St. Germans
fixing unto himself second wife, (he daughter Of the
M Hon. Reginald Pole Carew, Of tornwall) and pre-
suming perhaps there prospect Of the present
Lari st. Germans enjoying the title and estates Rt
hon mr.. Geo. Canning declined the alliance. Subse-
qeny the hrst Earl Of st. Germans died without issue
and the present one became Lord Eliot by courtesy AMI
CORVALLIS. ONE WHO KNOWN
New York, Nov H. 1854
CoMM0D0RE PERRY AND THE VESSELS OF THE
EAST INDIA SQuApRoSThe Navy Dsps rtn mt anticipate
the arrival Of Commodore Perry in the United states in
the Of January next, and they have al
vices from the East saying that the steamships Mis
dppi and susquehanns, the sloop Plymouth and the
storeehps snpply Southampton and Lexington all nj
that squadron, now their way home leaving on
the station the steamer Powhatan and the loopso war
Macedonian aud vandald Captain Joel Abbot will be
The senior ofhccr left there.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-02-03

Bayard Taylor is lecturing at Baltimore, and l
see you will shortly have Horace Greedy in Wheel.
ing. We have nothing of this kind in w Washing
ton. The Trustees Of the Smithsonian Institute,
upon whom the public depend for popular lee.
lures. and of whom they have the right 10 demand
the proper kind of lectures. hire learned profes.
sors at one hundred dollars per night 10 give DRY
details oil aeSttuse science. which is neither inter
es'ins or instructive toll public at large. One oil
our great 'tional1fau:ts, and one which men oil
learning should check, not foster. is grasping toe
high and aiming at too much. We discourse lib.
orally on the planets without being able to see the
changes OF. the moon, and graduate in mathemat.
les before we can practically apply the single rule
oil thtee. Yours truly, X.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-02-03
Faithfully yours,
The Powder Bzplosion at Ravenswooa
coRoNER's INVESTIGATION.


The New York papers Of Monday are filled with
particulars of the drendful powder explosion al
Ravenswood, on Saturday last The appearances
of the place on Sunday, is described as s;ckepine
10 the last degree. The following is from the
Herald of Monday:
The place Of the explosion presented n sicken-
ing and revolving appearance. The lot on which
the powder factory stood was covered with spots
OF blood, where the m.angle1 remains of the un-
fortunates had been thrown by the tremendous
force of the explosion. Standing in main road
between two lots, both of which were covered
with people, we did not know which way to turn
to find the ruined factory. Speaking to bystand-
er, 'Can you inform us where the powder mill
stoodi" we said. "The hell-engendered factory
stood there" he answered. pointing to heap Of
stones few yards distant. "Book around and see
what It has done-see the brains spattered against
tins fence" We looked where our info -mant
pointed, aud there, sure enough, upon a white
washed board fence, was quantity of human
Drains, Smeaung an area OF two or three feet in
diameter. 1t was narrowing sight. Turning
from tnlS, we walked TO where the factory stood.
This was an open lot, about one hundred feet
square. surrounded by white Loard fence, and
covered over with large blocks Of stone taken from
quarry on the lot. The factory was a sort of
wooden shanty, standing on foundation Of stones
| loosely thrown together, in size about twenty by
twenty five feet. Nothing of it remained except
l the stones. The hole building was shivered into
splintets scattered in all directions. as il shower
| oil chips had fallen upon the place. Here and
| there lay spots of blood and brains. where the
mangled limbs and bodies of the dead had ia lien.
Some had fallen upon the ground, some had been
driven against the rocks, and others fell upon the
stones which lay in the lot Pieces Of clothing lay
here and there; but yesterday all the remains 81
the dead had been picked up. Those upon the
spot state that after the explosion bowels hung
dangling from limbs of trees, and heads were sew:
cred from bodies and thrown to the distance oil
assE!y hundred yards. It was truly SONY