The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-30

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the meeting broke up amid noise, confusion and
rowdyism. sketch of the affair given in another
column.
In the law courts yesterday there were few cases
OF great interest decided Judge Roosevelt decided
upon granting the appointment. of Receiver in the
case of the Empire City Bank. judges Mitchell
and Morris affirmed the decision of the Judge a.
special term, denying the motion for maudamus to
compel the Parker Vein Coal Company to permit
stockholders to make transfers OF shares. The
rnent in the case Of Senior Arre~"oiz. =
Consul who noyes j. :, ALL. Aas Mexican
VI y. .-s.narged fr,m arrsst.
was continued, and the decision q the Judge ia re-
served. motion to discharge Mr. Curtis Judscs.
the hotel proprietor from arrest, was also rssde
and decision reserved.
A GOOD deal of business w9t transacted IN the
Board of Aldermen last evenir g. The Fire Msrshal
presented his first semiannv al report al II resuts
OF his Investigations OF mr. q from the nu.s OF June
TO the nrst Of December, 1854 the report has oser
compiled with care, nd We have no doubt that.
rom the vigilance displayed by ibis very arse
chcer, incenciarlsg will be unknown in cur cosn
munity az tneyp evidently been already gres.ly
diminished. II 4e Fire Marshal <tates that not air
fnrnace nues are the cause Of several buildings
taxing nre he advises thnt builders anould
tahe soIp decided action n the ustter, and
ADOPT 10 cans to prevent tho danger so manifest
in the present plan of construction. The re-
port COWS the arrest OF twelve persona chsrg.
co w tn arson. Out Of this number, merchan. has
oeey convicted Of a atsssapt to Gre hie own pre-
mr. .es and sentenced to four years and ak months
te the State prison; another OF the tccused
onvicted OF setting fire 20 dwelling house, recey.
ing ssnoenceof ten,Nars to the State prison; one
was tired and acquitted, and two nov remain ia
prison aws:ting trial; the others were discharged
for the want Of evidence. The Investigations give,
Sc be s1ceftained, the loss by fire ana
the amount OF insurance, also shc origin of each fire,
and /. willbe seen that out OF she whole number
sixty were heyond doubt the work Of the incea-
diary; rEirty.four supposed TO be designedly aet
fire, and eiehtyEix the rec alt Of accident. The
total number OF fres, from June to November 1854
was one hundred and eighty. The total loss OF
properly was 1907 ,342. The totsl amount OF in
sarancee effected on those premises was 81 240 o2.
, The Board concuTred with the Cou1cilmsn to ap-
propriate q, 0c0 for the celebration OF Washngtens
birthday. The annual report Of sandry savings
BANKS we're received, snd ordered on file. repor.
in favor Of transls.ing Jostice Osborne to the
Mayors office, there TO held his court as police
magistrate, In consequence of the increased eas
ness Of that department, was adopted.
The liquor Bill In eae Assembly, and the
Great Temperance Reform Movement Of
the Know Nothings.
In the discussion last week, of the prohibit
tory liquor bill pending before the Assembly,
Mr.. Coleman, Of The Astor House, took occa-
sion TO show, in q fair argument supported by
the positive testimony Oh our new Mayor, that
the existing laws, if faithfully carried ont, are
sufficient Tor the suppression OF the crying
evils OF intemperance, and that, from the sue
cessful experiments introduced by Mayor
, Wood, these lave can be readily enforced. The
!. champions and organs, however, of absolute
? prohibition will adni, nothing and accept
r nothing short Of the Maine law, which they
. contend lie the universal and only ufallible
panacea against the ,grogshops, and the crimes,
. diseases and destitution of which they are the
.. frightful nurseries
1t is very remarkable that our moral and
social reformers at Albany, in their absorbing
, solicitude upon this subject Of temper lnce
should be blind to the great spontaneous move
ment going on among the American people
I the object Of which is to strike at the very
root Of this prevailing vice of drunkenness
We refer to the great temperance and moral
reform movement Of the Know Nothings The
root at which they are striking is the run aud
ruffian influence which for twenty five years
past has been so extensively and 50 shame
!. lessly the controlling element of our party
: politics and our local and general elections.
This thing has been the prolific source OF the
drunkenness which has SO largely supplied our
scafods, State prisons, asylums and aims
bonses with their wretched victims The rum
and rowdy tactics which have 50 long con-
trolled the conventions, associations, caucuses
and primary elections Of our old political par
, ties have been 10 the grog-shoOs aud the
. Tombs" what West Point is to the army. At
: West Point the cadet receives the highest edu-
cation 10 the art Of war. At Tammany Hall
or the Broadway House, in connection with our
primary elections, shor5 boys, assassins, aud
burglars have been as thoroughly trained in
the appliances OF rum and rowdyism in the
control of the affairs Of the State AM the
, federal government.
No Maine law can reach this party nu isance;
but unless it is reached the most stringent pro-
9 Editions of our Albany philanthropists will be
CONTEMPORARY disregarded and deted by oar
old party pipe-layers, including the managers
Of the Seward free-negro cold water coalition
themselves. But the sober, respectable aud
orderly great middle classes of the people,
after having submitted to this outrageous and
degrading despotsm of rum and ruffanism
at the polls until forbearance any longer
is ont Of the question have spontaneously
risen, we repeat, in the terrible array of the
Know Nothinge, to carry out, among other
wholesome changes, the greatest moral aud