The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-07

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| TUTIoNs NEGATIvED THE DIFFICULTIES WITH THE
COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION.
The Board Of Ten Governors met yesterday afternoon
| at O'Clock. Present-Governors Townsend, lin the
char Draper, Dugro, Duke, Henry, West Smith, Taylor
and Teman.
After the reqaistons were a read communication
received from the Warden of Amshouse, stating that
he had discharged gardener, under the resolution
passed the last meeting of the Governors, excluding
persons who were not citizens from their employ ment.
Upon this quite breeze sprung up, and considerable
feeling was manifested by the Board
| motion to reconsider the resolution made by
Governor Dugro the ground that they could not
pery consider gardener officer besides, number OF
the employees the Lunatc Asylum were females, and
| not citizens
There appearing to be some doubt as to the legality
of reconsideration Governor Draper offered the follow
| ing resolution -
ment shall be removed by any warden superintendent
any other officer without submitting TO the Board of
Governors its action the and ground OF reno
val and further, that special birthplace or birth
right shall be considered any ground of removal from
Office and that all future appointments shall be citizens
except female employees.
In support of his motion,
Governor DRAPER strongly opposed any exclusion Of
foreigners such. Many of those engaged good
and honest men, and to turn them away because Of
accident which they had CONTROL he for one felt
sorry that this thing sought to be done. When
Lafayette to this country, he not asked
whether he naturalized not; and he and like
him fought for this country, yet would not allow
them their countrymen to hold petty Office in the
gift of the Amshouse Depar tment The resolution he
Governor Draper) proposed offered for the avowed
purpose Of showing that the Board had affinity with
this exclusive party which had just arisen and
exciting so much attention.
Governor was pleased hear the Governor speak
as he had When the fact of the passage OF the rssou
created the greatest ALARM and several of the females
to the city to be naturaized thinking that they
would be compelled to leave their situations. Those
who would be removed by this resolution were men who
had done their duty, and it wrong and frivolous to
eject them because Of their birth.
Governor DUKE hoped the resolution would remain on
citizens should be excluded Much had been said about
the hardship of taking people from Office who
were dependent it for support but it would
be well to remember that American citizens
wanted office, and they should have the preference
some of the people who were appointed had not been in
the country four months and they could be track
ed all over the island by the marks of tae nails in their
brogans. (Iaughter) Our people have been humbug-
ged much by foreigners. Kossuth has sckened
people with his nonsense and they will be carefal how
they believe such aaventurers in future.
An amendment WAS proposed by Governor Smith
to the resolution SO as TO ensure the appointment
Of American citizens hereafter with the exception OF fe
males, many of whom it desirable to retain
Governor WFST-Wby except femaless
Governor 1ASIoR-Because they nave no votes.
Governor WEsT-I am to understani, then, that the
whole thing s an electioneering trick
SEVERAL VOICES Certainly
After some further discussion Ia which considerable
earIestness was manifested, Governor smiths amerd
meDt voted down, and Governor Dropers resolution
adopted by the following vote
Ayes-Townsend, Draper, West, Henry, Dugro
NAYs-Duke. Smith, Tieman, and Taylor.
Governor DUKE offered resolution inquirins into the
name, age, nativity citizenship, and salary OF every
employe OF the Board
Gov DRAPER was opposed to this motion He, for one
did not el DESTROYS OF giving Sam this much ccvetsd
Information The gentleman Offering ~ was no doubt
Know Nothing.
c. pr,Ip No T rayar said T ,yos Jar, IN oIa
fashioned Henry Clay wbig, and nothing else
The subject was then laid on the table.
A committee appointed, con isting Of Governors
West Draper Tieman Smith and Taylor, to attend the
Legislature during their visit to this city.
commune alton received from Mr.. Eldreye,
Warden of the Workhouse, from which make the fol-
lowing extracts =
al enclose to you writ OF habeas corpus containing
the of the three model artists who, you will
discharged by Justice Stuart on the LIST inst be-
they were jointly convicted of vagrancy, which
cannot be done matter of law, justice or fact
also send you the commitments of Justice Stuart
while he was police Justice of this city in one Of
which he jointly nmitted Ave males, and in the other
six males which would to show that his commit
ments or convictions as magistrate are at variance
| with his decisions judge could find of
the same Lind, but presume these two are suai.
Gent for the present purpose One OF these three
turned on the Sd Instant the same commitment
for the term OF four months. Allow 10 ask the ques
ton If the discharges given by the exJustces Csrke
Stuart legal and vslids'' The communication
went to state that the Vampiown Rangers who
sent TO the Island as vsgrants had their clothes olen,
whom referred the settlement Of the existing diff
cutes between the Board and the Commissioners Of
| Emigration, then read by Gov Draper
That in the Annual Report OF the Commissioners Of
Emigration adopted at regular meeting of that Board
Jan 81, 1851 the following passage connec-
ton with exhibit of he amount OF debt at the close
of the year 1854, on bond and mortgage"
1.-THE rest (of Of $685. 00U) consists Of the claim
of the Governors of the New York Amshouse for the
support OF insane persons chargeable to the commua
ZION fund In the view Of the commission this amount
| deductions n
for the support Of native children born of immigrant
mothers and taken care of in the nursery at
Wards Island for which they have not been able to
| make any arrangement with the New York Almshouse
department The commissioners have proposed and are
anxious adjust these and other differences which have
arisen between the two Boards by an arbitration or
| amicable suit
Some account OF the nature nd history Of these dif-
feences' to the committee to be called for here;
the story is short plain and true.
statemtn mt on the subject OF Immigrant Paupers,
made TO you the 10th Of december last you
reminded Of the agreement by which this Board con-
sene very early its administration, to receive and
provide for all the lunatcs whom the Commissioners
of Emigration and required to support In
sideraton Of that service, those engaged
to pay, and for time did pay, to the Almshonse
Department the sum of So week for each and every
such patient On the LIST December lSs9, the charge
was reduced to SO so in defert nee to certain
tatons made to the Ten Governors by one who still
that commission to the eject that the charge of 80
was excessive and much greater than the cost of sup
porting the foreign lunatc paupers On these latter
| terms the engagement still remains. Meantime, how
ever the debt Of the Commissioners TO this department
Oh OF service mas rapidly &C Sumuiatu,
and their payments have quite ceased though they
tnue to enjoy TO the fullest extent every advantage OF
the contract You have that estimates ap
preparations have been usually pre5icated these
quired rembursements, (Appendx r. and that in
sequence of the remssness the Comms sioners our
accounts have at times displayed trng but
tious confusion On referring to page Is OF the state
ment OF December 10 (Appendix 2 H. you will fni
that the Of 81 i2S o. due 70 this depart by
the Commissioners of Emigration for December 1851.
not paid until August Is, 1852, that ST. 7se - due
for April 1852, remained unpaid untn July Z, 1858;
that 50 ass g. in like manner due for May, 1852,
not finally reimbursed to until October 10, 1853;
nor the amount $3.50 81 due for January and
February 1853, all paid before 3, 1854 In conse
Of snch ted then IL