The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-16

and prosperous peace, and that new era Of 10 te-
rial progress and true civilization has commeD ed in
that county.
full report Of yesterdays amusement ! and fes
tvities, vsitatora, Intellectual, gsstr Jnomc and
bibacicus, OF the members of the Ls xisisture the
Ten Governors and their invited guF sts given in
to days paper, the most i'm 20 ;sant feature Of
which, perhaps, is the speech g Mr.. George Law,
the 'live oak" X. N. Presidep iial aspirant. With
the barquet a, the Astor Bcu 70 last evening ended
the seasons fun and frOlic OF these iuucsonariss
The Board Of Aldermen tAst evening appointed
committee 70 ascertain IF the Chief OF Police why
he has responded to the call for inform atoa re-
lstive TO the nationality Of the members Of the
Police foT;e, &c. Alderman Briggs, in preamble
TO the resolution directing the appointment of the
committee, asserted that this city il chiefly govern
ed by disrepu,abie foreis Ders but the Board re.
fused to endorse tae sentiment by vote of fifteen
to thee Our report Of the debate Is crowded out
Coroner Hi.c1 continued to investigate the cir
cumstar ces connected with the Poole tragedy from
Tn early houryesterdsy morning until after seven
o'clock in the evening. Mark Mcguire was ex.
amined, and q number of other witnesses. Capt
TuInbu]l, 0: the Eighth wa,d police, swore that he
had 10 dlI5t but Baker would have been arrested
before THO time but for the ala he received from
members and ex-members Of our police depar tment.
No clue has yet been obtained OF the whereabouts
of Louis Baker, the murderer. The story of his
lurking In the neighboiLood Of Amboy is Explained.
A peeT demented s,h0olmaster, who bears some re.
semblance to Baker, and who wanders from place
to place in the vicinity OF Amboy, mistaken for
the fagtiv,. The Board Of Aldermen last night non
| COL Cured with the Councilmen in authorizing q
reward of five tn ousand dollars for the arrest Of
| Baker.
Gov. Clark has published letter reaficmng his
previously expressed opinions favorable to the en-
actment of coercive liquor law, containing the
| search seizure and destructive clauses,
A numerously attended meeting of booksellers
and publishers was held yesterday afternoon, for
the expression Of sympathy with the family and bu
sness partners of the late Mr.. James Brown Of the
eminent house of Brown, Little Il Co., of Boston.
Appropriate resolutions Of confidence we're adopted,
and eulogisiic speech was delivered by Mr.. j. r.
Fields. Mr.. jams Harper presided at the meeting.
The steamship Canada will leave Boston for Liv-
| erpool st nine o'clock to morrow morning.
The Board OF Managers Of the American B aptist
| Union resumed ita sittirgs yesterday. A long aud
| exciting discussion took place in reference to the
| missionary enterprise Ii Burmab, during which
| some curious disclosures were made in relation TO
the characters of certain welltnown missionaries
TIE utraost excitement prevails AMONG tae Baptis.
denomination ss to the probable action Of the Board
and fears are entertained that the Cause OF foreign
missions will be apt to suffer, whataSer their course
may be. The questions in dispute were finally re-
ferred to committee OF nine, 20 report 81 the an
nual meeting of the Union TO be held in Chicago in
| May next