The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-17


voters Of Kansas Mr. Toomhs il hard man to
please. he threatened last summer to blow the
Union to atoms ehou2A Freaont be elected, and
now be is just as hot after The administration Of
his own choosing. Cerious customers, these
Southern 6re-eaters
Judge Insraham's Dscssson-Coaovsr Adj
judged In OentsrnPs.
According to previous announcement, Judge
Ingraham delivered his decisions on Saturday on
the two cases relating to the Street Oomuis-
siouer's Office pending before him In the Court Of
Common Pleas. The first case was on motion
for attachment against Conover for contempt, in
violating the Injunction order issued by his honor
restraining him, the Sheriff his agents or attorneys,
from interfering with the books and papers ap-
pertaining to the Office Of Street Commissioned
The second case was on motion TO continue said
Injunction, made on behalf of the Mayor and Com
monaity of the city of New York.
In heightened exposition OF bis opinion,
which we published in our columns yesterday,
Judge hgraham adjudged Mr. Conover in cob
tempt He declared that the evidence showed
the contempt to be deliberate and pre- arranged,
and therefore meritiug punishment. But 10 order
to give the defendant an opportunity 10 escape
the penalties due to the offence, his Honor
reserved his order on the Gaze uutil Monday,
suggesting that it Mr.. COnover restored al the
books and papers, and surrendered possession of
the Office to the lawful officer, he might purge
himself of the contempt, and thereby escape pun
ishment on payment Of costs
Thus enc act of this tedious drama is con-
cluded for the nOnce. And now let us have no
more applications for eertioraris; no more legs!
ehifts and eypedients to evade the law; but let
there be on the part Of Conover and his counsel
a respectful, submission to the order of the Court
The public are SICK TO disgust of this protrscted
legal skirmishing. To the lawyers and the ms
and OUT Of the Street Commissioners department
it is no doubt very exciting; but the people want
the business of the city 70 be attended to. 1t has
been neglected too long and it is only by some
thing like q miracle that The public health has
not suffered materially long since in consequence.
We hope, then, Mr.. Conover will take advice
from Judge Ingraham and come into Court
to day, confess himself wiling to defer to its
DEGREES, restore the documents he has taken
from their lawful guardian, put his hand in his
pocket and pay the costs; and then retire like q
respectable citizen into private life Ii is due to
public decency as well as the public interests
that he should do so. But from the course of bis
counsel all through the case, we think it highly
probable that no such result will be obtained.
Although nothing emanated from the Supreme
Court up to the close Of business on Saturday, il
is very likely that certorari in this case as well
as IN the others, has been privately applied for;
go that we may looA out for another scene in
Judge Ingraham's Court this morning.
10 The Injunction case Judge Ingraham decided
that the order should continue in force against all
the defendants except Mr.. Field; but as to him
it was dissoved, az he did not seem to have done
province as counsel. In delivering this opinion
his Honor took occasion to mark his disapproba-
ton of Mr.. Fields course in regard to tue viola
ton of the Injunction, and TO repeat the opinion
he gave in the habeas corpus case--that the
appointment under which Conover claims to hold
the Office Of Street Commissioner is not, in his
judgment, valid, and confers no right thereto.
III uus Opiilou, DC We'll th III Tue luStiCe vi Tue
Judges decisions on Saturday, vast msjority of
the citizens Of New York agree; but for the will
Of that majority the adherents of the Albany fac
ton have no respect. They will persist obsti-
nately in their mischevous course, In utter dire-
gard Of the interests of this metropolis and Of
the public peace. For weeks past we have seen
this case dragged from court to court the proceed
ings before one Judge reviewed and annulied by
another; political partizanship hashing out
through the eloquence of counsel and interviewer
with their subtlest arguments; spectacle calcu-
lated to lessen popular respect for the law to af
feet the dignity of the bench and to damage the
reputation of the legal profession.
Let US have done with this discreditable litiga-
CATION, in order that the functions of the Street
Commissioners department be resumed. We
have suffered too much already from the delay
caused by a fsnatical passion for usurpaton of
power in a clique whose wicked Vaccinations
have involved this great and prosperous city in
almost inextricable turmoil
OUR CRY LEGIsLAToRs.--It is a fact which
cannot be controvcrted, that for some time back