The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-25
THE POLICE CAMPAIGN.
uhe Municipal Deserters and their Prospects
The Money Questioa-Iho Encounter of
the Old Chief and the Nav DePuty-Ap-
pOlntment. &c.

the Old Cs,sef and the Nav Deputy-Ap-
pOintment, &c.
The proceedings OF both the parties claiming executive
control in reeot to the city police force Saturday
hotted quito significantly tthev temper we'll the
confidence they respectively lave the premises After
athra paponement se Albany Regency arrived at their
conclusion in respect apaa Horrigan aud tho men In
contempt before theEst tho Fifth ward station house.
The question was moosd whether to dismiss those men
Tor dssobedence; t,t Nasmuch such sentence must
have the sgnfcaon OF an order disbandng the entire
FORCE 1t necessarily found expedert to take some
other course. lieut. (Capain) Korrgan was suspended
for thirty days enc the policemen ieut) pavidfie
and Henry EVanss were suspended for zen days eac no
OF which vyrs served item in the following form
OFFICE or .as GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT Police,
New YORK, May 23, 1857. (
the na, ;o%psos against Lieut. Daniel orr
That vorxye saspendcd from paw and duty for thirty
days froma cate. GEORGE TERWIILIGIR, Clerk.
OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE J
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, IS WHITE ST. !
10 Lieut.. DANIEL HoReseAN, policeman Of Fifth precinct
Sir hereby certify the foregoing TO be correct tran
script Of order aud judgment made by the Board Com
mioncrs Of the Metropolitan Police aistric OF the State of
New York, on the 23i day Of May 1857 in the matter Of
sompRnt against you, made by Inspector Carpenter on
the 18th day of Asy, 1857
NEW YORK, Nay g, 1857.
The dismissal o. these would have incurred the
presentation Of Tie question whether the Commissioners
bad any powcr to appoint their successors This they
have not attempted TO test by any act commission
yet their rrsdcament in respect their rickey
law. No capin has been attempted TO be put the place
Of Carpenter cince his promotion and, indeed the Board
would to act significantly in this respect being
well Of the extent to which they cut down by
the ouoo OF the Supervisors based upon following
section Of the police bill -
The ssd police force shall consist of general superin
pdent Of police and two deputy superntendents Of po
captains Of police not to exceed forty many sergeans
police not to exceed one hundred and MY and many
police patromen may be upon the Board
Of Supervisors OF the County Of New York.
AS The resolution Of the supervisors aimed limita
ton Of the police force under the Beard ave parolmen
could nationally be construed give power for the
appointment Of forty captains and hunared and fifty
geants control these five The clause definite
fixing in the Of the superintendent deputies and
the surgeons, the exact number must be understood
give the power 40 TO define such number 10 the Ssperv
in the Of tho pairomen. II Is not given by
the bill 70 any other control The action of the Commits
Soners therefore, has the significance Of formal accept
Ance OF the resolutions Of the Supervisors in the following
respects
they have no, issued a commission for single officer
thus far those Of the Superintendent his depu
hes which specifically be created in the
bill Yet they claim possession and control Of the pre-
cent police force, there Is vacancy 10 the Fifth ward
station and the officers in control there repudae their
The appointment of H. Van Tassel detailed as spe-
cal officer under Mr. Talmadge, encouraging, efficient
s.tern OF an officer, their first draft upon the quota
Of the city and county Of New Yok" Two others
"quots presumed upon authority Of Commissioner
Bowen and Superintendent Tlladge) to be bleed in
supervision OF Mr. Gray, ponderous warden of the
Tombs The Eve men at Quarantine are special men, on
special duty, under aspecia provision of the bill
Thus they seem to eenne their position limited 10 the
following inventory
Five commissioners, viz. -
The Treasurer, at salary Of ............ So, 900
-Four Other members at IS per diem during their
actual suings, say II they make out their time
with their present diligence, sitting every day,
General superintendent 5000
neputy superintendent Carpenter New York 80. 2,ooy
pepu,y Superintendent Folk Brooklyn 1900
nre pairomen at $500 per annum each 1000
Total official -alaries provided s3i, 500
No osher officer created In the bill without very pro
,ursryisors and muncpal AUTHORITIES called upon to pro
such Had the bill la all respects been
Ie,ropo,ar ps,re and provided for this yoinS Of the
foCr counties comprises bengn other respects
for the ratification Of the parties concerned there would
ueb be approach TO justice and the prime principles
nf the constitution In It's form.
me salaries must with exception of the I've patrol
be the proposed police fund, 10 be assessed
proportonatey upon the entire Metropolitan district The
sxpcnse therefore, Of this black republican incubus,
thanks the Supervisors, will not for official salaries,
amour, 70 much more tnan penny poll tax in the pre-
cnc until the whole concern Is tcouted OF the statute
THE VICTIMS OF THR ALBANY INTRIGUE.
Indeed the bearing OF this state OF hings must he
ira, ed Into throwing up their places the officers Of the
mrnpcpai department On Saturday the Mayor took nc
ton with the City Judge upon he preservation Of the city
rut, and discipline Of hts executive aids, by SUMMARY
| = diminishing, In the same manner and upon similar
harges az in nc Of Carpenter, squres and Lieut.
3rian, the following officers and men
Taddeus C. DAVE, Lieutenant 10Th patrol district, for
conduit unbccomng an officer, and insubordnatlJn.
sIhen Johns sergeant Of LIST patrol District broadway
squad) or In ubordinaiion.
Theodore U. Storey, policeman 9Th patrol district for
me "insubordna,iou,p Of course consisted in repud
sang the authority In control and possession Of the
cegartment The list Of captains, given in the HERALD
nj week, has not yc, fully reached in the number Of
defecuons. Yet, the Lis, 10 day viii comprise
Captain speght, Twenty .hrsi ward
captain Hopkins, Third DO.
snI tain bikes, Fifteenth do
one other caJtan-thc twelfth ward-makes his returns
both the old regime and the These with the dis
an ~ me twenty two IN The departmeni Tese officer.
have besct by their black republican friends and
urged on by The commi,soners Who put their claims 10
conduct through the present storm but merely upon the
rroupd they should take this step aid Of the ause
the prrtisan aim Of tho Albany propaganda Now, in
view G the action Of the Supervisors, and It's effect
conceded by the proceedings Of the new Board t,us
or salary N rive the revoled ooers9 Assuming
old Commissioners have no valid authority to discharges
them where the autho 1ty OF the mission
tain or recognise ,hcm' They may their rank on the
new scbeae Of the "vcunecr Police, but according
DC new Law and under the mon resolution OF the
ssyvsor the new Board does dare to issue single
conm.sen; can achieve the arst shadow ~ claim
sr their nay of that resolution and 81 the follow
ing portion Of the 2sh secton the prnaipal clause in
lbe bll;-aBu such spportonmcnt shall not be legal
or binding upcn the respective Boares Of Supervisors
above mentioned, n the apportonment OF tar made 10
zach couuey Aforesaid han ered ne whscA shall b
sossar, b s,ainn pote aoommcisson,, and the police
force used and employed within each AMI either OF the
aald countless aos ino b ne action Of 10 Board u Super
s.Aor,"
rHt MONEY QUESTION.
rn this comsctons If the best chance for tho
men, their pay decidedly the eide Of the mu
n.cipadty and abe old organization. Tho money which
NOV arproT~iaied for 1857, is appropriated upon the
basis az Police expsnsesfcr the city Of New York alone
and ashe time rhen votsd, had OF conempla
lion Of q ooparnership In commissioners and Official
since crsa ed and 70 be compounded with, In Joint
concern of four coSnlea OF the State The Commits
s ne,s besides their standing disability with the super
rtsors u,v have IN ouaront fact that approprs