The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-16
of the Legislature yesterday.

OF the Legislature yesterday.
The Attorney General has given an opinion as TO
fhe eligibility Of the members Of the old police
force 10 reappontment. He finds nothing in the Me-
fropotsn Police law TO prevent the re-sppointment
by the Police Commissioners Of such members OF
the old force as were in good standing at the time
thst law went into operation
The witter Democratic General Committee met
La, night al Tammany Hall, and after denouncing
the Sweeney Committee, proceeded TO endorse the
Kansas policy Of President Buchanan and appointed
ibe Esd Of May as atime to hold public meeting
the subject.
The Board of Aldermen met last evening. Com
muncations were received from the Mayor recon-
,nending the erection Of FIRE proof building in the
Park for court house and yetong the proposition to
pay the members Of the Common Council. The last
named document may be found in our report Of the
proceedings q the Beard and is worth an attentive
perusal. resolution was adopted authorizing the
Mayor 10 negotiate with the federal government for
abe erection Of new Post 0fice in the Park, on
Chambers street, in the rear Of the City Hall. A
report from the Finance Committee was adopted,
referring to the Board Of Supervisors the application
Of the Police Commissioners for sll $50 10 pay ex
pense Of ltigating the Police law. The committee
consider that the expense should be betrayed not by
The city, bu, by the Metropolitan district The re.
port relative 10 the oil contract was laid on the table
10 await the judicial decision on the Street Commits
sioner question. The street cleaning contract was
referred to the Street Committee.
The Standing Committee on Frauds was yester.
dag occuIsed in investigating the rascaltes pcrpe-
traied in connection with the Fiftysecond and
Seventy ninth street Improvements. A full report
Of the testimony Is given elsewhere. resolution
was offered in the Board Of Aldermen last evening
apropriating 81 900 to defay the expense Of these
investigations.
The committee Of the Board Of Councilmen in re-
ference 70 the consideration Of the bids Of the diff
feren parties DESTROYS Of obtaining tho contract for
the construction Of the new Croton reservoir held
their fnal meeting last evening. At the preceding
meeting Of the committee, counsel behalf Of
hessrs. Fairchild & Co. requested that the meeting
OF yesterday might be held, in order that be could
have an opportunity Of producing documents to
which II would be necessary 10 refer and plenty Of
time TO do justice to the arguments in favor Of his
clients. by some means or other, however the docu.
ments were not in his possession when he appeared
before the committee yesterday, and having stated
that such was the case he requested that he alone
should speak before the committee. One Of the firm
OF Dinfmore 4 Co. requested that be should be al
lowed short time 10 say something when the coun.
sel had concluded and 20 this the committee gave
their assent; whereupon Messrs. Fairchild 4 Co.'s
counsel declined 70 speak altogether under the cir
cumstsnces After waiting a few minutes, and find
ing that il was impossible 10 proceed with business
the committee announced their final adjournment
Sergeant Croft and officer Macarthur arrived in
this city yesterday morning from Richmond. Va.
having in custody Mason Thomas, the alleged kid
nappcr Of the negro Anderson, and the negro him
self writ Of habeas corpus was granted 70 de-
tain the parties at Richmond, but the officer took
Thomas from the jail at eleven o'clock at night and
with the negro, LEFT for New York in the four o'clock
tran on Saturday morning. before the writ could be
served Thomas was sent 10 the Court Of Ses
eions yesterday, and in default Of bail in $4,000