The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-12

the M of vharvea and piers IN Do leased on the l6R inst
as said pier applied for ferry purposes aud is
DOW under consideration by the Committee on Ferries
Af'pi.1
TIE Board adiourred 10 Tuesday next, when .hey will
meet the cha ber OF the Cnuucmen, the Alder
mems room will be undergoing repairs.
BOARD OF COUNCILMEN.
The Board met yesterday afternoon pursuant To adjourn
ment-the President, Cbas a. Hasw ell. presiding.
After the minutes Of the previous meeting read,
Councilman BRADY presented the subj ,ined petition Of
Stephen Branch for relief which the reader commenced
to read. Mr.. Brady moved that inasmu,h as 1t was
very long docum. the further reading Of the petition be
dispensed with and that be printed in the minutes.
Mr. Dunn hoped thst the motion would not prevail
He desrous OF hearing the whole Of the communica
ton The President informed the Board that the docu
very lengthy consisting o! fourteen foolscap
pages with the consent of the MEMBERS reored the
matter to the Committee on Finance
Here is the petition
s1KPHKs H BRAscH's
To TIE eoNoRABlx THE COMMON CouycYl:-
GENTIEMEN-Your petitioner respectfully represents
That on FISay lat. Cow pt,ollsr Flags sad:-sr
have resolved 10 oay you now do not think the Iegis
atnre will confirm II; but II should shall
the epTe responsibility of paying you in the ab
sepce Of ts legislative coprmstion So Mr. Branch you
may 90 and ,e the Mayor that ready to pay you the
m0ment be will sigpify his disposition to operate with
}" Tears tel from my eyes, and looked up if
we're delightful cream, or II some fair angels were
lad a'ss to thy re-
corn'1ed MS pleasing ,,n- voice in the grasera ,s
joyous esped scrots the Park and delivered the
Comptroe,'s message o the Mayor, who seid that ne
would see the Comptroller on that day. I visited the
Mayor Saturday (alvl the very day his o'd friend
George " Matsel arrived in the city from Iowa. who
ssd be wouli see the Comptroller Monday. saw the
Mayor Monday who sharply said that he should
urite with tbs Compsrole the payment OF my claim
until be had thoroughly examined the merits Of the entire
Masei investigation. said ths. Common Council OF
the had unanimously passed q
souoD authorizing my pay ment for services which had
connection with the merits Of the Ms,sell case The
Mayor saf be didn't care, for be meant to
sut the whole, Matsell inquiry before he would
recognise the payment of my claim ] might
de- crimson and incur the perils Of incarceraou until
the little brat related the minutest details of the Matse
merits that to search for the meris' of the Matse
was ike voyage Of discove,y for the locality of the
that bis proposed scrutiny into Masels merits" was
wardy and dis honorable subterfuge; that he
sop Of Duct man, and sworn friend of Matsel, with
| whom he bad operated for twenty years, In the
dirty pookof primary politics; that If the voters Of New
| York had Known he married the daughter of Peter
Cocper, and that his eldest bore the
Of Peter Cooper, he would have been elected
Mayor noc ,uaon and coptagon result from
ton: that Peter Cooper Assistant Alderman Of
Twelfth ward in 1899 'os and 80 and Alderman Of the
Sixteenth ward IN 1870; and that Daniel remaDn
Assistant Alderman the Sixteenth ward in 1899 and Al
de,map in 1882 and was Assistant Of the Twelfth
ward in s5, and Alderman in 1852 And 49, those terrible
years which the taxpayers of New York and their
water rurs. That during theb adermAnic career OF
NOR than quarter Of century, they pifered
farthipg from the Corporation, but spent thousands
10 their elections, for the distinguished honor
Of beipR sldermep. That Of the aldermanic
ropues of 1913 told that Cooper and remann made
inmense fortunes aldermen, which fatty denied,
rs viewed Cooper and remann honorable "a the
that anober aoermanc scamp ss 1859 told me that ex
Mayor k'pgsapd warm friend Of Cooper, Temann,
Mats ell Gerard and that Kingpiard more money
while Mayor In ls5i52 in oil Gsnsevoort and oher over
sbsoowrg specuaors than all the Mayors who preceded
bu-which pslrably denied, and violently threw
lighted seesr in the face OF the municipal rogue bis
fslacious accusaops against Kngssnd Who IL known
be very conscientious man; that Cooper and remann
nade their stupepdous fortunes through the traffic OF
transparent oil transparent gass paint trans
putty iron and transpa that
Cooper and Temapn have municipal paupers FOR
thirty years under the fascinating garb OF city reormers
thar Mayor nemann arrest OF the policy and lottery
dealers gamesters other sinners arises from his ma
,uyai Mtioial aversion evn and is not q mantle
10 screen him nom the public gaze while
eeden,s Of himself and Peter rresipuhy mii,ae with
such monstrous assumption; that Daniel r. remsnn
made not copper a. Almshouse Governor and never
favored eIfravaeaDt appropriations under the guise Of
the rsupers ameioraton that bis modest cAca de-
a'anop leaving the Cove -nors-''I believe all the
Grvsrrors perfectly honesi although entertained
tnsrent opinion before became Governor'-was suf
6ciert IN establish his integrity Governor in
cudre the honor and frugalitv OF his comrades that
libel To thstthe Governors including Governor
T'emapp ever smoked that cost the payers
Sx'y dollars thousand, drank costly champagne
L he public expense, or gave public bscchsnais on
| swells Island, or made an enormous per centagc
| ,urcpase OF supplies Tor the paupcrs, took q
~ vantage of female loveness and loneliness on
Ma Island; that the extensive migration
on RI ellis leland was not designed, and that u
providentia that several hundred ipvalids In
the ho At the time the fire began, should escape,
wtbcu, sry exception, or scratch, or bruise, the
SHADOW tistion; that the Governors extremely
sorry IL 'al destroyed, and do not desire ex-
pect to m. 'cn, 10 the erection OF splendid edace
Board Of Tn Governors who have held ONCE ike IKE
/ Cooper and Nemanr, since their early manhood thA,
neither Mayor ncmapn or expect 10 make
Il nitp Amin ofrst,ox
although is whispered that Peter Cooper strives very
hard To cell several lots to the Corporation for the
sructon or FIRE engine houses nj toerably high prices
considering the famine that hovers over city, and that
be ri. have harder tAsk 70 obtain the cooperation Of
troler hao in obtaining the Mayors cooperation pay
your petitioner; thst Stephen II. Branch Taught Pc.
rposoS ,sss rr oopsrs sss1er mc,s smms5 cs nd
vane his mind At bis remote age was 70 enable him TO
write grammatical sddre.s TO deliver at the dedication
Fourth avenues which be does no, believe construct
ed With moneys procured from the public treasury during
his long aldermanc career; that II thus
With the peoples money, indirectly dshouorsbly Oh
tanned, III, great literary institution would be no public
DONATION after ALL ~ belonged " the public before
constructiop-that Peter Cooper was smsr, scholar
although bis chronic piles and bis inceesan, whirls and
sudden boupces bis rotary easy chair slightly retarded
bi. Intellectual progress; ,ba, Mr. Branch taught Mr.
Cooper a the time his venerable pupil presented his famous
tank communication Common Council IN, ough Aid
Thomas Chris,y proposing construct tank on the sum
Of the City Hall huge enougb N hold water sufficient
M % rn s M 'pe pe.rn sna nsn.1
perfectly practical proposition, which he has
believe suggested By the precocious 70 the
unsopbstcaed dad and thai the Adermsnic reformers
grossy sighted daddy by rejecting In utter silence, his
nvalusble, astonishing and Almost supernatural concep
| uon OF the immortal tank and finally that he does
not believe the immaculate Of Daniel y remann,
Peter Cooper er Mayor Kingsland and James w Gerard
adorned the black book Of Chief Matse that
these distinguished gentlemen fear Maise might have
illuminated the acusey cultivated genius Of Daniel r. Tie
man with these and other thrilling thoughts but he
Dutch Mayor, and only American citizen, and
wing pauper petitioner, Of modestly retired in
silence rom bis moet terrific presence say thatI might
have stored his and highly civilized Intellect with
these Ano other bevdcrnE sciniaons bnt silently re-
solved 70 reserve the former for this petition and the lat
ter for another fervent prayer the Common Council,
which will make about forty pages when shall present
breast clean 10 mirror In the celestial face Of
bogus hdermspfc reformer OF the Twelfth sixteenth
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