The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-17

the section OF the charter of 1867, requr ne that
no expenditure for work supplies, less than Szoo
| in amount, Should be made unless the proper head
| of department shall certify to its necessity and the
Common Council authorize II, has never in single
| instance been observed In order to put stop to
| this ractice the committee recommended the pas
sage of an ordinance compelling heads of depart
ments to observe the requirements of the charter.
he Board Of Couucilmen did not transact any
business last evening for want of q quorum.
The Councilmen's Committee ON Streets held
meeting yesterday afternoon to consider the net
ton now before the Common Councilf for extending
Worth street from the Five Points to Chatham
quare. This Improvement would extend Worth
street two blocks, and open an addition. NJ connec-
ton between Chatham street and Broadway. No
partes interested came before the committee;
therefore they took no action though they regard
the petition favorably.
Atrotting match for $4,000 TIVE mile heats IN
harness, between Lady Woodruff and Mountain
Boy, came off yesterday afternoon over the Union
Course, J.. l. The mare won easily. Time
j:0sl --5:l0s.
Captain William G. Jones, of the bark James W.
Paige, has handed us interesting advces from the
asst of Africa dated at Monrova, Liberia on the
18th of March. President Benson was not so popu-
| lar as usual. colored man from Boston had
| started paper IL opposition to the government.
Twenty tons Of native sugar and molasses had been
shipped, the latter of excellent quality. Captain
Jones has discovered and surveyed dangerous
hidden rock in latitude II IS and longitude 23 81
and called it " Louisa's Rock"
The Excise Commissioners will hold their first
meeting to-day at three o'clock in the City Library
room, in the City Hail. for the purpose of granting
licenses. new clerk will be appointed. Com
missioner Haskell has not yet accepted his reap
pointment.
At the meeting of the Health Commissioners
yesterday resolution was adopted which in ef-
feet takes away from Capt. Alexander H. Schultz
the Tightening, stevedoring and steamboating in
connection with Quarantine, and bestows that fat
job upon Messrs. Fancher & McChesney.
The Board of Currency met last evening to hear
MI. Opdyke read report on the present state of
our currency and banking system, the exact pur-
port of which was to make comparison of the
sum of the bank deposits and circulation with the
population for the same periods showing the pro.
| portion of money or bank currency to each indi.
| vidual throughout o period of twenty-six years
We are compelled to defer the publication of our
! report.
The case of A. Maroney, confined in the Eldridge
street Jail at the suit of Adams EXPRESS Company
! for the embezzlement of $50 09O W Is bou hit IN
| in the United States District Court yesterday be.
fore Judge Nelson, when the motion of his counsel
on an order to reduce bail was argued The Judge
denied the motion, and the 3Ia shall retu cned his
| prisoner back to his quarters in Eldridge sreet.
| The American Baptist Publication Society held
| its thrty-ffth anniversary yesterday. There were
one hundred and fourteen members present The
subject of union with the Bible Society, as pro-
posed bythe Baptist Consolidating Convention was
discussed in spirited manner, and resolutions were
| passed by vote of seventy-pnc to thrty-one. in
! favor Of such union, :" if it can be cordially and
| legally Effected The annual report shows aour.
shng state of affairs, the society having published
during the past year $4,000 books pamphlets and
extracts making an aggregate of so ,642 300 pages
Total number of pages published since the societys
organization 100000 900. The rece.l Is durn, the
year were sS0,499 l6; balance in the treasury
sl97 o.. It was resolved to continue the efforts to
increase the capital to 100000. Our report is I'M
avoidaby postponed