The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-05
CRY NT,ELLIGENCE

IHE COAL QUEsTIoN-Meeting Of the School Com
niSsioners.-The regular weekly meeting of th
Board of Commissioners of Public Schools, was hell
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
After the transaction of the ordinary business o
the Board, the special committee appointed at thu
last meeting to investigate the charges against Mr.
Edwin A Robbins, the contractor for supplying
the public schools with coal for year 1860, present
ed through their chairman, Mr. Alexander X
Mantz, the following report and resolutions:
BALTIMORE, Sept. d. 1860
To the Board Of Commissioners Of Public Schools
The undersigned, special committee appointed to in
vestgate the charges current against Mr. f. A Robbins
coal contractor, have discharged that duty and
the following as the result of the inquiry
1t appears that pursuant to authority vested in him
the Treasurer entered into contract with Mr. Robbins o
the supply of coal for the Schools and appointed Mr.
Seby weighing agent that Mr. selby proceeded in tn
discharge Of the duty assigned him without the slghtes
interference contract the part of Mr. Robbins
one in his empoyment) to the 1th of August, whel
ms duties were abruptly suspended by of the
rest of three of the carts laden with COAL destined
W. F. High School, which, it alleged, contained les
than the quantity (2240 lbs required by the law,
which arrest made by officer John L. Bishop at th
instance of Mr. John Miller, Jr of the firm of Geo. Mile
CO. coal dealers, upon whose scales when weighed by
cart was affirmed to exist whereupon three warrant
were issued by Justice Logan against Mr.. Robbins for
violation of the ordinance in delivering than 224
lbs to the ton The evidence before the Justice
lished the fact, that Mr. Seby had weighed all coal
which had left Mr. ROBBINS yard for the schools that the
three loads in question had been weighed by him
Mr. Robbins scales and that each left yard containing
the lawful quantity that when this accusation tC
ernS that his integrity had been questioned he at once
called upon Mr. Jesse Marden Scale Maker and requested
@ LU i % m F md @ 10 oee ae sea sSaies Ihat mr.
entirely true but that Mr. Sebys mode of WEIGHING was
the usual and correct mode Mr. Marden further test
fed that he had frequently in the past year tested Mr.
Robbins scales at his request and though he had tested
essrs Grove, Miller Co.'S he did not think he had
| done within year past.
From these factsand they all the facts of import
ance bearing upon the case-the undersigned find nc
RSLis f Ur e,G t i upon Mr
be held responsible to this Board for short
appearing subsequently to the carts leaving his scales and
yard seeing that by the evidence of the agent Mr. Sci
by who made the judge in the premises each cart
contained 224o lbs when it passed his supervision and
"hlch passage was IN point oil fact legal delivery ac
corag TO Ie Jaw, II not an actual one according to the
e @ i! Is e9uaty manest 10 tne Undersigned
fcientv DISCHARGED his dmtv NJ raosn tbforn o h
~; sI t ;t III ~ q s3, w ieespn, atH, ueieoie, ne
or the agent of the Board the subioned resolutions
| respectfully submitted
(signed,) ALEX. X. MANrz,
WM c: ARTHUR
s. r. DUNNocK.
d a. rnaa 5he De ana ne Is hereoy m
& " ~ " I he't VI tng ooal ID SoHtlact y
as webng M en- bn mr. m eOy
Resoipsd, That the committee be discharged from the
further consideration of the subject.
After the reading of the report and resolutions the
| uuestion was taken unon their nassaoa and thav
were adopted by the Board.
| The Board then promoted several teachers of the
| various schools and elected w r. HeiIip Adnnct
| Professor of the German Lauruare in The Central
High School.
Mr.. George F. Sloan then offered the following
resolution which the President ruled ont of order
as the Roard had already bv vota exnrossad tbor
sense of the subject.
Beso,rsd That the Tre.s,ror s rstr,,.to5 70
the coal purchased Of Mr. Robbins bv the AVERAGE
of the three cart loads sent to the Sb School o
street which were weighed by Mr. Miller, and to pay Mr.
Robbins for the coal purchased of him according that
average.-Adjourned.
AMERICAN DELEGATE ELEcrroNs.-Last evening
the election of delegates to city nominating Con
vention took place. The Bell and Everett were
also called on to meet at the same polls and select
delegates to a Union City Convention In almost
every ward the straight out American ticket was
successful by large maiorities The vote po'ed in
% the ainerent Waras was Respectable IN numbers,
% anu gLeat interest was mamllested Dy the leaVen OF
Tue olu american party; Inc result SHOWS the com
Plete ulsconhture OF the o1lon party. Inc FOL,
lowing are the ueieSateS eieceed as lar as heard
IRON On. W., c.,.L u ,,-.,.
rHst Maru-Saleo lvnes, Nhlam DAVIS, Ia.
Green John mn L; Blades, Charles Hergesheimer.
Tso uoaato ne1 nIWers' 2onn census
Son Sn~e' na"''Sei' 'n"'les Jump "lIllam Dlcklh-
'oT Th;.d wo.a ~, N;oLo,.- De- MI, O.
ILL Imiiu aeudCoa' MicnolSs brewer hdward D.
Fnnrtb Ward NJ Iohn ~ ParlIaea pan H.
Ih ~ - . ~ Ii ,y e,y i9ss, 6 oonn III y, hiIin, Ia
ner
Fifth Ward-Alfred Mace. James H. Cook. Jo-
seph Adams James w Cozine Samuel Child
Sixth Ward-Dr Andrew Hartman Josbra
Kidd Richard Pryor lanes Amos lanes Pryor
Seventh War6-Straipht-ou American.
Eirhtb uard Tbonas IaDoas T 49,; Th,,
Thomas B. Gather. - Uardester
Ninth Ward-Henrv polock Gao Ruol, Tbos
Denison. lanes A. Pearce and David 1nnnar
Tenth Ward William n P;tt n n Moro,,
VIM + Woodvear Lewis Srtion n n NJ
land
Twelfth Ward-Dr Jomas Mortoomary Nathan
T. Dushane, William Ford. G. Wilson Horner Mar
riot Boswell
Fourteenth Ward-E G. Matthews, J. Frank
Tucker " '' ~ -
Fifteenth Ward-Edward T.. Thomas Gaoroa
Rogers. Wilson Proctor. William G Simms VII
liam Edgar " -
Eighteenth Ward-WiIEom TT Rror polt;S IT
Kennard Robert Brooks Henry DuvaI Daniel q
Bruce. In this Ward there was some little dis
turbauce caused by the disaffecton of certain mar
ties at the action of the President declaring the
poll closed when others contended that all had NOT
had an opportunity of voting No blows we're
struck, however.
Nineteenth Ward-Robert Sullivan William II
Uovword Thomas II NnIos L. CborIaa ID ID
rers John CasseII This 10 caIInd an unnIodrad
ticket
Tyentiatb Ward-Jobn II woll,or Ioh NJ
Smith Jnhn Al Stavenson p p Pn1Io,on pn
bert TYSON
r. I.:L. o,/,,
ont in tho NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; Jratnt 10 ~ t ~ -,
store of Massrs Sum5ers & Townsord nv ~
sontbasst cornar Of Iihnt d PIt;o' tn ene
When the fire was first discoverad tba Hamos ,roro
rte Df h,;l I
street, and soon communicated to tbn boot and sbo
store of Mr. Samuel DRYDEN neyt door IN 7 ;bart,,
street This n1ace ro: oIn,ost antoi b,rnt ot
yerv i;ttIa heinz soya6 NJ 1rJo,s 80 =; ~ -, 49,
q 6OO ond coyorod b,, ;s,oSyoa :; - ~ - w.
ca;' NJ 49, nSJ ~ - y ~ "i . a.e ~ III d -'ew w, VI
o| -. - = TP IT. sP .aa W Ine @ inaih stote Vi MessIs'
a. 80 rt of h;t q @ @ es'oi " VI IN ~ f ouliuins rug
M r. to W - - ~ 40 PtI.'y "eIl M oui ~ Jul Jul
y Ae" o. e"ls nun Ine eleaiI engines no"-
ever saVeu, III great measure, the lower portions
a oouy u; name, lor tlme' poured out
ita Itbinns b * me % Ipon' Oh !he
haoron ,a I Htein :" DIo Wnlcn
NY. oul, y! Juulcl3us management
.. .ie J Ji WateI, II Is thoughe that no uam-
| age 70 i;.t1a IN ~ tn1e Iu'1ulns'
A. III saLe aL ienhep the roo. anu Gown
tne Vi Tue was put the MeSSrs. stem suffered
% no usllage worth speaking OF. Ihey are fully In
sureu III .Ie insurance company. Messrs:
60 OOO which ia covered b ;s,aoa ~ ~ "
comnoniao SomnoI Ieouny,ad - -. - N NJ VI n y
Store nf amidon E ~ NJ q ! ;i5. 5en' ~ nc @ vi
don,oGad 70 tba ornt o. hn't Sonn sIteet; go; mas
also Covered bv insurance Tbe ori%in 1r ,bn fre
is supposed to have been accidental caused by the
| heat from the furnaces in the candy mannfactory
The fire was speedily extinpuisbed but about ten
| o'clock the flames apain hurst ont from the roof
and il was necessary to call the Hook and Ladder
| men the second time to the scene of action
| M,pv1,xn Sr,rv Acn,orr rIr, - Soorrr,, a.
meeting of the ErpcntiTe Committee Of The Stata
Society held on the 4tb inst varions arrsn1aments
were made in regard to the next cattle show to he
held in this CITY. commencing the 3Oth of October
and continuing four davs. after which the
stated to the Committee the progress made in rela.
tion to the acceptance of the grounds rendered bv
| the Canton Company and other landholdsrs in tbe