New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-08
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
The Board Of Aldermen net last evening, the Presi
dent, Mr. GENET, il the 'b8ir
AZ. FRrAR offered the follow ing resolution:


adjusting pued questions Ia politics or in constitution sw
aud @ sa Is public Il a. 81 any State n tho
Unen millions Of here and heesoout In Its suburbs
making an empire ofit-ef; therefore
named The mc the President Of the oo.rd Of Aldermen
and President 81 the boAd Of ColDcmen whose duty
shall b. Albany present to the Lesure an earnest
su, humble petite. Of IN. % and Cs%%Tn :Sa1Sn
with referred 70 20" Pc pie Of the staie to decide In hSor
Sir. DAYT1s asked that before the adoption Of the
resolutions the proportions OF the Peace Congress- be
rad.
Mr.. CoRsEIL believed a majority Of the people Of
the City Of New-l0k were In favor oi the fesoiu'
tions.
Mr.. DAYros .aid these were the very propositions
which were before q people vi scouDry but lew
months since aud then expressly repudmted. In no
far M n ey differed from the proportions then parsed
upcn ttey went further towards tileneing the Tree
expr. sio Of opiDonr, and sutecbg Northern Iign's
and privileges han the pl'tform OF eher OF u pares
before the people The las, election he woS opposed
10 ia. Common Council giving anything like mdorse.
rent 10 the propositions. He had heard good deal
about the yoit Of the peole but the people had eA-
res. ihemsel, ct in pretty emphatic manner on the
db Of November 1t Was tie fsyoiiIe plan OF q &C.
f,uied party
Mr.. BooIg roee TO pof, Of order that the propo-
,hion, OF the Peace Convention OF IN the pos
-ss,ioD Of the Board. but IL Was overruled.
Mr. DAYTos resumed. There never WIS an elecson
in which the questions were more dlsheiiy paceu oe
fire the proI le than ut the last.
Tie PRYsDEST thought tue resolution did not allow
VI his Latitude III debate.
Mr. DAYTON called for its reading, and continued
Ttis VIZ :. conlrivance OF defeated party. Bu, IL
WAS moi =: ruI posed that the people ere 80 hckie
ns to re,s,s. in harch April the decision they an
G MIR TO III November. Ii the proportion were snb'
United tweIt imes TO tie yemsnry OF this otae tney
would a. many tines reject il. lie trused the Com"
man Counc wond attend " their legitimate busiDess
"a, lcgi-htors for the city. ..
Mr. FRoyEsT WAS hot altogether suited win the
resolutions, but still should vote for them In taking
up 1HE fRIBusE in tie morning he noucea Inat tne
tlenan from the Ninth in favor OF the course
pursued by Horae Greeley; and in the same paL 81 DC
o obse ed thai the RepGb. ans OF the Seventh Msia
n ,o indorred the ,ourse Of VIM. III. Seward. Ids
allowed that there had been a cbanse. lie oeneNed
ih the sentiment of his city WAS strongly IN favor OF
peace.
him out Of order, 81 TIE ground thht ne nso spoheu
u,ie.. Mr. DAYTON claimed that he had been inter-
ru, = In HE ry.e,h, but had spoken only once Inc
hoDr, how ever was accorded 10
Mr. CoksELL who war u opinion that there were
not ten hcdsard people out " tie million IN this city 10
favor of n coerrve policy. The most prominent men
Ia the Republican patty vert advocating the prln,
pIes OF tie resolution. Mr. Day ton asked the gentle
man 10 state who they were Mr. Weed; aho osoer
gentlemen who have represented tie Republican party
al Albany"
Mr.. BR.pr was in favor Of tho resolutions. In tho
eourre of his remarks hs raid he went neither Tor
lonce Greeley MOI Wn. IL seward; nc wen. ~, ~.
country support nobody nor nothing, except what
| dirk IL right. Tx Horace Gre, ley Is s big a
fanatic there Is In the country AppL'ufe III me
lobby.] l think 80 Of Wendell PhhPs ana 3Iner
den,.etpuer The qLirker get them out OF the
cauntfy the better l. nd Wm. ii. Seward ss eat
man - Horace Greeyi Hornce Grcsiey goes III Tor
ighling; would LIE 30 10 tie South aid shoaidei
ma,kei think we should have TO iieht ,nc bs'ues
Tn, Tnipu,l Las got up believe Bennett IL as big
!, fanatic A. Greeley is Mr.. ID. made some illusions
TO tie gentleman IRON tho Ninth, and was called to
order by tie Chair.
Mr.. D.Y1os hol ed be would be allowed TO proceed.
\ al. .l,,,i., l.l
.,ed.d States without the shedding of blood be would
go for tlein. Gentrmsn light think because they
had fky thousand majority IN this hate tAat IL would
be rsry 70 march a large army South. But what
American wanted 10 shoulder a murket TO shed bis
brother bl cd lie did not, for one. hr. b. con.
trasted the farmers OF the country with the ponSai
tricksiers OF tIis iy lie would ike 70 near the
ypIerrion Of the former, but tue later were huouer
and not 10 be trusted. " >.
Mr. BooLx rad IL subject that they might dir
cu.s five hours without changing vote on eiue tsae
He the efore called ivr the previous question: when
v ~ ordered.
tn. resolutions were adopted ly a vote Of IL TO 3
only Messrs Smith, Dayton, ana Allen, voting III the
ngativr.
"a PETITION Of the Newsboys LodgDg-liRu for
don,iop wls referred TO the Committee ON tinaoce
Mr. PLAT offered a resolution for the opening OF
Finh avenne from 0ne.lundred -and-Iwenty ninth
street to Harlem River.
Mr.. FRosEsT ruid there wac IN impression abioasi
tln, there WIS great deal Of corruption connected
With the matter Of street openings. lie hop~o IL
would not 10 acted hastily. Referred TO the Com
mitteo Oh Roads.
Tie Jeli ion Of the Ladies Aid Society for dons-
ton OF 900 Was referred the Committee on FL
nance. ~
Mr. BRADY Offered resolution that the Hon. ii. L.
Davis bo requested 20 prepare conn ilaon OF ssch
laws AZ were destroyed by tire &C the City hah IN
1859 AID that $500 he appropriated therefor. te-
l.rrd to the Committee Oh Arts Ind Seiencts-
a I.souti N WAS offered by hr. DAYTON that
Committee of three be appointed 70 examine bills
Affecting the city now pending In the f;ithuIe, and
rcIort whether the adoption VI them VIII condur ~
tie Interests & the cilizens.
Mr. BRADY pitched into" the Lcgislature-such
act OF scoundIes could be found nowhere else but at
Albany. Tito resolution WIS tabled by vote OF
ytoB
report ctne M from the COMMITTEES on Railroads,
With resolution air., ting the Harlem Railroad Cou-
plny To build sr,hMay under tier track al tie
interrogation OF Observation-Disclosures street and
Fourth avenue.
Mr. DAYTON, az one Of the members Of the Com
pi,tee said the matter had never becn presented 10
him.
Mr. CORNELL said that lie did not know what was
IN tie retort wbvn lac signed IL. Ii VIZ "a common
thing fr reports bo dr.wn up under the diI ec,ion III
Committees, ard for them u attach their signatures
with the least possible knowledge u What Il was al
about lilo WIZ qsposed To tie report, although he ae-
Luowiroge d thai lie had signed It.
hir. BuoLk made somewhat tiniilar slater ient,
amid considerable laughter.
M. DAYTos reid tie r-Icr, which affirmed that the
COMMITTEE had examined The subject. the paper
rccOnnitted
tie Reader had rad the Changes whn had been mace,
Mr. DAYTON noyed that tue Aldermen concur. The
Chair decided that such course would be out Of order
uu,il tie paper had been laid over.
Mr.. CoRsELL moved that the Board adhere to its
foraor action Carried BY IA 10 i, Mr.. Dayton only
voting IN the affirmative.
Mr. CoHSELL moved thai Cornr.ittee OF Confer
ece he appointed TO confer with che other Board on