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We wish we could give as creditable a list of good things to come in our own portion of the city.

Were they to become the usual and ordinary rule, instead of the infrequent exception, they would cease

The worst symptom of social disease would be manifested, were the crimes and offences of the day unheeded

There is always plenty of talent "lying around loose," in a great city like New York, and this is always

these things in New York may be imagined from an instance related last night at a meeting in that city

This is quite characteristic of the loose manner in which such appointments are made in that city.

Our Board of Education is composed of men of character and standing in the community, who were chosen

no interest of any kind save to do what their consciences tell them is best for the interest of the city

Let us repeat that we are proud of the manner in which the system is carried on in our good City of Brooklyn

Some of our readers may remember with what promptitude and ability the North American Review for 1843

Our people were then much more thin-skinned than they are at present, though we are altogether too sensitive

From the North American and Chancellor Kent down to a host of news paper writers, the organs of public

the condition of politics and prospects of the United States—in a word that the lesson taught by American

As the author has solicited that this portion of his work should be revised, the American editor of the

At first sight, we were disposed to approve Mr.

As he himself sates, he has known children pass a creditable examination in Algebra who were deficient

clearly appear from the records of the Board's proceedings, how far its action is compulsory on the City

The New York City School Commissioners THE NEW YORK SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

However plausible these intimations might appear to those who were aware of the real character of half

The people of that city are so accustomed to be swindled, bamboozled, browbeaten and disgraced by their

Not to mention our own city, and the body of dignified, high-toned and conscientious gentlemen who compose

our own Board, we doubt if there be any town, city or village in existence where such a weighty interest

completing the heating arrangements in every school house during the holidays, so that when the schools were

of course running on, though they are necessarily incapacitated from rendering that service to the city

when the negligence or unfaithfulness of a member or committee thus causes a pecuniary loss to the city

But the most interesting article, to the American reader, is one founded on the fact of the establishment

British squadron from the Western waters, 20,000 to 30,000 slaves have been conveyed to Cuba under the American

plainly intimates that England will endeavor to stop the slave trade, whether carried on under the American

Parks are required, of all cities, least in a suburban city like Brooklyn; and of all locations Ridgewood

Cypress Hills and Evergreens —which will when finished be park enough for ten times our present population

The 14th and 12th wards of the city are the localities were parks should be made, some quarter century

present and until that period we have quite as much open space and as many breathing spots as our population

The courts and public offices were closed, and so were all the stores except those for the sale of liquors

There were a number of out door amusements.

During the morning addresses were delivered by Mr. Vandewater, Mr.

By 2 p.m. the tables were spread and the meal commenced.

There were a large number of visitors present on the occasion.

(Being an offical report to the Board of Alms-House Governors of the City of New York.) By Wm. W.

Again, it is proved that, in proportion, the system is far more costly than in any other city—the expense

less than $7,036,075—over seven millions—or nearly as much as the annual municipal expenditure of the City

assuming a more virulent form from the utter absence of any necessary measures on the part of the city

of New York, nor would it be an error to describe the Empire City as a hot-bed where from the nature

enactment, decided on certain physiological purgings (if we may call them so,) that mark a new era in American

By its repressive policy, maintained for centuries, it has accumulated upon its vast area a population

these copper colored men may overwhelm the other races on this coast by their numbers—as limitless as were

We are also to remember that, while we write this, the population there in China comprises nearly four

From our American position on the shores of the Pacific, we cannot but look with deep interest on all

connection with the forthcoming Life of Frederick that the authors' authors author's critics and admirers were

The manners and customs of that Court were almost Spartan in their simplicity.

As the people of Kings in 1856 decided by their votes that they were averse to having luxuries supplied

made several very loose plays, and allowed their opponents to score 9 runs, and those careless plays were

They were also particularly unfortunate in having three of their men injured in the course of the game

Ketcham was substituted in his stead, so that at one time, no less than three men on the Putnam side were

New Publications NEW PUBLICATIONS Appleton’s New American Cyclopœdia.

which the work has already obtained for thoroughness and adaptation to the wants of intelligent American

D., an American clergyman, born in Union Village, Washington County, N.

His religious views were originally affected powerfully by Dr.

Several copies of the list were made and distributed through the meeting, each person placing a mark

the suburbs of New York—will be one great inducement, if permanently secured, for swelling our population

could cross the upper ferries for two cents, we should doubtless experience a large addition to the population

recent establishment of a Mercantile Library shows their consciousness of the wants of a thriving city

Were we a lot owner, we should feel very little more interest in the affair than as an outsider; for

a spite against the tenant of the third floor, they fight it out vi et armis , the rest of the population

Whoever will solve this will deserve the gratitude of the city justices, by easing them of half their

There is now a fair prospect that the Spanish American republics will be compelled to satisfactorily

necessary to lay desolate every foot of soil now governed by these tyrants to avenge the blood of Americans

The European powers are informed that the day has gone by for them to interfere with American affairs

America, will find that the edict has gone forth and will be maintained, and he who interferes in American

young but thriving Society to the favorable consideration of all who have the true interests of our city

At the close of their last concert season; they were enabled to liquidate all debts and the treasurer

That some place of amusement is badly needed in our city, is a fact that none will feel disposed to deny

are, or have been until within a day or two, running about the streets in the eastern part of the city

Formerly the registers through which the hot air is admitted into the apartments were placed in the floors

all the world and the rest of mankind"—or, to speak less hyerbolically, with all the other leading cities

The American Telegraph Company, who some two years since extended their communication from New York to

the Western District of this city, have now opened an office at 91 South 7th street, by a connection

It is plain that if a man's time is worth anything it is cheaper for him to telegraph to the City Hall

It will also be a great convenience to our citizens, in sending messages to distant cities, to transmit

We are glad to see that in all our large cities, and even in rural neighborhoods, chess clubs are being

The chess game we regard as one likely to exert a most beneficial effort on the American character, if

The Baltimore Clipper sets up in defence, that however wicked the American-governed city of Baltimore

may be, it is it it it is not so bad as the Republican city of Boston, or the Democratic city of Brooklyn

the ratio of crime is great in proportion to the population than in any of the large cities on our seaboard

than in any other of the five cities which have been mentioned.

We have been used to hear Brooklyn called the City of Churches and its population a most moral and virtuous

It was in evidence that the profits on liquors, such as are generally sold and drank in the city, were

passing the memory of any now living among us, that the line of fortified posts and entrenchments were

On the same neighborhood were thrown up hasty entrenchments during the last war,—the men and boys of

These Powder Houses were covered with slate, and were the only edifices in the neighborhood—being placed

appropriated to a free city Burial Yard, or Potter's Field.

Part of it was, in due time, filled up by the city, and forms the present City Park, with its northerly

that no message ever passed through the Atlantic Cable —the inference being that the bogus messages were

If the alleged messages were bogus, there never was such a "sell" as the Cable would be.

probably from conscientious motives, separated themselves from a political organisation to which they were

epistle the reading of which would delay the consummation of the edacious treason till all the meats were

with a purse as light as when he went in, but at the same time rich in the universal sentiment of the city

progenitor and namesake falling upon him, have played no small part in the affairs of the village and the city

As it is, the consolidation of the two cities, and the erection of a seperate separate ward out of the

21 I turn now to another part of the district, and select for portraiture a man of whom, though I were

He dissents from his dominie in theology, from his political party in their local policy, from the city

aught I know, what Fernando Wood was in New York about the same time, vis, the best abused man in the city

Dunstan and other holy men painted him, and I must confess, for my part, that I know in this city very

Henry Ward Beecher is tremendously popular in the city of ours.

in general questions, but attending strictly to the concerns of his own particular portion of the city

one of the leading men in the city councils.

does for the public gratuitously more work than almost any man who receives a large salary from the city

Though not a native American, he possesses in a high degree the best qualities which are “to the manor

A short, stout, dark-haired man, who formerly sat in the City Councils with the two above mentioned.

former portraits have not been high colored and flattering enough to suit the people for whom they were

He is best known to the public from his services in the Common Council, where high expectations were

His impulsiveness—rashness I had almost said—has often offended, for the time being, those who were the

I hope at no distant day to see him again in our city councils, or in some more extended sphere of public

And there is no more hard-working man in the city than my subject, who labors unceasingly for the good

end, as they have not heard from me for several weeks; but the fact is that a brief absence from the city

In the county towns as well as in the city, everyone concurs in speaking well of him.

When last elected he was solitary and alone of his party—the rest were all left far behind—but even the

bitter animosity is a partisanship, engendered by presidential elections, were assuaged by the general

He holds an important position under the city government—one which requires, almost beyond any other,

And indeed he is popular all over the city, or else he never would have been elected as he was, when

all his associates on the ticket were so utterly overthrown.

He was the most faithful and industrious legal officer that the city has had—he filled the office of

any number of other renewals of the same trust from the same constituency—for I can assure him they were

kinsmen, my subject is engaged just now in developing the resources and augmenting the prosperity and population

accommodation for the people; and if his efforts had been properly seconded by the representatives of the city

Into the demonstration made at this end of the city on the occasion of the water celebration he entered

eventually remunerative as well as successful, to cheapen and improve the means of access to this city

If I were writing sketches of all the good men, I should have to include at least some clergyman; but

I am rather gratified to find that my first sketches were generally recognized, and their fidelity admitted

He is not deficient in public spirit, but until laterally has hardly shown that interest in city matters

Some of our hard, matter-of-fact people, who never talk or think of anything but dollars and city lots

enterprise which, if carried out, will confer untold benefits on the north eastern portion of the city

Many men who are now well to do in business, were started by him; his was the capital—though he is not

anxiety greater than that which he would bestow on his own property, the progress of works which the city

through a mile of his own property—once an old hilly farm, but soon to possess incalculable value as city

For the days are passed when high social standing advances a man politically, in our large cities.

The American farmer breathes pure air all day in the fields, but shuts himself up in a small unventilated

we have certainly found a cause for much of the ill health which prevails among our agricultural population

Under proper physical and moral training, were this possible, their health and comfort might be greatly

The filing of cast iron is, however, exceeding hurtful from the minute metallic particles received into

yet complete and full history of the preliminary movements for the introduction of water into the city

, which we published yesterday, was compiled from the City Clerk's manual for 1858-9—a work which contains

Bishop, whom every well wisher of the city, irrespective of party, desires long to see occupying that

position in the city government which he so competently and creditably fills.

to any of the rest, and which at first, before we learned the circumstances of its authorship, we were

The following were among the guests who went out: HARTFORD, CONN.

There were also some fifty prominent officials of this city.

Speeches were made after dinner in reply to various toasts in honor of the guests, proposed by the city

Wickware, of Jersey City &c.

This Company were the guests of Engine Company No. 9.

are many families and much furniture coming this way and there is very little of an exodus from the city

So far as we can learn, there never was a former year when anything like so many houses were engaged

connection to state, that ere the sun goes down to-night there will literally be thousands added to the population

nor related to the Oration—but rather the Star , and that "Ode" which was first palmed by it on the city

Yesterday the Water Commissioners of the city of Brooklyn paid a visit of inspection to the water works

Invitations were extended to the Mayor, Common Council Water Committee, representatives of the press,

Among the party assembled were, his honor the Mayor, Samuel S. Powell; Ald.

made from tobacco raised in the 18th ward of our own goodly city.

supply, than the Croton, or the water supply of any city in the Union.

It is singular how, with capacious halls, and a numerous, refined, and educated population, we do not

.— Every American, after his triumphant "first appearance" in boots, is understood to be able to make

If it were not for this habit of impromptu speaking our meetings would be destitute of half their "spice