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Show HAD BLOOD. It Bolls Over In the Xew York Board of AlUrrciea, New York, 16. Tbere was quite a eceue ia tbe board of aldermen yesterday, yes-terday, when the proposition mude to rective Fiiz Jobn 1'orter gave rise to one 0 the most exciting sessions o( the present board. Alderman Byreno, who served in the army, declared that the resolutions were not only out oi place but outrageous in their character. char-acter. Tbe praiseworthy allusions to Genera! McOiellan which they con taiued, be thought, iudicittd their origin to be at the capital of New Jersey. Alderman Morris declared that public bueiueiS md to sutler to allow eeeeiouB oi the board to be occupied oc-cupied with euch ridiculous motions aud discussions. The commissioner ol public works had $300,000 at his disposal with which to repave the streets, aud there were thousands of men waiting (or employment, yet the board had not acted on his recorn- I mendation, and the work had thus been delayed lor months. Alderman Jacobus declared it General Porler had bis deserta he would not be alive to receive tbe congratulations of this or any other board. "He should have been hanged within twenty-lour huurs o( the finding of the court martial," exclaimed the alderman, who served three years with tbe army o( the Potomac. Alderman Stewart, in a dramatic manner, cried but "No president but a renegade like Hayes would approve ol the recommendation recommenda-tion cf the board of inquiry on such testimony as was on record in this case. I wish now that I had not been in tbe army. I could have made more money by jumping bounties, as many did who stayed behind." "Dees that refer to me?" exclaimed Alderman Steven. "No,"' replied Stewart. "It may bo that Porter 6hcu!d have the thanks of the widows and orphans made so by his disgraceful disgrace-ful action at the second Bull Hun. It may be that bo should have the thanks of ttie workingmen of this city whose wages he reduced while commissioner com-missioner sf public works, but he should not have tho thaDks ol this board." The motion to thank Gen. Pope had only three affirmative votes. The motion to tbank Hayes wag accepted ac-cepted as an amendment. A motion to include JEfl'erdon Davis with Gen. Porler waa oflered by Alderman JacobtiP, after a great deal of acrimonious acrimo-nious discussion and an appeal by Alderman Sbiels to "men calling themselves democrats," to sustain Porter. The whole matter waa finally referred to a special committee of five. |