The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-25
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Total sol 'oi %
OF this sum S s02 as Assessed upon the city 70 Do
.d out of the city treasury and $50 Is assessed
nnoo rro,erty benefited great portion Of the ex-
ansas IN making the assessment and for collecting Is
mt only extraysp but wihout any Law 10 warrans
and sustain such charges.
It L. said that the contractors charge uhde' 'ho con
tract cannot sustained on fair ana proper survey OF
tho work done hal deduction OF 30 ooo AZ req snouiu
be made and then the contractor would get ui pay ac
cordiuS 10 his ract and tie work done ins
meat Ras not et been confirmed by The common coinc
and before is confirmed means hoId 90 taken - co
ra hase eca and aunt charges. they pc sucn
CONDITION OF TIE srREETs-rllE WEATHER.
For the last Ave six days a complete tina" mas
been in operation which has rendered tho cond'
ton Of tho streets in this city almost impossible for
,et,Arians and nearly bud for the omnibuses and
other vehicles. In po tons OF Broadway the rain
Of Sunday has proved beneficial but In those loca
ties where there is travelling yet remain hills Of
100 which are like many large rocks fixed In the street
Tho ensatons Of persons riding in the omnbuse when
striking on these mounds, may DO easily imagined.
Then again those jams which peculiar to thaw
ever cease in Broadway throughout the day In one
case wagon having large boiler which was drawn by
four herses while endeavorng 90 turn at the corner oil
Wsu street and Broadway became jammed in the ruts
and Notwithstanding the whipping OF the drivers the
torses could or would not from their awkward po
began cursing and swearing, ana some 81 them arlSns
Their hors SOS By the sidewalks In this way the
difficulty lasted for some i've minutes me condition OF
Broadway almost bad rs 1t can be ihe namoer oil
horses that fall very great Crossing the streets ex
cest those places where the poor and ragged little boys
and girs continually at work, Is always attended
with rsir Of wet feet india r4bbecs are OF no avail IN
these times for n places the rats are more than
foot deep In Wall street the snow and mingled mud are
In some places about three feet above the Lowell OF the
s!dew ak. Horses and carts above the pede rians
In those casss The state of West street, on &C
rtNuDt
Il horrible, and of the cellars in that locality
must be well flooded Mas au being very narrow
street isrendered times completely impossible Here,
also as Wall the SNOW is high above the level
Of the sidewniks This has such bad effect men
IA Il has on those and girls who work down town
Not being allow ed 20 high boots they are Obliged TO
them elves 10 the ncenency OF the weather with
ioy shoes which afford them little protection II
II shold suddany freeze now in what condition the
streets would bel The cutters are Tor the most part
zone during Tie last week from the tinEling Of the
soigh bells to the crashing occasioned by the conca
partss TO tie cursing and swearing Of the omnibus
drvorsl TIE only way in which this great evil can be
ice which are all over the city, and employing some
sveeIcrs At the crossings This would not cost very
rould he amply repaid in the comfort afforded them
Yesterday morning opened With heavy foggy at
nohee ena tie day was warn iPre a1 ocl a
in the afternoon drilling rain was succeeded by very
sight shower OF sleet The evening vas hazy ana wei
AZ intervals from this hour up 70 eight O'Clock, when
Iitsls snow fei, but IL did not continue past few mi
nutes. The Thermometer at The Herald building range
at nine clock A, NJ, al at noon, s2 at three T. d.
AZ AMI al Ave T. H. aoh At eleven o'clock, night the
Thermometer socd at 80 the moon and sky uncioqded
With ces atmos here ard m appearance OF frost be
fore morning.
ras vxrxRAs CoRFs OF THE WAR Or 1Sl2The ve.e
ana of our last struggle With English power called
upon to-day 10 attend the ntermen OF an old companion
in arms tha late Joseph Carh. Another melancholy
but pleasing duty awaits the heroes loon 1t IS to pre-
sent themselyes SCARED they before our le5s
ators At Albany 10 solicit relief for their suern.
bA h,sr and the widows Of their fulen comrades from
the represenaii OF state and city defended with thei
blood asd lives A COMMIT lei. pas .aP, t1ef wfci
4cy, with the names Of the gen enen appointed AZ
veil ~ the notice of Mr.. cark's funeral -
At meeting OF the corps hell headquarters Star
iots q LsIenerd street on Wednesday evening, Jan
%, tho following gentlemen meInber, Of the corps wer,
unanimously cio' TO solicit dona tons viz Peter
vsnderhoa. Captain III Raymond. Henry RieI. Henri
Williams, Captain VIM. Taylor, Sergeant Crowley Lieut.
St John, Lieut.. Phyfs Lieut. Howe VIM Hilton Csntsir
Anderson Lieut. battre VIM. + Chambers Lieut. Hsga
dorm, Lieut., Baum Captain Jones Jor1 Alwai-e ipr
Porter Lieut. aer,nls Jas Pen sergeant tiihen p g
a. DAILY Jr, Secretary D''A
ne veteran Cor9s o. tie War Of 1872 will meet ., be,s
luarters, oer Hotel u Lspenrd street this day II le
ia at IL b. With the usual badge Of mourning TO paw
bis last tr butte q respect to oar deceased brother sol
der Joseph Car. By order. \. HAGIIT Colonel.
A DAILY, Jr. Adiutunt.
ANOTHER srAPsING CAE.-Abcnt q quarter ~ 1t eleven
o'clock Sunday gnt two Germans named Henry Eckhar
and George kahler got into difficulty in seventh ave
npe near Seventeenth street Il had not progressed
when Echbsrt drew dirk knife and plunged ii into
Aahiers BODY under his breast and Immediately the
region Of the stomach. The wound inflicted il most
frghtful and doubt viii be fatal The four fingers Of
man, held together could be easily passed into the
wound. Officers Smith and Jackson OF the sixteenth
werd, came promptly up and succeeded in arrestiBg
snce. 30 threw the knife away during the pursuit The
woepded man was taken into DR.. smiths drug store
yshsre tho wound was partially dressed Captan tevan
son then put irons upon Frsbars and took him to the
store, where Hahier Immediately identified him as his
nuf derous sgsahnt He was hen removed to the City
Hoerital Officer Jack on found the knife some hours
afterwards Kahler boarded at No. l23 Sixteenth street
ana = nov lying in the Hospital in most critical
regards mia recoe that Henry Eckhart Scho-
Las Goodman, and Geo Kaher, in a porter house in
ths enth avenue Iheysdrans together ultimately
tsrute arose between them and Fckhar and Goldman
lett the bou and laid IN wait for Kahler ami when he
csne INTO The street The alteration renewed and the
isa injury lnhctel The two accused persons were
Yeyed before Justice McGrath whO committed them to
3rsson for further examination.
STrIcus RicT ASSAULT OFFICERS Some OF the
officers Of tho Eighteenth ward went at late hour on
sunday night TO Mliman Hall situate in Twenty sixth
sireet, near sevtnth avenue, armed With warrant
sued y Jvlce stewart for the arrest Of young
canned David Kerch, alias rasfc Cash The police ascer
aimed that the accused then in this dance house
but Immediately after their entering upon search for him
row vas mmsnced, in which tho officers were very
evcrcly handled Captain Stevenson repaired to the
place With additional force, and succeeded ia qaenz
mel, John and nav.d Kiercb Junr With tho'e If VIM
Poddeil alias Gray Eagle, George Crozer and Thomas
Humphreys who sent 70 the Second District Police
Court.
rsz GREENWICH STREET sCIcIDs.-We have received the
following explanation from the Office Of the Commission
Of Emigration relative 10 the case Of Lombard Ho
msn who banged hinsef on Sunday morning II an
that the deceased applied for admission the ho.p
tai At half past four o'clock In the afternoon the for
lie Marine Hospital bad left, and institution in the
CITY would receives patient III With smallpox the Chief
CORK directed Mr. Reagn T. give him ticket to Deckers
sos a. Whitehall You'd not seceye any s e,
Of I've so,. 90 board and hence there necessity Of
sendng the man TO shelter and assured that If
alive, 80 would have been removed early Yesterday morn
ing 70 tho hospital.
Fns-About ssven O'Clock Sunday night Ere broke
out 10 the store OF tho house lis Eighth street occupied
apothecsry's shop BY Mr. Joseph Rutherf I'd The
flames were caused by heated setting Gre TO
Tie wood WORK, and owing to the dry state the Hx
lures and nhammable nature Of Of stock they
sgrssd With great rapidity. Notwithstanding Tho eyer
tons Of number Of fire companies the under story Of
Tho building destroyed and the fire gained head
way 70 burn few holes in the floor head Here
= was ovrtuDstey arrested The entire damage Il esti