New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-26

In the Board of Aldermen last evening commun-
cation was received from Geo. w. Morton, City ln-
specor submitting for confirmation contract recent
" entered irto with Geo. A. Forbes. who has pur-
chased the right to carry OIL The dead animals and
other oHal from the city for - 900. The commun-
cation complains Of the present System of Corporation
sales of such jobs, being susceptible Of much abuse
from bogus and speculatng bidders. Mr Morton
suggests That each bidder should be compelled to in
close the names Of lis surties in offering the bid aud
makes other suggestcbs that il carried into effect by
the Common Council, might protect the city against
such combinations Heretofore the offal contract
business cost the city about 500 900 per snnum but
under the arrangement it will bring in srevcnue
of 1900. Add to this o. 100 from the scavsnger
contract which formerly cost the city large amount
and the total IN the City Inspectors Department is
ss,loO Lat year this Department cost s'o,ooe or
$4,000 under the new administration the estimate
srt is but s',3i5 while the revenue is se 100, lesv
ing the net expenses only sel5.
A CURIOUS BILi "A bill OF which the following sa
copy. il now before the Finance Committee Of the
Board OF Councllmcn:
NEw.iosE February, 1865.
TO tn. het,- York Daiiy 1,nr. DR.
For advertising notice OF funeral Of Councilman Dixon, ~
Editorial report Of funeral. 20 w
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BUSINESS ENCYCLOPEDIA AND COMMERCIAL DIREc-
Tony Under this title Messrs Emerson, Avord Go.
pr,uose 10 i4sue g. new work which can scarcely ia
TO be Of interest and value to the business community
Ii will form large octave volume of about the size OF
Harpcr's Gazetteer comprising lis OF the principal
commercial banking, manufacturing and professional
firms in the United States and in Canada, together
with great variety Of statistical and historical norma-
ton. The plan Of the work challenges the attention OF
the public by its comprehensiveness and effective az
rancement aud with the ample resources devoted to
ia preparation il will doubtless be completed in
malner to secure It's wide practical utility.
THE EMBARGO IN The HUDsos R,vER.-Sach has
been the severity of the weather during the present
Winter that the Hudson has been completely frozen
up between Tanytown and Albany for nearly two
months. AT Sing Sing, where the river is three and
quarter miles wide the ice firm that teams pass
over daily to RocklaDd Lake Landings circumstance
which has not occurred within twenty years. From
Pienont down the ice entirely broken up from shore
TO shore, and navigation is quite easy between this
city and that point.
NAyIGArIoS oS IHE SoUSD.-NOtwithstandng tbs
large quantity Of ice si remaining in the Sound nayi-
cation thereon was resumed this morning-the Elm
CITY leaving her dock at early hour for New Haven
The other Eastern boats will their places To-
dsy or tomorrow. The Sound has now been closed
for Thirty day s--an occurrence that has not taken
place since the Winter Of 1886, when navigation
was suspended for ffty days
SCHOOL ExAaIsA1Ios.-SchoO No. 2, in Henry
a. nl.,lH HnfiI linz
there was rebuilt last Summer aud the nccommoda-
tons are now excellent. The Primary Department IL
pretty well filed up and is u excellent condition. Ss7
scholars present, and their singing and other ei
ercises in concert were q very pleasant exhibition.
The teachers in this department are Misses Sarah
Conkhn, Sarah l.. Dean, Elizabeth McDougal, Eliza
beth A. Blanchard. Eliza c. Budd, Adeline X. Ander
son Catherine Williams, Emma Cole and Sophia Cook
The Girls' Department passed very good eIarnina-
ton. The reading writing and arithmetic were OK
cellent and the drawing executed under tie tuition
Of Miss Wood surpassed everything examined 80 far
The teachers in thi. department Misses Letia K
Mathews Elizabeth Wood Isabel Richards, Harriet
A. Budd. Mary Stainburn, Olivia ID. Mchaels and
Caiharine ~ Postley. The second clas. in the Boys
Department passed remarkably good examination,
especially in arithmetic and the department generally
sustained It's high character. Its teachers Henry
Kiddle, Wm j. Goldey, Jacob Fehunann, Henry A.
T. McCar;n, Miss Margaret A. Barnum, Joseph H.
Wlcy, and Mise. Mary j. Cunisr and IryPhina
Finch
ARRysr or Yorxe BcRGLARs.-1he store No. II
yarck street VS. entered on Sunday night. aud
robbed Of "a in coin and some other articles. The
supposed thief-s youth seventeen years Of age
named John Harris-was found at 8 o'clock the fol-
loving morning lying asleep in the store, with two
eu,ty Scotch ale bottles beside him. He was awak-
ened sld taken into custody, when no stated that
sone boys had enticed him into the store and per-
susIe6 him TO drink ale until hs became intoxicated
AID fell asleep Iii, explanation was not satisfactory
TO Justice Connolly, before whom be was taken, and
be wa, locked up for trial.
A few nights since the res-estate Office Of Julien
c. Crevier No % Duane street, WAS entered with
f.lse keys and robbed q gold watch valued at go,
ard go in twenty-five cent pieces. Suspicion rested
upon wm IL Howard. youth Of fifteen yesrs, living
si No i3 Bedford street, and he WAS arrested; but
ros;tye evidence could nOt BE- obtained against him
xoa.ef1sy whom bov named 0oorge