The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-16
City Intelligence.

City Intelligence.
MEETING THE GOVERNORS THE ALMsHousE-VroLA.
TONS THE MAINE LAw.-This Board met at z. n.
yesterdayGovernor Bell absent. The weekly statements
waIdens show $50 persons the Islands, being de-
of IS since last week. During the week 11e4 have
been admitted 20 died. 11l4 discharged and lis sent
to Penitentiary. The following communication
ceved:-
To THE GOVERNORS OF raE ALxsHOusE.-Gentfe nen-I
s
aIiIns tSsn e hs e. P,l:cn ~ ave II
other s"nnss Commit fot ter ten days y IN default
OF fine sS S sS as, = sss s.S: n Of s. v Prison
This vas ordered ON file. rhs committee on Bellevue
ssb $40 Other Of little Importance trans
acted, and the Board adjourned ct . late hour.
TIE COAL TRADE.-The difficulty With the miners AMI
canal boamen caused the price of GOAL to advance
dollar per ton in this city and the supply of coal Is
172 $40 tons short compared with tho amount hand
et this last year. ana the deAnd for coal is con-
sequenty much grrser than the supply We learn that
the boatmen have yielded in their demands to the
pyers and are now actively at work ia sndeayoriug to
last year-$1 30 TO New York and 40 cents to Paa
deipha. 1t Ia well hat ths trouble did the
their coat
THE THIRD AVENUE RAHRoAD-IScREAsS OF FARE
We informed tnat the attempt CT the Third Avenue
Company to smugg'e through the Board of Aldermen
project to charge the hAoants OF the upper half Of
Yorkvls (above Eighty sixth street ten esnts instead
of sx centsthe price allowed BY their grant-and all
others who reside above that point almost unknown to
the line No NEE ing Of the Railroad Committee of the
Board Of Aldermen has been advertised in reference to
port Of The Aldermen Railroad Committee st the last
meeting Of the Board last year. upon which meeting of
cizers OF Harlem and Yorkvls convened In January
apAo nynA a. ~k.I I'D
attempt carry it through No meeting of the Adsrmsn
Committee Railroads. that matter, has been sdver
has Been Afforded tSs oommtee
Yorkvie 1t appears to be the intent Of the Adermens
committee to report in favor Of the increase without
so1. sha
the evil OF principle which be applied to every other
contract entered into By any indi,aus or company vh
the city authorities for they this project
come with good acs osors any eaunt,ee or the Com
pensation.
LEcrURf ON CENTRAL AMxRcA.-Mr. Rufus D. Pitcher
who has resided or many yssrsn Central America and
travelled A and a:ound the Mosquito Territory,
will lecture the above snbjsc. at H,ps Chapel
Thursday evening, 17th instant. The lesture will
nenos 81 O'Clock p M and Mr. Pitcher ought to give
very entertaining and useful discourse on this interest,"
ing country.
COLUMBIAN LITERARY CIuB.-The 9th anniversary Of
this society held last night In the large chapel ofths
uObWtknhtenulnS
weather, overaowipg audience was in attendance,
large number Of whom were young ladies', who to
sn Is applause the young orators The exercises
sisted Of address BY Joseph Harrscn tbs President
Of tire club; prem, entitled "The Six Old Bachelors"
Boyd; "fre Dream OF Youth, poem py VIM. l. Reese;
and sessy styled 'Lst us be Practical" spoken by
and receives their need Of ws deserved applause. Tbs
sfor o. Asssrs Bovine Keese and Cooper particu
lariy eommendabls. Dcdsworth's Band supphei the
NJ md. nd Had
"White Mountain Echoes, received . meritsd encore.
The audieroe separated At ss hour satisfied that this
performance worth much than they paid for IT,
which was just nothing at all.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.-About two weeks ago
young tine looking and educated German girl nineteen
years Of age named LissttA Poscts, sent to the
Staten lsa nd Marine Hospital BY tho Commissioner Of
Emigration, being in . melancholy state OF mind. Az
far as could be aseerained from her own statsnsns
1t seems she had been vey trested by rascal
known. All she requested WAS, to be let alone and
allowed to walk from sunrise to sunset In ths little
poor girl, under special Of Germss nutss, went
many miles TO and fro every day. On Monday after
with her down to tn. bath house inside the
and while ossng there she sucenly npsd the
rafting into The river. The terrified nurse Crying for help
was heard BY Dr. Theodore Walser the assistant phys
can Of the hospital Who with full speed arriving At the
place, without hesitation, and At the rsk Of his e
aprsng the river oout twenty Ave feet deep) and
succeeded In saving the unhappy young womsn's ts.
SrMoUs ACCIDENT TO SIGSoR BRIGsou-rhs day Ssfors
yesterday whie this distinguished tenor riding
horseback With friends In the country near Bio,m
ipgdale his horse stumbled and fell, throwing n Bdg
no against rock, on the side Of the rosd with much
violence, and injurng him to render him sensee.
tor some time after the accident The injuries received
we're chiefly the head and faoe. N. Brignoh Wa 70
moved TO his residence in town, in carriage And
soon DR.. CArnochan who speaks voraby Of his
speedy recovery.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Noticed in yesterdays edition Of ths HEaAIn an sc-
count Of disturbance between Engine Companies Nos
and IL. would state that ct the time spoken OF No.
was in the house, the roll called and many OF the
members gone homo. There seems 10 be . disposition
on the part of evil disposed parties to bring Engine
Company No. In disrepute BY false representations
Ing this you will very much obige
BRooKLYN, April IA, 1855. MEMBER OF NO. Q.
FuRrHER OF THE RAvAaEs or THE FIELD Mrcs.-
Every day instances TO light OF ths great damage
to fruit trees by Geld mce during the past winter One