New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-07


e,,rc,e ,o.re OF the most rse< fscries Of the mind
When . coupls meet the ne II tine after having estea
phj.c hess together, advantage is taken Of the
Other M iii one Of them pronounces the wsrd phs-
Mana" Tois IL the warning that now the spEt is 10
BEGIN. Let US suppose th,t gentleman calls upon
LADY,. she invites him to walk H. but at the time
,pesks the tslsmanc word. II be accepts the ofsr
"a walk in he is Loot uriess che removes the ban by
telling him to go away. II che asks him to take of
hi hat be nuet resolutey keep It on; If to be seated
he must stand or il At table ste should hand him any
article which be accepts abe wins the forfeit Atfhe
same time be is watching to catch her of her guard
for the fst acceptance OF any offer from the other
enos the game. Both constantly exercising their
sis 10 prevent being caught and the sport oea goes
on al the evening. Perhaps the gentleman bnpes
little present and SAYS: Knowing that should o's
nv phiopens l have brought it slong-here it 10"
If she caught off her guard by this smooth speech,
che loses. for be immediately claims forfeit II neither
vrs at the first meeting the sport is continued AZ the
second and ii may happen that half q dozen parties
meet at the same time, all anxious to win Of their
phlopens psrtaers-so that the scene Often becomes
luaicrvusly amusing. How preferable 10 this German
play to our own And the sport derived from phil
opens is very innocent and pretty we commend it to
the "yourg folks" of all America.
The BURprLL MURDER TRIAL The Court Of
Oyer and Terminer came in at 10 O'Clock yesterday,
and adjourned until the first Monday in May, at 10
o'clock q. m Mrs. Cunningham and John j. Eckel, 1t
is expected will then be srragned for trial for the
murder of DR.. Harvey Burden. There is no other
case before the Court.
Harry Howard has resigned the Office of Receiver
of Taxes, and Wilson Small. the Mayors candidate for
Postmaster, was last night appointed.
PrBLIc HEALrH-PorTER's FIELD AGAIN.-rhe
Committee on Public Health of the Board ot e'unct-
men met yesterday afternoon at the City Hall 70 cog
elder various papers that bad been referred 10 them
Tie communication from City Inspector Morton rels
tive to the insufficient accommodation for night scsv
eugers was laid over for further consideration
The Committee concluded to report in favor of filling
vacant Its in Fourteenth street. Avenue h; va
cant lots on Fory.frs street, near Tenth avenue; to
regulate Forty second sreet, between Eleventh and
Twelfth avenues, in relation to which COM
nuniestion was received from Mr. Charles APP
p,eton against the measure, stating that, if he
could not obtain stay Of proceedings OF the Commit
tee he would insist his legal rights; to fence and
fill in lots between Third and Fourth avenues aud
Fifty third and Fifty fourth Streets which was de-
Glazed 10 be BY one of the members Of the Committee
the alb ding place for some of the largest rats he had
ever seen in his life; to fill in certain lots on tue south
side of Fourth street, between Avenues b and c.
lengthy petition was receive from the residents Of
Fifeth street and Fourth avenue, in the vicinity OF
Potter's Field, complaining of the battle-ground as .
nuisance owing to the exhibition of tho human bones
caused by the widening of the avenue The petition
er. believe that 10 valuable buildings can or will be
II Ill. AZ. <haa IA. hacfy
mated.
Health Inspector Downing said that the complaints
were lust. and recommended that board fence be
Temporarily placed around the ground, pending the
fmther consideration of the subject. The ground, he
said, contained at least the remains Of one hundred
thousand bodies. Previous to the year 1923 wssh-
pg.or Parade Ground was used az POtter's Field,
but in that year they commenced burying on the
ground now occupied by the Distributing Reservoir,
in Forty.second street ard Fifth avenue. Herathey
buried abOu two years. aud toward the latter part of
this period while bur,io in Reservoir square,
commenced using the ground known rs New Potters
Field, on Forty eighth, Forty. ninth and Fitch
streets and Fourth avenue This place they c)ntioued
to use until portion Of Rsndal's and Wards Islands
were set epart for Potters Field. The bodies in
Washington Square and Reservoir Square were re-
moved to Fiftieth street. The remains he thought
should be removed and the ground leveled off The
property a, at present is vsueless. Hundreds of hu
nan bones eIpo'ed and many people gathered
there on Sundays and amused themselves by poking
out II skulls and bones There could, he thought BIO
no objection TO the removal of the bodies. 1t would
cost but little, while the erection Of atone wall would
be very expensive.
There were few tombstones about the place, but
the general appearance of the ground was disgusting
But little now remained except bones and these could
be gathered and put in large boxes and buried on
Wsrd's Island or some other remote spot designated
TIE last burial in this field was that Of Mccoy, the
celebrated p;ize-fghter (about II ago. His was
the only mahogany coffin in the field. After some
further conversation on the subject, the Committee
decided to report in favor Ct removing the bones aud
adjourned.
The meeting Of the Tammany Society last evening
wa. very largely attended, over two hundred members
being Iresept. The proceedings Of the Council Of
Sachtns, fret ordering primary election and after
ward taking into consideration Mr. John Kelley pro-
possl to reorgaDze and harmonic the party, were
unanimously approved. The proposal of Mr.. Kelly is
that in each ard two members shall be taken from the
Wood Committee and two from the Savage Committee,
with fifth member to be appointed by the Council Of
sacheDs; these five delegates thus chosen from each
we're to compose q general Convention to meet at
TsmmaDy Hall to prepare new plan for the primary
elections of the party, and otherwise to arrange the
difficulties exiting among the Democrat" Of the
city. resolution to instruct the Council Of Sschems
at their meeting to-day to finally adopt and carry out
this plan WA debated and withdrawn on the ground
that such instructions were not necessary.
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