The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-09

referred j: 70 the Commissioners OF the g;nk;ng
Fund, in accordance with the Mayors suggestions
resolution WAS adopted allowing the Th;rd Ayenu.
Railroad 10 pave on the line Of their track in Chat
ham street with iron instead Of stone! The reSou.
ton directing the Comptroller TO advertise for a
North river market site was referred to the Com.
mittee on Markets.
ihere was not quorum Of the Board of Council.
men present at their meeting last evening, and
consequently an adjournment took place tin next
Monday afternoon.
Al the Police Commissioner meeting Yesterday
se'erai of'cers were dismissed the force on various
charges Mayor Tiemann submitted report of the
doings OF his police squad showing that in three
months they have made LAG arrests. and restored
stolen property to the amount of over 81 O00 besides
performing large amount Of promiscuous duty
ID. Appleton & Co. were allowed to present the Fifth
ward police with one hundred and fifty volumes of
books for use in the station house.
The police are waking up at last. and are paying
their respects to the burglars. No iess than FIVE
cases were reported yesterday in every one of which
the perpetrators were taken into custody.
The examination into the alleged conspiracy of
Smith and Fitzpatrick, who are charged with de-
frandng the city treasury of $4,000, was continued
yesterday before the Recorder Counsel for the pro-
secution called Charles Deviin, who, after being
sworn was asked il he had seen a certain check,
which question was overrJled by his Honor, as the
check was not connected with the alleged fraud.
Counsel then offered to prove that Mr.. Deylin re.
ceived check from Fitzpatrick or Smith, after
which counsel for the accused moved to discharge
them, on the ground of the nsufciency of the eyi.
dence. The argument will be resumed this after.
noon.
The trial of Oscar NJ Thomas alias Mason Thomas
alias Mason Spaulding. for kidnapping colored
man, named George Anderson, was commenced yes
terday in the Court of General Sessions On the
the l4th Of January the accused met Anderson who
is idiotic in this city, and inveigled him to Rich.
mond, Va. and sold him as slave. The trial will
be resumed this morning.
John Hides, native Of England in destitute cir.
cumstances aged so years committed suicide at his
residence, No. II Crosby street, by taking large
dose of iaudanum, on Wednesday evening. An in
guest was held upon the body Of deceased yesterday
when verdict Of Death by suicide was rendered
by the jury.
During the temporary absence OF the cashier the
Grafton Bank, at Grafton, Mass, was entered on
wednesday, ana SIZ,UOU stolen, seven thousand OF
which was in bills of the denomination Of 800.
The first cargo Of white oak and yellow pine tim.
Der, amounting in value to upwards OF $4,000. was
shipped last Saturday on board the American ship
81. Lindsay. from New York to Venice, for the
construction of a naval dry dock for the Austrian
government.
AT Bahia, on the I'd of March, -four sold a. from
sl9 for Baltimore extra to 500 for Haxau and Gal.
legos. The arrivals of coffee were very limited.
Sugars were in good demand. Nothing doing ia
freights.
The sales Of cotton yesterday embraced about 1000
bales, chiefly to snners, the basis about 12c for
middling upands I2dc for midclng FIorsda's, 1916
for Mobile do, and 2c for New Orleans and Texas do
The -four market dull, while sales were 10 mode
rate extent, and prices without change Of moment
Sales Of wheat confined q lot Of Southern white
lcommon) al 81 30, Michigan do at 81 IS and Chicago
spring, part here, at 81, but chiefly arrive at D. l.
Corn was hTmer, with sales OF white, TO arrive and in
store, a. 1ac '5c, and yellow the spo. a, 7sc Rye
sold al o9c for Northern. Pork again higher with
sales of mess at 81, 90 sl7 es and prime at sll %
$is So Lard firm, with sales at lokc q lossc
Sugars were firm and active, with sales OF about 400
hhds. and 100 boxes at rates given another column
Coffee quiet Freights inactive and dull aud
engagements light.