The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-31
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the COMMENCEMENT exercises OF the Free Academy.
lnpomas and prize medals awarded 10 the gradu
ang class. .Perscvorauce Hose Company Of Phlla
dsllba, aifvei IN town on their way home from na ex
cuison 10 Niagara, ano at night the fremen OF this city
hcnoIed them with a grand torchlsht parade
2l IN the Board OF Supervisors the bill OF Professor
Dorcmuf amounting to S44l6, tor analyzDg tho bodies
OF hrs. Stephens (or whose murder her husband has
been icted) Fsyette Robinson and Mrs. Beham
(rcisoned by somebody Fourteenth street, was re.
ceSed, and referred to the Committee criminal Courts
Waterbury, OF the Fourth precinct, died Of
2a--lhere we're no. far from Ave thousand people In
the Central Park listening TO Dodworths band and enjoy
SUNDAY, 24--At Jones' Wood was estimated
that ,on fourteen 10 sixteen thousand people
closed the mammoth musical festivals and @ champrs
49,. No further attempts than during past three sun
Mr. Psbury the Police Superintendent, not having yst
issued any new edct Nearly all the liquor saloons and
low oegeTies Shut ana there but few arrests
for drunkenness and disordcrly conduct
25.-Ihe late T.enh regiment, under the command Of
Col j. Cocks, accompanied by Shct ,ns Cornet BAND,
paraded IN full uniform for the purpose Of delivering up
their NJ ms 70 the STATE pursuant to orders from tho Com
mander-p Chief
26-About eleven O'Clock at night difficulty occurred
at the liquor store OF Chas OBrten, No. $50 b,
between number OF men, one Of whom. named Charles
10 the left aide with bu,cher,s tnife hv corneii~s
Mcbride. Hy direction Of the City Inspector, the
Superintendent Of Sanitary Inspection aided by strong
corps OF health officers and policemen, proceeded 70 dis
perse the pigs and demosh the bono boiling establish
ments up town. They succeeded tolerably well, and
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also induced the proprictors Of the pggeries TO agree 70
submit peaceably To the laws
27-Judge Sutherland in the Supreme Court, decided
to sustain the Of the Tax Commissioners in re-
fsng to deduct from the assessment Of the Bank Of Com
merce the rata for which the bank had invested
In United States stocks.
GA grand swindling scheme, conducted by knayes
in this CITY, who used the Of Rothschids the great
European bankers for their purposes discovered The
scheme consisted Of pretended loan of Of Si4000O00
forms by the Grand Duchy OF Baden, connected Sith
lottery.
cat meeting OF tho Police Commissioners, COM
mupication received from Police Surgeon Ives ad
mit,ipg that he member Of tho Twenty second Ward
Republican Association. Tho Board thereupon, by
vote Of four to three dismissed Dr. Ives from the depart
ment.
York, died at his residence, No West Sixteenth street,
in his 18th year. Colonel Thorn wealthy and well
known citzen and in past years has figured largely both
in this country and in Europe
AUGUST.
2The funeral services the mortal remains OF the
late Colonel Herman Thorn were administered, at 81
r. NJ Calvary church, of which the deceased had been
COMMUNICATE since February, 1S4s:
ga general court martial was held at tho United
States Army quarters in State street, for the trial o.
Major Osborn Cross lately Quarermaser at San Francisco
California The steamship Yorktown, Of Messrs.
Ludlam 4 Henekens line OF Norfolk and Richmond
steamers, went a trial trip. There largo party
Of invited guests board. AT the meeting Of the
Commissioners of Health the Health officer reported that
vessels nave season
infected with yellow fever but only four persons we're
sick arrival all Of whom in fair way to
4-7he members of the Common Council Of this city
paid visit to New Haven, by invitation rendered them
by the authorities of that city, and which occasion
they were most Hospitality entertained and showed the
various Institutions and manufactures Of the town.
6-Aboa noon thick darkness began TO spread over
the city, and hour later the storm commenced with
great fury the rain falling with almost Unprecedented
Violence and tho storm accompanied by terrific thunder
e-As policeman Dobke, of the Second ward, was in
the act Of cooking his pistol in order to shoot horse,
the weapon exploded and the bali entered the brain of
bysander named Jacob Ottenger respectable German,
residing in Orchard street, causing his death in very
short time.
Sat the meeting Of Health Commissioners the Health
Officer reported the arrival at Quarantine Of the British
bark J. N. Thurston in distress, from Havana When
there her captain and mate died Of yellow fever, and
leaving six Of her had prostraed by
| the came maady, two OF whom died
Pile and Princess mile heats in harness. resulted in favor
Of the former. The ume made unprecedented, the
heats psing respectively ro tie in e 4 az
charged with certain alleged swndng operations, was
continued before the police magistrate The Investigation
lo-The annual session Of the Grand Lodge O. Of O.
| Of Southern New York, closed.
u.-M special meeting Of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mcssrs. Charles H. Marshall, Robert L. Tyler and E. f.
Morgan were unanimously reelected Pilot Commissioners
for the ensuing two years.. suit was commenced In
poraon TO the Of sl26 3s H. for the value
Of land on Wards leland sold by him to the city, The
work of placing labelled lamps at the corners o the pin
| cipa streets OF the city was commenced.
l2A ten O'Clock at night three laborers in the Cen
trail Park, engaged in charging blast seriously
injured by the premature explosion Of the powder. One
OF them lost finger, and all were badly burned about
! the lace; cut and bruised.
1S.-The Richmond Grays, of Richmond, Va, on q visit
to this city arrived early in the evening. They
by two companies Of the Seventh regiment which
| escorted them to the Brandreth House.
SUNDAY, 14-The new Sunday order issued by the SUI
peTntendent Of Police which went into effect to-day pro-
duced slight change far relates to the sale Of nsx
caiipg liquors Sunday There were fewer liquor saloons
open than on any of the past few Sundays The Rich.
mono Grays attended divine service in the morning at St
Johns church. where seats had been reserved especially
for their accommodation. They fatigue jackets,
! caps and white pantalOons.
i5-The Richmond Grays escorted by the Third dvi-
sion Of the Seventh regiment visited the institutions
Randas and Blackwels islands where they hand.
somely entertained 49,. The Health Commissioners pass
ed resolution authorizing the removal OF all pggerics
between Fceth and Eighty sixth streets and Third and
Sixth avenues Tho annual Staten Island 70 wing Ro-
gaa under the auspices Of the association whose head
quarters are at the Nautilus Hotel Off, and OBJ
Served quite gala day the Island while several
! thousand visitors attended from the city.
hennona trays under lhe escort OF battalion
front Of the City Hall. by Mayor Tiemann and Mayor
Mayo of Richmond, Va, and the Common Council besides
host OF invited guests and military men. Tho affair
passed OIL with great fcldt In the eveng the Common
Council gave banquet to the Mayor Of Richmond and the
Grays at the Metropolitan Hotel, which paaken Of
| by upwards Of four hundred guests.
T.-At the meeting OF the Academy Of Medicine, DIR.
Henry smith, OF Cincinnati read an interesting paper on
the subject Of the present condition OF the Croon
The ship Hannah Croker Captain Huntoon, arrived
late in the afternoon at the Lower Quarantine from Haya
after passage OF fourteen days. Her captain reports
that the first mate died Of yellow fever the hospital at
Havana. Three others taken sick with tho same
disease and transferred 70 the hospital whence they
discharged cured and resumed service the chip
again. The steamship Persia sailed from this port for
Liverpool with 149 passengers and S37S 682 in specie.
le.-The Richmond Grays, who had been the guests Of
the seventh regiment since Saturday last returned home
via the New Jersey Railroad, in the P. NJ train They
t1a a
Seventh companies National Guard numbering about lao
men, under the command Of Captain James Price and &C
companied by the National Guard band and drum corps
19-John 3. Rogers, who has recently been employed
TO do subordinate parts at the Bowery theatre was taken
into custody charge Of stealing silk velvet gown val
ucd at $50, from Horace NJ Wall 49,. The ship vistua
which arrived at this port from Manila reports that The
ship Kneo, CT Bath, while off the Cape or Good Hope,
picked UP longboat containing ten who had aban
| dopcd On English ship
20-Tfere steamships loft this port for va
riors routes each carrying full complement Of passen