New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-27

sbem he gives The o3ds Of Knight s;srds; Morps.
L. Thcmps0a 9, drawn 2. On his gay TO New
Orleaes, Mr.. Msrpsy vil probably stop day or tso
10 each Of the following P'sces; PhiisaephiA, baaa
n Gre Wsshisstor, Richmond, Charleston, ana Ao'ie'
L. i. shosetber Uncertain whether he WI, As has been
reported, return to Ne~York to re'ide or VII en'er
upon tbs practice Of the iss in bis native CITY,
Rrslss,rIox or THY COLLECTOR OF THE CRY
RE'.SrE-Joseph Rose, esq, who has for SIX years
held the Office Of Collector Of City Revenue, yester'
dsy sent in his essna,ion on account Of ill health.
1t viii take effect toe let Of November This
bureau is very important ooe inssu 70 as from one
10 two millions of doliars-from ali the real estate
bonds and mortgages, all the property leased by the
city, and all the rents Of docks sDd pisrssre collected
by every year. The salary, being percentage on
all the money collected, amounts to about 3 900 per
snnum Ex Alderman Franklin, Of the Seventeenth
Ward, il said 10 be the gentleman whom Mr.. Hsws
will appoint to the vacancy.
MINOR CRY IrENs.-THE WEEKLY TRisuSE,
ready this morning, contains S,edman's Poem on the
Diamond Wedding, and the Bertlett and Stedman
Correspondence. Next Tuesday evening the Hon.
n. P. Banks will insugurate the Winter course of
Lectures of the Mercantile Library Association OF
Brooklyn. Z. The Rev. Henry Ward Beechers
lecture, which advertised for next Monday even
ing at tue Cooper Institute, isunavoaoly postponed
till the 18th Of November Tompkins Market 10
likely to get It's roof on before Nsw-Years. The iron
columns of the third and last story are all
up, and the force of workmen employed will soon
place the raers for the roof in their proper places
Pages Venus will be Withdrawn from the Dusseldorf
Gallery this week, and its place will be taken by
lew picture by Sonntsg-a Dream of Italy. con-
sequence Of the resignation Of Capt. Keatng, of Com
pany f., Lieut.. Patrick Kelly has been unanimously
elected Captain; ID Lieut.. John Bagey was elected
Is. Lieutenant, vice Kelly; snd Ssrgesnt Hugh j.
Campbell was elected ID Lieutenant vice Bagley,
and Sergeant Michael Flynn Was elected Acting Der
geant. After the election very handsome sword
and sash, and pair of epauettes, were present
ed 70 Capt. Kelly, by the company. The re-
mains OF the Hon. John y. Mason, late United
States Minister to France which arrived in this city
on Monday evening, by the steamer Ocean Queen On
route for Richmond Va will be forwarded TO its des'
tps,ion today, by the steamer Yorktown....T Tue
femen in the lower FIRE districts are getting up Pc
tition to the Common Council to have the City Hal!
iie-b.n replaced on the City Hall until a tower is
built for it, At present it is so located thst the sound
can be heard only when the wind is favorable The
Rev II. w. Beecher delivers his popular le,trs,
"The Bargain Makers, tonight, at the Sixteenth
Street Baptist Church.
More POLICEMEN wAsrED.-The City.Hall Park
and vicinity are intrusted at nigh. to the guardianship
of two policemen of them from the Sixth and the
other from the Second Precinct. The Park is some
wha; notorious place OF frequent robberies, and
the vest women and pettest thieves frequent the To-
cality at night to put in operation their tricks upon
passers BY This is altogether too extensive and
dangerous locality to be attended to by two officers,
however capable they may be. On Tuesday night,
man was garoted in the Park directly in the rear Of
the City Hall, and robbed CT money-bet containing
$3.50. No arrests were made, the policeman who had
charge of that locality being on another and distant
portion Of bis round. When one or two Of the neigh
boring streets are added the duties OF these two OIL
cers "a is sometimes the case, gsroters and pick
rockets have an almost Unlimited use Of the Park,
and having once committed their crimes, can quietly
slip into tue Five Points, while the officers are neces
EARLY far distant. The force here should ct least DO
doubled and arranged to render each other i'm
mediate assistance, when occasion requires.
THE THOMSON AND McCABE AFFAIR.-Mr. George
Thomson of The Daily Ners appeared yesterday be-
fore the Grand Jury Of the Court Of Oyer and Ter
miner, and msde complaint against Frank McCabe
for the brutal assault made upon him on the ODD Of
September last. The removal of this case TO the
Court of Oyer and Terminer will probably result in
something like justice being meted out to the as
sailsnt.
AsrE-MoRTIM ExAMISATIos.-Coroner Schirmer
Yesterday took the morem examination of Joseph
Marx, the man who was wounded on Tuesday in Rec
tor street. by being struck the head with revolver.
1t appears that Charles Blobm, while intoxicated,
fred three shots at Marx, but as Of them took
effect, he approached and struck him with the re-
volver The wounds are not considered dangerous.
The accused was locked up to await the result.
CRY LIBRARIHs.-The Mercantile Library AssOcs.
ton the Historical Society," and the Free Academy are
about into possession OF the handsome 6eqrests
left TO them by the late Seth Grosvenor esq Inc Two
former get so 900 each, and the latter W, OOO-ony
the interest Of which will be expended In the replenish'
ment Of the libraries attached 10 those Institutions
Tas is the second bequest that the Mercantile Library
Association has receivsd-the iirst lt3.oOo) having
been made several years ago by MISS Demllt, who also
gave very liberal sums to other hbrares The Mes-
title has above ~, GOD volumes, and Is con-
stanty increasing.
from 25 900 TO 900 volumes have been added 70 the
shelves, from which they were previously excluded
for want Of rcom The principal part Of the library il
now in the extension. The eumbsr Of books on hand
is about l25 900, occupying nearly half the available
sbelf room. The reading room which 1t II intended %
have the fret floor has not yet been opened Some
Lew and valuable ideas have been introduced in the
mar az ement the extension. One the register
ing Of all the books called for, under different heads
40 as % chow the tastes and habits Of those
who vslt the library. Another 10 the throwing open
Of ell the encyclopedias and other works OF references
to toe general Of yisitors, 30 that they can be
freely consulted without specially calling tor them