New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-04


of the entertainment.
Contracts AWARDED By THE STREET CoMArs-
sIosER.-A large number OF small contracts were
awarded yesterday by the Street Commissioner, as
follows
Flsgsins and setting curb and ster'tone in F9ryourh
street between Eighth and Ninth to W. D. sws
Fencing lot. bounded by Thirty and Thirty
ninth and Fourth j. j. Mss,erson
Building house for Hook and Ladder Company No : in
WstsOn Haws, at -. 22s; time, months.
and snS
street between Fifth and Eighth to w d. Swar, a.
Tagging and setting curb and guttr.one' Fh avenue,
between and ,
Grading regulating Tagging and letting curb and gutter
hdms Hsssn at PssSa %s day 'H avenue 10
GE1ns regulating ssns and f setting , G%TI and
John II Ellis, Of ssis 4; time, i 10 days ''''"
GERMAN SocIETY.-Tbe Directors of the German
Society held a monthly meeting at their Office, in
Greenwich street, when the Agent Mr.. Ehehalt, sub
G. 1919 immigrants arrived in N'uGa. 1t appears that
ber of whom 2,73S Were Germans The Relief Com
mittee expended 1884 80 in lii cases OF RESTITUTION.
So co. have been expended in this way since the LIST
of January. $3.50 were appropriated to be expended
among destitute persons during the present month.
Most of the immigrants proceeded 10 the ihef"i' Al
was reported that there but little demand for Ia
borers at present. and only 50 persons were PROVIDED
with employment through the agency OF the German
Society. The Treasures report showed that there
was balance of 81 1873 10 in the treasury for October
PoIIIIcAI DISABILITY OF PoLIcEMES.-At meet
ING Of the Board of Police Commissioners recently the
Committee on Rules and Regulations presented
LENGTHY report concerning the political disability of
policemen which report could not be obtained by our
reporter at the time. The Commissioners adopted the
4Cb rule in place of the old rule 81 which ncapactat-
ed policemen taking part in primary political cleo
TONS The section, adopted, agreed Substantially
with the rule upon the subject existing among the
| Albany police regulations, which IL SAID to have
worked well in that city. On motion OF Mr. Stillman,
the vote upon this rule reconsdered, and at the
last meeting, at the instance Of Judge tshoeher, ana
| supported by the President, several clauses were
stricken out after which the rule, as amended, was
adopted We give the rule il now stands, leaving
in brackets the clauses which erased from It at
| the meeting at which II was finally adopted:
sESIoS Se sni.as epnos and efpe. the
freely expression shall not conee hs lsda'e
the lScye Franchise will be deemed sacred and nyoae But
no member will be permitted be delegate representative
OF i or society whose object or pretended
real purpose nomination Of candidates t. any public
political Office the urtherance Of the Interests or advance
ment Of any political party sect. clique or individual he shall
no, take any Ps in any Sa 0 Of sny sndds for
such Office Upon Of elections for public Officers hed
1e bS Doll t on do al within kis power pre-
serve the peace protect the purity OF the bsoo enforce the
He shall not distribute or deliver electors Others any bal
lots take any PAT II urging OF
The slst rule absoves policemen from obligation 10
NV noli,;c, assessments but does not forbid them
so,, 40 do;ro being a sefevident principle that
r,o,, hos ,;ebt 10 do what he will with his own.
uoc.nrr.D,c,. D.-The Grand Jury of the Court
Of Over and Termner Yesterday found true oll LOT
aggravated assault and h ttery against FRANK heOaoe'
WHO recently assaulted NJ. Thomson oil me AeFs'
The case will be brought On. ior 'rai oeiore 'uuss
Roosevelt shortly.
The BIBLE IL rHr ScHooLs.-ht their weekly
meeting, the Board of Education agn.l argued .he
Bible question. Ii came up in the shape o. Ie'o,
ton emanatng from the Sixth Ward Local b. ard'fo
nav the salaries Of all the Principals who, in obediels
TO the Local Board had excluded the Bible from the
schools-save the Principal OF No. D, whose case was
to be made the test in the Court. motion TO reicr
the question TO the Committee Finance was os' 10
to ~ and the Board adjourned amid considerable eA-
element.
renee Mass. delivered on Wednesday the third in The
Ango-Arican Course Of Lectures in Shiloh Church.
His subject was Nat Turner which he handled IN an
eloquent manner. reviewing the Various straegems
which Nat resorted order to develop the insr-
rectionarv moye.on, OF which he was the leader IN
Southampton, Va, * years ago. He described the
odus operand of the instruction and the execution 81
Nat in style which seemed 10 give great satisfaction
TO the large audience, which composed mainly oil
colored persons though there fair sprinkhne Of
pale faces present. The speaker who is quite young
man, and was formerly slave in Virginia, was ire
quen,y interrupted by the enthusiastic applause Of 'le
audience. II was announced thu; Judge Culver VIII
| deliver the next lecture in the coarse.
| QrTEr.-A correspondent perinently observes;
Mr.. Carlincourt Lowe, subscribing 10 the theory
of an easerly current the hight of two and hau
miles from the earth, proposes to reach England IN
two days by maintaining that elevation. To observe
the direction Of currents beneath the balloon be has
streamers attached to sounding-ne, the dutterings
Of which in contrary directions Indicate the course Of