New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-23


log to keep up ght Tho total loss will not exceed
Sl2, 900.
CITY IIElZS.
PERSONAL TAxEs.-The Tax Recsivsrs yesterday
commenced receiving payment of taxes on personal
ettate. At 3p. m. the receipts amounted TO nearly
$4,000. On the 2Sb inst the books of real estate tax
will DO opened. Owing to the diIatoruess of the
Board of Supervisors In declaring the amount of tax
levy, the collection Of taxes has bean delayed nearly
month.
WATER RESTs.-Those who do not pay up their
water rents before the lst Of November will fad az
sdGit. onsI 10 per cent tackled on to thsir bills.
Tng FOWLER DEFALoATIos.-AmoDg the pssaen-
gers from HavAns on Sunday, was James f. Dwight,
formerly Assistant United Ssstss Dis,rict-Atorney,
wto was sent to the Island of Cuba 10 take the est
mony Vt Isaac V. Fowler the fagilve ex.Postmaser
of this city. Mr.. Dwight reports verbally that he
found Mr.. Fowler had bsen suffering under severe
attack of yellow fever which had prcs'rated him. but
he was 30 far convaescen as to be able to give the re-
aured testimony 10 be used on t5e forthcoming trial
in equity, on the Issues ordered by District Judge
Belts OF course the nature of the tsstim my will not
trsnspire until II Is read In Court. Mr. Dwight was
also bearer Of dispatches ffom the United States Con-
sui at Havana t, the Hon. Jsnea j. Roosevelt, on
other important matters the nature Of which did not
trsnspirs. He was absent seventeen days eleven Of
which were passed ct sea.
CHLDREs's AID SocIErr.-At a meeting Of the
Trustees Of the ChildreDs Aid Society, w. G. G Imam
in the chair, held Wednesday, Oct H. it was reported
from tie Office that one hundred aud three persOns had
been provided with homes duiog the preceding month.
The News Boys Lodgh House received from sixtyto
seventy bomslessboy every night. Toa recs PFC from
these lads daring the month, s7l. Ssvings ton boys
who bad money deposited In the bank saved s9S The
accumulated savings of one boy smoun.ed to s42 81.
Another boy no. qute ~ years Of age drew $22 SO.
The Superintendent reported that within week they
would have accommodation for one hundred and thirty
boye The German School connected with TIE Society
report seventy five scholars. The Italian School, from
seventy to one hundred in attendance. The C1ttags
place Industrial School, sxy-6ve. The other schools
associated with the SIcsty doing m ich good at
tendance about two hundred and fifty. We undsisaud
the Society sre anxious to open school in the Frst
wsrd for the destitute little girs Of that quarter.
CRY MORTALITY The number Of deaths in this
city, for the week ending Oct 90 was Al Of whom SO
were men; 1903 women lis boys, aud lO7 girls
showing an OF 20 over last week. and of 4S
over the corresponding week of last year. Ofdeahs
resulting from acute disease % were cases Of indam-
nation of the BRAIN Is of scarlet fever Is OF infante
convulsions Is Of darrhesi II of congestion Of the
! brain; 9 Of typhus fever; Of Inflammation of the
bowels; Of Inflammation Of the brsio; Of cholera
iDfantum; Of dyssntsryi of bronchi IL OF con-
ges,on Of tho lunes of hopping cough Of inlam-
nation of the liver; Of smallpox Of apoplsty;
of epilerAy; Of teehiDg; Of measles. Total, pa.
OF deaths from chronic disease so cases Of con-
Sumption; % Of infsntile marasmus Is Of dropsy in
the head; IL of infantile debility 10 of dropsyi
of albuminsria; of palsy; Of caneer Of aoscess
of the lungs. Total l56. OF deaths from external and
| other causes, - of premature Birth OF
old age; burned or scalded; casualties; delirum
tIemens; accidental suffocston; falling; thrown
from horse; gunshot; suicide. Total, IA. Clas-
si6ed with respect to their oges there wore: under
year, los; from to g. 81 9 TO 5, 81; TO TO- Isl 10
to 70, 81 u to Is .; Is to II, 4; II to 90 3; 20 to
IS, 10; IS to 80 "a 80 to 49, 54 40 to so 49, 20 to
CO. 29 60 DO 49, 20 toSO q so to 90, g. 20 TO loo
/; unknown, 3. In respect to their pstivities, 30
were born of the UOited States % ia Ireland p in
Germany, n in England, 3 10 Scotland, l in France,
| | In Switzerland, end III Frussa.
| For FCRoPE-The steamer Illinois, on her return
from Europe will be laid up 10 receive new boilers,
and other repairs and the steamer Empire City, Capt.
Baxter, will take Der place. The Expire City has
tetn lately rebuilt
For CALHORSIA.-The u. s. NJ. stea ner North
Star Capt Jones, sailed yesterday, with the California
mails AZ passen gers among the latter 200 recruits for
the army of occupation in California. The North Star
takes out loe Durhsm bull, raised by Mr.. Daddy
Field at StockbIdge, Mass for Dir. Hashburn Of San
FraGeisco.
A PILor KIDSLPrED.-slichssl Geraty yesterday
ocmpsiIed to Juice Kelly that he had been kidnapped
and shipped on board an outward bound vessel by the
notorious Thomas Hsdden, keeper Of sailors board
ipP lonse Geraty stated that ne was pilot belong
ing 10 St. Johns Ne Homeland, and that arriving
IN this city on Thursday last, be persuaded by
runner 10 stop at Haddens house. lie WINS asked If hs
wished to be clipped and answered In the negative
Next morli ing Hidden induced him to visit a vessel
lyrg in the stream and after getting him on board told
him tha. he was booked for the voyage. Gersty was
only ed from his unpea,aus position by the inter
ference Of a Captain who knew him. Hadden was sr
rested by Officer Cornell Of the Haroor Police an(
committed by the magistrate. The accused did no
in getting Geratys adysuce wages, but is nom
the lees liable TO the charge Of kidnapping. Heu al
old hand at This business Of shanghaeing, as 1t
to med, frequent complaints having been made agains
him. An examination viii be had in the case to-day
NursANcEs STREET CLEANING, AND DsEAsri
MxAT.-The following is a schedule OF the WORK dom
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