New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-01
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80 -' W No'ksBER--The fdAt day Of koyeln-
oer VI" oh' OF such mdness that laboress out-ofdoorr
"e.o "VfA WHO cos's OIL, as though il was the last
- "t''n.Dcl instead OF the Last of a month usually
a,. 49, az ,.s 'oee November was very wintry on the
a. ''u ~'', "nen tne Ice formed upon the ponds
thick enough for the sLaers Yesterday ,,o.r,. A.
mud was little frozen. but IL aoon soo.,'s s ''o
was 20 GENIAL that thousands Of children
Were playing in the street, though the dav xss not q.
warm and sunny as Thursday. the dav 80 ~ ~
Thanksgiving Surely, if Mayor Wood bad notbino -
re thankful for, the poor Of this city had Tbev s,
thankful Tor day Of enjoyment in the sunshine and
ofigns moonlight, In an atmosphere which they coud
endure al tho very end Of November without s,e
November altogether has been month worth rerneu.
oerng' With the exception Of the one cold pnap the
weather has been mild all the time, and at NewYork
not Hurry Of now has fallen 1t has been oue os the
beat months for the farmer that we ever saw TO seers
crops; and has been Of the most favorable for
tbose who arc short Of fodder for il has been pos;be
for stock to live with very little feeding beside what
they got in the fields up to the first day of December
For all ills Lex US be thankful.
PAYISe Enthusiastically being the last day
for payment Of taxes without the addition of one ner
cent the rush great at the Receivers Office in the
basement of the City Hall. When the door, were
cosed in the afternoon at least FIVE hundred persons
anxious 10 pay up, shut in and 1t was stated that
the Clerks would be employed all night till six o'clock
this morning, in receiving their money. Those who
delay two weeks longer will find another addition
of one per cent 10 their bills.
Thu SPECIAL COMMITTEE oY THE SUPERVISORS
AND Mr.. PLATT.-Mr. Blunt, the Chairman of the
Supervisors Committee, which was constituted 10
investigate certain matters relative 10 the custody of the
county funds has in accordance with the instructions
of the Committee at their last meeting caused sub
pena 10 be served upon Mr. Plat for him to appear
before the Committee, at their meeting to-day at 1
O'Clock. 1t il not likely that the County Treasurer
will deem il best TO disregard this summons % the
statute Of April H. 1859 chap. 100 of the Laws of 1862
svery explicit in regard to the powers of the Com
miitee, at whose instance it issued II makes such
disregard contempt, and gives summary powers of
punishment
TIE LATE WAREHOUSE ACCIDENT IN WHITEHALL
STREET.-We requested by Mr. Johnston, the
Of the stores No. 36 and 80 Whitehall street. 10
correct the statements which have appeared in regard
10 the recent fall of part Of the rear Of the premises
The buildings were erected entirely by day swork the
masonry by La Forge Felter the carpenter work by
Robert Henry, and the iron work by Michael Gross,
all mechanics Of rs class reputation. The walls were
Of extra thickness and the building heavily mbered
No alterations Of any description whatever had been
made in any part. large amount of flour had been
taken IN BY the tenant and distributed throughout the
building. The accident probably from some of
this -four icing TERED against the rear wall in the up
permost story. This wall being e, green, gave way
under the pressure, and the jar sufficient to start
4,
but the oldty of the structure shown by the condi
ton of the building, which withstood the shock and
remains perfectly sound in every other part without
cracks in the walls settlement in the floor. The
damage to the building and contents win not be large.
EABEzzLEhEsT.-A day or two since, we published
an account of the arrest of Ertstus b. Roberts on
charge of embezzlement. The accused was yesterday
taken before Justice Qusckenbusb for examination,
when j. @. Camp, Of the Directors of the Califor
mia Overland Mail Company, was placed upon the wit
ness stand. He testified that the accused had been
in the employ Of the Company for year past as book
Keeper that recently they had discovered that he had
appropriated to his own use upward Of $4,000 belong
ing TO the Company. The accused in the habit of
drawing checks on Wells, Fargo & Co.. for funds TO
defay the current expenses of the office, and theso
should have been entered on the cash book On exam
ton, the book showed that, in thirty instances the
checks had been entered for from $50 to $500 less than
they were drawn for, the accused approprating the
balance In other instances, the checks had not been
entered at all. partial examination of the books has
been made by Frederick Cook, showing the above de-
fciency, but Mr.. Cook says the amount may be made
much larger when the examination is concluded. The
prisoner was locked up for further hearing.
CoLoRgp COUNTERFEIT gRs.--,John Jefferson and
James Jackson coored Yesterday arrested
char ged with having attempted $40 bill o.
tie Esnk Of Andcver Mass Justice Welsh committed them 70
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