The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-02

meeting to devise plan for the Cslief Of Sire fam
| lies of the volunteers. The Boars concurred i
directing the Chief Engineer to restore to Engin
Company No. Is their engine and tSst the com
psny be permitted 10 do duty until further ordere,
by the Common Council. A number OF genera
orders pertaining to routine matters wers'ad0pted
The Board of Supervisors held specia. meetin,
yesterday at for the purpose of receiving til,
tax rolls for the present year. 1t appears thai
there is an increase in the value of taxable and
real estate over that of last year to the amount
s9,Nl ,7s6; but it also appears that there is de-
crease in taxable personal property to the amount
Of a, l23 ,533 N-eaving net increase in taxable
property Of s4,94s,264 O3. The only wards in
which the value of taxable real estate has do
creased are the First, Second, Third, Fourth and
Eighteenth. The tax rolls were referred to the
Committee on Annual Taxes.
The Excise Board yesterday held their twenty.
eventh session, granted nine innkeepers' licenses
and adjourned to twelve O'Clock to day. Petitions
of the respectable licensed dealers have been sent
the Governor, asking him to cause the police to
enforce the law. The Excise Board have prepared
executions against large number of persons who
violate the law, with instructions to imprison
hem.
The July term of the General Sessions COM
menced yesterday, Recorder Hoffman presiding,
in the absence of City Judge McCunn, who is now
at the seat of war. The Grand Jury Of the pre-.
vious term came into Court, and, after presenting
batch of indictments, were discharged. It ap.
pears that Andrew j. Hackley was summoned be.
fore them to give information respecting his street
cleaning contract, pursuant to the condition of his
recognizance. He failed to appear, whereupon
his recognizance, which amounted to $50, 900, was
forfeited. VIM. Skinner, young sailor, indicted
for the murder of Henry Walker, pleaded guilty to
manslaughter in the third degree. On the 18th of
October last he had difficulty with Walker on
board the bark Crusader, and stabbed him with q
knife, the wound proving fatal. Skinner will be
sentenced ON Saturday. The Grand Jurors who
answered to their names were discharged till this
TUESDAY morning, when the Grand Jury will be
empannelled. Henry Williams pleaded guilty to
picking the pocket of Mrs. Cuppleman as she was
leaving church in Houston street, and was sent
to the State prison for two years.
According to the City Inspectors report, there
were 455 deaths in the city during the past week
an Increase of l02 as compared with the mortality
OF the week previous, and 80 more than occurred
during the corresponding week last year. The re-
captulation table gives deaths by alcoholism, l
of disease of the bones, joints, &C.; 90 of the
brain and nerves, of the generative organs, II of
the heart and blood vessels l07 of the lungs.
throat &C.; of old age, 81 of diseases of the
skin and emptive fevers, 4 premature births, II
Of diseases of the stomach, bowels and other
digestive organs; "a of uncertain seat and general
fevers, unknown, 8 Of diseases of the urinary
organs, and 81 Of violence, &c. The nativity
table gives 200 natives of the United States, IS of
Ireland, al of Germany, of England, of Scot
land, and the balance of various foreign countries
The cotton market again armer yesterday, while
the sales embraced about CO bales closing stiff on the
basis Of l4ssc 14Xc. for mddlng uplands. The est
mates put forward Regarding the stock in this market
the present time differ materially from each other While
come brokers estimate it at so COO bales have
received communication that places it at rs OOO OF
which, the writer states, nearly half held spscu
ation. He thinks that importer Of the article from
Liverpool would not lose anything even in the present
position OF the market, considering that it lie bought
there with an allowance Of five per tare and draft
and Is sold here at s gross weight Having no das al
hand By which the question of stock be solved we
may that the weight OF evidence would see to ind
cate that 1t cannot much il any, exceed 80 600 balcs
which less, for this period than has been for many
years previously. Flour heavy, and under
the influence OF advanced rates of freights aud
tie foreign news 1t WAS lower, and closed for
common grades OF State and Western from Sc
lee. per barrel Wheat dull for the lower quail
ties ar cheaper; white also heavy and easier while
at the late concession in shipping lots OF prime red and
club the market was active and sales large Disting
and heated corn WAS heavy and dull while good sound
shipping lots OF Western mixed sustained and in
gccd request. Pork was heavy, with sales Of mess at
Sl4 rs 49, and prime at 50 rs $40 25 Sugars were
in good demand and about sc higher with sales Of 500
hhds at rates given in another column Coffee was quiet
and Gales limited. Freghts were higher with Of
ferrg while free engagements of grain both to England
and to the Continent made Al rates given another
place
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