New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-04


Flying Eagie having 90 board fifteen emg- -ants sna
Hayan merchants, bound to tie same isisnd, ssIsS
one hour before the Jenne Kidson AS she passed ths
Kidston the passengers anjcompany cheered cash other
heartily while the women waved their haadkerchiefs.
Altogether Il was one Of the yeest and most ptoms-
ing events that has occurred in the history OF the
the coloed people in New-York. Let them follow up
this movement with the spin. of true maniiness aud
enterprise and they will do much for their race, both
in this country and ia Hayt. Another vessel to TO-
low in the course Of month.
OPENING OF THE BIDS AT THE STREET DEPARy-
mENT.-Bids for several public works were o.
"Wednesday opened at the Street COMMISSIONERS
Office and awarded as follows: e
ThGd Avenue to John Mcsas Cr ss7 IS BIDS, sia
sStns: d to fS S ss.s ESs.sa Az e
abid, time nogth tSr ssuaias and srsdns Fly s.
for ea bid. me @ months. Foi ens e and sas
stone and aseans four feet wide sidewalk Tenth
G% 5S me g ssy NS was
and reglsrins the public lamps Of the City.
TESTIMONIAL TO AID. FARLEr.-Ald. Farley having
retired from the Office of School Commissioner, the
teachers of the evening schools Of the Twelfth Nine
teenh, and Twenty-fIst Wards, and the Evening
School Committee met at that geutemans residence os
Wednesday evening and pIeserted him with service
of plate. diamond studs and other articles valued al
over thousand dollars as token of their attachment
and esteem.
THT CHAxBraI .Iscf.-The receiving officers f
city ,noneys Yesterday made their deposts with Mr.
Deyn, in accordance with instructions issued BY ths
Controller based on the opinion OF the Corporation
Counsel that the MAYOR has not the power OF suspend
ing the Chamberlain. Dr.. Plat still retains over
900 of the city funds and thought that hs
would not relnqush them until compelled to do 30 by
judicial decision.
CHssBrR or CoyNgRcE.-The Chamber Of Cos-
mcce held their regular monthly meeting at noon yes
terday the President Peletiah PERT, esq., presidns
The following gentlemen were elected as members
William Allen Crocker, Russell ". Hoadley, VIM. Y
Langley, Benjamin +. Msnierre, lsaae II. CIton-
Robert l.. Woodward Mr.. William Nelson was elect
ed member Of the Committee OF Arbitration. hr.
Whitmore submitted a copy Of :. The ProceedngsanA
Debates Of the Fourth National Quarantine and Ban
tary Convention held in the City OF Boston june IA,
I5 and l6 1860" In connection with this report thA'
following resolution was adopted
Reed That the Committee on Quarantine ialGfs aas,-
question Quarantine presented by the Governor IA his A
The Chamber then adjourned
| CrRfoUs CosDroT OF A SHrPsAsrER.-The steaan-
tug r. l.. Mabey, when coming up the Lower Bay
Yesterday morning, the schooner +. j. BsoSnrd--
Of New-York coal loaded, ashore on the West Ban&,
and abandoned. Saw the captain and crew leave hee
and land Oh Staten Island shore Went teshem sos
offered to carry them back, and tow the vessel OIL Tn,
Bank The captain refused TO nave anything more "
do with her. The tug then went TO the schooner, AMI
after placinp two men on board took her in tow, aai
docsed her at pier No. S NcFth River She has her
counter stove in about the ruider hole, and u eexias
| csr.- :. g. H. dali,
|
SKATING os TIE CrsrsM PsER.-A good uaay
people are grumblng because the skating onthe Centr
Park Pond has not been good recently. IRE HtrtlI1
had an absurd story on Saturday, which the SushN
papers copied that the Park authorities spoiled tbs ics
bv flooding il; AID Tie Herald again says that they
might have made it good by iooding. isosA state
ments are contradicted by the fact That the Cotos
Board shut off the water from the Park some weesS
before Christmas, and the Park '1eop,e have not had
the means of flooding. The ninness of the ice ak
Christmas, when it tile a enough elsewhere, is to
be accounted for by the tet that in tue first weeks
skating at the Pond the re were an average of 3ooee
skaters day cuttngr up 'ani ia 100 men were EN-
plcyed ten hours cry night in sweeping on rms
shayines which ',ey made, consequently in tbs sue
ceeding rain Pad t'aw much Of the ice on the pond
was wasned clean ay-melted-leaying open water,
which, ID the high wind Of the codlsh spell Just n
Christmas, could not freeze strong .-s,n For tb,
accommodation Of those who ... e. diyas ,bauss,vs.
@ tneE outer e'o'n,c while skating articles viii b.
Iaken al ss. cents, at charges Of fye ten, and 6fssr
cehts, according TO value from 80 to so, the tent
keerers icing responsible for their reurn or comps'
% remunerae the owner f5r losses incurred vhii'
| under their charge.
FrSERAt o. TIE REy. Eli c. BoTSFoeo.-Ths
funealof thscergymantoo pace on "Wednesday after
MOO. a, me Yqgkyile Presbyterian Church and Wa
attended By full congregation. The eerpss va
placed in coffin near the altar. In the pulpit were
the Rev. Or, Erebs, the Rev. Mr. Barnard, and sew
elal OiAer elergymea ID tie Presbyterian Church Ia,
services consisted of exhortation eu4- e's i.,.
leading OF the Scriptures. The Rev. DR. Kreu, : :
ereo funeral discourse, taking his text from Che Oh
Psalm ~ verse, "Remember how short nav, tina
Is" He refer'ed 10 he circumst anees attending tn.
death Of his beove, brother, which were mysterious
and sad Indeed While still in the fuuess Of lis
arenth AID clearness OF mind ~ moment in the very
boeom Of his family, while engage, ~ family worship.
that mind was suddenly obscIed and loosed from is
CONTROL lie attributed this result TO the fact hat DIR
ing The hast SIN months the deceased was engaged IL
earnest and h1rd labor. About six weeks since tbs
deceased clergyman commenced the preparation of q
series Of dcouTses on the relations existing between
masters ard servants" Ia these bbors he wss en-
gagged daily from o'clock In the morning until lcse AZ