New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-19

Georges Chapel "a FREQ church, while the Church q
the Holy Evangelists has put its property Ia BSeknaa
street under the control and ut the disposal Of fdnW
Church. - -r..e ....-.. ll ,,..y ri rf'f.r
The GRADE OF CHAMBERS SrRgEr ExrEEsless-.
Chambers street extension goes from Chatham sEeo
to James slip, and Il considered ono Of the moss ins
portant Of recent city improvements. Tho hisha1
point Of grade is Of course al Chathsm street. which =
about 80 feet above high water mark the lowest =
Water street, which is II feet above said marx. A
proper grading this extension would affect stseeta
inersecting as follows: At South street there woaA
be required 81 feet of filing to bring It up TO isva
with the bulkbead Water stree. and James strsef
would be affected about the same. At Batavia stxeee
II feet Of filing would be required; at Oak street,
feet; at Roosevelt street, feet; OF New Bowesy and
Chestnut street. the present grade weud be retanedt
the reduction Of grade at the intersection Of MAsp4
street would be about foot; at Pearl street, Fl Sse<s
at William street. feet at Duane street, q feet.
seems probable that the completion Of this great in
proyement viii be retarded on account oftbe dcul12
of getting twothrds of those owning property % ~
cross streets where the grade needs changing 10 ssu
petition therefor which Is required by statute bebss
action con be taken The grade would slope of sscA
way on the streets crossing Chambers from 20 - ioe
ought 90 be changed so as TO allow the nscessHl
grading to be made, proper damages being awasde@
wi;hOut resosting To petition.
TnE CBAnBsRLArScY.-The city moneys are N .,
tained by the Park Bank which has expressed ID d.
termination to hold on to them until compelled 10 dev
er them over by judicial decision If the prosss
is required for the transit Of the city deposits as 6s &
drawing Of appropriations for which is necessary se
awsy1ant be signed by the Controller, Mayor and Os<e
of the Common Council, then the Bank would seem -
have pretty strong case to be affected only by un-
damus issuing to compel the Mayor 10 sign the w.
rant On the appointment of the Last three ChsmhD
L,ins the transfer WIS made simple order thas -
when the deposits were removed from the Mechanz0
to the Shoe and Leather Bank, and from the Shoe end
Leather 10 the Artisans Bank, and again hsu M
Africans to the Bank of Exchange and thea 70 she
Psrk Bank Tho Park Bank refuses to recognise snsh
an order and 10 an issue Ia rased that never cane u
before and ss it is held that the Chamberlain oana
draw money by any check Of his own and IL not hss.
ing been decided whether be has the isolated power d
removing the deposits, II would seem o. thcugh ~
matter could not be disposed Of except BY litigation.
In regard 20 the proposition now being brossssd =
the Legislature TO place the appointment Of Chambsr
Lin with the Controller the objection generally the
in case we had tricky, schemng officer at the hss4
of the financial department there would be teup>R
ton for collusive snaysry between these of6ciaia
CouRr MARTIAL OF Col. CoRcoRAs.-PusaA4f
10 adjournment the Court and large number Of ofheex
and privates In the 69h Regiment and other regmeuh
assembled at the City Armoy yesterday at 3p. N, N
continuation of this Gaze. Richard OGormanr ooonesf
for Col Corooran, made speech the purpor Of which
was demand that the specifications should be marrow
ed Down to particular points, in order that the d.
fnse might be able to admit all that not relevaaa
10 their cause. After some spaTing between Jndss
Advocate Meade snd the Counselor, 1t was sdmittei
BY the latter for the defendant that order was ISSUED
calling upon the Goth Regiment to parade for the ressp-
ton OF the Prince of Wsles. Witnesses were thea
called for by the Judge Advocate None respoadedt ~
their names bat Major Taylor and his testimony saooe
was not sufficient to make it Of any use TO proceed
Mai Morris Commissioner Morrill, said, was sick.
Gen Hall, Capt. Van Buren and other officers were
second time called for by the Marshal In attendssoe.
and not responding, tho Court was adjourned u.sa
Monday, at ~ T. IN.
The MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN rHB BowERy-Tbo
investigation Of the circumstances attending the deah
OF John Sexton, tho young man who was mysterossy
murdered in front Of No. e7 Bowery on Sunday even
inc lsst. was. continued at the Seventeenth WssA
Station House by Coroner Schirner yesterday ahef-
noon. The testimony elected affords no clue to she
perretrator although il shows that the deceased was
very much intoxicated and very quarrelsome on has
evening. Whnth the SPACE Of IN hour hes represented
IA having visited number Of drinking saloons, and 70
hay, manifested desire 10 fight different persona Hs