The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-18
City Intelligence.

Clty InteAAARchCTs
TINE BANKRUPT LAVA petition, signed by such lead
ing bankers and merchants as Brown Brothers Co.,
Maitland, Phelps Co., J. Stuart b Co., Richard Bell
Co.. j. J. Phelps, Babcock Brothers, and others, has
besn transmitted TO Washington for presentation to
Congress, asking for the enactment OF bankrupt law.
TIE BATTLE or BUNKER HILLrhc eight seventh ami
versary battle Of Bunker H occurred
and was appropriately celebrated in this city by grand
display OF flags most Of the public buildings. The
Continental Guard the only military organization
that paraded. Company A, Captain Ycrance, after
mafcbing through broadway and other srsets started
on pleasure trip up the river 10 Newburg.
PuInc SALE or PRIZE PaopxRTY.-At noon yesterday
tbs cargo of the prize schooner Major Barbour sold
by auction at the Union stores, Brooklyn. The cargo
consisted OF sixty thousand segars OF svore brands
coffee chemicals medicines, felt hats, leather, percus
sion caps, machinery for making shoes guava jelly
powder aud variety OF other articles. The sale took
pa CO under the direction OF United States Marshal MUIR
ray. Tho auc,ioneer was J. II. Draper.
large number Of traders and speculators were at
sold realized good prices The highest price given for
the segas $50 so por thousand for Panagas ondres
s-conds OF which there but two boxes containing
400 each ono box OF Iondres (tbrds) containing 500
sold for $50 per thousand large quantity oi In Corna
sold from $40 TO $50 per thousand SIX boxes o. Cit. 90
s60--tho former price being the lowest gven fof
small parcel Among the miscelianeoas articles.
eight bags Of Guayaqail cocoa went OIL at
Isnc per ib., f6ur bags Of coffee at l2c.
a 1se. bales OF tobacco at 4sc., 151 bags OF Rio
coffee At lSc rs boxes or shot at 7sc III pigs OF lead
at Cisc. per h. case OF French calfskn at SIS per
Dozen bales OF French prints at 12c yard 65 plan
taaion hoes at 14c each containing machine for
making shoes, rs bundles OF brass wre quantity Of
adzo handles % shoe asts iron locks and pistol was
sold lot for SAT- by two o'clock the sale was Closed
ODD FKlIows' Lxr1rT.-Brother Jerome Buck, OF tho
Merchants Lodge o. Of o. T., 10 announced 70 deliver
lecture this evening in the rooms Of Eckford Lodge,
No 234 corner Of avsnue and Fourth street The sub
isct will be on the present troubles or the country and
will doubtless prove highly interesting
FIRE IN EAST TwnxrisrH Srnn1-Eetwesn eleven and
twelvs O'Clock on Monday night nrs occurred in the
carriage manufactsry or Francis Youngs, No East
Twentieth street. Owing TO tho prompt action Of the
nremen the Harncs were cxtinguishsd before they
reached the second aoor On the first floor the following
properly was nearly all destroyed, vz.-Two coaches
and one baggage wagon owned by j. j. Hager one rock
away owned by Brewster K baldwin, one barouche and
one top wagon, ownod by Mr.. Hcrnby: ono ton wagon
owned BY hr Douglas; top wagon, owned by james
O'Neal: one wagon, owned by Mr. keesr and one rock
aws, one pony cart and one ach, owned by Mr..
Younesin all valued at about S. COO The property Is
insured 50 900 in the Broohlyp American Acnsnge
and Atlantic insurance companies. The building ,s
ownod by r. Giliett IL Is damaged about $ioonsufed
Tho improvements the building are damaged about
yoO insured for 81 900 the Hamilton lnfu ance Com
pany.