New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-02
GENERAL NEWS.

following bills were ordered TO o third reading: |
Relative TO the Heads of Departments OF New
York. facilitating the acquisition of lands for Croton
Water Works; Incorporating the National Life and
Limb Insurance Company; relative to the New
York Juvenile Asylum; incorporating the Dry Goods
Clerks Association Of New-York. The bill allow
ing the soldiers of this State in the service Of the
United States to vote by proxy was debated BY
Messrs. Low, Bailey and Angel for, and Messrs.
Gsnson, Murphy aud Pruyn, against the bill, and
passed by q vote of 10 to z.
In the Assembly the following bills were
passed: Incorporating the Master Stevedores
Association Of the Port Of New.York; an
nulling the law relative to Taxes in Nor
rissnia and West Farms incorporating the
Hudson and Harlem River Canal Company; the
Senate resolution relative to the payment Of the
interest on the State Debt held by foreigners in coin
or it's equivalent; the Supply bill; authorizing the
extension of certain streets between West -Four
teenth and West Thirty first streets in New-York;
the Albany aud Susquehanna Railroad bill by vote
offs to %; the bill amending the Revised Statutes,
relative TO assignments, was os-a motion to recon-
slider was tabled
wzsrcHEsrER COUNTY elected Town 0Gicers
on Tuesday, aud we have returns from four towns
in the northeast quarter OF the County, which all
went Republican, electiDg Supervisors as follows:
Brpvosp- Henry Wood (gsiu)
y, NKwoAsrIE--FTsncis b. Carpenter, Il nsj
sonKRs-william Z. Tidd, 81 maj.
NORTH SALKn-Joseph L. Sntion, 10 OPP.
LEwisBoRo' has of course gone the same way.
MouEr PLEASANT, OppOsitiOn-Do contest We
shall have more when our friends send it las we
trust they will to-day;) but. as there were but ssS
Supervisors of the right sort last year, we expect
little good is to come.
The mysterious death of Mrs Susan Thomas of
Weebawken Hin, Hoboken, ~ j., from supposed
poisoning, has been brought to light, and Coroner
Farrell has commenced al inquest on the body. The
brain and the stomach were not found when the
poss-mortem took place. John Jacob Thomas, the
husband of deceased, has been arrested ON suspicion
of being concerned in the death of Lis wife. From
the testimony it appears that three physicians had,
at The instance of the husband, made pos-rnortem
examinations that they forgot to pat back the por-
tiops of the body left out, and that subsequently
the stomach was thrown into the sink. The inyes-
tigation is still pending.
Alta meeting Of the Board of Education last
evening, the resignation Of Mr. Nodyne the Libra
ran, was discussed The Finance Committee re.
ported that the special appropriations to date amount
TO 81, 800 Is. The amount appropriated TO the
Ward aud Corporate Schools amounts to $48S 9Ol 90
The average attendance at the different Ward
Schools is &C 038-at the Corporate Schools, 4,l3S-
the sum apportioped is s3O,6l2 7s.
The annual convention of railroad managers
was held in this city yesterday. A new timetable
was adopted, to begin April 20. See eighth page
for report.
Some interesting items of Foreign gossip will
be found the second page of this mornings paper
1.-The Welland Canal will be open for navigation
on the 18th inst.
under large trensacons quotation the Morning Board
advanced to 1854 After the session improved 1887 but
serwMd fell back TO 1861 Later in tie day the market
again took an upward turn under unsYoIabe from
SiskeuE and touched lso3. closing dull 1895 bid In
no' me movement was active aud the quotations show
ssnes sdSsnee AT the o'clock call the market generally
urn Inc Second Board irregular bet without i'm
f 'nAnse' Governments have been quie. at about pre-
NVus uoo'Anons AZ the o'clock call there was fair DE-
manu- -. 'He ssains fauciss, with steady market The
market has fuctused with aod and after
~ VI ees the nominal quotation at ths close
was ia ~hion about y cheaper than geld q, ia
freishts are Seady ana more active. Money tbsrs q, No
change to noce The supply abundant on call Al sY \,
cont In the Produce and Merehaudise market, ,b.
6mer Tone in consequence Of the advance in yo,d
stuff and Provisions higher buyer. OF all as,,,,o
Of goods operate with courage.