New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-05
GENERAL NEWS.


Police for le69 estimates the population Of NewYork
City al l.ooooCO and that OF Brooklyn at 5000
Taking the estimate OF lest year for EevYork 10000
snd Brooklyn 300 600 it gives in NcwYork patrol
man to 81 inhabitants and in Brooklyn one patrolman
20 lC2V inhabitants. In Brooklyn the beats are on
average, almost nine tines longer than those in New
York and the patTolmen lot within practical sup
porting distance Of each other The number patrol
ren Ia Brooklyn Is 200. The Commissioners recommend
that il be increased to 500 The report recommends
thai thc duties Of Health Wardens. Street Inspectors
aud every form of sanitary Inspection and the nspec
ton Of weights AID measures be performed By the
police thereby saw ing To tie treasury the salaries Of
large number of o.iiciels. Tie establishment Of Il
MorQoe where the unknown dead oOnld be exposed to
view and Identification. and a central coroners Office
arc recommended. Ia regard 10 mock auctions. tue
Commissioners say that ii & law passed providing
that conviction Of fraud should operate PEI as
ccaon Of license the police would oe able to pa, al end
to them stringent Law against concert saloons
IA asked for The Board are Of opinion that Offering
Of ards not exceeding 500 for the conviction Of
receivers Of stolen goods would tend greatly to the
prevention Of crimes against property Tie establish
OF iruant school is favored II is recommended
that portion Of the police force be armed and organ
lied military command. and instructed in military
esolu,iOBs adapted 10 service In cities The repOr,
sugg,sls that the lire Department should be trans
formed into paid department. Gne that insurance
pan should be assessed FOR It's support Consideration
oftbe subject Of poll clerks OF the operations the
tUy Company, ard TIE rois concludes the report.
A large number Of the personal and political
friends Of Mr. George Opdyke met at the Aston House
GA Monday oiier him their thanks for the faithful
manner IN which be discharged tie duties Of ht Office
Yhile Mayor OF thls city. A collation. Of luxuries
provided for the guests, and wien the cloth wac re.
noy "a addresses were delivered BY Charles 3 Spencer
George Opdyke, David Dudley Field. Collector An.
drew Col. FarTlham. Admiral farTagui. Prosper NJ
Wetn,ore. Il. {. COwdln, Recorder Hoffman aud 9th.
ers. and VIM KOss Wallace read q spirited poem
EVER sentiment Of 10y atty loudly epplaudod, and
ever; heart seemed to beat with patriotic deiermna
ton FyeIy.speech had The ring Of liberty In it. The
meeting very enthusiastic IN its commentator OF
the course pursued by the retiring Mayor.
The deaths in Now-York during the past
week we're EG--lI3 men, lO- women lJ7 boys end
Ils sirls-a decrease Of from the mortality II the
previous week and iros.ase o. 20 compared with
ths mortality of the corresponding week OF 1863. OF
the deceased III children under years of ege.
The mortality by The principal Ci,eases follows:
Consumption. IS; inflammation Oiihc lungs, 81 scarlet
fever 81; infantie commissions - iHisItiie marssus.
%, dpbthore. IT, Deaths fiola external causes, ~;
among which arc reported premature bhths. 2
drowned 5ca'aec flied by .eolleais. There we're
u deaths in the Ins;itulions and - tei uents in
Potter, iied.
The Measurements papcrs announce the
iei;i OF sbe Hon. Henry Hubbard. which ooh place at
Pisfe;d in thar state Friday, Jon. ri tie I'd
yaneed age Of eighty. lie wa :or man! years prom
ino,t member of tine Berkshire bar. Az one time he
conducted political paper, The Bcr'sh'rs Copa'y
Wig lie was repeatedly member OF TIE Massechu-
sets Legislature. and soI ;irec years member Of the
Councii during the sdmirisIot.on Of Gov. Lincoln
The last public Office which DO held that OF Com.
missioner 10 New Orleans inquire H. regard 10 the
protection o: colcred Massachusetts sailors while in
that pof:.
The City Government for 1861 was duly
organized on Monday. Ito Aldermen elected John 7.
Heary a. President and DAVID II. Valentine Clerk
Of the Common CoaLcl Tic COunciIen elected
James Hayes for President ard James Sweeney Clerk.
The Supervisors made wm. NJ. Tweed President and
Joseph Is. Young CLERK Mayor Gunthers Message
vas sent in. lie hiss appointed Geo. W. Morton. for
msry City Inspector, FiIst GaTshsl and j. b. Aud
10 made Private Secretary.
The Anniversary Of Emancipation was celc.
bsated last evening ct tie Cooper Institute by the
American Trecdmen's Friend Society. Speeches were
made By the Rev. j. N. Gous.er President Of the So
osty; the Rev. Drn Bellows. Doole and Cheever Prof
VIM T. DAY and +. B. Randolph, and letters were read
from Senator SOmneT. Gov. Andrews and Frederick
DvpgaW.
An examination Of 80 re:-ens arrested for
ssi,ng tho Chesapeake was nm at ST. john N. B..
on Monday No new fscis u IMPORTANCE were brought
out.
Dispatches from Df. Ployn, the American
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