New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-04

CITY ITEMS.
BULLS HEAD, Monday, April 3.-There are
only 900 head Of bullocks in market today. which
would appear to be small supply but then they are oil
remarkably good average quality, and there has been
sold here since last report gao head and 45 at Bergen
many Of which were heavy oxen. This beside sales
at the downtown stables and those expected tomor'
row. win make mp full weeks supply and reduce the
quotations from to two cents pound and the most
on the best class. The top price Of frstca's buocks
to-day is 81 AGO. p n net with few rated extra at
S2 BE- and at this the statesmen, we thought at least
the afternoon. were very liberal in their estimate OF
weights. Below first-cass prices ranged l3U2Oc Y ID
with very few Va the lower class. Tie great mass of
cattle sold at led29c. The Government took lIs tnis
week and the contractors paid l36lfc y 10 i've weight
for OF the best shipping cattle in market One lot
of over 100 head Massachusetts heavy fat oxen were
taken nj l3c. The contract price Is el3 ~ " cwt
at which the contractors afford to furnish goou cat
nc and far they have done 1t last week ana ts we
should CAV extra good and the price paid by con-
tractors slows the state Of the market In the iDornug
trade WIS lively. and cattle moved of lively. After
the Of the fall Of Richmond was received casi.
ness grew very dull. Butchers seemed u think that
peope could live good news without beef Al least
they appeared determined that " Richmond mao 70
come down, cattle should come down also, or else tney
would not bug. From the way that large owners Oh
Western cattle pushing them forward It looks as
Though they fully believed prices higher now than they
will be again this Spring. There s cootinued influx
II good cattle from Canada and as god declines, 1os
supply will increase and greatly helpto reduce prices
The fall this week would have been much
greater. If there had not beon famine 10
the supply the ia,, two week, on n, acs aNod
The sheep market Is not yet fully supplied tais moro
lag there were but few In the pens at Sixthst and
prices ranged Hale. N. or decline OF tdlo' 10
frun last quotations A lot of 325 fine wooded sheep
averaging lo7 ms. good quality sold ct iJt cents on
the sces The market is quick for good quality at
about - Coats The supply q hogs is moarrate ana
fell hogs is Ia 9I2tc. 10. live weight disiers no
I2l ocnr small choice stock Hogs active az 2 3D.
snd ordinary. I2al2ic. Weather clear cool and dry.
A STRANGE STORY.-On Sunday evening one
Richter, a German entered the Twenty Seventh Pro.
cinc Police Station and stated that be Lad come to de
liver himself up to Justice alleging that he was mur
derer His story as told by himself is as follows lie
arrived in this city f-omaB1slo the Hudson River
Railroad on the evening Of the 10th OF February last
Amer leaving the ThiTtyfrstst station he strolled
along tho whsryes for some distance and finally Law
down on Of them and fell asleep. He was swsk-
ened some time sf.er by the presence Of stranger
On attempting to recover IT, the stranger struck NJ
him with cotton.hook but 1t canght IN button hole
of his coat Ha seized II and struck hs assaant ON the
head Who fell Richter then left but looking back
and seeing that the stranger did not stir. he returned
and found that he dead. Fearful that be might he
discovered he threw the body from the WHAT lto tbe
water and then hurried from the scene. Proceeding
to FIatbush L. l.. where lie has friends. he remained
there until Sunday when the CONSCIOUSNESS ~ what he
had done pressed upon his mind TO such degree that
he decided to como TO this city and give himself up TO
the officers III tho law. lie is aged % years and sail
maker By trade His story IL looked upon as curious
one Nobody has been ioun that answers the descrip
ton Richter gives OF his alleged victim ard many are
inclined to the belief that he IS insane In te mean
time he is held to await further developments.
ARRIVAL OF SOUTHERN REFUGEES. The
nited States transport Gen. Sedgwich. which arrived
AZ this port on Sunday from Wilmington, brought a
number Of Southern refugees. A party OF these con-
sistng Of four women q soldier. three boys and AN
infant all ia the most destitute CIRCUMSTANCES were
.aken % the Goth Precinct Station at She CITY Hal
until quarters can be procured Tor them
The soldier named Richard L. JOurdan, or the slst
South Carolina Regiment states that he was at VII.
at the time 1t was evaennted and as lie hsd
served ont his term but was refused discharge. he
concluded to abandon the sinking ship and did 80.
CONSIDERATION AMONG Col. BAKERS
Boz SIY j uMPERs--A VERY SERIOUS JoKE.-lt has
lust come hight that the occasion of the execution OF
kenpedy Fort Lafayette recently WAS taken ad'ant
age ot By OF the officials to play Joke ON Col
Bake.'s bounty Jumpers aud brokers, Of whom one
hundred aud ninety three confined in the Fort.
The galows erected on the afternoon before tbs
execution In the cor yard in full view OF the jumpers
the gaows TO be put and II occurred to some OF
the cisls that opportunity offered for prac
tic Joke 1t is alleged that an order purpottinR 10
have been issued from tie War Department. was
read TO the Jumpers" on Friday afternoon
setting forth that tho evil Of bounty jumping was wide
spread and that the most vigorous measures were now
be taken to suppress IT. and further that had been
decided select twenty names out Of the number con-
fined Fort Lafayette. who should be hung the follow
ing day example tho names " DO decided npon BY
lot There few Of them who closed their eyes on
Friday night. Some praying. some siSging. aud
tome utteIing rnaedictons on Col Baker, whom they
regarded the author Of their terrible misf0rtupes
On the following morning the parties shut up in
the casemates A memorial was prepared by them and
addressed to Col Burke commandans OF the fort pro
testing against such summary action, and asking how
much time would be allowed those whom the lot decided
against This missiye was intercepted ana an answer
returned setting forth that the Colonel had no dscre
ton further than the power 10 name the cnips tnem
selves which wonld he done at once. and Inc Victims
hung in fifteen minutes thereafter.
From that time until they were marched out and
prev allied 1t was only after the real vic
tim had eXpiated his crimes with HIS life, and the
Jumpers" were ordered into their quarters again. that
they took long breath and felt easy. Some OF them
relate that every hour from five o'clock Friday after
noon 10 twelve O'Clock on Saturday seemed year. and
that they would not suffer the agonzing horrors OF
similar suspense for thousand bountes OF 900 eacn
The OVERLAND TELEGRAPH.-MajOr Frank
Pope, gnecr Of the Bukley Overland Tse
graph Expedition 10 Russia. leaves this port on Mon
day for Sitks, New.Archsnge. where he why
Col Buckley. Major Pope Il well known In this CITY
and throughout New England. a. ono Of the most ex
perenced practical telegraph epgineersor tno count!
and Col Bulkley has been very fortunate III socu.s
his services for the highly important eapedhoa