The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-24

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The rate OF decline price Is shown by tho following
table,
s.camboas: ......... SO c. Egg coal. .........: 70
Crate coal. ......... so g. Chestnut ........ 72H
Twenty two hundred and forty pounds OF Pennsylvania
the Scranton coal by tbs Dclaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad from Eizabethport and tho PttsOn
Goa, by the Pennsylvania Company 10 New York, is
about ten cents tho ten There IL for belief
that hereafter fuel IL 10 DO cheaper In the metropolis
and the cheaper tho better for the consumer.
YACHT RACES. "A match for prizo In the shape
Of silver plate, between the Lille. Vice Commodore
Julian James, and Kstydid, Landon Ketcham, Esq,
owners, Of the Union Yacht Club OF New York. will
take place Thursday Of the present week The start
will be made at ten A. b. from New Brighton, Staten
Island to the Southwest Spit and return Tho OF the
Brooklyn Club Is 10 come of on the 9th OF June next
FIxID DAT os THE SEVENTH REoIxESr. annual
parade field day Of the National Guard 70
row, in compliance with the following official order:-
CENERAL oRpxR-No. IL.
HsADaUAHrNHs, sHvsNTn RkG.xkNr, n a. g. ,NY,l
This regiment will parade uniformed and equipped.
with havsrsacss and ono days atisus tw.hou knApsscts
Roll caIl Of companies halfpast seven O'Clock
sa & he
stan, band and Geld music will report TO the Adjutsnt at
essfss s%h, cempsy having bee. .ycs. s
psd .sscySn o. THIS regiment he wi" be 0''ed and
Bylerder OF Colonel EMMoNs CLARK.
Tho command will leave the armory, opposite Cooper
Institute, III half past in the morning. and pass TO
East New York, via Grand street ferry and after the
completion OF its exercises the drill ground will
turn via Fulton Ferry. Tho exercises in East New York
to consist Of dri by company in the forenoon and
by battalion In the afternoon.
An LCsra,ous vsIroa visitor arrived at the Astor
House yesterday who did not register his name II
the celebrated Russian bloodhound Hero, whose per-
sonnsl and name will be readily recognized by any
turned soldiers Who during tho past two years. may
have boen inmates Of Castle Thunder, Richmond, Va
Hero Is hugs animal He ,a about four foet high,
measures seven sec from the nose to tip Of his tall over
forty inches around the chest weighs hundred aud
eighty pounds and has tusks and strength In due pro-
portion He has fought several pitched battles with wild
bears and been vctorious eat eighteen pounds ot
becfstoak at q single sitting; when standing easily
drinks from bowl placed ppop common dining table
panes him aud who was In charge Of the commsssry
department Of the Castle under the rebel
ton He Is certainly not the sort Of animal one
would like 10 meet In tho woods when alone, especially
u he had been recently disappointed in receiving bis
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IMPROVEMENTS At FJer LApars1rw Several imrortaat
Improvements SOW beug made in Fort lafayette.
II is being cesnsed 10 all psrs heavier guns being
MISUNDERSTANDING coumbisds- and tho 6cfences
and cells being materially strengthened Tho report
thai jeff Davis TO bs brought here ano confined
premature; but II Is barely possible that of the
lesser lights OF tho confederacy that my 70
this port and remain season al Fort Lafayette
Tux RxpoRr.D CnusirY IN WARD ScsooL Tho
case Of alleged cruelty the part Of lady prnc.
pal Of one Of our primary schools, mentioned In
these columns q day or two since has been satisfac
torily arranged by the return Of the child punished
10 the school, AZ the desire OF his parents and the
control OF The identical teacher who reported IN havs
punished him too severely This lady, informed
b. those who know her intimately is entirely incapable
OF cruelty On the contrary she has always been noted
wherever she has taught for her gencness OF deneanor
and Kindness oil heart and disposition
Fms IN ForRTW AvssUk-At about half past three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon FIRE occurred thstwo
story frame structure in tho Of No. 3os Fourth
nue., occupied as carpenters shop by John H. Miner.
The building and contents entirely destroyed and
the fences In the OF the adjoining buildings
badly burned. Loss about 500; insurance not
tancd The ire supposed to have originated from the
boiling over OF pot Of glue on the stove.
FATAL AocipxsS on rHg Hosoxsx FsRRr On Tuesday
morning at hnf past six O'Clock, there unusually
high tide, and John McCsriy. deck band on the
Barclay street ferry In tho of hitcbiug the
TO tho Hobokon bridge, he hit his hcad against pro.
jecng sign, was knocked backwards and bad Of his
legs crushed 10 shocking manner. lie was conveyed
tho New York Hospital where be expired about tour
O'Clock in the afternoon. He leaves family.