New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-10
CITY NEWS.


TIE DANCING SEAsON.-The New-England
Social Club viii give its annual Reception at the Jones
Assembly Rooms the evening OF the 2Vth hs''' tne
anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims
The Lindsey Blues will be AT home" by which IT is
understood they will give Ball. at Irving han' Oh 'no
evening of Tuesday the 18th inst.
The Ninth Annual Ball Of the New.York schutSen
Corps will be held at the City Assembly Rooms. No. 40
Broadway, next Tuesday evening the 18th INST
Wan OF THE WIREs.-The American lele-
graph Company, following the commendabie example OF
the nied States Telegraph Company has also Ioweied
s rates 70 90 cents for dispatches from here TO Ne"
Usven or Hartford Conn, and 30 cents for ten WORDS
fyor, Nav York 10 Boston, Mass. or Providence H.
The price OF telegraphiDg has always been too higp
aud We think this battle Of the batteries will result very
odvantageously not only to the public at large but 10
the companies themselves since it must largely IT.
crease their business and ultimately their prohtS'
CHRISTIAN UNION. - Notwithstanding tno
Pastoral Of Bishop Potter, q service WIN eis't
non Episcopal officiating. is to be held In Tue
the Messiah Brooklyn the Rev. George = yormilne Is
70 morrow Sunday evening, when DI, ndar The
TO speak This will be one only o. daoS;a,on
r.r,,,v IxJUREp.-COrOner Collins yester'
aov hold an ipouest at the NewYork Hospital on the
body If Unmpbrey Desmond. aged IA years. On the
,-,J of November last the deceased who was employed
in the looking glass mandatory, NO. 4fe WGerstl
was caught in the betting OF WDeel; anu ue. ho
cond be rescued sustained compound fracture VI !ne
right arm and other injuries, from the eect OF wnlcn
he died on Thursday night The jury rendered YER
dict Of accidental DEATH
ATTFMr TO STEAL A TRUNK.-On Thursday
last julius Becher German youth arrived in this city
on the steamer Bavaria, and gave bis trunk TO Johh
Thppi, IN expressman, for the purpose OF conveying
it to No s5 Maiden-lane. On the way there the e1
nressman STONED in front of the Prescott House 10
deliver some baggage and during his temporary a9
sence Dennis Riley attempted to take ine ufun n
mentioned from the wagon ne was & ~
BY Officer Quinn of the Eighth Precinct ana yesterday
committed for trial by Justice Dodge.
An UYPRoFITABLB VIsIToR.-On the evening
Of jan g. Samuel Rodgers called upon an acquaintance
named Michael OGrady, at No. &c Amiiy'st., and i'm
proyed the opportunity steal three coats some colo
and silver COIN and other articles, altogether yaued NJ
sils Officer Mcconnell, Of the Sixteenth frecihVS
subsequently found portion OF the stolen properly III
the pawnshoT of John Lynch. in Grand'st ana yesteT
day arrested the prisoner who was committed Tor la
by Justice Dodge.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. While Patrick Nc
Laughln residing at No. IS Elzabethst, was passing
ND the Bowery on Thursday morning. when near
Prince.st, young man stepped from doorway where
be had been concealed and snatched from me vest
pocket of Mr. Mel silver watch valued at $50 WIN
which be attempted TO make his escape. lie was sezed
by the owner Of the property however and held until
Officer McGloin Of the Fourteenth Precinct came up
and took him into custody. The watch was lound IN
the possession of the accused who gave the nalne Of
William Jefers and stated that be was native OF
Staten Island aged 20 years. Yesterday be was COM
mitted for trial by Justice Hogan.
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.-On Thursday night,
while William MODecke Of No. 10 Greenwich.st was
passing through that street in the vicinity Of his resi-
dence, he met John Graham and four companions.
Monecke asked them 10 show him the vny 10 his resi-
dence Graham volunteered to show him the way. and
after proceeding short distance, broke the guard
which confined the watch Of MOnecke and taking the
tmepece valued at $3.50 from the pocket Of the latter
passed it to confederate, who made his escape The
victim then caused the arrest OF Graham by OmeeT
Schneider Of the Precinct and yester-
day Justice Hogan committed the prisoner Tor uiAi
| A DISHONEST Observation-Disclosures Barker
OF the Fifteenth Precinct yesterday arrested Robert
Higgins, book.keeper. on the complaint Of bis EN-
ployer Mr. John G. Miller Of No IS Broad-st. The
complainant accuses the prisoner with having on Jan
2 stolen giup and lace TO the amount OF sloO. Tho
| pIlsObcI CohIo5hCu h'o tH"' "NN WV 49,
trial by Justice Dodge.
tAdvertisementl
Fred. Douglas and President Johnson differ
on the Suffrage question bat like the rest Of mantnd hsr
monte at once when kHNTs EAST INDIA COFFEE discussed
For al grocers IS cents D. Wholesale depot
No. IJi Reade-st.
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| A SILENT SRWIyG-MACHINB, making the
celebrated Wilcox Gibbs Stitch strong elastic and
dursbIe. WILCOX GIBBS, No. sos Broadway
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Naval intelligence.
| SAILING OF THE GUSBOATs wIEOoSKI AKD Al
GOSQUIE-sKETCH OF THEIR HISTORY
THEIR TRIALS AT THE DOCK, &C.
The gunboats Algonquin and WinOoski, about
which so much has been written and said for the past
five months, left the Nayy.Yard yesterday for their
long contemplated race on Long Island Sound. They
both proceeded 10 Sands Point and anchored there for
the night IL being decided that tie start would be
made at early hour this morning.
The TO be taken is follows: From Sands Point
TO Faukuers Island near New. Haven then round the
island and back 20 Sands Point. This is To be re-
peated until each vessel shall have made about $50
miles The vessel which arrives at Sands Point hrst
! in the "last heat" will be declared the winner The
crews Of both vessels manifest great enthusiasm, and Of
course each man feels confident that his will he the
victor Both vessels In the finest possible cOndi.
ton and are provided with their full complement Of
men stores coal etc At present the WinOOski Is the