New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.
GENERAL NEWS.

The loss By tho destruction of the Academy of Music
and several contiguous estates together with the Lu
theran church In ff.eenth-st by fire. yesterday morn
ing is estimated roundy at q 100000. Some of the par
ties suffering loss very lnadequatey insured others
had their property quite well covered by insurance Two
fremen belonging 10 Metropolitan Engine No. . one Of
them The foreman of that company lost their lives during
the con1aration and there vague reports that other
persons not remen were buried IN the ruins The Aead-
envy ia 10 be at once rebuilt.
At the Board Of Health meeting yesterday, various
matters were under consideration One itcm developed
was the fact Of herd OF 23) stumptail existing in
four 'swistables in Brooklyn. John Kranch the IN.
sayory gentleman in Fyfthst., is not to be molcsed
in the enjoymen, of such proyender as be prefers
The inquest on the remains of tho late Preston King
concluded yesterday and the Coroners jury returned
verde. that said Preston King came 70 his death by
jumping from the fcnyboa Chancellor Livingston into
tn, Moth River AMI drowning the 18th Of November
1867 while laborng undcr state OF temporary insanity
On the Hudson River Railroad yesterday locomo-
tive ran against a man near Pougkccpse picking him
M and carving him ten miles before discovering the
OF Affairs Some Of his bones broken but he was
perfectly conscious and not unlikely to recover
The Board Of Excise yesterday granted $40 licenses Of
which rs persons belonging 20 Brooklyn, and ~
to residents of Staten Island The first Of licensed
dealer selling intoxicated person came up for iral
The decision was reserved.
The Hon William II. Seward delivered carefully pre-
pared political speech at Auburn N Y, last night in
presence very large number OF his acquaintances and
ncighbOrs
Gen Il. +. Butlcr has been chosen by the Massachu-
sets legislature to be MajorGeneral of the State mill
tary under the provisions OF new law relating to that
subject.
continuation at Alexandra, Va, Monday night,
sumed 900 cords Of Government wood. Fires also
reported at Cairo, Ill.,, and Cincinnati.
Lemus Cook, a soldier Of the Revolution, died last
Sunday at Clarendon Orleans County NJ L., at the age
of lO2 years.
There was a small Feaian fracas supposed to be Feuan
at Indian Island Monday night in which several rounds
of shot we're exchanged
The Commissioners locating the new PostOfice met
YESTERDAY ard organized By the choice Of Mayor Hon
man Chairman and Postmaster Kelly Secretary.
meeting Of the Order Of Good Templars occurred at
Boston yesterday, with representatives, present iom AL
the States Of the West and from Canada.
Tho .sls of CORPORATION real estate continued yesterday
and will DC further continued to-day Inc prces lhus la
realized have been quite good.
Nine men belonging TO the Of the ship Escort We're
before the United States Commission yesterday charged
with mutiny.
Judge Cardoza has decided not 10 admit to bail Fergu-
son, the person implicated in the Lord robbery.
There is now said to DO no Rinderpcst the lsthmu
contrary to other reports some time prevalent
Judge Barnard has enoined the Board OF Health not 10
remove the shanties around Fulton Market.
The suit brought by Hugh Minnick against The ~ T.
Sun for libel was before Judge Brady yesterday.
The number Of clerks in the War Department is 200
OF whom 68j have been in tho Union army.
AT Sunday school celebration in Brooklyn yesterday
II is estimated there 25 900 children in procession
The funeral OF Bishop Burgess Of Maine occurs at Gar
diner to-day.
Gold opened yesterday at 1901 but advanced TO
t From this point fell 1884 and finally closed at 1885,
lower rates FVeTwentes Of ls62 fell per and of 1861
.; l0Os and 1909 per cent There was brisk demand
bnnse Seyen n gold has been paid for accOuOla
tons and commission with per cent in currency.