The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-01
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

Gold, Stocks, ana Markets-Tho New
Sanitary COmmissiOn-Great Coal sale
Tho Collapsed Insurance Company
Minor Items, Eto. t.a4
spesiss oOTTespoadoace Of The Eveni~g telegraph
NEW YORK March ],
Gold opens quiet to-day ut 1877; Exchange, 10s;
Money easy at 7@0S. Government Stocks in good
demand and steady at former rates. There IL some
little activity N railway shares. Freight engage
ments light with 600 vessels Of all kinds in port.
There is better inquiry for the leading articles of
bresdsuGs Sugar, taDow, cocoa, and bacon are in
request. Pork, beef petroleum, ois, hides, cotton,
and wool are freely oi.red at lever rates, with small
demand.
ON the ocoaslon Of tho retirement from Office of
Mr.. " illiam McAunray, Treasurer of the Metro
poltan Police board. the forty two gtains Of the
Metropolitan tOice Districtassembled at headquar.
tors, yesterday, and bade that gent eman formal
adieu. Subsequently at q meeting. OF which Super
intendent behneay was chairman, end Inspector
Carr enter secree-Y, Inspectors Dlks and Folk and
Captains lodd, Wogloln, and Spetght were ap-
pointed committee 10 draw up and cause to be
bandeemelY engrosseo ana presented to Mr. McMur
series OF resouti0ns expressive OF the sense OF
the Police Captains of the Metropolitan District.
The COMMITTEE appointed yesterday by the Board
zion made against the New County Cout House
Committee, mot Yesterday afternoon, but owing to
the absence Of Mr.. Ety. who was.not prepared w'th
his lnterrOgatOrles the Investigation adjourned
TIL FIioay, at2 p. M. Mr.. E y,cbtained a manda
mus by application to the supreme Court, compel
ling the COMMITTEE, against wnom tue charges are
brought. 20 place their books in the hands OF the
Clerk Of ts Board o. Supervisors that they may be
open 10 the pubic according to law
In the case OF the Morris Fire and Inland Insu-
rance COMPANY, already reported, Mr.. John X.
Hackett, oil TINS city, was Yesterday appointed Re-
ceIver, ana fl cd bonds in The sum OF $4,000 Mr.
John II Devin ana Jonn r. MaItin are mis- sVreties
A telegraIn rom Albany informs us that Mr E. A.
Stantbury, former President OF the Company. has
also been appointed Receiver. II this be SO, there
will doubtless be conflict as TO who has right to
An alternative nsandGmVS was Yesterday granted
by Justice Barnard, OF The Supreme Court, ON the
nafrf M ard nf
SupervisOrs THE motion Is made to compel this
Board to allow an inspection of the books, records
now in course of construction. The Court decided
the Board must open their books Tor inspection, or
show cause on Monday next why they should not
do so.
The representatives of the various Workingmens
Unions1ot this city assembled at Clinton Hail last
evening, and signlfed their readiness to aid the
House Painters Union in their strike, which they in
tend TO make on MONDAY next Tor reduction OF
meeting was addressed by Messrs. q. r. Taylor,
John Reed, Fisher Howard Winfield, ID. D..
Griffin, william Haldng, Vincent N. Lecompte,
Irving and Ennis
At the sale Of Scranton coal yesterday, prices
$845; grate Sc 423 to Sc as; lump So 25 TO S6 81
steamer, Sc 40 to $6 So Al the January SALE stove
Goa sold Tor $950to 1896; crate $S rs to SO 12B;
lump, $8 to SS 87a; steamer. So 1t was rumored
that the Company would continue cir sales
monthly, no matter what the prices might be.
At Botanic Hail. in East Broadway an interesting
lecture was delivered last evening by the Rev. ".
Norwegian settlements in tine West. The Norwegian
population, which in some parts of the Western
states is quite numerous appears to be in pros
porous con iuon, and much IS being done in the
way of erecting churches and schoo.houSes among
them In this city a scandinavian Lutheran con-
gregation has been formed IN connection with the
Norv eg1an Synod.
Patrick Kelly and Thomas Collins, two walters
employed in TaN lor's Saloon corner OF Franklin
street and Broadway, quarrelled on Tuesday even
ing and Kelly stabbed Collins in the back with a
knife, wounding him slightly. The assalant was
committed for trlaI.
During a quarrel between Alonzo Brown and
Edward Shaw, yesterday. at Pier No. Sc East
river, Brown knocEed down his opponent with q
shovel, inflictng serious injuries. Shaw was con-
veyed to Bellevue Hospital, and his assailant Was
locked up.
The police captains of New York and Brooklyn
were called together, esterday, by superintendent
Kennedy, and instructed in their new duties unde
the Metropolitan Health Law. They were ordered
to be prepared to respond at once with anv repor
which the new Health Commsslon-which is 10 or
ganize to-day-may demand at their HANDS.