The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-03
News from New York.

Nrw YORK, Jan, 2.-Yesterday hugi
Worcester. a bark eeper ia Williamsburg
was shot while standing in his own door
bv a party of ruhians He expired lmme
diately. The party, numbering eight
we're arrested and lodged i'll the Station
House.
A New Years feast was served up &C
the criminals in the Toombs yesterday.
In a free fight on eighth avenue, neal
3sth street, yesterday morning, Casper
Hipe stabbed Bernard McEiben danger
onsly. The would-be murderer and slS
others were arrested.
The January term Of the Court of Ses
sions opened yesterday morning, but I'M
mediately adjourned until to-day,
The Mahoney Fenian Congress com
mences its special sessions at ten O'Clock
this morning Clinton Hall
Judge Bowling discharged two hun
dred of the denizens Of Blackwell's Is
land on Sunday
Hon. Johu T Hoffman, having lev
DAYS since taken the oath of office, wa;
Yesterday formally installed as Mayor ol
New York. Mayor Gunther tnen tooR
leave of the officers and clerks attached
to the Executive Bureau, and Withdrew
Mayor Hoffman then delivered his inaug
ural. He argues that the city govern
ment should be free from control by the
Legislature The funded debt Of the
city is over Sal 100000 on account o.
which the commissioners of the Sinking
Fund hold S9,500,000 The debt is amply
secured by the entire property OF the
CITY He suggests the sale at auction o
large portions IF improved property O.
the city. which Will now bring large pri
ces He believes the city should hole
and control its markets, wharyes, pieii
and ferry. aud is against the sale or them
The tax levy OF the year is over ,UOO,
600 Of which S3,0O0,000 was fol State
purpose. S475O,000 for the police anC
other county purposes. extended by com
mission appointed By the Legislature
and 81 100000 for riot and family aid an'
war bonds The tax levy next year Il
axnected TO be al least S30OO,OOO less -
The Mayor recommends that the Cham
her of Commerce be invited 10 confer
with the commissioners Of the SINKING
Fund on the subject of the erection OF
piers and warehouses. He hopes for the
removal of old markets, which disgrace
the city, aud the erection Of nav ones
which will he an ornament lie callstor the
prompt cleaning Of streets, and the pun
ishment of all violations of the city or
dinauces by the throwing of garbage IN
to the streets He also suggests sanitary
rarnI ations, III view of the possibility o
the approaching cholera, the vigorous
enforcement o. the plan, now in pro
eress for improved sewerage, finally rec
0mmends the reduction OF expenses, anC
saws he will do all in his power TO thwar'
Improvement by legislation and CHECK
expenditures.
Gomptroler Robinson III his annna
report states that notwithstanding tue
heavy drains upon the treasury, ITS at
fairs have moved on smoothly aud IL
perfect order. Every just claim on 1t ha'
been promptly met and it retains ample
sums on hand for all demands likely Il
arise before the taxes for the current
fiscal year shall be received. The STATE
debt as it existed on the Both of Septem
ber. 1868. not including the bounty debt
is 81, ,924 ,5S5 49; general fund debt S6,O5O,
954 81. Total 25,475, ,539 50, showing
dimiuution of the debt as il existed be
fore the war of s., ,137 ,4S5,9 The Comp
troller says that but for the large bount!
loan made during the last year, the Stat
within a very few years would have
been entirely free from debt. The Comp
troller issued an account Of that loan III
70 the 10th OF December, 1865, whlcl
reached the sum of SO, 500 ,O00 maxim!
the total debt of the State oD Decembe
1866. S5l .O4l ,539 &c. Mr Robinson give
an extended exposition OF the condition
of the several funds of the State. b
states that the estimated payments 10
expenses of government, &c, for to
present fiscal year amount TO Ss,5lO6S4
s., to which add a deficiency for las
wear of 81 1884 This leaves total
SS,69OO7s. This leaves an estimates
surplus, next October, of S439, ,9sl lfth
receipts from the canals OF the State TO
the fiscal year ending September 3Oti
1865, amounted to SS57 ,465. of whicI
S35, 9,ss were from tolls. The re
ceipts for the previous hscal yea
amounted to 4,346,265 81, showing dt
crease of S765 ,6002l The payments du
ring the same time amounted 10 el w!
37S59, leaving a surplus revenue OF :.
65O,09l SO to meet the payment OF Sl,70V