The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-11

after some dobate adopted by vote of lfty five t.
twenty The Eight Hours bill was made the special
order for next Thursday evening resolution favorng
an increase by Congress Of pay OF naval officers
adopted bill 10 fix the salary Of the Health Ocor OF
his port at seven thousand dollars introduced, and
The bill to incorporate the New York Mutual Gnsight
| Company ordered to third reading resolut on
was adopted giving additional power to the Executive
Committee Of the New York Prison Association for
muatng information In regard to the MANAGEMENT OF
our prisons and general subject Of prison discipline
| and government
The Committee Cities will TO report the bill
| creating Board Of Revision for this city.
THE CITY.
One Of the most extensive robberies ever committed In
this country perpetrated in this city on last Friday
night The safe OF prominent broker and real estate
agent broken open and coupon bonds, easily trans
ferabe, and other securities, to the value Of million
and half of dollars were abstraced No clue to tho
thief has had further details Of the robbery
have yet been made reward of two hundred thou
sand dollars has been offered for tho apprehension Of the
| thief
As reported in yesterdays HERALD, number of whis-
key distilleres were seized Friday, and additional
seizures were made yesterday by two internal revenue
officials the Of the establishments being char cd
with making fraudulent and defrauding the gov
featured The caused great excitement among
tho fraternity Of liquor Dealers and the reports the
efiect that the discoveries made tended to mpcatc
number of other dstillers did not allay the panic.
During the proceedings taken against tho deinquents
sad accident occurred Mr.. William r. Griffith one of
the internal revenue ocal while taking tho inventory
of the contents Of place In West Thirty ninth street,
fell into vat of fermsntng liquor and was not rescued
until life was extinct.
The Metropolitan Health Board hold their fourth meet
ing yesterday, and issued their promised manifesto to
the public. which published elsewhere this morn
ngs HsRALD, together with report of proceedings
Of the Board. t~
up before United States Commissioner
Osborn yesterday in which cattle broker was CHARGED
with making false return Of his sales from tho LIST of
May, 1854, to tho LIST Of May 1865 The accused rem
dered the return SEQ 0OO while the assessor on an
examination Of the defendants books made out that it
should have been $Sl4,777 The defence was that
the defendant acted misapprehenson Of the nature
of the return required by the The case re-
mains for judgment
man named William Kane WINS remanded by Com.
missioner Osborn yesterday for further examination ON
q Charge having passed fifty dollar counterfeit blu at
a Broadway drinking shop.
gang Of river thieves made their appearance at
Astoria, Long Island, on Wednesday evening" and in
essayng attack cotton warehouse. were fired
by the watchman one Of their number being MORALLY
wounded The watchrnan also wounded The othor
parties escaped to this city.
cor ncrs inquest yesterday held on the body Of
James Mcclure, tho fireman killed at tho Harlem
bridge explosion Friday evening The jury in their
verdict the New York and Now Haven Railroad
Company for not hiring scientific engineers
coroners antc-mortem examination was held yes.
terday afternoon the Of Charles Foster Who as
ALA was brnta bcafen nv Inn
Hannsugger last Friday morning, at the brewery of
the former Of Myrtle and Marcy avenues Brook
lyn The statement Of the dying was taken after
which jury was empaneed in the case against
Hannsugzer The latter secured in the Kings county
Jail
fire broke out between ten aud eleven o'clock last
night in manufacturing jewellers shop tho fourth
story Of 26i Broadway, OF Warren street. which
burned TINT floor aud the roof destroying two thousand
dollars worth OF stock and damaging the building TO
the oxtentof fifteen hundred dollars. In addition to
this, about sixteen thousand dollars in the az
grcgate the various occupants OF the build
ing by water All the losses believed to be covered
by insurance.
The stock market was dull but Arm yesterday. Gold
irregular, and closed at 1917 q 1914.
Business very dull yesterday, and the transactions
were very light, for Saturday. Imported goods
wcrc quiet with q downward tendency Domestic pro-
unsettled, and prices to great extent
nominal Cotton was dull and lower Groceries
quiet and heavy Petroleum nominal On Change
common grades Of -four lower Wheat, and
oats dull and heavy Pork was hoavy and lower.
Lard steady, with fair demand whiskcy was dull
and nominal.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Time is still found by tho onicals Of the nc,ghboring
British provinces notwithstanding their present absorb
ing operations In checkmang the Fensns to look ater
their darling confederation scheme and indeed has
already been stated in columns strong suspicion
is entertained that the military ant,Fenan oxctemcn mt
Is merely gotten up assist realization Of the colonial
confedcracy Governor Gordon, in his address at the
opening Of tho New Brunswick Parliament on
Thursday last stated that he was directed TO
express tho strong and deliberate desire OF her
Mnjcstys government that ali the British North
American colonies should form governmental union.
Later adviccs throw doubt the report that the New
foundand Legislature had declared in favor OF confede
ration by an almost unanimous vote.
prccarious state of relations is described by our
latest West India advccs as existing between the two
little republics OF which the island Of st. Doainyo Is
composed Now that the governments OF both Dominica
aud Hay have suppressed the internal which
recently disturbed them the revolutionary spirits in both
to be making all possible efforts to involve
the two in conflict, and, though both Presidents
Gerrard and Baez represented as dscountenancing
the projects Of those macontcns IL reported that
hostes had actually been inauguratcd the frontier
Another attempt ut revolution had been made in the
terror Of Hayt, and . plot TO assassnaic President
Gcfrrard had been discovered. St Domingo has been
afflicted by severe earthquake.
Our Buenos Ayrcs correspondence published this
morning contains further interesting particulars relative
to the river Plate war; though additional lighting is
recorded The hostile forces OF the allies and the Para
guaysns stili remained in close contguy, and on the
two sides the work Of concentrating troops and ncreas
strength for the grand attack and defence was pro
crossing. The Paraguayans occupied very strong posi-
ion and before they could be driven from IL there 70
MAJ ned immense difficulties 70 be surmounted by the
allies; bu, the latter saneuinc Of success lack
OF provisions still prevailed In the armies on both sides