The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-23

This coal Is deliverable at Elizabethport N. j. The
decline shown In the above comparison IT, on lump coal
Toe. 81 81 per TOM on steamer, 73c 7sc CRATE go,
CHESTNUT 81 80 81 c. The average fall in one month
Is nearly dollar per ton Since the LIST of January
The pnce at retail should therefore be from 81 to IS
per ton IN the city. Under this pressure some OF the
coal miners Of Luzerne and other counties in Pennsyva
MIA have Of late been reducing their weekly amount OF
product and dischargng some OF their laborera Tradc
Is represented dull as consequence in the neighbor
ing towns and villages
SEIZURE or DxcoxPcsED MxAr.-The Sanitary police
still continue to exercise the utmost vigilance in the dis
charge Of their duty In cndeavoring to abolish the
istence Of unwhoesome meats which have been for 40
long time vended at the Washington market and else
where through the city Yesterday seizures Of diseased
! Dssusn. ............. Haynes Company.
Hh9s.; ;. So spence 0o,nn.nv
Hall Il Jeli ,fs ......... Chas McIntire 272 West
Lawson wrght....... Thrtyeighth street. i
Ho~k Runrigan...... -
Besides tho above ono hog is accredited TO the Harlem
Raroad company, and sh on TO tho propeller e Corn.
Ing The seizures wero made by officers Acker and
Eartell
Tnx sornERs RsrIEy IN CANAL srRxxr.-Long before
the appointed hour yesterday crowd Of crippled pen
sioncrs dows and orphans of soldiers had corgre
gated tho sidewalk in front Of Col Homans Soldiers
Relief Agency, lS6 Canal street. awaiting the open ng of
the door. Al ono O'Clock admission was had, ana tho
rush very great Each person being previously fur
nshed with rolief ticket presented it on entering tho
room and taking Their seat waited until tho name was
called when they stepped forward and received weeks
ration. Consisting of the following articles Coffee tea,
SUGAR -four bread and tobacco besides small amount
of money. These provided from the fund col
lec,ed ty the manager Col Herman through the month
from the chsritably disposed persons OF the com
murity, and judging from the appearance or those VINO
sought tho assistance given yesterday, more praise
worthy object for the exercise OF benvoence would he
difficult find. II would certainly have been graft wing
to those who have contributed towards this source TO
have hocL pres5nl upon the occaon OF the distribution
OF tn relief 10 the needy defend Of the country end
their tsmi!ies About five hundred persons received
atjons this place Yesterday Ngen suspicion H. enter
tanned by the manager the woTthiness Of certain
reCpicn is retained and their circumstan
investigated by tho committee, 30 that none but those
who really In want can obtain the reHcf In tho
latter lart OF the coming month provisions VIII aga DC
Issued at that establishments
A IlrTLE GIRL BURNED DRArH.-Coroner WILDLY was
yesterday notified TO hold an inquest at the Twenty
second precinct station house the remains Of Kate
Knusc, a little girl Eve years Of age, who was burned
70 death the residence Of her parents located on tho
cond story OF premises No. l61 Wcst Fortysisth
street. II seems that while Mrs. Krsuse was absent
from homo 70 see a ok friend re lght In her
in some mysterious Mr. Krause, being engaged
biz beer saloon tho first oor Of the premises
hearing up stairs, went 70 see what was the
mattor and found his apartments filled with smoke and
fire He rushed into the room whore the Children were
and succeeded in rcscung three Of tbem who were
nearly suiiocated. The 70 nth child, Kate was suNo
Gated and badly burned before she could be rescued
The loss by FIRE and water but slight The impre6
prevails that OF the children fred the room
while play ny with maiches