New-York tribune., 1867-04-05
CITY ITEMS.

| CITY GovERNMENT.-Both branches Of the Com
mon Council having adjourned TO Monday afternoon
next and a large proportion Of the members being at
| Albany looking after the "Tax Levy" there no
meeting of either Board yesterday afternoon.
| An OMIssIoN-The Boston Transcript says of a long
list Of the thieves Of the Metropolis lately published in
one of the papers of this city, that the ncompeenes
of the list may he guessed, when we say that not one
| member Of the City Government Is On IT.
| WATERED MILK.-In the Court of Special Sessions
yesterday, Nicholas Roche, Herman Draen aud Conrad
Walden were each fined SOS for watering the milk they
were serving TO their customers
TIE MEDITERRANEAN EXCURsIoN.-The steamship
Quaker CITY, Leary Brothers, has been secured for Capt
Duncans Mediterranean expedition The necessary re,
pairs have been commenced The Quaker Cty VIII leave
| this port June I, at 3 o'clock p. M
| TELEGRAPHIC-The telegraphic officers and clerks
of this city have Just established an association for their
mutual interest and advancement and the establishment
of Telegraphcrs Mutual Insurance Company ~ also pro
jected.
| Books IMPORTED FROM LONDON.-A sale of En-
gsh French and other foreign books consignment Of
Edward Lumey will commence at Messrs. Bangs. Mer-
win Co.'S auction rooms, on Tuesday next The c0ec-
On embraces history, voyages and travels; law, lne-
cine, theology, DRAMA arts &c, ana II now open 10 he
! inspection Of buyers.
! EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL No. 1.-The
Grammar Department of the Mott Haven Public School
was examined yesterday the various branches Of study
The pupils were examined in history, grammar analysis
mental aud pTobematcal arithmetic and acquitted them
selves crcditaby Mr.. = r. Davis the superintendent
| OF the school.
THE CHARITY BnI~-The Treasurer of the Char
ity Ball held the th Of March at the Academy has
returned to the Nursery and Child Hospital the sum Of
s2s3 80. the net proceeds of the ball The institution
now has $4,000 invested In Government bonds sJoOo Oh
winch will be expended ia erecting an additional build
ing which Is much needed
BITTEN BY 4 MAD Doc Yesterday John MilleT.aged
II years was bitten the cheek by large dog, owned
by Peter Smith, in front Of the residence Of the latter NO.
337 West Thirtyseventh-st The cheek Of the boy was
entirely torn away by the brute, leaving the jaw bone eH
posed The boy conveyed to the residence Of his
parents No West Thirty and attended by
physlcan The dog has since been aseeitalned To De
mad.
THAT BRDGE-The city reporters have felt il a
duty throw paragraph at the Broadway foot bridge
every time they passed IT, as the Jews are Obliged
10 cast stone at the tomb Of Absaom whenever they
happen that way. The workmen are now engaged upon
the western starways the eastern being completed aud
the structure will some time or other defy the para
g11phlsts
The ERIE Pool CAsE.-ln the case of Kennedy
act Huyck, which brought by the Government to
recover moneys invested by the latter in the Erie pool
claimed TO belong to the Merchants Bank Of Washington
defaultor for over $4,000 to the Government the GOV
crIment having consented 10 reduce Mr. uyckr bail 10
a nominal amount IL reduced from s2oo01. the snn
originally fixed, 10 5000 which was at once gwen by hr
Stewart.
NORTHWEST COAST or AMEmcA.-A paper will
be read on Discovery Climate, and Productions Of
the Regions along North Coast OF America in
cuding Russian America" by J. Dsturnell before sec
tOn Of the Association for the Advancement OF Science
and Ant In their rooms, second f0or cooper lhsttutc
this evening at a. Curious specimens OF carving on
stone by Indians residing the North west Coast and
islands will be exhibited
THE AVENUE B, NJ +. MIssIoN.-A very interesting
gathering place at the Of this Mission In Az
enue b. near seventeentb-st Wednesday evening last
consisted Of singing and brei addresses
The Mission IL a branch of the Seyentcenthst. NJ l..
Church. and organized IN June, 1866. win Dnt u
scholars, which number has already increased To lSal
is under the direction Of eXCouncman Thomas steven
son. and is doing good work for the neighbOrhoOd III
which II Is situated
MISCELIANY.-Haying in the Jersey marshes has
commenced The moving is done by fire. aud clouds by
day and fire by night hang the flats between this
Citv and Newark "A horses weighing five pounds
once the property Of Liverpool dray horse Is exhibited
at No. Dcyst No complaint as to their soes can De
rea sonably made when OF shoes weighs 20 pounds
. There steamers announced 10 sail from
this port during the present month
REpAvENiENT OF CRY STREETs.-Yesterday, oper
ations were commenced by the municipal contractors
Messrs Reynolds and Dowsng, for thoroughly repaying
the roadway and repairing the OF spnngst with
cubes Of granite of stronger and superior quality 10 the
stone blocks they will replace aud which are being
removed by large number Of wOrkmen. The work has
begun the Broadway end OF the street. and all
the material Is the ground from thence To the nver
side. II is expected from the present rate OF progress
that the work will be completed IN a month. Similar
operation have been commenced IN Thrteenthst, ana
the adjacent district
FAIR FOR THE FREEDMEN.-A Fair for Freedmen,
under the auspices OF members Of the Society OF Friends
wllYopen on Monday next at the New-lork Assembly
Rooms corncr OF Broadway aud Twenty yeighthst This
society has In It's employ 10 teachers who are located
in various pats Of the South Large supplies Of food and
clothing have been forwarded and distributed through
urgent The outlay necessary for the support and
of this enterprise IN which n involved bo
moral and physical elevation of this race has been
induces this association to resort To this as one
means Of meeting the increasing needsi
MEETING OF TIE AMERICAN lNSTITUrE.-Nice-
President Dudley g. Gregory in the chair last even
ing After the election Of II candidates for membership
the Institute authorized Board Of Trustees To circu
late a subscription paper view TO commencing the
erection fitting edice for the American Institute
whenever SO00 shall have been subscribed. the under
standing being that every who may subscribe 300
shall DE life member OF the Society Voted that the
Committee the next June Strawberry Exhibition be
the special $50 premiums which have been offered by
MessIs ID. = Gregory, Horace Greeley aud Orlando b.
Potter.
COMMISSIONERS or CHARITIES AND CONNECTION
meeting OF the Commissioners of Public Charities and
Correction held yesterday afternoon The full board
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