New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-12
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frIc STATE Board tested COnTOy's cartridges
and Bordans yesterday, ana VIII soon report WI %
A Grant meeting IN the sixteenth ward az
(which Mr James Hunter presided was addressed by
4 now post-onice ear is to start from this
sty on Monday next for Boston. Letters may be mailed
" the moment Of starting the train. - IL.
Ex-GOV. Nm. Halle OF NeN-ilaWpshiie ~ Ht
me 81 Nicholas Prof. Pierce Of Washington is at the
Brevoort, ana Amos Kendall is at the Aston
MI J. II. DOlph'S private collection OF PAM.
gs by American artists TO be sold 1T auction tonight
aud tomorrow night. IN the Leeds Art Galleries,
"GrlhO0d in the United States" by the heN.
n, pnftcr an pb,ladelplua this evening in the Church
o. One Holy trinity. Mad.sOnaye and FortyaGc0hdSL
The Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn Will lecture
nest sunday evening 81. stephens Church before inc
Roman Catholic sunday school Union,
Rear Admiral Rowan viii sail in the y. ;;
steam fr.rafe Pistaqua, today % ichcHc fe4IAu
Bel OF tie nac ship Hartford, At Rio Jaueiro
St Georges society of tins cry gets lSsi3 ',s
Of S00in te NIL uf Sir Edward Fisher S1dersOn I''e
Of sheffield Eugiaud formerly New York nade5"nn
Mr. Joseph Mackcy of the D'y G0odS he-
sG e. ne. a Gan e n w iR iO' '0' '''" ~
William wall. aged 10 years, fell Yesterday
ing estallshmcnt No. i6Jacobst and was almost IN
THe Ncw-York Schutzen Corps. Capt John
r Ccrlcs e1inuardiEc gave thclr annual nVIauon D'
bas night al hc Central Han IN The Be"eiy lhe music
T6S Rev. DR.. J. p. Thompson lecurcd in the
5bntccnt.st Prcnytcriau Church aSt eynng go f
he I,biary Of ibc sebbath school
Mr H. B. CaRm, lcalpng that the Rev. =.
saN
with BIS family to Pier Cove, Mich At once gre" DIS
Sheek ior SEQ and sent it to the reverend sufferer
as MAJ ne eartasleT of the XiIih Ecction District
b The sCyGtgcpu Ward SURRENDERED their ballots f%r
El!AG.aI ID Inc police 10y whom they were desuNeo'
Esteemed correspondents ask why the ChOlcc
seats tri Charles p,kess readings are sod az pnNae
& d 70, to me m9 nv az {D boE ~
TIE y. NJ. &. 4. OF the English tvahselcaiI
Lutfofo "tr.ch ~ S. James, n East tIeenihSt, M
kppr0pt iY celebrate, this evening the seNch'h sein
ssnfenI 81, jnL.. lee 81 the Reformation.
Tho Row = H. Iyng IT, IS to be tme 81 on 1nt te
n n Ct,. Il, ,rn II ST. Peters, Hoffman OF Grace
thch rfoomyn Heshis and The RsE N NGsSf; MI1e
Gll,mr ted aad samuel Hol,nssH|I'h OF ~
Tic Rev. Thomas Gallaudet notifies me
(u thai mpo,tots are soT HI, COM 10 AIDS that he
loo $500 year more han 81. Ans can Ic'o' Ia
At ~ o'clock this afternoon, MI. I. hauth
pf the Pacific Garden viii start from the enShepo"fT
hotcl with ghcebanow containing 'nl' sc nrnrcdei
knu ~. aud ThirdHVe The barrow y TO p1 Ps'v"6
b. araud Of music, aud thus an election deot is 10 DC
The First Union Cooperative Building So
pcty's go subscription was PAID last night al ian,i
Haneed ssoo 70 Mrs. oSei the PnTcha Inc third
appropriation and she win commence the erection % Tue
A billiard match was PLAYED last night at tbe
~ Charles Billiard Rooms IN Eghtlye o{ Cs s1
side at the French carom game 81 points up The mate
Was won by Williams who scored ont Mhen MS oIPon'"'
lad made only II. Williams best run Was y
Fire Marshal Baker has taken action against
Robert cohen. gazer, expecting 10 CONVEX NM " sol
ft,lis Mace. Witch was insured 10y the sryvesaut
TouratT or 500, FIRE carly yesterday morning,
and Tue Fnu.MsTshal says that It's contents were MOI
NOrt8 the Tor which they had been insured
Charles Clifford applied on Tuesday for board
SooFs board and took room. After short time he
summoned sevan 70 assist nm IN carry ing n's u.S 70
lustead complying the servant went 20 call the lahd
,adv and d,rl1c her absence Clifford NaNshed, leaving
Nc tInk. which found 10 contain elo'hin* Naoed AZ
sbont 500. stolen from the yarions roomS
The Alumni OF Dartmouth College meet to
biglf at nel 81
tGpeetcd 20 represent are: The ReS DR. Asa d. smith
5oSn - fSiicf sm4ernffpdenf Of iae Boston schools
Eo Rcy. Mr.. WaldrOn, President ~ Baltimore E0mah
catholic College; Z. ?. GT@venor, President OF New
Sorh Central college; the Ih'n Amoe fueRi P5oits7o,
Hamilton College. ana President Joy OF Michigan central
NEW YORK HARBOR.-The ship Lord
Rrooehan, that arrived here last week injected WIN
soera quite Tree aud 10 renewal OF me in9la1y h s
cpated The vessel is be detained few days longer
tOTnaRe assurance doubly sure Meantime the p"Sseh
sOrs ore fully supplied win the 36eessaIes OF ife.
RRO0kLYN.-The Rev. w. ;. Kan, recently
ttor cf ne Thrd Presbyterian Church Of this city will
preach FOR the Third Congregational Church Of Cfcopes
Bethel Mission Sabbath school cornerstone
d. 90 be formally laid q soaocA Oh SATURDAY "iisnoon,
1uee and M :. D. Morris is District Attorney, The firm
Of MONS Troy. lawyers has been dissolved.
IN RidecwoOd Div siOn, No. -, ). OF l., were
LdGlcssed ia the Or.nond place Congregational seeiing-
~ tous, cyertc by the Rev d. G. e Robinson and TIE
The Rev. H. N. Stolrs, D. D. is to be IN
ualed tits evening IN The passionate 81 The south COR
ne sermon.
M John Delmar. elected Justice Of the First
,.rday morning lie has appointed ms clerk Mr. An
EIow walsh. recently of Justice Buckeye Court.
Reed 4 Tracls DiAtiCly and Rectifylng es-
hGhsLncnt Thitd ave-. was seized Yesterday by he
II q authorities An inventory showed 5000 gallons OF
uhrtsy an alcohol STILL and $1,000 worth OF hXtlleS
An examination Of the bodies Of Mrs Eliza
bsth ran ard her daughter Jenny shows mat death was
baused v St9 chime, Which i - supposed was admins
frse b9d Ioug interview Win Coroner Lynch yester-
thy She aNyus that her husband treated hff cruelty.
Her action Cor divorce was commenced Oh the so ~
cry with Mr.. Pan. Do reply Price made general De-
sia Sic Wis appear witness III the lqucst today.
PrOfRuiuS Seldom al the POLYTECHNIC lns tltnte
delivered tle sec-nd OF me course ~ popular s,ehtnc
fGtures before the Plymouth Young Peoples Association
ast evening. hs subject being How the Eath ls Meas
med" RtAie"Eg the various ATTEMPTS iidt hau oesu
D.sde 10 dCteTilHe fhe dimensions 81 tbe eafth by
g1Olmy ~ Fcruc. French pDy scian' III l65s ana ny
Rther distinguished maiheInaticans during lhe lblh ana
sth ceBtures he spoke a. length Of the celebrated COM
that left Faris In 49, 10 Join IN Peru the officers
EtUouted ny SPAIN "a measure the length 81 an arc more
.sn 80 ia length. and which carefully computed
Hal in tsO measurements Of the original base the differ
haidy y inches lie Also spoke OF measure
o.ents other parts OF The earth. from which at
tngth the circumference ~ the earth determined
o. te 90 the first revolution, III The absence % any
saufai standard 80 measurement % determined 10
adopt aiguot part o the terrestrial meridian Accord
aigy. provisional measure called the bdr6, was
ad0pfd posed 60 De- the ten ilOnth of The quadrant
Ehis has since slightly changed without. however
mar ng il any nearer correct Uelechcl opposes Tie
ADOPTION Of The metre n standard on the ground that
eli HerdiaIs moi ~ The same length ana ADVISES
,uftfi,ur Tor e. standard derived from The Polar d.
-esoycd Themselves iutoa social company aud spent
WiITIANiSBI'RGII--T fair for the benefit
= The Sf,fors ~ Mercy viii $1,000 to be applied
u AoHflctiug tle home boa Flushing me 1nDtS apre-
3ends an advance boz rents next Spring The snpyards
~ te East River are idle the only vessels the stocks
being feug b0aIs..-.A An old "spon' gave Young
H,fr the ioviees 40 fashionable Wianisburgh gaming
sable. bat me youth pocketed the money aud decanped