The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-06
CITY INTELLIaENCE.


streets at present is bad almost beyond endurance Toe
accumulated filth OF tho past weeks having been
covered by layer OF snow which has SINCE in conse-
quence OF the rain, been returned duid condition.
mass Of slush that in many places presents an
appearance Of . lake Of black mud the compound be-
ing about the CONSISTENCY OF moasses In Broadway,
esoeciay the mud almost knee deep and everywhere
through ons the city the assiduous application Of
black ng fails to keep ones pedal coverings in comey
con alton The work ON the bridge corner OF Fulton
and broadway progressing slowly II will DO at
least two weeks yet before that much neeaed improve
mont Is completed. Its erection will prove Of great
benefit TO all who desire TO at this point o. our
principal thoroughfare.
The STREET DEPARTMENT Mclean, Street Com
missioner has made few unimportant changes since
he taken possession Of bis oce in the street. Do
partment, the state Of the weather not admitting o(
any work on the various streets which need improve
MIDDLE OF next month he will commence to advertise
proposals for regulating and grading certain up town
Streets aud paving and setting curb and gstter stones
in some Of the down town streeta
NsW GRAMMAR SCHOOL HOUSE, Tho School Trus-
tees Of the Twelfth ward have awarded contracts for the
erection and completion Of . new grammar school
house the south side Of l1sh street. one hundred
feet OF Third The successful bidders arc
as s ne m Tn oouqse. os
the carpenter work awarded to Luther Baldwin q
s3s, 500. The contract for painting was awarded 70
james Reilly AZ So, 100 Total amount OF co0sfsc's'
SlO2 $40.
TIE BANKRUPT LAVA meeting OF citizens interested
the OF the Bankrupt Law was held yesterday
afternoon at IA Astor House for the purpose OF
deyising to defny the expenses incurred 10
procuring the passage OF the Bankrupt law list OF
subscriptions opened, and about $1,000 werc con-
tributed The expenses stil unpaid are stated to be
betws 81 900 aud SIS 000 The bill was stated TO have
been In critical circumstances on several occasions
before its passage and among those 10 whom they are
Indebted the names of Thos A. Jenckes, Mr.. Stetson,
Mr.. Hrsey and Mr. Boyd were mentioned. In conclu-
vote of thanks passed to various members OF
tho New York press, the NEW York HERALD being
especially compented for able editorials in favor OF
such law for the protection OF bankrupts
FARMERS CLUR-The session of the Farmers Club
yesterday was neither largely attended so interest
ing as usual owing the fat that many OF the MEM
/ bers were occupied with the trial OF agricultural
implements which still in progress at Rye Statistics
given in regard to poultry the special otoer & n
day, showing the cost og kecpn@ relative pronl vs. o.
different var,,ucs 81 fowls Further discussion LOOK
place - 20 the principles OF galns aua wy rcn
oro.ectnr fruit tees from the rayeges o. se e'sa'5
| and destructive wnrns AM. nsec Z, oe,e, Ia mao q,
sulphur, vinegar and waller, &c, being recommended A
list of different varieties Of fruit trees and plants endorsed
by the club was riven. Considerable confusion was
caused BY intoxicated vendor or lead pencils, who
having obtained possession OF the foor with difficulty
prevailed upon to withdraw.
In McMosIAa-Tm LATE AMOR j. WILLIAMSON MA
= ,cia meeting Of the Union Republican General Com
s was held last evening at Argus Hall for tho pur-
s.,.n Now Orleans OF the late Amor J. Williamson
a., p.,,,. Mt Of the committee set OF resolutions
the regards Of the organization for the
maorv ~ IN; deceased was adopted, after which the
mn,rs ~ ,a,. cs Office would be given, that the COM
ittes misas take y oper action with reference 70 tho
funeral.
GENERAL SOCIETY ~ MECHANICS AND TnAps> Nss-
Among the suany unsfss instructive and bcHcsA ,a'
societies with which hs s'e aoounds exists one which,
however unprcsendinE It may SEEM still its long ana
useful is should be- su Hcieus 20 commend n
more generally 70 the WORKING mel and mechanics q
New York. The scciety Of MecnuuiA' ana Tradesmen,
established in the after days Of the republic BY small
number Of Intelligent and perscverpH mechanics has
through the number u years witch bs~e elapsed since
tnen pursued its course of usefulness an in6tructve
without interruption cessation IN years gone
by, whom the advantages OF public scfSoos were I'M
task Of providing for the catdren Of Ms mrubers sub
sta0al education and TO such degrees WIS fo system
many c,zsns ia the higher asks Of life thai very many
Of their children received their rst lcssor NJ sbochoob
Of the society Tho school w conteued 70 aloss how
ever TO the society until the establishments OF tho
present system Of public instruction rendered ~ fur
Their continuance unnecessary Owing TO Jndfccus and
stages OF the existence OF the society has been ena
bled to accumulate considerable property, the annual
yield OF which IL employed for is reimbursement and
improvement During the ysar 1858 there was re-
cci-ed from all sources the sum q $S064l; tho *.
pendtures amounting to ssa ssl, leaving balance u
81, $50 the credit Of the society The number u
books in tho library at tho commencsment Of tns ycss
lses was 80 o and S's RIM the year sss
that apprentices and females employed by manufhc-'
uers rsdesmen are admitted free to tho privileges
n the library comparatively mited number Of young
people avail themselves Of this excellent opportunity
for self improvement The total number Of gratuiteus
md pay readers male and female. duy1g the year was
4 beng 14O less than the year prevs~s The socies
sontemplates the erection Of moro suitable bu ding.
Tor Its operations.
New York HrsronrcAI socrrrr.-A stated meeting Of
h.Il~r sh>
society, Second avenue and Eleventh street. largo
number members Of the society and their friends
wcro present, and were entertained by Dr. William IL
Thompson. who read an able and elaborate essay
Modern Statistics Applied TO Ancient History" AT tho
Hose Of the essay due picture Of the snyvesant Pear
Fifty volumes Of pamphlets collected BY the late Dr.
Hosack Bishop Hobars and the documents Of the
commission appointed by the government to settle the
Northwestern boundary were presented TO the society
through Mr. DePcyster Some routine business trans
acted, after which the meeting adjourned
THE HOMELESS THAT one-ha!f the world knows not
how the other half ivesis saying less true than
DID IAte indeed do those who sit by their cosey fire.
SIDES understand the desoIation Of the homeless poor
As little do they comprehend what is to be lodged
station house, the extremity to which those pos
sessing any serespcct must be brought before they
seek s shelter The accommodations are substantial,
n nd the only he'd Is the hard boards which would
be real boon TO many honest man brought to want;
lnulsCrimlnale
vcst and mott abandoned with those whose only crmo
II poverty these places Of refuge become utterly abhor
all except the vicious and the shameless and
credit to the civilization philanthropy Of dav.
There were lodged in the various station houses Ia this
city Monday night four hundred and fourteen per-
sons OF whom two hundred and ninety were males and
one hundred and twenty Tour females. There must be
many Of these Who with moro careful treatment might
he saved from thai corruption which such evil associa
tons tend surely 70 produce.
KMPISG LATE HouRs-william H, Freeman OF No
BIS Broadway, arraigned before Justics Dodge
yesterday charged with keeping his store open after
Twelve O'Clock midnight, and was held to answer in
$500 bail.
DEATH FROM cAIps.-Coroner schirmer yesterday
held an inquest No IL Lispenard street the body
Of Charles Ecker, little boy i've years OF age, whose
death was tho result OF rcads received Sunday
by falling into nail Of boiling water which had been
left standing the floor Tho jury rendered verdict
Df death from scalds accidentally received
ACCIDENTALLY sHor.-A carpenter named John Kelly.