The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-30
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

uouers OF the Sinking Fund met yesterday morning at
eleven O'Clock Some routine business transacted
the absences Of Mayor Hoffman no important business
was taken up. The Board adjourned without day.
MEETING OF TxMMASY CoxMIrTHB-Ths sachems OF Old
Tammany met yesterday at the Masonic Hail. on rhr-
teenth street. near Fourth avenue. This hall lie very
large and handsomely decorated and has been hired By
o~n s for until the Ua s.,aa
that Of the committee appointed by the General Com
mee on Contested Seats TO receive the several repre-
senatves OF the opposing parties In the different wards
The Third Eighth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth Egh-
teenth and Twenty second wards were all contested
Ten minutes time was allowed each representative OF
each separate ward and thus considerable time was con-
sumed from the hour at which the meeting opened-nve
oclock-until it finally closed Nothing public has yet
transpred TO the chances Of the various "ckets"
as the report OF this committee has be decided by
the General Committee on Contested seats before
outside world will be made acquainted with the doinss
OF mighty Tammany.
PROPOSED AMERICAN HoxrsrKaDs roR TIM sourH--It
Is intended by this undertaking to subdvids and dis
tribute the extensive and uncuvaed lands Of the
South among the small and industrious capitalists OF tho
country. These lands obainable at onerourth
what they cost six years ago when they paying
from twenty-five TO thirty per cent TIE lands will be
formed into farm. Of forty acres each and their occa.
the work of reconstruction In the South
The O'BRnS MURDER Casa An application will be
made to-day before Judge Insraham. Of the Superior
Court for writ Of habeas corpus to the release
murderers Of Colonel 0Brisn during the draft riots OF
1868.
RscApruas OF An ESCAPED CoSvor Charles Munday,
a notorious thief. who in last April in company with
another convict, named Rate escaped from Blackwes
Island recapturod yesterday BY detectives Irvine
will bo taken back to tho island to-day to serve his IN
expired term about eiaht months
FUNERAL or YoUNa sowRRBY. Miles r. sowerby.
member Of Hook aud Ladder Company No. 10, who was
- hto Ant
FIRE Broad street. by the falling OF the roof Of the
building will take place this Afternoon from the resi-
dcnoc OF his father No. 284 Rivingson street. The No
ropotau Fire Department will DO represented by de-
tailed force Of two mon from each company. The mem
bers or Hook and Ladder Company No. 10 will act -
pail bearers. At the inquest held upon his body the
Coroner jury brought In verdict censur0g the owners
of the building with neglect owing 10 the fact that
this is the third fatal accident that has occurred upon
the building The Coroner refused 70 accept OF the YER
dot, stating that he could receive only verdict Of acc-
dental death, and the jury were hnaly compelled 70
bring In SUCH verdict,
MANHATrAs CoLIxGE.-1he ensuing session OF this
popular Catholic institution will commence Monday,
September q The Of studios is divided into pre-
paratory, commercial scientific and classical TIE
number Of students In daily attendance at this college
and It's preparatory schools during last session was over
seven hundred.
REDUCTION or ExoRnTaNr PRicsa-A meeting OF the
citizens Of the Tenth ward held last evening at IS
Ludlow street. tor the purpose OF forming an orgauiza-
ton 10 break down the exorOitant monopoliss in coal
and -four, which have for length Of time weighed
heavily on the working classes Of this oily. Mr. Johu
". Farmer oiEciaed as President and Mr.. John s.
Rogers explained that the chief object OF the meeting
was TO oombiae in proper organisation and effect tho
much desired reduction In tho prices OF coal and Hour
Tho latter, contended could be purchased for
$40 SO per barrel delivered at the door and tho former
at SIS 90 per ton OF 240 lbs, from the dock BY thus
oombiuingthese expect TO buy both commodities
oost twenty per cont loss than the general
public usually gives.
Hall
He is steward and attached In that capacity TO ves
sci which sails from this port Peter Coleman Ia an
artist on the VIOLIN but vugary called in the nogh-
borhood in which ho resides fiddler George did love
siadye faro'-one Of those bright seraphio beings
which render Water street 80 brilliant George DID go
to sea- and whom he had gone Potter did 60 to soc Miss
susan, the damse was styed aud, according 70 ~
port wel received But George camo back again. and
much as he knew how while ueorge WAS gone but lac
could not raise tue shiuers AZ readily a'Susan wshed
so when George returned and she saw the ducas
she detormued DO his "duck once, and thus the
knight OF the bow was discarded Bur this mannuvrs
much that he Determined to have understanding
Last night the candidates for Susans love met at the
corner OF Waer and Roosevelt streets and had talk
But they did talk much before Hall did "hsui'
knife out and making lounge At Potter cut him badly
ns Sa a me- sna d his
wound dressed. went home.
ARREST or sHoptIvrsR Detective wooIsey, Of the
Broadway squad. while walking down Broadway yester
day afternoon observed three rather suspicious looking
characters lounging along the stre without appa
rent puYsc.e He determined 70 follow thsm and see u
they were up any m:sck'sG They soon entered the
store OF O. w. French, COT Broadway, and ono OF them
taking box Of mens undergarmens from the counter
walked out but Woolsey mot him and took him IN Gus
tody. His companions Immediately decamped and the
culprit brought TO Police Headquarters whore he
gave his name as John Ward and stated that he vas
thief.
DROWNED Wills BATHING. Philip Reilly, young
man. vas drowned about nine clock last night while
bathing 1t the foot OF Tweuty-seventh street. North
river
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENTS Tho inquiston 10 the
case OF the unknown man who killed by being
struck by locomotive belonging TO the Hudson River
Railroad Company corner Of Fifty-scvcnth street and
Eleventh avenue Tuesday last as already reported 10
the HERALD, yesterday concluded before Coroner
Schirmcr Of Bellevue Hospital. The evidence showed
the occurrence have been accidental and the jury ac-
cordngly rendered verdict to that effoct. The resi-
dence age aud nativity OF deceased are unknown.
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Schrmer received in
formation that o about thirty years OF age,
whose namo from card Of the society OF journeymen
hat found in his supposed 70 have
been Michael Higgins had been run over at ll8h street
By Of belonging TO the Hudson River Rail-
road Company and almost instantly killed. tobacco
boz bearing the initials NJ H was also found 10 ono Of
his pockets Deceased had brown coat, plaid pants
and vest Hc had black hair and mustacho. Amin.