The New York herald., 1868-03-19
ClTY INTELLIGENCE.


The FIRE COMMISSIONERS. Fire Commission.
era held their regular weekly meeting yesterday,
General Shaler in the chair. The usual routine bust.
ness OF the board was transacted. No novel or i'm
portant business was introduced.
REVENUE SEIZuREs.--Mr. Wood, First Deputy Col
iector OF the Ninth district, assisted by the newly
appointed Deputy Collector, Mr. Bernard Hess, has
made two very important seizures In the tobacco
line-0ne the factory owned by Philip Derrng, Tonp-
kins street. and the other the establishment OF John IT,
Aen No. 20l Fulton street. In one case, II Is stated,
false brands had been put the tobacco and In the
other 1t Is alleged that fraudulent returns were
made.
THE WATER SUPPLY OF NEW YoRK.-The alleged
insuficiency In the water supply Of New York Is
attributed by Chief Engineer Craven to the extrava-
giant waste the citizens themselves. The total
number OF buildings supplied by the works is about
sixty-nve thousand. and during the year 1867 the
average daily supply asupwards OF 81 20000 600 gal
ods averaging nearly 964 gallons to each building.
that Is the reason, doubtless which has caused the
recent complaints against the department. IL Ia not
the wharyes that this waste proceeds but in the
private houses OF the metropolis; and if n water
meter was attached TO each building and inspected
at certain periods by proper officers appointed for
the purpose there is little doubt that this unneces.
sary waste Of water would speedily be checked and
the complaints against the supply cease.
FRAsT OF ST. JOSEPH IN ST. FRANCIS xAvrER's
CoLLEGR.-Yesterday being the feast OF 81. Joseph,
Xavier, sixteenth street. by the graduates. The sub
jects for discourse were Lines on st. Joseph" by J.
Il. Burns; "Cicero Against Cataline," by NJ A. Gre
min; 'sThe Catane OF Our Daysn (GaribadD, by A. J.
Birmingham; "phiips on America" by J. +. X.
Doyle; Address 70 the Rector Father Loyzance."
byP. 0Reilly. Then followed play entitled "a Fortu.
nate Mistake IN which Messrs. Mubry, o'Bare, Boy
len, Pinnegan aud Flizsimmons took part. Haydens
chorus, The Lord Is great was rendered by the
college choir, after which the graduates were ad.
dressed by the rector, who congratulated them on
the manner In which they acquitted themselves, and
exnorted them to further perseverance In their
studies The display reflects great credit on the pro.
fessor OF this class, Rev. Mr.. Renaud.
GREENBAcKs-For some days II has been rumored
In the streets that Secretary McCulloch had issued
secret instructions his Assistant Treasury In this
city, Mr. Van Dyck, 70 buy and lock up all the
legal tender paper he coSld ind, as he
desired TO control the market as soon as
thirty issues. This strange and unusual state
ment doubtless manufactured out OF whole cloth by
xne bulls Of sne gold room TO appreciate for the
the credul0us, who governed their speculative ancies
by It, The story put forth yesterday afternoon con-
eideraby quaiDed the original avement OF the legal
tender appreciation. II to the effect that Mr.
Van Dyck had been authorized to use his own judg-
ment IN the matter The real truth doubtless Is that
operation 30 full Of chICanery as has been thus Qra
tultousIy attributed TO him.
CHILD scALpED TO DEATH.-An inquest wa,
held yesterday 90 Ridge street. BY Coroner Flynn
over the remains Of John HOFFMAN, aged four years
who was 80 severely scaded on Monday by falling
into tub OF boiling water that he died yesterday
morning from the effects The jury rendered q yer
dict OF death by exhaustion from scalds received Oh
this 10th instant
ALLBGKD HoMIc1pB.-C Coroner Keenan, held ar
inquest at Bellevue Hospital Friday last over the
body OF Richard Conneli. aged twenty-five who died
swss supposed, from the effects Of q fall In the