New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-15
TIE CITY.

change TIE approach Of Autumn Thee charges VIII occur tm
very cold weather. other sudden changes will be much 'b"e
THE CITY.
The music on the Central Park Mall, this
afternoon will be unusually attractive
A number of ladies and gentlemen who have
dedicated themselves to missionary Eork among rhe
heather sail to-day rS oI IRONY dgSSl m t
The funeral of p NJ. Sewall Fisk, Grand Tiler
OF the Grand Lodge T. and A. NJ OF the state OF New
York Will take place at st. AIMS Church Eghteenthst
near Fifth-ave., on Sunday next at o'clock D. NJ
The Board of Audit did no business OF i'm
pOrtance yesterday, further than taking additional testl
mony in cases which have been only partially heard
heretofore and In each case decision was reserved
DIR. E. Herzberg was Frustrated by the heat in
Thirteenth-st, Sxth-aye yesterday He was taken
to neghboring drugstore restoratlyes applied ana no
Last evening James McLeisch, bartender
arrested on the complaint of Michael Hewett the
keeper Of LIQUOR saloon N who ee s nm
Henry Francois Stiles a resident of Hopewell
HILL ~ b.. sailor the brig c. T. Tomkns OF sJohns
N b., fell, yesterday from small boat INTO the East
River, of Pier No AZ and was drowned. The body was
not recovered.
David Close, A years Of age, living at No. 90
Ptst, instantly killed In tho lumber yard OF D. A.
Swift No lO4 NOrfokst yesterday afternoon. by pile
Of Hmber falling on him. The body was taken to the
Delanceyst police station.
On the arrival of the steamship Guiding Star,
Detectveoffcer Herman arrested man named Josiah
X. Webb, on telegram from San Francisco, he beng
charged
OF the sum Of $4,000 The prisoner was locked up ponce
headquarters.
On Thursday evening last, ex-Judge BeDja-
min W. Bonney, Que OF the members OF the Board OF
Audit stricken with paralysis, while at the Union
League Club Rooms at the corner OF Twenty ,siItlst
BOnney has since been confined to his bed.
w. Abbott, of No.126 Cherry ST., quarreled with
Felcno Monterseu at the Of Oyer and the New
BOwery last evening ana AbDo was soDeu III tne ih.o
and shoulder by his opponent receiving severe wounds
a are ' sS Locked up in the GsEs police saoh'
Early Yesterday morning, Ferdinand Morrin-
ger was lying dead In the yard of his late resi-
dence, No a2o Finhst. lie has been IN the habit OF
he rolled of and killed. He native Of Ger
Inquest.
The picnic Of Franklin Division No. 80,
Sons OF Temperance which took place ON Thursday at
which accompanied the steamer were crowded by the
friends OF the Division, aud everything passed OH well
under the management Of the able Committees. No
speechmakng.
Three companies, comprising the Washington
Gray Cavalry Battalion OF this city start for Boston on
taned by the National inoers. On Thursday afternoon
the Battalion will yst Providence H. p11taSe Of an
aud return 20 the city on Friday night.
The Hon. A. w. Randall Postmaster General;
MajOrGen. Lowell, H. Rousseau " 3 a., and the Hon
Ezra Cornell OF lthca at the Aston House; MorGen
Granger u s. A. and the Rev. j. A. shepherd Baltimore,
are at the Ffthave. HOTEL Gen. C. Cadwalader, Pha-
delphia, the Hoffman House, Judge Perte, Louis
VILE Ky and " NJ Rice. Buffalo, the Fifth-aYe
Hotel; the Rev. James Cullen Philadelphia is at the
Brevoort House.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Patrick II. Jones,
Clerk the Court Of Appeals who has been appointed by
Gov. FentOn Register OF the City and County OF Now
the Hon Justice Barnard in the Supreme Court Cham
beers, and qualified ~ the requisite oath Of office Mr.
yesterday took charge OF the Office STIMULATING that
the fees and other emouent accrung from the present
tme until an. next shall DO paid to the widow Of Gen.
Halpiue
Coroner Flynn yesterday held an inquest over
the body OF John Gordon. the boy who drowned
Monday last by tho boat IN which he wasbeng run over
animation showed that the accident resulted from the
careossness and bad management OF the boy and his
companions and the jury returned verdict generating
the officers Of the feTryboat from all blame The pilot
thereupon discharged.
Nathaniel w. Swift lately committed to the
Tombs Prison for grand larceny, attempted TO commit
snielde; YESTERDAY ai,ern9SR Dy sa6ons himself IN the
bleeding profusey from two wounds In the throat
wounds, which are not necessarily dangerous Swift de-
cared that he had no wish to live and as 1t was feared
he was confined and his hands securely tied.
Coroner Rollins took the ante-mOrtem depo-
sition, yesterday, OF Mary Ann Crimmins Of No. 36i
Rolf, had performed an operation with the design to
cause premature birth. The unfortunate woman con-
August. A few days afterward she was seized with
pains, which increased TO such degree that she
dining saloon in Fuiton,st and return to her home
where she has since been confined to her bed under the
pece authorities were made cognzant OF the affair." and
who caused the arrest Of Mrs Rolf who has been
mted To prison To await the result Of the injuries alleged
BY her victim TO have been Inflicted.
An inquest was commenced by Coroner Flynn
yesterday the body OF Patrick Roman who ia
tally injured on the 26h ult by the premature explosion
OF blast In an excavation for the church ON the
Of Fftyfourtlst. and Seventhave. IL appears
that Roman. who foreman OF the job, had ordered
one OF the laboers TO pour can of some new blasting
powder nto hole III the excavation aud Roman was en-
gagged In ramming the powder down with swab-stick,
although IN very gentle manner While thus engaged.
the charge exploded shatterng Romans destroying
his eyes, and inurng hun otherwise very badly None
OF tile witnesses could tell the name OF the powder and
accordingly the case WAS adjourned until tuesday next
In order that the necessary information might be pro-
cured from other witnesses IL at first cOjectnred
that the powder used by Roman ogycerAe. but
this has since been proven to be a mistake
BR0OKLYN.-Chauneey Shaffer breaches at
Leferts Park at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
A Fenian meeting at Lefferts Park, on Thurs
day afternOon, WIZ addressed by stephen j. Meany Col
Maggie. the Hon. wu. L. Robinson. aud others.
The Committee of the Board of Supervisors
and other members Of the City Government are visiting
the principal cities Of Eastern and Middle States collect
ing hints and suggestions TO the best methods OF sup
pressing pauperisln. ..-..' I'D ..-'.
Justice VOORHEES, committed Jacob R0ssman,
butcher Yesterday, TO await trial for reekessy driving
has horse and wagon Mary Ann Perry child OF i've
years and breaking Of lier legs The injured child
Is ule daughter Of widow residing in Ffthsi H. ID.
The residence of MIS-. Cochran, No. 30 Pop
larst vas entered by burglars Thursday night and
Becoming alarmed, they fed taking with them a con-
tanned IN eld's savings bank but left the clothing
President Johnson has been beseiged 10y the
relatives and friends OF Cal1c0ti. Enrigt and Allen
York and Brooklyn asking for their pardon. The Pres
dent has referred the petitions the Attorney General
Officer Jesse Seaman of the Forty fifth Pre-
feIoniOusy ASSEMBLING Benedlut Meckcnberg Of No 95
EMen 81, r. ~ JDe asIccaDt proved that the complain