The New York herald., 1868-04-22
CITY NTELLIGENCE.

~ ~ =" ICE Headquarters, DIR. stephen Smith, the
W" missioner taking his seat for the first time.
mere sere seven for the consideration of the
olr and consisted OF violations OF the Sunday
]" The licenses were revoked in all the cases
cept TWO. Mr.. Acton reported in fayorof granting
ghty nine new licenses, viz:-Sixtyeight in differ
or Staten Island.
HEALTH STATIsTICs-ln this city during the past |
week there were 500 deaths, including the remark
able number of ll6 in the public Institutions Infants
under one year OF age gave 29.s6 per cent of the
tire mortality in New York and 23.4l per cent OF the
Total OF Brooklyn. The congestive and infamma-
tory diseases and the various maladies that |
fatally seize upon persons of low vitality pre-
dominate TO an unusual degree Thirty-fye
children In this city and seventeen in Brooklyn |
died nom scarlatna last week. 1t ia worthy of
record that ont OF the 393 deaths in the city $50 OF
them were ascertained to have occurred in crowded
tenement houses This is of course exclusive Of the
hospitals. Children more than adults suffer from
coniiaed and close apartments The nciemency OF
the weather also aifcctS to serious extent the badly
housed Glasses.
SHAKESPEARE MONUMENT.--About q year ago we re-
ported that tho Executive Committee of the Shaks-
peare Monument Fund had selected design out of
several models which had been submitted 20 them.
II was then however in an unfinished condition. but
~ now completed, and is TO be subjected, according
TO the terms mentioned the circular Subscribers,
TO the approval OF the General Commt.rc, Satur-
day evening next 25th inst, ~ the residence Of ona
of the gentlemen compOsint the Exerctive Commit
tee. Tie statue OF Shakespeare Is expected to be
finished and erected in Central Park, upon the fCrn-
daton where It's corner stone was taid with apr ro-
pirate ceremonies four ytars since y,, the 23 -aY OF
April 1857, which wiz De the 3osth anniversary OF
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-, ,''>, "I, 'oo'A.'os VI W." io"A "N ''"''
.,'''u Si'i"'' ieio. VI .'e rr'"so oo''fn''oe VI
.ho i''soh ASaooi'on VI Now orN 'or 'ic year 1901
has Just been isscd. The report contains upward OF
three hundred pages octave nd ia filed An matter
., a., ~, ,uo,. NO., y, ,,o ,,a .,,-, So.
OF rVershed i1terest upon 'hose topics Always inter-
estpg to the tire the physical care and
moral culture of those who having warred against the
Ia,va of Coz, and man have hoen or ara .,nde,ooino
", uo ,rl"' peo VI or ssoInB
t ISL , oicreoa or % Mo'e pp Vu, p@sSIs o .er
~ we ohe VI, hspm % ~ .e nos.u-
revision II the fnndaue entail law Of tse state intro
duced clause which- faccepted by me people win
s so Watn Pacs ee ahaSeien Oh an prisons
experienced men. and en1rrfy beyond The The
niuenee of politIcs. Reports on the English,
m ,sL sernaIl' lG.'lln anu frehc prisons are giVeh
o Iso 's , s ne W .e nssocon rs
yeael nome VISITORS the condscion OF these prisons
ui sio necessaIy rD uie Weli-peinB OF
osc i.oaI ,atcu "ithin lncib me review Oh inc M
term operations OF our State prisons shows gr ~
~ ,i'toselnem. m ~ ~, III tlG eoVernneii, neath anu
,stn1 'one o tns cohvics we hotice IN this CON
nsSuoh s an lipoItant snggesuon:-it - the OPINION
y, t,e assoCSi0n lnat olte prisons should be con-
60, oo,oa & 10 70 o @ r9,m .ee " M mvu MhunuTeu pilsol-
ors anu Hot I'M more, prisons so Dnilt would not only
sohuuoo w sne ,edth nut tne iuuiViuhaniy oi tne
which has hitherto obtaine6-namelv tbc i,rnfr,, nf
the personality OF the convict-has not worked wcl
am sn0n,u DC repeated: The report, as we have
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Sache'ns-Johh Ne''Y "i'iia'n NJ TWeed, Matthew
T. Brennan, Isaac Bell Peter B. Sweeny, Emanuel B.
Hart George W. Mclean, John j. Rradley Richard |
b. Connolly Charles G, Cornell Nathaniel Jarvis
Jr., James b. Nicholson and Edwards Pierrepont.
Treasurer-Hcnry Nandewater. Sagamorc-George
w. w
stephen G. Duryca. committee was appointed to
make The necessary preparations for the dedication
OF the Fourteenth street wgwam ana also to prepare
FOR The assembling OF the National Democratic Con-
venton, which meets here on the 4th OF July.
mo ,,urnooo ., roo,i,no ,,r,s ,o ,ha cuoa,,,..
". pu' 'po'o VI .e"A"s 'un''' ~, 'ne erec'o'i VI
national nome for the widows, orphans and mothers
OF the soldiers and sailors who fell in the late war;
whicn was announced to take place in the
latter part Of the coming month has been postponed
ment ave- ave- mo noa aor nT ~, oof ,s Posapohe.
and the shortness OF the time Afforded those who
nave tne cnarIty IN hanu 70 MAKE tue necessary
pnderiaSing By next Sentember 10 an,c,Da,n, .e
with she return OF the ladies' from the conntrv AMI
tho w atering n.cea ali The nacasoarv
VIII he ready 80 that ever STATE i'm The Ipioo nav
be represented and nil classes of Christians toge.hr
with those of tbe Jewish nersu.aion nav con,rihn,
towards the success nj wha, NAV no raoay,,ad as
great nationa charity. ''"' " ''e'''e'~
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FARMERS CLuB.-This organization held its usual |
weekly meeting yesterday afternoon. In the course
OF the session several recent inventions were ex |
,,,,,,o, ino,r,r, a n,ovo,,,o ,onao -, ,,,
hpioed inciuuhe amoVapie renee, cheap KIND of |
s"u"per'y olshct c"uri coai OF ash sitef, a pc
o"nai hinu VI "een'Ve a''o 'he "'ouei oi complex
ae,"ul"'a' n''on'ne' WHICH combines all that is
vnup'e , ,, m ome @ naiuw, uuuVator ana the corn
cussed a brief lecture on deep ploughing and drain
Ilo in connection with the cuItiyaion of fbe vine
more particularly was read by a gentleman Who |
advanced some peculiar theories. which il Is tho
Intention OF members OF the club 10 discuss when
they have sufficient leisure TO enter fully INTO their
merits. At the opening of the meeting small sheaf
OF green wheat sent 10 the cub from f;eorg, which
was intended TO show the advanced state Of the
yas r,i,,caItv n%ppinea WIN m ,s our ,eiuc,'t @ climate
potato, which il was declared was so prolifc and