The New York herald., 1868-03-12


TEE BOARD OF Frh,s CoMMIssIoNERs.-This Board
held their regular week. meeting yesterday az FIRE
mems Hail. Mercer street. General Shaler President,
in the chair. Chief Engineer .Kingsland sent in q re-
twenty nres had been sxtinguk'hed by individual
Sadn9s ssnsys sne bg se eighteen
considerably and SIX totally destroyed as fQlows:-
Y Beekman street, five story brick building; 5l2
Thrd avenue one story frame shop; IS John street,
tSrss story BRICK Saildins % ha1oADs SO '''s West
and Ss Greenwich street. two story and attic frame
boarding house. The total number of fires during
the period WAS M
Of Health, enclosing resolution OF that Board order
ing copy Of the complaint OF the Mayor and Com
boats now lying in the North river, opposite the
above city, was read and referred to Commissioner
Wilson with power to act In the matter.
TRIALS AT POLICE HEADQUARTERs.-TheP Police
Commissioners held their regular weekly meeting
for trials yesterday afternoon, Commissioner Acton
In the examiners chair Some eighty policemen
were tried on charges preferred against them BY
tner superior oicers; Inere were no cases oi im-
THE GERMAN YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN Ass0CIA-
TIoN.-This organization which during the past few
weeks has fed at their headquarters, go Ludlow
street, on average six hundred ind'gents daily,
has gone out OF favor with portion OF the German
ofcers attended meeting at the Cooper Institute,
at which the prOpriety Of uphOding the Excise law
was strenuously maintained. popular German
Journal took umbrage at the course the officers OF
the association thought proper to pursue, and ad-
vsed its readers not to continue their contributions
ing the poor TO this appeal the assaied are pre-
pairing rejOnder, in which they will show that out
side OF their organization they are indebted to very
few for assistance.
"TAKING IN STRANGERS AND DONG FOR THEM.',-
A communication was yesterday forwarded to Super
intendent Kennedy from the Mayors office, In which
Mr.. Hoffman called the attention of the "august
head" and "generalissimo Of the bluecoats !" to q
well known gambling den in the BOwery, not very
great distance from New Canal street. where passer-
by are urgently invited to step In and see q Ia
Museum the curosties and when in induced to bet
on cards or some other game of chance and thus
their money is taken from them. We await with
much anxiety the result of the strategy Of the gene
ralissimo in laying siege to and eventually by bril-
when the birds have flown.
THE SOUND TRAFFIC.-On Monday next the steam
ers Bristol and Providence will resume their trips
between this city and Providence, R. l. These mag
nifcent boats since they were withdrawn late last
fall from the Sound have been repaired and
painted and their engines, &C., put in excellent con-
dition for the work expected Of them during the
ensuing eight or nine months THESE oasing palaces
elapsed from the time they were placed on the line
until laid up carried upwards OF one hundred thou
sand passengers and immense aggregates OF freight
DEATH FROM INJURIEs.-Coroner Schrmer yester-
day held an inquest at Bellevue Hospital on the body
of John Callahan, laborer, whose death was the
result Of injuries received on the goth u by large
mass of coal falling upon him at the gas works In
Twentieth street. where he was employed. The jury
rendered verdict of accidental death. Deceased
was twenty-eight years Of age, and native OF Ire
land.
FOUND DRowNED.-The remains of man, whose
name, from papers found in his possession, Is be-
in the dock foot Of Gansevoort street. North river.
Coroner Rollins held an inquest on the body and the
jury rendered verdict OF death by drowning. MI.
AlbeO Is supposed to have been resident OF Pr0vl
dence, X. l., to which place telegraphiC despatch
sent requesting his friends to come on and take
charge Of the body.
FOUND DEAD IN A CHAIR.-A woman named Sarah
Morgan, who lived at No. 500 West Twenty nth
street, was yesterday found dead in her chair.
Coroner Keenan, has been notified to hold an Inquest
on the body.
THE Ais CLUB BALL-The annual ball of this
club took place last evening at the Germania As
sembly Rooms, Bowery. goodly company Of
ladies and gentlemen were present. VINO enjoyed
themselves to their hearts content.
THEFT OF A CASE OF GooDs-ARREsTs ON SUs-
PICIoN.-On Monday last case Of boots, valued at
s5ss, was stolen from under the hatchway Of store
No. 10 Park place, occupied by Messrs. Rosenstock,
Rice Il Co., and carried away without the knowledge
of any one connected with the establishment. Yes
teray afternoon detectives Mulin and Herfelt Of the
Fourth precinct found the stolen goods on the
where, it Is alleged, they had been left
by Thomas Murphy and John Riley, alias
Thomas Goodey. The parties named were arrested
by the detectives on suspicion OF committing the
theft and Alderman Miller, acting magistrate at tho
Tombs, committed them for examination. Riley
alias Goodey is Of the young men arrested about
three months since on suspicion OF being concerned
In knocking down bank messenger In Wall street,
near William and robbing him OF nearly 81 1000
in checks most Of the city banks and ready money.
Owing to the insuffciedcy OF the testimony to hold
Goodey for trial for the robbery he was discharged
also were the two men arrested with him for that
offence.