New-York tribune., 1868-03-05
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Commerce of Ne"-loIA VIII oo heiu tnis 'A''
O'Clock Il,
The Street Cleaning Commission yesterday
ordered the bill OF the contractor for cleaning N0
streets 70 be paid
The philharmonic Society will give grand
concert on Saturday evening, in the Academy OF Music
Madame Parepa-Rosa Will assist.
Not even one car, according to a correspond
ent ran over the Universyplace railroad on luoou"J
night from lOl o'clock TO just midnight.
The Street Cleaning Commissioners met at
noon Yesterday and after auditing and allowing the usus
semimonhly payment to the sreetCeaning Coh'ra0'Oi
adjourned.
The steamer Elm City, of the New-Hayen
Steamboat Co.'S line arrived the first boat throngn i
Sound yesterday. The stoningon and CITY OF Nor"i'"
followed soon after.
The Rev. Howard Crosby is TO repeat, ms
lecture Egypt" for the benefit OF the mSte gr ls
city the lecture rooms of ST. AIMS Chnrc 10 Lis"'
eenth-st near Fifth-ave this evening at D clocA -
The husband of Mrs Maria Schattler, No. Az
East Broadway struck her two blows on t5e eSu @ ,t
an AK YESTERDAY causing very SyoSmsd him for trial
John Campbell, conductor on the Morrls.
ana horse cars found lying on the Harlem IRE & 6rugo @
tain cd injuries that he was unaole 10 ASSIST ~
| self.
The artists of Dodwortls Studio Building,
Fifth,ave and Twentysxhs, will give the iourtn ol
their monthly receptions for this season. on saturday
next. The studios viii be open TO all callers from noon
until dusk.
FOR March gives OF vessels that have been
specially surveyed and received certificates at ~ s
steamers.
OF the 45Si immigrants who arrived in this
port February. 1913 had New York for their destna
ton 55S Pennsylvania, 500 Illinois 226 Omo ll5 Wscon'
SIM 172 Massachusetts, 100 California ana $50 inc oou-
em States
The Third Union Cooperative Building So
ciety, which meets at Mr.. John W. Farmers Institute,
No - Ludow-s tins evening, is rapidly completing It's
required number OF 800. Already shares amounting TO
about 100000 have been taken up
Two engines were at work on the runs oil
Barnuns Museum all night Tuesday and one NO 50
remained TIL II O'Clock yesterday More than two hours
consumed in disengaglng the machine Hoh 'hc
mound OF ice In which II was lncIosed'
At the Police trials yesterday there were
few cases Of policemen accused OF not discovering bur
glares, and one In which policeman accused car cen GU
ductor of improper conduct in trying 10 put him OF the
car about which point the testimony was conflicting.
At Vandewaters sales yesterday, black
trottng mare Lady Memo 15l hands high, and being Old
rot warranted, realized $275 and the trotting horse
Nero l53 hands mgh, years olu "aIahleu souiu "''
knocked down for 1856.
Professor AlonzO Trpp is to deliver four
lectures in the Everett Rooms Thrteenths ana br9au
way commencing on Thursday evening, March 8. The
lectures will contain descriptions OF the Ftench svo
ton OF February and June OF the nd R@arcS
At the Castle Garden Labor Exchange from
the nth the 29h Of February $50 immigrants applied
for employment $40 OF whom obtained y az an avsi1sq IKE
monthly remuneration for males tot Sio, an ana @ dol
females S. Thirteen persons on Wards islahu were were
provided with work OF those who applied & I3r employ
incnt I5 males and go females could read ana Writc
The grand bal rndsque of the ATion Vocal
Society takes place this evening The Committee on
Decorations aud Procession have made extensive
rnngements and some rich novelties be presented
Tho demand for tickets has been very great aud tne
Committee have been very exclusive In disposing OF
Them which will add much 20 the character OF tho com
pany II promises be the finest masquerade ball that
has ever yet taken place IN the country
The 2jth Soiree Dansante of the lnvlnclbles,
which came of last evening at Lyric Ila IN sXth-aye
was one Of the select renniOns OF the season lbe
success Of these enjoyable cneitalhmenlS heleil o
which have been given this season. reflects great credit
on their projectors II Mr Andrew johnson {1e IieS ,
dent the Society, continues TO BE- A. agreeable 10 e
guests lie was last evening there IS Ite rear OF MS
| being mpcached
Two officers of the Marshals Office were re-
sisted by about 90 men, Monday last, scLDg The
stcam Tug Jack Jewett which had been hbeled In the
District Court In Admiralty for possession The Marshal
then procured from Admiral Ben detachmeh! Oi
marines for the enforcement Of the process ana on
Tuesday when the marines marched toward the vessel
then taken TO one Of tlrc picrs in this city.
The Sunday School attached to the Third
Church the keX f1sben fs a. S the
Church. at the corner of Blocker and Downngst st Inc
scholars concluding with representation OF tho Trial
Scene in Pickwck The Church was crowded , 70 M i,s
utmost capacity by an apprecatlye audience Inc OK
hbiuon is 10 be repeated this evening Win eahse o
| programme. -
AZ the animal meeting of the st. David's
RencGt s0ciey held on Monday evening last the Treas
urcr's rep0rt showed that The society had dsbursed
sss ts during the year among members and that the
sd ~ he eociey now amounted to 81 600 well invested
Appropriate resolutions relative 10 tie ueaih Oh miam IAN
on o ~ Ssh nt were adopted Tho election Of officers
for the ensuing year resulted as ioloWs: IresI,deh.
! John H. Williams; NcePresident, Robert r. Jones
| treasurer. John Morgan Directors, Thomas T. Reese
! Edward Thomas and VIM r. Martini stewards IhohAs
| III. Williams and David Morris.
Coroner Keenan, held an inquest yesterday at
No GG Tenthaye., ovorhe body Of Ellen Smith native
OF this city, aged ~ years, who committed suclde ny
aged seven years 20 the drug store OF charles knheT
TO procure the laudanum who obtained ~ from ILeo
! dofe Beckett, a clerk. The jury rendered verdict
"That the deceased TO her death by suicide, by
taking laudanum wo censufc Theodore Beckett clerk 2F
Ettp
nc the pOisons also for putting laudanum mp IN
so egTeHs s dp s Arrested s% M order Of tSe Coroner
and is held 10 await the action of the Grand jury
| At the usual weekly meeting of the Board of
Fire Commissioners Yesterday several members % Oh % ,lo
Department were discharged for neglect OF duly; the
Committee Library for the use Of the Department re-
ported the receipt Of $275 m money beside books and
John W McApne, District Inspector sent IN nn aindaV
inclosng s. bill offered him as bribo To overlook
violation Of law in place in Pearl ST. He refused the
money but subsequently found II IN his oyercoat pocket
In his report he said that the place was occupied Is
pounds OF loose hand. Tho money ordered
10 be returned with request that the r at the above
place would the party who paid said money
there a doubt to whether such course was sane
toned by the firm.
The Collectors are endcavoIng to put the
cotton business OF this city into shape in the hope Of col
lccbng the tax. Yesterday Mr. Cornwall, the Special
Treasury agent who is acting Deputy Collector IN the
XXXIId District addressed note 10 Collector Bailey OF
the IVh District requesting that officer To issue ccu-
lar the various inland transportation companies within
signed to parties in the XSxiId District except upon
order from Collector Shook. and he has expressed
| his readiness comply. This order will Inconvenience
for a time both the transportation companies and tho
owners OF cotton, but the Government has also pc
cunary interest in article the issuing OF the circular
VIII be without Justification. In the month OF Feb
the collections OF the tax upon cotton were 2 per
cent in excess OF January result attained by revenue
attentions 10 the coast lines Of transporuon Perhaps
the attention that il being given 20 the inland lines
will result In corresponding increase for March.
At the meeting Of the Board Education, last
evening the trustees authorized lease the premises
southwest ofTenths and Avenue d. for the use Of
the basement OF the Baptist Church In S1thst for the
temporary OF School No. &c. at the rate of
O 500 per annnm An appropratlon o tl 900 was sane