The New York herald., 1868-05-06
CITY IHrELLlcEseE.

CITY NTELLyCExCE.
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MAY ANNIyERsAaIEs.-The anniversary OF the
Five Points House OF Industry viii be held in the
chapel OF that institution to-day and tomorrow. at
haf-past two O'Clock p. M.
FIRE MARsHAL's RRroRT.--Dunng the month there
were sixtyeIght fres and alarms OF fires The mem-
bers OF the Metropolitan Fire Department extin-
guished sixteen without giving an alarm. Three
persons were arrested on suspicion of arson, viz:
wm ast ea Boy rSr setting e to stable Ct No.
Justice Kelly sent the accused to the Lunatic Asylum
Rchara b;s Henry Rosda charged with setting rs to
as eS to East s nsn
ing hearing Christian 0reiger, charged with set
ting fire to dwelling house in Harlem lane near
tce Connolly, to await an examination. There were
fourteen incendlary hres and attempts to commit
s "a eS !oss ons oS
tenement houses, one stable, one cabinet shop, one
dwelllng one wine % and liquor store one artacia!
one bookstore and dwelling The alleged losses were
500, ,sss and the insurance. ss74, AGO. ~ q
AMERICAN SOCIETY FoR THE PREVENTION, OF
CRUELTY TO ANIMALs.-The following convictions
and fnes were procured by this society during the
month Of April, 1866. Fierber, driving horse
with Q sore leg, fined IS; J. Hanben, packing calves
and sheep in wagon, fned $15; N. Gabriel driving
horse with running sore On his back fined go;
horse nOse ssd ss hoSae SSsDsaS % driving blind
ssbsrt driving horse with lame foot 6ned $40;
James t9nnolly driving horse with sores, fined 80;
sustsnance nsd % SO; Menry Ype l!'iS supernsendns
cockfght In the street. fined $40; John Franz, drv-
ing lame horse, fined $40. Total $40.
INMIGRATroN.-The following are the emigrant
arrivals at Castle Garden since Monday steamship
Colorado, from Liverpool 1,100; Louisiana, from
Liverpool, 7s9; Columbia from Glasgow, 522 Smidt,
from Bremen, 766. Total, alt.
INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR ENaLIsH.-A batal-
lion Of the Seventy-nrst regiment, one hundred and
eighteen strong, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Rock
fellar commanding accompanied by their fine regi-
mental band, viii leave this city at seven O'CLOCK A.
M. to-day for New Haven to take part In the inau-
guration ceremonies Of Governor English Of Con-
nectcut The troops Will appear for the first time In
public in their new full dress uniform.
A SwINDLER.-The managers Of the Nursery and
Childs Hospital caution the public against respecta-
BILE looking woman, who is collecting annual sub
scrptons for the above named institution. She uses
the printed receipts with forgery of the Treasurers
signature.
The SEVENTH REGIMENr.-The Seventh regiment,
Colonel Emmons Clark commanding, will have
battalion drill this afternoon in Tompkins square.
Roll call at the armory at four p NJ As this s the
first outdoor public drill Of this fine command since
the adoption of the new system of tactics, the drill
will no doubt draw goody crowd of spectators
FARMERS CLUB.-The usual weekly meeting of
this club held In the audience chamber Of the Amer
can Institute on every Tuesday afternoon, was fully
attended yesterday. The leading subject was the
best and cheapest means as shown by experiment,
OF preparing the juice Of the sorghum cane that
1t can be generally introduced as an article
OF consumption, and therefore Of commerce,
throughout the country to the exclusion Of
the foreign grown made saccharine preparations,
at cost OF about afty cents per gallon. In s tns
course OF his remarks the lecturer said that In 1858
hpro w IN no
millions Of gallons OF sorghum syrup, and that 1t was
consumed at the average rate of from ten to twelve
@ent to health. The lecturer then. by the intro
duction Of sicate & Of soda tn .Sa solutlcn) q 9
milk Of lime into the raw juice and subse.
4, thus particularly demonstrating how the sorghum
juice could be reduced to syrup and clarified. An
other gentleman then exhibited to the meeting
sorghum sugar, renarkng as he did SO that until
sorghum juice under no form Of manipulation, could
be granulated, but now that 1t could be made into
sugar as well as syrup he reason why farmers
everywhere should not 1t not only In their fami-
lies, but also as an article OF commerce.
REPAIRS AND FURNITURE FOR THE SEVENTH AND
TWELFTH WARD SCHO0Ls.-The proposals for the
work on the wings which the Board Of Education
had planned for grammar school No. IL in the
Seventh ward and for the necessary furniture for
those wings were to have been opened on Monday
afternoon, but owing to the non-appearance Of the
local Board the opening was postponed until yester
day, when they were announced as follows:-For
mason work-william Salmon, s17,4e2 Moran &
Armstrong, s14,o4a; T. Kiernan, si7, 500 Carpenter
work.w. Germond, $3.50; @; 9. Miller. $500.
c. Lober, $1,e7O; T. 4 p. Murray, $500. School
furniture Nathaniel johnson, $3.50; r. Patton,
same time proposals for furnishing grammar school
No 81 In the Twelfth ward were opened as foows:-
J. W. Schermerhorn Co., 81, ,4Ss; Nathaniel John.
son. sl1 45O; R. Paton $lO5s3. The contracts In all
cases were awarded to the lowest bidders and will
be acted on by the Board OF Education at the next
meeting.