New-York tribune., 1868-04-16
HOME NEWS.
THE CITY.

The Councilmen had no quorum yesterday.
The sale of tickets for Fanny Kemble's read
incsis TO commence to-day at steinwaya
John B. Cough will lecture this evening, at
Cooper Institute on "Eloquenee and Orators"
DIR. |. l. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, will lee
1%rs in snseet sne Land s Of the cebcrgs
The complimentary concert given last evening
by Madame Keebler the large han OF the Cooper Ins
t1te was well attended and was success
John p. Kuchtinz, the German Peasant
Row is 10 give free lecture at the Workingwomens
Home No As Elzabeth-st this evening, on Germany"
The Third Union Cooperative Building As
sobiation meet this evening at MT John W Farmers IN
elect officers.
A fire occurred at an early hour yesterday in
the grain mills Of Goodknd CO. IN Eeyentnaye, near
Thirty ythrdst Damage @ sSOO 10 INC puns' u INC ''o'
and machinery about s5,OoO
The premature blast of rocks at the corner OF
Forty ninthst and Ffthaye yesterday caused severe
injuries to Jas Kilkenny OF NO. 3el flTbtaVe' he wac
conveyed to Bellevue Hospital
Mr.. Waterhouse Hawkins, whose course Of
lectures the Animal Kingdom were postponed on &C
count OF accident has recovered, and VIII denver MS
first lecture Wednesday OF next week
Mayor Hoffman has issued a proclamation
Offering reward OF $500 for the apprehension OF he muir
derer murderers Of Peter Lend who came TO MS death
by fracture the skull by pistol last EewYears day
Gen. H. Edwin Treman, late of Cavalry
Corps Army Of the Potomac VIII deliver the honorary
as9Ios9 v AZ 1ne c a. ~ academy of MTse TO morrow
evening.
The Board of Audit yesterday heard the
claim Of Peter " Birdsal, assstanclerk IN the sur
rogates Office for sc this being the amount OF his salary
for services from January g. 1866 TO January ilSo' De
cson reserved
The Coleman House, Broadway and Twenty
seventh-st has been enlarged by AN addition or Nry
beautiful rooms on Broadway. telegraph onics has
been introduced in the main hall for the convenience oi
guests. and for citizens In that neighDorhOOd
Can't. Petersen of the Hamburg line OF
steamships, has just returned from Lyons iowa. Win bas n
two children with whom his wife had ea from ief 81 h9,e @
in Germany Mis-. J.. returns to HampurR-hOt 10 n'e
with her husband, but TO be near her ehlidIeh'
Two boys were playing with knives in Vesey
westst, last evening, and one OF ihen, Known "
boy John Doyle. in the arm, causing serious wonmu
Gimp then ran away and was o not I,arg aIres
The BROOKLYN Ferry Company are popping
up the rotten old tower at the Rooseyeltst hIIy sp
NewYork side. During the weeks denperatThs Sng
tendency to toppo over tho passengers were 'ond anu
even proane In their expressions touching tS ADeray
OF the Ferry Company
The Third Avenue Railroad Company have
again begun to discharge their conductcs Wv wiole
sale" Since Monday about 80 have beea ~ % % ht
adrift OF those discharged had p,' p, -, al ,,o5
OF the company for six or eight yeafs ~ pVday No
about more will DC dismissed Dcio0 "oN' 'u'u"'' "
cause h assigned.
Tho Roord Of FducatDn last evening appro-
ttd a. COO to nnrcba~ four lots of ground In East
Fyseventhst w,Nm 10 ~ % tb mscrv
iTgs go We're ,Se eefoobudas No ia MuGerrys The
scsS 'G iaG 's san. Of SSG the
supplying The schools with wood aud coal Tor
IN ending May %. 1907 the coal ~ s. q per ton
f oak wood $40 20 per cord and pine wood at $ll per
&rd.
A frame stable in the rear of No. 1876 East
fghty-siXthst, owned by Richard Tbealy, was burned
Yesterday morning, together with frame tenement
house adjoining. and rear frame building on Eighty
hhh-st belonging to y. Goldry. Inc damages on me
property OF Mr. Theay estimated ~ s fuliy insured
In the Etna Company Mr Goldey's Losses anouit 10
kpsu Mi lrh
OF Richard Thoa, wac arrested Oh Suspicion oi pelh5 the
incenGiary.
The German Republican Club of the Fifth
Assembly District as evening celebrated the memory
Of Abraham linconby appropriate o1eIcises ~ ne h,a4
quarters IN Harmonic lIal 10 100 Princosi The h1li
was handsomely decorated by nags and motoes ana IN
the stood fine bust Of the late lameBted Prcs
dent The hall was filed With ladies' ana gentienen'
Pfister: Dr Doua. Dr. Iandcmann aud Horace greeley
Several ecac songs cKceiIenily sung by the Giee
Club belonging 10 the Club.
The position OF affairs at the Chruch of the
Redemption continues unchanged. The NaTdens SUI
policemen, and no attempt was made by the opposing
party, duIlng yesterday, to disturb them IL was re-
yesterday by the friends Of DR. scott the Rector com
pelng the Wardens 10 give up possession oi the buldug
by the police authorities i is prcsumabc that
notrder was obtained.
The anxiety which prevailed among the de
posOrs Of the 1hrdayc. Savings Bank subsldng Up
TO Tuesday evening, $4,000 have Decn WthhIaWh,
mostly hy holders OF small deposits ana yesterday about
amounted nearly $4,000 To provide against every pos
sibe contingency, the officers Tuesday forenoon had
100000 taken up from te reserves OF the bank and yes
terday afternoon 100000 sent up; hut neither Of
these has yet been brought into rcquson "a the
usual resources hand aud the deposits received we're
sufficient To the very moderate demands Of the lin
ed number Of frightened depostOr.. The Bank itself IS
interest accrued deposits the lst OF January.
Several cases have occurred where ckpockes improved
the occasion and relieved the anxious deposition OF the
funds as he or she their way toward home. No
thefts have yet occurred in OF around the building the
police keeping constant watch
At Bellevue Hospital, yesterday. Coroner ROl-
ns commenced inquest over the bodies of Josephine
Muller aged years who was burned 70 death at the fire
at No 200 KiungtOhst., on "Wednesday Last, and her
father Robert Muller aged IS years, whose death result
cd from injuries he received in caping from window TO
escape the flames. Herman Silver a resident OF the
building, testified that 10 wooden structure. three
stories high. fiat roof the adjoining roofs were sopng
had scuttlc in the roof he thought t impossible Tor
any one escape by the roof he awakened on
the night Of the fire by hearing the breaking
Of window panes discovered that tue stars were III
flames and prevented his III that dlrecuon then
raised window and shouted to man standing on the
awning; threw bis child to tho man. which he canght
he and his wife subsequently jumped to the awning
Robert " Machey, Engineer OF the MerOpohan fre De
partnent, was AT the fire; saw the three Duldhgs, N9s
2Oo and 20 all afre after il extinguished he
found child dead IA bed on ue toP moor ne eogl as us
Eleventh Precinct was on patrol duty and discovered me
fire; he found IL impossible to enter the building by he
stairway account Of the fames he then aroused he
inmates and endeavOred 20 help them out Coroner Rol
Inns adjourned the further inqulston until today
The annual session of the Presbytery OF New
York Tuesday afternoon was occupied with hearing
rerts from the various churches Of The district These
were ery favorable showing an increase In the mum
Der OF sunday-schoOl scholars and conmunl-
cans feseilay morning, the Rev. Mr. Archibald pre-
siding as odefater after the opening prayer the Rev
Dr. Campbell was reelected Stated Clerk for the present
year, and Mr.. Belknap Treasurer. Messrs William j.
Thompson John Turner, Roort Gibson, y. Nc, and JO
seph Paterson-all young then examined in
portions OF the Old and Now Testaments as TO their
knowledge in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew During
the afternoon session considerable dime was occupied
to the 10 be pursued in reference TO the apphca
ton Of the Rev Chauncey ID. Murray who desires TO
sign his ministerial duties previous 10 his being admitted
10 practice law. A resolution proposed, setting
forth that, while the conduct Of Mr.. Murray disoT
deTly 10 IL recommended 10 strike his name from the list