The New York herald., 1868-01-09
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

AsyIyERsARY OF THE BArr1E OF New ORLEAys.-Yes-
terday tho anniversary Of the battle of New Or
leans There public celebration of tho event
this city. Flags DISPLAYED the City Hail and
shipping In the harbor
TUE BOARD FIRE COMMISSIONERS. Tho Board OF
Fire Commissioners held their regular weekly meeting
yesterday morning Major General sha'c President in
the chair. Chief Engineer Kingsland In his monthly
report states that during the month ending December
81 thero had been nineteen fires and fifty alarms nine
OF which were false Tho following resolution was
Adopted
Resolved That tho Committee on Telcgraphng be re
quested submit plan Of communicating ae alarms be-
tween the and houses on mo upper end of
Our OUTDOOR PooR.--According to the statements OF
Mr.. George Keloch, the well known Superintendent OF
Outdoor Poor, under tho Commissioners Of Charities
and Correction, which position ho has held for years
the present promises to bo unusually severe winter
the poor OF the city, The applications for relief last
month aud thus far this month are fully one-third
than they have been In these months for years
past great many OF the applications from persons
VINO have never before been the reel piaps OF public
chariiy--mostly of families and widows having a
large number OF children dependent upon nem who have
been brought to tins strait OF necessity from being
thrown out of employment The almshouse and work.
house getting niled up and IL soon promises to be-
come difficult matter 10 know what to do with the
outdoor homeless poor IL Is deeply touching and
mournful spectacle to look In upon the throng tnst
daily gathers aud is daily increasing at tho headqusr
ters OF the Commissioners IN Bond street II Is the
old crowd that used to convene Ia former days about
the Rotunda In the Cry Hall ark when this was the
head centre oil the Oniy moro
enlarged more poS LOOKING II possible, aHd
persistent In their claims Tor charity The
oil eaoh applicant Is taken down. ana Visto's look them
up and according their reports favorable other
wise charity Is dispensed or withheld Only those who
unqualiaedy poor and destitute get help 10 such
given coal, provisions, and sometimes moncy. Tho
intention s trat shah be allowed 10 suffer TO the
OF starvation In the city This IS certainly great
charity, and there IL probably in the world
wisely and dscrety managed 10 prevent imposition and
10 insure prompt and needed help those deserving
rnE CHEss TouRsAMgyr.-The interesting contest OF
skin lnsugurated under the auspices OF the New York
chess Club has now fairly begun, aud will, doubt
attract tho attention OF all American devoiees or the
squoen OF gamesn by tho regulations OF the tourna.
mcn each player is required TO play two games with
every other contestant aud the na result OF the present
trial OF skill will there ore necessarily unknown for
| sono time. Yesterday four games played, OF
them between two OF tho best players IN the city
| Messrs Mckenzie and Stanley-Mr Stanley losing In
consequence OF a mspsy.
srABBNG AFrRAy.-About six o'clock Tuesday
evening two men named Louis Mazela Gregory dc
George, who IL Is said, carry the business Of
fectonery at No West twenty second street, got into
an alteration at the above place relative to the delivery
OF goods TO customer During The. quarrel It Is
ALLEGED that Nazea drew knife from his pocket and
stabbed do George In tho abdomen causing dangerous
wound On seeing tho injured man fall to the ground,
Mazea cd aud has thus far eluded the pursuit Of thu
police Captain Speght o! the Twenty ninth precinct,
however, 10 not wont 20 allow criminals to escape us
careful clutches, and II reasonable TO suppose there
foro, that Mazea will not be among the "gono" but
\ for very short time.
| Tnx Aston LiBRARY.-The fourteen years tho Astor
| Library has been in existence has domonslratod not
alone tho wisdom and foresight Of It's liberal founder
but the growing estimation in which II il held by the
public and the large aud ncstimabio benefits derived
from IL. What tho library OF the British Museum is "a
Great Britain this library ~ to the United Sates-a
library " inference OF the highest order containing
vast assenDage of rare aud costly books apperaining
to every branch OF history literature scoucc and the
arts gathered from tie book marts OF Europe, and the
most renowned literary collections theroand elsewhere
great foundation works In fact Ia every department OF
i human knowledge. From so 600 volumes tho library
has increased 20 10000 about four thousand being
added during the last II has caracity for $50 600
books, there s chance for IL 10 enlarge Itself for a
considerable period 10 come. In making present pur-
chases Ia taken IA the books selected SO 10
AVOID only the ing up o. The library too rapidly
but with such works aono or real and Intrinsic
| value both aud the faslro. The number or
| readers In the bal dul'ng the past year we're
| about twenty-five thousiBd, and about hfty thou
| sand the number OF volumes read. In addition 10
these large numbers have been admitted 70 the acoyes
nstnor members Of tbe ptcss tailstcal writer's and
aIea ike. The largo numbers daily yieltDg the library
show fu appreciation ~ ~ Advantages ~ students
| Had literary men Nltan VS. pleasant prooncls and
III ~ gGiet s1rricofs Ba soon readers OF all
oasses consulting he worsa 81 cfereDcs 10 be found
here and when Otherwise w1ad 10 quite unatiauablo
politicians ard magazine writer's e1hunng from ia
shelves tbe statsics by winch thoy make such show
! of learning IN thor speaohss apd IN type; ministers
| rehasung musty sennons, deotora prospecting The
depths OF ancient medical ore lawyers hunting ~ pr0-
oadens and Lecturers culng prose and poetic excerpts
from rDcy oil writer's give vitality 70 their Lectures
and to themselves air VI pfoundlsy before The puO