The New York herald., 1870-01-18

meeting Of the wholesale boot ana shoe dealers
and manufacturers OF New York and vicinity TOOK
place yesterday At the Astor House TO form a trade
union. Much enthusiasm was manifested and
many speakers belonging 70 the trade spoke IN
favor OF such movement and none opposed 1t. A
committee OF ten on permanent organization was ap-
pointed VINO are TO report on the Sist inst stephen
Hyatt. presided at the meeting and James Il. Hedges
acted as secretary.
me marriage OF John !. Morse and MISS Rosaie
F Davis, which took place fast evening In the Trim
iy Methodist Episcopal church. rhrty-fourtn street.
near Eighth avenue, very pleasant affair. The
bride wRs dressed In lavender and point lace the
groom III full black The rites we're performed by C..
u. COX, pastor Of the church. Among those present
were Messrs Morse 4 Hedges Of Fulton street; Mrs.
Hiram Caiklns, the Misses Williams O Forty -nini h
street, and many others, The happy pair isasc for
the national capital in this mornings train.
The boy, John Moore alleged TO have been dan
gerously stabbed in the side by Antonio Como, the
Chfnaman, in front Of No. 33 Bowery, seemed to be
dong well al Bellevue yesterday, and, Judging from
appearances, may recover from the effects Of the
wound. HIS anie-mortem statement was not taken
~ no legal binding force attaches TO such AN ndct-
mcnt unless the wounded party himself believes he
IL about 70 die. Many such statements, however,
are taken for the purpose OF securing an arrest or
hoerating q prisoner on bail, ~ the case may be.
on yesterday mornng william n. Peck. thirty
two years OF age and q native of this country, was
tahtH 10 ING rTAukliu bttoot ponce htHIiou On Lue
charge Of being habitual drunkard. He was
placed In n coll and made comfortable as poss-
BILE, Dut yesterday morning the doorynan found MIN
70 be dead. Coroner Flynn was notified 10 hold an
inquest on the body. Deceased had Trends, but
they refused to take charge Of the body winch was
accordingly sent to, the Morgue for burial at the
public expense. Deceased had been q bartender,
but lost ms position, and his resources becoming
exhausted his former friends abandoned niui.
ON u bright Sunday followed most dsagreeable
Monday. Rain and heavy fog were the rule foI
yesterday-apd especially the fog. Such q
fog on the rivers around New York haH
not been seen for years. Persons who
nave been on tile Newfoundland banks
declared that even there In that provcrDlay foggy
nelghbOrhood, nor even III London itsc the mother
country of f0gs, could that on the New York rNers
ayed and the Jim Juoilee, Jr g. fcIryDoat OF
the Twenty third street line were stopped atogethe
long before evening.
Work on the new Post Onlce proceeds slowly
only 100 men arc at work at present, incIudn.
laborers. mechinista aud nasons. The latter ar
engaged, by the aid Of oerrcks ia setting me rev
remaining immense piers. The s0wness OF tnt
work IL partly due to the difficulty felt In securing
proper transportation for the granite, but mainly
because the original appropriation IL nearly ex
hausted It's not generally known that the stone
employed In the foundation for the pIlars or the
new Post ONCE In the city Hall Park OF New Yors
was obtained Ia Bergenyer such IL he fact. In ex.
cavating the Hudson avenue sewer at the junction o
Paltsado avenue the contractors, Mes5r6 keeney a
Van Horn had TO cut through solid rock to the depth
OF seventeen feet, and thes stone quarried was
carted over 10 New YORK for the purpose aforesaid.