New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-07
NEW.YORK CITY.


Jamcs Shicls. the new Deputy Tax ComInlS-
,3o1cr qualified before Mayor Hail yesterday
The body of an unknown colored man was
- +,i., Ina IA, river 40 the foot of East Twenty
snthsL
IT W Shcrmaus store, No. YOrk-st, was
dam ced hy fire Last evening S"o" s'o'A anu sl'O VII
RuIdmr insured.
The St. Nicholas Society held their annual
dinner az pomonico's last night The officers for the
ensuing year were gully tu0Idilvd.
The Rev. ;. II. Tying, IT,. VIM. E. Dodge, jr,
and b. C'cud.u. win address the annual meeting OF
the Bnuk CLERKS t-raeltii0n tdlS evening
The amount of the Widows and Orphans
Fund cf the old Fire Department Is $'479g 81 on me
pension o the trustees are 20 WIDOWS ana 90 'hiI'
Commodore Ashbury of the yacht Cambria
gave PARTING dinner 20 few intimate friends last
evening 10 me Rrcvoor' House lie leaves 10y the emma
to-day jog J. gland.
Work ON the new Post-0fice progresses
slowly only 50 men being now employed One more
creo 81 granite viii Doc enough 10 rdise the walls TO
level with thc street.
The Rev. Joseph Green of brooklyn preached.
last evening at the seventh Presbyterian Church corner
Of Broom, and Ridge, SEQ from ST. JOhu vi, %, the first
o. @ g. i's of Sermons 10 young men.
TLc Rev. William Butler, d. d., for ten
years Methodist Episcopal missionary in India lee
uron .' me Hcraua. or Woman Life in INDIA
The SuucnntcndcutS of the 400 Evangelical
eunGayscb0ol. Of Ncy-York met last night at the Col
lec'atc Mission Chapel. IN ITcutyninth-st. aud us
cus>cd tncir Difficulties and How 90 Remedy Them
The Ncw-Norll Society Of Practical Engineer
ing holds the first meeting of It's third session this even
ING I'm Room NJ o. Cooper Union. Robert Wen, late Of
thc United states NAVY Viii read paper ON submarine
1sOrPedoos
The Health Officers discovered six new cases
Of smallpox u the Eastern D., rct yesterday and one in
the Western In most thc families Try 10 conceal
the disease from ihc officers Is tAcy dread the County
Hospital no lIathu>h.
frTlCr
qcs,l7 gOhaye been collected, leaving balance mcol-
lc,ted o. sis09 So The unpaid taxes subject 10
on increase Of from TO /! per cont, ACCORDING 70 IAe
CINE 20 which pay menJ is deferred.
Horace Greeley read paper last evening at
che Library of the Historical Society on the American
Desert" which he believed might be made as fertile as
other parts of the country l means Oh the system u
irrigation pTactiCed 40 Greeley, Col.
Henry Bocmriug who was stabbed in the
abdomen by Charles Tygtus, in River-st-, f. D., on
Monday night is likely TO recover. Tertuuis was ar
ralued before Justice Eamcs yesterday, ana ciumcl
that Le was first assaulted aud acted m seiidcfense
Burglars, on Sunday night, broke open the
sute OF 80 10 Dyst. descended 20 the second 6Oor,
occurcd Pos j. Tur.l, the Catholic publisher. blew open
Tho iu uc Office and secured $500 worth OF United
sa,s bonds aud some papers and articles OF little value
promenade concert was given last evening
ct the Fair ot she ST. AIMS P. II Church, held in the
han al the corner Of Broadway and Twcntythird-st.
Ipafltes pres, dt one OF the tables Two mamu'oih
oAcn have been presented To me heDie" far' anu
several prize sheep are To be received
The Princess Edtha is now in the Hahne-
man Homeopathic Hospital in Fifty under the
care Of Dr. soeger who states hat she is suffering ron
tcniion 10 have embarked for Europe week ago, hu
ip-health obliged her to dctl he voyage.
Coroner Sc'imcr's investigation shows that
rtorre g. Ilmucrtson of No. I'D West NIneteenth-st
dd NJ disease, and not frou the excessive use
morphine. to which he had long been addicted. Mr.
Itu'er.ou was formerly NelIo-i,t lh,i.slC. III IN
- 6inua atrWari assistant surgeon IN the army! aAC
3A lately o. rl.r, oyaut Ihy stefan in this city.
VI Tie Byald of Education yesterday afternoon
received u.aaGIums 20 show cause before a Special
Term the slIeme Court, on the 10th Of December
why IermItary n1udauuS should no, DE is.ned o.
rcctiug tucuI pay the bill ~ saxtuu Howell for the
sum or Sf5S g. Referred t. me Law Commute ~ EN-,
School NJ. c close OF tho pr sent term, ana to a'
81 rcorcauized.
A grand holiday raAlc.' superintendent by
committee Of brokers, was held yesterday, under The
direction Of A. Brown ~ Ne. "A BrOadt seven hundred
tckcis were sold SO eac the value OF the 20 prizes
being placed az 5000 The rattle drawn nc the
Nat.,ua s,o.h Exchange ia Broad-st, amid uuch eN-
,1f,moLt. Edward Merritt received the first prize an
Zen Co S. v. richards; The third, siher-plated ten set,
So. a. D.. g. eehaI; the fourth. hiIdcDck, 500. 70
duncan -i'i-'5 l.t Ai. H. ut.h iM.ai s4Hf -.iI w
ecac' 80 10 man beene me siAlH; sid'tt'aea
GIgeE AID YJ,'l >io1, 20 a, u, Allen,
BROOKLYN
A horse and cart, driven by Patrick Pagan,
rolled over au cmnaukmen yesterday, in Uliou-st, III
etaItIy billing thc ILau.
Fme-Malshal Ready reported to the Police
Commissioner. yesterday, that the fire at the Bridge
Ca,sou was caused by candle in the hands Of work
man.
The Union Ferry Company are building two
new ferry boats the hull- Of which to DE Of iron, and
70 cost $4,000 apiece. They VIII be $50 feet Ions o! feet
beam dud j. lcci ao'".
Thomas jackson and William DonahUe were
a1diosd before judge Benedict in the Ea,t,rn District
Cont Yesterday. on indictments charging 'Aeu WIN 1
gal voting ou election dav.
The Board Of Police yesterday transferred
Sergeant j. T. Brooks the Twenty third TO the Sixth
Precinct ana Sergeant Daniel Davenport from the Sixth
70 ~ A.'U. "Iu ial.lah o"Io ,ei .I W.
Twenty -th.rd Precinct were dismissed.
Edward BIclu of No. $40 East Eghty-third-
ct, e3ry ye.tcdsy, entered into conversation with
stranger secoaaye. car At Niuetictlt they left
the car. and when near Eghtyuiuil-.t. the stranger
caught up q stone, dealt Breuiu blow on the head
knocking hun down, -natched gold chain, value So
from i'm. and escaped
n;orge kislct, a German car%iliver, age 8j.
ONO. 2s5 ave. q committed Suicide last evening by
jumping lBto a., Ea>s River at the foot OF sixteen-s
lie lad 'r ont employment for two weeks. Ye,tsr
day he was iutoxcs ted and early u the evening LEFT his
house telling liz wife That be was going 10 drown him
turn home but hi-tt Icpulscd all her eneaue, aud on
reaching the end Of Tire per hung himself into the river
The body vas recovered.
LONG ISLAND
JANAICA.-Thc eldest son and the widow of
TN lac David Brown Of Dix HI have made rival appi-
catious for letters Of administration upon is estate.
The claims that his mother age 20, IL uhder uiue
Influence.
SAC HAET0E-A large meeting OF PTesbyterians was
held here yesterday 10 money for the Five Million
Fund.
HrNrINcrcy-Ihe new Baptist Church here was dedi-
Gated ytstrIuay.
East MAmoS The Suffolk County Eunday-school
49, citation met hDfc yesterday, and VIII continue It's
Sese1ou To- day.
WESTCIESTER COUNTY.
NOUN VERNON.-It is proposed to add 40