Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-20

New YORK, March 9-Seventy-eight, and
twenty-five fatal cases of small pox were report
ed in this city last week, greater number than
during any previous week of the year. Dayid's
Island, occupied by the 9Th United States nfan-
try, has only four mild cases, and has not been
quarantined as reported.
The Newark common council and the Morris
canal directors, will meet tomorrow, to nego-
tiate lease OF the canal by the city.
The North River bank, this CITY, Yesterday
paid one thousand dollars penalty for not max.
ing proper returns of dividends to the govern
ment.
The counsel and friends of Pardoc, awaiting
execution for setting fire to the New Bedford
ship, Robert Edwards, have prepared memorial
to president Grant, asking accumulation of sem
tence, and his brother left yesterday for Wash
ington to personally intercede in behalf of the
prisoner. Capt Phase and other owners of the
ship, join in the effort to save Pardoe's life.
Mayor Hall was last night reelected president.
and Col. Thomas w. Knox vice president of the
Lotos club.
The Bank of Commerce, corner of Cedar and
Nassau streets was Taded upon on Friday night
by gang of burglars. They obtained entrance
during the evening, and after using chiseIs upon
the doors of the vaults for some time resOrted
to gun-powder. The explosion awakened some
dogs about the premises, whose barking fright
ened them off The bank officers Yesterday
were unable 10 get entrance to their vaults, the
iron doors having been so twisted by gunpow-
der as to defy all attempts to open them. Me
chanics are at work cutting the doors so that
they can be opened. The bank was Obliged 10
borrow money yesterday to make good their ac-
counts at the Clearing house. This attempt was
one of the hOldest made here since the robbery
of the Ocean bank. No clue has yet been OBJ
tanned to the burglars.
III. case in which the boy Adolph Keep is
charged with committing perjury, as alleged
nNh fpatimnnU N oil 10.
feiting case, was commenced before Commits
sioner Davenport yesterday
An oil still in the refinery of Warren Broth
ex, at Hunters Point, took fire yesterday morn
ing, and was with its contents entirely detroyed
A man named T. G, Girardin, native of
France, committed suicide at the Revere house
Friday night.
Deaths of the week, 400.
The tug boat James Guile, while towing up the
Swedish barque J0han, caught fire forward Of
the engine room, and would have burned up
but for the timely assistance of the Staten Island
ferry boat CastletOn and several tugs, who put
out the fire and tOwcd her TO Brooklyn.
The police made q raid on various keno estab-
lishments in the city last night and found all in
full operation. In the tenth ward two places
were pulled--No, 16l Bowery, and an establish
ment at the corner of Essex and Grand streets
arresling one hundred and fifty prisoners in
both, and coutiscating checks and tables. In the
sixth ward, two places-54 Bowery and 92 Chat
ham street-sixty-fye prisoners In the eighth
ward, 6O8 Broadway aud 493 Broome, one hun
dred and nlnety.eight prisoners; fourteenth
ward, GIG Broadway, twenty-eght prisoners.
The parties arrested, together with proprietors
of the saloons, will be arraigned in the police
courts Monday morning.
A London correspondent, under date of March
2, writes the following: Il learn from a source
entitled TO the highestcredit that the ex-Empress
Eugene is packing up her traps preparatory TO
emigration to America. The time of her de-
parture, however, depends upon the Convenience
of the eX-emperor in coming over from VII.
hemshohe to Chiselhurst The most extraordi-
nary thing about it is that he is to be left be-
hind for the present. Ditto the ex-prince impe-
rial. This harmonizes with the heretofore pub
lished statement that just previous to the break
ing out Of the war with Germany large in-
vestment in real estate on imperial account had
been made in the city of New York and vicini-
ty, by party in Wall street, who Is known to
have been at the time private and confidential