New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-16
NFvv-yORK CITY.

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NETWORK CITY.
Twelve thousand valentines passed through
the general PosOnce this year, an excess OF about 5o
over last year
The New-York Headquarters of the Secret
Service Division was removed yesterday 10 ne" au'
more comrnodous rooms, at No. % BleeckeIsI llS III
vision has made "A arrests during the past "eek'
The funeral of the late VIM. b. Taylor, AS
sstant Postmaster Of this city, was largely a''ehocu "V
Dr. Huttons Church, Washngtonsqare yeSt ' KY
morning. Tho body was temporarily uepos'tou III '"0
second-st. Marble Cemetery
1t was rumored yesterday that the Commits
siorers of Estimate and Assessment on the Rlyersme
Park are ready 10 report and that George H. Purser mas
their books locked MP in the safe N ms Office ~ aits
that the Commissioner desire 70 9icF Ine PuOi '''
ton of the report as long as possible
The French relief subscriptions received at
the Office OF the Courier DIES Ets Uts during the past
week amounted to s439 So making total OF $3.50 ~
The last weeks subscriptions include sl2l collected at
dinner given by NJ. ToTilhon in this city, 100 nom me
French at East Canaan Conn, and 500 controueu py
the French at Bonneville, Mo. The GoDth de SeeoF rs
Inc settlements OF Montana and Colorado.
Two portraits of young ladies' belonging to
some of the officers OF the Oneida, which sunk by
collision with the British steamer Bombay, were
brought home In the Delaware. The portraits were eVl
IDENTITY painted from photographs The only marx on
tSem roads 'sine W6a, Painter, Hong Kong" Sing
Woa + a celebrated portrait painter at Hong Kong.
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NayylYard will be glad to give any information respect
ing them to the friends Of those VINO were 1851 Al INC III
faed oneida.
The auction sale of paintings at the rooms
Of Johnston Van Tasscl in Nasaust., yesterday drew
together large number OF purchasers, and the competi
ton throughout was very lively The pictures were
principally by American artists though few were rom
he French aud German schools mount Monah, n.
:" by Win Hart OF New-YOrk. brought SlG0 scene on
the Delaware" by G. 4. SOmmcrs, SlOA Ndyhde oh,i-
w,7 W ~ nnssctdorG $40, Fruit and winep by r.
Wins OF Brussels, $iO2 "lhe Alteration after Muliio'
wac sold TO the agent OF an uptown church lOr sjU'
The opening of Bangs Merwin q Co.'s
aucon-sae Of books at their rooms in Broadway yeser
day afternoon was largely attended by booksellers and
book collectors both this City and from Philadelphia
and Boston. The collection duplicate selection from
large private library contained large number OF rare
and elegant books, including old English, French ana
tie English Bible" prepared specimen copy for the
Exhibition al London, was sold for s2li Boydei
Illustrations OF the Dramatic Works Of shakespeare
so; q choice edition OF the BndSeNatcf lfetles go te
Academia spanish edition Of Don Quixote, so2i Gilrays
Cdricatures for SJ5
BROOKLYN.
L. s. Marshal Harlow viii take formal pos
session of the office Of the Eastern District to-day.
A carnival procession of children in fancy
costumes took place Yesterday at the Brooklyn Rink and
Miss Conway was crowned Ice Queen"
The mysterious Williamsburgh miscrcant,
whose assaults on unprotected girls and women have
a.,
careful search are unable 10 iud any OF the numerous
victims reported to have been assailcd ny him.
LONG ISLAND.
Hoe IsLAND-The schooner in distress oil
Hog Island Reef upon which two sailors were frozen,
was the nelson, Capt; Harvey Weed, nom Daren Conn
She sailed for O Bay jan aud was moi heard from
until she was discovered locked in the ice.
NEW-JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY-Three lads-Jcremiah Ahern,
and Michael and jeremiah Shandley-indictod by the
Grand Jury fOr larceny from steamboat, arrested
yesterday on capias, and remandcd to iail..Bernard
NennOu nj g watchmln committed suicide by taking
l1ud4num on esday night
UNION HILL hares HAYS and Nathan Berg charged
by the verdict OF the Cor0ncrs uy WIN the murder
Charles KRAFT or Union Hh are AT Hpty on SoO palI
said that the acting Coroner who should have com
mitted them without ball has been influenced by family
feeling
charter the Board % Aldermen viii have power 70 re-
move bv tWOtliIds vote city officer except Mayor,
Justice OF the Peace or member OF inc Depatmeht OF
Public Instruction The police are To DC appointed ny
tie Mayor subject To confirmation by tho Board or Al
derIneu The First second and Third Wards VIII remain
Eighth will be rCdistrctcd and the Ninth will be ali
sorbed by the Fourth seventh and Eighth.
NEwARK.-The viii Of the late Nathan Bolles which
has been admitted TO probate, distributes 100000 equally
among his children. Board OF Excise Tor 1871 nGed
the price Of licenses at $50 and issued 80 at that price ~
their first meeting. Rudolph Hoffman, formerly clerk
in William ~ MatOn's store No. $50 MdFkctSt, was ar
rested yesterday, suspicion Of having broken INTO the
store and stolen SOS IL money Thomas obb5 OF D0bDs
& CO.. who missing has returned. lie had been col
lecting bills in New-BrunsNick
EIIzABETHPoRT.-A German who crossed 10 this place
from staten Island on Tuesday upon the ice attempted
By the route but has not been since.
Misunderstanding to a statistical report submitted
births aud 1890 deaths recorded IN New-Jersey dur
Ing 1870.