New-York tribune., 1872-08-30
NEW-YORK CITY.

In the Supreme Court Chambers, Yesterday,
Spence Petus held under charge OF larceny OF bonds
was admitted TO bail in 5000
The masons belonging to the New-Yorh
Benevolent Society Of Operative Masons who are EN-
ployed on Calvary church are ION strike"
The Board of Assistant Aldermen, deferred
action yesterday a resolution requesting Commits
soner Van Mort to continue laying watermans in Third
ave. by days labor.
C. w. Douglass, Superintendent of the
southside Railroad Of Long Island, has resigned that
position and, next Monday, will assume the duties of
General superintendent OF the Midland Railroad.
The Rev. Father Preston of st. Anne's Or. c.
Church this city is prominently mentioned for the
Bshoprc of Newark, ~ j. vacated by the elevation OF
the Rt Rev. Dr. Bayley to the Archbshopric OF Mary
land, Md.
The Stephen Literary Union elected, last eve
ming, the following officers: President. f. j. McArdle
yice-Presdent Geo. A. Rorsch; Secretary, John j..
Mundy; Treasurer, +. j. Murphy; Editor +. p. Cunn-
ion; Critic, Jas w. Doan; Librarian John y. Smith.
Controller Green paid yesterday, for the use
Of the Department Of Public Charities and Correction
100000 Commissioner Van Mort sent 10 Controller
Green the payroll for labOrers the Boulevard and
for the two weeks ending Aug A amounting TO
S59.Sn II. 4i.r,. .
The property Of Miss Helen Josephine Mans
field was sold at auction yesterday, at No. 500 West
Twentythirdst. The bidding animated, and oil the
articles brought fair and some Of them even nigh prices
The property sold consisted OF furniture lace curtains
paintings, engraynGs, bronzes silver ana emma ware
and Administer and Wilton carpets.
Two Secret Service officers boarded the
French steamer Vile de Paris her arrival off Quaran
tine Yesterday and took George Kingsand, Of the
passengers, into custody "A charge Of having en-
bezzed funds belonging to the Jersey city National
Bank The accused admitted having taken 5000 while
teller Of the bank and also having permitted depOst0rs
to oyerdraw teir accounts to tine amount OF several
thousand dollars.
The d Ocb Commissioners apprOyedyesterday,
oar
including one for $3.50 for quarters office rent
large floating steam derrick lately built by the Depart
Do ~, Norm River an n icia, Jne WEIGHING so tuns
Tie derrick has lifting capacity OF over 100 tuns, and
has already successfully placed several stones weighing
from 30 10 GO tuns each.
The capital for the construction of n new
railroad along the western bank of the Hudson River is
furnished almost entirely from Europe The cost OF the
road from Jersey City to Cats will be about S,655OOO
and of the entire line to Buffalo about s26,2l3jOO AT
Hoboken land has been purchased and considerable
work DONE The tunnel at West Point VIII pass directly
nnder the riding school and parade ground and will be
&c feet vide, 20 feet high and half mile long
The German saloon-keepers, who recently
formed an Association for the protection OF their trade
he'd a6other meeting at the Bowery Garden yesterday
afternoon Cnr schin,dt presiding. Committee was
10 secure organizations in those Assembly Dis
tfcts in which clubs hayeno yet been formed A. No ~
Thirdt meeting OF the lager M peer men Of & te Atish
day afternoon for the purpose Of completing their newly
formed organization
Can't. ]. A. Rose Of thc brig Eliza HOughtOn,
from Cuba with sugar, appeared before Shipping Com
missioner Duncan on arrival, and charging his crew
with embezzlement Of cargo, demanded that penalty
Of s5 be deducted from the wages OF each He
stated that ne had found 900 pounds of sugar in the fore
castle and had transferred TO the cabin where IL sun
euained But il appeared the cOnsignees had made
no claim gans the vessel for short delivery ana while
two of the crew admitted taking portion OF the sugar
fonnd in the forecase all testified that the Captain had
t,,a
dismissed the case.
Cant Cameron, with Sergeant Nicholson and
Detective IA Rde, is gradually ferretine out the
burrlares committed by Patrolmah Wllam D. AlSen OF
the Eighteenth Precinct. who was dismissed from the
force Yesterday and who is st confined in the Jefer
s0n Market prison, TO which he was com
mitted without bail 1t has been dI7coEered
that Aiken had burelaTously entered ths mouse
june g. aud stolen oyercoa case OF surgical instfu
ments several lk dresses, ana SIX nlDDreii, OF he
aggregate value OF $500. pawnbrokers ticket Iot
goods answering the description, all save inc surgical
Instruments, valued at $50, was found IN nls posessoh'
and the goods recovered from Illrd-aVe STORE
The statistics compiled from the books of
the city show that out Of S5GG27 appropriated during
be last eight months for tine different departments only
has been expended, leaving balance OF S5sl25'
not vet disbursed. These appropriations and eXpendl
lures have been made for the Courts OF the city, County
Clerks Office surrogate's Office, Recorders Office, Dis
trir ttOrney's Office, Commissioner OF JURORS "yo4
Office Commissioners OF Taxes aud AssessIe ms, bureau
of Arrears repairs county offices ana buildings print
ing FOR Legislative, E&eculiNei anu slSS,yo
nIrtfpputs. ,aarics Oi the Board or Supervisors,
stationery law and blank books support OF prisoners N
the county jail, ana county treasurer anu ooIoh,Is
fcrs Tie County Clerks and Surrogate 0hees are te
only ones in which the exenditirea exceed tWo-thlI1s
Of Tie appropriations FOR the year lhe 'ohO,I h"iS
that the appropriations intended To last Tor the en-
tire year, that II, at the cad OF thar period lhey
should be found insufficient for the neea' ol Ieatl
ment the Board Of Apporionment should consider tle
matter in making future appropriations lie mas deter
appropriations win probably prove insufficient, only
pr6portonate amount Of me money now cieui'e" 10
BROOKLYN.
Deaths last week, 81, including 7G from
cholera infantum, five from smallpox, and eight from
sunstrOke.
The streets repaired by the Water Board
from jan to Aug have cost S90sl ss Thirteen EN-
ployes dismissed by the Water Board yesterday
U. S. Assessor LEIGH was Frustrated with
bilious remitenC fever Immediately after his return
from the Utica Convention, and is now confined 10 MS
room dangerously III.
Judge Nelson, on a writ of habeas corpus,
discharged. yesterday Patrick McGunness age 49, VINO
had been sentenced he Penitenary for six months,
as a vagrant. IL shown that Justice Denlar eA-
ceeded authority in sending the Had to the fcnten-
tiary for six months
John II. Rhoades Of the ol-house Com
mittee OF the Board Of Education has been censured by
his associates for causing an authoflzed
TO be published in the local papers Offering premiums or
the best plans public scnoolhouse aud signing his
name thereto as acting Chairman of the Committee
The extensive brick cOODerage of Richard
W. How at Nos 1856 and IA! Tlaryst caught fire IN the
dryingroom yesterday afternoon loss on stock slOOOO
on building $4,000. The budding, owned by T. C. Lyman
is insured The stock is insured N the PhenM OF Brook.
iyn FOR 5000; Globe OF New-iork, $500 Atna OF
Hartford 81 500 star, NewYork $500; Hoffman. New
York OO North British, 1900; and other companies
making total OF $4,000.
LONG ISLAND
LONG ISLAND CITY.-The merchants OF Hunt
ers Point agreed to close their places OF business
except on Saturdays at y. In., daily.
HEMPsTEAD.-The completion of the road being de-