New-York tribune., 1873-04-15

the contagious diseases Of the past two weeks
TSao Ts T,o7a. Fy,saS sc,1c Me,.. Dp smallpox
AS5i Ag%I ls..::s sS..:.s : 6 p 20
There is something solcmnly grotesque IN
the triumph with which stone-cutter announces p'h
gains In pravestones account OF lemoVai R2n nR
Auropos: the New York Council Ot POnticai hsioin
dwes alucably at the headquarters oi the "oouiS""
Cemetery. ~
The brig Expert recently sailed lor the
wreck Of the st. Petersburg for the purpose oi
ing her cargo While returning to this port wiz i,To
chests Of tea she went ashore, yesterday, hoa,
Light, a1d is in dangerous situauoh' NJ DE- io"'i
has gone 10 her assistance
John Mcclure. age 20, of No 800 East Thirty
thirdst.. died. on sunday, from bloodposoning super
induced Inv pistoshot wound OF his ankle received ~
the hands OF unknown person, WINE & siIS F5ur w.
runiaus were ashtmg n Is'rd-a'e' car near f0''
teenth-st., on ST. Patrlcks nlght'
The life of a Sandy Hook pilot is fraught
with danger and unexpected adventure. Two pl'o's
who had taken outward bound vessels down the hafoor
IN Saturday afternoon could leave the ships on ac-
count OF the gale and now taking an lhNo,tntty
trp 10 the Ola World similar misfortune Ocieu iee
pilots during the storm OF Saturday, harch ~
Contrary TO the expectations of the de-
postors the Bulls Head Bank did not resume business
Yesterday Ths IN consequence OF the Inability OF lhe
commttee 10 settle the business OF the insttutnn IL
Is now believed the bank VIII resume business on
Monday next. Bank Examiner Meigs has neary
finished his examination OF the ahalrs oi the DaA anu
will probably soon make MS report
Controller Green received the following
amounts Yesterday: From the Receiver ot Taxes, FOR
taxes and interest, A.72i oS; from the Collector OF
Assessments. for street openings and improvements
and interest, s267I %; from the bureau OF Ariars
ior arrears of taxes assessments CrOton rent ana III
terest s5Ss7 II from the Bureau ~ cry R,yenuc,
for market rents and fees e sos 25; total ses5 Ss
Nixon's condition has much improved OF
late aud eats and sleeps WELL but fortunately Is not
buoyed up by the hope that hts counsel will be of any
ffgUfft tor CT NJ INrr-
eeedngs will be made to-day before Judge Brady King.
IL s SAID is DYING OF consumption. He eats very spar
ingy and is compelled 10 remain constantly IN lns bed
at the Tombs Simmons sun bODDlts aonul UPON
crutches and thinks very hard that his fractured
ankle should cUnhnc min so cosey
a man, giving his name as Ormsby, was
taken before Judge Lcdwith, at the jefferson Market
Police Court charged with dsordery conduct IN stop
ping tilo girl named Martha Nnturn and attempting
TO examine bundle OF dress patterns which she was
carrying HaTpers establishment. The prisoner would
give explanation OF his strange conduct except ina,
circulars. He claimed tnat he had right TO eNamne
the bundle under those circumstances Justice Leh"th
held hm In $500 bail
The following is City Chamberlain Palmcr's
Of receipts, payments, and balances for tie
week ending April l2 1873:
bslsHes' ss s...,... p,,,..,,. s1,r11' sa11 e
Cit, Treasury. s227s, 90 lSoOs % lsoSJi' 81 2G2' %
SsShs fua' 28@3 G5 sa97@ ..... a6
sniiae FgOi Interest i9s54 % z2cc6 u z'.So 50
rec CO 20, s;cq 90 -; :, ,ss 80 80 g g
s1ss1Sr7 cs LOS $50 So l,sleiss 495I53I
The traditional wOman's demand for pin
money was varied. Yesterday at the City Hail. 10y Miss
Jane White OF No. 50 Amityst, who applied 10 City Pay
master A. Clark for s60OGdOO which she asserted s1e
was entitled 70 receive from the Controller for moneys col
lected FROM various aud paid into the City Treas
nry her benefit She said tha lawyer had told ner
sbd would in few days receive S2eoO on account Mr
.TI fufp nj Ma
in her favor he could not pay her anything Miss
Wute had the last word by threatening TO seek for re
dress elsewhere.
There has long been great and inexcuSable
negligence in tho matter OF lettering streetcOrnor
lamps often there is no lettering whatever the old
lettering has become deaced as TO be worthless.
Oteu TOO Ouly appears, and in more than one
case tho two corner lamps unite in giving the name OF
street In many cases, also, the Lanterns are so
tnrned lettering Ambiguous There can hard
~ Oo better way Of lettering streets than tins. 1t ls
conspicuous at ali times. and Is illuminated at night iu-
deed the practice Is so general mat IN multitude oI
instances corner buildings are left unlettercd Under
these circumstances reform ~ the matter shohld be n-
mediate, aud pedestrians relieved from an annoy ance
biCh is often very serious.
BROOKLYN.
Amelia Miller, age IL, was arrested, yester-
day for stealing gold locket from Mrs Kent of No. Is6
Grandst on the way the station house she swallowed
the locket
Oliver G. Carter, member of the Commit
tee OF Fifty and late member OF the Board Of Educa-
ton died yesterday age years The funeral will take
place tO-lay.
James Burgess was convicted yesterday of
forging check for 5000 on the Mechanics Bank but the
sentence deferred by Judge Moore. lie attempted
10 break out ot the dymoud-St jan last week
The Sinking Fund Commissioners report that
81 600 OF the tax levy unpaid
financial officers requested certificates
OF indebtedness 70 pay tue counys proportion OF the
Stare tax.
The Board of Supervisors have petitioned
the Legislature TO pass the bin authorizing the several
criminal courts TO send prisoners 20 the Pententary,
for the same time as said persons arc now sent to the
state Prison.
Tax Collector Burrows has received war
rants the collection Of the following assessments for
street repayng Flltbushaye, sg555l; seventh-ave,
$l513i; Portland ave-, TyGS6.
Mrs Lucetta j. Armstrong was released
from Jail yesterday by Judge TdppcE ON rccog
uizance. The motion for her arrest made by dis.
tgetAttOIuey Bytton, Who taed that tho eA-ency OF
justice no longer required her doteuuGn.
The gas companies have agreed TO make
reduction in their bills against the CITY on account OF
unlishtod lamps. Tho Brooklyn Nassau. and Peoples
Companies make reduction Of 90 per cent and
tho C,tizens', Metropolitan, aud Wilamsburen Com.
uanies win roduce their bills 35s PEI cent
DR.. Shepard made p0st-mOrtem examina-
tor yesterday, Of tle body OF Mis- Mary Moran, who
was kicked to death by her husband Friday last
scalp COutuh4On Wcfb IOund, tue neck bore rNl
dences OF straugilatUn, aud the brain cOngested
,rho inquest VIII take place this afternoon.
The Rev. Henry Ward Boecher was visited
ON saturday by lunauc named Edward webb, who IT.
naued for two hours and refused TO leave the house
unfit an officer removed bin. ~ claimed To hc the SON
~ Clod ard held !bnt he fnihng divine mission
In preaching Mr. Beccher Justice MaDen sent him
20 inc jail
CorpOration Counsel Dewitt has decided
that Tho Excise Commissioners have right 10 retain
q. utin IN ia. .,f It. nd
rho Cannon Council passed, yesterday n resolution
I rectuc Him To mako a demand upon the Commission
~ sl2Is2 which amount s alleged 10 bave been un