New-York tribune., 1873-12-16
NTW-YORK CITY.


The sailing of the Pacific mail steamship
Grenada for san Francisco has been postponed from
yesterday to-day. IL goes out inll
Controller Green received yesterday pay
oents OF taxes the amount o! sOi,42S CO, and paid
warrants 10 the amount ot SAT,i2i &C.
Examinations were held last week of candi-
dates TO fiji vacancies clerks, night inspectors and
,.,aotors Owing To the pressure OF business the EN
aiming Board has maze no decision
The case of Harry Genet for false prctenses
and grand larceny the calendar for tri. in the
Cortt of oyer aud Terminer, yeserday but owing to
Nelson. was down for this morning.
Thomas Brown, one-eyed man, had the
misfortune during quarrel in liquor sloon on Eighth
ave- ~ 1870 receive blow which DESTROYED the per
l,r, eve duouiIuc bin Ia blindness. Arthur Barlow
VA, fried m the Cpurt a. General Sessions, yesterday,
or . charge of having inflicted the blow, ana Was az
quilted
Two riyer thieves were discovered searching
lor punder On Per No. y. H. early yesterday morn
iur and were driven into their boat by private watch
man Patrolman MurooUey Of the Twenty-seyenth
Precinct heard the Waterman shouting ana rnhhlhg
upon the per, saw the thieves rowing TOWARD ihe huae
OF he river Toe officer fred seven shots from his re-
VOlNer the thieves, aEd IL II behcNcd Nouhucd one
OF them
The announcement Of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way setting forth that they Will agree TO furnish cargo
for TWO large steamers each week, from Portland or
Boston TO Liverpool or tlasgow upon through bus OF
adhg from all places IN canada ana the "e..elh h
mon forcsnadows thar New-York must fight for II
sue retains her present snare Oh he Foreign commerce
Of North America.
The rImor of an intended strike by the 1000
aboiers on The Fourhave. improvement proved to he
untrue yesterday The lahorers apparently are glad that
they have regular employment during the present Win
Ter and there agitation among them to de-
mand higher wages fewer hours OF labor. The con
tractors affirm that al least lCO men apply 1oi tnpoy
ment every day, and that the entire body OF aborcr
could he Gucky replaced with new hands II they should
strike Ia orderto give employ me nj to the desh'ate
the contractors engaged IN cuttlnG stone whch WI"
not I've needed for year to come.
In consequence of the changes to he made
on he ls OF January when the newlyelected Sheriff
and County Clerk Office. geod deal OF excite
ineDt is noticeable among the present deputy
sbcrfs and the clerks Of the County Clerks
In"wn 10 he unwilling 10 hold Office after
Sheriff Brennen's expires but the majority OF them
are negotiating 10 secure their retention under the IN
coming sheriff The changes to take place IN the
sheiIfs office 50 far as Is known are William g. Con-
IImInnc sncceeds Jocl o. stevens as under-Sherih
and william II Quincy succeeds Judson Jarvis.
The Committee of the Wine and Spirit
Traders Society Of the United istaes appointed FOR the
purpose OF placing themselves in communication with
the managers the several railroads for the purpose
~ inducing them 10 classify wines md liquors al
lower rate OF freight than hitherto pad, have received
signed by the freight agents of the Ene Railway, the
New York Central and Hudson River and the PennsyF
W. bavo Ibis day make fo.iae in efe
Ss n,s .s :. srera @ @ e... adc S WOOL yaa az 81 gE
nestle whisky goo vauston, from fourth class
Coroner Young yesterday afternoon held the
inquest touching the death of Police Officer Burns OF the
Eighth Precinct, who murdered the night of
Dee l. 10y negro named Hatch it supposed the :,
time. the negro being prisoner whom Burns was taking
10 the siation-bouse There was evidence to show
that Hatch was to strike the blow and he posi-
lively denied all knowledge OF it yesterday lie is
mt had his shr quydou
careful manner OF giving his testimony was against
him Another witness, johnson, swore positively that
negro called Black Al struck the officer down and that
Hatch was innocent. TINS man. Black Al, whose real
name E nnknown the police have nor vet been able 10
arrest jury evidently did not believe the story OF
Johnson for they brought ia verdict that the murder
committed by some one unknown, and the mystery
surrounding the murder OF the officer therefore remains
almost as unfathomaoe as before. The Coroner then
action of the Grand Jury.
BROOKLYN.
II is rmored that over week ago persons
disguised a. Charity entered the Beard OF Ed
ucaton building IN Red Hook Lane, in broad daylight,
with pistols IN their hands, intimdated the officials.
ransaeked The arrhinSs, ana departed and that tue
police or allowed the matter to become public The
story has not been confirmed.
A resolution was offered at the session of
the Board OF Aldermen, yesterday. that the proposition
OF L. T. Gleason and Others associated with him. 10 fur
nish xed Illuminating gas OF standard htee candle
power TO citizens OF Brooklyn and the city ion,
or a period Of less tAan years nj the rate OF g.
per thousand feet should be accepted IL WAS moved
as substitute the Board OF City Works be directed
10 advertise proposals for laying gas mains the
streets CITY, and furnishing gas not than
fifteen candle illuminating power public buidiucs
and lamps and private eonsumers at The lowest price,
moi In Of 81 per thousand cubic feet upon
| these and several other resolutions wac deferred.
LONG ISLAND
| HUNTINGToN--Th injunction order granted
by Jude John X Reid III regard Kelsey ease aDI
made returnable before judge Gilbert in the snproIne
Cont Brooklyn Dee l was vacated Nv Judge Rsid on
Saturday last The s:ntute makes,an order OF Injunction
granted ON fr pdrte statements returnnble within ten
ay, from the date of liz beng ssled this by M <tak,
WINS made TO- Judge Reid has ISSUED another Injunction
| order, returnablc Dee. "a
NEW-JERSEY
JERSEY CIrY.-The trial of Alonzo +. Kim
ball accused OF compicw IN the death OF Ida W. vsil
by malpractice. was begun Yesterday. Mrs. Meter.
who was convicted last week of the onensc WAS brought
TO conrt from the Hudson County Jail and gave test
mouy In regard TO She testified that h inball
was inc IDau who brought Mics Vail 20 her hous@,
| and was The bon-e until the victim
died. The trial Will pe continued 10 day.
rhe onfectiobery store of Edward AcGinns. at PrV
yosisL and PayoDa-aye waS entered by Durgilrs sun
uay night ana quantity uf tobacno, eigars J,orr
stolen TDelay Missionary i his twentieth an