New-York tribune., 1873-06-16
NEW-YORK CITY.

The Sabbath-school of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church will make excursion TO Meyers Grove
Tomorrow.
A civil service examination was held at the
PostOce Saturday to 1l vacancies in the Carriers
Department.
Arrests last week. 1871; deaths, 455; mar
rages 2O5 births, 333 loss from So ires S22Soo III
suIauce, Sl36y65O.
No new developments are reported IN the
Horton perjury operations. The police arc sun iooAlH
for him, but with very faint prospects OF success
The annual picnic and Summers night fes-
tiva Of the Washington Continental Guard VIII take
place tomorrow at sulzer's East River PARK ioot Q,
Eighty-iourth-st., commemOraton Of tho Batue ol
Bunker Hill.
BY order of the Adjutant- OF the
State the 10th Battalion of Infantry has been us
banded and the field and staff officers Thereon
supernumerary. Companies A. Capt StfaIglt' ID, N1P
Snea; c, Capt Ladlaw; and +, Capt GrlS"Ou' WILL O0
retained i'll service.
Jay Gould and others, who recently went
West for the purpose of participating In the rhroad
elections, are expected in Wall-st to-day Iher pres
ence it is thought, Will stimulate business ana tne
stock brokers, vino have had very few c0mmSsl III
the absence of these heavy SPECTATORS nave peco"o
very cheerful.
Collector Arthur has ordered an investiga-
tion into the charge preferred against an unknown
inspector by an anonymous correspondent to morning
paper The correspondent alleges that he was passeh
ger by the Abyssina, which arrived on the 7th S ana
that small chap, wearing dtaD IGlt i l'i VIZ, @ ai
ribbon and turneIup brim OF the rowdy sJle now com
mon, and wearing eyeglasses" eXtOre9 sOVeIeIsn
from him before he would examine ana pass upon H''
baggage.
A correspondet claims no patent right on
this IL has been proved hy experiment that H. as
complained, the postal cards will not copy In the
ordinary way, they will receive an impression adnlira
bly, so that have only to reverse the ord
OF course it is eyersed and must be read before mir
ror. TINS, while not exactly cryptograpny, answers
well enough 20 keep the contents unknown 10 ihe carrier
or domestic who it may bo presumed, w0udn Iake any
extra trouble to lind them out
The officers and directors OF the National
Rife Association accompanied by several prominent
guests inspected the range at Creedmoor, H. l., on
Saturday. Ameng others present were Col william e
Church, Gen. Alexander Shaler, Capt. George W. WIN
gate, Major j. ~ Partridge David W. judd MAJOR JOIh
Powell, IT,, Brighten. Knox, Gems John Love- ahd H. IL
that the range was an unusually fine one being aOmlIa
bly, adapted for the purpose, and possessing many i'm
pOrtant advantages over OH systems Inc opening oI
the range will take place next Saturday
The funeral of L. ID. BassfOrd took place
fr0m his late residence, No 223 East Twelhs at p
m, yesterday. The members Of Excelsior Lodge, No.
1876 OF the Masonic fraternity, and OF the oriental and
Amerous Clubs to all Of which organizations Mr. Bass
PRAYER followed by a brief address by the Rev. Dr. T.
A. Eaton OF St. Clements Protestant Episcopal Church
friends and representatives Of the various Or
Ganizations viewed the remains On the sides
which were engraved Masonic embems, and the lid bore
a gold plate inscribed with the name OF the deceased
and the date OF his death. The remains taken 70
Trinity Cemetery, at Tor in
terneIt -
BROOKLYN.
Arrests last week, Az; taxes collected,
s617s7.
A marriage ceremony was performed in the
Academy OF Music by the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, at
the close of the services, yesterday morning. in
the presence oil "a large congregation.
The charitably disposed are generously sub
scrbing to fund for the purpose Of ahorduR free ex
cursons TO the poor and children in the various
institutions Last year several thousands Of the cys
Door cnOyed themselves at R1ckdWay Beach and Canar
Sic and II ia VrpOSed 10 Introduce the excursions again
in a few weeks. The Fresh Air" fund now amounts
tJ $50.
Surrogate Veeder of Kings County admitted
TO probate last week the wills of Charlotte A. Atkinson OF
Pawtucket r. l.; James Montgomery, Michael Phibin,
John W. Emnans, Eliza X. Eastman, Samuel smith, Con-
rad Homes Samuel Baldwin, Dietrich Harth Ellen V.
~ CrOis, sarah COyle, Buckley I. Benton James NJ.
McCartin and John A. Fowler all OF Brooklyn. Letters
lowing: Sarah COye, Henry COyle, Joshua Atkins,
Nicholas j. McCannOn, Julil Ann Hurlbutt Maria
Holzhauer Elizabeth Ann COnlcy, and Meta Schroeder
ali of Brooklyn Letters OF guardianship OF the person
and estate OF Elizabeth Bril- granted Elizabeth
Badunn her mother; Of Charles f., Mary W., and Belle
N to Isabella W. Talmage, their mother; Of samuel
Wardcll Missouri VOss Athalinda, Joseph H., and John
Wardell, all OF Brooklyn.
LONG ISLAND.