New-York tribune., 1873-03-03
NETWORK CITY.


Bay Company arrived at this port yesterday from sah'o
Domingo.
A large number of men, with horses ana
carts we're employed in removing from the cross
streets in the lower part of the city, yesterday
Judging from the official records, last week
was remarkably favorable for matrimony, there having
been 12s more marriages reported than durlng INC
previous week.
The Castle Garden Committee of the Com
,soners OF Emigration on Saturday decided that the
charges against Nicholas Muller, the Erie emigran'
agent, were not sustained
CITY Chamberlain Palmer makes the following
report for the week ending March 1873: Balance Feo'
a. s092es9 90; receipts s5i1 2s7 "A payments, N2'
5C6 rs; balance, March l, sI,i9l,37o 49,
Arrests last week, 1926; deaths, 519; births,
Io9 marriages. 23i loss from 27 fires, $4,000 insurance.
s9sOOo situations procured at Free Labor Bureah 1S
ices from licenses granted, 1895 2S taxes coheceu
sll7.424 %.
Timid ladies receive little sympathy from
car conductors. when the passenger s aoout 10
aght If is at all backward they ring the back plat
bell which the driver cannot near though ~ cauSee
the lady 10 retire very preclpitateD'
Controller Green paid, on SATURDAY., to the
force Fire Department lover 800 mem salaries ior
February, amounting to $40 TO the small pipe men
and labOrers 36nch mains, $500 10 department Vi
Public Works on account OF expenses, s2O,ooo'
Going to Cuba or to the Bermudas to spend
March is becoming fashionable with New-Yorkers as
the sojourn at Long Branch and saratoga during ,he
Summ
dreary month March, which is the most delightful sea-
son OF the year III the tropics
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
under power vested in him by the act OF Congress OF
Dec a. 1872 providing for the abolition OF the Offices OF
Assessor and Assistant Assessors has issued circular
directing officials 10 transfer their property 10 tue
custody OF Collectors OF Internal Revenue who VIII per-
form the duties OF the Assessors
The steamer Newport of the Narragansett
line, having been remodeled and thoroughly rehtted
pnlia for safp
new boilers and steam-heating apparatus will resume
her place this line to-day. The total cost OF the re,
pairs has been $4,000 making her one Oh the saieS' anu
best fitted steamers on the Sound.
The U. S. stOreship the Supply, provided by
the for the purpose OF conveying objects 10
Austria for the Vienna Exposition, will sail to-day from
the Brooklyn Navy-yard. The other vessel the Guard
will follow on March 10. All goods intended for exhDl-
ton must be entered by March o. Gen. Van Buren, u D.
Commissioner, will sail on March 10.
Those who do the marketing for the various
restaurants have lately reduced the supplies from the
butchers while the demands upon the fshmongers have
increased sixtyfve distinct dishes OF
this food advertised in bills of fare com prslng
every variety Of the species from delicious broed
salmon with anchOyy sauce down to the unassum-
ing goldfish.
Counsel for George Washington Bowen,
the plaintiff the celebrated Jumel estate fled ON
Saturday their exceptions Judge Shpmans rulings
during the recent trial The exceptions are mainly TO
the rulings excluding Nine. Jumels alleged declarations
relative TO the birth OF Bowen The defendant was al
lov we'd DAYS file amendments 10 tne bll. Inc
Examination OF Joseph Perry, the alleged periured wit
ness this case was adjourned unu to-ihorro", "heh
some startling disclosures are anticipated
Chief Engineer Perley and Assistant En-
cneers Bates Nash and Shay, who were constituted
Board of Engineers under resolution of the Fire Com
missoners passed Nov 49, 1872 for thorough examina-
ton of all the members OF the Fire Department having
concluded their work. made an elaborate report 10 the
Commissioners Saturday. The examination consisted
of practical questions and illustrations under seventeen
different headings, involving all the routine ana special
dufiaa tha nd
and beneficial results.
An inquest by Coroner Young, on Saturday,
concerning the death OF Mary Hughes. whose body was
found under suspicious circumstances in the North
River, week ago. resulted in verdict of Death from
accidental drowning, while intoxicated" 1t was shown
that she was the wife OF Frank Hughes, but had not
lived with him for Eve OF SIX years on the day before
her body was found she met MN III mover at No ooo
West Fortieth-st, aud both became intoxicated; They
quarreled but no marks OF violence were iouhu OIL her
body. Hughes was discharged from custody
The Inspectors of the Department of Build
ngs printed Saturday reports on large number Of
buildings found to be insufcenty provided with
of escape in ease OF fire. They recommend that the
Coleman House. Broadway and Twenty-seventh-st.,
should have iron ladder leading TO ithe sidewalk adj
dtional detectors and alarms; and that the Broadway
building should be supplied with scutle and station
airy iron ladder at the south end OF te all the ap-
paratus for extnguishng fire is declared TO be ample
and in good working order.
John L. Brown, formerly street-cleaning
contractor presented Saturday to the Board OF Al
portionment and Audit his claim OF $4,000 for extra
street-cleaning; and Commissioner Van Mort wanted
20 know whether the payros and other documents rea-
tive to the claim had been produced required by the
Board. Controller Green said that they had not nr.
Brown finally agreed to produce his check-books. and
the matter was postponed III tomorrow; John Mol
commissioners, was allowed and "a communication was
received withdrawng the claim of The Ne~- York Argus
and Home Gazette. el,,.x,.,
Arrests last week, 34S; taxes collected dur
ing February, s7OO32l 50.
The Law Committee have adopted resOlu
ton limiting the fund for street repairing to $4,000 per
annum and increasing the fund for other local improve
ment TO s. 10000 The Legislature will lie advised to
authorize the issue Of bonds to pay for contracts ordered
prior TO June, 1872.
fire was discovered, on Saturday morning,
in the cigar Edward Segupda, at No. 7 Myrtle
ave. When the doors broken open, IL was found
quantity Of saturated with kerosene had been
placed under and in the show and then
fire. Segunda and his wife were found IN back
room. and were arrested, but claimed that they knew
nothing Of the origin of fire. Segunda had an in
surance policy for 81 900 in his pocket.
Henry n. Smiths new steam yacht was
launched on Saturday morning at Greenpoint in the
presence OF many spectators It sharply modelled and
will be Of the hermaphrodte brig rig, carrying a large
the vessel is completed it will be placed under the
mand Of Capt Van slce, the intention Of the owner being
to proceed Europe and compare its speed and other
qualities with those of similar vessels there Nicholas
Schuman workman, struck by one of the tinbers
during the launch and painfully injured.
LONG ISLAND.
RIvERHEAD.-The survey for the proposed ex-
tension Port jefferson branch OF Long Island
Railroad this place reached Wadng River Saturday
The line will he the village of wadng River
as possible keeping clear OF the hills, and thence in
straight line to this place. The Suffolk County Court
and Court Of Sessions Will here March II,
when the persons indicted for the Kelsey riot Hunting
ton will be placed Oh trial.
GREENPORT-A schooner, the Surf OF Trenton bound
from HObOkcn 10 Providence, and laden with coal went
ashore of Plum Island on Tuesday last. Five Of the