New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-05
NETWORK CITY.

uary.
Controller Green received yesterday pay
ments Of taxes amounting to t95ls2', and paid war
rants and pay rolls amounting 10 fl2O'no o.
The steamships Thuringia from Hamburg,
malta from Cardiff and City OF New-York from Liver
pool arrived YESTERDAY and nearly 100 Immigrants were
landed al Castle Garden
The arrivals of cotton yesterday, IA reported
at the Cotton Exchange. were Norfolk, 22i3 bales
Charleston 1909; Wilmington. N. c. 673 Savannah 1885,
and railroad, LISA Total, 1910
The pickpoclcts arrested on the various
lines OF city cars Tuesday night are still held al
Police Headquarters TO await identification by those
who may have been robbed by them'
The Howard Relief Committee, for the week
ending Jan ST. report that they have lodged i79 ana
given meals to 6I39 persons, beside relieving 29 ram
lies outside OF their rooms with coal oread' soup eoee'
clothing, aDd Shoes
A dispatch received in this city yesterday
announced that the British brig Hura which left Darien
for Whitehaven on had been abandoned at ser
on Jan. u.s. in latitude 40 norm Longitude ~ ives" All
the officers aud crew were saved.
A collection of paintings by European ana
American artists were sold at auction by Archibald
Johnston at No. 81 Nassau-s yesterday painting "
A. B. Dnrand, Glimpse or tDe mnito nounVaIn''
brought 1897. Tho sale will be continued to-day
Sixteen convicts were conveyed yesterday
from the Toubs the State Prison at Sing Sing VIII
liam Cressweu n burglar who convicted yesterday
OF burglary in the Court OF General sessions aa So
teuced TO 20 years Imprisonmeut was among the'n'
NJ
the Controllers office bill Of t3725 for the rent for
the use Of Police and Justices Courts from June l67 to
Dec l. 1873 OF the premises the northwest corner OF
Fourh-aye. and One-hundred-and-twentyh ino
bill will be referred to the Corporation Attorney
George Law, President of the Eighth and
Yiuth-,ye Railroad Companies, and Mr. Butler, Pres
dent OF the $ have Railroad Company, had CONSUL
tation with the Mayor yesterday IN tllton 70 t1e
licensing Of Mr. Law decided 10 paw goo WI Vi,b
ave line. Tne sIxihaVe. line wll pay go per ahhul
for each
4 statement was made yesterday morning
in financial journal that large number OF counterfeit
81 bills on tho First and Ninth National Banks the
Marine National Bank National Shoe and Leather
Rank and Tie National Bank OF Commerce had bteh
e. hIi IN me Ist named bank Inquiry at the banks
mcnIioned failed establish the truth OF the report
The Parl, Commissioners decided yesterday
that MAGAZINE for explosives could not DC located III
any OF the parks the Fire Department had requested
4 resolution was adopted establishing the general
features Of plan for Riverside Park aud avenue re-
qurng that On tho wheeIway 10 craze snot, ' ~, 81
walk should the level OF tho ROADWAY and nOh SO
shaded not 10 Interfere win views over tue huuSOn
River.
Patrick Sullivan went home last evening to
No s Rooseveltst partly intoxicated and demanded
nancy Of his mother, Mary Sullivan, a Woodworking
woman, who gains livelihood by scrubhine. She re-
fused TO comply with bis demand aud ordered him to
igye ne Ho" ,t 5 stabbed his moi cr in the leit
Side ipd ting severe wound. III thea fed from the
house and escaped Tho wounded woman was con
Yeyed 10 tho Park Hospital.
Col Fmmuns Clark of the 7th Regiment,
Y c. sent letter % the Association FOR Improving the
Condition OF the Poor yesterday, stating that the
regiment had decided to give the receipts OF is late
charity hall at the Academy Of Music 1921 &c. 10 the
A-.o,tton Oh ozark stated thai I'm M HIng this dis
position their fuld tho regiment we're Influenced IN
favor oi the A,sJ'a'i4a rom 80 i o5 ft f,oi fuel
aud clothing were R,cn by ITS ageAts 10 the poor VI
every rlca and creed.
The Wrench steamer Alexander L3valey,
ashore Of southampton, Long Island, remained In the
same position yesterday afternoon. she was driven
ashore by a strong wind at high tide, which explains
the diidcuty experienced IN h1ating her The sandy
beach. however on which Sie rests mas taseI Ate OF
no ualc4yn - tic vessel. portion OF the ue4rA mas
lo,HrIr tse Mil be- 5a Ell during he present week.
furnish the necessary assistance.
The new iron steamship Colon Of the Pacific
Nail steamship Company arrived yesterday from Pan
ANA, with ful cargo and Passenger list She stopped
at Kingston, Jamaica, her return trip Tins Will be
stopping place Tor All the Company's Atlantic steamers
in future. port from Jamaica says tuat tho con-
ir5ct with tho Atlas Steamship Company for carrying
N ais between KINGSTON ana th. ,rt WI" elin IN JUNG,
and tina. the Pacific NAH Company nave offered 10 carry
the mails Tor rcJ -onaulo compensation rms ayeol'7
with me statement the officers that tnc!r vessels Nil
in future stop at that port.
William Baxter has written letter to the
Chamber OF Commerce giving his views relative to the
OF The Lle Canal iOf lht lntgOductiOn OF
boats propelled by lie has also prepared paper
detailing what e and others have accomplished IN the
TRIALS under supervision OF Engineer Green anu the
state Commissioners. Tho COMMISSIONERS were np-
pointed unGera special act OF rue Lsshtnfo Tor tho
purpose OF testing the prfcliclony or introducing
steam The canals The report ~ 10 ne rortUai 20
COMMITTEE OF tEe Chamber oi Commerce ior cons,dcri-
lion.
A new apparatus for eXtinguishing fires
was exhibited in The repair yard OF the Fire Depart
mcnt yesterday. The apparatus is called "Dstnbu-
fe gTf at fn
each other, which are attached 10 band allowing
rotary motion. The band "a put upon telescope pipe
iorr crt ong. Tne band rsyOyes when water - passed
through H. and rho water y seat cred ~ every direction
through the uOzzrs The Invention VIII be OF great use
III putting rC8 which have not made mnch hcddHdy
inasmuch rs an parts OF room can DO reached by the
pray nom the apparatus.
BROOKLYN.
Sheriff Williams has dispensed with the SER
vices Of special Deputy james Clapp.
4. c.. Schwcickert, who was reported to have
disappeared nysjcrously from his home in the Eastern
District "a few days sgO and been fOuy dealt WITH is
charged by bis creditors with dcrauIluS tncm OGt Of
$4,000.
4. W. Valentine, principal or Public School
no TO- las letter 10 the Board OF Education. ask
ing taat a uniform system be- adopted ia regard TO
the cutorcd children lie claims that at present cooicd
children attend the schools th white children. although
there separate cOlorod schools
Miss Ida l.. Suydam, on the evening of a
November day Ia 1871, passing the OF Broad
way and Fifth-st, L. D.. where new building was
materials on tho sidewalk falling aud receiving seyete
injuries. oho brought suit Tor damages I'm the CITY
Court against Mr. Corey contractor aud was awarded
$500, yesterday.
LONG ISLAND.
Lose ISLAND CGrY.-A truck, laden with
hale af has N