New-York tribune., 1874-03-18
NEW-YORK CITY.

Many of the horses in the stables oil tne
stage and car companies are again sick
| The Congressional delegation that escorted
remans'of the late Senator Sumner to Boston e''
| this city yesterday for Washington
| The Board of Police transferred yesterday
kCapt McEiwaine from the Twentieth Precinct to the
Thirty first aud Capt Mcdonald from the Thirty first 10
| the Twentieth Precinct
| The st. Davids Benevolent Society has
elected John Davies Presidents r. NJ. James aud owen
Roberts, VcePresdens; II. N. Morgan, Treasurer ana
Wm. r. Martin, Recording Secretary.
The arrivals of cotton reported yesterday
were 696 bales The total number IN the city was l2'
At the corresponding season last year there were
I0l 559 balance in favor OF this year OF ,oo Daies
Matt Morgan is engaged upon q colossal his
torical painting representing the last hours OF the o
Charles Sumner. All the figures introduced are pPr
traits of distinguished men, IL VIII be exhoned al 'ho
Colosseum.
Two members of the American Jockey Club
have made time match which promises to be one OF
ms,Shed his ycarod horse Gray Planet carrying
40 pounds to mile In 1i34, for $1,000 side, 10 take
place during the Saratoga meetings III Jdy OF August
An attempt was mado yesterday morning to
remove the water from the schooner Benjamin Reed
which recently went ashore near the West BANK Two
large steam pumps employed, but the experiment
failure. TIE schooner's keel Is serousy lnlnfeu
The British bark Eliza Barss, from TINS port was slsied
oil Bermuda March 10 in distress.
Henrietta Hoffman, age years, of No. COZ
W.,
boat of Capt. Thomas Cummings by its commander on
March H. since which time the child has not been heard
Of Cummings was arrested ana identified by y play
mate of the missing girl, who witnessed the aoducIU
He was arragned yesterday at the Harlem Ponce court,
| and held in S2,WO ban.
The new 10-cent stamp does not seem to
| find much favor with the mercantile community Its
close resemblance the tOcent stamp has OF late oc-
| casioned many small loss to the retail dealer This
similarity has been taken advantage Of by designing
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| been raised TO the 60cent stamp one was SHOWN
TRIBUNE reporter yesterday upon the front side OF
which had carefully pasted the 80 cents from a
revenue cigar stamp, and ~nleh seemed exactly W 1t
Three immense invoices of tin-plate IN
amount and value probably unprecedented in the his
tory of the importation Of metals this country have
been recently received by Phelps, Dodge Co. One OF
these referred The TRIBUNE OF the 7th inst,
but az at that II the way was Impossible
To- give the figures about it exactly. The invoice which
| Included the largest number Of boxes came by the
steamer City OF Richmond. 1t had 1857 boxes, yalued
NJ on this s35 70 was paid in duties. BY the
,eaWSr Iamorcsn came an Invoce of 1882 boxes val
ued at $1l0932, the duties on which were Sl66js go by
the steamer Cornwall came OF 1888 boxes,
valued at $6,59j, the duties on which were s44S9 25
The steamship Holland of the National line
encountered terrific gales and extreme peril on her last
voyage from this port to London The gale began about
| 10 D. IN on Feb "a. A high sea was running, the'wnd
blew GALE and the barometer sank 10 2S inches.
The wind came from the south aud almost at the first
blast the fore and main booms were carried away The
| wind shifted 10 the westward. and the rising
column IN the barometer gave promise of speedy end
danger. Again the mercury stood nj % inches, and
the steamship plunged under bare poles IL being i'm
possible stitch OF canvas On the following
day the winds lost their fury tremendous was,
however, still running, and several times the high
swept entirely across the deck aud volumes Of
| water rushed down the cOmpauiOnwaY through Its
! broken doors. Two boats were damaged, one being
lifted entirely the deck and sweeping everything
before it's seaman swept overheard.
door the charthOuse broken in the ladders
to the bridge swept away. and the of the
| wheelhouse broken. heavy sea swept out tho
4 front OF the whecl-house.