New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-28
NrW.NORK CITY.


Nearly II 600 letters we're taken out from this
mr., ON SATURDAY BY the steamers Honenstauen, Celtic,
and Colon
The closing evenings for the registration OF
appicants for admission TO the Cooper Union Evening
Schools of Science and Art tomorrow and "eaneS
day ,oo
Statistics for the week: 1,797 arrests; 49S
hrths 1879 marriages $40 deahsan increase of 90 births
and 26 marriages and decrease of II deaths over the
preceding week.
p. It. Barnum, at the request of Rufus +.
Andrews, District-Attorney Phelps and Others has
agreed to allow Weston to repeat his attempt 10 "a
500 miles in six days in the Hippodrome during tho
week beginning Oct o.
Superintendent Walling has issued an order
allowing all members Of the police force 10 dispense
with their uniforms their regular on duty nIen t
Tbis will allow each parOlman one night in each lnohIu
when he may wear civilians dIess'
James Wilson, aged 16, a clerk in Arnold d
Constabes dry goods house, was showing small plstoi
10 his cousin at residence in Morrsans Yesterday
when il was accidentally discharged, the ball entering
wilson's left temple and infcting fatal wonnd'
On and after Oct. g. the Albany day line OF
steamers c. Vibbard and Daniel Drew, Will leave Pier
No 80 North River at $50 a. m, on MONDAYS "eanes
DAYS and Fridays ana Albany on Tuesdays, IhuIs-
days. Saturdays. making ali the usual Landings
The 18th Regiment, n. G, will parade on
Oct G. in honor of the semi-cenennal anniversary OF
Its organization There will be a dinner at Irving Hall
In the evening under the auspices OF the Joint Commit
tee Of the Regiment and of the Veteran Association
sue p T,;,,.! Staten Island Ferry, running
from Pier 10 A. r. to Port Richmond and oth:r landings
IN he XIII Won Ka viii put another boat Ga tne ne
with the North Shore ferry, running Lon 'He i0o'
whtehail-st
IL is probable that the reduction of steerage
rates 70 SIS by the English Transatlantic steamship
lines win remain unchanged for some Time declueu
Increase in the number already
noticeable on account OF cheap fares, ESST Steamers
which sailed on Saturday
Memorial services on the death of the Rev.
DE- E. L. Taylor, Will be held in the Calvary Baptist
Church in Twenty-third-st., between Fifth ana
sxth-aves., tomorrow evening. The Rev. Dr. Arm ;
taCe VIII deliver the opening address, ana TINS wiz
he followed by addresses from the Rev. Drs Bright Sim
mons. Miller, and Fulton
The German musicians who immigrated in
ls4s and 1s49 held meeting at the German Assembly
Rooms in the BOwery yesterday afternoon, Carl BeTge-
mann presiding The attendance was very large and
was resolved hold reunion on Nov 4 at the place Of
meeting. The festivities are to be grand CONCERT III
the afternoon and banquet IN the evening"
There will be "harvest home and festval'
at the Alpine Church, the Palisades opposite Hoh
kers next Wednesday. The Rev. Edward Bright, DID,.
The Rev Geo R. Crooks D. and the Rev w. w w. AT At
terbury will he present Visitors from the cry cong 10y
the Northern New.Jersey Railroad should Leave me
Train Tenahy, where conveyanees will be In Fead
ness 10 take them TO the church
Margaret Bullock residing in SecOnd-ave,
near Thrtieth-st., driving in seventh-ave' near
yfourth-st. on Saturday even
when her morse ran AWAY anu sue, =" NO.
ispeG ont and struck head against the point OF
rock. dying almost immediately. her DOu{ was cUn e
veyed To the Thlrysecond Precinct etauonnonse anu
thence TO her home, where the coroner Will hold an
ILquest.
Custom house officials discovered on Satur-
oay number OF chung -starers" or guagers men, in
the employ OF the government, engaged in stealing
brandy ana liquors from casks that had been i'm
ported and we're awaiting revenue appraisal. The
liquors which had been stolen were seized, ana the
thieves reported 10 the Collector Tue importers OF
rOstly wines and liquors have suffered very uch rom
The operations Of thieves OF nnGs dut Sf
was 10 protect the property.
The rooms of James Mcconnell at the West
moreland Hotel at Unon-square and seyenteenth-st.
were entered by thieves Friday night and gold
chain locket and pOcketbook, with small amount OF
money, were stolen. Two young men named Shannon
tkep To- the g6teenth Precinct Station, where three
skeleton keys, vial Of choroform, and saturated
sponge we're found upon hm Ihe Guam, 9e t anu
pocketbook recovered. They were held Tor trla
st the YOrlvile Police Court
An interesting lecture upon the Ruins and
Relics OF Rome delivered last evening at the 81
Patricks Cathedral for the benefit OF the Young Mems
Roman Catholic Association OF that parish, by the Rev.
J. NJ Farley one of the priests Of the Cathedral In
openug he pictured St. Peter he first entered Rome,
which his successors were TO make the religious
mission described The great at st. Peters
memorable by Christian devotion and martyrdom.
James NJ. Mckinley of No. rs William-st
wrote TO Postmaster Jewell 10 know whether this was
correct Interpretation Of postal law: II mail letter
weighing l4t grains which is trhe more than one
half ounce avordupoise; it ought be carried
single rate, being less than 10 grains But the practice
T. 10 call such letter being overweight and requir
ing two stamps" Richard Kelly superintendent of the
Foreign Nail Department., answered: The law quoted
by you the 1851 section OF the Postal Code enacted
June 1872 aud practice at all pOsofces In the
United States accordance herewith to accept
Is the equivalent of one-hah ounce ayoirdu
pois Tor postal papers shall be pleased therefore, 10
have you furnish the name OF office which YOU may
be ADVISED has dsregarded TINS very clear section OF the
Postal Code"
The funeral services of Mortimer Livingstone
Mckenzie, the eldest OF George Mckenzie, took
place on Saturday at l p. m, at No West Forty
eighth-st The officiating cergymen were the Rev. Dr.
Murray Of the Brick Presbyterian Church. the Rev. Dr.
Robinson Of Memorial Presbyterian Church and the
Rev DR. Payson of the Fourth-ave. Presbyterian
Chapel. The coffin covered with flowers. Mr. Me
KeTIe was a member OF Company G. 7th Regiment,
n c. the members OF which attended the funeral In a
body, as did also the 81. Nicholas Lodge, f. A. NJ and
the members OF the American Numsmatic aud Atchao-
logical Society both which he belonged. large
number OF friends accompanied the funeral cortege TO
Mr. Mckenzie was only 81 years OF age, aud died OF pu
monary consumption.
A large number of people assembled at Pier
No AZ, N r. at the foot OF Cauast. Saturday after
noon witness the departure Of the Pacific Mail steam
ship City OF Peking her voyage around Cape Horn
10 San Francisco. She sailed in company with the
oIon about D. No. She had on board about I2o guests
Who accompanied her as far o Sandy Hook. Among
them were Russell Sage Rufus Hatch ana family, John
Leonard Jerome VIM H. Gulon, T. G. Platt. and others.
She had board about 80 passengers including seVr
ladies. As soon a. the great steamer swung ou' no
the stream she began receive sautes from the craft
in the harbor. Guns were fired by the Colon, Acapulco,
and the monitor Roanoke She drew % feet OF water
sn. and made about IA knots an hour On reaching
SANDY Hook she anchored on account OF the TIDE ana
voyage.
Jacob Smith ape ri of Long Island was in