New-York tribune., 1874-12-25
NEW-YORK CITY.


A memorial is circulating in this city and is
signed asking for the repeal OF the Shipping
act of 1874 1t will bc taken to Philadelphia to-day ior
more signatures, ana viii be presented " Congress
when =; roassemblcs
The steamship Lcssing arrived from Ham
burgh yesterday with 10 cabin and 10 STORAGE pa''eu
acrs Tho Westphala from tho port had % cabin
and 1903 STORAGE passengers; aud tne oYmpa i,o, o
Gibraltar, brought three cabin and eight sleerase p'S
sengers =.
John Diarmid, ono Of tho city assessors OF
Brooklyn died suddenly last evening at Ills residence nv
No la Kent.st Grcenpont. The foIny mas boon say NY
afflicted during the past year. ApoaL ~ ] "f r VS.
Dlarnid lost by death, aud thfce nontns iateE
daughter.
At tho Christmas reception of st. Johns
School, Trinity Parish, G. Is. IicndrckSon, Principa'
held Yesterday every scholar present received git ns
The hands of the Superintendent. the Rev. william H.
| CoOko Prizes in Latin, Greek, FienUh and German
woro awarded
Tho dead body of an unknown man. about
90 years Of agc, wis found undor tho stoop OF No 33
West Twonty last evening, hy Oniccr connrrs
tho Sixteenth Preciuot There we're no marks o vd
lenoe about the body and no Is supposed 10 have ded
from exposure.
Commissioner Van Mort has Informed the
Police Commissioners that ho desires to have their re-
ports as to the condition OF street ga'ehfs continued
The Commissioner says That by such reports 10 Is rh
bed " the bs OF tho bs cUhpahles dnu fesu
lute the lighting OF the city,
An inouest was held by Coroner Woltman
yesterday IN the case OF Sarah Wilson, VINO deo ~
Bellevue Hospital tho 10th inst from tho cF ct Of
INJURIES received by fall from tho tlr story window
of her re esIdence Houston-s near Mercer Verdcl
Of accidental death was rendered.
Evening School No. 43 held it, Christmas
recc pton Wednesday evening. The pupils assembled
in the main rooms and the presence OF their friends
uud OF MANY gentlemen connected with the schools car
rrd ont ro-rannie OF singing, cc!ihtiohs ahd essays
which called orh frequent applause
c. L. Brace, the Secretary of the Childrcn's
Aid Society has requested The Board Of lurLton to
,l,o, Tr, ('OmDulsory
cation law sent all Italian children TO the schools AT
No. g3 Crosby or at No ~ liahhilist "hch are
tau, by Italian und American teach rs.
Bella DccrOw of No. 5,3 T,ird-avc., en-
nj ycd as one the ballet in the spectacular rx
hibiuon ut Bsrnum's IIlppodrone severely injured
during the performance last evening hr au explosion oi
tcuded by DR.. Buttcs aud sout hom'.
The next lecture in the Cooper Union Free
Course for the People Will be delivered on saturday
evening. in the Great Hall. by Dr. A. B r9"hy Proes-
OF Anatomy III the Bellevue lioSpia MEDICAL oi.r,
The Heart and The Crr'llaon OF thc f"on beiuI>
The Stock Exchange Governing Committee
have voted that hereafter bonds shall bo aduttcd TO
the stock Exchange list unless tho Grc engraved
by responsible note comrany Tl- IS 10 prevent rnuns
by the forcrs, who find TIE chrnp hh"aruII"d bonds
easier Of imitation tnin The more 'O'I} 'nu Intricate
engraved bonds.
The male principals Of the pub!ic schools
appeared the hall of the Board of Eincaton ycscI-
day and handed in the rrgul yearly return OF attend,
aucc. preparatory 10 the compilation OF the annual
about 100000 pup% and tLo nunicr IF pupil nimcs Oh
register Is over !o",rh
The Coast WrcckinG Company were engaged
yesterday III tightening the stranded steamship soath
Carolina. As sle lcS within OF Barncgat Shoals
her condition is comparatively safe. and 1t il belcved
tna size viii he hoacd Ci lIs "iorhIs large po'"A
cargo arrived here YESTERDAY Afternoon Oh TIC
steamship Regulator OF the same llhc
MpIrick Price the broker who was alleged
in yesterdays TRIBUSE to have ben arrested by
police officer charge # having forscd checks to the
amount of $1,000 on Wellington IClapp IL Co of No. &C
the victim OF forge prIveGe to '1li sockS and tnat
made by firms named ho ads, aud ne Was iGy eA
Oncrated.
There will be interesting services to-day ut
the ST. Vnccnto Irme for Bows. at No. 90 Warrcn-st.
Tie boys will the chapel at4 u. the facramcut
Of Baptism will h. administered at 4:lj FIRST Mass
will Dc celehIatcd ut 4:jJ H. m; scrInun VIII be
preached NJ tins Mass, ana most OF me lac hojn wil
approach lIOy Communion; Second Mas, j3J u. H.;
Inra Mass, IA. H.; breakfast H. H.; cl"tlng VII be
distributed 10 the Smaller cii'ii"n ~ 4" Li; dLu"r
III take place at 1889 T. H.. sLppcr al 40
The Board Of Aldermen received yesterday
communication from May Vance, calling their aeu-
tion to tc resolution Of The Board Of Health declaring
unhealthy and unsafe the satorhouse in the Ninc
tccuth Precinct. The communication ordered on
file. and the Board took recess TIL 4:?O 0 gave tie ser
crantatArus TIM to bring IN the aDrnIrcs. AT that
hour the Board met, aud adonrurd t,Ii p tonIor
Tue Board oi Assistant Aldermen Incl, and id-
journcd I'll D. Ill., Io-h0rrow.
An amusing scene occurred at Wall and
Naseausts. yesterday bank messenger in cndcayor.
ing to leap pool OF slrsh slipped and fell,
dropping lag Of gold which he was carrying. Two s.
gold pieces escaped and rolled into the gutter and
lust 10 sight in the mud. In less than minutes time,
at least a hundred boOtbacks strcct-swccprrs aud
gimius searching foi tho treasure. Pushing and
dI placing one uuoer, tH'y struggled to ~ in,ir
;lilds into the and dirty water. For hour
search continued, but io money was hot found IL
concluded That II hdd WGh plHhtd uo|n tbo cut''.i
into the sewer near at hand, bat as h' loser did n"t
wait long what had brcune hls properly som,
khcpiiCal byslandrs expressed tue OpinOn tnas tnc
money had not been lost ad that the crowd haI been
h,axcd
Postmaster Il. l.. James has issued a circular
Containing OF Act Of Congress relating
the payment Of postage Oh mail matter OF the second
class also giving the oca regulations and instructions
OF the Department based on those sections; to which
lie has farther ald,d certain Suggestions likely to
secure thorough understanding or the details and
requirements Of the new system. and the prompt
patch and delivery cf Publications. He ha, also
issued schedule OF steamers Appointed to convey mails
to foreign countries during January, 1875. which schedule
shows that 2e European mall steamrS will leave from
this port, from Boston. from Puladclphia from
Baltimore, ard from Portland; making 4o u al for
Nova Scotia, with mails for the Provinces OF Nova
Scotia Prince iward's Island, and N~wfoundllnd-5
starting fr0m PJrllan nd. and from Boston Til. III lis
for West Indies Mcxico. Central and South America,
will be dispatched Dy 25 tt"ainers 10 from NV York.
orleans; and the Transatlantic mails viii bt carried by
steamships from San Francisco, carrying the mails
for the Sandw Islnnds, F Islands, alaud aud
Australia, the other conveying the mails for Japan
Shanghai, Hong Kong, and the East indies.
BROOKLYN.
Within the past year the city debt has been
increased $4,000.
Mayor Hunter has decided to submit his
annual message to the Common Council ON Monday
next
Capt. Michael O'Keefc has been nominated
by the Democrats OF the With Assembly District as o
successor 20 the late &. j. OOlahsp.
An assessment of $4,000 10 has been ordered