New-York tribune., 1880-01-08
NEW.YORK CITY.

ginning January 13.
Tho bark Maggie, which arrived yesterday; re-
ports succession of westerly gales norm o1 liat-
fcras during which sails ana crOSStrees were SPIN
| and other damage was suffered. Ihe bark was dc-
/ tained two days of Sandy Hook by the iog
The absence of any export demand for bread
stuffs depressed the market again Yesterday, hour
closing 10 cents n barrel lower than the lowest
! prices on Tuesday, and wheat. corn ana oats cent
! bushcl lower.
Pietro Balbo, the condemned murderer, is rcported
! 10 spend most of his time alone and IN prayer.
! Every movement he makes Is watched however,
and the only persons allowed TO see hln YESTERDAY
/ were his counsel the Sisters OF Charity and the
Rev. Father Anacetes, OF st. Anthonys Italian
! Roman Catholic church.
William Canrill Of No. 3l3 East Eighty-frst-st..
! feeble looking man of 30 wears of age was return
! ing from work last evening by way Of the Bowcry.
| when he stepped npon p'eco OF orange peer Ihat
had been clTcessly cast upon the pavement lie ~
! is now at Chambers Street Hospital, suffering from
n compound fracture of the right lex.
Thomas alias Plum" Dsgney hackman, was
locked up IN the Central Office YESTERDAY, charged
! wlfh sUindlnG George l.. Wood, an old one -ieseed
soldier ont OF ~ 30. Wood came through tins eiiX
on ihe way soldiers home III Vermont and
asked Dcgncy TO buy ms ticket Tor NM. re hoNty
| was all he had. Dcmcy ran away with tie money,
! but was arrested in the BoWerY
The bill introduced by Senator Foster in the
Legislature on Tuesday to reduce ana regulate
the pllotage fees at ths port, caused conslu3roIs
SURPRISE among the pilots yesterday, who had hoped
for compromise fifteen percent below the cur
rent rates. THIS bill restores the anie-W1r rates Oh
/ ahout 33 ncr cent The pilots claim that at the
present rates they urc barely able to make a iar
! living.
The Park Comm ssoncrs Yesterday granted per
mission for the cr ctOn of e railroad aud tOutbudge
over the Harlem River at Eighth-aNe.' by me Ne't
side and NOnkcrs Railroad which ts 10 connect the
! NctTopOlitau Elevated Railroad. complaint was
| modc ~ a committee representing the kmg,brdge
/ Association, OF the bad condition OF the roads III
that part of the city. Plans for the base OF the
/ Burns statue IN Central Park were iecclFcu ana
| sent 10 the Department architect.
Twenty-Five appl rants for mspcctOrships. and
twenty hrcc for the nj ght nspcct0rShpS were oN-
! amlned Yesterday at tine Custom House. The ex-
! animation WAS less severe than that ot tuesday,
which was for clerks Among me Visitors were the
Rev Drs George /. Prcntiss and !. T. Putnam, Fran
! els G. Barlow, Chaunccy Holt, Felix Adler, \. VI.
BINGHAM. Special treasury Agent AZ Boston; Iheo-
dorr L. pc Land, from the office OF the secretary on
| the Treasury George L. Sweet George ". Feck
and II. Waldron.
Robert Whipp. an English deaf and dumb mo
chanic. appealed to tho Commissioners OF Emlgra-
! non yesterday for food aud means 10 reach his
/ lome near Manchester, England, Whcie ne mas
deaf and iu'nb wife and child. lie landed from
! Liverpool steamer at Galveston on November ~,
and. not being able TO obtain employ ineht therei
wandered from place 10 place IN searci o WORK "uo
| finally reached tins city on Monday destitute ana
! hungry Superintendent Jackson has secured INN
| IA FREQ ticket TO England
| Morris II. LYMAN Of Brunswick, Georgia, has been
arrested III this city by the Sheriff and lodged III
! Ludlow Street jail on IN order issued by judge
! Douohue on complaint Of l. J.. falk Co., whole
salr clothing dealers IN this CITY and savannah "a,
| who clam shat ho obtained clothing worm TZo1o
under fraudulent Top.csrntauons DAVID L'Ven-
tritt, attorney for the trm, SAID yesterday mar
! Uvu,au had obtained goods worth about 5000
| from Savannah merchants, WIN WHch u' neg 10
this city. He had been book-keeper Tor Nlchhtlooh
! & Brothers, Of Brunswlck.
| Acollection of paintings aud drawings il now on
exhibition at Lrayltts Art Gallery, No. Sl1 Broad
way. II cons lists of gifts non aitlSis III various
narts of the United States for the benefit Of the
| widow of Charles g. Rosenberg. Among them are
a marine view by NJ. L. IL. DE Haas. two landscapes
| by 4. i. Bellows two marine pictures by h. Moran,
i.,sA H. al. tffn fftaIgT / L lIF
| del. sketches by ktpplcr nnd Wales, the artists ~
| Puck and other contributions by Hopkins. OF me
| Graphic. J. +. Kelly, \ T. l}unner, Thomas Worth
| and Bcllew. lhc sale VIII take place to-ihorro"
evening.
| Two petitions were forwarded to the Governor
Yesterday. signed by thlrty-one steamship com
panics aud 131 shipping ana business Iiims OF thls
| city and the other signed by many bankers, uIE'hH
the rrappoinimcnt Of Dr. NauderpOrlas Health Oncer
of the Port, on the ground That, during the cntlrc
administration of Dr.. Nandcrpoc there has not been
fine ,liVbtest cause mpant for any unnecessary
severity or cXtorti0n, and the port has been free
! from any epidemic; ;and The commerce increased;
II is purely In the interest Of good government ana
| fhc appreciation Of faithful public officer that
your petitioners make this request" Letters from
| 'Thurlow Weed and Ex-Governor Morgan also urged
| Dr. Nanderpocls rcappolntmcnt.
| Hereafter the Aquarium il 10 he the 4" home of
| the circus" Robert Stcknoy +: Melville ana
| John " Hamilton are at the neal Of the enter
! Prise They intend to establish permanent place
| where ring alnusemcuts on the ParSlan plan wlli
! form the attraction. Special attention Will he pali
I d
riders engaged, Including besides Msssr' Htich-
! new and Melville, Miss Pauline Ice, Miss Emma
| Lake Madame Dockerill and Madame Cariona
Lic of hr hest rival tumbicrs will be brought to-
! pctbcr and prizes will be offered. lhe dog-laced
| baboon Will ride bareback horses ana turn SOM
mersauts on the top of n pyramid oI boiiieS WIN
n,t ovcrtur,,iup them Tho chief attractions OF the
| AGuarium will be- retained. matinee VIII bc gwen
| AT 2 y. III. each day.
| BROOKLYN.
| Tho Citizens Gaslight Company has voted to re-
Of IA TlVlk sf q
pie of the Brooklyn Conipany:
| Two bodies Of unknown drowned mon arc ut the
Morpuc One was found in the East River Tuesday
evening at the foot of l}atic-st. II is that of n
man apparently fifty years of age . lfel inches
| in height. with dark hair and whialcrs and
| dressed in black clothes. The other was found yes
| trrday in the Wallabout Canal, near the Washing
ton-ayc. bridge The man was about forty years OF
age feet y inches in height. dressed III dark
! clothes aud with mechanics apron.
! JERSEY CITY.
Ex-.Indgo Ncwloirk. the foreman of tho Hudson
County Grand Jury. being seriously III, ASSEM-
| blyman Busch, of Hoboken, has hcci elected to
| take his place.
Postmaster Gopsll, of jersey City has promoted
George H. Morrison letter carrier 10 the position
Of superintendent 81 letter cdfllcIa' new position
| in the Jersey CITY office.
Justice Jonathan Dixon. of the New-Jersey SUI
creme Court, has issued M injunction restraining
| he f. o. Matthcsson and Wicschers Sugar Refining
| Company from buildlng n 0Oat ut tho foot oi
| Washugtor-st., jersey City, aud the case Will be
| contested IN that court
The Board of Police Commissioners of Jersey City
| odomtcd resolution Tuesday night reducing the
aIarv list TO ~ 80 700 year. Under tho new rule
the parolmen will receive an annual aaiary ol 40
| eoch the scrgeants and detectives $50 each, the
| captains, 81 300 each. and the Chlet OF FolIce'
| 81 100
| An enthusiastic meeting Of citizens in sympathy
| with the poor OF Ireland WAS held last evening ut
| the Catholic Institute in Jersey CITY, and was pre-
| sided over by Mnyor Hopper After addresses by
| the Right Rev. Bishop COnigan. the Rev. Doctors
| Eddy Asher and McAnenry, Mayor Hopper and
| Others a subscription list opened and several
| hundred dollars was the result Of the appeal.
| NEWARK.
No more deaths have occurred of victims of the