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NEW-YORK CITY.
Assignments for the benefit of creditors were filed yesterday with the County Clerk by Marie Peiser to Gabriel Turk, and by Joan P. Simms to James Hogan.
The City Chamberlain reports a balance in the City Treasury, November 10, of $4,099,587 76; the receipts for the past week were $5,248,131 04, and the payments, $8,718,894 47.
The British Patent Office has presented the New-York Academy of the Useful Arts with a complete set of the Abridgements of British Patents-which includes more than one hundred volumes.
The committee of the Produce Exchange for prosecuting claims against the Pennsylvania Railroad, has secured as counsel, William R. Foster, jr., and ex-Judge Fancher. The committee requests that all claims be forwarded to A. E. Orr.
The Court at Schenectady having given power to the trustees of the Long Island Savings Bank to settle with their creditors, the receiver, Mortimer C. Ogden, was discharged and directed to turn over to the trustees all the fonds, except $3,500, allowed for his expenses.
At the meeting of the Sinking Fund Commissioners yesterday, the ferry franchises recently said were formally awarded to the purchasers. Resolutions were adopted appraising the franchise of the Cortland Street Ferry at $5,500 a year, and the Desbrosses Street Ferry at $3,700.
Members of the National Guard express the hope that the Aldermen's Committee on County Affairs will speedily attend to the subject of armories and drill-rooms for the regiments, and report on the matter. At present the quarters of several regiments are held by a very precarious tenure.
The Adelphotes Syllogus of Athens, Greece, has just forwarded to Henry Bergh a diploma, constituting him a member. The document, which is in the Greek language, thus concludes: "in communicating to you this action of the Board, and sending you this diploma, we take the opportunity to congratulate you, and to assure you of our highest consideration."
A report was in circulation yesterday that The Evening Mail was in the Sheriff's hands. The report was emphatically demed at the publication office in Park-row, in answer to the inquiry of a TRIBUNE reporter. It was stated by Mr. Johnson, the publisaer, that several judgments against the paper were in the Sheriff's hands, but were being rapidly adjusted, and in no wise interfered with the publication of the paper.
Dr. Lewis Duer was an involuntary passenger on the steamship Weser which sailed for Bremen on Saturday. He went on board the steamship to bid farewell to a friend, and the vessel was well down the bay before he realized his situation. In spite of his shouts to "stop her," the vessel continued under way. He was finally transferred, at sea, to pilot boat No. 7, and arrived in this etty yesterday on the tug boat Union.
Eight English steerage passengers on the French steamer Amerique complained to the Commissioners of Emigration in regard to the food and treatment received on a recent voyage from Plymouth, and yesterday Commissioner Kaufman held an examination. The complainants declared that their sleeping apartments were unciean, that the supply of water was poor and insufficient, and the food inferior to that promised. The Commissioners wili bring the matter before the Board.
At a meeting of the XXIst Assembly District Republican Association last evening, M. Cregan, G. Joseph Ruch, and R. M. Lush, were appointed to inquire if any electors on the rolls of the association voted the Democratic State ticket, at the recent election, and to prefer charges against such persons at the next meeting. It ischarged that many belonging to the Reform Republican Club voted the Democratic ticket. Twenty-five new members were elected, and about the same number proposed for membership.
BROOKLYN.
In a yard on Washington-st., have been growing since May last, two fine specimens of the cotton plant which blossomed in July, and about ten days ago the balis opened and disclosed a fine quality of cotton.
Mrs. Mary Mosely, who disappeared mysteriously from her home, No. 223 South Third-st., about two weeks ago, was found on Sunday in the House of the Good Sheperd, where she had been for several days. She was still insane and will be sent to an asylum.
The Common Council yesterday decided to meet this morning at 10 o'clock as a Board of Canvassers. The election returns filed in the office of the City Clerk will be opened and referred to the Committee on Elections, who will at once proceed with the counting.
Douglas Walker, the amateur actor who was released from the Penitentiary on Saturday through the intervention of Governor Robinson, speaks gratefully of the kind treatment he received from Warden Shevlin. He attributes his pardon to the efforts made in his behalf by Governor Wade Hampton, of South Carolina.
Tax-Collector Tanner declares that he will dismiss eight clerks in his office as soon as he can determine those whose services can be dispensed with to the best advantage. Yesterday Isaac M. Lawrence, who carried the legless corporal off the field of Buil Run, was appointed bill clerk in place of Thomas Devyr, who was discharged.
Henry C. Simms, the Democratic candidate for Coroner, was reëlected over Thomas C. Henderson, the Independent Democrat nominated by the Republicans. Henderson now claims that he was counted out; that several thousand Democratic tickets with his name upon them for Coroner, were counted for Dr. Simms; and that many votes east for him by the Labor and League organization were put down as scattering.
Mrs. Sarah J. Amsden, the singer, died on
