The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-10

AsH YORK The day appears 10 haze been aeltraied
With greater sho@ aud expense. aud ID have been al
tended with accidents causing loss Ut lives, than
Tor several years lreyons Al oclork N the inorn-
ing The bCliur Vi ucuuiOys the Harlem rail- road.
waiting for IRAN at l4lh street Union Square,
ploled, unng about twenty people, Of nbom two have
since died, and iva more arr not expected 10 I've. The
accident Appeals lo have been the result uf caet ssess
and such was the excitement saorg the mob COLLECTED;
TIA" at one time not and The destruction OF the Gals
and track Of the company spprehended aud it
perhaps only prevented hy the Withdrawing of The cars
daring the remainder OF the day
About o'clock. while the Samson steamboat was on
her passage from Staten Island the city, the Immense
crowd on the promenade d., k.catsed break through,
killing two urdni iuas aud seriously inIurng others
among the latter Mr. J. NJ Hrnrlqles, broker Of
Na street. Who was first reported dead but the New
York afternoon papers Of Saturday, that strong
| hopes are enteItaIn VI his recovery
At noon. Mr. John Hldre,h, long respectable law
y'rof New York. but recently a viclin Of iuein-
pirate hahns. deliberately blew his brains in his
! office, IS Wal street.
Ia ARRAY between two pariies Of 6rcmen, on the
evening" az the corner uf DIVISION and Edrdge reefs,
! four or five men severely and perhaps fatally
Wounded, mostly by Bowie knives and other deadly
! weapons. '."@
| A white man named Grs,on. was stabbed on the
same evening, ia a drunken bTawl with tao negroes,
who were arrested, ....
| Two persons fell over from the upper deck Of the
steamboat Bolivar, ard we're dfoaned
4 tue gr was badly burnt hy rocket thrown M
der her clothes by hoy aud Two ladies' had their
clothes fire. aud we're much burn, by a hrework
i Called a chaser.
1 A hoy had hi, face DESTROYED by Roman C ndle :;
and another had his hand blown off by a pistol
plodng.
A man had $1,000 stolen fom his pocket while look.
ug al the fireworks m The Pork.
A boat upset the hay aud child drowned.
| j ~ e tef mai q
can, injured by the bnrs"g Of gun tina, he was
! firing that he compelled to submit 10 anpatatlun
| Of The right arm .... ".
The npl er deck Of one Of the steamboats, in which
were BrookNn SUNDAY scholars, on Their return from
Staten Island, gave way. aud three chiidien we're
killed . ~. ..'. ".". ..
a man in Cherry street had his left hand completely
blown from his arm by the bursting Of gun.
n Wilmington DCi The Journals that two
clubs from Tins cl'y e,lnened The streets Of that cv
the mnrtng Of The Fourth aud that The most proni-
men, aud pleasing d,,pias Was tbs Temperance proce
son Of chJrcn male and icuac. who. dressed in Win
sashes AID blue rfbno,s and with banners, marchrd
through the different streets 10 latnes grove OH Tie
Brndyw me- where ihr ssse'n'lsge was addressed by
The Rev MIR Bingham from thus city. and Mr.. A V. Is.
Orr. and Temperance ode WAS surg at table during
Tempe rance d,nnrr. A drunken not occurred during
,ht dav dlsofdcry house kept ~ NJ II ktrchhei,
winch qneld. and The iiners dispersed until
the CITY watch was called out. no accidents occur
lcd-phL WmM,
Al Boston An extra from the office OF the Times.
inf,r,s ,s that the dav was marked by Tie successful
h.iIoou ascension nf Mr. Iauar. aud the exhibition OF
fireworks every hing gong oR quietly and III order
Inc oLI, accident the iuIsIlg 81 soda ioui tam,
causing the death OF 5 oHurr, Mr. Lyscom Bruce.
Al Newark ~ The day was separately cele-
hraled h The Sunday Sehons Inc Colonization Socie-
~. aud the Young men. No acciuents
A. Baltimore --Ih,re was procession VI about
two hundred mounted butchers, with banners aud
mn>c.
The Temperance Societies made most Imposing
disul,v More than thousand chI.iTrn. vi every
sgc and sue lon, the rocession. which u'mrl IA
Muulucnt Sllarr aud proceed, To How ards woods.
where the Declaration Of Independence was read. and
sevcrs sdrr sSc-.
The associate Literary Societies celebrated the day
in the same tI,dlInrr win those u this c.iy.
The sun says: Every Thing passed oti III the city
and on, of H. without single accident, aud drunkenness
and debanchrry perhaps rare than on CON-
mon occasion F"
The Transcript remarks that "sundry clubs N non-
descrpt ausc looking like b'ings rrcted OF both The
GODS and men, spnr,td thpn>else, III some quarters,
| and cunrrltud considerably 10 the amusement oi
certain class of our population
Al J,e.,oa A. 1.-The u. S. soldiers at the en-
camt,tt made general parddc through the CITY ,ahd
thousands we're IN attendance TO witm IS u. During
Inc d.y am orat,n was delivered and NATIONAL salute
i,cd We have heard OF 10 accidents.