New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-07-06
The Celebration Of The Fourth.

ricularly struck with ne fact that not one Jn OF
the usual number Of booths were erected around
the Falkland not in one hall Of those that were
there. 80 far as Nc could lodge was the drunk
ard. diam 10 BE procured. Nor did We At any
time during the lay see any person thoroughly IN
seI the influence of liquor though we are vel
assured that. especially towards evening there
great d,ai cf -.1,ous conduct, particularly near
the PARK. The principal actors were generally
bows. and their performances would have done
credit 30 experienced rowdies.-We have heard Of
several act. Of violence which al called for the IN
reference Of the Pece. In some cases til, wa.
sGorded-ia other. the authorities cviaced d.
regard for order ard Justice which. we are sorr,
20 say, j. by NJ mans unusual with them. A.
about midnight, 'Dr instance. a couple Of drunken
fuiians broke into the store Of Mr.. Reed. gun
smith. in Chatham street, between Franklin, and
Duane, and mos, numerically beat two women
whom they found there The sufferers cried out
Tor the watch two oi whom came after while
and marched of the scoundrels for little way
down Centre street, where they le. item 20. To-
repeat their ruitansn elsewhere.
Time would fail Va to chronicle 1.-THE Of the
performances by which the day observed
Perhaps the most notable wa. the introduction Of
the Croton water into the great reservoir at Fsrty
econd-stree,. Precisely at sunrise gun va.
fired, the gate va. raised, and the water poured,
with a bounding rush, Sto the great basin. A. in
the grateful exercise Of their duty bound tie Tenn
pcrancc Association. Of the CITY were most re-
specially represented BY the Pr<tlcnt. Secretaries
and Executive Committee Of the City Society.
Some few of our early rising citizens were
also present. The Mayor and Common Council
did not reach the ground, however, until about
o'clock The water, a. might be expected, was
at first muddy and impure but it seon became
clear as at the beautiful river from which it com
mences its Iourneying on It's mission OF mercy to
the dwcllcrs in the city Finding that the Man
haitian reservoir at the corner of Blocker and
Mercer-st'eets was empty, the Mayor requested
that the Croton water might be introduced into skc
Corporation pipes to afford supply case Of fire,
as such an event was especially TO be feared the
Fourth. After necessary opening. had been made
in the pipes between the reservoir and Union
hoistcd and in the course of the day the Manlai-
tan reservoir a, well as the tanks above, was filed
to overlooking. During the day some twenty -Gvc
thousand persons visited the reservoir and yet,
we are relolced To say accident occurred Ia
mar the Joy of the occasion. Had not cold water
been tn, only liquor admitted, we should withou,
doubt have been obliged to chronicles far different
result.
At precisely twelve o'clock saate Of thirteen
guns peacd forth from the fort on Governor Isl
and-which was echoed by the war friCatc. North
Carolina and Columbia and returned by tie Brit.
ish race, Warspite, lying of the Battery. \ few
minutes after the last gun had roared from the
Warspite a small craft moored between the North
Carolina and the Battery, was taken in tow by a
boat from the former and had scarcely moved from
her position when monstrous jet of muddy water
wa, thrown up high in the air and when il fell the
crait had utterly disappeared. Not fragment OF
it larger than billet Of FIRE wood was any where
to be 1t was the triumphant result of an cx-
pertinent made by Mr.. SAMUEL CoLT, at the ex-
pensc OF the General Government with an engine
OF destruction he has Just invented. The vessel on
which the experiment was tried was an old gunboai
from Lake Champlan. filed with rubbish The
magazine contained some two hundred pounds of
powder and was placed directly beneath the gun.
boat at a depth of II or fifteen feet. wire ex-
tended from this 10 the deck of the North Caro-
lima. two Or three hundred yards distant At the
appointed moment Mr.. Colt. who conducted the
IL p NJ II
brought the plates of hs votaic pile into contact
and quicker than thought the old gunboat vanished
into tim air. The experiment was completely
successful and was witnessed By tens OF thousands
from the Battery. Ia harbor deiences the inycn-
ton promises TO be Of essential service certain il
Is that if an enemys vessel will allow one of the
utensils to be ,usk under her the place that once
knew her will be apt to know her no more How
this very essential part Of the Arrangement is 10
be completed VIC are not aware.
The Military made fine display on the Battery.
where they paraded and were reviewed After
firing a salute they took up their line Of march up
Broadway Ths gallant fire Companies No. 20 Of
this City, ard No. 2 from Albany, made fne ap-
pearsncr.
Several accident, occurred, but 10 los, Of life
80 FAR We informed. man named n ill,,n
Dobb' residing in ludlow street, was wsundcd
By the fall Of staging, in 4slh street. being
severely Injured in the spine. The Staging was
put up with most culpable csrclessne.s. At the
same place boy was badly wounded and proba-
bly, blinded by running before cannon al the
instant OF It's discharge. He had been repeat.
cdly warned t. keep away. 4 collection wa, taken
up Tor both thcse sufferers
Reuben Garrison, aged / YEAR. residingat ls5
Elizabeth street, was wounded in the calf Of his leg
by tie premature discharge OF pistol.
Franklin hasmira, another boy, was manned in
lhc LETT hand hN The di.cLarrc NJ a nis,nI