New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-18

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DrAru ny JcMrlNG or FAILING IRON Roor-This
morning youns Spanatd aged 81 native Of Havana and
student ia the medical college ths city, whose is
Gons,lo Aldama, his death in singular aud
PAINFUL lie had bcen deranesd for thrt
days and s mornS ascending the roof Of has boarding
house No 80 Barclay through the scut,e with only hs
panalocus shirt and ochins. on,.he 10 the domer
window laid DIVA on the roof Of his back. kicked up
his heels aud cr,ug to the edge. jumped oha hight of so
feet and fss ;he back Of his head crushed terribly
and almost Instantly died He the Of wealthy Spa
nard had abundance of money, aud be
sisued the fatal The held inquest and the
verdict ea, by injuries received BY jumping falling
from OF the house No "a Barclay the
pavement in front OF said house the th day Of February
iss5 when m stale Of temporary mental arrangement
The THUNDER SroIM.-The escape Of Mr. Grin
nell's family from all injury by lightning during the
Storm OF Saturday night. Is not less remarkable
than the occurrence Of such storm at this season
OF the year The electric huid, II seems entered
Mr. Grnuell's house through the root over tht front
door, broke into the attic story, burst out in 'front.'
carving the window entirely away, aud throwing
most OF il with states from tine root into the College
yard. and descending through the water-ppe,
passed ont by the lamP-rost, shatterng the base
ment window IN lis course. The servant man slept
in the attic: his bed was forced some Two or three
feet on, OF It's place, AMI he himself received Sc
we're shock The furniture OF the room aud look
Ing glass weIe shattered. The other parts OF the
house were uuiniurcd The solder IN the TN water
pipe was melted nj each on and The TN torn in one
or two places. |, was Just about midnight when the
shock occurred. The family were, OF course,
aroused irom sleep by 50 extraordinary clrcnm-
stance. but how great was their reliet on flndms
that no one ot;helv number had beea injured
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rEr STREETS are gradually approaching impossible
s,ac, Theec several points n broadway yesterday
at which crowds collected merely The fan scone
ouuiousScs try &c; aons. Rieg requires high in
surancc and these whose he,eaSeS are expiring had bet
ter scS the sidewalks, The streets she,d have hen
eyelCd ions sgo proper attention org paid them d4y
but no, In the Of yinT patients, the Corporation
can only doltor because they paid for Let strong
forces be instantly detached ircm The s and scAvenser
regiments, armed with Tck-lNes who siA Try 10 rndeF-
Few Q: she nights and spread them in'o ,he yIies
CO, y P. WIl.IS concludes IN the les, Mirror
his dsience SgainSt the recent savage personal 2t-
tack upon HIM in the Courier & Enquirer. This
porien Of his defence, relating 70 his conduct while
IN Italy and on the Mediterranean, strikes us as
more direct and iorci5le than ,ha, which preceded
II. We think the Courier is now bound 10 take
back some Of the hardes, of the many hard ,hings
/, has said Of 2ir. W.
e. Prof Busu viii lecture tomorrow evening
a, the Stuyvesan, Institute an defence of his recen;
published view Of the Resurrection, and with spe-
cial reference 10 tie pulpit criticisms of Rev, Dr.,
Skinner The workOf Prof Bush has already cre-
ateda proioundsensaiion, andwe find the new copy
-ot third edition, we beleve-on our table. We
trs, all those who feel an interest in the subec,
will hear Prof Bush as well as those who feel con.
strained 10 differ from him. and Judge candidy be-
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