New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-18
CITY Items.

ia and 155 Hammonds;reet, which. ere j q
srhd,ed destroyed about $4,000 worth Of proper
- ~ which ONLY one-ffih was covered By insurance
7, ORIGINATED in the steam laundry Of Mes-rs Prouiy
and Danfonh. where not hour previous 7O'i''
men were at work and Mr. Daniorih was on''
aroused by the bark Of his dog to behold the eA''e
story in flames. Their loss amounts 70 So 1N'
they were insured for 81, 900 at the Cro'oh oii''
About two thirds of their weeks washing Was 4S
slroyed.
The second story was unoccupied al ine uine,
- 81. - tory was the marble sawmill OF
William Chaunccy, with large quantity oil 'a'1
able machinery and stock. He owned ihls Dui'ins
I'll a. another large three story BRICK one inthe
20, tho l;,seed oil factory OF Z. II Pell Co. Mr.
cian,ce,.,s loss il estimated at $4,000, without
single dollar Of insurance Messrs PEI 20. : ioss
i 200 on stock, q 900 Of which Is insured but
,,e were unable to ascertain at what Office
No ~ Hammond street was the frame House-
smith and Machine Shop Of ". ". Howell whose
los. on building and stock amounts TO sl,50O-no IN
.urance. Nos $50 and l6l were two brick dweh
ing houses, each occupied by number OF families
the former Of which was damaged by hre to about
$500. and the other considerably injured BY water
Linus Scudder owned No. l59 insured and Rev
f. s. James No. l6l.
The wind. which was blowing very fresh IRON
The North East drove the flames upon several snaH
ont buildings attached to the dwellings from whioh
the fire communicated TO the part Of the eNien
sive Soap and Candle Factory Of Eaoch Morgan
fronting on and numbering " West-street and here
occurred the mos, destructive part OF the conhaSra
ton In addition to very large and valuable STOCK
on hand. the machinery, comprising very splendid
engine and three boilers, totally destroyed and
Mr. Morgans loss lhe owned the buildingi VIII not
fall short OF 600 and he is insured tor e'VVo al
tie Croton.
Adjacent to this factory was the lumberyard OF
Nessrs. Foster & Van Ostrand, No 49, west
s,ree, ,ybo thanks 10 the welldireced exertions OF
the fremen escaped with tritiinig loss oil sow
FIR which they are insured at the Greenwich once
The porter house of Isaac Little on the corner o.
Yves, and Hammond was also saved by our brave
and daring firemcn-
There were two tons OF grease IN the second slor!
of Morgan factory, and an equal quantity IN o'her
| parts of the building, which emitted an immense
volume of flame, and presented one OF the most Dfl
liant snectacles we have ever witnessed Captain
Bush of the 9th District and Captain Durham OF the
slh District were on the ground at an early hour
with Police force sufficient TO preserve the street
in front of the fire clear for the fremen which ena
bled them to work with far greater success and
ease. But few years since, this same spot was the
scene of an equally large and devastating fire
PBAcrIcAL MORALS IN ScHooLs.-A correspon-
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dent reminds us that year since the Trustees directed
portion OF the time in the Public Schools TO be ceyoiec
20 Drawing and other exercises OF similar nature
Maps and other Drawings, Illustrations in Geometry
Specimens in Geology &c have consequently Deeh SEM
T. the State Superintendent Of SCHOOL, to the MEMBER
Of the State Legislature and to the Convention oil County
superintendents and through them and other mediums
widely distributed through the State causing hundreds
if not thousands of Schools to avail themselves Of these
advantages.
The attention OF the Schools of this City directed
few weeks since the study of Geometry and Geoo-
~ in their relation to domestic education and designed
10 secure the aid of parents and other friends OF Schools
Among the results already produced by this step in
strucve and interesting Collections in not ess than ten
thousand families made by the joint efforts Of pupils
teachers. parents and other friends This a wise
and excellent thought.
our friends here, will give Concert in our City on
Tuesday evening.
NysryRIors-A man and his wife who were
sleeping in an upperstory room Of No. l3l Wooster
street were awakened between two and three O'Clock
Yesterday morning by the walking of some person upon
the slated roof and in few moments mans head ana
shoulders were protruded through the dormant window
when upon the gentlcmans sprnging from his bed the
intruder rerea,ed and disappeared through the window
Of TIE house adjoining. which he closed behind him
Were the Star Police dormant at the time
~ We are glad to see that the Norcich Cour
m is directing the attention Of its readers to the cond
ton and rewards OF Female Observation-Disclosures that
The Editor copies his article from The Tribune without
credit
r-EY- The Common Council being out of town,
the Fountains are occasionally allowed to take an airing
on the principle suppose that
When pspas away
The Fountains play"
~ J. Berbank, committed on charge OF al
tempting pass counterfeit coin has been released on
bail Of $1,000.
IN Parker ~ Edge give their second Grand
Fo,llla Ball his ereniag the steamer Deararc The
officers of the North Carolina and Great Britain will be
present The evenings now most favorable 10 such
excursions.
~ A mos, painful instance of human depravity
was exhibited the Upper Police Office on Saturday in
the arrest of an old man. of age charged with
attempt to abuse the person Of little gil only years
old, We can but think that the act committed in a
moment Of temporary insanity.
YACHTING AT NEwPoRT.-An interesting race
came OF on Thursday between the New York boat
Siren and the Northern Light OF Boston. The Herald
has the following account Of the sport;
They started from the BeaveT-ta Light Al % minutes
past II, the Siren ~ yards the Northern Ligh, :
weather quarter and 20 yards asiern wind : W light
iog smooth came 10 flag boat miles 10 wndwafd
o! Point Judith-abOu knot breeze Ftrsi Tax
L. - Siren tackled and Northern Light followed
Scond Tack IL So in similar way Siren 100 yards
ahead and Northern Light 100 yards TO windward siren
SO close in shore that she nearly hecslmed. while
The Northern Iirh; uiied up with good wind
| Third Tack 81; Northern Light iscked-Siren FOL
lowed 10 seconds after Siren ID OF mile dead 10 wind
ward of the Northern Ligh,-breeze ireshenng
Fourth Tack l pa. Northern Light lacked Siren fol
/ lowed 30 seconds after no change. ---tgh Tax
5Si Siren tackled and Northern Light ollowed-sireu
hali mile dead windward breeze lighter y
Siren passed the fsgbost and squared away 80
Northern Light did the ssme-difeTence allowed by al