New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-14
City Items.

tiaate the cause of the explosion at Croker
store Broadstrect which was the principal cause Of 'e
late disastrous conf asrafion repaired 70 Mo'tve on 'e
we.,cheser Co side Of the bridge yesterday accom-
panied by several eminent professors and oiner -en
med 10 test the question whether or not sapere VII
exolode Three experiments were tried. the I'--i. "
which was an unanimous opinion. We UNDERSTAND TO-
.rl,,,.r, Kill not e1pode The frs; test euaniny Of
saltpetre in a bag 10 which FIRE applied. Inc A'
petre and bag burned serceiy, but there va "o
zion The second experiment was hoz-"''u '-
.sl,petre slightly ntermxed with bsg-ins ana oihei
cornbustble matter known 70 have been "a w ' ~
C. & w The hogshesd was partially IN 'ne siouHu ~"
.havngs aud other combusbles placed aro1hu il anu
set fire TO- The result the same A. 'he H's' Inc
h;-s ,,.. Nth larpe boiler furnace heated ex-
ceedinsly hot, and containing large quantity u iu No'
,..ed .s,nere Into this caudron of melted saipeire
49,. n .aI,pere ard slight combustible material
,e thrown The heat was exceedingly great but SUI
.~,lo.;c, This seems TO settle the question.
yve may add that in each instance hard iubsiance
len nv the burning salipetre resembling potash in
.,,esrance and having extraordinary salt taste
vonrRy BArLmESTs-Nnmber trco-Our read
Or. doubtless remember the arrest Fix weeks since
n, David Kipp and Thomas Dull who charged
with burglary in Grand street and were subsequently
Eastern Pearls,reet House and Franklin House in thi'
Civ A. well A. at divers hotels throughout the states
committed within four months, the parties on ever
occasion taxing lodging il the premises plasns the
bosrders' rooms and abscondng before morning win
their boo,v Dull was delivered 70 the authorities OF Al
banv 70 be tried for his vanies in that cy, while hpp
doubtless in the hope Of escaping as state evidence
confessed having burglarously stolen 800 worm Of sS
and dry goods from store in Greenwlch-sreet ana
stated that he had cold his portion Of the property TWO
Germans who on being brought before the folce' An
mitted the purchase He implicated in THIS aHair wv
notorious rascals known Buffalo Bill and Ohe'ah'u
George who he averred at Buffalo Oiicer Jackson
was accordingly hi,her arrest them oui uhoiu
natey arepot of Kipps confession appeared IN o'"
ing paper Of this city and reached Buffalo al he SAM
time with Jackson who found where the BIRDS had naue
their nest the night previous but they had hown 1Po
this complaint the Grand Jury al the last term ouhd D
for burglary the degree (ss family resided over
the sore) and Kipp seemed surely booked for ten years
inpri.onrnen, in the State Prison. lie universally
known at the Tombs Of the most daring ana des
pra,e burglars in the City and every lover Oh justice
was rejoicing in bis arrest and apparent tate when 10
some three or four nights before the last term o the
Court Of Sessions at or about Midnight he was taken
from the Tombs by writ Of habea. carried before Re
corder Talmsdge and by him discharged on bal Of the
nature of which he says nothing Thus ends Mr..
Eipps punishment and with half dozen complaints OF
felony hanging HE head Ito substanliaie which wit
nesses had been summoned at great expense from va
rous sections Of the State may be fairly inferred that
we shall not soon find him in midst again. when so
extensive a country open for his speculaons
bench warrant issued some weeks ago from the
Court of Sessions against Matilda Green, an abandoned
thief Of the most degraded stamp for roboing country
man of 500 and placed in the hand OF officer VINO
,e to say org0fto arrest me Pary ana she renamed
Al liberty ill sunday last when she committed at the
Police for robbing another man of 5000 aud being al
mos, instantly released on bail by the Recorder for this
offence an investigation took place at the Police as to the
whereabouts and fate of the Bench Warrant 1t was
soon found slumberng in the pocket Of an officer and she
was again before Justice Osborn, when it appeared that
her lawyer had arranged every thing very nicely for her
IN perspective by taking her before Mr.. Recorder Tail
madge and procuring her bailmcnt upon warrant bfos
she had been arrested and of thus guarding against
tie contingency Of any subsequent commitment II this
/, not funny administration of Justice is beyond
faculty of detndig
u. young married pair arrived in the City
Yesterday from Philadelphia whose departure from that
place was attended with whose unpleasantness
was aggravated by its publicity. As there viii be all
sorts of versions of the affair published deem II pro
Der 10 state the facts The bride daughter Of wealthy
and arstocra,c shipping merchant in Philadelphia and
one of the lovely and accomplished women in that
City where lovcncss and accomplishments seem nau.
raj to the sex The husband Is very respectable young
gentleman. every way save in wealth worthy OF the
lady The marriage being opposed by the ladys father
was privately solemnzed by Clergyman, yesterday
morning and the bridal party had just arrived at the
River TO take passage for New-lork when they were
overtaken by brother of the bride who did not know
of the marriage and led 20 believe that his sister
had sacrificed herself. renconrre ensued between
him and the husband, during which he (the brother
drew pistol. 1t Immediately taken from him and
fred in the air by the croomsman. who was IN attend
ance and the parties separated by him and another gen
,leman The husband then claimed explanation with
the brother-cxhbted the marriage certificate, and at
once relieved his fears The brother then ran for the
father who fastened 20 the boat-read the certhcaie-
fre,ted a little as old gentlemen apt 10 do when
called up too early in the morning Granted his blessing
10 the happy pair and got ashore just as the last bell
runs
~ The recent and frequent robberies and bur
diaries in our City committed without detection, prove
L. us the fact that there exists in our midst band OF
thieves more perfectly organized practically as well ~
theoretically Than any body Of City Police in the eoun
try They have their Chiefs and Rulers their spies as
numerous as they cunning and their active Mem
bers and in every department the most perfect system
Of action devised and adhered The Developments
Of the Poughkeepsie barge robbery conclusive upon
this point For three months previous, Parkin-
son now under arrest in the habit of going up to
Poughkeepsis in this barge twice week upon various
pretended purposes Of business AT one time he took
pair of horses with him avowedy to sell them, but
brought them down again, and frequently proe'sed
1, have business with jcweler there, whom be IN
fortunately never found at home. He thus informed
himself that money packages were often transmitted on
hoard the barge and where they kept beside gain
ing the requisite intelligence of the pursuits ofhe hands
few weeks before the robbery notorious thief dis
charged only Il months before from the State Prison,
named Wander grief and sandy completed knsshman
arrived at the Globe Hotel from Philadelphia and be-
tween II and Il O'Clock of the night prior TO The affair
they drank together the Branch Hotel in The Bowery
and were aterward observed in conversation AZ the
corner Of Grand and Mulberry for more than an