New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-01
City Items.

their visit, he replied By saying tha, il was an honor
r,,-s expected and one of great importance he must
,hsreore ask little time consider uponit. Mr. Whts
no, .rp,..tsd that the Committee had adjourned to
meet again on Thursday evening Mr. Mtckle then as
.nrsd ,hem thai, be would at that time give them q
no<i,ive answer OF acceptance or deeliuaton The
whole party. which by this tine had increased TO
abop, hundred drank full bumpers TO Andrew H.
Nickle. Mayor which he answered by s smile Thus
assuring s present thai he will be the candidate OF the
Loco-Foco party.
TIVE AsroR HOUSE on FIRE = was the startling
reply 10 question put 10 a fireman last evening
when returning from Hu-rying down Broadway
we found the blocked up with dense crowd IN
which the Fremen were playing their engines snd con
spicuous par, with al their usual enthusiasm After con-
siderable management we succeeded in making our way
inn The bpdiuc. which was surrounded By the Police
and examined the of the disaster The FIRE broke
ON, simultaneously in several parts of the house. and
,s upouestionably the work OF al ncendary-snd one
of the bodies. and reckless who ever plotted against
liss and property chambermaid going into room No
a in the upper story at haifpast six o'clock discover
a Sc between the mattresses of the bed which had
ms, heeup 10 hiadle and which exnguished with
ON. a;4crItv AT the same moment however, the alarm
of FIRE was given in .hree four other parts OF the
hons. and In an instant the human hive was scene
NJ Understandable confusion Ladies rushed from their
rooms screaming and sobbing acknowledgements bur
RED up the bro ad stairs as II the whole Tier OF bells mao
been violently rung at once-huge trunks and carpet
b.oa with single gentlemen half visible beneath. darted
swiftly through the gloomy corridors, and the admirable
order and harmony usually prevailing throughout the es
Enlistment became completely inverted chord pro-
ducips the drest and most appalling dscord And now
the gallant Fremeu rushed the rescue. meeting the
thick and choking OF smoke that began pouring
doy, from the roof and forcing their way through the
tbckest of the hght-we mean. of course fright Inc
fra, man TO pull off coat and hat and reach the outside Of
The roof through an atmosphere OF smoke that must have
prev well cured him, Horace J. Meachsm former.
" one OF the BOYS belonging to No. Is. 1t is tue that
he lost his Goa. and in the operaon-but he covered
himself with lampblack and glory-whch perhaps, will
bs sootsble recompense No ~ FIRST at the bust
ress "a far IA we could learn but all the Firemen be-
hsved nobly and amer a close and exceedingly hot con-
,est o three quarters of hour the enemy yielded and
the BOYS remained entire masters Of the heldfe single
gentlemen stole very quietly back to their (oed posts
working their way kneedeep against exempore catarscts
tumbipc down the broad arwsys and left word at the
bar for their luggage be taken upstars-torge;ng to
mention how It got down-the nerves oil the Ia
dles were Quoted the clerks recovered their serenity
Coleman resumed his customary and scarcely suspend
cd smile of benevoence and the immense caravansera
with its thousand inmates gradually subsidized into its &C.
customed wellbred ,acturnity-ts granite silence
About half the roof fronting on Broadway will have
10 be renewed and several of the rooms the upper
tier were more or less lnuredwith their contents
by fire or water The damage is estimated BY the pro
| prietors at between sc 600 and Slo00o-insured.
Almost Immediately after the fire broke out strong
detachment of the Police arrived the of action
and although goody number Of thieves and pickpock
eta had already entered the building for the purpose Of
volunteering their services aid the boarders in reno
wing their property yet heard OF no special misfor
tunes happening in consequence Of this alarming exen
sion of professional poteness.
After the FIRE and Young Croton' turned out
at the principal scupper in Broadway the gentlemany
proprietors and clerks set all their cooks. energies
snd walters at work and in about fifteen minutes the
gallant Fremen were seated before OF the most ex-
citing and tempting amateur suppers ever spread for
hungry men, The viands were eaten, the proprietors
toasted aving been previously pretty well soaked they
may be called wet toast SUPPOSE and the abundance
Of Cro,op not unduy) corrected in the most popular
manner
This fire and the audacious attempt to burn the City
Hotel on Sunday night valid evidence of the active
existence of desperate gang Of incendiaes ard fur
nh abundant tokens of the holiness and reckessness
with which they prepared to carry out their devils
work The most stringent precautions should be mme-
dstey adopted by he public authorities and every ci-
zen should be constantly on his guard
P S. About hslfpast nine second alarm was given
which was discovered proceed from the Asor House
and came renewing all the freshaid CONSERVATION
II was however soon ascertaned TO proceed from an
astbac chimney whose troublous breathing had been
still farther impeded by the disasters of the evening
FAMILY Observation-Disclosures conversant
with best styles Of Pleasure Carriages now construct
ed in Europe requested to call at Creemer Haghts
Carriage Repository 800 Broadway and examine their
finest specimens of American Workmanship, especially
Glass Front Cariola just manufactured by Burr q
Haigbt Bridgeport Con- who have constructed some OF
the best Carriages in our City among others that
of Jocob Little, Esq The style of Cariols is so
contved that may few minutes be converted into
an open one and the parts displaced packed in the box
under the drivers seat ready be replaced whenever
change of weather shall requreit. This Is rare com
bina,ion of elegance with luxury, and challenges the
criticism of the fashionable (See Messrs. c. HIS ad
vertisament)
~ ARROW Roof, produced in Georgia by Col
NJ Halowes equal any specimen Of the imported ar
tcle is sold by Buckhoter, l9l Fuonst. Those who
use this excellent and bes,hfu article will please give
the domestic product trial, and we are sure they
will pronounce it equal TO any Bermuda
u" BALL to JAMES GULIcK will be given by
the Guick Guards at Castle Garden this evening. We
learn that it has been got up with great spirit and ener
~ while the superiority Of the Garden 10 any Assem-
b,y.room in mild weather need not be dwelt on The
Ball will doubtless te delightful one especially 10 those
who have been connected with the Fire Department in
the good old times
e The veteran Gen. STRIKER is TO have SER
vice of plate presented him at the Apollo tomorrow
evening Thursday and the Committee in order to have
the affair pass of in brilliant manner, have engaged
Peterschens celebrated band play for the oc
casion.
z The Boat belonging to the Henry Clay was
not Franciss Life Boat" If lifeboat Of any kind
r. AT about FIVE o'clock yesterday morning
IRE was discovered in building in William at near Full
ton st. occupied by several families. The fire extended
TO the adjoining house and much damage was done be-
fore the flames were subdued
fire was discovered In the building No. 60 Cedar-s.
at half past o'clock last Sunday evening caused By the
burnno of ned placed upcsr the stas for the purpose