New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-16

longitude on Iuesdsy night last ie 80" t"eutysh
from bic window In the space Of hour and ten min
u,s. Considering ,ba, i, early in the evening the
wonder 10 that nobody else got sight Of them.
r. The Coroner was about 70 hold inquest
on the supposed corpse OF black boy at tbs old brewery
yesterday and the surgeon had his tne ready 10
40 ncsiOn for the post norton examination when the
boy came lie again and the operation indefinite
y postponed.
ATTEsPTED ESCAPE OF 4 C0syIoT Christian
Beekschin, who was yesterday sentenced 70 Sing sing
for the term of five years lee, night attempted to eec'
his escape from the City PrisOn BY making man o.
straw which he laid In bic cell and covered VIII DAD
ket lie then got into cell that was us.d iof iuDe'
&c where there loi Of straw, With which BE ">o'
rope. The keepers examined the cells a. us'" upon
cosng the pri.on and eli appeared right. Al about
o'clock 10 the norni0g Christian squeezed MINIS
,h,ougb tbs Iron bars AID lowered himself down into
the yard bal, Just dropped one Of The keepers saw
him and upon sosrebDg iouod him concealed the yard
Monte sh.ra Stanton came 10 inform ChJistisn lss'
evening ,hs, he should him up the river this morn
ios 10 the state Pfson and upon looking into the cell
LID n tho keeper who was with him" won't wake
the poor fellow up he is asleep" This the Of
straw, Chrlsiisn himself concealed In the other
cell
FWE.-A fire was discovered about - o'clock
lss, nieat 10 the house Of Rowland No lO3 Washing
ton q, which was extingul'ned with little damage
PolIcg-Charles Allen was last night arrested
NV officer CoAkly 81 tho Fourth Ward, charged WIZ
stealing 40 JOfrom Andrew Johnson. Patrick Hsgsn
was arrested by officers Shsves and Lsngdon OF the
Fourth Ward charged with stealing VI ana goa ring
from ThOs SteTDa. Jane smith was arrested by ON
Ger Riley Of the sixth Ward charged with stes0ga nat
aud froek from Mary Rose. Rober, Robertson was Ar
rested by officer OItey Of the Eighteenth Ward,
charged With stealing money from Samuel McbOvap
J.os Dillon was arrested by officer Cosigan Of the
Tenth Ward charged with stealing II bsndkerchieis
from Amos kelsey Officer keyes last evening arrest
ed Richard H. DiDbo broker OF Maiden lane on charge
Of having committed wiiu perjury IN swearing iasey
in somo case before Justice firukor DETAINED for eH
sminst0n. John Brown indicted for grand larceny
"a having the 25h OF October last Stolen ssO ia OspN
49,. sso cold watch and chain worth sl20 from Au
gu.tus H. samson OF Boston. was last night arrested by
Cant Mctirath and officer Buchanan OF the Ninth ward
On bench warrant and committed u s"a' hs uiai'
Posi- OFFlCg ROBBERY The Post Ofice IN Der
by was entered on Wednesday night ~ We lesrn from
the Journal Of that place and robbed q aoe
amount The office closed about O'Clock the
shutters fastened and when let was supposed TO 20
properly secured On entering In the morning II was
fund that the back shutters had been forced open a
one the windows pried up by means OF large chse'
and wooden wedge The amount Of the robbery can
not be- exactly ssce,ued Most OF The business e'ers
were AIKEN out Immediately after the mail came IN yes
afternoon,
gentleman In New York which had been returned from
The dead letter office al Washington, aud which con
tanned $50 In money. were taken The money drawer
was also carried of II contained SONS two or three dol
lars la small change IN ID fsnAoiuh'
AMHERST COLLEGE COMMENCEMEST.-Ihe eX.
ercises which precede the Commencement at Amfhsfs'
that occurs today took place yesterday fiend VINO
was there informs that the Address before the Lie
rary Societies by Charles sumner ESQ OF Boston wss
very brilliant aud powerful production aud proved the
author u be alike excellent writer aud an accom-
plished orator His subject was Fame aud 'iory'
and he showed what understood TO constitute these
from the earliest ages the present day touching WIN
great severity military renown HIS quotations
Edmund Wsllrr aud otbers apt and impressive and
proved Glory should arise IRON the accomplish
rnent Of real benefit mankind The Address was
shout two hours long Rev. Sir Lesviu OF Providence
sf,.rwatd addressed the Alumni and IN the evening
Raw Dr. Adams Of New York the Society ol Inquiry
but our Informant did not stay To hear eiher Inere
aud Increasing cOucOurse OF people sssemDeo
Yesterday afternoon and all circumstances seemed 70
promised pleasant time today lePrhsheiu hePuo'