New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-24
city ITEMS.

pr., ~ THr WAsHISe1of.-ipo s'e
w,.,,,.,o, returned TO this city at sso1' WV :,
s,,.,,y .tsrnoon 10 the surprise ana fes'e' ~,
,,.s.,sy coneerrst, but Of The puohs seu'
~, u,..ms that 10 the course OF Inc e'.O''s
-. ,.,A,,e WAS found TO be the matter Ia 'ns -
,s,Ao.rd engine and At Midnight the eSnh0e'
,.o,ov,s for the purpose Of examining oe'De
,,s..,,. ni.,on keys were loose So'nns sP-
80. -.,. restored to their place, and the engine
$1,000 I'm, q, the ,humpng In the eylnder con-
,,,n.s an. was stopped again at O'CLOCK ~heu ""'
,.,s that ,hs piston head was cracked Aecoronsp a.
declared II to be unsafe 10 proceed Captain
80, a, once DOT the ship about, and with her saf
h,,a engine sops ,hs came bsckto the City to repair
via, from one Of the passengers that all on sos'
h,shiy delighted with the sailing qualities OF 'No
y..esnstoa as well as with her superior secommo'"
IN, eosr,e,y ana skin Of her gentemsny eaee'' Wv
behave all The passengers silli Intend TO 50 0u' |" A
shs saIl. on Tuesday morning at 10 sS0e'
rF-A Taylor Meeting, we hear - " 20 "s. :,
Military Hal Oh Wednesday evening anu 49,. :,
cL.rstospeak lie, Us be E'Sel0o' 81 ,,.,i,.,
u. and no, have the affair loof 90 ..,,.a
.,-..so,, ,.,,,, At lafayette Hall since u 'e''eo
hs,oud csvii that Sew.foft "'Oi NA~' ."
We ca. An0rd 10 be mssnshn0u'
Tar FESTIVAL ToMoRsow NleHr'-"e learn
.,s pes.r.,ions fortbe National Bal 70 take P'AeeS
-, rh.,er 10 morrow hight are going forward WIN
,,s,sy and every prosPec, Of making II one oil Inc
..,,,.,, entertainments ever witnessed IN this City
-, :. .dvs,ti.sment in another column our readers
- s,s where to furnish themselves with tickets.
y,sy AND Loss OF LIYs-On Saturday after
non shortly before the doors OF the Broadway Thea'er
YER. open.d for the night, alarm Of Ere was given BY
IN. eored woman who sweeps the house, when several
,,.on. who we're on the sidewalk In Broadway dashed In
and ,ognd the red curtain in blsIs Of FIRE They at
,,mu,sd 10 pull It dewn but not succeeding Mr. Galbrath
IN. carpenter the thes and another man went up 10
the rssng sn1 cat II loose. When this fen on the stage
The oro curtain also discovered TO be on fire. and was
ca, oo. also ~h.n the barrel fell on one of the men be-
low. ramec Samuel Prsy and crushed him so dresdiGiy
tina, he died while being conveyed 10 the City Hospital
The deceased was Ia the lehye Of bis age and had been
IN the poymsn, Of Col Mann three or four months
back.
An iaquo., wss held on the body In the City Hospital
yesterday by Coroner Walters and the above facts were
atdueed In evidence verdict wss rendered that samse
Pray csn. his death by injuries accidentally received
BY the falling Of the drop curtain at the FIRE 10 the these
For The Tribune
sELycr SCHOOL FOR YoUss LADIEs-Wewere
much srstned IN visiting one day Last week School io'
Young Ladies aud Misses Ia our negbboring village OF
wnamsbursb lat No Colonnaderow Front's') to Wit
mes. the order rean..s and regularity which chsseer-
lzs the school and all the arrangements connected thefe
with JUDGING from the high character and qualifications
Of the ladies who have undertaken this lsudsoe
and from The appearance and arrangement oftheir senoo
In commanding Their instltulOn
TO the notice and patronage of public We understand
tbs, there are s few vacancies and from lis delightful
situation on the banks Of the East River In everywsy oe
r,,e Tho terms are very m oderats but $3.50 per sDnum
for board and tuition in oil the ordinary English branches
together with music the use piano drawing painting
and fancy neeoework wo quite certain that visit
there would impress every other person did ourselves
with the fn belief that no other place In this vicinity pre-
sent. ,uperior, II EQUAL advantages. The wiamsoursh
ferry boats which start from Pecfsp. land within few
rods OF CoonnadeIow every few minutes curing Inc
FIRys-The steamboat Traveller, lying at Peek
slip Was discovered to be on ere on the upper Deck near
the smoke pipe about O'Clock Yesterday morning. Bat
,rang damage done TO the boat as the fire was soon
e1tneushed By the hands TIE premises No AL Green
vehst we're slightly damaged by hro on Saturday even
ins.A carpenters shop in Nineteenth-st. near the
Fifth avenue was hro saturday evening as II Is
supposed By boy "a years old. Il was soon ertnguish
ell The umbrella store Of j. A. j. Gilmore. NO. li9
Chs,hsmst was somewhat damaged by nrs on Saturday
afternoon.
VERY ALARMIsol-The new Aims House ouid
tue. ON B.ckwes Island having been completed and the
children removed orders given TO remove the inmates
from, Bellevue We learn that about three hundred OF
them revolt and threaten that they will go to work and
earn their own hvsg rather than to go to Bsckwels
Island 10 the present of City affairs this vast
ly alarming.
DEATH OF john b. HAsTY-lnformaton was
received at tho Lower Police Court yesterday that MI
John b. Hssy one of the clerks Of that Court who has
been Tor some time past An inmate at the Bloomngdse
Lunstic Asylum. expired about ii O'Clock on saturday
night.
AccIDrST--An aged female named Catharlne
Murphy wa. seriously injured Saturday night by being
rao over by stage In Broadway