New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-12
CITY ITEMS.
FRrnAY. Angut l


Moonlight Excursion Of the American Musical institute
came OF last night according to the announcement As
the evening fair and the temperature unexcepton
able we took position Pier No. with between
and three hundred other individuals 10 wait the
arrival Of the Columbia She came in sight heavily
laden with pleasure about halfpast seven but
By the time she had taken the additional freight aboard
well several tons of youth sontimen, at Jersey
City, It after o'clock There re at least athou
sand passengers in aI and the North Ameriea which
followed in wake, carried equal number. The
her third quarter shone clearly on the glitter
ing water Of the bay and In spite Of the load the
boat made good progress the spirits Of the audience
comfored, and the feelings Of some oyersuscepti
Die youths only found relief by singing in chorus the
back to Old Virginia"
The landing at Biddles Grove, formerly snou nder
the of Tough's Point reached about 10
o'clock and the passengers informed that the
boats would leave precisely at twelve their return
The Grove which covers the hight really besuti
fu in the moonlight with It's cool pine shaded walks III
up with coored lamps and winding round the verge of
the hill revealing dim gimpses OF the sound sort Of
square pulpit around the trunk OF pinetree canoped
with thick mantle OF evergreens from which the
lamps hung like cleaning fruit appropriated to the
performers an smphtheater Of had also been
erected but the country SWANS and damses who had
congregated great abundance, claimed them BY right
Of occupation.
The Grove rang with shouts and uprosrious songs
the streams Of excursionists poured into it, and the
Concert was commenced without much delay. Mr.
Meggs apologized for the absence OF OF the per
formers, who had been unavoidably detained and the
Marseillaise then sung with much spirit by num-
of vocalists Qusrtette and Trio by OF the
members not successful, perhaps from want OF
the proper help 70 sound furnished by room
and the drinking chorus from LeoRord, which closes
with line of hurrss" acted out to the letter by
the crowd who hurrad vociferousy at the eud Of
each stanza The Widow Machree which very
well sung by an amateur received the embelsh
ment and the effect OF number Of voice. singing
och hone" in howl OF long drawn melancholy, made
US laugh, in spite OF the moonlight
Just then, the lamps began shine dmly, through
a fog. and the grove suddenly dark and damp
Making the hes, of way to the landing we found
that charitable Night had wrapped ALL exactly in
the blanket OF the dark but in of mixed gray
material which she had just taken dripping from the
wash tub of the Atlantic There no possibility of
riskng two thousand lives in such fog, and the Cap
tain very properly concluded to wait till morning The
passengers submitted to this with resignation-some
slowing themselves away under the pleasant delusion
that they would sleep while the remainder perve:sey
kept ten times wider awake than ever. Toward morn
ing the fog lifted little and the boats started home
ward depositing their freight at the pier about six
o'clock hungry bears, and with experience of
sunrise and the fresh morning air, which must have
been novel to many of them 1t is but justice to the
members Of the Institute say that they performed
their part as well as under the circumstances they
could have done.
RUS OvER.--Yesterday afternoon a boy named
William Quinn over by engine returning
from the great FIRE in Wiamsburgh while passing down
Houston.st He was taken TO his residence severely
injured.
MISUNDERSTANDING the fire yesterday at Will
lamsburgh boy abouts or years Of age fell into the
river opposite the Houston Ferry, but WIS rescued
from his perous situation by one of the fremen
FIREs.-Last night about 10 o'clock fire broke
out in the grocery store, corner Of Greenwich and
Laight SITS caused by the bursting of camphene lamp.
but extnguished before much damage had been
done Another fire broke out yesterday afternoon in
the roof of the chemical store l46 Troyst but was
promptly exinguished. This morning, between the
hours Of l and o'clock, fire. which is supposed to
have been caused by the carelessness of boy broke
out in the csmphene store 30 City Halpace, but was
quickly put out by the exertions Of the hremen, who
were Immediately on the spot.
rJr A MAD Doc was killed by Police officer
at the corner of Bowery and Wakerst Friday morning
PoLIcE-A fellow named Peter Gillian was ar
rested Yesterday by Constable Barker of the Sixth
Ward. on a charge of shooting Dutchman named
Charles Augustus, few days since At Bulls Ferry.
John Morgan was taken into custody yesterday on
charge of stabbing a man named Owen Conner with
knife and njuring him severely. Patrick kerrlgan
was locked up on charge OF stealing sl7 from
named Patrick Gilroy No Go Cross-st
POLIcE-Yesterdsy Caroline Dickens, Michael
O'Hare Eliza Whaley Josua Grill and Louis Fisher
were locked up in the Tombs 10 charge Of
robbing OF the returned Volunteers OF SO beside
his watch and trinkeis
BROOKLYN AFFAIRS
TREASURE TRovE.-It was rumored through this
city yesterday that keg containing $4,000 Spanish
dollars was dug up by fishermen on Barren Island
few days ago 1t appears that while one of the men
was forcing pole the ground for the purpose OF
erecting a tent, it in contact with hard sub
stance subsequently found to be keg. Whether the
story is hoax or has not yet been ascertaned but
at all events hundreds Of persons started of to the
island armed with shoyels and pick axes, and com
nenced digging up the soil with industry They
found however nothing TO reward their trouble but
large quantity OF clam and other shells.
FIRE AT CRANBERRY Coal MrSEs.--We learn
by letter from Hazeton that Sunday morning last
the Cranberry works that place owned by Messrs.
A : & T. Roberts OF this city, and worked by aessrs
Pardee & Co were discovered to be IRE and before
the flames could be exrngushed, the extensive works