New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-20
CITY ITEMS.

.,,a.sl and Third avenue '''0o'''e' -''
-, southeast corner Of the extensive siaD'ss Of
~ Murphy. proprletors Of the bo"efy and Ih.fa
= line OF stages As he approached inc spot
an from the stable down Twenty sevea'n 81 whom
10 = 10 second avenue. where he To-, sight Of
The other Waterman employed ~ Me''r' Muf'
p" an ,b. meantime obserycd the Ere breaking out
-. cher end Of the stable but before he could make
T. estireuish H. the whole building was in 4
.,sl.ze Upward OF thirty ave tons o. nay mao been
,on FRIDAY and the flames communicating 70
=. ,.s,mnable material. SLED the whole stable in
-, With dense smoke The wstchmen and others
-s,,rored % rescue the horses Of whom there were
r4red in the stal. and succeeded 10 driving out
"a, or ninety, as near could be ascertslned. The
- were lying down. sufoca;ed ty the 'rnoke, and
-, ire spread with such rapidly that il ~as imPos''-
I,.ssve them The other part Of the building con.
az TIE stages, caught a. the same time and twenty
.,ostae best q them were destroyed, with sixteen
,,,,si AID eli the harness belonging 20 them among
.,,ases were several new and handsome one' which
"a ben but recently pat upon the lne Three OIL an
terror character were got ol a. The rear ~ 'ns O'i'
81. AID four hsd not returned from Their .a'i i"p'
TIE irencu were promptly on ne spot pug 100 ~
.,gregeat the entire destruction Of me sa,'sS'
I'D was strong and The great BODY Of fame ca'i''u
% the southeast. isl.ted the Methodist H2''c pr
rsgr.a Of Rev. pr. STATION on Twenty let
shch was in short time Destroyed ogeiner WIN 'N7
.r,snsgs attached only the walls being .eit stsneins
grs stfattou was very 3D. at the time and was oDnEea
o. be- removed on her bed. The Public school build
~ NJ Is pex, caught and was burned 70 the ground
.,s the block Of frame houses the opposite side Of
rsen,y seventh 81, must inevitably have been swept
,ssy had not tho wind fortunately changed. The Pro
.,,snt EpiseopaI Church Of 81 B8rnsbss. under the
.s.r,e Of Rev Mr. Jcliac, with two or three small
frame buildings adjoining on Twenty seventh 81 oppo
-, tho stables also destroyed a. well az the rear
II four houses on Third avenue. The violence Of the
,ossgfation was not arrested until nearly o clock,
,s ne engines continued playing upon the Church and
s.sool building until daylight
The entire loss Of property By this confsgrs,ion VIII
t little short Of $4,000 al least half Of which Is sus
aired oy Messrs Murphy. We learn that these gen
,,sen paid 900 for tho establishment two years
,,o since which time considerable Improvements have
zen made aud stock added aud that within three
,,,ks they have had An offer of SJj.OJJ for u, which
y.. refused The amount Of property saved. will pr.
.s. amount TO 10000 and there insurance OF
900 IN the Bowefy Insurance Company policy
s,amuch larger amount expired but d snort time
,see bat from tho difficulty Of ehectng an insurance,
sb.d not been renewed. The horses destroyed com
,cd all the rnos valuable of their stock single pair
.sylns been lately purchased for 500
There was An insurance OF g 900 upon the Methodist
rbu4cb in the City Insurance Company. aud 81 900
,oou the parsonage the Public School was doubtless
.,ur,d 10 its iull extent
several thieves were arrested 10 the act Of pursuing
heir calling during The cycitement caused BY the hrc
and we're taken to the Twelfth Ward Station House.
Aouant.ty Of silver plate belonging to Rev. Mr. sirai
,5n was recovered aud restored 10 the owner
Capt. Johnson with posse Of Police, were present,
and rendered good deal Of aid to the hrcmeu IN their
.b0rs
The eight presented by the ruins is in the highest de
ace painful The bodies Of the unfortunate beasts
chsrfed and rnoldeDg but stli retaining their shape
he where they tell conyulsed and distorted by their
ast agonies one Of them lies at the very entrance,
having fallen suaocsled, Just as the wetchmen had
driven IL to the door Another, which was rescued
alive though terribly burned left 10 endure he tor
ments until noon the reason given being that permit
had to be obtained from the Alderman of the Ward be
fore IL could be killed. The fire undoubtedly the
work Of an iucendary, and We hope some rigorous
measures may be adopted Tor the discovery aud pun
i.hmont Of the criminal Scarcely any penalty IN the
Statute Book would be too severe Tor the villain who
could commit an net 50 hcndish In its character
OrHfR FIRLs.-AbOut O'Clock yesterday
morning flames were discovered issuing from the boot
and shoe store Of Mr. furst corner OF Broomest and
be Bowcry aud Ia a short time that building was en-
lely consumed The fire then extended both ways
On the Bowory side windo shade store cigar store
belonging 10 Mr. Keller, a straw store, millinery cs
Enlistment belonging 10 Mr.. Baum, and roon store
next 10 we're destroyed while Broome-st the hair
eating saloon Of Peter Canaan together with caon,
~. III. IA Of IerI tr
Cone much damaged Mrs Baum lost nearly all her
so, and about 5000 In money Capt hisner took
from the ruins $40 in gold coin, and heap OF oils
burnt to cnder. Dr. Cones Church lost two OF the
fan Gothic windows next the Bowery, with some oil
the seats and furniture on the inside
A stable in sevcnieenthst near Eighth avenue took
ire abo1, clock yesterday morning. and was entirely
DESTROYED with four horses which in il at the time
Il was owned by Quackenbush a ---, feed dealers
About the same time another hre broke out at the
corner Of Thirtyhiih.st and Fithsyenuc' which de-
showed three houses before it could be extinguished
There was an alarm of FIRE in sixteenth St soon al
arwards but we believe liirle or damage was done
This terminates the disastrous catalogue of hres for
ine mig ht between Saturday and sunday
rg~ PHoNoGRAPnY is taught in the Phiiadel-
reporting the Lectures of the Professors upon Natural
Philosophy Chemistry and various other branches oil
Science II is considered by Prof Hart, the disiin-
sushed Principal of that Justly celebrated school as an
essential arm in the process OF communicating IN
stluctOn.
Mr.. Boyle is to deliver see adyer,isemenp three
full explanatory Lectures upon the ari-one at Clinton
Hall this evening stuyvcssnt Institute on Tues
day evening and one Rutgers Institute on "Wednesday
evening and in order to give the most striking Illus
suon OF the powers OF the art no has procured toe
attendance Philadelphia OF some Of the pupils OF
tie High school who Will be present at the Lectures
and give sn exhibition Of rapid writing.
One OF these lsls-a youth OF iourieen-at-
teoded Dr. Coxs Church at the morning service,
yesterday aud furnished us the report OF the Sermon
which appears In our columns this morning. The CO
ra.cans and peculiar style Of the Doctor form (as the
reader Will readily perccivc) OF tho scverosi tests
to which any powers Of reporting could be subjected
A, there wa no intercourse had with the preacher the