The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-01

pun % ~ TO % seen ostlnety after sunrise and
till sunset last evening" the shsrred lumber still
smouldsring, and men carrying water in buckets
TO quench 1t. The scene presented yesterday
of great devastation The fire swept everything clean
before It, The drm Of Patterson Perrine & stack suf
tered least though the fire their premises
Their moulding shop, that was burned, belonged to
Mr.. Lake. being rented from him for the purpose
The monlds lost were not OF great value. for they
had another shop, Of more value, that not con
sumed Their principal loss, therefore, three fine
horses two Of which had been purchased, on Tues
day last, for 5000 Besides Mr. Lakes three frame
large portion of their furniture, MIR Mocormack's
house, on the corner and In the range,
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by the exerttons Of the iremen The principal suffer-
srs were Keith Lockwood, who had the largest lum
Der yard in Wilamsburgh, and never had /: full
before Every particle OF the lumber has been burned
together with every building in the yard The loss
steam engines, IL calculated at 5000 600. The in.
surance which was principally the mills, only
for $4,000 The only thing OF any value saved, Was
1900 In cash in the safe with the books The OF
the other parties is all covered by insurance At
time 1t considered highly probable that the dis
tillery and COW stables of Cogswel Crane Company
would have caught the flames and been swept away
a destruction that would not be much regretted by
Of the neghbors who regard that range of stables
let for such vast number Of cows as great nuisance
and their milk injurious TO all who use it These
buildings, however, all brick, and pretty well
cured against fire; and this circumstance, with the
space that between them and the last building that
was consumed, namely, the planning mill, saved them
from the connsgrstion There is not the slightest
doubt that this fire was the work Of an incsndiary
FIRE IN NEW srRKEr.-Yesterday morning at half
past O'Clock, fire discovered in No. 20 New
street. cotton store tho property of Fox & Living
ston How long the fire had been smouldering pre-
viously Is not known The alarm speedily given :,
and the fire engines in requsition The interior
Of the building, however, was consumed in q shsrt
time. despite their efforts large quantity OF the
Gotten was saved ana was thrown out in burning
bales The fire continued to moulder in it all the day
day by fire company 49, who worked like slaves and
were undoubtedly instrumental in saving much that
would have been otherwise consumed The cotton
dren ched with water but that will not inure 1t much
1t be easily dried What the extent Of the loss
H. cannot yet be determined but 1t is covered by in
surance.
ALARM o. FRE.-An alarm Of are was given about
O'Clock, which brought some half score of dre
pAnies and engines to the Fulton Ferry; but 1t
| found to be false, ~ usual on Sunday night.
DISMISSAL OF PoLIcEMAs UNDER EIrRAonDIyARv
sailed from this port few days ago two of her hands
being shore night late, went down to whitehall
for the purpose of getting on board Finding this i'm
possible they at loss what to do, when police
man Coyle suggested to them that they might sleep
the fruit stands the ferry They threw themselves
Coyle returned to them ths is their ststemsnt and
took watch out Of Of their pockets, upon which
indignantly the offence and threatened to clsave
them down II they made such an imputation He
men, where he knew they could be found and after
coming round the other way then gave the alarm and
brought two other policemen with him telling them of
the accusation. The whole party then proceeded to
the lst ward station house and after brief nvesti
cation, the dismissed by Assistant Captain
Fulton 1t got wind however and came to the OF
the Chief Of Police and tho Mayor and the matter
re-opened The sailors were sent for to tho Ports
afdavts however, we're taken; and in these without
REORGANIZATION, to ascertain whether they
drunk or dreaming, or whether some Of the thieves
which infest the ward may not have committed the
robbery. and Ned ut the approach Of Coyle, leaving
him a. an object Of suspicion to the disordersd vision
Of the plundered, or whether finally they may not
have lost the watch In house of i'll fame aud out
Of their intoxicated slumber to the conclusion
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the matter the was not satisfsctory and
while many real cases for dismissal fare often CLOSED
over or connived st. In this instance fair play not
given to the olcer under very serious charge. IL
he was really guilty Of It, the authorities ought not to
dictsd him for robbery But, on the other hand IL
they had not sucient evidence for this why did they
brand the character Of the man by dismissal from the
department!
HousEs RErUcE Nothing is required In this
city than houses OF refuge for the unfortunate to sleep
after night and they glad to get leave sleep upon
the hard boards. Some times half hudded
together In room and such that presents
in the morning, Women placed in separate apart
nents but they crowded together in The way
When there 10 no further room the applicants often
ask permission to sleep under the stairs and lately
instance occurred Of man falling into the basement
floor Of of these stair holes during the night
pjuring himself severely This is not proper use to
convert station houses into There ought to be houses
Of I.irfe built for the sprs: purpose Of aUrdins
for nights lodging In the station houses persons
who are helated and know not where to got bed or
applied for leave to sleep in the Fret Ward station
house who gave shesf Of bills to the assistant Captain
to keep for him and said he had been robbed by
bis coored brethren whom he slept In their houses
But the majority o. cases emigrants without
money friends home; and though IL IL right that the
police afford them shelter in the ab.eno. OF any other
provision, such duty does not properly come within
ns spss r S tine and they ought no. to be
for these poor people to afford them refuge
nisht or two till they could be disposed of in
other way
CuRrosirrrs ron rHr ASIrauAnr.s-In making the
excavations In front, for cellar, in Greenwich
street near Barclay, tho workmen found at a depth
Of eleven feet below the surface n segment OF GU
rous piece Of ordnance u Is about Is inches long
inchee In breadth, and az In thickness. The bore
must have been about 4 inches IN diameter. one OF
the trunDions Ia still attached Its OF covered
ever With rust The wonder is, no. this soud have
got there at ALL for IL IL evident IL IL not Of the
cannon Of the revolution. The only solution appears
TO be that this spot sort Of old Dutch fort though
the oldest inhabitant recoects nothing Of ira
dtion At the fame depth found log Of the Anne
rssu poplar or tulip tree "a feet long and about ~
inches in siameter the end Of IL being burnt 10 was
evidently dock log and mast have been where II
the ewuer intends to keep a portion OF Il 10 his
store curiosity, while Mt the time IL may be
from the IL sti to be seen the old road which
In other days was the boundary OF the Hudson. At
stands upon the site Of old Dutch frame house. ef
which IL used 10 be said that upon md
and the other In the water like the angel in the book
OF Reveation. 10 was ferry house and the boats
came under IL - they do nov at Whitehall The
site " the store, on the east side, No al, has
curious remiDescenc noes Before the revolu.
tionary war 10 was ferry house. During aud after
the war II was dance house, where British seamen
were wont to hold their carousas For the last forty
years IL has been paint store. IL recently de-
moshed, and the building TO which Alxded in the
beginning Of this article erected In Its place II Is
brick building, four stories high, aud III Just
eeiving is cornices The fret story aud basement
OF cut granite, and the trimmings OF all the wndos In
In 'front.', and the cornices, of the material
III supported by five cut granite pillars called cluster
They are Of mixed style, resembling the Egyptian,
and look erceediugly well. IL Is decidedly the most
handsome store In Greenwich street Here Is the
gress OF the city marked by one house, the an
uquities found beneath its site and the traditional
recollections entvined With its history.
FoUsD N.PpfSo. On Saturday night q new Custom I
House night officer "a the batch OF gresnhorns
gently appointed fell asleep at the foot of Maiden
lane, and vac robbed Of his first months pay, sl5,
which he had just received. He was awakened by
three negroes. who ran away. The policemen gave \
them chase but could not overtake then IL was ra-
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