The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-05

CITY Intelligence.
THE WrATHER.-Y rday the warmest day of
the and though there was gentle breeze all day
in the afternoon ii was unpleasantly warm The
streets were again filled with dust which rendered it
extremely disagreeabe The sky during the morning.
was overhung with clouds. and there was every pros
pect of rain but AZ the day advanced the sky became
clear. and the rays of the poured upon the
city. Az night came the horizon looked thick and
navy, the general precursor OF rain.
REMovAL THE GAS HoUsr.-This long talked Of
nuisance in Centre street now begins to show signs of
removal The workmen yesterday engaged in
taking down the wall of the building the Ea. side
OF the street. and from the manner in which the work
was conducted the removal will be very II is
nuisance which should long since have been abated.
though better now than not at all The improvement
the change will make to that immediate section is in
calcuabe while II will render it pleasant location
for business
FUNERAL OF JAMES WArsoN.-A large number of the
members Of the police department yesterday
the funeral of James Watson. late Of the Sixth ward
police. who fell dead Thursday morning the po-
lice station in the Tombs. The military companies,
Emmett Guard and Montgomery Guard attended the
remains to the Cathedral Cemetery at Green Point.
Mr.. Watson valuable member of the department.
always displaying great perception and energy.
COLLISION OF THE Ferry BoATs-Two of the boats of
the Jersey City ferry-the Aresseoh and Worcester
came into contact Thursday evening by which the
Worcester had large portion Of her sheathing torn
away. The same boat which had in ured the Worces-
ter then ran into large brig by which the top and
side of of her saloons stove in Certainly there
must have been some careessness about the collisions,
and the matter should be at ferreted out and the
offending party held liable About year since 1t was
cape of several hundred lives took place; since that
time there have been few accidents and the
tural conclusion is that If the pilots of these ferry
boats would properly attend to their business
would now occur and at least not two within hour
by the same boat.
CITY understandable bright wealth. of late has
served to inspire the people of the upper part Of the
city with spirit of improvement Upon almost every
block the spade of the aborer has commenced
its excavations and by the end of the year will have
been reared entire blocks of magnificent edces where
but few weeks since nothing but rough board fence
VT
street, between Lexington and Fourth Avenues is now
being prepared for the erection Of seventeen buildings
each of which will cost $12500, making total Of
$212500 These buildings will be- doubtless the most
splendid in that section of the city, and will vie with
Avenue, between that and Madison Avenue, several
very fine buildings are in course of construction which
immediate vicinity of Madison Square The many
sunken lots Of them twenty feet below the grade
them the piles of brick and mortar begin to rise If
such signs are evidences Of prosperity, surely New
this is not all At the corner of and adjacent to Lex
ington Avenue and Twenty seventh street, eight
ten handsome stone front houses replete with every
convenience while in Lexington Avenue are just COM
peted several beautiful buildings Most of these
buildings will be lighted with gas far up as the
second and many to the third story. During the last
year. great the demand for houses that rents
advanced tweaty per cent and there is every pro-
nary residences of that section will command great
price as the best in the lower part of the city.
sHAMEruL.-The Coroner was yesterday called upon
the of 5Oh street 4th avenue where three
collins about three feet long had thrown into the
enclosure without the knowledge OF the keeper The
gated the matter. The bodies which the collins con-
tanned were those Of infants and appeared to have
ground took occasion to look at the mode of burial in
this cemetery and his Investigations resulted in the
discovery OF number of trenches about 100 feet long,
20 feet deep, and about feet wide Into these
trenches the collins placed in layers, and not CO.
vered with earth until the trenches are filed. We
informed officers attached COrOnerS
office, that there were hundreds if not thousands of
in this matter Somebody surely is obnoxious to loud
censure 1t is, indeed, shameful!
MEcHANIcs' INSTITUTE ScHooL-TENTH ANNUAL Ex-
HIBTIoN.-The tenth annual exhibition of the school
attached to the Mechanics Institute of this city, tsok
place last evening ut the Tabernacle and very inte
resting and entertaining exhibition it The build
ing was crowded to overfewng by the parents and
aves Of the scholars well the friends of
stitute. The number of the pupils Of the school is
about should judge, two hundred and fifty, boys
and girls all of whom neatly and gaily attired,
present the OCCASION the latter all dressed in white,
and varying in age from FIVE to thirteen years.
The chair was taken by Alderman Leitch, ana at
halfpast o'clock the exercises of the evening
y ns pupils on
panied by the organ and orchestra The performance
was warmly applauded.
The remaining exercises were as follows
Recitation Time" r; y. D. Reed
Recitation" lmpromptu, receiving Eagles
Pinon from Lake Superior VIM. H MARS;
Memory
of Friends and Fayors Forever Green" Julia Rodgers
Recitation" The Welcome" Edward Matile
Musc-Sacred Melody.
Original Composition The Power and Wisdom of
the Deity inferred from His Works." Eliza Price
Recitation" lie Lion de Florence" j. Cormier.
Original Composition =" Influence Of the United
States upon the Condition of the World" William M.
Mason.
Music" Swiss Shepherds Song"
Recitation" Passing Away" Cordelia H. Mackay.
Recitation" Report of the Committee on SWINE"
EdwardF. Mabbatt.
Original Composition" Hope" Charlotte E. Cook
Dialogue" Scene du Joue,r,' v. Herb and U. Cour-
Recitation" The WISH" Emma Heath.
Recitation" The Sexton and the Thermometer"
VIM. Rankin.
Muscle ntata, "Springn
The exercises being concluded, the next thing in
order was the distribution of the prizes which, to the
pupils at least the interesting portion of tie
entertainment The prizes consisted of choice
English and American works, beautifully bound. The
following the names of the young ladies gentle
men to whom they were presented -
Richard v. d. Reid, William II. Mars, James Ro-
binson, George Long. Vandusen Mairs Charles Austin
EDWARD A. Vandenhof, Charles Brombacher, John
Johnson, Jules Cormier, William Bailmann, Peter Bur
bank. George Q. Ellison Calvin Barker, Theodore
Hathaway, Alfred Z. Smith George Arents, David
Prince, Edward s Mabbatt, George w. Rodgers, VIM
Robertson, Victor Herb, Washington NJ Thompson,
Charles H. Woodruff, William Gutierrez Francis A.
Mason. Robert kimpe, Frank Mackay George James
Female observation-disclosures Riblett, Julia A. Rodgers,
water. Frances w. Chapman, Mary T.. Wright, Az
mes w Chapman, Eleanor T. Sayre, Elizabeth MADDEN.
L.
Julia A Libenthal, Ellen NJ Cook, Malvna Heath Cor
della Mackay. Charlotte Constantine, Margaret Irwin
Louisa }. Hathaway Mary Dodge, Elizabeth Dodge.
Eugene Rassellotte Adoline Heath Adcline Townsend
Eliza J. Swinson Cecilia Frasier Aexina Green.
We say the exercises that, taking into eonsi-
deratep the early ages of the pupils they were highly
creditabe and satisfactory and must bo considered
by the parents of the pupils, the teachers and the
members Of the Institute.
Brooklyn City Intelligence.
Court or AirLALs-1he Court heard two cases yes
tcrday and part of another and made one decision
The following were the causes tried -;
Cyrus Barlow, appellant, against Mary Bariow and
other respondents. Thompson, ESD, for appellant
and m tno. Esq. for respondent.
James Rice, plaintiff error, Edpard Floyd defen-
ddnf, m This in relation O an