The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-05
CITY InaelIlgence.

An,rsIo ~ FtovR'-A Mr isass vandeveut resid-
ius at Gre,ph,ook Middl.'ss county, New yersey, .
few days had the whole Of his family consisting Of
sor 10 In all. poisoned two three OF whom came
near dying Mr. vaudevept ,uspeetsd that the -four
sick, as the cake. made from the -four IL was that
made them sli vorit. A portion Of the -four was
brought to this city and placed In the hands Of Profess
cor REED, at the city hospital Who on naiyration
found u TO contain very large quantity Of arsenic
hsd placed the sses Into the four for the purpose
Of drstroying the whole family Measures We under
stand Will be taken, Ia order IL possible to detect ths
guilty parties.
Cuoros Gu.np-This large and well disciplined tar
Get corps, ppc,r command 81 capt Alexander Smith,
passed The Herald olcs yesterday afternoon their
r,;urn from target excursion When In front Of the
Once they went through the evolutions Of marching
counter marching and forming hollo~ square with
al the 81 veil trained corps OF tn. regular army
They number about hfty mushsts aud are among the
finest oottng Of citizen soldiers. Diusle's bs I'd
seetm panied thsm ana dac9nrssd ELOQUENT mn,ic.
the accuracy ~ their aim or such soldiers may the
city veil be proud. for With such her defence and the
protection Of the citizens are cure.
Ntw II.vts Ransom Acciprsr.--As the New Haven
train 81 ssring the city Yesterday afternoon
a short distance IRON williamsburg, the locomo-
tive thro~n on the track BY some mismansgenppt,
whereby the engineer Josiah Derr, thro .n vth
great velocity from the Locomotive to the ground stk
lag HE rght leg with such force TO shstsr both
ust shove the ankle lac rating the nesh terri.
by, ieavisx the fplutercd bones naked TO view The
irju'td man was Immediately tasep NJ AID brought 10
the CITY Hospital quich a. possible In Of tn. Hsr
lem cars Ampuiatifn vas deemed necessary aud Dt.
Buok COX on the linh just beio- tn. knee The poor
~ doing we'll ne could b. expected aud will
nc doubt recover He has q vile and several children
residing at Reading PeLnsyIveBis One Of the brake
men, wbose oon,d not learn very severely
inisT.d. but no, trnvht to ths Hospitsl Fsrtp-
rstsy bopevtf meme ~ the passengers yer. ssrouiy
hut although several Of the cars ssnsiderabty
broken The sneper Asserts that he not TO blame
In ~ matter sithout his knnsledgr nsp esitsk
bad hem uaGe fer - turn or at williamsburg ant
placed some three hubdred yards in advance ~ the Old
enc THIS alteration he says. he was not cautioned
ssrst he Dug to have been by those the SPOT
BY hosting flag aud then be would have held no
travelled fioply. instead 81 which be va driving at
about twelve miles hour expecting to turn off
~ his Bfual place. The locomotive struck the pe~
saitcb and the wbs els fitted properly not
We have not learn . out cersin IL che bounced or
the track the sceideDt happened, aDJ wonderful 20
rsse no lives lost The rtsens.rs we're brought
90 The city Ia other cars.
IsNpow~ Mar Dt0xRrp The Coroner hels In inquest
yeftsi asy on tbe body unknown fjuUd rys'.
ifg IN ~ he foot ~ whitehall street From
upsppstrabce 81 the boy " had been the -stsr pro-
hahly ten ot twelve dsyR The deeesssd va dfesssd
blarA cloth coat sIik twilss vet with fma shie
tpute woolkn psntsig0ns wstb srta.l cheet. white
tttts ard tigh guertsr shoes bis bsir sss Of tara
bfo~n -ttar, hia Nhistersrs Tie arpearsa % be
sucut tiiriy yesrs q ag-. There nstbios on hs
pertup - which the Coroner cosd ~1.rpig be jsa-
ny. Iusiss- Death ~ drowning