The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-16

BARNEY WILLIAMS, the Irish comedian, leaves this
afternoon for the West where he has many profession
al engagements.
COLLINS, THE Ia.H ComEpIAN.-Ths celebrated 70.
calst and unitabe dsiinsator OF Irish ohsraotsr IL
giving his entertainments Ia Charleston, g. c., to
crowded audiences every evening.
YANxEE HILL has We per ceive, arrived In the city,
after very successful tour down East. At what es-
tablishment 10 he going to act! Now Workers are
always delighted to see his good humered pills.
CITY Intelligence. t
The WEArHER.-fhe air WAS remarkably cold yes.
terdsy NOR ming. The day opened With the mercury
colder This Is keeping up the season In dns old
fashioned vintry style and We have no doubt hat
the winter Of '48 and 40 viii be looked back to In fu
turs years, Is one Of the ssmpe winters.
ArHnRrsr's LEcrURE ON CAIHoRNiA.- Mr.. Robert
Aherten will deliver his lecture on California. the
gold mines natives OF the country best ioats thsher
eto., at the Tabernacle this evening Mr.. A. has
been induced to comply with numerous solicitations
to give this lecture because be found utterly mpos
both verbally and BY letter, about the gold regions.
The subject interesting ut present, and nearly
but H. s tho Tsbssn.ols win b. we'll Oiled this eve
npg. Mr. Atherton Is fresh from San Frsnsisoo aud
10 fully equal to the task which he has undertaken.
will be seen by his card that he proposes TO answer
any Questions which the curious may propsund to him.
ON the subject, at the close Of his lecture
DEsTRucTIrE FIRE.-A nre broke out about half past
in tn. rear rear Of No. IS william street which vas 90.
tirsy destroyed. The lower part Of the building was
occupied ~ MessIs Thomas and Maxwell druss,sss -
warehouse, and their loss IL supposed to BIZ 5000,
upon which there was an insurance OF 81 600. The
second floor was occupied By Levi Chapman, pocket
book manufactures, whose loss $4,000 but watch is
fully covered BY part Of one of the upper
stovies occupied by Mr. Csssidsy printer, wAoss
sursnos Of $500 The building belonged to tn. s.sst.
Of Allison Post, and was insured for - 900 This IL
the third time within Two years that tins property mas
FORE the walls were preserved About i've hours after
the nre broke out, the south wall fell crushing with
To-. A. 81 a 4
fronting Maiden lane Their loss, by damage to
tonsry BY water is considerable though fully covered
~ insSf:Scs Inc nas - supposed 90 nae Originated
rosm In the upper story, and lighted themselves do
with piece Of burning paper.
THs Ers AND EAR IsrrRMARr During the year
t848 there treated ct this institution 204
OF these $40 cured LAT rslisved, IL pro-
nounoed incursbla and 50 not yet pronounced upoa
psnditures are down at lOl2 A. Of which
the State supplied Sl000. t
AERIAL NAvIeArIoN-An srial travelling maohin ne
10 now in course Of construction In this city aud the
principle upon which it 10 to bs constructed prac
toally illustrated yesterday afternoon, IT Washington
Hall, corner OF Bowsry and Hester street so far
tho experiments In the Hall 30, IL appssra to be Illus
trsted that passenger snd propeling power may
BE- sustained at . su6aoe Mt altitude, and that BY
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experiment. was tried yesterday consisted OF balloon
about twelve feet in spgth and two feet in dsmetsr
model passenger ab thirty Inc long aud
the propeing power was obtained from IA ordinary
snsversa its int ndsd u%rOo.. ps this ooo..ion
II the large machine, which i to be propelled BY two
engines. and to sustain car capable OF holding two
hundred passengers, will work in the open air we'll
the model dia in the room ss Washington Hall, Is
great invention. It...
SHor MS WIS sY MisrAKs-On Wednesday night
At about eleven O'Clock Charles pssaux residing In
awakened by his wife, who informed him that some
perOn was forcing entrance to the house Through
a ~iudo Roth hus hsp md Iii uot utofh had IN
receive the burgIars Ind In order to give them
reception Pesaux ssissd gun which ne Kept ss ha nd
not sufficiently careful Of his dreook and It went off,
dspostDg large portion Of the charge in his wfs's
nsrs,sr' ana pSy.oisn being oasS he dressed 10:
wound In Mrs . face, and she 10 nov said TO be do
Ing WELL great pity the hous.breaksr could not
have received the contents OF the gun barrel
Cur MS THReAr WITH A PIEca OF GLA~.-Soms
policemen, while goisg their rounds, on "Wednesday
night found man named Morris Casey, lying Ia the
his throat horribly gsshsd from the tip OF the ls
to the wiudpipe, which was laid bare. When fouad,
the unfortunate being 10 state Of bessly otoxi
cation and blecdng freely It s supposed that he
had fallen down the stairway, hsad-foremost, had
struck tho sssh door at the bottom broken tho glass;
and In his endeav1 20 sxtrissts hinseif had his
THROAT the frsg ments which fell ssoat his head.
physician sent for who dressed the wound, which
was considered dangerous The man had lost greet
deal Of blood and the wound vas Of Itself . very ugly
one.
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM JANAIcA.-By late
arrival from Kingston, Jamaica, we have the
Journal Of that place to the 2yth Of January. rhs
feud the branches OF the leo 81 legislature
was growing worse and worse, and the Journal says
that collision and dissolution Inevitable Toe
House has all along refused to treat the Council .
branch Of the legislature, looking upon IL s mere
ministerial body. AZ this the Council takes umbrsss,
calls II . grievance, and demands redress Ths Coun.
ell threatens refusa to do business say farther with
the House, and this the House ridoulss Is thing
impossible
A quarrel occurred In the House between two msm.
bers-Dr. Morales and . Mr.. J&okson-w which seemed
hhsly to end In duel; but while tho Preparations
for the battle were going on, the BE- lissrsnts
arrested and bound over to keep the peace
The Journal has article the health OF KiugIton,
fl m which We learn that within n foftnight the
masters Of two vessels Ia that habor besides part
their crews had died Of what suppsssd to be yellow
few
One of these vessels was q British bark and the
other an American brga line which sailed for New Or
but put back In consequences Of death Of
oommsnder, The Journal ntimstes that these deaths
have arisen frem the filthy stun used for ballast
which b well calc ulatsd to produce malaria.
The American consul had refussd to givs clean bill
Of health to any United States vessel whsh might
take In ballast from the vharves aud side Of shs
city.-Phiis. North american, FEB Is.
FIRE AT HEMrsrEAD-SKvss LIVES Lo.r.-Th,s
morning at o'clock fire broke out In the farm
house OF Jonathan Miller, situated in Trimming
square, about two mica this side OF the village OF
Hemp.tead How IT originated 10 impossible to
tell. Mr.. Miller stated IN the night with load o
hay for this city is pr.bable he mas not yet re-
turned 10 his home. WHAT 10 most melancholy of
all If, that has entire family are burnt To death, con-
sittpg mt lrsst ot sew n souls. The family con-
sisted Ut wife. five children and domestic. Tns
body at MIS-. Miller, with tltre OF her children by
he, SIDE, Was found in the raios. -Broattya Ezra