New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-12
CITY ITEMS.

water upto tneir - hatbands and scoop up the yellow
dust and black sand with lorg handled shoves There
are many young gentlemen who are arranging for Ca
orna whose avocaiions have no, famlisrized them
much with the shovel and wet breeches a. with the
yardstck and kid gloves To all such advise few
days practice in some business the Of which sp.
proxms,es 10 tina, Of golddigging We have taken the
pains 70 the Contractor Of the large
stfucting In Roosevelt Chsiham and Pearl sta who IL
willing 10 admit limited number Of sdventurers, who
present good City references. into the
any stage OF the tide from foot 10 four eet water
Zach applicant 10 furnish his own shovel and not re
CURED TO work more than ten hours per day. Zach
young man win be admitted 10 the order In which he
makes application aud certificate Of his qualifications
will BE- given him any time after three days service.
- Applicants Will please present themselves In ine
with heads "up town and retiring wheel down
Csntrest 10 the left.
" FAIR AND SOIREE MCIcALE viii be held
Al the Chinese Building this afternoon and evening In
aid Of the funds u the Independent Christian Society
At present vorshping Al the Coliseum. and Of which
Rev T. /. HARRIS lie Pastor There will be splendid
array Of fancy and useful articles for sale and during
toe evening the company will be entertained by the
choice music Of The Eenas and one Of the most cele
bra..d bands Of yocalists in the City Mr. Harris
viii also make short address and perhaps others VIII
sposk
The Ladies Of the Society. who have the affair in
charge, have made gree. exertons 10 present some
thing attractive and worthy Of the occasion. We trust
they viii be literally pstronized Tickets 25 cen,s-to
be had at all the music stores and at the door
LECTURES or Dos QUNoTTE-Bev Mr GiLEs
vas greeted last Monday cycning by the largest Al
dence that has assembled in Clinton Hall for msny
years The lecture ght will doubtless prove equally
attractive. The character Of SoHcho--the wor6ing-
vii furnish the lecturer fine theme for the display OF
the choice hnmor and sarcastic wit for which he is
justly celebrated.
STEAMSHIP PASAMA.---The engines Of this
steamship having been repaired she made successful
trial trip on Saturday She leaves the 18th inst for
Panama, under command Of Lieut.. David d Porter
She goes through the Straits and stops Rio, Vapa
raiso Callao and Panama, which last place che will
reach about May /.
COLoRED ORPHAS AsYLUa-Our advertising
columns announce the annual celebration Of this praise
worthy Association tomorrow TUESDAY evening at
the Tabernacle Broadway. The presence Of Of
the inmates, OF whom the following account has been
sent u.s. will add to this usually very interesting exhi
btion.
Henry a native Bu.hmsn Of the Ho,tentot race was
brought 10 the Asylum last Summer by Isaac Chase
United States Consul at the Cape OF Good Hope He 10
the only Of this extraordinary tribe that has
been brought 10 this country tie Is said 10 be IL or 9
wears Of age, and In intellect Ike child of or years
old he is but four feet high His likeness snd par
ticular account OF him, will be found in the Medical
Journal of ept lsi- with letter from Mr. Chase,
tanning circumstances Of mis- early life. He will be pre-
scented 10 the audience by taking part n dialogue and
interesting description OF this singular race OF hu
man beings will be given by the Physician to the Inst
tuition DR.. James Mcclure Smith"
To the phianthropc, nothing need be added to swsk
en- an nieres; in this excellent charity but may be
generally known that the Lady Managers are In want
of pecunisry aid and we trust the benevolent public
will respond literally to their appeal
MURDER-A WOMAN POISONED BY HER HUs.
BASD-Coroner Walters held an inques; yesterday at
the Sixteenth Ward Station House the body of Mrs
Susan Wood native Of Ireland, aged a. years, who
according to the verdict Of the Jury to her death
by poison, (arsenic) wlfully administered TO her by
her husband Matthew Wood. 1t appeared, from the
testimony taken before the Coroner that Thursday
morning last the deceased at the request OF her hus
band commenced baking some cakes for his breakfast
that after he had eaten few he remarked that he could
eat no more of them unless he had some mossses to
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Gerry to purchase some. During her absence Wood
baked number of cakes himself the deceased on her
return At her husbands solicitation sat down to break
fast and ate of the cakes which he had baked While
at breakfast girl named Margaret Reed who resides
in an adjoining house entered when the deceased In.
vted her 10 down and parake Of some OF the cakes
with her. The girl accordingly sat down, but having
previously taken her breakfast she only ate about nail
of cake and in the course OF few minutes ootn me
girl and Mrs Wood became very SICK and commenced
vomiting and complained of burning pain about the
throat and stomach Some of the neighbors were then
called in by Wood and in their presence the deceased
said that she hoped God would forgive her II she
charged her husband wrongfuly with having poi.
soned her. physician wssi Immediately sent Tor, and
the true state of matters soon became eyldent-the
accused confessed he had baked some cakes during MS
wfe's absence In the morning that he had thrown
what cakes were left into the privy and that he had
washed all the dishes that had contained the cakes and
butter also the gridde upon which the cakes had been
baked. Shortly aiterward he aosented himself ana
Was not seen again until about II o'clock at night,
when he was arrested by Captain Fisher, OF the SIX
teenth Ward Police-in the meantime Mrs. Wood died
from the effects OF the poison.
Dr. Whitaker of $40 Broadway, made post morton
OK animation upon the body of the deceased, and dis
covered the terrible effects which had been wrought oy
the poison 80,
Lawrence Reed, professor of Chemistry 10 the Col
eg. of Physicians and Surgeons made thorough ansy
SIS of fluid voni'ed BY the girl Margaret Reed ana the
contents of the stomschoi Mrs Wood also the cakes
taken from the privy IN all OF "hich ne iouhu
II Appearei In evidence that the deceased and her
husband for a long time past had not lived upon ifeLiy
tern. that the latter had frequently quarreled win
her and that he had been separated from her Tor
Ave or six months dulng which tune be had formed An
Intimacy with girl by the OF Ann Turk who bad
become e4cfe by him and that as soon rs the srrest
of Wood became known the girl IN question suddenly
disappeared from the city
The accused during the whole Of the Investigation
seemed very much excited bu made no contradictions
10 any of the statements made against him The Jury
after brief consultation, rendered verdict as above
stated. whereupon the Coroner committed wood 10
prison for examination
MELAxcHoLY DEArH.-A gentleman OF respect
ability who has tor some time past resided In Nsrek
IT. was Yesterday morning found dead 10 bis bed. Tie
retired TO bed on Saturday evening somewhat depressed
in spiri,s but no uneasness felt by his family on
sunday morning his wife, being aware that he had
somethpe To attend 20 at OF the Churches, attempt
"a 10 wake him when 10 her horror she discovered
that her husband was a corpse The excitement oecs
stoned BY contemplated separation from MS isiniy
hs5 becn too much for bis constitution
FlRE-Feb l2-Oihcers Fulton and Eckhon'
while on duty about ls O'Clock saturday night dis
covered tina, IRE had broken out on board the barge
Whsle living a, pier Ne 70 E. r. The DANES were ex
,incui.hed after doins little damage
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