The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-04
Brooklyn city Intelligence =.

LAYING the ConSrn SroNr-The corner stone Of the
coping the Dry Dock at the Navy Yard ut tho Wal
labout will he laid this day. with the appropriate
monies by Commodore Smith, Chief of the Bureau of
ards and Docks It will be very interesting cere
mopy, and will be appropriate to the day which will
mark The trausaction.
Isqursr.- Coroner BAH held inquest yesterday,
upon the body of child belonging to Mr. Patrick smith,
who found floating In the water at the Fulton Fer
ry. This child has been missing since Saturday, and
nothing was heard Of it, until found at above stated.
The jury found verdict Of accidental drowning.
CHoLERA.--The cholera broke out yesterday morn
ing in the Work House Of Brooklyn, and in case,
terminated fatally The victim was one Foster va
grant, who was cent there by Judge rrueman Smith,
some few days ago Another inmate seized with
the epidemic, and lays very dangerously I'LL IL is to
be Iesretted that n y Warins, Esq, a DISTINGUISHED
with the cholera and Is said to bo in very critical
situation.
srPRrs COuRr.-Generai Term-Prescnt Justices
Barculo. MorSe, and Nee oun.-Tbis court opened
yesterday, with calendar Of "a cases to Try. The
Court then nmatcd to members of the bar that they
would receive propositions to let the term fall through
ON account Of the prevailing epidemic, which PROPOSE
,Ion accordingly made. 1t then resolved that
day will be tried though the court would resolve
submitted In writing and hear the special
motions After which, the court adjourned vine die.
CRY CoUnr Before Judge Greenwood, Aldermen
&oDonald and Taylor Two cases OF assault and bat
terry were tried yesterday, viz jeremiah Russell and
Charles Boardman. Russell was not guilty and
Boardman guilty The court then adjourned until
Friday.
PoLrcr CorRrs Nothing Of interest tiangpired in
the locc Courts yesterday except the usual dispose
ton of the frequent Of drunkenness which
prov. Of Importance to the general reader IL would
be well for Father Mathew TO visit Broskyn soon
possible for there Is great want OF corrective for
drunkenness among the laborng population of Brook
Ign. The records OF the police shos moro drunken
ness than has heretofore extted for considerable
lapse Of time
From TIE SANTA FE MurrAEy TEMy.-Thc
Council Grove correspondent Of the - LOUIS
MOI RcpubiicaH, Of he 9Th ult, under date of
The oh MA, says 81 left Fort Leavenworih the
10th OF May, with the troops destined for Santa Fe,
IL Passo, and different parts OF New Mexico,
winch consist ct the following corps -Four COM
panles of the Sd infantry two oi the 2I artillery,
with IL ID. mountain howitZcrs, and N company of
the ID drsgoons The latter company, however, Is
TO continue on 10 California, rs AN escort to the
| United states custom house officers Tor san Fran
cisco, who are "a this tune with them; they are
slime fifteen In number, cleTks assistants, Nc aud
surely look more like gold dlggers than collectors
Of customs and, from I'll accounts, presume. w,ll
find the latter busincss the least profitable. THIS
company, ard the party 81 evil Officers left our
command few dave before W. arrived here as
they were in hurry, and coald not travel with
the OK teams which compose the biggfge and sup
ply train Of the corps above mentioned, under
Col. Alexander. ! have already stated the time
we left the Fort, but did not mcntiol our delay on
the Kansas river up 20 the lst june awaiting the
arrival al Cen Brook who, wealierwards learned,
in consequence of the death 81 Gen. Worth, was
ordered ,FCwheTc; 30 YOU viii see TINT we have
mgde 1eiy good marching, Notwithstanding the
poor condition q cur cattle when VIC started rcm
the fe'i .nany Of them were considered entirely
uI.i for The service but have since recruited. 10
the establishment Of all. and will stand the trip
through. u properly managed. There Is, vi this
season Of the year. more danger 10 BE- arprchcnded
ifom over heating caiile III any thing else. Inc
grass ~ very good and moist, from the lmmcuse
rain hat hiss fallen thus eprisr. and all of the
teams are high.
The troops Tor the Oregon roatc ord territory
had not started vitcu we III. the Fort, though /
hell SON ar
for the several posts that route. 20 be girrson-
ed, had LETT or were reauy 10 lave. The dispose
ton If the trocps for thar route and territory you
are better acquainted with than myself The
health ci The command Is very good al present,
considering the diseases that have ragged among
the troops, as well as the trains coming up the
liver from Jefferson Barracks, aud while AT Fort
lcavenwoiih, from diseases contracted down The
nyer. The cholera Carried ot great number OF
soldiers and emgrants al the Fort, and other poinis
on the rycr, and ~ not entirely out at some OF the
trains on the route yet, every camp ground be-
tween here and Fort Loavenworlh aud Iudepend-
ence IL NAKED with two or three fresh graves,
well ss I'll along on the road SIDE. The Indians
have all left the road, at every settlement con-
tlgIous to the road side, on account Ot the chOl-
era. | noticed at Bull creek, Raw river aud Will
low Springs, among the Delawarcs and Shawnees,
that they had all of. and left their houses aud
gardens, with vegetables growing, To- the mercy
OF travellers, who, you may know, are not very
opt 10 sympaikisc with any one else than them
selves. We buried five out Of the train that ! am
in, while at the Fort and since, though, as before
stated, the health, OF course, Is last improving
We shall resume our march tomorrow again Tor
Santa fe.
The quarter-mnstcrs train II undergoing to-
day a transfer TO MAJOR Reynolds, from Lieutenant
Ward. and that, with some little repairing OF wa
qons. &c have caused Us 90 lay by to-day. We
overlook Ex-Governor Edwards of your State
here, On route TO California. There are a great
many cmigrants going wa santa re; the road Is
iull, and We are constantly ovcrtakng and passing
trains.
TnR Darcy CALIFORNIA PARTY.-A letter from
member states that he company had reached the
Platte river (somc $50 miles west Of Fort lndepen-
debc,) ca the 9th Ct May, IN good health and
spirits. They were constantly IN sight OF the camps
Of other pariies. which cover the plains the
route to California, and were advancing more ra-
pidy than The NEST II the trains, account Of the
hlhtness II their teams, ot which they had but
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