The New York herald., 1850-02-19
City IntelIlgencs.

pEOceeolpRB evening. u
may be BY reference to the report the sdop
ton Of resolution ordering the City Inspector to give
notice to the OF deposited ct Fourteenth
street. to remove IL Now, II understand the new
charter Alright, the Board have authority what
to erder the City Inspector to do this that His
duty IL defined; he is the head Of department, and
the Common Council have right to interfere with
him. The Board also intsrfsrred In another mat
snfoice their ordin.noss Thsv oommsDd the osnt.sS
Of Police to furnish list and description Of build
nge to the Commissioners Of the Croton Aqusduos,
with view to the new water rate, and they have
dereo the mighty sum Of 26 cents for each building
compensation. This is mere brutum Jimex, for the
and the bride Of rs cents cannot be sucsnt induce
ment for willing compliance. The State Legislature
their com enfation for duties and the Common Coun
oil have no power to add diminish and the Csp.
tains may ebty or not just as they please II is proba
Bile some Of hem will not obey command though they
might have complied with q request The result will
be, that the ohsct Of the Croton Board viii be
compshed ard they must resort to method of get
ting the Information more tain than that they have
fixed upon. II will be that movement has been
sde to change the mode Of election the Asssa
Engineers OF the Fire Department The petition has
been veiy numeroosly signed by the members Of the
department Another petition has been got up by
some of the rich Assistant Engineers, and members
who join the department to avoid jury duties, and
pay the fines, IS fremsn, for non attendance The
the assistant engineers, but they have not been
able TO procure as many signatures 70 twcthird vote
that justice Is about to ts done to the City
Inspector st last the Committee on Salaries bsv-
ing reported in favor Of raising his salary to 50 600
There Is every probability Of the Board adopting the
report Public opinion s decidedly In his Over.
vhelming petitions against the gas monopoly have
been poured jn, signed by 12ot0 persons, WIN the
Common Council after this venture to continue this
hsgrant monopoly Weshall see whether txelve thou.
Jand signatures, ten thousand of whom are gas con.
suEers, Will have any weight with the city fathers
Tar HAGUE STREET EXPLOSION --FUNsKAL or Will
LIAM MsRmTr-roor Merritt for whom so much
anxiety was entertained before he recovered from
the ruins Ct the explosion in Hague street. has died
from the injuries he received He brother Law
of the little hero Samuel Tindale. His funeral takes
place 70 day as will be seen from announcement In
our sGyertisirg columns. from Hose Company H. He
wa. greatly esteemed by all who knew him
THE MIssrSc Last evening the father Of G. 8. Ro-
the Herald ofco t. say his lett of in Hague
street week before the explosion and that conse
quently he is safe
TnE Danger OF CAnrHEsx-SAp AccIpESr-Nume
paragraphs under the head city intelligence
have given warning from time time OF the danger OF
mIhene stu people Will title with IT, and With their
cessary "a abolish its by act Of the Legislature
Another fsd case occurred on Saturday eveGing last
Of sg- rescing ut s7o Greenwich street. neigh
bofs hepse aud the lady was clearing pair Of soi-d
hers too. and after applying the dangerous ud and
rubbing the gloves together, went to the fire TO dry
them, when the gas snanating thsrefroa, Immediately
gnitsd aud her dress caught rs In the sildness Of
her terror she screamed to thslsdy che vanishing
and threw her arm around her neck The lady nov, IN
tuin also tcfosmed and struggling to free herself from
the burning gIl both fell upon the floor. In the
time, ssTvsnt gfrl, alarmed by the screams, in
and with great presence mind took the carpet and
rolled 1t sroupdtl poor girl while the lady Of the
hou,e, released from her death-grssP went for water
ane removns the carpet estinguished what renAined
Of the FIRE She was most frightfuIy burned, in her
srns, hands lace, nsck and chest. Her saierngs
excrueiatre Medical Aid was called In but It Is
be preseryed. her hands and injured that
sns wiz probably Be for sIsr deprived q their use
not Dangerously. So much for the ineaatiouz Of
csnphens. Will even this prove warning
FmE.-op Sundays fire took place in old wooden
buoipg las orchard street from the chimney having
limited owing to ts bad construction It Was extin-
euished without damage.
AsorHsn.--About 2 O'Clock on Sunday, ere was
discovered In the house 562 Grand street, which
coon extipguished, with but trinng damage
ANorHsR BLeopr FRAcAs- Sunday evening at half past
o'clock facAs took place ct the grocery store 81
berry between Charles Foster and Peter 0sn during
which the latter sezed knife, and plunged into the
left side Of the former. The policeman on that beat
having gone TO the station house with prisoners
Cillen escaped, taking the knife with him. The
wounded man was sent to the hospital In Broadway.
THr wrArHsn. The most extraordinary weather ON
record for this Of the year In New York that
have had for the last three days On yesterday and
Sunday many had either to without their overcos
the pretent winter IL without parallel in the memory
oftkst singular individual. ths Oldest inhsbtant"
THr CsolssA ar wAnD's IslAyp The Resi-
cd that Astc cholera really does exist there but the
cares are those Of smsrAnts lately arrived who have
brought the seeds OF the disease with them. There
have been twelve cases In ell.
RrsrorArior o. RsvsruE Orrrcrs Mr. Maxwell,
the Collector Of this port has restored all the revenue
oglcsrs drcbsreed on the lst inst upon the strength
fer the revenue service. No pay, however 10 forth
coming either 10 them thoss officers who we're not
discharged Uncle Sam has got into . bad H. when
he must thus delay payment Of such palry sums =
There hst been sae neglect OF his affairs ON the part OF
sone q bis tervaDts.
THs HosoKsr FssRrs-ws have Of late rsssived
numerous complaints against the manner In which the
Hobohen ferries are managed, and certainly, they
so,,,s,,. % i, sss.srs s s.s ,lsss IL ne boat Ppn
Canal street after x o'clock and that the Christopher
street ferry has been suspended snrey since the nrst
the regular bosts from Barclay street 10 s said take
than the ususl time by great deal In their pes
ps mate for the purpose testing the exact quantity
Of fuel to the value Of cent, that boiler will con-
sSss .S,. in isI v.a.b.r th. ps.sss. can be m.d.
with the given quantity Of fuel In certain time, II
cannot be done II there 10 blow or ~ the water !.
rough frequently the boats behind the hour at
witch they should start Nov, II must be rcoilestsd
that the Hoboksn ferry company pay little or nothing
,trsets- the only considerstion In fact, being that
they sha boats ct certain times speeihed s their
,,ss -. don't ,sies sb.y vi, a%eaa, to gree, dss
They put In ind sf the Who tried TO ksep his
horse en- three grains Of oats day. He commenced
y to the three grains but the horse died under the
three grain system n the Hobossn ferry company
don't tske care, their horse win die too.
CAuIIor TO PAnrsrs-Ths Coroner yesterday was
called TO held inquest on the bodies Of two chill
drep-Jokn Dsveln, aged tvo years and two months,
and Henry Quinn, sgsd six years who came 70 their
deaths under the following terrible circumstances,
By being burned and sufccated 1T appears that
the mother left the tvo children In . back basement
rom at O'Clock, on Sunday morning. while she ct
tended church which was In the Immediate nsxhbor-
hood of NJ. Thirty frst street where she resided;
and in order 70 prevent the children from running
fre the room che locked them both In and left Cor
church; but while setting In church, the window Of
the church overlooking the house where the children
were oil at cnce she thick clouds Of smoke
ascending from the chimney, she became alarmed,
left the church fearing that some accident might have
occurred; and srrvinrat her dvepg found several
Of her neishbors sndesvorng to enter the basement
which ere. and filed 90 suhocstion With smohe.
The mother rushed In, and soon discovered both the
children lying the floor considerably burned, sna
sufocstsd TO desh This awful picture ought TO be
long ard sspe Lesson to psren vko are In the habit
OF tetpg children up In q room for hsurs, until their
rsturB. The jury rendered verdict according 70 the
above fscts.
CHuhcu CoiIrcrror On sunday stthe First presby-
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