The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-09
City Intelligence.


Pas AT rur soUIn f,HH,.-iast evening, at q
quarter 10 o'clock the city Hall bell tolled an alarm
in the Fifth district. aud thr other nre bells Initiated
its example A bright glare of light Mt the same
time, rejected from the heavrns. over the East
river In the direction % FULTON street IL was at first
supposed 60 BE- large store IN South street or ship
In the docks We soon. hoscy'r. acertained that IL
vas at The south Ferry, Biookgn. number OF the
and trucks dsrtcd the ferries, the gie-keePers
In vain attempting TO stop them. Hook aud ladder
was stepped the nrst time at the South Perry the
gate h,ing closed against them; but. when the
next boat came. and the gate again opened
they r,turned TO tn chstgc With some mcm-
hers q ho.ecart IL and swept In With force that
twenty gate keepers could net withstand The ire
grebsted In an extcnsiv" livery stable nj the south
forTy, corner of Columbia aud Atlantic streets occu.
piedby Mr. Murray; aud bring the work u an incon.
diary ba,fd firth sosnddouly, that before the nrc
men were at work the building wrapped In sheet
~ flame The Brooklyn hrrmeu were on tho spot
soon SITTER the alarm given and. side by side
With the New Workers. lAbor.d like but all
Of no sfail a. far az the stable was concerned IL
sas burned TO the ground brf,rr ten o'clock and all
that u contained destroyed The walls. which were
OF hriok, fsil in range ~ esrPeutrrs workshops
built the stable. also Destroyed sad there
sss considerable tamags done 90 the furniture % the
cmiiieE nsng In the vieiuiy q the FIRE by dragging
=. into the street frum apprehension of danger They
ran In AL directions with beds and tables and chairs
aud irunks@ Which was unnecessary - none Of The
Murray l. estimated at 50 COO Ills hay oats harness,
COW AID number of buffalo skins we're all con-
sumtd The books which In the offce were al.o.
burned Fortunately the hursc~. 10 the number Of
twenty. taken out IN the b. srnutng. aud we're
thus saved also the Carrisges ana many other Arti
eies. Mr. NJ. lad no Insurance. effected The loss OF
she carpenters V. also very great The building We
understand l. insurcd.
Rvrsrsr Sta,r ~ TYR Tcsps-There IL negro
In che Tosubs. under charge of larceny sni We
uBd,rrtand there T. sccih.rn planter nov In the
city Who claims him a. his runaway slave
Ds DrrNo,p rsorrs.os rHs NEw YoHs Uyr,ss-
ssrrThe council Of the Univ, rsity at their meeting
held on MONDAY, unsninously e'ected DR. william
ptmod q this cy to the chair of the Institutes aud
Practice % Medicine. recently made ,scan, by the re-
sigBatun q the accomIl hrd sud universally popular
Dr. nck-on whose h. sth fcndsr necessary hts return
90 the more gepial climate IT south Carolina. DR..
Bcnold " fnc profrs son.l aud general scholar his
abilitics practiionsr have BIN illustrated by re
InarkstIr ard anty Increasing successes; and he
has scquir,da very enviaMe reputation throughout
the eouutry Ne t,sch.r with hts Singular erudtion,
practical x Ia aud kon kon-s be gill be likely 20
cupy a front rank In thst body - famous phy-icians
md furrccns which consists Of Mott Paine. Pat
usou. Draper, Bedford aud himself We congratulate
the school upon the accession aud upon the prospect
u great classes.
nsScr. 90 pIys 90 Brfcss ~ rHr srrfrrs.-We are
aad TO see that piles Of bricks permitted IN the
streets they for the most part built more carefully
nd securely than they formerly were There y an
sxo,ption which vc noticed last night Opposite lS9
fulion street there v . pile of which pas-srs BY
tuKht 10 bevar~ NJ IL burst in several places snd -
ius ready % fall Probably ~ will BE- down before to-
Drsrn 20 Grosor D.vt.-Geurge Davis. formerly
merchsnt q this city but, for tv.lvs or fourteen
year previous 10 the appointment of Mr. Maxwell 10 the
eeasctorhip deputy collector of this port died yes
scquslniances lie hs- len wife and one child 10
mourn his los