New-York daily tribune., 1850-05-01
VOL. N......NO. 70.

we do not see how it could have occurred "''''ou'
q most criminal csrelessness in those VINO permit
ted the victims to begin WORKING
moving the possibility Of danger
Ba, it was of another csuse-no' o"'y 'ne '-i1
rect cause of this, but oi many o.oe' s'''''"'
dor,s ,,b;cb are constantly occurring In our c''y-
tbot ,re meant to speak The great iaut lies in a
ha,tv and imperfect method OF baldng-the re-
anil. of a mistaken economy or no less mistaken
o,nedition We have noticed gradual improve
ment in this respect Of late years, but the walls OF
many buildings recently erected, or now in course
OF erection, are entirely too thin and fra for their
hieht and the weights they support. The rapidity
with which a wing-wal is run up. must be familiar
to every one Too often the bricks are not properly
cemented, the outer course only being set in NOR
tar, while the inner one is left nearly dry The
Consequence is that when the slight adhesion s
injured by fire, the whole mass becomes totterlng
and insecure and the least impulse may start it
from its base.
A wall of this character offers but small resis-
tance TO heat and flames, whereas thicker wall,
every course Of which is firmly cemented TO the
other, is frequently the means Of saving the entire
structure very striking Of this kind oc-
CURED at the burning Of the Gas works in Centre
street, little more than year ago, and the re-
verse is exhibited in the Water street catastrophe.
So plain lesson one would think should have
been learned long ago, but there is an old proverb
about penny.wisdom, the application Of which is
still kept up.
Tur WE A FRESH
PLAcE!-The terrific scenes which last year agi
tated all the coast of classic Accomac are about to
be reenacted in our hitherto peaceful waters. The
people of Bergen township have taken up the part
of the injured Accomackians, while the Staten Is
landers occupy the position of the invading Phila
dephians Newark Bay will hereafter be named
in the same breath with Pocomoke Sound, when
the annals Of the Oyster Wars are recorded by
some future Bann Kroft. There was alaw passed
in 1890 it seems by which all foreign oystermen
were prohibited from fishing in the tide waters of
New Jersey, under penalty of imprisonment and
coniiscaton of vessels. This has remained a
dead letter, however, until recently, when the
oysters Of Newark Bay, indignant at being FISH,
ed up in such quantities by the Staten Islanders,
who it mus be acknowledged, swallowed them
in no small quantities. clamored for protection.
The Jerseymen held meeting and passed resolu-
tions threatening vengeance on further aggres-
sions The Islanders replied by another meeting
on the 27th ult in which they declared their deter
minaton not to be bufied Off
Both parties prepared for The Jerseymen
did nothing for several days, until they discovered
an isolated skif, with three young men fishing,
when about dozen persons from the shore made
descent took them prisoners of war, and carried
them before magistrate, where they were lined
$40 and compelled to treat the company. En-
outraged by victory, they armed Themselves and
started with four boats to take Staten Island
sloop, lying at anchor in the bay The fight was
long and terrible, but the islanders at last con-
conquered the Jerseymen fled, leaving two men
behind Thereupon the Jersey oysters opened
their shells and blubbered for they saw that the
day was lost.
But the trouble is not yet over meeting was
held at Port Richmond on Saturday last, when sew
eral thousand dollars were subscribed, and Com
mttee appointed to employ counsel and purchase
munitions of war. We also see, in Jersey City
paper, call for the Independent Rifles to hold
alarm, three taps of the bell at Washington Hail.
armed as the law directs, provided with ball car
tridges to resist all encroachments on this State
So look out for grand naval engagement in New
ark Bay-Jersey on one side and Staten Island on
the other, in breathless expectation-the broad
canopy of heaven overhead and the oyster-beds
below
rg9 Mrs FANNY KEMBLEs Comedy of The
DUKES WAGER is work which displays great
deal OF dramatic talent The plot is complicated,
the characters have each their separate interest,
the action is varied and constant and the interest
kept up, without tagging, to the end of the play.
The plot at the first glance would seem illchosen;
but the manner in which it is treated will pleasant
ly disappoint the reader or listener. Gabrielle de
Belle Isle, young girl of noble provincial family,
goes to Paris to procure the liberation Of her father
and brothers, who are imprisoned in the Bastile.
In the course of an interview with the Marchionea
de la Prize, she is seen by the Duke De Richelieu,
who, in a conversation shortly afterward with his
fellow -noblemen, wagers a heavy sum that that he
will appear at midnight in the widow of Ga.
brieles chamber and throw note to them in
the street. The Marchioness learns this and
sends Gabrielle away at night to see her father in
prison. first requiring Of her oath that she will
not reveal where she has been for political reas ons
so long as Bourbon is Prime Minister The Duke
appears in the window, and Gabriele's lover. be-
hevng her faithless, acquaints her with the wager
and its results, while she, on the other hand, is
bound by solemn oath to be silent. This part Of
the play exhibits knowledge of the passions and
affections that we had not awaited; its interest is
most thrilling and powerful The plot is at last
wound up by the overthrow Of Bourbon, the liber.
alton of Gabrelles father, aud her release from her
oath just as her lover, after mad challenge is
about to blow out his brains. The Marchoness
who had taken Gabrielle's place, proves to be the
discarded wife of the Duke who takes her again