The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-14
City Intelligence.

City intelligence.
TIiB EXAMINATION OF THE EMloRANrs-rIIE CASE
BROUGHT BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
The District Attorney has felt IL his duty to bring
the of the exhumaton Of the dead bodies OF the
emigrspts on Wards leland before the Grand Jury,
and that body devoted the entire Of yesterday to the
examination Of witnesses, aneng whom we're four OF
the Commissioners OF Emigration. The most import
and one Of the accused students has fed
to Paris Is about to y one is said to have gone to
Canada whence he came third 10 still on ths Island
and the fourth Il nowhere. We have not heard that
any Of the doctors WHO dsseced the e1humsd bodies
have as yet disappeared.
THr CossnrsIoNERs EMIeR ArIos AND THE GErERAL
AGKrr-Tha subject Of the dismissal Of the general
agent the tsps At the meeting OF the Board Of
Commissioners OF IMMIGRATION on Wednesday last-hvs
but did mot press their motion this minority saviag
begged on for smother week As the Board consists OF
ten members, the two absent ones among them the
Mayor Of New York can be brought to the rescue on
"wednesday next, the Fat. " d oI,sYo., s~ia " v.
warot Island win Be postponed for another day Al
ready there are several candidates looking for the stu
ation. among whom are faid TO be MT fitzpatrick, Of
Albany, and Mr. Timothy DAILY, enc OF the 0overbo rs
OF she Aims House. MI Prossor Is also spoken Of The
ssisry Is $4,000
Tar wr.rHrh.-The cold was felt intensely yester.
day and last night, coming suddenly as t did. No
doubt good part Of the Hudson river n frozen this
morning
eusrIcio. oY Mun pER - yesterday morning woman
named Charlotte BRIBERY rssiaing at l37 West seven
teenth street found lying dead the floor of her
roem. Captain Stevenson Of the Sixteenth ward po-
lice examined such portions OF her limbs and head as
were uncovered and finding several marks thereon,
and further, finding that hsr husband had left the
early in the morning under rather suspicious cir
anoss despatched officer James Fisher to arrest
him. lie taken into custody, but subsequently,
discharged by the Coroner.
BsurAL AND MuRpssous ArrAcx uros A FrxALr.-
respecsol. young woman died yesterday afternoon,
at two o'clock under the foilsvins circumstances ::
On wsdn.,day night week ago, Maria Kenny, rssid-
Ing In Willow street Brooklyn, was passing the
south ferry at 10 o'clock when she socosted by
man whcse appearance she did pot like, and she re.
home and che declined his protection. lie then fol.
lowed her, and was pressing her 30 hard that she
Threatened to ,nh. him eth stone sns1 he drew
Atlantic street and shs Immediately fell. Her skuli
! was fractured. The rufhsn fed, and could not be
and lett her bed since She fingered till yester
day, when she died She was parasol maker, and
tiers Surely reward ought 70 he offered for the de-
lection OF the murderer The strocity Of this brutal
conduct IL almost without parallel.
AsorHtn DnyAprul ACCIDENT FROM rHr EXPLOSION
o. CAspnrSr-About seven O'Clock Thursday evening,
shocking accident from the explosion Of camphene,
occurred board Of the canal boat y. rslbridxe,
lying at the foot 81 Broad street East river the par
cusrs Of which folo~s 1T appears ~ the
men attached TO the craft In the cabin, and in
order to prepare hm-elfto attend the broadway Thea
ter, lighted . small camphene lamp to shave of bis
beard BY and just he about using the the
vessel exploded and the burning fr.gmests scattered
we're burned in the most shocking manner. He was
Immediately conveyed TO the City Hospital, where
the phytcians examined the fearful In uries and dis
covered that the poor mans face va burned In
rous parts TO crisp, and HE syesisht nearly des-
in The power Of medical shni vss quickly done e allie
ste them The name ~ the victim Of this dangerous
liquid IcamphsseJ is Burdiek, and his residence
10 at Rcckdale, Pennsylvs
sr.smsa AT H,ar Noc-.-ye.terdsy. at twelve o.
clock the vicinity Of Grace Church vas throsn into
. high degree Of sxcitemsnt By the snnouneems-t
that man had been stabbed Quite o cro~d collected,
and u was seen found that Mr.. woodbury. Lansdon,
young man, We believe. pretty we'll known In the
italian sentleman Who had been provoked 60 IN. ast
40 he believed BY some indiseretions upon the part
o. 70. party s.s.ll's ahs psa.spl.,, OF THIS sn.s,
ter and therefore, 10 unnecessary TO indulge In any
ct the cure mt runors on the subject.
Aoo,psrr.-At three elsch yesterday morning, John
ktNithcls fireman on board the steamship Hermann,
fell down the hstohvsy, distance Of thirty
feet and vas drvsdfa,iy injured DR. J. A. Morrell OF
ate vas after wards sent TO the Cty
Hospital by the First vsrd police.
Rs.crrp IRON Drowr-e:-on Thursday evening
Of ssr,on st,e.s osseer CLARK. Of the Ninth ward
police Who happened 90 be psssng nj the tine ran 70
the Assistance 81 the poor ALLOW and succeee's In
ssving him. when brought 70 the station house, he
stated that he fell into the doch the previous
ming but got out himself This the third person that
lSf been rescued from drowning within week In the
Nmth ward
Casx or ExHlusrIor.--A man who, q name could not
be asctrtanod was found In Cxh iusted state res
terdsy. at the corner OF fifteenth street ana firt
by officer Kendall, who convey ed him 90 the
second district police court, whore he - taken care
81 by Justice Bleakley.
BrRoLsny.-Tbe Law ONCE of Messrs. MsKs.on Cup
paige the corner Of North william and Chatham
streets, vas broken open, few evenings sh1ce and
seine valuable property stolen. The bursls-s ran.
sacked the drawers Of the desks their object being
money Amongst the books missing Is splendid edi-
tion q the National Portrait Gallery
SINGULAR Ls.r 90 4. womss-At seven o'olook LAT
evening, German woman forty years Of age vas de.
tectsd In the act Of stealing stockings from the Of
Richard Versailles, l37 Cansl street upon which the
propretor sent tor policeman aud helted the dosr,
which vas glass one she Immediately threw the
eontents OF her pockets into corner, comprising
several pars Of stockings stolen from other stores and
also velvet ribbon and when MT Nenahles turn
ed his bach for mement she made srun for the doer
and lesped clean through the glaze, and rushing
through the crowd that surrounded the door, escaped