The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-17

injured II IL said that some Of the other sex have
instgstsd there females to the they pursued
At noon they watched the girls Who would not join In
the strike, suppoeipg they would go home to their
dinner but they we're too much frightened to come
out In the evening when leaving they escorted
By the pslics but notwithstanding this protection,
FIRE IN DurcH srREEr.-Yesterday afternoon, at
quarter past three O'Clock, fire broke out In No 10
bfcsit and cracker bakery The fire commenced in
the upper part and appeared 10 have worked It's way
secretly TO considerable extent before the AID OF the
fremen called in From the narrowness OF the
street and the difficulty Of getting at the building the
neig hbors felt considerably alarmed and 1t was feared
the whole block would be consumed The fire.
men, however worked pobly and succeeded in condn-
ing the FIRE to the building In it originated The
bakery however was totally dss.reysa ana .ne aqua
siderably damaged by water, and slightly by the
hames. There is NO cause assigned for the fire Mr.
ward Leonard, Of the Second, Hopkins, of the Third
and Ditchett Of the Fourth were In attendance and
rendered all the assistance in their power particularly
Capt Leonard aud the men OF the second ward.
AYoTHrR FiRE About one o'clock. Monday morn
ing FIRE was discovered at the residence of Judge
Belts, No le St Mark's place, oeessiSned oy the
fire to wood work it, The servants gave the
alarm. and the fire was soon extpguished by the po-
lice. The damage was but triiing.
FIRE on RANpALL's IsLANp-At seven o'clock, on
Sunday evening" the gate house, on Randall's Island
was entirely consumed BY FIRE Captain Graham, Of
the Twelfth ward, reports" 1t Is supposed to have
been set on fire by come of the paupsrs."
DEATH BY BURss.-Coroner Geer held an inquest
yesterday, at 80 Ridge street on the body OF Ellen
McArdle, aged thirty years born in ireland who came
to her death by injuries received by extensive burns,
caused by the setting FIRE to her clothing On satur-
day, 1t seems, her husband was qusrreng with her,
and a woman by the name of Sarah Parks heard a
heavy fall in the room occupied by deceased and
heard her cry out, am dead Shortly after, she
saw the deceased out the stairs with her clothing
on fire. Assistance was procured and the flames ex-
tnguished She then asked for water, which was all
she said She aid not say how her clothes came en-
Ara he lfOCp in rrsa n
ing and then expired The jury rendered the follow
ing verdictThat deceased came to her death by az
tensive burns received from her clothes catching ne
the OF which is to the jury unknown.
SHAVING THE LAVA GuHrowpER MAsuFAoroRy IN
NV YoRE.-It appears that the owners Of q large
gunpowder msnutsctery in Westchester county. have
recently purchased some lots of ground sixty fifth
street about ESQ 800 feet the westerly side of
Tenth avenue, aud that they proceeding to erect
present law prohibiting the storage Of gunpowder in
the city, except in certain small quantities, Is only
prohibited south OF Sixty second street from river to
river.
THE AerD MAN CRrsHrD BETWEEN Two STAGES
1t is sseertained that Mr. FuTman, whose case was
reported, yesterday, as being crushed between two
stages will lose of his eyes besides having his ribs
broken. and his clothes torn off. Why are not the
omnibus drivers punished
TIE HyEn GrAnp.-Yesterday, a grand military
company, lately organized, and commanded by Capt.
Andrew Lester passed the Herald Office 1t is called
men as fine set of fellows could be found In the
city. They attracted much attention wherever they
marched. They were accompanied by Sheltoa's Brass
Band and seventy FIVE invited SITS in the front rank
of whom Mr. Tom liver, Mr.. Matthew Goodisou n,
Mr. 0tgnon and others as athletic men as are to be
found in the United States There was very beauti
full banner and magnificent target perforated all
There were twenty-five prizes contended for and
won this interesting oc sasion. The whole party
psrtook Of sump.uous dinner ut the Mercer House.
TYR STEVENS GUARD, Capt John II. Burns, proceed
ed yesterday, target excursion to Van Nostrands
at Mount Morris, where they partook of splendid
dinner The prizes weref first silver goblet. by
DeNeTeuX; second. jacob
Scott; third silver medal by Edward Reed; fourth,
a gold ring, by private j. Ryerson, and the ftth q
beautiful wreath, by VIM. Macbeth.
ELECTION roH ASSISTANT EScSErR or THE FRE DE-
Hall, of an Assistant Engineer for the Harlem Dis.
trict There two candidates John Gillian en- i
Henry p. Mc6owan. The former was elected.
IL PECK SLIP, Dec. le, 1850.
Sir In reading your paper Of Saturday last, was
much surprised to read such account OF case
put before the public With IL you pleased to call
nay house den, and to assert 1t to be the resort OF
most infamous characters; which most positively
deny, and defy any Esn " the State c. New York
to cone forward and prove what s there stated The
facts of the these:-The man calling himself
frsncis heCue, came TO my house and began playing
cards with different persons until late hour, and on
being asked for payment he pretended to be drunk
XII eos liz da ~ snsa s s.S osT,S
made charge of robbery he stated the fore part OF
the evening that he poor man, and had been
Elk months in the hospitals that he was plaster er
from Cincinnati There witnesses to prove this:
but II a mans word is to be believed whom no one
knows can only ray there is Justice In the
came from, only himself. ask you sir. and the pub.
lie at large, does IL stand feasibls that man after
being robbed, as he asserts would play cards with
come time which Mr.. Duplock, an English gentleman,
stay ing at nv house proved and to- before he
Justice and challenge any one to prove to the con.
m " n nfe ant