New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-18
CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS.
Ey Yesterday concluded the severe ram
storm, which began on Saturday evening, cleared
np cool, and as the sun went down, introduced
turbulent west Wind cold enough for January, ana
rapid enough for March. The day was stormy,
showery, drizzy, foggy, windy, and Ia" .,'sr
night, tornadoish, goldfish, darkish, and
uncomfortable There was the least ',, = Gas
snow but nothing worth notice, except %
the first visible this season.
PuR1Ic scHoo1sTo-day' the ,,,u he
o',.,e - nc Public Primary Schools VIII oe
a1 Fifty.eieht Of these Schools are 10
So"i"i'": "a and for the convenience OF the Elk
DC "a la,r,ittee this number is divided INTO
%il-.1o lions the eastern, western, and south
.nl'' The following gentlemen have been APP
ea;ntod MS an Examining Committee IN each
l p; / Curtis ] b Brinsmade, II. H. Schetfe-
lin and ]. w G. Levidge, Committee for
eastern Section; B. Ellis, John b. Hurd, j. H.
,roynsend. and w H. Nelson, Committee for
western Section; C. E. Pierson, j. 7. Adams
and I. Marsh, Committee for Southern Section.
F,FTyyyTH WARD ScHooL.-The annual ex.
animation of w ard School, No. 20 Thirtecnth-st
near Sixth Avenue (JohnJ. Doane, principall, will
take Mace tomorrow, commencing at ten o'clock
po,orts and others interested in education are
invited to attend. This is the largest sand gene
rallv esteemed one of the best of our Ward
Schools.
MURDER on THE STEAMER ISAAC NEWTON
On Saturday evening, while the steamboat Isaac
Newton was lying at her dock in Albany, just
preyious to her departure for this City, an alterca,
,ion took place between man named Michael
Smith and deck passenger named John Crane
relative to the chair which the latter was SIT
ting. Smith demanded the Chair, which Crane
refused to give up. Smith then became enraged,
and drew knife, which he plunged into the ab-
domen of Crane, inHctng wound which IN all
probability will prove mortal The wounded
man was taken ashore. Smith secreted himself
In the hold of the vessel, and was not discovered
until late at night. He was brought to this City
yesterday morning, and placed in charge OF officer
Wood of the Third Ward Justice Osborn com
rnitted him to prison until last night, when he
was taken back to Albany for trial.
national TEMPERANCE SoCIETY.-This So
ciety las appears by their advertisement In our
paper today, have perfected their arrangements
for the First Quarterly Meeting at the Taberna
Gle, next Monday evening. The name of either
one of the speakers announced, should be, ofitselt
enough to fill the Tabernacle; and we trust the
managers of this society will be greeted with n
full house to hear the noble cause advocated.
Success will attend all their efforts, and great good
result if proper support be extended to the
society by the temperate and order loving portion
of the community.
RYp Another Grand Temperance Meeting will
be held at Chelsea Hall, corner of Eighteenth-st.
and Eight Avenue, on this Monday evening, at
halEpast seven o'clock. The meetings OF the
Chelsea Benevolent Temperance Society are con
stantly increasing in usefulness and popular favor
About thirty took the pledge on last Monday
evening, and a larger number will probably take
It this evening.
DEPARTURE OF THE BALrIc.-Ths noble
sci sailed at noon, on Thursday, for Liverpool,
taking sixty.seven passengers. Among them we
notice the names of D. D. Keloggg of Troy. US
Consul at Glasgow Mr.. Trocke, bearer of dis
patches; and John t, Archbishop of New York,
and retnue of priests. The Baltic went oft in
fine style, amid the cheers OF a great multitude,
nc HIIHS VI ucI suns, W.
To Park Benjamin, Esq, will lecture this
evening, before the Mechanics Institute, at the
Hope Chapel, go Broadway Subject, "The
Golden Age" The public are invited. For par
ticulars see advertisements
F1REMEN's Neutrality-suspicious. Hose Com
pany No. 3, of this city, will visit Philadelphia on
Tuesday morning, 10th inst and remain for five
DAYS, accompanied by Adkins w ashington Brass
Band, and while absent, will be the guests Of HUI
name Hose Co. No. 4. This Company is one OF
our most active and efficient fire companies, and
have magnificent apparatus They Will number
"A men, in entire new fire dress, and we learn
that they have been at great expense to make
this excursion the best Which has been started
among our iremen, We understand that they
will be received by over thirty companies IN Phil,
adelphie, who have been preparing for their visit
for some time.
SUICIDE IN THE CITY PRIsON.-John Glencove,
an inmate OF the City Prison, who their plac.
ed on Saturday afternoon having been found in
the street suffering from I" delerium trcmens -
hung himself in his cell during the night, He had
made moose in one end OF his handkerchief,
which he placed around his neck, q loop was then
made in the opposite end of the handkerchief,
into which he put his foot, and by this means
made tight the moose about his neck causing
strangulation He was discovered i'll this sltua-
ton about o'clock yesterday morning by the
keeper. He was native of Ireland, about IS
years of age. An Inquest will be held upon the
body this morning
A MAN NAMED FRANCIS SASwgLI, recently
from Vermont, while passing up Broadway on
Friday night, was met by female named Ann
Morgan, who engaged him i'll conversation, and
before they parted succeeded as he alleges in
rohhing him of his wallet containing S55, The
woman was soon after arrested, but no money
was found She was committed by Justice Osborn
for trial.
DoYLE'S COLLECTION OF Books AT Cooley 5
ApcroN RooM,-Thls day will commence the second week
of this great sale, The departments be disposed