New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-10
CITY ITEMS.

was crossing the city in carriage, having with
him bis boy about four years old, he drove up to
one Of the bridges which crosses the Harlem Rail
road but fearing his horse might be startled by
locomotive, he turned down to cross lower bridge.
he stopped Just before reaching the latter bridge
and stood up to see II any engine was near; while
standing steam whistle was sounded at the de-
pot, and the horse '.arted suddenly, throwing Mr..
b. out so that bis arm caught over the whitletree.
The horse ran, dragging Mr. b. q considerable dis
lance, and kicking him TWO or three times in the
face before be escaped. Mr. b. finally got clear,
and the horse ran of at foil speed across to Sixth
av and down town to CGnal.et. Mr.. Is. was in q
terrible fright lest his boy might be killed bat the
little fellow, with singular presence OF mind. laid
down in the wagon and grasped firmly the iron
foot bar which across the 'front.' and in this
manner kept himself from being thrown out.
When the horse was stopped, the BOY jumped up,
entirely uniDjured n spite Of his whir wind ride Of
three miles. Mr.. b. was very badly bat not dan.
gerously bruised in the face and breast, but his
anxiety for bis young 9ilpin, rendered him lnsen.
sible to bis bruises until he had recaptured the In
voluntary fugitive.
CAsuALTIEs.-This morning, about O'Clock, an
accident happened by which in all probability,
two poor Irish lsborers will looss their lives. At
the corner OF Fiftythrdst. and Thirdav. several
laborers and bricklayers were engaged in digging
a cellar, and laying the foundation OF house The
earth above caved in, and Michael Mccain and
Owen DOnahue were crushed by the weight
Their faces were badly mutilated, and they were
convey ed to the City Hospital, where surgical aid
was rendered
CHILD FoUED-A male child, about ten days
old, was picked up on the beach at Clifton, Staten
I.lo fka inst w In in air III
cloth psntaloons, and is supposed to have been
alive when thrown in the water. The Coroner
will hold an inquest
ARRESTS &c RETURSED TIL, MoRSIsG.-
John Reach, First Ward, assault and battery on
officer Lynch; Otto Hankel, assault and battery
on officer Collins, same Ward Chas Watson,
same Ward, suspicion Of stealing; all sent 10 the
Halls Of Justico,
N Christian KeHer, 1914 Greenwich street,
keeper Of an emigrant boarding house, had his
liceEse taken away by the Mayor, on the com
plant of a person named Fitch, who stated that
he brought a trunk 10 his house, containing 500
worth Of goods and Afterwards, on looking Tor It,
could not find IT,
" On Tuesday evening next Empire Engine
Company No 80. are 10 present Mr.. Perry with
splendid silver trumpet as token oil their appre-
citation Of the manner in which he acts the charsc.
ter OF a New-York fireman in the new drama OF
that name.
EET Mary and Margaret Ferguson, by officer
GatIens, Sixteenth Ward, on suspicion OF grand
larceny; SEQ in gold in their possession ana LOT
of dry goods al their residence owner wanted a.
Jefferson Market Court
IW James Warren, Joseph G. Morris, VIM
Van Wyck, Sixteenth Ward, on comPlalntoi W M
C. Goddard, for burglariousy entering his house In
Twenty irstSt'
cr Officer Reed arrested, yesterday morning,
q Notorious individual called Jack Mcdonald, whom
the officer found in w all street, looking out Tor
chance TO nibble at some brokers' pocket
~ In the Ninth Ward, Garret Peterson, to'
petit larceny ; Ira Topping, for abandoning bis
wife; Chss McMunay, Catherine Lee and Ihom'
as Lee, lighting.
NJ Francis McCluskey and Samuel Johnson
boys, caught stealing composition spikes ITO We
ship yard of Westervelt q AscKay' Eleventh
Ward.
" Peter Cunningham brought 10 Seventeenth
Ward station suffering from sun stroke taken
home to IS Elm-st by officers Gllmor and Tines
Thomas Lowe was arrested in the Sixth
ward ON a charge Of stealing 81 from sias sher'
wood, 81 Bowery.
II Peter jackson, colored man, fell oil a carr
l,st evening at the corner Of Market and SCUM ~"
and broke bis leg. Taken to the City do'Pi'A'
~ Charles Fairchild was arrested IN me
Eisbth Ward on q charge Of stealing $40 from
store in Grand st. near the Bowery.
F" Fourteen Migrants were arresIeo N suo
Third Ward yesterday, bat nearly al were ui'
charged after rePrmand.
~ Catherine Mooney, insane, winderIns n
the Fifth Ward, was taken care Of Oy VIC
~ About the usual number OF store doors "eie
found open in the Second Ward.
w Alvin Fsver, Third Ward, assault on D. v
Monroe.
~ John Smith, Eighth, for stealing c'0'"'Ne
sent to the Police Court
T Dirt cart No. 3,i39 and horse Osnu A''
in Canal st. and sent 10 the public pound
~ cba.. Mckinney and Mathew h:k paI,cs
6shtirg in Broadway, Eighth Ward seh' " i''''''
Catherine Mcclure, Eleventh, insane ano
ate N pting to drown herself in East RIVER
~ Henry Mans, Eleventh, assault ana Oa'''fy
and choking bis wife.
~ John Linton, Thirteenth Warc' s'eaiiHs
| harness from the stable % BroonesE
u Charles Fair hid, Thirteenth
money rom the thoe store OF Geo o. '0'