New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-07

No. 1.-THE Semi Annual Examination of -Four
teenth Ward School No II, in Orange.st near
Hester was held By Mr. McKeeu, the Coonty So.
petiptendent, on Wednesday. There were IS
pupils in the Primary Department, under the care
OF Miss Jane E. Neal and five assistant teachers.
The exercises were very fair, and the order and
appearance of the pupils commendabie. In the
Ladies Department there were lis pupils under
the direction OF Miss Ann C. Boyce Principal
with Misses E. 4. Tremells and 4. w Goodwin.
assistants, The classes were quite forward in
reading spelling, geography and grammar. 9th
er teachers not so good. The specimens Of draw
ing and Penmansbip were fair the pupils are all
under Il years of age, and the teachers are very
intelligent and faithful. The Boys Department,
by Mr. McIllroy numbers l53 pupils present
.205 register, W It'll two assistant teachers,
Messrs. n. Mulligan and E. Butler The school
is a very fair one, and is well taught There is
room for 800 more pupils. The Night School
numbers 40 in attendance, under the direction Of
Mr.. MeIllroy and three assistant teachers,
Messrs. McDuval, John Boyd, Z. Martin. Patrick
Dolan. Henry Slevin and H P. West, School
officers, were present
To THE EDroR. am informed that Gree
Douah the sculptor. came over in the Arctic, and
VIII proceed to Washington He will probably
return to England in February.
The above may be so, but it was Mr. ] ].
Graenough who came over in the Arctic, unless
the ships books were mistaken. The sculpt0rs
Christian name is Horatio
Law BooKs-We perceive by Catalogue sent
bs 4 oil
Dec his sales ST aud So Broadway, very
tensive and valuable Law Library 1t contains, as the
Catalogue expresses it, almost every work OF value in the
science Of jurisprudence We would recommend our
legal friends to examine the works for themselves Many
ofhem undoubtedly OF great rarity and such az the
best Law Library be said to be complete without
possessing.
FATAL MIsTAKE-CHILD PoIsoNED-The fam
lily Of Mrs. Hannah NJ. Knapp, residing at ia
Church-st. We're on Thursday evening thrown into
the deepest distress by the death Of their infant
child Harriet four months old, which was caused
by its mother administering laudanum instead ct
paregoric to it. The child it appears was restless
and apparently quite unwell in the afternoon, and
Mrs. Knapp sent Alex. Girvin, boy, to the drug
store Of Joseph Payton, corner OF Chambers and
Church SITS TO purchase three cents worth of pare
goric The ad accompanied by another boy nam
ed Benz. i. Stone and two other boys, went as
directed and soon returned with n vial containing
Ias was supposed the paregorlc. Mrs h gave
her child about teaspoontull OF It, but soon after
discovered that its color was darker than that OF
paregoric She Immediately dispatched her father
to Rushton & Clarks store, who on examining
the medicine pronounced it to be laudanum "A
physician was Immediately sent for, but ali efforts
to save the chds life We're Unayallng and 1t died
during the night Coroner Geer was yesterday
called to hold an inquest on the body The two
bows above named testified that they procured
tl,, tNJ i1Irh hoy a. N
sent while Mr. Payton the proprietor OF the store,
and George Purcell as strongly swore that 1t was
not procured at their drug store. Other evidence
was adduced which tended strongly to cOrrobo
rate the statement of the boys, and the Jury alter
a brief absence came in with the following yer
dict. viz That the deceased came to her death by
an overdose OF laudanum, purchased at the drug
store corner Of Chamber and Church sts. kept by
Joseph PAXTON The testimony taken in the mat
ter will be laid before the Grand Jury
Fatal AccIDENr-W VIM. Newell, residing at
No. l72 Sixth avenue while at work yesterday
morning Mt Johnson's distitlery, foot OF twenty
s;xth.st N r. accidentally fell into termentihS
cistern, and was Immediately sultocote4' Inc
Coroner held an inquest on the body, and yer,
dict of accidental death was rendered. Deceased
was native of Ireland, 90 years OF age.
SERIOUS AceIDENr.-H. Dcney, porter in the
store of Fchcr x Rush No. 80 Beaver st was
Yesterday morning. while engaged in hoisting
goods precipitated from the fourth story through
several hatchways to the first floor. He was taken
up with his head badly fractured and otherwise
bruised and sent to the City Hospital
ARRrsr FOR GRAND LEHcESY,-Ofiicer eros
sett, Of the Lower Police Court, yesterday arrest
ed Hugh Cute, on a charge Of having stolen on
the LIST inst. severai pieces Of broadcloth cassl-
mere, &c. from Capt. Z. Hemick, OF the Canal
boat j. II. w ard, lying at the foot OF Coentles-
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