New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-21
CITY ITEMS.
~ Several columns of local intelligence
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Tribune.
Tu,spER Storm On Saturday nlght
an, Cit, was visited by the seyerest thuhoef Sofi
20 remember to have seen within the pas' TWO OF
,h,ec wears The hot, heavy and almost SHINING a'
osnlere OF the previous three days sho"el 'na' 1He
-, was completely surcharged with elec'rciy Inc
I;rbes point the thermometer attained was w Dut
n.,s known II reach lOco in the shade, with less
aiscomfort Near daybfeaA on Saturday morning
,he AIR was relieved OF part Of Is electro burden
I,tle rain fell but the lightning Was extremely sharp
and vivid This brought down the temperature
few degrees and Saturday mas mu Il more enlurdOie'
During the day, however. showers were cOhslaN''
coursing around the horizon, bit managed 20 Uo-7,
The CITY til evening In the afternoon as we st'ou
on one Of the knobs OF GREENWOOD, t"hcn va
never in more splendid fonage than nowJ We Sd"
three or four at once one hanging hea'ly o''' 80,
Palisades another to the nghi dragging l'S 'ass'.
dre along the Long Island shore and ano'nei 0ioN1
h,aet curtain LEI down beysnd Staten Island d. Il
about 20 drop and cover It's green mus 1r..
About : O'Clock the shower, when be7dn ~ '"'i az
sunset. brought or the thunder-e'ouo Vi "'''N
,he herald Broad sheets OF "h''e Hs"'NiNs pm
The food eates Of the Clouds anu TIC i'" - W.,
do,.n = warm. copious and refreshing atrean we
,y.,e vatchjng the soft broad hashes' "hl'h >'.'ou
% 6ll the whole air. when dozen hoDonS VI An
- ,I,oa,,, hight were flung ron the zenith, ana
he,o,c the eve could wink there came Tremendous
o,ash rou,rV and crashing again, and rolling away
with a yehemence that seemed TO shake every wan
IN the City. Two or three fagstais and Tree III -
Iohp,s PARK were shattered by the fluid As II the
hear, of the cloud hao been pierced, the ram no"
roured in double quantity. and flash after hash oil
lightning illumined all tie SKY. The thunder, no"
nea, and hard now far and mellow. kept up con-
tinual roll The effect of the bright While hght' us
closing for second the roofs ana spires OF the nv
through a screen Of myrlads c rain-drops' was H.
descrlbably magnificent. The lightning seemed 10
come from no particular spot, but to FIJI the "hoc
round OF the horizon
After an hour or more OF pyrolecnncS winch
thousand Fourth OF Julys could not equal, the storm
passed off leaving the AIR dehcousy cool son ana Ira
grant Yesterday, the Earth seemed recrealed. Inc
sun shone warm and clear, the blood danced merriiy
m the veins of man and beast and nImble breeze
from the West made the air fairly pulsate with It's
subtle spin, Of life The cay was a blessing 1t M
spired faith in Man and gratitude to God.
Tuy OPERA To-NIGHT.- Opera OF
lfayino FaIcro viii be repeated tonight at castle
Garden MARINI viii be the stately ana imposing
Doge-aitcr Atnia, his finest character-and IRuffl
the s,perb Doganes>a Tomorrow night We shall
probably have la Sonnamtuia with SALvI, BADIALI,
and BosIo OF course every body viii be there. La
Sonnambuld never given IN this country with
such cast The opera is just beginning to give US
,ts choice banquets of music. No need Of the bay,
and the moonlight and the cool breeze now.
On Saturday night Lucia was given, with BoSIo,
BADiALI and BETriNI The audience was moderate,
on accoun, Of the shower, but not so the music
A nrsCDvINn ATTENTION DTp-
sumo that the little boy of David McC uloch the man
killed at Harlem by the Railroad uan,) is now with
out protector and we hope the little orphan will
not be forgotten donation from the Railroad
Companies might not be out OF place. Mr. McCuDoch
was a laborng man, about forty years of age born IN
ireland he had lost his wife by death some three
months since, and left with this boy about iour
wears of age who IN his arms at the time OF the
fatal injury The deceased, IL seems, was start
ing for Virginia, where he had procured work
PROBABLE MURDER IN SPRUCE STREET.
Abou, o'clock last night man named Alexander
Rouell, halter by trade, of Italian or French plr'h
and resident of BROOKLYN was stabbed al the Italian
cabaret, 10 Spruce-st kept by Angelo SQUARE.
The wound was made by bread-kniie, which
entered the LEFT breast little above the heart pcne-
uatmsihe Jung From what little we can gather OF
the motives which led TO this affair. We find that
Rouellis SAID 70 have been IN the habit of visiting
the place above mentioned and eating and drinking
without pay ing about noon yesterday he came as
usual and STAYED around there nearly all the day In
The evening while several other persons were there,
some words were had between Rouell and the land
lord SQUARE, in regard 10 pay, and threats were
made that Rouell should be put out SQUARE, as we
understand. came from the bar for the purpose oil
executing this threat, and the next tina, was known
was that Ronell was IN the street, and that he fell
shortly afterwards few steps from the door The
general supposioni that SQUARE is the man who did
The deed The knife was picked up by a servant girl
who was employed In the house 1t was bloody, ana
coreSpondcd with the natureof the wound SQUARE
was arrested shortly after and locked up at the Second
Ward station house The wounded man walked
some distance up Spruce-st. after the catastrophe
and returned nearly TO the cabaret before he fell.
He was discovered Immediately and taken into a
drug store IN WiIlam-st and thence to the Station
house in Boekman-st. whence he was taken to the
Hospital where he hes IN very critical state. All
REQUISITE medical advice and assistance was pro-
cured. Two persons were arrested by the Fourth
Ward Police, but as no reason appeared for their de-
tcntion, they were discharged.
70 LIE MoNIrEUR DE LA MoDE Is
the title OF neat publication in French and Eng
lush. devoted to an exposition of the mysteries of
the toilette and illustrated with fashion plates in the
latest Partisan style. 1t is published in. Paris and
New-York and sold by Z. b. Strange.
PIc-Nlcs, &c, TO-DAY There is the
Grand Pc.Nic and Cotillon Excursion of the Indie
pendent Goyenem Blues TO Biddle's Grove, accom-
panied by Adkins band The steamer Hudson, to-
ge,her with the barge McMellen, has been engaged
Also. the Grand Picnic and Cotillon Excursion