New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-03
CITY ITEMS.

TRIAL TRIP OF THE UkIOk-Ihe new steam
ship Union, of Spofford & Tileston's New Orleans
line, made an excursion on Saturday, with a com
paDy Of invited guests on board. 1t was a clear,
crisp First Of March, and the air was so dry and
pure that as it swept up the Bay it brought no
flavor Of the thousand leagues of brine over which
it had passed. Staten Island and the shores on
either hand wore the sharpest and most distinct
outline and the furthest sail, out at sea, seemed
drawn with finely pointed pencil on the border
of the sky. We left pier No. about 90 minutes
past H. with the last Of the tide in our favor and
in Just SO minutes from the Battery we were
abreast of Sandy Hook Light. AS the Union
passed round by the Southwest Spit, the dis.
lance was fully 20 miles allowing four miles for
the tide, abe ran at the rate Of l6 miles an hour
This was accomplished without carrying more
than 10 lbs. of steam, making more than II rev.
olutions. She reached the Light Ship and passed
round it, in one hour and % minutes from the Bat
terry. The sea was unusually calm and pleasant,
which, with the cloudless sky overhead made
the trip more than usually agreeable.
The Union is very handsomely fitted up in all
her parts. The after cabin is decorated with rose
wood and maple, and furnished with the most lux
urous sofas and lounges The state rooms, though
made to hold three persons, are arranged with an
eye to comfort and convenience, especially during
the period Of sea sickness. The dining saloon
will seat l25 persons. The engines of the Union
are unusually powerful for boat of her tunnage,
and the slow and quiet manner in which they did
their work, while they were running at almost
railroad speed, excited the admiration Of all
On the way back to the City handsome cola
ton was served up, to which no one failed doing
Justice. Passing up the North River to Canalst'
we ssluted the attic, and crossing to Jersey City,
fred gun at the Africa, after which we were
carried down to the Narrows a second time. We
met the Southerner and Florida going out, on our
return, and reached the Unions dock at o'clock.
The gallant steamer will leave for New Orleans
on Saturday. Her consOrt, the Gen. Scott, is al.
most completed, and will be placed on the line
about the st of April.
SUICIDE OF ONE. EYED THoMPsoN-We are
informed by Capt. B. w. Bradford of the Tenth
Ward Police, that VIM. H. Thompson, better
known as zone Eyed Thompson" arrested on
Saturday on charge of passing counterfeit money
and confined in Essex Market Prison, committed
suicide last evening, by taking 80 grains Of NOR
pbine. Groans were heard from his cell at about
81 o'clock, when the officers entered, and found
Thompson in almost insensible condition.
Drs. Wells and BeIcher were Immediately sent
for, who applied the stomach pump. At 10
O'Clock he was still alive, but there was no chance
ofrecovery. He left letter for his wife and also
one for the Coroner. stating that his death was
caused by taking 80 grains Of morphine, and en-
tering into history of his life to some extent
He also left note addressed to Mr.. Oliver, the
Keeper Of the Prison. requesting him to notify his
wife of his death. In his cell was a tract, en-
titled Can you Die Happy" on the margin Of
which he had written "What strange coinci
dence that tract of that kind should be placed
in his hands He could answer afirmatively for
he had been for the last half hour under the in
fuence of deadly drug"
u Mr.. CHARLES WHITNEY, who has recently
returned from England, where he has been lee
turing on this country and giving limitations OF
the principal American orators, will deliver a
lecture on the Union next Friday evening, at
Hope Chapel. The lecture is highly spoken Of
by those who have seen it.
DAsTARDLY AssAULT.-A few days since, Mr..
L. r. Breisach was grossly insulted by two men
named Weh!e and Iuhos. The motive for the
act was revenge against Mr.. B. for the active part
which he has taken in exposing some adventur'
ers who have emigrated from the old country and
assumed to be political refugees. Mr.. B. has
made a complaint against Wehle and Iuhos bat
the latter sailed for England on the day Of the
assault. and is of course beyond the reach Of our
laws
LECTURES BY REV. ]. LoRD-The lectures by
this gentleman on the Saints and Heroes Of the
Reformation" are attracting the attention Of the
public. Three of the lectures have been delivered
on inclement evenings, when large audience
could not be expected The lecture on Thursday
evening however, was attended by large and
fashionable audience. His subject was the " Hu-
suenots, and the applause given by the audience
attested the satisfactory manner in which he traced
the hiItory Of that people-sheir failure and the
causes which produced it. Tonight Mr. Lord lee
lures upon the life Of" Archbishop Cranmer, and mis-
connection with the English Church" and We have
no doubt he will succeed in imparting to his audi
ence a vivid impression Of the leading features
of the age in which Cranmer lived and the influ'
ence which that distinguished man exercised upon
the councils Of the Government, and over the PEG
pie of Europe.
II The Infant Drummer" is the title of a
weekly journal to be issued for the FIST time to-
day. 1t is edited BY John Hlyer.
r The Little Drummer gives his grand con
cert on Wednesday evening next, il Tnpler Hall.
AFUGIrIyE CAUGHT.-A German Jew, named
Charles Leopold, who escsped from justice in this
CITY about month since, has been arrested in
New.Oreans he was caught in the act of rob-
bing the room Of one Of the boarders at the 81.