New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-15


nearly completed the two schooners for Samuel L.;
Mitchell. They will be launched about the drst o
next month. The steamers building for Messrs
Spofford & Tieson will be ready to leave the stocks
about the same time. Mr.. Webb is building full
freighting ship for Capt. w. W. Wakeman and Jon
athan Godfrey, Esq, of Connecticut intended for the
Texas trade. She will be in frame in the course of
week Herdmensions are-l59 feet keel, 80 beam
and 1913 hold
Thomas COllyer has nothing new on hand. The
steamboat building by him on speculation Is 100 feet
long, 81 beam, and hold. She Will have engine
OF 2S inches cylinder and feet stroke Of piston,
manufactured by Pease & Murphy.
VIM. Collyer is progressing with two steamers
VIM. H. Brown has nothing new on the stocks
Westervelt & Mckay have the mate OF the Roam
oke, nearly: framed. Her engines are building at
the Morgan works and the machinery as we'll as the
hull in dimensions precisely similar to those IN
the above named steamer.
jeremiah Simopson has no new contracts on hand.
He has launched the steamboat Wasp, belonging to
Island ferry. She is $50 feet long, ~ beam, and 10
hold. She was towed to the Aaire works to receive
her machinery.
Perne, Patterson & Stack, at Williams burgh, have
commenced the construction OF clipper ship, for
MessTs Harbeck & Co, which will probably be
placed in the California trade. Her dimensions are
le2 feet long 81 beam, and 81 feet hold Capt Shl-
nor, formerly of the ship IIarbeck, will be her
uander. The clipper brig, building by the above
firm for Freeman Co, is nearly planked and her
Ferry Company is entirely planked and partially
decked. she will be ready for launching aboa. the
LIST Of January.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE The RESuLr OF
A DISAPPOINTED AFFAIR or THE HEART. On Fri
day afternoon a Young Scotch female named Chris
tiana Pennicox, a domestic IN the family OF Mrs.
Clark, No So Franklin-st, was found by oae of the
gentlemen boarders in the house. IN the coal cellar,
bleeding protusey from a dreadful cash IN her
throat which she had inflicted with large bread
knife with intent to take her life The rash attempt
upon her life was made IN consequence OF dlsap
pOIntment and chagrin arising out Of a love affair
II seems that for some months past young Scotch
man named Geo Watson, residing at No. 2i2 Eighth
v has been paving his addresses 10 the girl and re-
Gently offered himself TO her Ia marriage. On
Wednesday last at his desire she, accomp tnied by
her brother repaired 20 his house for the purpose OF
deciding upon the day when the marriage should
take place, and of arranging other preliminary mat.
tiers relative to 1t After Waung until very late
hour in the evening for Watson to come, they finally
LEFT without him, the girl in very depressed state
Of mind In consequence Of the disappointment and
on her way home, said to her brother that he need
no, expect TO see her again alive. lie, however,
endeayored TO cheer hern and paid no particular
attention 70 the remark. she continued depressed
in mind until Friday, when she was missed and
finally ound In the coal cellar as stated After the
attempt upon her life had been made, Watson was
seLt for and arrived, but manifested great IN
difference in regard to her stu alton. Dr. Hosack
crossed the wound Of the girl, and she was subse-
quently taken TO the hospital
Rus ONg AND kILLED.-A German lad
whose parents reside In Norfolk, near Houston-st,
was run over saturday afternoon, on the cor OF
Goerck and iioustOn-sts by horse and cart ana IN
siantly killed. Aid Conckhn VIII hold an inquest on
tie body OF the deceased, this morning, when. II
blame IS 10 be attached TO the driver Of the cart, l.
will lie ascertained. The name OF the lad was not
gsceTtalned.
A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST lrsELF.-
officer Rockwell, ofthe Nineteenth Ward, found, at
Il late hour on Saturday night, man named John
Malady living upon the sidewalk corner OF Fortetn-
81, and the Third-av., with a dreadful wound upon
his head and in a state of insenslbilty The officer
subsequently, ascertalned that the wound had been
family quarrel and fight having taken place. He
was removed to the Bellevue Hospital.
ARRESTS BIZ THE PoLIcE.-A nan named
Philip Ever was arrested Saturday evening.
charged With an assault upon George Winter, re-
siding at the corner Of l0th-ay and 52dst with IN
tent to take MS life. The accused. az the complain
aut testifes. struck HIM upon the mead with an axe
and afterw ards with muSke! ne then tnfe@'eheu !"
shoot him. Justice Beach committed nun Io' ca
amin atlon. -, -, s,,rr
4 lad named Peter Mack was arrestet on % he
day evening charged with petE "a ssnr,ng.st
property OF Mrs Caroline smith, OF N 49, p,isoo
lie go lacked nm 10 the Jefferson follce TtlsVn.
wbere he made two attempts TO hang himssf' ana
was twice cut down. slilS' ""'N'
upon am curing ' 60 crested BIZ officer Rker Of
the SIKH ward charged with having IN n~ ~ F1,S
iorcsy taken CLOAK ION .as ne s,ston House
ti .,He r,ah, and subsequently before Justice To-
throp for examination ,.,s.o and Ia, Gallagher
yf.,erlay arrested, charged with stealhg los
~tre .uts Gallagher is descrbed BY the Captain 9i
o. n1 F,cyenth Ward Police as the Jack Shsppard
of ms vicinity and perfect adept N TIN me an .,
..i,re from money drawers N stores Inc accuseu
!. - h. lore Justice Timpson for nation
Jobn Morton, alias Lee, was arrested on sai1rdAy
chi by Oficer itteA, Of the Fifteenth ward
A tis,geS with highway robbery. II appears that
~ patrick Reed while passing through Eleventh
= at o'clock in the evening was attacked sy an In
S,.;dnaI who knocked him dawn and robbed him o
srocket book containing so, after which ne uca
THE officer heard BE cali OF Mr. Reed ior s'ssaa''