The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-02
City Intelligence.

srr FryrN ..p SMALL Pox AT srArry IsLlsp The
number of inmates at present at the hospital Staten
Islsnd 10 500 mostly cases OF typhus or ship fsver.
There are forty cases of small pox The average daily
number Of admissions Is fifteen. number are re-
Board OF Health The whole number received last
week was 24T; Of whom ia were direstly frsm the
admitted in dying stats and the rs.a, l. that the
bill Of mortality is upduly increased The physician
in chief lie DR. y Csmpbs Stuart, Who has been very
suocessful since his appointment. There IL hospital
better cared for, and none presents more oiesnly,
neat and orderly appearance. lie Is strict discpi-
proof against the rsvsges Of the King Of
much they may contribute occasionally, TO turn
aside the point Of hs dart or soothe the dying mo-
ments Of his vietms
Tnr L.rr D.Ax AVIAN ~ rHr CuuoN Housr-
We have received letter from Henry Fletcher, QUE
Of the oombatsnts In the late nghtpg affair In the
Custom House. Mr.. Y denies that b. intended TO
shoot bis antagonist Jerry Floyd lie ssys Jerry
pushed HE head agsin,t the glass of the book
and broke IL. and thel Henry. caught him By the
threat when Jerry got hold Of Henry hand with his
teeth Jerry put his other hand In his pocket add
pulled out knife with three blades, broken; upon
which Jerry few for the tongs, and struck him, aud
would have killed him. but that Henry thought be had
right 10 kill come too; and being born, as he says
being never 70 give up the thip long Q shot IL
left In the locker he for pietos to the wstchmsns
closet whence he returned With two TO the collectors
room. The follovins MT Fletchers description Of
this affair In his words" One Of the servants
was coming out, and seeing me with the pistols cries
ont te jerry TO look out, and that was just the very
thing wanted, Tor did not mean to shoot any
where the negro for kns~ could scare him TO
death, or nearly so, the very moment be saw the
pisteis: and wh, n he pointing them at him,
be jumped behind the door and the door being made
Of iron ~ inches thick, 4 hnew I could not hurt
him, and I fired. and he cried murder, and rem
to the rombs" In reference to his esn pedigree Mr..
Fletcher ,ays:-" And nov as to nay pedigree, am
neither African negro, which any one but fool
or blind man see Ny father IL a full blooded
native Indian Of the Oneida tribe originally OF the
State OF New York AMI my mother half white and
hall black half French and half African lie adds
that he has nothing TO do with the sub Treasury bot
is porter to Hugh Maxwell Esqr, Of the port Of New
York
INctspr.RsN.-A barn and outhouse. the property
Dsnbury Conn we're destroyed by hrs Friday night
lstt The entire contents of the holdings containing
q large quantity OF grain and hay, with valuable
horse ana seven head Of cattle, were consumed.
AYsr broke out at the blacksmith shop In Bridge
street near Bread about half past four o'clock which
psny, No. IL, before any other engine reached the
place
srpprv Darn or MAMMOTH The giant outh
eighteen years OF age OF foreign birth Weighing over
four hundred pounds Who for some weeks past had
be. rbibtion at the North American Hotel corner
Of Bayard strest and Bowery, died suddenly Friday
evening An Unsuitable thirst seized him, aud he
drank several gallons of water daily shortly before
death lie was under medical treatment and his
death appears to be involved In some mystery
CANAL CONVENTION AT ALBANY-Au adjourned
ehDg OF the Convention IN favor of obtaining
reduction Of canal tolls, was held at Albany on
Tuesday, when the following gentlemen were ap.
pointed a committee 10 confer with the Canal
Board on the subject III NJ. Holt, New York;
Hatch, Syracuse; Thomas kempehaw, Rochester;
Q. r Blunt, Whitehall; John l. Kimberly, Buffa-
10; Henry FlzhuRh, Oswego; and the Chairman OF
the meeting, Cy qifcio.