The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-26
City Intelligence.

ALMOST Hoax 0 rnE CoRoNgR.-Y.sterdsy morning
an alarming excitement took place at the Custom House
public store OF Exchange place and New street
IN consequence of large box taken from board the
packet ship Ocean Queen believed 10 contain the dead
body or bodies Of some human being What nrst gave
rise to the suspicion the horrible ciuya issuing
from the box ana watery substance running through
crack In the box on the hoorsuci appearance and
smell ns woud issue from the decomposition Of the h,,-
man body The excitement soon increased horror,
ana the bad sinng odor almost suocatel all who APP
preached the suspicious box yet all this time no one
would venture to open the box. At last. the foovin,
not was despatched to the Coroner, forthwith =
SyTH GErR, ESD Coroner
,oSneI n c E; .s csetSr y. t. cal,
boari ship sup2osias e be
as"a ''a's' soRSEIE Eli Deputy s.or, s,,r
The above explicit note directed to our worthy coro-
did not reach DR. ueer bnt to the hands of his
shrewd deputy. Mr. Anderw Bleakry The messenger
wns out Of breath and looked pale Mr. Beakley opened
the letter and reading the contents smiled ami said
How do we know there dead bodies in the boxes
1t would have been consistent II the bo~as had
been opened and then if bodies were found our duty
would have been to have gone into investigation IL
certainly i not our duty to break open the cases in
search OF dead bodies suppose no bodies fonnl-
what Is TO be done then However. (said Mr. Hca<ey)
60 with me" And the parties taken into the CITY
Inspector Office and the letter. setting forth the
pcious circumstances. read TO Mr. Charles Riddle
the Deputy City Inspector. who volunteered 10 nves-
sylcs they both started for,te scene Of bad smells and
confusion On arriving mt the store. Mr. Riddle took
long view Of the suspicious box and found bear the
following inscription :-.S. Z. Gorham. New Haven.
Conn. per Ocean Queen. London Tools were pro-
cured and the cover OF the box forced on When
10 to their surprise. instead Of finding the decomposei
form Of some human body several bottles hydra sulphur
Of ammonia were discovered, of which had broken
accidentally by moving which can ,el the whole alarm as
the efiuvia arising from the sulphur il OF the most of
fensiye nature. resembling the the h
man bcdy The great mystery nov being solved. each
one began to look at the other, ani walked Oh with a
smile ~ much as to say. have been all ditpel We
doubt very much if the Coroner win hold inquest on
the bottles.
Dis1rRRascr ~ Inr SIXTEENTH w.rp-On Moni,y
afternoon q fight occurred between numbcr Of boys
III Eiihloenn street. near seventh avenue, All IN n,
melee one Of the boys named VIM Mcmahon. residing II
No ~ West Eighteenth street severely If ot dan
ger,uly cut on the head. either with stone slang
shot The injured boy conveyed to the drug
where DIR. Smith dressed his wounds after which h.
taken 10 his residence in nsensib. state boy
subsequently arrested by the police on SUSPECT on of
having inflicted the injury: but IA the wounded boy was
then nsensibe. and able to identity him he was
liberated from custody. The Captain Stevsnson) of po
lice marks that there is gang II rowlies located in
Twenty fourth street and another OF iii, SAM class in
Eighteenth street who diametricay opposed to each
ether The police appear determined to put a stop 10
these rowdy disturbances.
FmE Drisio, SraFsr.-I.ast evening between IN,
hours of six and seven o'clock fire discovered ia
The upper part of n frame dwelling situsied at No 90
Division street which spread TO the roof ot No o. boh
Of which were consumed before the flames were cxtn-
guishsd: the roof. likewise. Of No. 70 was plrtii!y
burned. No. CO was occupied by John McGrlth. a. !,
porter house whose in fpr 5000 had ex,ireI
only lrst and II was not renewed ~, 6, In, .
was occupied y German family. the upper part by
dificr nj families who lost al thrir furniture In
quencc cf the quick action Of the frrm,n the asn,s
were confined tn the roof
Fmr - Dnasei STrEEr.-Between nine AMI ten
O'Clock ON Mcnduy night. FIRE occurred at grocery
store. CORNER Of Delaney and Ridge streets in
quencc o. the breaking Of eamphinc Lamp. Damage
lut trH'rg
CoRrre rlcN.-In notice of IN, -Munins' iirh.
Guard IN yesterdays Herald il printed Mieg;"
IL should have been Mullins
THr fPrr Ac.pF,n.-we understand tlic reason Why
Assistant Professor Marshall a the Free Academy criti-
cscd the boy much who rcced ByTon's Address "a Tho
Ocean before the legislative wisdom oI the state n,
intention to display thr ,sl Of the student but t,
tNI n rrs4le
ehcs the errcrs of the pupils.
TnovuIr scaooL Tr,cusrs-It seems that
sem. excit, mcnt prevails among the public sch1,!
teachers Il the Nineteenth ward respecting npticc
received hy them from the Board CT Education setting
forth that their services will longer b. required afes
the first day c May next THUS throwing 0n, of emal,y-
ment n number of young women who follow school
teaching for livelihood We also understand that IN
other wards the same notice. have been gwen Nov why
has this change been adopted! l. IL IN consequence of
political influence
orrc,L IllcacS.-Iast evening when one of the
South frrry boats leaving the slip a, whitehall. q
Ge drtsrcd young gentleman. wearing spectacle ran
down the bridge at the top u his speed with the hope
jumping On board Bet alas he too late for the
boat and too late in becoming sensible that such the
fact; FIR on reaching the end Of the bridge. instead of
hsliirg aud returning he was unable . himself
and was preciptsted into the turbucnt waters bsiov
Iy the aid OF hooks and ladder hc brought
out. safe and sound Being somewhat near-sighied the
misfortune undoubtedly from wrong perception
Il distance rather than reckless haste and fol.hsriine.
The affair taken very cocly however Il naturally
would L. at this season of the year
in front Ci the drug store, OF Second street
and Eowery man hy the of Frank Malborn. waS
thrown from hi horse The hore became tntenei aai
MI Nahorn was thrown from the animal to the ground.
receiving severe cut the head The injured
conveyed 10 the drug store. where the wound
dressed and subsequently Mr. Maborn conveyed t.
his residence by Captain Hicks Of t Scvenlecnth ward
police. II stated that the in urrd iborn.
under the influence Of liquor at the time the accident
CCcmr,d
Asorrrr Escrr rnoN rirr CopoSrr.-A nan called
Joseph Cunningham. fell from Pier IL Eat River into
the water and would undoubtedly have lost his lif BY
drowning had Il not been for policemen McDougsl and
snodgnss, of the First ward police, who rescued Gun.
nngiam from waicy grave and thus escaped the uris
dictign ~ Coroner Gecr.
Iiornimr OtrpAog.-- Sunday night Edward Mowry,
residing at Port JeryiS. Orange 90. attacked by
land Of nine ten rufians Who dragged hn from his
bed. and beat him til they lrft him fir dead lie
conveyed Ia very dangerous state yesterday to the Ci
ty Hospital
srDprs DrAru.-Coroner Gecr called on Monday
TO hnd inquest ut No 80 Delaney street (baSement)
the body ~ John " Eamppcn who died suddenly at
hnt place. hut the unable u learn. An
inquest will be held this day