The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-20

city Intelligence.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE BY TAXING observation-disclosures
Geer Yesterday held inquest at No "a Essex street.
on the body Of Mrs Brown aged twenty three years who
came her dea h hy administering to herself large
quantity Of audanum for the purpose OF destroying her
own life appears from the evidence before the Coro
ncr that, Saturday evening last Mrs. Brown -,,,
herseu 20 we urus 'oie purchased An ounce Of
lagampgm Wien "a: took without the knowledge of her
hust4na, and isn retired to bed Soon after, the
poison beginning operate, she told her husband what
she HAD done Mr. Brown becoming greatly alarmed,
fastened sor medical aid, and ia short time three
doctors we're il lttendanee The stomach pump
applied FOR the purpose Of extracting the poison but SO
strongly did the deceased resist al he attempts made to
save her life that in her strugg She broke the pump
However the ply sicans did their utmost but all to
avail the unfortunate young woman fingered until
Sunday afternoon, about three O'Clock when she
PRED The deceased has left two children, the youngest
only five months old. 1t she had been laboring
under dcrangsd state Of mind for some time past
verdict rendered in accordance with the above facts
Mons PAKficuIArs or THE GnrENwIcn STREET F,aE-
We learn that r Closes loss in dry goods and made
clothing, about 5000, insured for S45o0, in the
Jefferson and Merchants insurance con- panies Mr..
Eddy's loss about $4,000 only partially insured Mr.
Fcrdinand's loss about $4,000, fully insured w. II.
Mills who kept a wlow-basket manufactory in the
underground story, had his stock insured for 81 600
his Effects very considerably damaged. II appears,
by the statements Of the foreman and under
fddys establishment that had been no fire used in
the story whore the FIRE originated sscc Saturday after
noon There seems to be considerable mystery hanging
over the origin Of this fire.
KEGATTA-Qulte an Interesting boat of
yesterday afternoon. from the Fulton ferry, between
skf ard the nnetcen foot working boat Liberty rowei
with two pair Of scul They rowed around Governors
Island and back to the starting place. the Liberty
ming the race by about two hundred yards.
FIR : About 10 o'clock Sunday night, the house
No ~ Houston street was discovered to be fire by
cfcer Leach who the alarm Branches Of the Are
department were soon on the ground, and the fire
quickly extireuished causing but very tring damage
As the house untenanted, the fire Is supposed to
have been the work Of AN iIccndiary.
IN -AI0Ut cpeo o'clock on Friday oh n brat Ia
out in Thirty rt street first house east of Eighth
nue.. The fromen we're on the ground. but the flames
spread rapidly that the house and adjoining stable
were consumed We have not learnt the amount Of the
loss sustained
EMroRaTioS.-The whole 'namber of emgrants which
have arrived ut this port from the first the
Of May inclusive, is 1929
TnE BorY or HoRarIo Cn,R1roS RrcovrRrp.-On the
I'd Of March last boat upset in the river. between
Robbins Reef and oyster Bay and three persons named
Horatio Charlton. Frederick Eilsworthy. and John
Mellon the bostman. the latter being the only one
saved. Since that time the body Of Ellsworthy
was recovered at Red Hook. where II was washed
on shore, and sunday the body Of Charlton was
found floating Flss Island and towed up to this
city and yesterday the body was identified by the bro
Their Of deceased The deceased only IL years Of age
and native Of England verdict returned of ac-
cidental drowning
Boy DHowSrp.--An inquest held yesterday, at
the foot Of sixth street on the body Of Owen Dopahoe
aged nine years whose body found floating In the
East river foot If Sixth street The boy resided with
histparcnts in Thirty street. and has been missing
since the let Of Nay No evidence shown the
manner the deceased came into the water. Verdict
death iy drowning.
UsKSows Bopy Boy Fousp DRowSrp-The coro-
yesterday likewise held inquest, at the foot Of
Montgomery street the body Of boy about sixteen
years Of found floating In the river foot of that
street The deceased about five feet Eve
dressed ina black frock coat, red plaid pants blue
coat red figured vest, cloth cap and boots The body
appears TO have been in the water few hours The body
coroner.
FAraL ACCIDENT man named James McGuire No
3o2 First avenue fl. through hatchway while passing
through the hall Of his residence yesterday morn
ing and was instantly killed The batehway had been
left open through carelessness Mr. Mcclure, walking
hurredy along in the dark did not observe the opening
and thus he came 10 untmely death. We under
that he has left wife and young children
to lament their loss.
ACCIDENTS On Saturday afternoon man named John
Wilson residing in $40 street got his left leg
badly fractured by falling from the top Il marble monu
ment lie conveyed to the hospital Patrick Lene-
han broadway and Bond street while in the
d lifting stone, got his foot and ANGLE badly smash
cd lie brought TO the hospital A man named
Francis slavcn seriously burnt and Otherwise ma.
,sray injured BY the sudden explosion q blast that he
Eleventh avenue lie Is In q dangerous condition.
About Y. on Saturday afternoon, the body Of Ste
Delaney streets Nichols lost from the sloop Alchy-
mist, Of Huntington, l.. In March last lie about
40 years Of age Between and 10 o'clock Saturday
night, carman named Henry Van Ripers driving
through Mercer street with load; his horse became
frhtsned and in the endesvor to pacy him Ripper got
to his residence In Watts street. by the Fifteenth ward
police. On Saturday afternoon man named Thomas
Grant fell frtm ladder fifteen feet high. Ina Fifteenth
street severely hruising his head shoulders and other
parts II his hody. lie was conveyed to the hospital,
" here he now lies in very dangerous state. man
named Mark Kelly, while at work Canal street had
an alteration with boy named David - when the
latter caught hold d large maui and threw II at the
former breaking tive q his ribs and otherwise severely
hruising him by preciptatinF him into old cellar
which being cleared out Kelly conveyed 10 the
City Hos pital in ssnscless condition.
srsFrIsc.-In Water street, on Saturday, named
Thomas rbbed between the sixth seventh ribs
ty German. whore did not ascertain. IL ap-
Ears that Wells and the German had quarr,lcd when
the latter commenced the attack with knife in each
hand He prevented from striking the second blow
~ ccoted woman. Wells Is In the hospital In preca
rious condition.
Now ~ rHE Rrcnr DInrcrtoy.-Thc men under
Captain Turniu a the eighth district have received
tri,t orders 70 arrest ELL persons who may be- found
thriving garbage into the streets u y high time that
stringent measures should be adopted by the city au
hcrcs for the cleansing Of the streets IN order to pre-
ut the tTread Of contagious diseases arising from the
ihy condition q the streets aud alleys in many loca
lies II + t. be hoped that Captain Turnbus example
sill H. followed ty these In authority In every other dis
Irist, including the Seventeenth ward