The New York herald., 1851-07-31

AsynAv IN rHE srREEr Yesterday morning, quite au
exciting scene In front of the United States He
el In Pearl street It appears that clerk in store In
hat street and in the immedatc vicinity of the hotel
was believed Tn have written letters TO
lady up town engaged to q ntlemau, and who Is re-
specially nected In this city The purpor of the
to caution ,he lady against her ntended aud
seems mat they dealt roughly with his character
The fair handed the letters her betrothsd who
consulted with friend and they be III proceeded to the
sggrevsd charged him with writing the letters which he
produced. The accused denied the charge, but the
hsndv rting appeared conclusive to his accusers and
the gentleman who the object OF attack i'm those
epstles drew forth cowhde ap applied 1t to the sup
siderable excitement prevailed We have not heard
whether the matter is likely to lead to any further pro-
cetdpgs
FrRE NEAR BroNSGpaLE-A fire broke out on Tuesday
night abou. O'Clock Ia unfinished cottage house
Eighty fourth street between Ninth and renth ave
nres before water could be had to throw uno
II had communicated to two other houses nfInjshed
which burned down. There four new two
story houses in row, with yard room between each
which fred il Is supposed, by ncendiary The
Fire Department of Yorhville Harlem ani vicinity
and several companies from the city, the spot
and worked in line from creek some distance the
fre. The property was owned by John H. Andreas.
FrRr.-Betweer snd o'clock last night fire oc.
cured in the hast OF building No. POI Pearl street.
The apartment was occupied by James II Oslen as a
trunk msnuisct,ry The timely arrival Of the FIRE d.
partuent prevented IN. flames from spreadlpg but da
mage was done by the water to the amount Of about
s0o The stock insured IN the Grocers and other
insurance Offices
fisE WnLIsHsBrRG Between ten and eleven
o'clock last night the lumber yard Of Demill Il Wet
destrsyed by FIRE Two stables adjouing the yard
also consumed large quantity Of valuable lum
Der was either burned damaged to bc rendered
usefs Our reporter could not ascertain the amount Of
damage doLe; 1t must, however, be very onsiierabe.
MARROW Escape FROM Nrso--hbout half past
siN o'clock Tueslsy evening the steamer Transit,
OF the Hsmton ferry approac hing the slip,
William Harris. who il 81! boat, was run
down ard almost drowned Harris made every effort TO
get away but his being bent he was unable make
hs escape 1t appears that he held up his dimags oar
and called to tire pilot to stop The passengers board
the Tran it also called out 10 stop the steamer but
notice taken Cf IT, Had noI Harris been good
swimmer he wculd positively have been drowned. As
be fell overheard he dove to the bottom, by
which he aped the wheel. Of the steamer. He
afterwards picked by Henry X Rose and Charles
tends TO prosecute the ferry company the ground
that the accident might have been prevented by those
who had the man agement OF the Transit.
Drowned AT SrA from on board the steamer cnobscot
off sqran Beach about nine O'Clock the evening of
the 21h July Robert Nelson, Of this city aged thirty
three yesrs Of Arnold Nelson, Esq OF Albany He
his passage from New York TO PHILADELPHIA; aud
while in couFeIsation with Mr. Depnpg. of WiLeonsin,
th hurricane deck his hat blew from his head aud in
the effort regain h lost his balance and fell overheard
Captain Clark immediately stopped the engine and sent
boat 10 him The steamer lay TO hour,
and every possible effort nlade but owing to the
darkness the night they unable to 6nd him The
VI fortunate young had sunk to rise The
public will see referring to the advertising columns,
that reward Of sio0 Is offered for the recovery Of the
( body
CRY GRrSApIEns --This company under the
mand of Captain Eccleson which has just been orya-
pized will make their FIRST public parade to-day They
expected TO muster forty rank aud file. and wi h
iteir splendid uailcrm viii make very creditable ap
near