The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-07
City Intelligence.


REVIVAL y RELro,oN old Murray street church,
Of which the Rev. Or Mason pastor was moved to
Eighth street near the Opera Home about ten years
but was sold under foreclosure and bought BY some
gentlemen on speculation 1t has been rented out for
Hawks and lattery to the swedenborgians 1t is now
sold Archbishop Hughes and will be shortly
Grated a Catholic church, to be named saint Aun's;
and Rev Dr. Forbes lately Protestant Episcop Allan
clergy viii be its ps.tor This makes the twenty
second Catholic church in this city Thirty years ago
there but two the Cathedral in Pince street and
st. Peters, in Barclay street. The latter, it will b,
Teccllected, has lately been rebuilt
SUDDEN DrA1H-Mrs. Ellen Ceulan a boarder in the
hsuse Of MRS Linn, No II Mulberry street was found
dead in her bed yesterday morning. The coroner will
hold an inquest ON the body this MOI ming.
ATTEMPT TO MuRDER-Mr Fsgsn, the Superintendent
Of the mgrant lodging house ia Canal street. yesterday
morning heard great disturbances in one OF the large
roolas Of the establishment and on going to the spo
large number Of persons bent the des ruc,io
Of one OF their number named william Wood, from
Glasgow, Scotland WHO was brandisning large knife
dripping with blood which he had just plunged 10 70 the
person OF q German, named John Jerrold inhictiug
horrible wound the side Of mis- head After much diff
court where, being ssked why hs stabbed ths man
he replied that he knew him to be murderer ana ount
belief that he was deranged, aud Justice Lathrt
mtsd him to prison to await examination relative
the etate Of his mind.
AEorHER METHOD or RAISING W,Np.-For some
days past new parsonage has made his appearances Ia
the Sixteenth ward letter carrier. lie has delivered
number OF letters, purporting to emanss irom
III ekch instance, that certain individuals (slways the
same name the to whom the letter
are IN arrears for board money that they the ndi
rduas to whom the letters ars addressed are rss
tves. and have promised to teDd them money Captain
stevenson Of the Sixteenth ward hs been shown several
OF the letters which all III the haGd writing and
are verbatim copies cf .geh other. except different
name a. the boarder The counterfeit or the Boston
Feat Once stamp, on the envelope, Is missraoly
executed aud very easily detected The Captain
this methsd Of cau.onng citizens against the i'm
poster.
,ba,,t
broke cut In the dwelling house Of No. 3S2 Fourth street,
the flames were soon exinguished eecond Assistant,
Capt. Stanford with sscond platoon and rergsants,
early the ground and sd In saving
Bile property, in thd shape Of silver wsre, and gold
watches.
Aoc,pEyr.--On Thursday afternoon, R. Harvey,
driver Of the fowery and First stage No s.
thrown from the bog, when the stage passed over his
A brother Of Harvey saved himself by jumpn.
end catching hold Of tree opposite 90 broadway Tue
injured man WIS taken 70 the store of rockingham
wehre he received medical attendance by DR. De Forrest
OF 81 broadway st.er which he takel home by As
friends.
Acc,prsr. -Cstharine Cerrigan was found on Thurs.
day afternoon about two O'Clock by officers Doand and
Arcson IN TSsny.sccond street, near the East river
she badly bruised aud in the face The officers
conveyed her to the Bellevue Hospital.
ALMOST ANOTHER scuooL FAsic On Thursday after
noon, considerable slar created among the chill
dren Of the public school situated IN Amos street, bs
tween GTeeawich and Washington streets caused the
brcskrg cut OF fire ia the adjoining stable which Ne
logged !, Mr.. Crane. The tesahers however, by their
frmnees aud presence of mind, succeeded in quietns
and dispeliGg the fear OF the children ana thus
vented any catastrophe that might otherwise have
cured.
ACCIDENT About halfpast ten O'Clock last evening,
rs Mr.. p H. Roe, purrers steward Of the g. steamship
Fulton, crossing Broadway the Of Lber-
~ street. his return to the ship Brooklyn in
endeavoipg to escape being by Of the
stages passing at the time he accidentally slip
ped the lee thereby csusng compound fracture Of
the left leg. Mr. Roe was immediately removed to the
Hope and Anchor Hotel, Cedar street, where Mr..
Pratt promptly in attendance to administer to the
sufferer the necessary remedies.