New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-30
HEALTH OrrIcra.-The Board Of HeaI!s

HEALTH OPPlCER.-Eneb board OF HedtsH
tcopsisiins of the member OF the Common Council
and the Mayor, met last evening and unanimously
appointed D. Alex + ya,he Health OTicsr a, staten
Island, vacant by the death Of Dr. Dolne The ~
poistment Of Health Officer is made By nomination
ofhe Governor, with the concurrence oftAe Senate.
The Board CT health IN the mean time have pDwsr,
rs III this case, pro ten. 10 iii vacancy. The ma
Joriiy OF the Senate are adverse In politics to q !.
Governor and there is possibility OF opposition as
to domination. Until smother appointment is 50
mace by the Governor and Senate the presen. sr-
poirtmenl will stand.l
IHE EXEcUTIoNs.-Up to 10 o'clock last
night We had no, heard Of any intersection Of ,hs
Governor IN behalf Of either Reilly or Grunzig.-
Should none arrive this morning they must both sat
fer death at II O'Clock
- We call the attention of the lovers Of
classical music TO Mr.. Essfelds's Qqar:esse soiree
which takes place al the Apollo Rooms this evening
/ The performance VIII consist of a Quar.eite by
Mozart, trio by Heuselt, ami quartette by Haydn
Those who have ever been present at these
delicious Concerts, know with what feeling and per-
lection these works will be rendered by MI Eisfcldt
and his associates, in their kind they cannot be ex
celled Mrs. Henry c. Watson is the vocalist en-
gagged for this evening
MENTAL ALCHEMY This subject, which
is suited by its very to awaken the curiosity OF
tho public is beginning to assume prominent place
among the novelties of the day Under the auspices
OF Professor Williams, whose lectures in Blocker
| Building attended by large audiences, orgl
nal and sinking system of mental philosophy is in
| course Of exposition. The lecture last evening on
the connection between the mind and nervous sys-
tem showing the reaction OF the former as an indie
penCept, vital force on the physical organization.
presented instructive view OF the subject, aud
was sustained with evident ability. Professor Will
bsmsS theory is by no means a repetition Of the
views presented by popular lecturers on Electric
Psychology, Animal Magnetism, Biology, and the
Pike, but an Independent system, In which the dis.
tnct entity OF the mind holds prominen! place. lie
explains his theory with great clesrness and force
and illustrates it by variety of experiments. which
are equally curious and amusing His next lecture
takes place to.morrow-nght, at Blocker Building,
corner Of Blocker and Moron-sts.,) and judging
from his performance last evening, will richly re-
ward an attendance.
The FIRE Further Particulars The
Are broke out in No 81 Nassau.st on the third floor
The BUILDING, which was very large one, compris-
ing one large store on Nassau st and another on
Liberty St, No So it was owned by James Suydam
The windows we're covered with iron shutters which
the fremen had some difficulty IN opening. When
these were unastened so as TO admit water from the
engines the flames had made such progress tina! tbs
most strenuous exertiOns to save the building proved
unavGiing. The fire also communicated TO No IS
Liberty.st which was also nearly destroyed. The
heat was so great that of the glass in the win
dovs of the building No. SO Liberty, on the N. e.
corner of Nassau ST., was melted, and the wood
work took fire several times. The occupants,
Messrs. Converse, Todd & Graydon, dry goods
dealers MIR. John l.. Salisbury, refolcer and re-
packer, and Mr.. Cleveland, keeper OF a Mercan-
tile agency, had their property damaged to a con
siderable amount by water, and the upper part Of the
building, which belongs to the propresors OF The
Erening Post was also injured. The stocks IN the
following dry goods stores in Liberty ST., viz No
90, Messrs Bartlett Goodrich and {. Mann No.
60, Messrs Malcolm & Gaul, Jacob g. Co, and
Burchard, Northrop & CO. Ne. Ga, w. Barnes & Co
and +. NJ. Jones & Co. and No &C. Robinson & Rey-
Dolds and Spear Rsley, were more or less injured
BY water and perhaps the aggregate damage IN these
embellishments by this means will not be far from
twenty or thirty thdSsand dollars the sf"r" No -
Nassau st. which adoined that OF Messrs. Hastings,
Llbbey & Co was deUged with water, which saved
the BUILDING but has probably damaged nearly the
whole OF the extensive stocks OF the occupants
Messrs. A. & T.. Scheitlp, German importers OF
hosiery, &c, and Messs Compton d Tanner, deal
ers IN fancy dry goods The former 6rm insured
to NE amount OF SlC0, 900 In various Offices Ii this
CITY, Boston and Philadelphia. and Messrs Compton
q Turner sre also fully insured the three build
ines destroyed BY the FIRE, portion has oeen ls
standing, all the walls having fallen IN - the lOt
up which they formerly stood
The amount OF insurance upon the property de-
ad and I'M upC fire. will M IL
Commercial article.
KossUTH FUND We have received the
following additional contributions for Kos,ush AID
Human Freedom
w Reyuo --..-......---sl0 90
A Subscriber, Worth, Del-..-.--.--.- 10 90
w. w. LittlejohB, Alegan, Mich. 90
w. d. Marsh, North Clarendon, w. 10 10
How TO CURE SHIP FEvER.-The fol-
lowing letter is published in The Peoples Medical
Erqtrer, London
FEVER HOSPITAL, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool,
81 have treated seven hundred cases OF the
porst form OF FEVER hrono. thermily-wlth ex-
traorGInary success The general mortality OF Liv-
erpoo has been ore IN SIX. NY deaths nave been
only one Ia ten and mar. ms Is great uinoi'
ence. yours, smcetey, =, -
Dr. Saml. Dickson, London"
Mr. John Flndlay, Surgeon 10 The British Navy
writes in the same Journal from the coast OF Africa
"Epidemics we do not Lakeland although not
molested with influenza or cholera We nave a lar
mercer enemy contend with IN the shape oil oilpus
tem,l,fpt fever worse tban snip tever) peculiar TO-
the tropics During the last three months, nave
had sky six cases, wfhsut losing ons nave stuck
entirely 70 DicksoD's tchropo THERMAL pfac.lcs
None Of yeur bleeding, leechng, ssilvssins, and
drusellg'