The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-02

CseV Intelligence.
NEW Chr CHAMBa--Ths Reform Cemmittss Of tbs
Young Msa's Democratic Union Club viii hold grand
meeting in ths Park Monday sftsrnsoa nsxt the
9th iast. in favor Of the ams.Aed charter.
Posr Oyf1cx RnovAIs -ThsDfollowiAg removals have
been made BY Mr. Psstnastsr Powisr &C. C. Jackson,
North letter mail Charles Rogers, transcript depart
msnt Samuel Storms, East stter mail Mr.. Beck, South
letter mail Edward Thatcher stamping clerk Mr. Haley,
South letter mail John Bloomfield North newspaper
MAJ james IApprslla, fsrsgn do; Mr. Turner, North
letter mail Mr.. Randolph East letter mail The last
three night clerks
ANoTHRR WIFE MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND.
On Monday morning last, msn named Thomas Kline,
reading !, Eighth street s'H 18th an yOlsn
desperate wound her head. The poor woman
veyed TO the City Hospital where she fingered up to nine
is an Ishman by birth and about atty Eve Of age
deceased was about fifty years OF age they had two
the body
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CH PSI FRATERNITY
annual convention Of the above fraternity consisting of
Unisn College, Schenectady, NY. Williams College win
hAnstewn Mass. Mddsbury College, Vermont; wes
Bsunswicl, Ne Hamilton College Clinton, NY; Colun
ba College, York city and Princeton College Prince
ton Nh was held fIT sss ntss time in this
consisting of twenty delegates, namely, three from
each chapter. An address delivered by H. NJ. Need
ham, A b. of Union College and in the evening there
was supper, at which about hundred aud
fifty Of the members Of the fraternity were
s Chi Pal fraternity was instituted in is4 by the stu
dents Of Union College. Schenectady and has rapidly
spread the above small number to that of about $50
MEMBERS who are bound together by the closest ties of
mutual brotherhood The requirement Of membership Ia
that Of being student Of arts in any of the colleges
which chapter Of the fraternity exists and the unan
Of the whole chapter necessary to obtain
the privilege The object aimed at by the above body
the fellow students of the colleges in which the fraternity
exists well of encouraging the moral intellectual
and social Improvements of the members Phe badge of
membership Is neat gold ornament, worn generally on
the vest consisting Of the Greek letter Chi with the
other Greek letter Psi underneath from which two Greek
characters the fraternity derive their appeaton The
frst named letter likewise studded with Jets on the
lower part Of the other letter there skull and
bones with three daggers above On the of the
letter there engraved surrounded by circle
Tm Fnsr CHERRIES The first shad the first strawber
RES the first lot OF peas always announced ia
the rewspapers Such announcements are valuable I'D
versements and they give impulse to the producers
to fish early for the shsd and to watch their fruit
gardens with They also serve IS natural thor
ometers, and tell Of the advance OF the season We
have already mentioned the shad the peas and the straw
berries but have to report the arrival of the rst
cherries They raised in the vicinity OF New York.
by Henry vanhorn, of Bergen Point, j., and sold by
S Maynard Co., l37 West street. Washington market,
on Tuesday Last
Corn EXCHANGE "A meeting Of the subscribers to the
Corn Exchaogs Rooms held Tuesday May 81 when
William c. Rice Thos c. Durant John B Wright. Sidney
NJ Clark, Jas. B. Douglass VIM. H. Newman, Edw. q.
White, John Romer, James Dave.t. julius Tower and
John Cunningham, were elected Cancellation Committee
for the ensuing 1t resolved thathe shall
be opened for the Of business from to II
O'Clock, AN.
ny VOLUNTEERS The N Y. Volunteers held their
usual monthly meeting las. night the Mercer House.
corner Of Mercer and Broome streets but nothing of in
tersst rsnpred beyond the ordinary routine business
PRECIOUS ASSAULT EAR BIT OFP.-Yesterday evening"
a man named james Brown, who had been employed
barkeeper public house kept by person of the name
n n atrn WA ciOus w
saultsd by sailor, second mate to of the line of
packets that sail regularly between this port and Lon
DON in the of the rencone that occurred bit
part of Browns ear off No be alleged for
this brutal violence ShGe had not been any msun-
cused, who personally nown the other man. but
with whose name be was unacquainted, having in the
course OF conversAnon without any ostensibs reason
mentioned above bit part Of his Off The guilty
party was arrested Immediately by the police and the
injured man conveyed to the City Hospital where the
part of the that had been bit of closely sewed
ON to the unnjured portion, BY the Hospital Surgeon
and he was in . fair way OF recovery last night.
ALARM FRA-About s O'Clock last evening an
alarm Of Ere raised, caused by the appearance of
flames that proceeded from the ready made clothing
store occupied BY Vanderbilt CO. No 81 Fulton street
corner of Gold Street seems that one Of the parties
inside had lighted sesar in the store and the
lighted paper on one side among pile OF wrapping paper
at the back Of the counter which mme atey burst into
fame and caused an immediate alarm. IL extin-
guhed before the engines had arrived and fortunately
damage done. At the first alarm several engines
had started for the place where the FIRE supposed
proceed from, but just observed it extinguished
before their assistance was ured On thsr return
an attempt made to get up fight at the OF
Chambers street and Broadway between the companies
belonging to engines u AMI 81 which was, however,
queled instaner by the police OF the Third ward under
the command Of their Captain
THE FnKN ESSEX STREEr.-The basement floor on which
tho fire took place, occupied by Henry ,odman,
shoemaker The loss altogether to about $780,
Insured blythe National Insurance Company.
FATAL Ao0DET.-On Tuesday morning, about quarter
past H. William Jenks stevedors while on boari
peer lying alongside of the piers in the North river
met with accident that has terminated fatally 1t APP
pears that the deceased went board the propel-
Ter TO hail boat that was alongside aud in stepping
backward from the side of the sup fell down the open
hachway Of the hold by which he received compound
fracture of the skull He picked up and taken to the
New York Hospital where he died in the of the
afternoon OF the day The deceased unmarried
and about 40 years of coroners inquest will be
held this day upon the body at the above named hospital
ATTEMPT AT SUICDE-A named John McCaffray,
residing at es Beekuan street while 1aboring under de-
iivtrm remens, attempted on Tuesday last cut his
throat, which he partially effected with Medical
sssistarce was called in. and the wound which
rather daDgeroustbe windpipe being partially severed
Immediately dressed Yesterday it considered
expedent to send the wounded TO the City Hospital
whittier he was conveyed ia charge of police oier Ma
thanel Csvanagh Of the Second ward and is under
the care Of DR.. Peters,
O'Clock who refused when rescued after wards
to give his name attempted to drown himself by jump
msrsey street He rescued by three citizens named
Peter Doyle, John Corlus aud Richard Roach, VIII,
brought him to the station house OF the Eighth police
district He afterwards conveyed home to his resi-
dence, at 100 Chambers street.
POCKET PICKING TRICKS Gilbert Jones, residing at
Is Market street. had his wallet taken from his hand
Monday afternoon, by o. that class called watch
suffers with which he of at the utmost speed. MIR.
Jones pursued him. and after running some distance
caught the thief from whom he recovered his money
In the meanwhile conedeTat of the above evidently
for bad design, dropped watch into Mr.. Jones'
pocket when the two made good their retreat Mr. Jones
went in search Of an officer to whom he handed the
watch.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT PRosPgcT-A portion Of the
track running through Charch street, is in very dan
condition. from excavations which have been made
under the street by laborers employed in making
foundation for new building. The Sixth and Eighth
avenue Railroad companies should have this matter
promptly attended they would prevent the
Of serious accident Should the track at this psriicu
lar part of the road give way, 1t would precpate the
car 30 depth Of At least twenty feet
AouDrT-0n Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock,
accidest occurred 1T Guion Boardman's foundry at
the foot Of Eighth street East river by which Of the
named Thomas TuIly severely injured.