New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-14

TIE new Try boz. Josfphine c'nn anc-a rlnD''s
eo, tucyt,st 20 aud ssosa Staten IslsDd yesterday
-, s lu,t ~ Geo Law 20 expressly for the Peoples
-, g. a,,rarf a. 200 fret ong; her engine boilers
- - ava believed not o. De- surprised BY any
IN he ssfb,r This boat n connection waa
49,, C,n,ie. form. "a boury Inc ffoia Liberty Il. to
-, s,d Townsends Landing on the Island, q. the
low fare q FIX cefis.
r.. ,,,,,q ro.r ElaooD WAi-ER-Tni5 magnificent
,.el belos gng the Merchants Pilot Association went
down the Bay yesterday afternoon w'h large party o.
- On board and sfer proc,e3iog out as fir ~ tls
- l;l. retained "a the CITY in the evening afte-
,ll, iea.art excursion. The L. ". Is named after
~, t,esid.rt of the Mercantile Insurance Comp aad
.s buft by Mr Edwrd f. Williams. OF Green Point, is
n ,nftv tur burden length deck seventy one feet six
;ucbe length ofkee sixty two feet breadth oil beam moe
teen feet inches depth Of hold seven feet six ia shes
She was built b. the surviving Pilots Of the late piobosI
Yankee (which lost during the past wnter in
fon with others The following the Pilots and owners
Holm Mckee Captain; VIM J. Murphy, Augustus ii.
Murphy Charles W Bahorne, Thomas Orr, Joseph Hen
oerson Among the guests board we noticed Msssrs
L. Gregory Col Earle Capt Stoddard Capt Bennett, Col
Averv Jas H. Brane T. Perkins Brown BrO,. & Co. and
some twenty others.
Enthusiastically has Just published "A Guide Around
New-York and Vicinity; What to See and What to be
Seen with Hints and Advice to Those who Visit the Great
Metropolis" 1t contains little truth and vast deal OF
mere guess work and bad guessing at that The statement
that The avenues as general thing not graded or lev
eed that the Island reaches to 2oOh ST. instead Of 25h
q that New York an extreme Northern seaport when
If is south Of all the great ports of Europe that but two
railroads lard their passengers in the City without change
Of cars the old instead Of the rates Of coach fare tue
list of the principal hotels leaving out the Clarendon the
Union Place &C. and putting in porter houses
Il Cf Rroa dvay m
agnsry dance houses in the Bowcry making all the mock
auctopeers 10 be Jews the delneaOn Of cock fights rat
killing &C. which are put down as the leading public
anousements the putting Of theater and the entire
omission Of oers and the general tone and character OF
the pamphlet stamp it at as unreliable canhpenny
trash not worth half the time have thus wasted upon
it. The man who gives two cents-nstead OF two shlngs
for il will be sadly cheated All the decent information
which contains may be gathered in ten minutes from the
advertising columns Of almost any city paper.
FIxy LrMPs-We saw at the Metropolitan Hotel last
night three Jumps Of Cafornia yeld-one OF pure gold
81 o2O and two Of quartz from MarpoSa estimated
at So 4OO and the other at s2,3Co.
TIE TUnF- MON Course Long Island, trotting match
for 81 OOO nile heat best in in harness, between Smith
Burr's Washington Oily Rose of Washington" and the
Black Hawk colt Ethan Allen, off Tuesday last
May TO- which was easy by the 4year old stallion in
three straight heats doing his first heat in h. 36 geo. being
the fastest time record by any fyear old The day
very fne and there a very large attendance of turf
men from all parts Of the State. The odds current
500 TO $50 previous to starting.
Trong May 10, match for $1,000, mile heats, best in
in harness for 4-year old colts:
H. Jones names b. s. Ethan Allen ]. !. /.
Smith Burr names Il. NJ. Rose OF Washington, @ @ g
Time ESQ, 2]9, A..
Trottng match came of May over the Hunting Park
Course, Philadelphia for $1,000 a de- between a.
and TacOney mile heats, best in in harness whch
was won by Mac in three straight heats. "TacOney
was restless and behaved badly hr ughoul tie An
immense Of money changed hands on this race
"TacOney' the favOrte at SlOO to $50.
lime go 23l Z, 23s
Bo,RD OF EDroAT1oN-Error Correctcd-We are in
formed that the effort 10 substitute Davies Arithmetic for
Thompsons in the Public schools Of BrOoklyn. Tues
day evening M ed and the decision in favor of lhOmsOns
was rcsfinned by the Board
Fmr-Seyera false alarms were rung by the fire bell,
| on Thursday night and yesterday morning.
Yesterday afternoon at O'Clock, fire discovered
in IN basement of the Metropolitan Bank building
Of Broadway and Pinest. occupied by Mr. Homer Nor
gan auchoneer. The fire OceasOne1 by some defect
IN The ues connected with the furnace used FOR heating
the building and cutting away portion OF the floor
of The beams found TO be burned through Several
Fire Companies the ground bat fortunately their
services not required the fire was eXtingaisue1 by
hand hose which quickly attached TO hydrant on
the premises
mad this Gre occurred at night would have proved
very destructive in MS results.
Form DRowvrD-Tbo body Of an unknown man was
found Thursday in the dock at the foot of Sping s.,
North River The deceased about I'VE feet IN hight.
and had brown hair and goatec lie was dressed in
Crab overcost blue cloth pants black silk with brass
buttons black cravat red srpcd shirt whit funnel
under shirt Coroner Wilhelm held inquest upon the
body and verdict Of Death by Drowning" rem
dored 10y the Jury.
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