The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-23


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~ The vind Ut the hrst named poriol was Orh east
and afterwards south. clear stmesphms.
MAGmrRAH Down ON TIE Russ PAvEnExr On Friday
afternoon - Police Justcs Welsh sssted In light
wagon ON the east side Of Broad~sy, talking With geo
ciless drove his stsgs from behind against the
The force Of the concussion upsst the and
say sas saved bs nsc os i Se received
come severe bruises The stage was driven of iums.
diAtely but the divers known and hs will b. compsled
Justice w-lsh gives his opinion the Russ pavement
and pIoDounces it very hard affair. Such asia perpe
many instances IL may Cause death to .shsrs '' wv
FIRES Yesterday morning. between Z aud o'clock,
fire broke ont In the brick front building situated at the
of the Bowery and Fourth street aud zhch covers
two lots Of ground consisting OF the Nos 1888 and 800
The building b too stores hugh above the ground foor
which upper part IL occupied BY Mr.. Boyle a lodging
house The ground floor divided off into three stores,
pied respectively by Sbeddeu, 1T the OF
the above named street. drug store and adjoining
store occupied BY Corser dyer while the other So
gar store in the pAtian of N. Mahlen There
contradictory accounts 70 the origin Of the DIRE The
occupants OF the upper part say that i broke out Ia
snail lobby in the tic floor belonging TO the druggist
while according 20 the account given in the store OF the
ater it first originated in tr attic the t numbered
375 ard spread from there to the sdjoioins Con
sders BILE damage has been dooe to the building the roof
and upper floors being burnt do and the usxt
lower hcor partially damaged BY fire and water. Much
damage has likewise the 10 part of the
premises The If building, Mr.. Crumbe is in
suIed In the Green wch Insurance Office. The tenants
are losers by this calamity Mr. drug
store berg dsmssed by the ws,sr TO some extens bat
how much could rot ascertain. The occupant OF the
adjoining Mr. Corser DYER estimates bis loss at
81, and Is osured he had intended to do few
weeks but unforuns tel, neglected to take this Wise
uor. TIE sto'e adouir 6, occupied by Mahlen,
the stores MIR. Boyle is lie wise o great
lo,er abou $500 worth of furnu and her effects hav
III heen DESTROYED No insurance.
About o'clock yesterday fire discovered
in shed a. the rear of l19 Hammond street. 1t was
extiDguished.
THE FIVE POINTS MISSION ExcuRsoN.-On Thursdsy
lat the poor AID pied 0utcasts Of the pureus Of
city who have been brought back the path Of duty
by the uBtriDg exert of tn. ETY. together
with che vaarant children attached to the Sunday
schools f the Five Plots Mission treated by the
worthy Supeintet d. mt Mr. Psae with excursion to
Flo hing, l. CAPTAIN Peck Of the steamboat Enoch
Dean plying bet New York aud Flushing had with
great eer.hy pacsd il al The disposal Of Mr. Pesse,
cophut-d much to the pleasure of the trip by his
unrepirtpg Kindness ard attention The com osny nut
beri,g about hundred and fifty Children and atty
adults we're received a. Flu hiog their arrival oy the
Rev Messrs Smith md Re, DOds Of the Episcopal and
welcome bebslf of their people. Here they vera
joued ny the Sunday school children Of the pacs where
with nuch fun and animation. After several hours
anu sn ett the outcssts Of The city returned
b. ARC the steamboat and left their country friends
Of Flushing, no saled them their departure with
shouts and cheers AZ waving Of hanokerchies Snch
excursions 10 he zen. in nabi of large cities
OF meal suitable eft and the classes for whom the
FIVE Points Mission il in eaded they doubly So both
moral, and physically The tranquility Of country life,
addition TO s acts upon the intellectual
feelings the freshness Of the atmosphere and the
sights Of Dature Go upon the ply sical We foreee much
moral becedt from these excursions and hope that
hepirg haLd 1t appears that Mr. Pesse and his as
sistsDts in the think that removal OF esab
shnent to some country place ia the vicinity Of the
CITY could be IS il that their inmates
would be away from the evil nfaeBcss by which they
Low surrounded May the good work go on
THE MYSTERIOUS BoAr.-rhe finding Of : boat in the
Enax ~I~,e& hntz-
female noticed in yesterday paper triton only
OF the ystery has b,eu brought The boat yes
tsrday va. claimed BY Patrick MLaughn, Of No. "a
from the cock by .ome persons to him unkuown The
s.tcles found in the boat have yet been claimed.
The affair still remains mystery
THE FREE ACADEMY Tho anniversary Of the literary
societies in this institution will be held Monday
ing in the Large hall Of the Academy. The
graduatir of the frat class which has just completed
its course
DISTRACTIONS STREETS We are glad to perceive
that upon this point have productive
benefit. and that suitable ride walk hss been provided
by the owners If the DeS busing at the OF Futon
street. and Broadway. that esole walk along
that 20 good example has been set should like to
sec 1t fos~td up by the parties building in Nassau
Bible House Narro~ nconvenent az that street ia
rendered almost mpas ibe by the huge obstruction
that they have raied up ia the road IN the shape of
q pile OF bricks, so that there Is continually
ple.e s,oppage the pasipg Of vehicles With regard
to the tide walk that is completely closed and would
beg TIE favor OF tgnboard with mo thoroughare''
Inscribed uponit, that every may be the
crcuns The taue liberty has been taken By the
ssme parties in the rear as they have completely under
mred and closed up Theatre alley to the great iucon
yepierce OF the residents in Park row. VIVA. are the
police about, to sloK it2
FALL FROM ScAFFt ID.-Joseph Shot, house joiner,
met With evening, between se acd
six cclock by wtcn his thigh actured aud back
severely injured appears that he ut work in,iJe
lately built in Grand street. block or
Two IN he Rn was n "a
sixty feet bgh Tn the dome when the plank
which be was standing gave way prec oitat,g hin, to
by striking assn three projecting Of the
building, other wise the accident might have been fatal
ATT1Srr AT SUICIDE About quarter before eight
O'Clock last eveuiJg female, named Ellen Hughes.
siding at the Of Plymouth aud Gold Streets Bcook
lyn AtemUted to put end to her existence by ping
from Of the Cathaine street ferry boats sh-n
the mode of the East river ring to the buoyaocy OF
her clothes che hoated nearly the foot OF Rutgers
street wbe,e she picked MP By Mr. John Hushe, and
another person. and conveyed to the station house
OUTRAGE. --Police officer Conover of ths Eighteenth
wsid found Thursday right between 10 aud o'clock
man named Charles Levsnes at the Of twenty
sixth street and Madison avenue. who had been badly
beaten BY two unknown DR. Harris attended 70
dress his Wounds ard be conveyed home to his resi-
.. the Of First and Fourth
DROWNED WHILE BATHING "A man named Gorge Bryan
Was drowned on Tburtdsy ming whie bathing at the
foot Ct Sixteenth s'reee, East river His body
covered ard taken to his late residence No 900 avenue
New Clipper Ships VS.. Old Packet Ships.
THE INDEPENDENCE AND THE SOVEREIGN OF TIE
SEAS
TO THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD.
Sir-The Sovereign Of the Seas has not made the
shortest passage from New York to Liverpool. The
Independence did it in fourteen days and five hours,
from her anchorage in the Hudson to the pier head
at Liverpool. Il have the piece of plate presented
on that OCCASION giving the exact time) No sail
ing ship has ever equaed it. If you count from the
Flood Light to the Bell Buoy why not take some
other points on the way2--say Nantucket and Cape
Claar Tho might hoo ~ rs r,,,cl, l.,