New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-16

is reasonable probability Of its spreading beyond the
walls Of the Island Hospital
h,jcr Delssed for many years for more than thirty
years We believe stationed staten Island as suPeruten
cent OF the public grounds has been ordered oy the >ec
tsry o.. War 70 the Rio Grsnds where tbs Government
ust now engaged sns;ing large oocy Of troops
Major Fraser succeeds M.Or Delafsd this station
or hopes to return TO his post in sboai SIX months
He has Already left for Texas.
YoUSe MES's CHRISTIAN AssocIATIoy-Ths regular
mor;hy meeting Of the above Association Vas held At
stuyvessnt Institute las; evening Howard Crosby Pre
dent in the Chsir sbd large attendance Of members
The exercises Of the evening onmenced by the reading Of
appropriate passages from ths Scriptures and prayer after
which the Minutes Of the lls meeting read aud sp
proved and number Of young who were proposed
At the previous meeting were admitted 70 membership
Several ether then proposed for membership
Mr. Blake then read an essay Progression After
which the members discussed its merits Toe President
corrected Of the speakers who in illustrating his SAP
jet, brought in example OF progr S. the recent
movements for the acquisition Of the Island of Cuba by
requesting,thst the Association should be emf
neny Christian Association so far as possible, would
be necessary to ALLURE all political Illustrations
After further business and the passage Of resoa'
tons for the formation Of Sick Committee the meeting
adjourned.
Tx MIssIss DAyIsH OFrlcER FousD-Yentz Peter
tansen otherwise Christian Hansen Second deer OF the
Danish brgof Saga who missed from the vessel
on Thursday last arrested yesterday Ateraoon By L.
/ S Deputy -Msrshss De Angels and Horton, " lie on
board the clipper ship Union be having deserted from the
Saga snd shipped on board the Union which expected
20 have sailed yesterday but desined The dsserer
was taken to the Eldridg Prison and locked up. He
will be brought before the L. s. Court today t ex
animation
DEATH pr LlGHr,ISG-Miss Gi,mour, daughter Of a
widow in this City killed Sunday sbou6 ocock 10
tie evening by lightning in the village of Canterbury The
cirC umstsnces of the quite novel. She
standing under the telegraph wire which crosses the swnin
front of Mrs Cunnp CHAM house where she boarding
The wire hangs within feet Of the ground there
was rain the time, though the raging 4.
distance the lightning. supposed struck the wire
than mile distant followed its SCATTERING ali the
post some TO spnters and portion OF the current
diverted so as hill the deceased The rsvages OF the
lightning on Il posts visible for long distance DO
you'd the spot where the fatality occurred Several per
sons stunned and Frustrated bu. not seriously in
jured The storm came up viol' nily siter~ard
ALLEGED MURDER or 4 WOMAN BY HER HgsB,,D--
Arrest Of The Accucf-On sunday evening hr Fredk
Smith living No 6l5 Greenwichst while in porter
house near residence overheard conversation to tho
effect that a woman named May Katen, who had died q
few hours previous at No. 500 Greenwch-s to be
buried on the certificate Of physc and without in
QUESTION by the coroner This excited his suspicion and
he eciatey proceeded TO the Ninth Ward station house
and informed police Capt Alderman OF the affair Who At
once caused the Of Pafk Kaen the husband OF de-
ceased Some Of the parties whom Mr. Smith had heard
conversng about the death of Mrs questioned by
Capt Alderman, but nothing Of importance elected
Lieut. Tai. then despatched to the h)uss in which tho
bocy lay and found the deceased upon t1e floor There
were some bruises about the face and ohsr marks Of VIC
snce on her body Tie coroners notified TO hold
inquest upon the body but unable to do yesterday
in consequence Of the many Of coup he s0 WHICH
r. CURED their attention Yesterday afternoon slsrge crowd
collected about the premises but no overt act was CON
mnted On Sunday morning the deceased to all appear
snce enjoyed good health. Both herself and husband
were Incorporate in hs habits and frequently qlarreej
The matter will BE- Thoroughly investigated to day She
a native Of leland and about forty years Of age.
CoSrllcr WITH RIVER THixyEs-Oae of the Gang
Supposed TO be Dr0AcdCapt Russell of the Thirteenth
Ward Police, Monday morning makes the following
return to Chief Matse relative to the daring
of band Of river and ship thieves. He says:
Sunday ID ornng between and 4 o'clock the cabin Of
the brig Alfred Hammond Capt Thayer, lying at the foot
of Delaney entered by four thieves who seized tbs
Captain while asleep choked hn and attempted to forcs
him through the cabin window into toe river Hs awake
during the operation and after powerful effort eIrcsed
himself from their grasp and gave the alarm for help when
three of the villains succeeded in getting in boat which
they had alongside the brig and pushed of.
The Captain seized hs he had loaded and fired into
the boat aud is Of the opinion that hs wounded OF
them He Immediately loaded again, when he saw tbs
other attempt 10 get away lie fred at the who stag
ge,ed and Eel against the side Of the vessel and fell
board lie no doubt drowned. The thieves were all
masked The man who fell overheard tall and had on
black rock coat and brown plush cap The cap which
was recovered is in the Thirteenth Ward Station
House
Officers Binfed and Dumoulln a the alarm
given were on the spot and could have arrested the rob
bers had bos procured The robbers made their
yay toward Wlliamsburgh Yesterday the body was
erapped for but not found.
TRIAL ~ FIRE ENcISE's POwER.-PreyiOus TO the do
psr,u Of the new engine of Protection Engine Company
No > Of Sacramento, California it, power tried by
Engine Company No 5, of this City. The result Of the
trial which came of At the North Dutch Church. tina,
she beat every engine which played against her. This
povertul engine Of the piano SIZE and made by Mr.
james Smith, of West Broadway.
srR.seERs-The following among the arrivals at
the Principal Hotels;
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Hon. H. Ransdsl. Buffalo. O. NGnvng1t, Paris
Hou. NJ NJ strops, Whconsn Col Cooke Bal
pen T W Beuty Ohio H. w. King Cincinnati
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Bent l. :. Englneess. a b l.infasef, fenn-
Holhsfr Uues- W. Johnson Ciaein1a,i
A " Iohpeon. H. White. Syracuse
P Tuase NexJerey IA Braut, Maryland
METROPOLITAN HOTEL
Col A Wallace Arkansas DAVID Cricket Tennessee.
W Diek.y, ssogr. Bancroft, California