The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-23
City Intelligence.

DoISGs THE AMERICAN TRACT SoUETY.-The Executive
House Monday last Rev. Dr. Knox presiding. Bishop
Mclyane Rev. DR.. Adams, Rev. Dr. Vermlye, and Rev.
$. Malcom, were appointed delegates to the London
Religious Tract Society at its ensuing anniversary. Let
tiers were read from numerous American foreign mission
aries reporting the expenditure Of funds requesting ad
ditional grants &c. Rev. MIR. Schneider writes, from
Aintab that evangelical knowledge lis spreading in all
the regions around We have almost constantly eight
p ons s IN to
and to all these places publications and do their
work" Rev: Mr.. Gulck who has just reached Asccn.
sion Of the Micronesian islands in the Pacific states
the interesting fact that in that remoe of the
earth scarcely known to civilization he finds the pub
the residents which have been procured from sailors and
sea captains The receipts of the Society," for January
were $52 1872 Of which s2l 1852 donations. The gra
Liberal donations for the liquidation of the Societys debt
encourage the belief that it will be cancelled The
the current year should be paid over without delay It
determined to hold the next anniversary in the Me-
tropoltan Hall
TIE WEArHER. we had continuance of the
fine weather we have enjoyed all this week. The day
very warm much that oyercoats entirely dis
pensed with The thermometer at the HERALD office
reached from 40 to GO degrees above
COLLISION PHILADELPHIA IJsE-The mail train
which should have arrived here from Philadelphia Monday
by collision which took place betweeh its locomotive
and that OF another train. The shock very great
but there was no person injured The two locomotives
so locked together that two hours consumed
in separating thcm which accomplished after much
severe exeriion.
ANOTHER CAMpBISE ACcDEyT-At half hast seven O'Clock
Monday evening fire broke out in the house 26 avenue
occupied by Jacob Sutler which occasioned by the
bursting of camphne lamp which he was filing when
lighted The explosion burnt Mr. Suter in very serious
manner and the hands of his wife also very much
injured. No damage done to the furniture or the
honse as the police early the spot ard quickly
extinguished the flames.
SERIOUS AccIDENTsAt half past eleven O'Clock Monday
night gentleman driving light wagon up Seventh
avenue, and turning the corner of Twenty fourth
street. the hore took fright and off upsetting the
wagon, and throwing him out with great violence the
ground. He picked up by the police who conveyed
him to drug store in the neghborhood from whence
he brought to the City Hospital where he expired
after much suffering, yesterday afternoon 1t was soon
discovered that the unfortunate gentleman Mr. John
Baker, engaged with Mr.. Anthony Blocker in real
estate agencies. The wagon violently against a
lamp post when Mr. Baker fell to the ground Coroner
ODonnel will investigate all the circumstances to day
The surgeons at the City Hospital made post norton
examination of the body yesterday, and, believe,
found that there conclusion Of the BRAIN with
fracture Of the of the skull.
The EFFECTS or QuARREIIING-A WOMAN NEARLY BURNED
TO DFAm On Monday afternoon, woman named Mary
Neal living at So Oak street. nearly burned to death
by falling stove, which set fire to her clothes and
before the flames could be extinguished fright
fully burned II appears that, while quarrsng with her
husband he pushed her the stove producing the sad
calamity. The unfortunate Immediately con-
veyed to the City Hospital, where she lies in pre-
En- rious state