New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-27


Sna Patti vii assist. crowded house Is . mstsr OF
Tbi example is commented to our artists and
managers generally.
Nblos maintains that permanent popularity which has
long mse the place f.vori,e resort Of the people
Tonight Mile Mssse has abeneft the Rsves giving some
of their bes. performances On hon'sy Madame Iniion
makes her last appearance.
The United States mail steamer Humboldt Capt Lines
leaves this por. AZ p o'clock today for Hsvrs. Among
her passengers will be ~ vroom, Of NexJsrssy, who
goes 10 Berlin.
Tie steamship Gernania the Of the Bremen Iins Of
steamships this port and Bremen arrived Yesterday
morning 3; o'clock With cargo Of merchandise and PIG
passengers The GermsnA sailed from Bremen on the
I'd August consequently she has been little more than
twenty days making the passage.
DFsTRgcTIoS OF The UsITED STATES MAIL SrEAxsHrP
CBERoKEE.-LoI Of Hsarly Hat MILLION Of DoA1r'
rork Of Pr0yrfy-Last evening, about hslfpist seven
O'Clock, FIRE broke out board Of the Unisi States
Mail hip CHEROKEE lying pier % foot of Warren st,
~ B. and before coald be subdu9d nearly bal. mlion
Of dollars worth Of property destroyed Abc1t the
above time as James Murphy III. ugh; gate va;chmsu'
in the employ Of the L. s. Mail Steamship Company, VAS
returning bis post after having hung up the lamps "a
the pier be discovered smoke issuing from Of thu d-
port holes aft of the main gang<sy He nneiist7y gave
the alarm and in few moments thereafter several enyns
were on the ground aud took possession of the wharf
bells and the remaining force Of the dsrc. promptly
rived on the ground
The hsmes In a few minutes burst forth from the csbil
stairway and soon spead the deck snidships com
nunc ang the cooks galley aud other houses bsTeen
the wheel houses The bright light which ilmined tha
SKY and the loud alarm by the bells brought great num
bers Of people to the spot Tns whsrves and vessels in
the vicinity OF the burning steamer we're u7d with ons
6enss msss of human bpgs it being estimated iha from
% 600 to 1000 persons were present
The sh:rylpg ryng ct the wharves either side OF the
burning s'eam'r ard the jersey shore opposite 5nt
arty illuminated presenting a grand spectacle Appre
tensions being entertained Of explosion taking plac-
from the powder in the magazine several members Of En-
CINE Co No ~ rushed board ths vessel and ss1ed
in bringing ashore large box continuing the dins.rou
explosive The boilers being filed with water it also
feared that hsy would expode. The flames continued to
gain grea, headwsy and seemed to defy the Efforts OF :hs
fremen II wa. determined al ngth to toy the steamer
and accordingly haxset made fast 10 the stesmb,ss
Corning F. Carey ard Catalina lying in the Stream. Toe
hayser however parted when was conclu1ed to euue
her IN her berth The fremen continued throsng gres
ouan,e, Of water into the ship and upon Tie hame5 ou
despe II Or Efforts the steamer Was burned nearly 20 NE
water edge
TIE origin Of the i-s csnno. u, correctly sce AiEsd
by it is thought . h-vs bean the 81 an incsn.
diary while others Of ci,- ,st was csuss1 ~
Spontaneous combustion among drugs in the c,so
The Cherokee built by Vim. II. Webb fjr ssrs
HoEland s. Aspinwsl fer the Transfr Line bu vas sub
seqCoIy purcts by tbs United States Mai, Steamship
Company, George Law, Esq, w o. Roberts. E.q, and
others proprietors She heavily laden sni ready for
sailing to day for Havana, via New Orleans. Ths cryo
consisted of SEQ packages Of nerchandze ard 100 rkas
Of butter the whole value of which MAJ be set down
$4,000 The invoices shovel that there 80 ship
pers.
The dimensions Of the Cherokee a. follows
Length, go feet breadth Of beam, - feet depth
hold Il feet, and 3i4 tuns burden. Toe seansr
valued at from $4,000 to 100000 No insurance The
cargo is probably insured By its respective
Through the exerions Of the frerneu the fire
fined to the The poioe Of various wards were
present, and maintained order.
meeting Of the guests ard boarders in the Pes. st
House was held AZ the Washington, No Broadway, Is,
evening Among those present two or thrse ~ho had
resided there since IL rebuilt after the great fir, ia
1888. Mr.. John Tufts presided, DIR Kirkland &c.
Pre- dent, and d. a. Wyokod Secretary. Tae offset
Of the meeting stated to be to take FIR AZ
(ordnr relief to G. w Porter proprietor of the Pear
House who lost all he had by its destruction. Commit
tee consisting of Jad 70 Ellis Col Cox, ID A Wyc,H II
v Minor DR. Kirkland Geo Myers aud Mr. J lckson. re-
ported resolutions of sympathy for Mr. Porter in hi,
fortunes and suggested the organic or Com nittse
20 take measures for relief MsssT, II Gifl, ".
Beach C. T. Norton e Bi.ssl and Msssrs Hays. II nil
mittee Col Cox chosen Treasurer aud will recsivs
subscriptions at No 70 Nassau ST. Of )hn. About
600 was subscribed.
LITTLE Boy WASrED."-Sach is the label appended
70 little coat swinging 81 the door Of clothing store in
Greenwich st. melancholy Righteousness, particularly
when III usand urohiDs every day, upon whose
tsttered jackets might be chdked with great prop-iey
." Little coat wanted
There moves funeral corDgs drawn Ike dnk thread
through the gay bro;dery Broadway ard there's moth
er there whose heavy heart beating al tho While to tbs
thought, "nttle boy wanted
There goeS a mother through ihs Nd bearing upon
her he sd stsined pine coin for little rssl Of her
beart that lies cold sud sti 10 the only homs
How eeble the words in those sad eye little boy want
ed -
Age lettering its way along, murnurs TO itself little
BOY wanted Years and years ago, buseyed lad had
gone down 70 the sea" and never heard OF
lie VAS 81 only son, and she widow. Pictures in
memory never grow Old and through all these wssry
years when the ey grow dim wh watching the hone
ward bound has been, rW os, hstls boy
wanted"
MEETING OF THE JoUKSEIAsS HOUSE, PASrERs-A
large ard enthusiastic meeting Of this BODY Of
he last evening at Cow sn.on II al Woosters M.ay
OF the employers still hold anst the demands Of the
iouIneymep TIE Committee appointed a. the meeting
Thursday evening 10 confer with the oyer proceeded
TO the Brosdsa House and returned and reported
that far could be asoerned the employers had hi
70 meeting proposition made by the joarneynen
renters yesterday morning 10 hold general mssing
of al the trades Metropolitan Hall on Monday evening
re1t accepted provided the employers do scc4de
to their demands cIrIg TO-DAY. The meeting ssj)arnsd
10 "a clock this morning WAshin ston Parade Ground