The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-27

occupied By tbs last and drst disco
employed around shat nsghborhood On the alarm being
given rho sngnes were promptly on tho spot and through
from extending beyond the o. which the Are had be-
gun. Fortunately, hstchway that Is used for hosting
loworins goods into and from the upper floor was
clio ed, that tho 6re had vent and therefore
less destructive than might Otherwise have been. The
trim in whose premises the re originated insured but
have not been able to estimate the damage received
which they calculate will amount about 335 O00 the
stock the floor below being like wise partly injured by
the fire and water. Messrs Staples, Cardwel Co
likewise Insured and estimate the damage done their
stock by water alooe the fire not having touched it, At
$40 600 about 20 cent damage having been doae to
First Second Third Fourth Fifth and Sixth wards pa
troed the ground under the superintendent of their
respective captains The origin Of the Ace is unknown,
ahous different reasons are given the cause OF the
dsatsr The premises have been examined by the pro-
per officials Of the insurance companies with which the
policies have been made and they attribute the fire to
spontaneous combustion, produced from of
violin strings that had been oiled for preservation aud
which had just been received from the Custom House
Another alleged is that possibly sparks had
bio into the back windows which might, by accident
have been left open from the chmueys OF the manufac
tories which are rather in the Fo the
first named cause neutrality-suspicious. combustion fro
violin strrgs-the insurance companies say that they
have precedeus sho sing such have hap
psned in other instances The stock of Messr Staples
CaTdSe Co valued at $40 O00 is Insured f)liows:
North River s. 900 Merchants - 0oo Equitable IS o0
Connecticut So 0Oo Hartford IS 600 Washington s. 900,
Manhattan, 50 0oO.-Total, S35 600 That of Messrs.
Gerdng Petthoh, with she following companies, and
Amsterdam SIS 200; Empire City, S. 000 Moha wk Valley
IS oOo, Stuy yesant IS oo0-Toial, s25, 0oo
TESTIMONIAL Hon. JOHN WHEELER An elegant cane,
manufactured oy Ball Black 4 Co.. last evening pre-
scented the Hon. Jonn Wheeler member of Congress
f,cm this city By the Young Mems Democratic General
chairmar. The stick is maacca elegantly and massvey
with eolo for three four inches which
the raj ed figures of Tamm any Hall and the Temple Of
Liberty with the ins cripion Presented to the Hon.
I'm Wheeler, by the Young Mems Democratic General
Committee, of 1862 slight token Of their esteem Of
him q gentleman and democrat" The ferrule Is
also OF gold with steel tip It beautifully got up and
fleets much credit upon the COMMITTEES, Messrs Gun
Their Breckenridge, FeBch. McMshon. Herrick and
Co.. who appointed to out the wishes of the
General Committee can be for few days. the
window 0. Ball, Black 60.
THE NEW YORK (NEw) CRY DmEcroaY.-Yes,erday we
the years 1858 1854 compiled by Mr. H. Wilson. The
nual nta,on of this work always affords much
pleasure combined with very amount OF ma
tonsl pride. Both feelings considerably enhanced
upon this occasion by the appearance of tho work
before In the photography of tbs christian and sir
names Of individuals the spelling of the names Of streets
local. OF churches, banks. and other public institu
tons 1t is autless and may be regarded by the foreigner
stranger citizen travelling through the Empire City
iIfaible guide whilst the typographical execution
OF the book renders 1t enduring memeutO Of
five triumph in mechanical art The arrangement OBJ
served in the editions Of is in this
volume but the increase of population trade mer
camille, monetary and shipping interests has been
has reached about double the size of the one which
preceded il. any person doubted OF growing
greatness, let him take up the New Directory, aud
compare its size with that OF the which went before
it only by twe,ve months and he will be convinced of his
at and buy book That the work is valuable
-iuds sable-we need not repeat and still it forms
only feeble index of civic and national great
But ii is an index.
MILITARY REVIEW. Yesterday the list Regiment N. T.
NJ kaown as the American Rifles paraded in Madison
square under Col A s. Vos,urg. ard were Afterwards
passed in review in the afternoon before the City Hall,
by General Spicer 1t had been originally intended that
the regiment SHOULD be reviewed by the Mayor aud Com
Council but the unfa character of the day
proven ed ita being put ntn effect The
staDce-usm-ly the oao ~est,er-caused thio attend
of the members ot the taxment there not
under tran one half These. no Sever. sup
ported with credit the character of The regm for dis,
cplne and soderke barring aud very desef wing of
eonu euoaiop. They xeie sessed in the y army
uDf si'b the regulation surmouated by dark
plume OF feathers the officers osing distinguished
BY LIGHT feathers aud armed with rifles the
her OF the regiment az being worked in front of the
cap with bugle between the Numerals The regiment
accom- panied by the Empire Band and had the day
been flee the review. doubt would have dawn many
specta 0rs.
RETURNED CAlIFoRSANs, On Wednesday night be-
his wife Ellen returned Calf, Mans taken the
station house of the sixth ward by Sergeant McCusky,
plant Of the Landlord Of the above named house that
they were very troublesome Upon searching them
S107o we're found about their persons which sum
taken charge of by Lieutenant Garrett The
detained and the husband sent back to his lodgings
THE CRY HosPHAI--The engineer the sectional dock
at the foot Of Rutgers slip East river named Collins who
day, mentioned in yesterdays HERALD died the next
morning 1t appears that while in thu act Of Cling the
engine which was in motion his clothes became caugh
in the cogs Of the shaft that his body down
wooden aement that had been placed upon both
slices of the shaft where he remained for time with
out sstance until AL his clothes torn off his body,
and such injuries received that death, men.
toned above eDsued in less tn twenty four hours His
remains we're taken home to Brooklyn by his friends in
the of yesterday Manning who stabbed dur
ing quarrel at the Five Points mentioned in yester
days paper is still alive but his recovery is dubious.
ns.v.on H. v,r.~
the hospital, having been likewise stabbed ny young
named Charles Thomas clerk IN grocery store at
the Of Roosevelt and Madison Streets died last
evening between eight and nine o'clock.
FULTON FERRY CRIpPLED-Last night, between nine
and ten O'Clock p NJ of the steamboats, that ply be-
tseen this city and Brooklyn, across Fulton ferry
into across the bow by soop when the dock
on the Manhattan side, and disabled in such manner
Cher ruddsr having been broken by the collision that
she Obliged to cease running By this accident there
only boat running during last night instead Of
two the usual complement. which must lave occasioned
avoidable delay between the trips the crcum stance not
being generally known account Of the ateness Of the
hour when the collision happened.
A7TEMIT AT RoBBERY-On Wednesday night, between
and O'Clock unsuccessful but daring attempt
made by thief to rob several houses in Twenty
second street between Sixth sLd Seventh avenues He
had mansged get the roof % of the houses aud
by this passed from 10 another opening and
arranging oi future operations the trap doors at the
Of vs different houses Fortunately his movements we're
heard and Information gwen to Captain Stevenson,
Of the Sixteenth ward who happened to be at hand
The police captain together with several Of the officers
dieent search, but without success as the fellow
must have succeeded in passing out by of the houses
during the excitement consequent the above
named facts which pervaded the neiyhborhood.
THE WEATHER Yesterday very rainy day and the
streets showed dirty symptoms Of its long contnu
apce. The Russ pavement however, be it said to its
praise stood it out well and Broadway comparative
y clean compared with the state Of the other streets
Thermometer a. 60 degrees and it in the
ing to 81 degrees.
A FATAL ACCIDENT THE New HAVEN RAILRoAD-Ths
express train from Boston, at late hour Tuesday
night, Willismsbridge, threw off the track and
killed Christopher Foley resident of Upper Morrisania
Westcheser county 1t appears that the deceased
very mprudenlly walking the track at the time the
accident occurred.
HOUSE THnF.--On Wednesday afternoon boy named
Francis Felix Fay was arrested by police officer Ritter
OF the Fifth ward the ground that he is the outed
leader of the gang Of young thieves mentioned in the po
lice reports q yesterdays HERALD.
SEMI CENTENNIAL ASNTvERsARY. Yesterday being the
anniversary Of laying the stone of the existing
City Hail. Fifty years ago, the sson celebrated by
hoistng the flag with the city and the national
standard on the top Of that building
FoUNDIING.-An infant child was found on Wednesday
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