The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-28


AFTERNOON SESSION.
ALBANY, Jan. 27-P. NJ
The government has closed the Enoch Reed case aS
witnesses for the defence are now upon the stand
City Intelligence.
TIM WEArsER-CoNnNuANcE OF THE CoLD.-The very Sc
cold weather of Wednesday, continued during the
night and Yesterday The morning was clear and more
calm than that of the foregoing day, but still the cold
was intense and biting The sun shone out strongly at
noon and from that hour up to late in the afternoon
the temperature very variable The Thermometer at
the HERALD building ranged-Ats O'Clock, A. NJ, Az
deg at noon. is deg; at r. NJ, 81 deg and at r. NJ
% deg As the evening closed in, the air became more
warm, and, at late hour of the night the sky was
then Stood al as s deg HE night appeared as # the
weather would change. AT o'clock in the more
ing the mercury stood at l0 deg in the upper parts of
thermometer stood at So deg at the hour OF o'clock
yesterday morning, and only attained 80 deg. at
/ O'Clock. No appearance of snow last night.
| ANOTHER NEW YORK VOLUNTEER GoNE.-Sergeant Cor
mick. of Company D. New York Volunteers departed this
life Tuesday last from disease consequenton the
paign in the late war with Mexico. Day BY day the
members Of this regiment leaving midst brought
down to soldiers grave by disease contracted in the
aIduou duties performed in battling for their country
left and of them at this day endeavor to keep
hope that yet our citizens will do something to make
them comfortable in their decline We would wish to
made for the relief Of the volunteers Who
will first put the ball in motion?
The ANNUAL BALL THE TWELFTH REelMEyr.-The
al regimenal ball of the Twelfth Regiment will take
place at Nibo's Saloon the 31s inst Preparations
being made grand scale in order to render this
ball the most magnificent that has taken place in
New York this The entire lower part of the
theatre will be boarded level with the stage for
dancing and various saloons connected With the
adjustment to be thrown and used on the occa
SIGN. In portion of the house nothing but coons
will he danced while another part of it will be devoted
TO the dancing Of schotisches watzes and polkas Thus
those who cannot dance schottisches, &C. can amuse
themselves the entire night in that part Of the establish
nent where cotilons alone are danced This regiment
have of late adopted regmenta uniform, about one
hundred and fifty of whom will appear The price of the
tickets being high, the company will be select one
Several bands engaged and efforts will be spared
in order to render this the finest and most IA hion
able balls that has ever taken place in the metropolis
TIM New Clock FOR Cry HALL, lately ordered by
piece of mechanism this clock will be very superior
The works constructed that wheel may be
moved at pleasure without disturbing the next The
wheels and barrels of the purest brass The latter
OF sufficient length to receive sixteen turns OF the cord
which gives the clock eight days of running time The
pendulum rod il of peculiar kind Of wood 168 inches
in length and swings every two seconds it has
brass entcular weight of 10 pounds with compound
regulator and compensating fixture, so arranged that
while it is utterly unaffected By the most extreme changes
of temperature the performance of the clock may be
corrected with the most minute certainty to almost
feet mea surement OF time.
ASSOCIATION OF EXEMPT FIRrnES.-The following officers
have been elected for the ensuing year-President-
Philip W Fngs. First Vice Presdent-Joseph NJ. lord
Second Vice Presidentohn Coge Jr. Recording secre
tary-G. w Wheeler. Financial Secreary-T Bose. Trea
surer-J N. Price Executive Committees. X. Titus A.
Ackerhausen. John 7. Barnam, John T. Buckingham
ISOLATION now numbers four hundred members The in
come of the body during the past was sl5S % and
the expend $45 TO- leaving ~ 10 in the hands OF
the Treasurer.
FRE-About ten O'Clock, Wednesday night fire broke
out in three story brick building situate in the rear OF
the houses % and 80 Fifth street The house No. %
occupied by Mr. Ferguson, carpenter shop and
by Mcssrs Bruner Co., as show case mandatory
Upon the third floor there cabinetmaker's shop
The house No. 80 occupied by Mr. VIM. Petre, CALI
net maker, and A. ]. & W. Allen, birdcage mana
factory Mr. Burns cabinetmaker carried on business
he iiames
the second floor of the house No 70 and owing to the
pid Roadway, until the different floors enumerated with
the property we're entirely destroyed Captain HART,
Seventeenth ward, Captain Russell, Thirteenth ward.
fcsrs attended to preserve order The fire COMPANIES
worked with great energy and commended manfuy with
all difficulties OF frozen hydants intense cold nc The
buildings insured, but could not exactly ascer-
tain regarding the stock As the premises some time
previously secured for the night 1t not known how the
fire originated The entire damage is estimated at about
| 81, coo,
lie FIRE a RUTGERS sIIp.-A written communication
has been forwarded to to the effect that the sawmils
burned at the tate fire did not belong to Mr. IoYeand
painted upon the building The reporters for the
understood from the people around that the stock and
machinery owned by that gentleman II is written
to that the building occupied by Mr.. Street as
steam sawmill loss machinery and fixtures. about
Mrs. j. H. Homer loss about 81 200; insurance. So 600
/ FIRE IN HoBoKES.-About half. past five O'Clock last
evening fire broke out in twostory frame building,
standing alone upon the hill opposite the ferry station in
Hoboken The flames burst out at all parts of the build
ing amost simultaneously and before any ecctual effort
could be made to arrest their progress entire building
with part of the furniture was destroyed The house
owned by the ferry company, and occupied by Mr..
Roland lately ferry master and at present in the en-
the clear frosty sky that many of citizens judged the
connagraon TO be most extensive Two of the New York
Ere companies crossed over and worked with their usual
energy. Mr. Roland has four young children, but they
escaped with their mother, without accident. The loss
is estimated at 81 500 Our reporter is indebted to the
employees of the company for aiding his inquiry.
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| CINE Blown UP-OyE Man INJuRED.-An alarming and
very unusual accident occurred upon the above line of
read, at 1aytown yesterday morning i appears that
the locomotive OF the seven O'Clock Peekskil and New
York train stopped at the station house for WATER
and when under the shed which the water it sud
denly burst, blew up, and became complete wreck.
The roof torn from off the she'd and scattered in all
directors whilst parts Of the broken engine hurled
nearly three hundred feet into the water The smaller
fragments OF iron and wood widely scattered that
! 1t is astonishing how number of persons who were
around the stationhouse escaped without injury foot
passenger going upon his way had his arm fractured in
two places The passengers arrived in the city BY the
half past eight o'clock train. The locomotive is said 10
| have been very old.
DrsrrRA1E ArrEMpr AT SUICIDE Marie Chockti ma.
tive Of Poland made most determined attempt to com
NIT suicide yesterday afternoon at the house OF Mr. John
Hngslage No. 81 West Broadway About this hour Mr..
Hngslage heard man calling for help from the top Of
the stairs, the attic and Immediately up Upon
entering room he saw Chockt sitting in q chair, with
blood gushing from his mouth and nose yhe floor was
also covered with blood Mr. Hingsage much alarm
ed and thinking that the had fallen in IT. inquired
|
ed 10 pistol which lying upon the floor, thereby
intinating that he had attempted to shoot himself 1t
would appear that during the Absence Of friend with
whom he had been residing for time the young
took loaded single barrelcd pistol and fixing the muz
ze in his mouth discharged it. The ball ran 70 the back
part OF his throat and lodged in the muscles and
ages around the wndpipe, where il still remains Mr..
HngsIage placed a man in charge Of him, and gave
ella IN TO the Fifth ward police when Assistant Captain
Hucbings Immediately attended with officers and CON
veyed him TO the City Hospital Before the arrival Of
the police the wounded besought OF his keeper to
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family, and has been only eight months in America
During this time he spent about 81 500 amongst so called
| friends by whom he latterly deserted when his
money wac all gone He Is represented as Young man
of temperate habits but IL is considered that grief at his
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