The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-07

purely party grounds. The wings elected the Nuym,
and nearly all the aldermen and councAmen.
The Ismite Convention at Hartford appears to
have broken up in grand row late on Sunday night.
Our reporter has elsewhere furnished graphic de-
scrptioa Of the closing proceedings As none Of the
resolutions introduced adopted these believers
and disbeleversssin any and everything have ar
their determination Of holding another cor
vention somewhere in New England, before great
while.
Dates from Havana to the I'd inst, have been re-
ceived by the arrival of the steamer Cherokee at
New Orleans. There was no news worth telegraph
ing.
A large number Of melancholy disasters are re-
corded byl telegraph having recently occurred in
different parts of the country. 1.-The house OF Mr..
Hldreth, at Kenosha, Wis., was set on Gre by light
ming on the I'd inst, and Mrs. II. persisted in the
flames. log of wood got fast in one of the wheels
of the steamer Wnslow, at Louisville, last Saturday
and in attempting to remove it ssyen Of the crew
were drowned. Rev. Ira S. Watkins and Ethan
Clark drowned by the upsetttxg Of sailboat in
the Mohawk river, on Saturday.
The crops in Dauphin, Columbia and Lancaster,
Pa, said to have been seriously damaged by the
hail storm ON Friday night
VIM. bearing, the proprietor of the first cotton fac
tory in Georgia. died at Savannah last Friday.
Notwithstanding any apprehensions that may
have been created in the minds of our city council
men, by the reform meeting in front of the City
Hall last evening, both branches of the municipal
legislature managed to transact considerable bust
ness as viii be seen by the Official reports OF their
proceedings elsewhere Among the numerous pc
ttions presented to the Board of Aldermen was one
asking to have the principal streets-why not the
by streets also?-eadng to the Crystal Palace, kept
clean, and tipping in the neighborhood abolished
The city PAYERS and policemen sent in petitions for
an increase of compensation. A resolution was
adopted by both boards, ordering the slip between
Catharine and Oliver streets to be cleaned without
delay. The Comptroller was requested to give infor
nation relative to the lease of the Catharine street
ferry in 1885, what had been done with the boats on
said line, &c. The Assistants concurred in the
resolution to donate five hundred dollars to the Mag
dalen Benevolent Society Both bodies adjourned
till tomorrow evening.
The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the
Broadway Baptist Church, took place before large
and respectable concourse of people yesterday after
noon, at five o'clock. For an interesting account Of
the ceremonies see another column.
An appncatl0n 10r an lnJunctlOn was yesterday
E.ade in the Supreme Court, special term, in Brook
Ign, to restrain Mrs. Cooper from taking the little
negro Jane Trainer without the jurisdiction Of the
court during the tendency of the trial against Mrs.
G. Counsel for both parties having been heard,
Judge Barculo concluded to examine the papers and
render his decision this morning.
The millinery case is still exciting considerable at
tention in Williamsburg. We elsewhere publish
detailed report of the third days investigation.