New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-19


DrsrRrcrwE FrRE.-About 8 minutes before oelas
Saturday morning while furious storm OF sees u
rain rsging flames were discovered issuing fpnh
windows Of large five story building back OF Brasha
and above Third Before the hremen could bring a a
guo into service, the building enyeloped in asus
and IL evident that All tnorts 10 save the proe
would be win The hremen then turned their attentions
Pre- sefYing the adjacent structure But owing 20 the dis
Guilty of spI roachDg the fire much Of noble effort wna
pelael without effect In the midst Of the conhl-run
the walls of the great bulldog fell with crash Of Asax
driving the remen from their post and extending the H.
The noith vail fell into al area between the burning sz
fee and the building fontiJ "raDch ST. Several nsa
bsrs OF the Northern Liberty Engine Company who men
in charge OF side stream al that point made narss
escape, aud Il them named job Richards had as an
badly injured by brick from the wall. The es.en val
fell upon the stable in the OF the old Rotterdam H,A
which fronts On Third st and crushed It into ruins
The loss must be very heavy. The large baldlas y
owned by Thomas Adams formerly Of the fir NOT WsylA
Adams md insured for il full value in the Erankh
Fire Insurance Company. II was filed with costly y
Chinery In the cellar a steam engine Of 20 horse M
er, which propelled all the machinery.
The frt floor was occupied by Messrs Porter c.
michael, fn,hers aud epaueers of oil cloth lbenbs
in machinery and stock is very heavy and but pahay
covered by insurance. The second hoor was occupied
Washington Hagaman, manufacturer OF hal bodies Hh
loss is partially covered by in urance Inc thud .ou
was divided into apartments, which were occupied b
Messrs Bray & Mercer, gas cutters }. z. Reed, WOOD
turner and Messrs W. V Rock, steel plate msnaix
turers. Their aggregate loss is about $1,000 on whM
there is no Insurance. The fourth story was occupied b
II Fggt Snc, fancy turner, and the hh Fisher pegd
worker Their loss is very heavy, and believe na
at a covered by insurance. The tenants of the adjoining
building suffered more from the water than from the fire.
and their loss swes the 0ggr gate from this dis isods
hagraiion 20 great amount which cannot be precisely
estimated for several days. Phi. North AM, iith
HoRmBLE MuRDIR.-0nc Of the most brutal murden
that Il has ever been duty TO record committed
Friday night last, about hali nile below Milton L.
The afternoon OF that day two Irshwomen tho youngest Of
whom said 10 have been quite haHdsoms passed thousa
Milton they said from upper section of the Sanbuy
and Erie Railroad to section on the Caawlssaroad %
Saturday rDng tie body OF the young girl was found
horribl, mingled and partly bnroed IL Is supposed tho
number o. lrishmen were engaged IN this most horrd
tragedy and conceal their crime had attempted 10 bun
the body bloody cash upon the forehe nd aud blood
upon Stone found ON the spo, told plainly the mean
ustd cause her death but rom marks upon me GROUND
near where the fire had heeni supposed that We w"p
yet extinct when she was cast into the hre where nsS
been le to her fetc he had struggled and crawlsd CT
but to die The Lellish deed committed within sight
of number of farm houses. and number saw the light
but without imagining such cause, it was unhoaght
until the next day. box OF pills which was idensioedo
having been purchased in Milton 10y an hahmsn was
found the spot Several arrests were made on snur
day and evening and we sincerely trust ha me
Of this foul AMI atr0cOns deed may DO con-
ycted and rtceiye the punishment they so richly merit
ILe~sburg (fa Democrat iah
HYAyY SENTENCE In the of William ala. O
w Hall convicted of larceny from the person OF Alet
Morrison the Jury were out only five minutes, and Casf
Justice Wells gave a sentence Of four years and am
months at iarO labor In the State Prison. rghtscv
verdict ard a both legal and proper sentence. judge
Wells has robv stood by hi. OATH TO stand by the con
"mOnwoa,b, and MI good citizens will feel proud hs
We have such an administrator Of the law
His honor remarked that he had become convinced ~
there persons in certain parts Of this city who NEE
it their bus to waylsy and entrsp strsoges stnpg
or drug them with liquor ana then rob them and 10 o
as he administered the law such persons must expect
meet with exemplary punishment lbss'on M"", ,''a'
FEAEFUI RAILROAD CoLLIsION.-About IL O'Clock
freight ain of twenty ears, with locomotive NO II ~
ached pass ed Spencerylle two miles rom
furious rsiette engineer owing 70 the snow pens w
able to check the speed down the grade. IL came IN '
son with locomotive No. lC, standing on the faX.
damaged badly, and started 1t of at rapid ra'e
came the grade crossed broadway ana ran n.o ~
passenger the track, which stopped H. Inc e'ss
rain came along also furious rate, and when ne.
Van Noer st. the switch was changed, aud the whal
train throw of, doing much damage. Inc trucks
several cars were broken ard the contents scattered aooa
Engineer Outerkrk of No. 10, is seriously not iaa
injured The engineer on the second locomotive was b
slightly hurt Albany Evening journal
ATTACK rPoS Mr.. NoosAS IN THE SrREEr.-An att:el
was made upon Postmaster Mr. NoonaD on Safurds|
morning by B. Park Coon, Esq Mr. Noonan had Just pan
ed company with Mr. Doran, at the front Of the Polio
Office ard wss proceeding along East Waterst, wne'
MIR Coon stepped up behind him. and taking him by y
collar pulled out either stick or whP0we were uss
bic 20 Distinguish whch-aDd struck Mr. Noonan one
two blows The parties closed, and Mr. Noonan We
thrown Several interfered and stopped Mr. Coon foa
striking Mr.. Noonsn on the ground Mr. Coon made a.
r.
parties were separated Milwaukee Sentinel, 10Th
PAPER FOR NEWSPAPERS MADE OF SrRAw.-Ths pspe
which The Fkodephia Ledgr il using Is the ressi
of experiments in the of straw as the principal
Of which the paper is composed hii Paper mace
made by waat is called Meliers process which mas oee
recently patented and by which It claimed thai peps
for printing be made from almost any vegetable nofos
substance One Of the difficulties with straw paper ne
tofore has been to make it white nough for printing pa
poses This IL now done by process OF bleaching
which Mr 8elier is the patentee.
MAI RoBBKR ARRESTED We are informed that Msl
j. j. Burnett recently arrested Robert HUTCHINSON, M
carrier from Carthage to Gainsboro having suspects
him Of robbng the mail When arrested, he had in
possession twenty letters, 81 in money and drs
for s263 SC. lie examined before two msgistra
and committed for further trial II appeared thai he VI
in the habit Of inserting his hand Into the mail be-
through apures made for the straps and would subtr
letC break them OPEN tear them up and throw ibs
away lie will, we presume, lie brought TO this city II
trial at the next term Of the Federal Court.
Ggssb,is Banner. lzh.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT NEAR QUEBEc-FiTs Persoi
DrOpned "A few days ago Faben Bois. grocer and shi
Owner al Quebec If; that place in large pilot boat, o
cOmpTied 10y Capt Bernier. Mr. Lortie and two Others
visit wreck stranded at Bersams. Having accomplish
that be attempted TO cross to l. Isle and in doing
boat ca sized and the i've men went down and were ios
-Four Of tn bOoes have been recoYered-.hs, Of Mr. b.
has not been fouSd.
TIE 81 louis RtplJiicoR Of the 9th inst, states tn
the Post flee at Salem H. had been closed for moi
than q week Tie cause WIS that the Office would ~
pay, and one there was wiling to work for nothin
Letters anil papers were AT last accounts having seroi
time Of it, ~ the next office each side sending the
back scupulously and they kept going without 20
chance Of being stopped These are great times amor
poet Offices.
SUICIDE At CLsTos.-Wm. $. Thompson OF Chntc
Oneida Co, found dead in the brewery Of d. Chee
boIo, OrisLany Falls the 18Th having committed ~
eide by banging himself lie leaves wife and tao en-
den to bis untimely end lie was 81 years o. ~
and had be en- suffering for time under depress0n
spirits
SUICIDE ~ YERNosT.-John Pike, respeesao'e AZ
ndusirout farmer Of Whttingham committed saios
.hso,irc lim.alf In hi. oxn honse on Sunday last