New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-09

cores OF DIV wod b.iis d. track which was GA ire
Tie engine reversed IS soon rs possible. bur not
until the engineer snd ore oi Tie brakeme" were very
badly burned.
Tie fireman TO- his f ht jumped from the and
found shofy after not iar iroa there with h. clothes all
nost entirely burned from hr. lie was taken 70 the
house Of IN Isaac Parker where he died a Governing.
Tie others are Yet alive.
CITY ITEMS.
Arotl or c.sLtully cool day Yesterday with ssgni
Gently clear moonlight nights very harvest % bril-
lance.
There is to be Anti.Slavery Meeting at Washington
flights. near the residence of ID. Harris E.q this
"wednesday evening halfpast-seyen o'clock Several
gentlemen from the City expected to address the
meeting
KANSAS LEAoUE.-There will be an adjourned meetin.,
of the Ksnsss League in the Broadway Tabernacle Lee
Room this "wednesday evening, Aug o at clock,
to complete the organization Its obec will be explained.
The complimentary benefit 70 Madame Thllon last
night was attended by the largest audience yet gathered
in Nblos beautiful thoater Every seat from high 10
low was filed and hundreds crowding the Hobbies
Madame I enthusiastically welcomed and her sing
Ing as ou usiastcay and unfortunately applauled
She called before the curtain almost every time the
curtain fcl and finally retired amid tempest of appro
Freischutz " The Child Of the Regiment and The
"Enchantrcss."
!. q. OF O. F.-The regular annual session Of the r.
W. Grand Encampment of southern New-York commenced
on Monday evening last, ROYAL G. WILLARD Grand
Patriarch presiding. After the usual routine of business
and the admission of sew members, the following
officers elected and installed for the current year
GsoRcf SS1fS, 10 20, NJ. z, Grand ITsh Pa-.t
\. NC.J Y r.
joins j. DAVIES. No l. R W. Grand scribe
JosErH r. TAYLOR No r. w. Grand Treasurer
ASsL Nh No !" G5snd Janio s. wsrdTn
After the installation ceremonies the c. p. appoad the
following d. d. G F..
Ps. Of e M B y;; Ne e. .,
District Of W estchesler..P C. T. joan ANaoNG, No
Dinict # Orange .......P r JohS RiSHAsos. No li
District Of Relsselaer ....P G. P J. MA s1a No
TIE ASSAY OrrIcE-The building Just prepared for
an Assay Office adjoining the Custom House, and of
which we gave an extended description time ago. is
So nearly completed that it is expected to be finished this
week Little remains to be done besides small Jobs at
plasterng painting, sc. The machinery connected with
the establishment is all in and considerable portion Of
Put mp 20 that by the middle OF the present month all
Will probably be ready for the of business
Urfores delays, however, may occur The engine was
made in Troy and most Of the other apparatus in Phia
delphia.
BALL Al CAPE ISLAND. MA Grand Opening
Ball" will be given Mount Vernon Hotel, Cape
Island n. j., Thursday evening Of this week Mr.. ).
b. WoomGn, proprietor Of the Hotel has spared
Tense in making his arrangements complete The saloon
of the hall is four hundred and twenty feet long, sixty feet
WIDE capable of accommodating five thousand persons,
and is macnifccntly fitted up and decorated. The
Der Of tickets for the ball has been limited three thou
sand and the price fixed three dollars II expected
that this ball viii equal any other occasion Of the kind in
the country. Tickets be procured at the principal
hotels in New York and Philadelphia, and the Cape
May steamboats,
Mathew Bogerlus prominent citizen Of Fskhil,
Gcd very sudleay few days since. Mr. Bogardus stood
the door Of his stoyestore converting with friend
when suddenly lac sunk down. gradually, and, without
struggle and with but slight groan, he died as his head
reached tie floor apparently without any consciousness
whatever Of the dread change that awaited him.
On Friday evening last about o'clock, house
pcner named Samuel Fisher, while walking up the bill
from Finchs foundry in Peekshl burst blood.yessel
and expired almost instantly He had been in feeble
health FOR a few years past.
Tie PeeksIW Republican says tina, Mr.. Sherwood
keeper in the prison, who frghtuy wounded in the
disturbance there Of which We gave the "details at the
time is slowly conyalecing. He will not, however, soon
recover from the effects Of his dangerous wounds
THF Ninth WARD SHOOTING CAsR.-ThOmas Bartrnm
who was accidentally shot in the back Monday after
noon By Cornelius Quackenbush. grocer in Hammond
near West-.t who at the time engaged in shooting
rats when bail from bis psol glanced from stone and
entered the back Of Bartram is at the Newfork Hospital
not expected 10 recover. Mr. Quackenbush Is deeply al
c,ed by the injury he has caused and has done all in hs
power TO alleviate the suTerngs ofthe wounded man.
SAD AccIpExr-DEArH or AZ AcroR.-On Monday
evening while party Of actors from this City were bath
ing In the surf at Conoy Island, Of them Mr. Joseph
Bresford attempted dive from the shoulders Of one OF
his coupanons and struck his head the bottom with
such force az 10 break his neck Mr.. b. had bat lately
arrived in this City 70 await the opening Of the new
,heaer on Broadway Of which company he 1as 10 have
been the leading man He well known il the South
and West He leaves wife to her sal bereave-
ment His remains were escorted By large body Of his
brother actors rom the Coney Island boat yesterday TO
tie Camden and Amboy Depot to be taken to Phadel
phia for inteTment.
F.rALAccipESI.-Joseph Murphy said TO be an apple
or candy psdar residing with biz family in Pearst
CITY Hal.psce was dreadfully crushed yesterday
ing between steamboat and Pier No 81 East River. He
was conveyed to the NewYork Hospital in s,ste Of in
sensibity and died soon after being admitted II IS
said that he asleep the string piece Of the pier
when the accident occurred An inquest VIII be held upon
the body this morning
| AccIDEyr Is PRISrISG OFFIcE.-Chas Van Chef,
printer at an establishment in Cii-st. had bis right
ann caught tie machinery Of one Of tbs printing presses
yesterday afternoon, and dreadfuly crushed He was
conveyed TO the NewYork Hospital where il found
necessary TO amputste the hand