New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-27

were interpreted with singing declsn,ton and reii
ing of COMPOSITIONS
Premiums were awarded By the school officers -
- boys for good conduc, during he past SIX rs,
also p'ze 10 Mater Geo y. PrA,; for tie best
position en- tiled " The Power Of the Press sad an
Other TO Lewis G. A Crane for the b.st soe men o.
declsn. ton.
Adcresses were made BY Mr.. Randall snd Mr.
Jones, Commissioner for the Ward. 4 large number
OF visitors consisting Of friends Of education ani
paIeniio OF The children, were present. The buldin,
II ore OF the smallest Of our public school. buildings
IN The City, yet the School is among the largest 49,
boys being present 81 the examin l:ion The school
ofncers should by all means provide this School ~i,h
more extended accommodations The school WAS
very much crowded; the large roo n and m 4jority
OF the class rooms being closely packed and we I'M
dtrstsnd that in order get along it necess NY %
have two classes reci,iny at the same time in one
ROOM The officers certainly will be wanting 10 their
6uiy 70 The public II they neglect much longer 10 fun
ni'h larger building for this School j. ". Mather
is Principal. assisted by Messrs. Morehouse. Buck
Young, Baden, Jennings, and Miss Winter, Miss
OCOInell and Miss King. We observed that ma
ory Of the school officer. for the ward were present
The examination of the Female aui Primary De-
under the charge Of Mss Martha Ames, assisted by
Fix assistant teachers, has average attendance OF
about 275; TIE latter under the charge Of Miss Annie
Tbomson, with nine assistants, has average at
tendance OF about 900. Both of these departments
are in a very four.hiDg ditiOn.
ISeUEsr Of WV. WISE, POISONED ny E,rISG
HAN-we yesterday published full report OF the
inquest upon the body Of Eugenia Wise, who died
from eating of a poisonous ham on the 2sd of Feb
ruary last Coroner Hilton has since held an inquest
upon the body of her husband, VIM. Wise, who lied
from the same cause. The verdict in his
the same as in the case of Ms Wise. The deceased
ws. a native OF Germany, 80 years of age. The ham
in question il supposed 10 have generated rs poison
during the process OF preservation. Inc nam was
eat, n uncooked, and the Jury therefore thought
proper to append the following 10 their verdict " II
lis known that boiling cured meats destroys any poi
sonous qualities that may be generated 10 th9m.
Henry Ketterer, of the witnesses who gave tesu
mory at the inquisitOn upon the body OF Mrs. Wse,
ard who wss one of the party who partook OF the
ham hiss since grown much worse and Is not expected
10 recover.
SrABBING-James NJ Gill, youth IL years OF age,
was seriously stabbed by lad named Luke NJ Cabe,
on Sunday 2ht of last week and is represented to be
dangerously wounded. 1t is said that the staboing
was not Intentional.
The IMMIGRANT LABOR EXCHASGE-WAsrED, A
WIFE Tbs Institution, under the charge of the
Commissioners of Emigration, is doing grea. deal
of good, by supplying the farmers of the West with
good domestcs and laborers Mr.. Fagin, the Super
iLtendent of the Exchange says that since We pub
Ished in The TRIBUNE an account CT the operations
of the Exchange. be has received, from our sub
scribes in the Western country, about 1000 letters,
contaiprg application. for laborers. Some OF these
letter. contained curious requests, but the most
Singular application came from Ohio, the other day,
az follows:
! Mr. FAG.S-Sir. see by The TRIBUNE that You
engage 20 supply work people Of almost any descrp
ton Perhaps you may have one that Will SUIT me Tor
q wife; it you have, and che be willing to come, |
will send mouey 10 pay her passage after receiving
an Ausoer from you. Now, Sir am n Sorkingman
but have everything TO make me comfortable, save
loving ard Kind wife; consequently, You will see ths
wait no fine lady but one that can manage house
and family with cleanliness and economy sac
mustrot onl, be able TO do that, but she must have
sou pretensions to beauty though /, will not take
much of that to satisfy me, if she has every oihsr
requisite. She must have clesr akin, and free fro
all disease, and not above ~ !eara OF sge, ana not
I under 80. She must be able 10 make and mend c1i-
dr.p clothes aud mems shirts. aud such Ike trihing
| things a. those She must be able to read and write
lille and would Ike her all the better If she had
tase for reading don care what her religion l.,
I if sLe De no. a Catholic. She must be honest and
| uprieh,-abe to conduct her'ef in every respect a.
becomes a woman OF good character. and promise
in return to be loving, kind and dutliul husband.
| IT, On iew weeks trial, she aud can agree, and II
We csbnot sgree as To aud wife, she shall bs
nv bousekeeper until either find wife 20 my mln1,
or until he can find another situation. | VIII give
/ her a dolAr week a. wages and me TO retsin the
half of il until paid for bringing her II here.
| think can say more, but ru:t to your honor az
q gentleman to PEND me as faithful 10 the
description | here send you ~ your yiasnen'
will allow you. | am an Engshman, conseqaent-
" she must be an English woman. | have four chll-
creu my youngest four years OF age, the next,
girl is IA, and two older boys, working al the same
employ men, as mys self. | am forty years OF sge
strong Ard healthy have house with four rooms
ard lot of my own. II you have a woman that
will suit me she must freely consent of her own ac-
cord. or remain where she now is. | would ike to
have few lines from her own hand, stating her &c
ceptsnce of my offer. | i've in healthy locality.
think cen 10y more until receive your 'ni her
answer. will give proper directions nov she IS 10
get fere when send the money.
Ii there should be any woman answering 10 this
description, who would be willing to go to Ohio, Mr..
Faein will put her in communication with the appl-
cant for wife.
CRrEI CASE OF DEsERTIOs An intelligent IRISH
lady about IS years of age, came 10 the I'D Dsuct
Station House on Saturday morning and represented
that she had good ID suppose tnst her haso 81
had deserted her taking with him 500 IN gold vat
usble cold watch and chain, several articles oil JsS
elry sc. II appears from her statement thst Prev
Gus 10 her marriage 10 the person In qussnon, sue wa
a widow: that her former husband died about
yesr since in New Orleans, II be was sPecu'stor
and left he something like 81 200 in money tha' sooi
after his death she went TO Quebec, whete sue u
relatives ard where she renamed uaul ABOUT tnie
weeks since when she became acquainted with ne
nresett husb band that after short cOurtship throug