The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-15
city Intelligence.

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The WEATHER yesterday we were favored with tn
first distinct ntm. ton OF the approach OF summer
The day was oppress vely warm and was 10 marked
contrast With the weahe experienced less than
weef sgo On the 9th inss the temperature Btood o.
follows 30 A. NJ, 40 deg. y ~, 45 deg. 6 P. NJ AZ
Yesterday in the sun, 1t stoo do A. NJ, 90 deg II
NJ, rs 1eg. Up NJ, 10 deg. ca NJ, 76 deg, This ID
running into summer quick enough in all conscience.
The afternoon was cloudy, aad tho heavens looked
storm'ul but IL ended in q slight sprinkling OF rain
he winter clothing has entirely dsappearei and
every one has donned the usual summer hablne cts.
White bats. vests and pants are quite common among
toe men while the ladies iaduge In fabrics OF gayer
and lighter texture.
MILITARY PARApEs YESrERpAY-Yesterdsy a number OF
city military uniformed companies made their
spring parade accompanied by bands Of music, playing
| martial airs.
The Light Guard Captain Vincent, turned ont in great
numbers, and while marching down Broadway formed
In three ce nmands, and oosed more like regiment
than company They this time dispensed with their
oyercosts and sppearei their usual showy uniform
Dodworth's band thirty Ave strong them
| and played sorat of their choicest pieces.
Eighth Company National Guard, Captain shumway,
made an excursion to the Red House yesterday, ani
there performed their annual drill.
The State Guard, accompanied BY Sheltons full ban3,
The Eleventh regiment, Washington Guard COL Van
Bueran, viii make their spring parade next Friday.
Captain iHelme, Company win escort the coors from
| the CoonePs quarters.
NEW YORK Cry LITERARY UMoE--CLosE OF rrs sEs-
sIoNThe quarterly session Of the Literary Union
terminated last night at the Mercantile Library Union
place. The lecture of the library well fll,d
dnripg the erenpg with select and discriminating
dience of ladies and gentlemen the attraction Of the
evening being the conclusion of the debate the free
trade" question The question was argued for and
against BY various speakers whoss remsrks cha
racerised with bumor, PsthoB and eloquence thas at
times raised loud laughter, brought down the plau
dts Of the house Mr.. rouras Letingwel the Pres;-
dent of the Union, et the close If the debate summed
up the arguments advanced on each side, carefully
weighed them one with the ether, and decided in the
negatveshe decision being yed with loud applause
This Union NAV now be regarded as fixed and one Of
the permanent institutions Of the city.
PROBABLE FATAL CASE HyDRoIromA Saturday
afternoon Dr. oRiIey, Of Oliver street. called upon
tc attend ycung man named Edward B,ans6eld, re-
SIDING at No 3S Roosevelt street. who suffering
severely from hydrophoba, brought about by bite
received from terrier dog about month ago. The pa
tent yss suffering severely much SO that Dr. C'Rilsy
decided to hold consultations with Coroner hilton
the course OF trsare3t to be adopted The
dies applied bub the patient getting any better
he removed to thy New Yora Hospital at the Doc
Brarsed bitten in sbe upper lip, but the
wound aooa healed and nothing more was thought Of
tcoA sick with ny ydrophoa which viii in all probability
cause his death.
HUDSON R1pER RAILROAD ACCIDENT Yesterday morn.
ing at abouts o'clock tho half past six accomnoda
son train fson Peeksville running into the city
at moderate rata Of speed, Il in contact Forty
seventh street and Eleventh. avenue with horse and
wagon driven by German, silfng the horse instantly
and breaking te wagon and sghtly nju-g the driver
We understand that blcps can be astsched to tho
engineer, he stopped the he possibly
could and did everything in ais to prevent the
accident.
NATAL RAILRo1D n ACCDENT.-Lsat evening unknown
German run over by one os the Hudson Railroad
at the cornerof Canal and Endaon street. The
Fortunate dreadfuly ngled by the wheels of
up The body was taken to the Eighth ward station
house. where an inquest will be hsd by the Coroner TO-
day.
koixsN1Ic INcpRsT--we have often heard Of persons
bosUd ships at enclosing letters in glass boties
securely sealing them up and casting them overheard
ber to acouant their friends on land of the
whereabouts OF the ship that day. the latitude and
longitude being of inserted in the letter. Now
very often happens that these boes get safe to shore
are pckel up by person. and their contents insert
renee, bus the following: has touch of the romantic
about it resident of New York had occasion lately
to visit Scotland and after spending two mouths amidst
its highly romantic and picturesque scsnery, business
called hiEo home to this side of the Atsntic He took
passage board of sailing packet from the Clyde,
erring this mode Of conveyance to steamships being
little after many accidents which have hap
pened OF late. After leaving port head wind sprung
up causing the ship to come to anchor in bay on the
Firth of Clyde. Being anxious to bid his friends
shore last farewell be wrote letter. intending to send
by the pilot he left the ship fair wind short
ly after sprnsDg up, the word given to heave the
anchor and in few hours the pilot left, the letter
ing one penny as postage ana cast it
it to chance whether OF rot y would ever reach its des
letter from his sister informing him that his letter he'd
been found the sea beach, some thirty miles distant
from the spot where had bee thrown overheard But
the romantic par of the story remains 10 be told
This person who picked the letter happened to
addressed He thought this q fine opportunity to pay
his to his sweetheart and instead Of mailing
denver It personally Whether the letter had the effect
Of propitisting the fair one the writer saith not.
THE OLD TonTNR COFFEE HOUSE, We have learned Ia |
regard to this old building, the of Wall and
Water streets that it established by the "Tontns
the constitution Of which adopted
June 4, l79A The number Of original subscribers was
lel SOME OF whom owned several shares AM some of
whom wers ladies' The whole number OF shares orr
enay purchased 203 The stockholders mad the right
Of naming any person on w1oe ,is ns'r snare % snoso
at pleasure and the desth Of stockholder did not de-
pve his heir OF the income Of his share so long as the
nominee survived The profits Of the concern con-
tnue to divided only until the nominees are reduced
evep when the owosrs Of the stock or the surviving
pominees receive tho building At the present time
not single of the frat members Of the association
survives ali gone The number OF nominees at this
three years cacSiatlsn vas made In the year 1880
that the association would most probably terminate IN
the year 1874, when II the youngest nominees should
survive they would be OF the ages Of eighty one eghW
two and eighty three.
TEE ST NICHOLAS HOTEL TEMPERATE ON SUNDAY
From article published in the HERALD yesterday in
reference to sailing liquor in tne city, the inference
might that the st Nicholas Hotel included
the other places that sold drinks on
sabbath. To correct such inference we would
state bar OF the St Nicholas Hotel al we are
informed has not been opened since the fsss of Feb
Iuary last
THE AT7EAPTBD PRIZE FIGHT.
NINTH WARD STATION HOUSE, May IA 1855.
EDrroR or THIS HERALD.
An article appears in your journal this day under tbs
title OF eight that Didn't Come on - which deracts
the credit from where it properly belongs The true
version Of the affair u follows:-About four o'clock
yesterday morning, received information from odcer
luke Poole that four leaders, belonging TO gang Of
rowdes arranged all the preliminary 'or
a prize bght, to take place the above morning zoe
foot Of Horatio street Immediately summoned . con-
erabe force ard left for the rumored o! host
ties. when nearing the locality, Ne discovered three
large collections persons standing within halng dis
ehp fdantlx for dis L