The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-05

CITY intelligence.
ArrxxrrD Escape or FouR CYPmAss IRON BLAcKwMUs
hLAsD-THun Pxxnous ADVENTURES In A LxAKY BOAT
On Sunday night four Of the disrsputsbls girls sent to
the Penitsnay By the city suthoritss attempted to
escape from thsr confinement on BlackweI's Island,
and wen nigh succeeded in doing 90. appears that
owing to the rsmissnsss Of Of the keepers the girls
managed to reach the river side late In ths evening
They not deferred however by this circumstance
but boldly showed from the shore and trusted to the
sr sn .is s snsf INN doTs and must
In the stream, and feang rapidly down. 1t which they
began to congratulate Themselves their good fortune
viIs." After passing Baskwss Island. no .svsr what
was their horror 70 dnd the water running into the boat
getting roushsr, and the tids stronger A. IT,;
night was thisksning around them, they could
moi nos see 70 CAL Tor hsip 90 they began .ith al
the water with their hands; but nevertheless II
continued gaining on them, and there every proba
in mpstus and should the boat upset, they would b.
took them the shore BoosIyn whom their cries
attracted attention, and . boat sent out to TOW
was BY thus time nearly fun psssyzsd With fear and
their clothes TO the hips with water They
wsre safely landed and taken to station house, where
they told the story Of their escape They brought
to the city yesterday and taken to the Tombs where
Justce Connolly recommitted them to Backwss Island
They are NO doubt cured Of their taste for attempting to
escape In leaky boat
PUBLIC CARrMES's PARADE.-Pursuant TO announce
ment the Cartmsns United Benevolent Protective 60
ciety paradsd ysssrday it being their second annual
turn ont The association assembled ON Madison
square, where the line formed about eight O'Clock
A. N. The procession composed Of about 500 men,
all mounted, black and others ON gray horses
Mr. Robert Brock acted Grand MarshAl assisted by
r. Callahan and VIM. Farrell aids. About nine
o'clock the procession began to move headed BY Mona
Through twenty third street 20 seventh avenue; up
Seventh avenue to Thirty street; from Thirty
Hudson street. from Hudson to Christopher over Chris
topher to Greenwich; from Greenwich to Murray over
Murray to the Park. to be reviewed by Mayor Wood
Here they found quite Q crowd ASSENT ed to witness
them while they passed in review before his Honor
First came portion OF Manahan's band, drawn in .
scrption LiDsrty and Justice" Then folio 1sd SEC
ton mounted on gray horses and another on black
badges but not otherwise adorned After leaving
the Park they marched to Chatham street, up Chatham
to East Broadway from East Broadway to Pike; down
Pike to Henry; Henry to Columbia up Columbia to
avenue D. up avenue D to Ninth street. over Ninth
street to avenue b up avenue to Seventeenth street,
Twenty third street over Twenty third street to Third
avenue; Third avenue TO Forty fourth street.
street to Fifth avenue; down Fifth avenue
to Forteth street. from Forteth street. to Sixth aveuue
down Sixth avenue to Twenty sixth street. Twenty
six street to the socetys meeting rooms at Mmans
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very creditabIe, and attracted little attention.
PARADE OF THE SEVENTY REGMENT.-The Seventy
first Regiment, Col A. g. Vosburah, made their annual
sprpg parade yesterday attended by Wallaces Cornst
Band They assembled at Centre Market in the morn
ing and proceeded to the Red House. Harlem where they
went through the exercises Of regimental field days
numbers eight companies and their parade OF yesterday
mainly noticeable from the fact that was the Hrst
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considering the recent change
FIRE GREENWICH SrRKn.-About half.past two
O'Clock yesterday morning FIRE broke out In the
wooden and willow ware store of Messrs. Mills &
Dunn, No. 1sl Greenwich street. From the inaAm
mable nature Of the goods it soon spread through
out the whole building, but the prompt arrival Of the
remen prevented it from spreading to the adjoining
buildings. Mills l. Dunn have insurance on their
stock OF $1,000 in the following companies Jefferson
81 600 st. Marks $4,000, Clinton $4,000, and Empire
CITY 5000 The loss IL estimated & about 600 the
Ne. Jersey, and Is damaged about $500. We were
unable to learn the amount Of insurance. No. 179
hosiery store has sustained some damage the stock
by WATER and Is insured for 90 900 in the Equitable In
mayed about sIo6-no insurance The building No l7s
Is owned By Mr. Cobb, Of Sing Sing, and Is damaged
surance.
The TAMMANY SocHTY This associa ton met last niaht
in Tammany Hail. and transacted large amount of
purely routine business. The new Grand Sachem, L. B.
Shepard was installed into Office with appropriate cere
monies, also the new Father OF the Council, WY. D.
Kennedy. The society adjourned ut . late hour.
NORTHERN DIsPENsARY.-The report for May shows the
number Of patients treated at the Dspensary to have
been $685. at their bones 22 total e43 Of which number
s75 males and sos females with the annexed
su-relieved cured 905; died. s. sent to hospital q
remaining, 3d. There b22 born In Ireland $40 In
the United States q in England, in Scotland 10 in
Germany, and unknown. The whole number of pre-
scriptions put up ,123, greatest number in
day 1856, least 50, average So.
News by the Mails.
Our government Ia now prepared to pay the awards OF
the commissioners under the convention between the
United States and Great Britain.
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette says that
during shower ct Middletown, the Cincinnati and
Dayton Railroad, large number Of frogs toads fell.
The ground was perfectly covered with them. They
were about an ZACH long, and all alive and kicking.
The Ames Manufacturing Company IN Chicopse
stand in Union square. New York. 1t was modelled by
H. X. Brown, Of Leyden, Mass, and work OF art IL
spoken Of in the highest terms Of praise The Spring
field Repubcas saysH Piece after piece has been sent
off, every of which perfect and the morning
of visit te the establishment, Washington himself
egess and handless, and sitting . saddle that
horeess was finding his dgnied way out Of the sand
The Rev. Mr.. Ausbrook has Hsd from Henry county,
Tenn with Mrs. Potts, wife of respectable citizen.
MARITIMk IRTELhIGRNCE.