The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-24
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NEW YORK. Nov o 1856


NEw YORK, Nov. @. 1856
destructive fre occurred this morninp .bo,,.
8 ociock, ct o. Sullivan & Fary's, paper dasIar.
40 Peari~ street. The building was destrovai
WITH that of H.W. KinFmau, furniture de. lar
the loss Is estimated as $4,000 A son of Patrick
- ssea -, was burned to death while trying
Yesterday An inquest was held over 4 mutiI.ted
oody, which had been killed on the Hudson River
Railroad and identified by Mrs Patrick Burke : :
that of her husband. The corpse was walked. !.
and Friday the funeral took place while the d..
consoiate widow and mourners were foIlovirc sha
corpse to its resting place, Mr. Pat Burke him self
stepped up and convinced them that he was alive
and well. and that the body in the coffin was not
nis The pail bearers dropped the coffin at what
they supposed an apparatien, but afterwards re.
turned and welcomed the supposed defunct. Il.
appears that the mangled features of the fTead
could not be distinguished by Mrs Burke from
those OF ner husband who was absent at the time
Samuei Swartout died yesterday, in the 73d year
OF his age He was collector of customs here under
Gen jackson, and was an intimate friend of Aaron
Burr. . ~
Messrs. Joseph Murphy & Co., Fulton Iron
Woras' have completed the propeller for the Uni
ted Ststes steam frigate Niagara The nroneIIor
is made of brass. 1t is SAID to be the Iarrest in
the world. weighing over 81 900 pounds
Kansas Parlor parties are all the rage. Mrs
mortimer Brown gave one at her House wednes.
day night, by which $500 was realized for "bleed
Avenue presided at the musical instruments
Mrs. Maria Bauer, the last daughter of the cele
brated Jno. JAY died yesterday at the advanced
age OF IS years. Her sister, Ann Jay, died Just
one week ago.
The collections in most of the city Churches
Thursday were on a most liberal scale. Those in
the Episcopal Churches were chiefly for the bene
it of the aged and infrm clergymen; in others for
the various charities of the day The contributions
for the Home of the Friendless reached q O28 so
AGED Far al ~ Soa;
House OF Industry, Five Points, 1854; Ladies
Mission, Five Points, 5000. Collections for Kan
sas were also taken up, in some instances DR.
Cheevers Church contributed 1926
Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler has arrived in town
from Massachusetts, and is understood to be
making arrangements for another course of her
Shaksperian Readings so very popular and pro
health.
Among the passengers in the i'll fated Lyonnais,
were J. a. Bailey and lady, of this city. Mr.
bailey was the son of the late Theodore Bailey
formerly Postmaster of this city.
The third trial of Lewis Baker, for the murder
OF Bill Poole will commence at Newburgh Orange
county, on Monday next. Judge Peabody, of the
Supreme Court, this district will preside.
On Friday afternoon another party of children
set out for the West under the guardianship of
Rev. G. G. Townsend, of Iowa city They were
chiefly from the Five Points House Of Industry and
the Children's Aid Society
Patrick Lynch and VIM. L. Cole, proprietors of
the Irish American, were arraigned yesterday be-
fore Recorder Smith, for a libel on the u. S. Dis.
trict Attorney, Hon. John McKeon. They plead
not guilty. Trial set down for the first Monday
in December
About 500 passengers are engaged for the steam
er Texas for Nicaragua, tomorrow, of whom one
half at least are known to be recruits for General
Walker.
The receipts at the Office of the Courier des
Etats Unis, on Tuesday and Wednesday were
S172 so for the rescued seamen from the Lyon
nais.
Two fires Of some magnitude occurred on Fri.
day night. One Are partly destroyed the Piano
forte factory of E. A. Brooks, in 22nd street, the
damage being $4,000. The other, which broke
out shortly afterwards. consumed the buildings %
and 23t South street, and 26 and % Coenties Slip
By this latter fire the estimated loss ia $1,000.
Abraham Bogert ex Police Justice and prom
inent ward politician, died yesterday.