The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-21
CITY Intelll1ence.

ACCIDENT AT TIM PECK SLIP FERRY-ast night at quar-
ter past nine O'Clock the Peck slip ferry boat Onaaska
leaving the slip the Williamsburg side, she run
into yawl boat, containing three and two women
Tho yaw struck the ferry boat just forward of the wheel
bnt tho engine having been reversed tho small wa
not caIsized The three jumped into the water and
the women chung TO the guards and from thence werc
taken board OF tho boat by the ferry hands. The
names Of the parties Annah KehO Jane Magyar
James Dennis, Charles Crogan and Jamos Smith. Den
mis- swan 10 the end OF the pier, and
taken out Crogan was carried up the river about two
blocks by the tide, where he rescued by a watch
at Belts dstcry. Smith had been heard OF up
TO II O'Clock and is feared that he drowned. The
rescued parties were taken to tho Kings County Hotel
where they received every attention at the hands OF the
proprietor Mr.. 1hesl Mr.. Andrew Wemmell and others
Aner being supplied with such articles of wearing appa-
rel ~ necessary they accompanied to their
sidenccs, near the Navy yard, by Mr. wemmell
WARY WEATHER AGAN-Wm II NOT TIN CRY CLEANED
Yesterday, at ?. n, the Thermometer the HERALD
office marked SO degrees with Indications in the atmos
phere Of still greater heat TO Tie weather
10 be sympahzng with the politicians and apparently
anxious TO keep state of corresponding warmth with
them There Is satisfaction however, in the thought
that the weather will begin cool on about September
while politics will rage until November, when no doubt
the mercury will down freezing point or lower.
50 sr this seeson have had very fair alienation Of
heat and moisture, and doubt the earth will yield most
ahundanty as the weather Is getting earfully hot,
would not be well for Mayor Wood TO tho
in the lower portion of the city Broadway and the
cipsl streets may not perhaps be extensively dirty but
the back streets certainly The air Is filed with
poisonous stencil, which If il doe. not provoke pest
ence will be more from good luck than from good man.
agemcnt the part Of the authorities 1t is in the drter
portions Of the city that disease frat makes its appear
1Jt resolve to have dirt in the streets Of this
metropolis, and morally certain TO have sick
Ioss II would probably $40 clean the city ~
II Should be cleaned while it would be loss OF ten mil
lions Of dollars to business the yellow fever
visit US.
The Loys DAYS OF THE YEAR-Today, according TO tho
astronomers the enters cancer the sostice
and consequently IS ought 10 be- the longest day
the year that the longer above the horizon and
both twilight and dawn prolonged The sun rose this
morning i:2s and will set this evening at 734 In
reality the difference between the length the days from
the 18th the oath varies but seconds and il not
percepube. The warmest weather generally comes with
in couple Of weeks after the solstce There ID
an Old adage applicable TO winter which runs
When the day lengthens
and trne summer the reason being that
the above the horizon longer than Is below i,
heat Is impaired TO the earth during the day than Is
taken during the night. Take a look at the Their
moneter Young America, and then, ho for the watering
places.
TRow's Nsw CRY DIREcToRY.-The new City Directory
for the year ending May 1857 has just been published
1t Is evident improvement over those Of past years
there nance and the advertisements are not
Extensively prominent. Great has been displayed
the getting up OF this volume and il IT, perhaps as cor
rect as a work Of this kind be. The conflicting or
biography in the same name IL great difculty-thas
The simple name Of Smith is spelt no lees than eleven
different ways, viz smith, Smitbe, Snythe Smvth
smidt snidd, smit, schmidt, Schnid schmtt and
schmit Gallagher varies in ten different, ways and even
Brown varies into Browne and Browne. The inevitable
John smith occurs no less than liz times. In all there
are los 900 names in this Directory In addition 10 the
there Is valuable appendix containing the names
OF all the officers of the city government the courts and
where situated; also, the Post Office rules and postage
laws names and location Of banks insurance companies
building associations, railroad companies and depots
packets, expresses periodicals, clubs mining companies
churches and associations OF every description schools
ferries brara1 hospitals cemeteries dspensares: city
railroads and omnibus lines, also Indicated In fact
1t eopaips kind VI Information that indispensable
all who do business.
GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Tho annual com
mcncement Of this institution will take place at 10 A. NJ
on 1he 2Gh u at st. Peters church, Twentieth street.
between Eighth and Ninth ayeQues The address wil