New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-21

in, pas.ing through Mott street. bare headed when ne
wa. sec,-,.d by the prisoners who told him TO &C
., uu,py tl IN short distance, and they would sho~
HIM where his hat wac. Cunningham did 50, and Sas
i.duc.o,o enter house by, when they both iei
uuon him. AID robbed him Of breastpin. worth 81,
AID pair of studs The robbers then fed, out the
aa,m given by Cunningham led the Fourteenth Ward
Police TO give chase ard they captured both OF tue
accused, with the studs in theu possession iney
were taken before Alderman Monaghan, Acting MACS
tate, and Locked up for trial.
EXPLOSION or FLUID LAMP-Two PERSONS IN
JrRfD-A fluid lamp .Npsd,d On Saturday ntsht' 10
drug store corner OF nth and Fortyf'urth
street. where 1t wss banging, and Mr Herman Gert
zen, the proprietor, shockingly burned, some OF
the fluid while burning having fallen upon his hesd
and reck. physician wss Immediately procurec,
and rendered et. .c'ua service, after which Mr c. was
conveyed TO bis Residence, Forty fourth .tree near
Ninth avenue. His recovery is doubtful. Frederick
Betz whe m the store q. the time of the e1plo-
sion, was beoly burned in his hands.
tn LATE PRIzE FIGHI.-,John Gallagher. said 10
bsve been one of the pr ncp.ls in the late przefght
on Rkers Isand was on SATURDAY arrested aud held
TO bail in 81 coo to answer for the ohense. Dutch
Uenry the other principal, ard the botteho,ders
still ct large, but the police are on their track.
SUICIDE IN PRIsos.-Msrgs'es Cshill, who h.d
been arrested for drunkenness and confined in the
pl.on at EsseA Market hung herself yesterday after
noon to the cell door, and wes discovered scon after
dead. She was atve Of ireland, 35 years Of ase.
An inquest will be held upon tho body to day
DEArH, Caused DIT rHT Excessive HEAr -rhsd-
deu- Gwyn.e sn Hshmau 10 years OF age, who re-
sded at No lOi Mott street. died yesterday from the
eff, cts o. sun stroke received the day prcvlous
Nicholas Hoffman, German, 80 years of age, who
lived at No. 80 Ridge street, died from similar
caute.
Mary Duppby eyed % year, an immigrant recently
arrived died suddenly at No. Is Nsssu street, she
having, while engaged in scrubbins floor, become
overpoweIed b, the heat.
John Stunn German 40 years Of age, died at No.
l29 Pitt street in come quence OF becoming overheated
while working IN saw mill. Coroner Gamble held
an inquest upon the bodies OF the above named de-
ceased.
FREg ACADEMY examination Of pupils Tor
son tslop into the Free Academy closed on Saturday
The Grammar Schools Of the city sent altogether
four hundred aud Ii ty lads, OF whom three hundred
and fifty were successful Schools Nos IS and 10, under
the charge Of Messrs Washington NJ Smith and Thos.
Hunter, David Il. Scott and Edwad 3. Worth, had
the pr, at, Il numbers admitted. The former school
a. n former yearsbas had remarkable success hav-
ing bed sixty FIVE of the three hundced and fifty
entered ~ pupil for the coming year. THIS is slight
aht ad Of last years lumber DR.. H. Webster CON-
planned Il st. owing TO the present sts dsrd OF la b.
cation as regards age end soosrsbp, many weak and
I'll all boys hsve entered rhe osuor, whose want OF
ph,stgre prevented them from thorough prosecution
OF Il cir sudieq We understand however, that it is
in platou to rase both the age aid the sta nd
ard Of staI NEXT to such degree will elevate tae
establishment 10 the portion Of Peoples Uni
yers,y Upon the anpounoemf mt OF the successful
candidates the Principal delivered speech, CONTAINING
sone rood advice a. regards manners ana morals.
CRY RAILROAD AccIpEsr Mr. John Burford,
who wss run over Friday by Second avenue Rail
r, ad car, died the following day ut his rtsiden g,
No 25c T,Ith street. Coroner Hills held inquest
On the body, and the following the verdict ot the
Jury: Death hy frsctuoe Of the leg by being run
''over by Second avenue Railroad, the lsth
day of July, 1856; that dece ased tel on ct piping
hom The front platform while the car Sas III motion;
"tt at neither tbe driver conductor are to baD.,
"but the Railfoad Company il deserving OF censaro
for rot acipg sufficient eategusrtls to prevent ia
grtss AID sSross from the front platform The
Sups rinter nj Of the Road present AMI
so'ed bis intel ton to urge the Board Of Directors D
M ke liberal dopston to the widow Of deceased
Mr. Bufcrd artist by profession, painter
He ratve OF England, 80 years Of age, but has
NV cd half bis life in this city.
ACALIYoRsrA RowDr ABoUr.--At the recent pistol
fl ht between Patrick Matthews aud Stephen lsOn,
ouriI which the latter losing his life, the
notorious Woolly Kearney took o conspicuous part.
7 his genius one Of the victims Of the San Francisco
Vigilance Committee, and expelled from that city
T. few weeks ago. Let the police keep q sharp eye
upon h,s veuients.
Docs-The dog pound wsnt into operstion on the
9Jrh Of June es and since that time 100 dogs have
h,u caught sod or slaughtered for which s2 100 has
beer paid by the City Treasury During the first two
days 60 "a were received at the pound corner Of
Thirty .f1 street ard mt avepue but since they
bsv. fallen of 10 about 60 per day. The best dogs
ere put ss!ce for redemption By their owners. For
pups trey pay sl; for grown dogs 81. Ii they are
Lot redeemed they are sold, and the residue are
drowned.
CHARGE or BiGAAT.--Alonzo W. Adams residing
g. No lo5 West fourteenth street was on Saturday
arrested on cbarg- of bigamy, preferred against him
10y Nh Hsnr an Msria Post, Of No n Payonia ave-
Iue, jersey City The complaint alleges that in the
year ls4s the &C used married Miss Isabel Moran, at
Soro,a California who is still living and that in Nay,
1854, be married Der ushter Catharine Van Bdren
Poet who then sbout eighteen years Of age, the
Rev DR. HsakS Of this cty being the officiating cler-