New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-29

bolo,ngs and admitting the purest oic ies CT air
trcn rue iiver and every otcer quarter. H hsI the
'beseft OF ss sgrssble snd healthy stu stion o,n
'pessibiJ be conceived IL Is now in tue zid,t Ct
tho Ioer Of the city. An unique and rsthsr ugly
ucn crovn which ofnameDted the gu l1t Of tbs Cd.
poia for many years, and which Il still preserve n
tho archives g5ed to tell sfrosrs from the city tna Il
ras h-e'- College which they sere p.,sing II coz
tlued TO be known BY that name till a. when /:
tscsne Columbia College The proceeds CT public
Lotteries LAID the foundation of toe College. They
iD6Ee6'ee % contributions from persons both n tbs
cotJtSy aAd III England, and By grants OF land from
Trinity Cbrrcb. the vcstrynen Of which formed
fity Ofthe trustees. In whom its moneys vested.
valuable grant OF "a 90 acres IN the northern part
OF t6is State, which was obtained in l7E was subse-
quenLy oveirultd by the Of tn. treaty with Yer
mont upen IFS becoming separate State.
The College is to be removed on the lst OF DeIt
May TO the building recently occupied Deaf sud
Dumb Asylum, which stands the corner Of Forty
ninth street and Fourth avenue II owns large prop
erty ia that vicinity the gift Of the State many years
sroe, VIXEN it was known "a the EI-in or Botanic
Garden AT that time, il wholly out Of the World
in almost Inaccessible part Of the island, the
old Middle road 1t nov extends along the Fifth
nue., from Forty seventh street 10 Fity-frst street,
r1nnrg westerly to within about hundred feet Of
The Sixth avenue, and constituting 81 area Of some
twenty The college purposed building on those
premises before now but has postponed that step in
Consequence Of the project which has been recently
made CT cutting q new avenue between the Fifth sad
Sixth. As the College has been compelled to abandon
its present location, by the opening Of q street
through College Green it is not thought advisable to
be subjected to renewal Of go disagreeable an
experience. On this account resort is had TO the tom
porary e1pedeut of occupying the old Deaf and Dumb
Asylum building, which is being sted and fitted
up for It's new owners"
ArTTSPT At SUIcIDF.-Msthew Qainn, residing al
the ~ Mulberry and Csu streets attempted suicide
Yesterday afternoon BY Swallowing two ounces Of AuiAnu
he taken 10 the Fourteenth Wsrd Station House where
Dr. Mcdonnell succeeded removing the poison HE
stomach and think he will Poverty Arising from his
being unable 20 got work the incentive which led him
attempt his life.
RrS OvTR BY CITY RAILROAD CAR.-Caleb
Godfrey ashore residing in Sxtyhrst street lying in
toxicsted the trek uncen OF Second and
Fyrlnih O'Clock yesterday morning. when
along and him He conveyed TO he Hos
pitai. seriously injured.
DTsoEST UPON DIsoRDERIY HorsE.-The Eighth
Police made descent, Tuesday night, the erb
No 10 Greene street kept by one Ehzsbeth Wilson, as re-
for English thieves and other vile characters The keeper
arrested also Of her attendants They were
seiWd bes.d upon condition that :hey would yseae the
premises.
FATAL CANPHESF ACCIDENT. e oroner Perry held
inquest No LIS Third street upon the body Anne
Funk native OF Germany 8 yesrs Of age whose eeath
the result burr her clothes having taken ire from
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