New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-08

next speculation was al the stall of Mr.. Won Ssger,
No. - Fulton Market, where lie purchased side of
beef but whether be succeeded in deirsuding Mr..
Sager we arc not informed. Mr.. AldeFdice kept
sharp lookout foe him, aud succeeded il recovering
two Of the pictures at house in Sixth street between
the Rowery and Second avenue. Last night Officer
James Esgan OF the Eleventh Precinct, who hal been
watching fo- Osborn. arrested him al the house in
Sixth street. He locked up for the night. He
will b. taken before Justice Steers at the Essex Max.
ket Police Court, this morning, for examination.
ALErTER from THEODORE EIsFELD.-The follow
ng has been received by lady of this city who has
furnished il for publication:
"IsrE FAYaL, Azores, Oct. 5, 1853.
give you some news Of my exile Since my arr;
val here | have been very III. The terrible shock
have received morally and physically, has reduced
me 10 such state of feebene~s that hope you viii
excuse my lacopicism ard ncongruity. Hoping also
Il at NAV dispense with recital OF the diSaster--of
those see res OF despair between husbands aud wives
between mothers and children, between brothers and
sisters which witnessed. On, it is dreadful And
TO think that out of than 800 persons on boari
only IS are saved!
;; From the moment that the fire was known beyond
doubt we saw upon the promenade deck neither cap
tain ROT officers, even Sailors but only the passen-
gers and they IN the most complete Disorder The
officers were all very youngeyen the first engineer
and could not have had much experience nor knowl.
edge Of their great responsibility. The captain,
man about 40 Yeas of age, was the first to lose his
senses and throw himself overheard That was
good exar pie The Francis metallic lite-boats were
burnt except two, which overcrowced and filled
with water Immediately.
"The cannon were in tie lower part of the ship, so
there was not possibility Of dischargng one as sign
of distress to draw the attention IT the vessels we
could see at a great distance. There lfe.pre.
servers and not chairs or stools with compressed
air. which would have served To sustain US while on
the wster. nor pumps 70 put out the IRE staid on
board till the flames reached me and then threw my
self into the sea, where | swain for two hours and
half with my clothes on, without any support. BY
this time had lost my strength, and after Offering
prayer and thinking of my friends went down. II
is supposed that commencement threw me many
times to the surface when ut last was picked up by
fhe small boat, iDsensbe and carried on board the
French bark Maurice, Capt. Ernest Rensud one OF
the brayest and most noble men il IL possible to I'M
agine. He had me placed in his own bed, and after
irving thousand experiments, they brought me back
to life. During four days was in perfect state Vi
delrium, after which was perfectly Frustrated. Inc
10Th Of September l was landed at Faya, where L
have been very sick, my chest and lungs beng very
much influenced by the quantity Of salt water swa.
lowed and the exposure. l shall probably be forced
to pass the Winter here and do not think 1t likely
VIII be able 10 return to New-York before April
81 have received much attention from different fam
iie- here The military Governor, American Consul,
and the Consul from Hamburg, have visited me. One
German gentleman who lives here, Mr.. A. ID ORGY
has treated hnectlOnatey, tnht ne CdhS tlTcc
four tines day to see that want for nothing
Please ask the gentlemen of the Press to publish
THEODORE EISFELD"
AMERICANS ABRoAD.-The following is list Of
Americans registered at the banking Office of Messrs
Lansing, Baldwin & Co., No. Place de la Bourse,
Paris, from Oct. to Oct. u, 1853:
Thomas Owen. C. b Owen T.. Goodwin, D. Leroy and fam
ly, W p Lolsworth aud family Mn. T. Cary and ia%y
Hat dtyfa f.aolrf eh \.
Lawere W n Cavity and WIFI W. G B n t.%.
Forsp. Dr.. " Hecoaft and ws g. w Hasemeysr G
f. RsF ss Sh FoSss L. Ro '1 y Ma
bs.t. JAS wsdron, Or @ Adams and WIFE, C Jenkins G.
Jackson, n y Dr G Beck and wife Jeremy Wilson p.
ce II roS. q and fa%' .S e.
daughter, w j. Raes.on, D. L. Ely, Ohio; w Wood and
Garner m; w TurnbuI aud wife, H. o Hepburn, Cal; Z.
C. Cabel and WIFE, fla s. J. X ser', KY
FarAL ARRAY IN A BROADWAY SMoos.-The old
Art Union building, No. 49, Broadway has been con-
verted into GROCERY, lagerbeer resort where the
patrons are required TO pay ten cents each admission
fee. In the OF the place stage has been erected
upon which variety of comic performances singing
and dancing follow each other in the evenings, for the
amusement OF the beer drinkers On Saturday night
about II o'clock, the place was about to be closed
brief tragedy, not mentioned 10 the bills was enacted
there. There large number of intoxicated men
on the premises, sOme of whom were sitting or stand
inc near the stage. Among this number was young
man named William s. Tompkins, who, during gen
ersl conversation which was gong on made remark
which gave oense to of the party, who thereupon
kicked and at the time struck him powerful
blow on or near the jugular vein, Telling him to the
floor. Tie assailant Immediately fled behind the
scenery, and was no more. T,e spectators did
not seem TO know who it that gave the blow, or
where be belonged. As yet, his name has not been
ascertaned. Soon after the occurrence took place. H.
fous alton reached Officer Wsrk Of the Eighth Precinct,
then on duty block or two lower down Broadway,
and be FASTENED to the place, where lie saw two men
conveying Iompkns TO carriage in front OF the door.
Tompkins insensibe, and, to all appearances,
grossly intoxicated. The two men, claiming to b. his
friends also too drunk to give the officer any n-
formation the subject further than that Tompkins
had been struck by an unknown man. who had es-
capped. TompkiDs was then taken to the Eighth
Ward Police Station, where, by order OF Capt. Turn
bull, he WAS driven to his boarding house, No. 81
Third street. Tompkins never restored to con-
seriousness and died after reaching home. There
was no blood vsibe on his person. external marks
Of vioerce The cause Of death can only be deter
mined by post-moItem examination, which has been
ordered by Coroner Connery. Capt Turnbull is using
every e1erton arrest the who struck and kicked
the deceased. Tompkins IT was stated had recently
returned from California.
DEATH or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS And
GRIZZLIES TOWARD THE REV. FREDERICK GROVE,
IL SIASsH AAERIcA.--The Rev. Frederick Grove
died yesterday morning at the Westminster House.
Mr.. Grove went from Great Britain about twenty
years ago. to Belize and established himself as an IN
dependent missionary AFTER about thirteen years