New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-16
BROOKL wv ITEMS.

BROOKL YN WEWS.
TIE BR6ADw,r RlGLR0,D.-Within few days
past Messrs James NJ. Waterbury, John A. Cross,
Seymour L. Hustled and John NJ. Furman have be-
come largely interested with the original stockholders
! in the Broadway l.. ID. Railroad. 1t is now in a
very Hourishing condition, running twelve cars, with
accommodation for four thousand passengers, daily.
Two cars, capable of carrying one hundred passen-
| gers each, will be ready by the lst Of July. These
are intended for excursion With four more cars
that are expected to be ready by the st of July the
road will accommodate five thousand passengers
! daily.
! The FIRST REFORMED PREsBYTERIAs CHCRCH.-
! A new edifce for the First Presbyterian Church,
situated in Duilied street near Myrtle avenue, wa.
opened Yesterday for Divine service. The building is
Of brick II feet front by 7S feet deep, and occupies
three lots of ground. An addition in the rear, occu
| pied a. lectme.room on the first floor, and by the
Sunday School on the second floor is 2l feet by %
feet in extent The body Of the church is capable of
accommodating 700 persons. The pulpit is plainly
and neatly furnished. and the wall is finely res-
/ coed. The seats are of black walnut, and the asles
are carpeted gallery, intended eventually for the
choir is erected the front entrance, immediately
opposite the pulpit A ventilator in the ceiling
! equazes the atmosphere, and even in hot weather
! will have n tendency to make it agreeable in the
church. The cost of the structure so O0O of which
sum large proportion has already been paid The
mason work Of the building done by Mr.. WIN.
MoElrOy. the carpenter work by Messrs. Horton &
W son, and the pews constructed by Mr.. nos.
McKetchie. The building is in the ordinary style Of
architecture, and is located in fine neighborhood.
ri .1,,.a .rl no Rav
G. II. Mcmillan pastor elect, preached an eloquent
and appropriate discourse in the morning, from the
latter clause of the 9TH verse the Sth Psalm, Al
my springs are in me-" sermon was preached in
the afternoon by the Rev. John n. Mcleod, ID. d.,
of New-York, and in the evening by Prot. T. w. j.
Wyc of Philadelphia; after which the paster elect
was installed rector of the congregation.
The Sunday-sohool attached to the church numbers
over 100 children, under the superintendent of Mr..
WIN. Mckinney, assisted by fourteen teachers.
The SEVENTH REGIMgSr-The Seventh Regiment
of New-York have made arrangements with the
Greenpoint Ferry Company to take them from the
foot Of Tenth street this morning and land them at
Hunters Point, whence they will proceed to Fashion
Race Course, where they will encamp for the day,
returning in the evening.
CRY MoRTALTY.-The number of deaths IN this
citv was unusually small last week. The Health
Officer gives total of u, of which II were men, Il
women, % boys and - girls OF that, 10 died of con-
vulsions inantile of consumption, of Group, OF
dropsy in the head, | of smallpox &c. Under
year of age - Natives Of the United States, 50;
Ireland 49, England, 81 Germany q unknown, /.
ATTEMPT TO THROW \ WOMAN OyERBoARD.-A
seafarng man named James Hunter took a loose
womsn named Betsy Gill, on board of a vessel lying
near the foot Of Montague street, Friday night,
and getting into dispute with her threatened to cut
her throat With knife and then attempted to throw
her overheard Officer Munson attracted to the
spot. and arrested Hunter. The woman refused to
prefer complaint against him, when he was commit
ted for examination the complaint Of the officer,
and the woman was retained a. a witness
RowprI.N.-A youth named William McGowan,
Yesterday afternoon tried to raise fight in South
Sixth street, near Fifth. Upon Sergeant Jacobs at
tempting to arrest him. he refused to submit and with
the assistance of Officer Wintringham, had to be
dragged to the Statior-T House. The occurrence at
traced quite crowd and disturbed the neighborhooi'
FIRElND ARROW Escape FROM SCFFoCATIOS.-
About 81 o'clock yesterday morning fire broke out
in the house Of George Oney, No II Lafayette ave-
nue. and the rooms of the upper stories were hlled
with smoke before the family became apprised OF
their danger. When they discovered their situation
thew groped their way down stairs with great oitf'
Guilty and finally got into the open air without sustain
ing any personal injury The servant girl, ho"eVer,
aborng under the impression that the usual 9de VI
egress cut off, threw herself cot OF the thiId-'1oy
window. and was il is feared, fatally injured ne
fire originated in the basement, from acclde, ald had
evidently been burning for long time before Il wa
discovered The flames were, however, speehly sup
pressed Damage about 81 go; insured IL the NasSa"
| Company. ::
| About O'Clock the evening previous me goois N
the show window Of John kennys store, No. 10 ~
lautic street caught fire from the gas burner. ihe
flames were extngushed BY officer Ryder oi me ihIu
| Precinct police before any serious damage hAd re-
! suited.
| Boy RCS OyEP.-A boy named John fisns3an u
o. ~ a over ~ uld In James street on Sssufat
rsh and sustained fracture oi one Of bis anc!es h- =,
| oa The co.urE of Warren s1i Nevins s,:e--
| TR,ssFFE OF PRIsoSERs.-The prisoners aTTestrt
Send Police, beretotYre tE.ei ~
Vohi-. have been transferred Justice C2fn"eAs ,'
Ths hGsiusH-d Justice vii hers,i:rr secd - e4'H 'I-
| DETFCTIOS CF 4 BrRGLtR.-A young man Halheu -
MstLex Small va. -rtei IN pork p.c Anz
tn of Aui.y Sturdy morning by Ofic-t
tie Thin Prrcnc; lie. He eazis-d n 80. 1s n
desk time, bu had PpoTln-y % t2kr il -
va. committed By Jas;ee BisAey % AVA: eIani-aia