New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-29


us when the Celored Home 10 this city stood ready ID
receive them It was in making civil reqoes' to the
United States Marshal that they might be so disposed
of, tina, Mr.. Lewis Tappan and his grandson were so
brutally assaulted by Rynders aud his rufians.
FAST TRAVEL on The HARLEM RAILRoAD-The
Express train Of the Harlem Railroad left Chatham on
Saturday morning fifty five minutes after tme being
delayed at East Albany. II arrived at New York at
the usua time having the distance from Chatham,
one hundred and thirty miles In three hours aud
twenty minutes-or forty miles an hour-ineiahng
stoppages.
METERS FOR THE CRoTor.-The necessity for devils
ing measures by which the extravagaut waste OF the
Crotop may be restrained has often forced itself upon
the ate ntjou of the Cro.on Board The only eectua
plan for secarug this end to be the placing OF
meters in houses and manufactures where the Croton
L. used and requiring payment for the quantity there
By repisered-a plan which at distant dayl may be
adopted. II will probably be nearly year before the
new reservoir Of capacity Of 700 600 900 gallons, now
In proce,s of erection can be made avaiable and as
within the last year. the drain has been greatly In
creased by the large number Of faucets for neT houses
snd manufacturing establishments which have been
toward having the present supply carefully husbanded
otherwise casually such as occurred year ago.
in the bursting at Eigbty-6rst street OF one OF tae
mains connecting the receiving with the distributing
reservoir, would in case Of fire. be]ikey 10 be attended
with most disastrous consequences.
HOMICIDE IN THE SIXTH WARD.-0n Tuesday night
last three or four young in the grocery store
at the corner of Pearl street and City Hall place, when
some CT them began to joke Frederick Schach clerk
there in reference to young woman of his acquaint-
ance Schacht eventually became angry and struck
one of his tormentors The blow was returned, aud
all became interested in the difficulty. Finally Sohacht
ran behind the counter and seized ceaver, with
which be struck Michael Cavanagh violent blow
upon the head. Cavansgh vas badly icjured, and wa'
Immediately removed 10 the New. York Hospital. 1t
wac there asertaioed that he had sustained an extern
sve fracture of the skul from the effect of which he
died on Friday. Schscht Immediately fled to Staten
Island, where bs was subsequently arrested by Officer
Golden of the Sixth Ward. Coroner o Keefe on Sat-
urday held an inquest on the body of Cavanagh when
the Jury rendered verdict of death at the hands OF
Scbacht. The prisoner is native of Hanover, %
years Of age and says he struck the declared in self
defense He was committed to the Tombs to await
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years.
VERDICT OF CEssURE. Edward Curry, Irish
laborer aged 80 years, engaged in cartDg dirt from
the Central Park, was crossing the New-Haven
Rail- DAD with bis cart near Fifty seventh street, when
the locomotive of down train of struck the cart
and instantly killed Curry. Coroner Gamble on Ss-
uday concluded an inquest on the body when it was
Il hat NJ the nf
30 miles an hour The jury rendered a verdict GEN.
suripg the Railroad Company for allowing the trains
to be run 70 rapidly within the city limits adding that
they considered Mr. Hurd the Iepgneer in charge Of
the train guilty of cupable negligence in not sacken
ing bis space while crossing the streets where there
were 80 many persona passing. The Coroner there
upon issued a warrant for the arrest OF Hurd.
CoLLIsIoN-As the new steamer Fire Dart was
CT ming down the East River trial trip Sa.ur
dsy morning, she into by the Fulton Ferry
boat Brooklyn, carrying away the starboard paddle
box and doing other damage to her, She was towed
back to the dock. The Brooklyn had the forward
part of the ladies cabin stove in.
CHILD MURDER.-On Saturday morning the dead
body of male child was found tied up in bundle in
the lumt or yard No. lis Fifth avenue. An inquest
was held upon it by Coroner Schirmer, and a post
mortem examination made by Dr. Bouton. Five dis
tnct ,tabs were found the body in the region Of the
heart some of which extended to that organ. The
wounds had the appearance of having been Inflicted
with pair of sharp pointed scissors, and were I'M
queetionably made while the child was living. The
Jury rendered verdict of death from stabs at the
hands Of some person unknown.
FATAL AcCIDEsT.-Yes.erdsy morning about 10
O'Clock, az Engine Company No. I6 was running up
West Broadway TO fire in the Fourth District, an
intoxicated man named Michael Morris seized hold OF
the drag rope. He for snort distance, but when
opposite York street he fell do wn and in spite of the
sxertions of the men who had the tongue, the engine
passed over the neck of the PROSTATE man. He was
Immediately picked up conveyed TO the Fifth Ward
Sstiop House. but he was dead reaching there, bis
neck having been broken. The deceased was resi-
dent of Brooklyn, aged about35 years, brush-msker
by trade and leaves a wife and two children. Wit
nesses of TIE fatal attach no blame to the
Engine Company. Coroner Schrmer will hold an in
quest on the body to-day.
BURGLARS AT WoRK-Mr. William Tess, Ger.
man, sleeps in bis grocery store, No. 81 Greenwich
street short time before daylight yesterday morn
ing, he was awakened by hearing noise in the front
part of the store On turning in bed to see the
csuse of it, he discovered two behind the counter
busly engaged in examining his stock. He quietly
drew revolver from beneath his pillow, and was pre-
parng TO fire ut one of them when they detected his
movements and ncontinently hed. He fired 1t them
"on the wing" however, but shot vile Of the marx,
and they succeeded in escaping 6v the door. which
they had previously broken open. Sab jI7nty,
Officer Studley of the Fifth Waod arrested one OF
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