The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-28
City Intelligence.

THE CLEANING OF THE CITY-According to our announce
men in Saturdays paper the work of cleaning the streets
Of this city was set about yesterday morning by Mr.
Smith, the machine man, and Broadway swept from
Fourteenth street to the Battery The contractors first
object will be the regulation Of the removal Of the ashes
and garbage and clearing up the winter accommodations
Of dirt from the streets should the prove avora
April after which he will then clean the streets "a often
in each week the Mayer Comptroller and City Inspec.
the prosecution Of this work Of sweeping Mr. smith in
tends using his new street sweepers the advantages OF
which over bis old ones being that they are completely
gather up the dirt BY their sweeping apparatus into
box thereby obvating the old plan Of sweeping into
three hundred, which, with the machines viii make the
entire working force the streets during the spring
equal to about one thousand men-a sufciency
70 have the streets In good order all the time Let the
contractor have fair play in carrying out this important
matter In taking hold Of the job he finds everything
tem-no small undertaking in our modern Babel. ap-
pears no formal contract has yet been entered into
being merely conditional and even without he concur
renee OF the Mayor and Comptroller.
"WHAT IS rs'-They have added TO the list OF curios
ties at Barnum's Museum . most extraordinary freak
Of nature consisting Of creature supposed 70 belong
the DURAN outang Species but having Ill the appearance
Of human being was said TO have been captured in
by party who were in search Of the famous gorilla II
stands about four feet high and it weighs Some fty
pounds IT, age cannot be correctly escertaned but Is
hands, and head thoseof an DURAN outang but
its movements are those Of . human being. Those
frequently INDUCES in, should stop in, and
form for themselves an opinion as 70 What 10 a'' Aher
cloud Of doubt and uncertainty We turned into the iec
ture room where the Octoroonn was being performed
This play having had the Of two Of our theatres has
been taken up and placed upon the stage Barnums,
where forEhe last four weeks il has attracted crowds
very we'll put upon the STAGE and the acting highly
appears never 10 wear Of and With its endless VARIETY Of
strange thingsis BEARS seals and lecture room-wiIl
always draw full houses despite the hard times and the
amusements
FRI In CANAL SrREsr-NARRow ESCAPE Occu.
PANTS OF The BUILDING FROM SUnoCAnoS- ween three
and four O'Clock yesterday morning, IRE broke out
in the millinery and chidrens furnishing goods store
Of Madam L. Pestoux, No. 33s Canal street. Mrs. Pes
oux her son and servant, slept IN the building and
stairs cut Off they compelled make their escape
through the windows The girl got out at the rear and
exhausted and fell to the floor but reeninS her
she ct last managed 10 break the glass when with the
q some persons outside che was taken to the
to room q So and before tho s
furniture viii amount 70 about q 500 Insured fer 81 900
in the North American Insurance Company.
..o No. s.. So Is Occupied By Mrs ycocs - millinery
by Dire and water about $780, insured for $500 in the tx
celsior Insurance Company The second floor Is occupied
by Mrs. Whitney a. dwelling; her furniture ID damaged
by water about 800; NO insurance.
No. 3a8 Is occupied by Madame Demorest Goodall az
pattern store and dwelling Her stock ID damaged by
water about $780, insured for d 900 the Pacific ns
The building No. ss4 owned by Judge Mitchell; IL s
damaged about $500, and ID insured.
Buildings Nos S36 and 33S owned by Mrs. Colt.
They are damaged about $780, and are said to be insured
The origin Of the IRE 10 unknown ct present
MISSIONARIES SAnm.-Rev. Solomon Carpenter, d. n.
and wife, sailed for hanshae China, in the ship N B.
Palmer the oath nst missionaries Of the Seventh
Day Baptist church Che shang a. native teacher Who
caune 10 this country With Mr. Carpenter on his return
last year, also returned In the N B. Palmer Thus the
attention Of the heather world to be held to the con-
deraou Of the Sabbath Of the dAy a. we'll A TIA
sabbath Of the 1rst day Of the week The controversy
and the new Sabbatarians
S1HAlNo LxrTms FROM The NEW Posr Oyy7cx Boxn-A
little girl named Jane Ann Mcclure, was arrested BY
ocsr Jordan Of the Sixth precinct yesterday charged
with stealing letter and newspaper from letter box ~
the corner Of Broadway and White street she va seen
70 thrust ner hand into the opening and draw forth the
etf and Newspaper, and the ofcer was called who took
her into custody.
AInSrn 10 Hs MEMORY or DAMN FASsHAw.-rhe New
York typographical Society held meeting on lasa sasur.
day evening, whom Mr. Charles McDevitt announced Mr.
FsushaWb death, prououacing eloquent euiogium
the dcoeased and giving brief sketch Of his fs Reso
ordering, mark OF respect 70 their departed brother
thA the rooms Of the Society be drAped In morning for
Tho term Of thirty days, unanimously adopted.
Law Iscrunx BY JupGs Crmxx tenth Of oourss
Of exceedingly interesting lectures On law, By Judge
Cerke Of the Supreme Court will be delivered This even
me relation Of Guardisn and ward and Infancy In
which the liability Of infants TO the civil and criminal law