New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-07


fore Jusice Quackent ur, order to become bail for
James Burns, charged with arson. It wassQon ascer-
tanned that tie Secondstreet property bad been owned
for years by Capt HART Of the Tweniy-sxth Precincs
Police. Therenpon Chase was arrested for perjury,
and locked mp for examination.
I PURLoIEISG WATcHEs-Cresceusia Roth, servant
in tie house of VIM. NJ. Wenncrsc,irck of No TT
Forsyth street, arrested on Saturday upon her
own confession Of having purloined and pawned two
watches, the property Of Mr.. Wennerschirck. Ca
the I'd of March the first watch, fine gold one worth
$l5O. was missed and not long sncc another, worth
go was also suddenly distracted. Crescensia WAS
charged with the tbefts, but denied them. police
man however discovered that the first watch had been
pawned by her at shop in Canal street for sj, and
that the ticket for the same had been bought up By the
broker for an additional s.. She was confronted with
this evidence and she confessed the whole. Creseen-
sin il the half sister Of Wennerscbircks wife. She
was committed to answer.
A PRIzE-FIGHT SToPPED.-On Saturday nignt, at
or near II o'clock as coxswain Smiley and the crew
Of the harbor-police barge No were pulling mp and
down the East River they heard pistol shots upon the
shore, and shortly after a crowd of between two and
three hundred persons came down the pier No. y, at
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the side of schooner and gained the Northumberland
by the crowd, who by this time collected in hard
knot, and from the center of whom came phrases like
! he following: Fair play !" " Time! !" :" Half min
ute time" and various other expressions indicating
that iistic encounter was in progress. The police
quietly penetrated the mass, and arrested Charles
! Cam and Thomas Mullen, who were stripped to the
waist and busily engaged in fighting the third round
of their nocturnal battle When the presence Of the
authorities was made known by their action, the sec
! onds and the bystanders fled in utter confusion.
| leaving clear field 10 the Harbor Police and their
prisoners, who were taken to the Secoud Ward
| Station.
| The Public Readng-Room Association of the Six
teenth Ward Of the City Of New York have established
! their readng-room at No. 2i5 Eighth avenue near
Twenty third street. They have subscribed for and
are in the receipt of nearly all the daily and several Of
the weekly newspapers of this city, and some Of the
most prominent newspapers of Albany, Philadelphia,
and Washington rejected without distinction Of party
Arrangements are in progress to obtanperodicals and
n simply of public documents, and Of the speeches of
public men on the political questions of the day. Tbs
rooms are also secured and fitted mp for Republican
headquarters a. well rs for the purposes of reading
ROOM 1t is designed make this enterprise an eii-
cent means of organizing the party, of canvasng the
Ward and of promoting the SUCCESS Of the Republican
candidates in the approaching Presidential campaign
The rooms will be opened on Tuesday evening, May 3
| 1860, at 8 O'Clock. report viii be made by the
Board Of Directors to the Association and addresses
are expected from several prominent Republicans Of
the city, William c. Russell is President, MordecaL
| Marsh yice-Presdent, William Orion Secretary, and
james Cuthe Treasurer.
| VNESTISEs MANuAL.-The venerable Clerk Of the
| Common Council has issued his Manual for 1860. 1t
contains the usual list of Corporation officials and the
officers of the various public bodies in the city together
with vast amount of general information in regard
to Corporation affairs. As usual it is rich in historical
| matter pertaining to ancient New-fork. In the appen-
dix there is interesting chapter real estate opera
tons in the oden tme the surveys and laying ont Of
highways are also given with copies of papers relating
to grants of municipal privileges prior to the Dongan
Charter of 1885, The volume is profusely illustrated
with local scenes and events both past and present
The Hon. Fernando Wood, and other delegates to
the Charleston Convention, arrived on Saturday MORN
ing in the steamship James Adger.
| CrLPABLE CARELEssSEss.-On Friday evening last
a lady called at the drug store of G.. A. Warrier, cor
ner of Stanton and Lewis streets and desired to pur-
chase some seidtz powders. The German IN attend
ance gave the lady two powders, which she took
home As she was about to mix them she noticed
that one of them was of peculiar color, and she con-
sequently hesitated about taking them. Subsequently
she took them the Eleventh Ward Station House,
where the dark coored powder was pronounced to be
red precpate, deadly poison, The druggist was in
informed Of bis eareessnes. wlsn, win lhe sVva'S',
alacrity, he offered to exchange the pow
not seem to comprehend that he had nearly sacrificed
human life. Such mistakes are by far too common in
this city, but may be expected long incompetent
| persons left in charge of drugs of poisonous
| nature.
Sr,BBISG AFTRAY.-Stephcn Waliron. carpenter,
and Francis Brnnengen got into a difficulty on FRI
day night in Forty-nnth street. near First avenue,
when the former stabbed the latter very seriously in
the left breast. The wounded man was conveyed 10
his residence in Fory-eighth street where he lies in
critical condition. Wadron was arrested and locked
up to await the result Of Brunnengen's injuries.
| GERMAN ISsKEEPERs MEErING.-About four hum
bred German innkeepers, who organized several weeks
since into Society for the protection of their business
against the Sunday Jaws, held their third weekly meet
ing on Saturday morning, at the Stadt Theater, in the
Bowery-the President, Mr.. Lutz, in the chair. Mr..
Lindemdler, proposed that henceforth the hser-beer