New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-09

eties- very pretty esthtVic thing, and cpportuno.
In our hsue of Tuesday, June 5, we spoke Of ths
Croon Reservoir and among oer things SAID tbss w
first cargo of granite for the gateICres had been 70
ceived from Nova Scotia. In this Lass particulw ~
were misirform4d The cargo alluded 10 was from
Spence Head Quarry" Seal Harber, at the mouth 81
the Penobscot River State Of Maine, tho same quarry
from which the base corners Of the Catbedraln Ffk
ayenae and Fiftyf street laid; ALSO the tasemsze
Of the Deaf and Dumb Ins,inte, and the handsome
bridges in the Central Park are built.
| PLggse-PSEUNosIA IN HoRsx.--A homeopfttkg
physician communicates TO the following interesting
and yaleabe account of his treatment Of of dis
ease ia ons of his borsssthe symptoms Of which -
resemble The terrible mslady which is devastating ths
herds in Eastern Massachusetts, 10 to naturally sugss<
the inquiry if the pleuro-Pneumonia may not extend "
the horses Of this country "A well a. 10 the horned
cattle. The horse first observed 70 lose hi, spir-
its, and then bis strength The next day. rs he stood
in bs stall be hung his head and refused 10 eas bst
manifested great Thirst. His mouth was hot, and
his tongue pale and dry. His respiration was super
| fetal, hot, and painting. The eyes were dull and
wsery, nossrils extended and red. He had dry but
not frequent coagb. The pulse not much dis
move or stand. The treatment was: Aconite of the
l2h four doses three hours apart-permitted 70 sn
II hours the day, bryonia of tho 30h dissolved
| in bucket quarter full of water, taken al O
draugt repeated evening and again the even
ing. Under the acone the heat of the horses mouth
disappeared and the thirst essened. After the bry
onia the capacity cough increased showing that the
strong hepazaon of the lungs had dimin;shcdi then
bis general strength increased and his appetite grew.
One dose Of phesphorous Both, given 81 hours after.
completed the of case every Of whose symp
toms was the "pleuropneumonia" Of Massachusetts,.
A MAIL CARRIER STEALING LgTTFRs.-EdwaN
Cox, porter recently in the employ of ID. w. Evans
& Co., No. GIT Broadway, who had been discharged
on suspicion Of puronng the letters Of the firm which
it was his business TO fetch from the Post Office
cent the City Prison Thursday for trial by United
States Commissioner Belts the evidence against him
having transpired in the following manner: Shortly
after bis discharge Cox, sled with what hs
had already stolen, approached the lad who was now
the messenger Of the firm, aud proposed that key
should he got to fit the box in which the letters
carried, On operation which was represented per-
fectly cafe and quite profitable. The lad said he would
think about it, and told his mother through whom fr
the firm and then Mail Agent Holbrook got informa-
ton of the scheme and laid their plans for detection
accordingly. On Tuesday the box purposely sft
urocked, and Cox being at the PosOsce for ,he pur-
pose above mentioned, by appointments, led the boy,
secretly followed by Holsrook, into the largo law
BUILDING at the corner of Broadway and Barclay street.
When the twain returned to the street. Mr. Holbtook
arrested Cox, and on being searched eleven letters
were found in his pockets.
DEDICATION OF New CHURcH.-The meeting
house of the South Baptist Church. under the pastoral
charge of the Rev. T. W. Conway, located at the tor
minus Of the Staten Island Railroad will be dedicated
with appropriate services on the 18th and lith lust
Dedication sermon by the Rev. Edward Lathrop, d.
D., of New-York. Other sermons by the Rev. W. s.
Mikes, the Rev. Thomas Armitage d. D., and the
Rev. A. d. Gillette, New-York Closing sermon by
he Rev. J. n. Toman of Staten Island. Services 70
| begin at lOl O'Clock on Tuesday, 18th.
Since roasting people alive in tenement-houses has
become the fashion much ceverness has been directed
to devising means of escape from houses on IRE.
Among these we notice invented by Mr.. II. o.
Baker, Assistant Fire Marshal, which is simply bal
comics under each row Of upper-wndows with stair
way fastened horizontally under each balcony capable
of being insiantaneousy lowered at the proper angle
so that from the highest point all persons even the
vanages are claimed by this PLAN 1t cannot be ussd
by robbers it ia in daily use, and therefore not IN
ured it can be placed in front of building being or
Damental and useful in ordinary. Messrs. Baker and
McCiill are the patentees.
RAILROAD AccrpYgr-A WoMAs RUN OYER ON
THE HARLEM RArLRoAD.-As the Croton Falls train
coming down, Friday morning, through Nor
rsania woman with pitcher in her hand undertook
10 the track mme datey in front of the ocomo
tive calculating, probably, like great many other
bad calculators that sho could travel as fast as
steam-engne OF course she missed her calculation.
and sent flying off the track. The wonder is that
she not killed instantly instead Of escaping with
bad bruises. II il wonder that just such acci
dents do not happen every day for every day people
the track with such degree of recklessness that
it utterly impossible for the engineer to avoid them
If they happen TO be moment too late In the present
| instance, the woman, who midde-aged one, and
said TO DO French and over week resident at that
place, appeared 30 have out of one Of the small
houses that stand cose by the track and started to cross
with the train full in view upon long, straight line,
running at moderate speed, and before the engineer
could zee or know that she intended to ahead of
him she was upon the track and in another instant
was struck and thrown off, Then the train was
STOPPED as promptly as possible; but it was almost
fourth of a mile ahead of where the accident occurred
which shows how impossible It is for engineer to
avoid collision, although he might rec the objed
some distance ahead. The train was Immediately
backed up, and aagman sent back to stop the ex
pected New-Haven train while Conductor Banta
hurried the spo. to learn the extent Of injury and