The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-12

Military AJrAIRs-JwuyrH RDunKST-Col- BpIIm.
nEp-A drIi Of the officers Of the Twelfth regiment look
place at the Thirty third street arsenal thursday
ming. II Of the most pleasing and Instructive
drills have Witnessed for tine. Tho doors wera
closed against the public, admitting only ooers Of other
regimen's-a few Of whom were prcsspt-smong then
Col Corcorsn, Lieut. Col Nugen,, Adj- Boswsck {of thu
Eintb), Gen. WEIGH and Capt Ward The noacomnn-
stoned officers formed into skeleton battalion by
mesSs or ropes 1.-THE rops Representing the comparatively
the captains placed In command ami nuoser Of
aud oorrectness he only error that we notcod
being made by the color sergeant which prompt
y corrected ard he was reprmspded By he Colonel:
Colonel Butterfe'd made his appearance With . neat
beht infantry bugle, properly siung, which excited
considerable attention among the oficers and SER
Very ceveriy mixed in with the bsitsoD mnveneuts the
instruction In the buele rounds prsctsed and
pisred, and after short time the various esmmauds,
attention" "hst," "forwsrt In quick time" "doobe
quick, &C, made familiar 70 the officers that
explanations were urpecessary and the drill was con-
Quoted Almost entirely with the bugIe. The seemed
particularly pleased with the ipnovasion. when the
drill Was dismissed many Of them or whstng the
calls The colonel coupiimspted the ocsp and men for
their attention and correctness ample apology for
their very drill on the last The regiment
90 to Fact New York next Monday for field day. leaving
70 special train at q A. N. and returning 1t p ". On
their return they win be reviewed by Breadisr General
Yates at about p. n. To Fourteenth street
sTAHHSG AyyRAy.-Abcut three O'Clock yesterday af-
terpccp Charles Gibson got into sItercaton With
oTed men named John Williams tn tas saloon No %
Worth street, when he, Gibson drew dirk and stabbed
Williams in the right arm, irncrirg a severo wound.
williams was conveyed 20 the New York Hospital and
Gibtob srrefted by roondtman kcCeary Of the Filth
vsro, and locked up to snswsr.
FIRE IN SyvYNTH AvKxpE-R eswecn nine and ten
O'Clock on Thursday morning Dire broke b
cupied frame building In Seventh avenue. between Fifty
second and Fifty third sree,s, by William Keenan,.
The building totally Destroyed loss about $500; mo-
insurance The re avo communicated 10 the too story
frame dweimg bouee Adjoining owned snd occupied by
John Bradley was damaged 10 the extent Of about
SEQ tsid 20 be fuiy insured frsme dwelling house,
owned by William Barclay and occupied by s@vevai POOR
families also dam eed 10 the extent about $3.50,
insured. The origin Of the IRE unknown II present
Nav FIRE EscArI- Soon sner the Elm street tragedy,
by which 70 many lost their lives the burning
OF tenement house, General Graham, PRESIDENT Of the
Metropolitan Insurance Company OF this city, opened
correspcndepoe with Mcssrs Barirs B'otbeys Of Lon
scn, for the purposc OF brrrug this city Of the
london IRE escapes, that might bc here practically
tested That correspondence apresreo Ia columns
ew weeks since ard have the pleasure OF learn
ne from General Grsbsm that the eersp~ has arrived In
be Liverpool ard win shortly he exhibited public.
To exbibfioo viii be looked for with much interest
CONVICTION I'VE were in error yesterday, in saying
that the body Of murdered infant found In tho rear
Of No. 90 Cherry street II should have read No. %
Cherry street.