The New York herald., 1862-04-01
$4,000
City Intelligence.

FIRE IN FRoxT srREEr-Loss About s34, ,OoO.-Abou,
three O'Clock on Monday morning, fire broke in
tho rear part OF the third floor OF building No. I13 Front
street, known No. los Wall street. The floor
occupied by H. s. Racket, packet agent. Tho ro II is
supposed originated from fire getting between
the flooring and ceiling during the burning Of the Office II
Barrell son tho previous evening" and II no doubt
cared tho notice Of the nrcmcn At tho time this fire
broke the premises in charge of the insurance
patrol The flames spread rapidly throughout the upper
oors extended into tho butter and cheese store
No Iii Front street owred by Cartwright and Harrison
md before the flames exlnguised the building and
its contents entirely destroyed. The following
cupans Of No 1l3 Front street. or Nos 1O5 and 10 Wall
sustained damage by fire and wacr:-H s. Rack
et packet agent; loss $500; no Insurance. John 7.
| Brady, liquor broker less $3.50; no insurance.
| u. A. Scrymser q Co., merchandise brokers: loss
Geo Barreli son loss $50; insured. Brunes Ocker-
shauscn Co.. sug brokers; loss $500 insurance.
Chas T. Fndcy Co. tea brokers; loss 500 no insur-
insurance No Ill Front street. butter and cheese
OF Cartwright Harrson loss about s25.OOo insured
for s27 900, in the following insurance companies
| Knckorbocksr. Homo, United States, Arctic, Cont.
mental Groccrs' Manhattan Commercial No. 100 Front
street produce store wn A. Keller ioss about $500
insured for sie 900 in the Citizens Fast River Rccf
and riremens Trust. rhs buildings Nos. Ill and 113
Front street owned by the estate of H. Pendloton
Thoy damaged 10 the extent OF about SO 900; fully
insured in city insurance CO mpanics
DEATH TusouGu ALLEGED CARErESsyEss or DRrGGrr.--
Coroner Ranney held inquest last Thursday at No
12e Fast Twenty-sxth street, on the body Of William
Henry Hawkes. little child about year old, who came
TO his DEATH alleged, through tho csrelessness of
clerk in the drug of J. W. Dung corncr OF Third
avenue and Twenty street From tho evidence
ELECTED IL appears that In. r. w. Ranney was called 10
attend the child and ordered prescription, Of which
the compound tincturo d opium, paregorc, formed
one of constituents. Tho clerk in putting up the pre-
scription, IL charged, substituted by mistake tho
strong tncture Of opium for parcgorc The consequence
was that the child came TO its death BY overdose of
laudanum The Coroners jury rendered verdict In
cordance with the facts and implicated tho drug clerk
as the cause of the chids DEATH Coroner Rnney has
issued warrant for the arrest Of the clerk, who disap
peared during the inquest and has not turned up
MYSTERIOUS DrsArrEARAscE or Mrss MARY II. VAN Nor
pES who lett her aunts house, No. 15e Forty eighth
street, New York. Saturday, tho 22d inst, for her
mothers house Brooklyn. Since which clue Of her
whereabouts be had, although the two cities have
been searched for her She her 18th yoar tall of her
age light complexion, dark gray eyes, brown hair, has
scar on her right temple, had when she left her
auut's a plaid dress, black cloth cloak and pink and
white hood ANY friend Of humanity hearing thing
OF her (eitner dead ave) will confirm great favor
on her relatives by calling addressing \. b. Ladd
| corner Henry and Atlantic streets, Brooklyn.
Ipr OBsEQuIEs OF TIE RHODE ISLAND IERoEs-CoRREc-
| ros-In our report OF the obscqucs of tho Rhode
Island heroes on saturday last 1t stated through
mistake that the drum corps o the Sovenyrst rcgi-
men we're in the procession u should have read "thc
| drum corps of the Thirty seventh"
| BURNED TO DEAru.-Emma Williams died at Bellevue