The New York herald., 1866-07-20
CITY lyTELLIGENcE.

An rr,xzx-u - ruaJpfed that one of or a.,
Fathss who haA spsculsssd prontaby Al ,he gold On
change has recently lost the whole Of his easily ac
qured fo~uae At ooe OF The tasson.el, gaming place
in this city Some JsAy hls ipsses wlu loot N 10 tn
nsighborhood Of forty thousand dollars
DEAru or 4 PotIcs sxaGaAsr. = Yesterday, clari
Knapp lately attached 70 ihe r"entynnt precinct 20
lice the capacity or sergnNi, dlod at Godens Bridge
Deceased was connected with inc Metropolitan Polic'
Department. from Us formation up 70 inc un,e o. ~
death aud had the reputation aSng me- snpefos OF bc
ing courageous and skiital onScr Ais disease WA
consumption.
BuR0IARr cUrLmr Yesterday Morning. at about
four O'Clock il found that the ftrec door OF ih'
pocke-book manufactory OF william X. Wood, No. u
John street, been fore IDLY opened and pocke book
and cutlery extracted valued at about 81 70S Tho rob
bery must have been committed timo eary ~ me
morning Several parties have been suspected ~ being
engaged ~ tho affair but no arrests have been msuo
SUICIDE Br TAXING Poros.-A married woman nsned
Sheridan died yesterday morning at hcr residence, 80
Ninth avenue from tho effects Of quantity OF pruasc
acid which she swallowed tho night previous for the
purpose q sedslruc,ion No further particulars con
corning the act ascertainad Tho Coroner was
tined 10 hold an inquest on the body
FOUND DaowsHp. Tho body Of = drowned man wss
found noatng In the East river by Joseph sheavcr II
was towed to Peck slip and moored 10 the dock The
Coroner will be notified in the morning when particulars
may be learned 80 lar as could be ascertaned tho body
appeared 10 DO that Of soldier
FFIL FROM A Roos -Betwccn nine and ten o'ooes
yesterday forenoon child abou, two years old OF Mrs
Fitzgerald < No. 7s Robinson street. while playing on
the roof house. which Ia nvc stories in height fell 10
the ground striking upon tho pavement without break
accounts the child doing we'll and will II Is thought
soon recover
SAVED FRox DRowSso.--Tt appears that on wednes
day evening last four mon, named respectively WIN
Given Oscar q. Carter VIM l. Frost and Peter @. Bay
or, whilc pleasure excursion in tho bay bad
their boat capszed and all prccpltaicd into tho
In this rather unsociabic element they rrInaned
for about hour and might have continued horc much
longer had they not been generously picked by tho
captain and OF the steamboat Port Royal To whom
and ALL tho gentlemen referred 10 express their
deepest gratitude Il appears that three other steam
hoats passed them when struggling tho water but
rendered no assistance
THE BoAno OF Esaa.-Thc only important business
transacted at tho Excise headquarters yesterday tho
granting Of two licenses ono 70 T. o Baker son Park
row and another 60 II. Bassart OF Hamilton avenue,
Brooklyn
THK PnLADrLPnA cosvxsnos AT a meeting held lat
evening Masonic Hail. Thirteenth street, the follow
gentlemen chosen committee from the several
Congressional districts 70 appoint delegates the Pha
deipha Convention Fifth district, Peter Nolan Peter
R-yea, John Ho-ier sixth district, John II Decker >.
ID, Williams, William II. Lewis seventh district, Cyrus
Schoonmaker, w. W Lyons Andrew Cargnn. Eighth
district, John l.. Noyer, Peter Woods, = Mccormack.
Ninth d,s'r'o, William Garrett, George 9 Newman, ..
d. Northrnp.
EIruRIos EiGmrH RrGrSHsr, SAriossL
GuAHD.-On Tuesday morning, at seven O'Clock, this
veteran company Of the old Washington Grsys went
their annual excursion The place selected ~ Ro
mans Well Flushing bay Some nfteen hundred per
participated In tho fsstvities consisting Of the
whole company Of returned veterans invited ladies' and
gentlemen guests They taken tho spot by tho
steamer shuItz accompanied by a pleasure barge and
attended by the ragfmental band Upon 1riy
ing the grounds the company dsbarted and dancing
eomnseaoed upon what tho green rwari bnt
which having passed. through the ncry ordeal 10 shioh
od Sol has subjected nature In every shape for tho past
week aimpiy dry unmo~n hay. The shade n tho
grove lent rural charm the and tho bold sol
dicr bows and thor ladies trppcd vigorously upon the
ehi bofnbsn>sttc toe apparently uncnncioua tat the
Thermometer stood hundred degrees In the shade.
Captain Penbrrthy, Of Company ~ devoted 10 the
tnsk of making ali enjoy the pleasures Of IA. dss tho
top Of their bent - and thus the day sway
giving only pleasure but eshAration 70 all ~hsn the
company returned without . s.nsio inciden, 70 It's
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