The New York herald., 1866-08-27
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

PERnoUs wHARvKs AND DIRTY DocKs-When the duss-
choked citizen from squalid street rushes out %
have little fresh air and recreation after week spent
in the enervatng confinement Of the store or office, s
rather hard that he should more risks than the ord
nary ones Of being blown up, burnt or drowned. He
has to pass through the docks got at the steamboats,
In addition TO encounering the pleasant prospect Of
being victim TO the above enumerated dangers be may
cass becoming involuntary sacrifice TO Jugger
naut Of dray driver by doncar sort Of driver.
altered by coming contact with carriage pole TO say
nothing OF having his pet painfully rrtated from
sort of thing has been in nourshins condition ss
the dock which leads to the steamers Red Jacket and
KIN Won a6,. s.d the 70 q he
quot do dead dog" q the balm Of thousand decsyed
abundance. 10 obtain breath Of fresh air all these
horrors have TO be encountered and the only wonder
boat travelling delusion and snare got up by news.
papers In order TO got items OF accidents The docks Of
Gotham are the death Of many traveller, and Il w
get killed. whom general crusade will be made against
this crying evil and the city fathers be induced 70
thing better In this particular New York behind
almost every city in Europe although but few OF them
Of Paris the docks of Liverpool and the Thames
bankmen pointed out 70 the stranger with pride;
but the foreigner finds that here the inhabitants evnoa
desire to change the subject when the shipping accom-
modations OF the city are talked about.
THE UNION ROMAN CATHOLIC SOCIETIES. adjor ned
meeting Of members Of the different Roman Catholic So
ciotes of Now York. who propose forming union aud
building hail. held yesterday afternoon at No 7sl
Eighth avenue Nine different societies were repre-
sened The only business transacted the passage
of resolution requesting all the societies In New York
to send three delegates each to meeting to be held
the last Sunday In September, when arrangements will
be made to proceed Immediately with the enterprise
REVOLUTIONARY RELIC Mrs Maria Margaretta Henikeu
wBs born in Duane street in this city, August TO- 17e6.
She reached her one hundredth birthday on Sunday.
August 49, She seamstress In General washingtQnH
family during his residence in this city. She was mar
ried to Mr. John PessiDger in 1896 Several children
were the result OF this marriage Mr. Pessnger ft
some time employed oy General Washington M, 70 supp
New York by tho English. Mrs Pessinger now resides
with her daughter Mrs John Green at No lo7 Seventh
street. She enjoys comparatively good health and DO
lights in relating to friends her recoectons Of Revolu.
tionary scenes and incidents
suRRooArE's OrFros. Letters Of administration were
granted by Surrogate Tucker on the following esAteA
for the week ending August 25, 1886, viz. -Nch6i0
Murphy Louise Barth, Johanna Murphy. John Stewart.
Eliza Keator, Margaret Luse, Lucy Lovett Charles
Neylan John r. Powers James p McElroy Julius Helm
man. John Rohm, Thomas Halligan. Daniel Dusenbury,
George Graham, Clara Nottcr, James Farnen, VIM. H
Stokley, Julia Dean Freeman, August Schacfer Marga-
Finley, Augustus G. sevrn, Phebe briggs, Mary Kis.-
nan, Thomas Thompson, Barbara Schultz, Matilda Heo
ming, Frederick Munchausen Otto " Dreher Mary Mol.
Halliday Letters of guardianship also granted -
the following persons for the following named mnors
Patrick McGraw, guardian to Ellen @. Murphy; John
McMahon, guardian TO Henry Mcmahon; Charles D.
Ray guardian to Frances v. Lovett; Adam Gaueh,
guardian to Pauline Gauch; Andrew NJ Prentiss guar
dian to Edwin and Angelina Drggs; Robert Noah,
guardian to Florence T. Noah; John Nolan guardian =
John Burnham; Ann Casey guardian TO Peter Margaret
Mary E. and James W. Daley John Pike, guardian TO
Samuel Lynch; JOB Long, guardian to Wm- Sparks;
John Lederer, guardian to Ottee Stohr.
FERRY AcclDsNr-One Of the hosting chains support
ing the floating dock OF the hobokcn ferry at Barclay
broke owing to the weight Of about hundred
persons, who awaiting the arrival Of the bsak
Considerable confusion momentarily produced By
the shock, and several persons were splashed with
water The accident occurred at about eleven O'Clock
last evening, and was promptly repaired II s worthy
OF remark that the ferry employees seemed desirous -
suppress information concerning the accident
Mitchell was seriously injured yesterday afternoon =
Ave O'clock by falling from street Sixth avenue.
He was on the platform OF tho car and from some un-
known cause fell violently 70 the paved street. Hs w
conveyed TO his homo by ocor Of the Fifteenth pre-.
oinct.
ACCIDENTALLY DRowSED.-Jane Evans aged nino
years residing with her parents on the canal boat Burn-
side, lying at pier No. East river, last evening fen
rendered The body was recovered after the aoe1.
dent and Q coroner notified 10 hold inquest.
Run OvER ACCIDENT Last evening James Calssy.
residing No. $50 West Thirty-sxth street. was run
tho OF 120h sreot and Third avenue hy
No. 106, OF the Third limo, and sustained
severe injuries. He was taken home by the police.