The New York herald., 1869-05-21


burned down boarding house in Dayton, Ohio on
"wednesday night. One boarder was burned to
| death aud another one fatally, and twenty-five or
thirty others escaped only by jumping out OF the
upper windows.
| man named Field, In Lycomng county, Pa,
| quarreled with another named Mathews about the
division OF some money, on Tuesday and struck him
| over the head with axe, injuring him seriously.
| A constable named Grey attempted to arrest Field
yesterday, but also struck the head with an
axe and seriously injured. Field then took to the
| woods and squad OF men are searching for him.
| The canal boat NJ. q. Wethertree went over dam
across the Hudson river at Fort Miller, N. Y. on
Wednesday evening" aud the captains wife and child
were drowned.
The Jubilee chorus have commenced mass rehear-
sails IN Boston. Three thousand OF them sung In
Music Han on Wednesday evening.
Four OF the coal mines in the Lower wyoming
pa district have resumed work.
The City.
On Wednesday next the Committee on Applications
Of The Board OF Excise, consisting OF Messrs. Bos-
worth, Manerre, Crane and Smith, will report on
the proposition 10 reduce the liquor license fees. II
Is highly probable that the fees will be reduced, as
the committee, three OF whom are republicans, con-
slider the question no longer political one.
The Presbyterian Assemblies, both OF the Old and
New school Churches assembled i'm this city yeSter-
day, in separate council. The question of the re-
union Of the Churches was brought up and favOraby
discussed in both bodies, but without any decisive
acton. A full report OF the proceedings will be
found elsewhere in the HERALD this morning.
The steamship City OF BROOKLYN, Captain Brooks
lnman line leaves pier As North river at O'Clock
tomorrow Saturday afternoon, for Liverpool stop
ping at Queenstown Mails close at the Post OGice
at twelve NJ.
TIE steamship England Captain Thompson, Ma
tiona line leaves pier AZ North lrver at twelve NJ.
on saturday for Queenstown and Liverpool
The steamship India. Anchor line leaves pier 20
North river. at twelve NJ, on Saturday. for Glasgow
via Londonderry.
The steamship Sherman, Captain Henry, leaves
pier IL North river at three O'Clock tomorrow after
noon, for New Orleans direct.
The stock market yesterday was irregular, but
generally strong and active in sympathy with an ad
vance in New York Central TO 1894. Gold was ex-
cited and rose TO 1447s, when the market became
weak and the price declined TO 1885,.
Prominent Arrivals in the City.
Congressman N. P. Banks, OF Massachusetts,; f. b.
Judson, OF Syracuse; Judge James Rice, OF Indiana;
Professor X. 7. Bumby, Of Georgia; Rev. Charles
Beach, of Snow Hill. Nd; DIR. J. Allison OF Pitts
burg; Judge Davis. OF AlsiOn; s. r. Danfirth OF
salt Lake City; Rev. s. c. Logan, of Pittsburg; Rev.
W. Speer, OF Philadelphia Rev. J. Mafitt of Wheel
ing and Rev. J. C. Carson, OF North Carolina at
the ST. Nicholas Hotel.
Ex-Postmaster General Randall OF Washington;
Ex-Governor +. Chapman, of California D. W.
Gooch, of Massachusetts,; Senator A. II. Cragin, OF
New Hampshire; W. H. Seward ana W. r. Seward.
OF Auburn: Z. ID. Webster OF washington; ex-(iOy.
ernOr Mccormick OF Arizona; Ebner II. Reed, OF
Newhold, and George s. Marsh, of Maryland, are at
the AstOr House.
q. Z. Willetts, OF Troy; c. L. Cobb or Michigan; 8.
b. Hanes, OF Washington; +. Baker, Of Philadel.
phia; Lieutenant b. r. McIntire, OF washington, and
5. X. Williams, Of New York, are at the SetropOli-
tan Hotel.
Judge II. n. Curtis, OF Ohio: Major w. II. Billings,
of Wilmington n. c.. and George M. Smith, OF North
Hadleg, Mass, are at the st. Charles Hotel.
Captain Gilflian, Of CORY, Pa; Captain A. Arm
strong, OF Buffalo, and +. j. Jameson, Of Sandusky
are at the st. Julian Hotel.
NJ J. Crammer, United States Consul at Leipsic.
arrived In the steamer Hammonia yesterday.
Commodore lnman United States Navy. and Comte
de Dyonne, Of France. arrived in the steamship ST.
Laurent from IIavre, yesterday.