The New York herald., 1869-10-19

Average temperature for corresponding date
last year,. 459s
HUDSON RIVER NAvioATioN.--The steamboat
Mary Powell, OF the Rondout ana New YORK line,
win cease running Tor the season to-day. On Mon.
day Weee the day line OF steamers Daniel Drew and
Chauncey Vtbpard will stop running for the season.
EMBANKMESr AoCiDgSr.- BY the caying ia OF an
eIabankment In First avenue, where he was digging
q trench for gas pipes Yesterday morning. James
Carri2an, dwelling corner OF First avenue and
Eleventh street, was very seriously injured.
TIRED OF THIS WoRLD.-At eleven O'Clock yester-
day George Seck, aged sixty-ei2ht, OF No. IL Van
dam street. while laboring under at OF temporary
Insanity, cut his throat with q razor. The surgeon
In attendance entertain5 no hopes OF his recovery.
CRUSHED BY A BEER WAGog.--A man named
Mullen died in Bellevue Hospital from the effects OF
injuries received by being ran over In Houston
street by lager beer wa2oa Coroner Rollins gave
permission to remove the body to No. 5 Columbia
street. where he VIII hold an inquest.
NATURALIzATIoN.-The Tammany Hall Nauraliza.
ton Committee have Established their quarters in
The room on the lower floor (und erneathstle Coro-
ners otice) In the City Han. They had issued 900
cards to applicants up to noon for the purpose Of
facilitating their Naturalization. The Court OF Com
mon Pleas and the superior Court are now natural
lZlng citizens.
DIED SuppENLy.-on Saturday evening very
respectable appearing man, whose name is un-
known, entered a porter house In Duane street,
near Broadway, and called for a glass OF hot whIe
KEY. Whe waiting to be served the stranger was
seized with it and fell to the noor IN state OF
insenalbity. lie was Immediately conveyed to the
New YORK Hospital where death subsequently
ensaed Coroner Rollins was notified 70 ho,d an
inquest on the body,
TIE ALUMNI OF Brown UNIVERSITY resident in
New York held meeting at the Metropolitan Hotel
last evening, 18Th, 10 discuss tho advisabllity OF
forming a permanent association OF the sons Of
Brown IN New YORK. Prominent &c ntiemen from eli
the PROFESSIONS were present. and the meeting was
pleasant end successful. 1t was emphaticallY de-
tIn1f Int tlap p9tt..
dinner should be had during the winter, and a
committee OF nine, or which JOSEPH II. Patton
tB. A., 1870 was cnairman was appointed TO talo
the necessary preliminary steps, Tue assemblage
adjourned, to meet again ut the call or the com
mlttee.
THE THIEVES oPPoRTUNsTY.-Among the first
acts OF the new Captain OF the Broadway squad Is
the removal from the Broadway stages OF all special
detectives, who we're IN the habit OF riding up ana
down for the purpose OF detecting pickpockets
and diamond thteves Hereafter these gentry
MANS watch OF pin when uniformed oiilcer ia not
III sight, jump out and, iningIlng with the crowd
disappear without the risk OF being seized by the
neck by well dressed detective, who may have
followed him In for the express purpose oil detecting
him in some peccadilloes OF that nature.
FERRYBoArs ON TIE RAMpAaE-THg FULTON
FERRY DEMoLIsHgD.-The reckless manner In which
the Fulton ferryboats are being handled by some
OF their pilots ia a subject of general complaint.
Serious collisions occur every day, anu unless a
reform la this respect is at once Instituted the
community may he shocked at any time by
q terrible catastrophe. On Sunday night one
Of tho boats smashed into q schooner lying at the
second pier below the ferry slip, yesterday after.
noon violent collision occurred between two OF the
boats, aud at seven O'Clock last evening the Mneoa
colllded with the piers with such violence as to
throw many passengers on their feet, ana nearly
capsized tho boat These instances cited only as
Illustrations or numerous cases or similar charac-
ter daily occurring on the Fulton ferry; ana II the
company Is so rich az to DO able TO dash its boats
about IN this dangerous manner with inlpunlty the
police should interfere and secure some considela-
ton for the lives and limbs OF passengers