The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1852, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENSETD, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR @FTICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON 4D NASSAU STS. TERME, cosh in advance Tus DAILY HERALD, 2cente per Fab WEEKLY HSiCILD eoery Baar ery, ir annum j Fepean Ritfion, 4 Bert anppartof Great Britun and §S teany part of any; Dontinens, both to include Ur ta VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, conta per annie. at te im portant news, solicited from any r of the world; if used, be liberally paid jor. Ow: oN COR KES! ‘CENTS PARTICULANLY REQUESTED TO SEAL ALL Lerre Pack aces sexy “ALL LETTERS by mail, for Subscriptions, or with Ad- gertiacments, to'be post-paid, er the portage will be deducted Prom Ure m remiite NO NOTICE taken of axonynous communications, We nd de not return th jected. JOB PRINTING executed with neatness, Say a. DVERTISEMENTS renewed every day. eheaprel ‘The Pablic Printing and the Party Organs | at Washiagton. Tt appears that the joint committee on tho public printing of the two houses of Congress have contrived, for the time being, to take away a good slice of the public printing from Boyd Hamilton, the contractor, for the benefit of the Washington Union and Republic; bat it was very unfortanate that the liberal, kind-hearted pro- potition of some benevolent old fogy in the House, to give these two party papers the snug little job of 50.000 copies of » Patent Office decument, should have boon kicked out ef the House by an over- whelming majority. But, for all that, we hope that the appointment of a select committee to reconsider and report upan the whole subject of the public printing, will not turn out @ mere sham for cove@ug up the joint-stock transaction between the Union Wolume XVII............ AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING, BOWERY THEATRE Bowery—Devit axp tue Bre SPRTER—CoRsICAN BROTUERE. BROADWAY THRATRE, Broedway—Romeo anv Ju- aser— Two Bonnvesert. KIBLO'S GARDEN—Tue Devin's Snare. Chambers etreet—Davip Cor- De BURTON'S THEAT! yrarmeny—Rarngr EB: RATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham etreet—Bracksmitre er Ayrwanr—Raccep Sci Watou Do LYCEUM THEATRE, Broadway—Wno Srmaxe Finst— Vicronine. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Aw wae ArrxnNoon awd EVENING. OCHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE. Ouaisry's Company. ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, W: was—Erniorian Minster New York, Sunday, May 9, 1852. oe ‘The News. Both branches of Congress having adjourned over from Friday till to-morrow, enables us to present @ great variety.of entertaining reading this morn- ing, which would otherwise have been deferred to muke room for their proceedings. Our Congress- men are evidently beginning to feel the enervating effects of the warm weather, and cannot conve- niently endure over five days’ labor per week. A despatch from Washington asserts that the let- ter written by the Austrian Minister, prior to his withdrawal from our national capital, courteously eompliments President Fillmore, but charges that the conduct of Secretary Webster has been wanting in the attributes of neutrality and comity which had hitherto existed between the two nations. By this, it appears that Chevalier Hulsemann has not forgotten the scathing letter of the Secretary, which very plainly defined our international policy. Since then, the Chevalier has probably closely watched passing cyents, and thoroughly satisfied himself that there is no danger of our sending an army to punish the Austrians and establish the indepen- dence of the Hungarians. He discovered that we were fally capable of managing our own business, with- out any interference on the part of himself, Kossuth, or anybody else. How he contrived to praise the President and censure his Secretary, will be ascer- tained when the contents of the epistle are commu- nicated to Congress. It is a curious pieee of diplo- macy, at all events. We are sorry to learn tbat Secretary Webster was greatly injured by being thrown from his carriage yesterday, while on his way from his residence to Plymouth. It is said that for some minutes he was perfectly insensible. His physicians deem it expe- dient that he should be kept quiet for a few days, in order that he may fully recover from the effects of éhe jar; consequently he will be unable to make a zpeech to the Bostonians, as was expected, during this week. The present Common Council of Boston have removed the slight perpetrated upon Mr. W. by the former body, which refused to grant him the use of Faneuil Hall. He has literally lived down all opposition there, and they are now exerting them- selves to place him in the presidential chair. Lewis Benedict, a strong Sewardite, and postmas- ter at Albany tinder General Taylor, has been chosen as the whig delegate to the national convention, from the thirteenth congressional district. He was removed from office by President Fillmore, who will uot, therefore, receive his vote under any contin- Boney. Kossuth is imitating the example of Lola Montez, in Bosten. He visited the public schools yesterday morning, felt indisposed, and talked to the young men in the evening, from whom he collected some money through the sale of his worthless bonds. The telegraphs this morning furnish two or three items ofa horrible character. A boy in Lawzence- ville, Pa., was yesterday shot and killed by his step- mother, who was not, it is said, aware that the gun was loaded, with which she committed the fagal deed. This is another awful warning to inexperi- enced persons to avoid meddling with dangerous A young German, named Lurker, in last Thursday fired into his mouth a revolver, which were only charged He died yesterday morning. What strange methods some people adopt to destroy themselves. Some time ago a crazy Frenchman, in London, having become tired of living, filled an egg- shell with powder, which he placed in his mouth and toue! f. Theonly effect the explosion had was to bring him to his sens A gentleman left Philadelphia yesterday morn- ‘ing, spent an hour in this city, and then went on to Albany, which place he reached in nine hours from the point whence he first started. A few years ago it took a week to travel this distance by the most speedy conveyance. There is no denying that this is alfendy a great country; but it is bound to be much greater. Our local news to-day, possesses unusual interest. Among other reports, the one with regard to the Englishman who ran off with one man’s daughter and another man’s money, leaving a wife and seve- ral children bebind, will attract a great deal of at- tention. He has given up both the girl and the money. They turn put some singular people in the Old World. Another most melancholy calamity befel our city yesterday morning. Five persons were burned to death by the conflagration of a house in Catharine street. See the full particulars in another column. The Columbian Fire Company returned to the city ast evening, after a flying trip, with their appa- ratus, to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Mount Vernon. They appear to have been highly pleased with their jaunt, during which they were most sumptuously entertained by their breth- ren and others in the places which they visited. The religious anniversaries commence in this city to-day. A list of the different meetings, tegether with much other interesting information to all de- nominations of Christians, will be found elsewhere. At the Natioval Council of Catholics now in ses- sion at Baltimore, there are, we understaud, twenty- six Bishops and six Archbishops, besides a great number of clergymen. This council is held every ten years. ING PERTORMANERS IN wono MixeTRELsY oe 's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- weapons. with powder. Prrvaration yor Summen.—The Clerk ef the Weather seems to have resolved on demonstrating the truth of the old axiom, that ‘extremes meet.” He surely must have convinced every one in this city, of the verity of that venerable proverb. From the chilly cold of winter we have been, at a Aingle shifting of the wones, transferred into tho soorching heat of summer. The wealthy denizens of New York will, therefore, soon be taking leave of ite dusty and crowded etresis, and secking shady retreats in the country. Tho fashionable emigration rom this city will take place carer than in former years, and we would, therefore, niivise the propri tors of country hotels and watering places to uve all despatch in brushing up their concerns and prepare ing them fer the tide of exeursionivts and aristo- aratic invalids which will soon be upon them. No fimo isto be lost. The emigration has already set and Republic. The public have the right to expect areport from this select committee before the end ofthe session, and some dieposition of the public printing, by which it will cease to be a matter of bargain and corruption, for the benefit of the party organs at Washington, at the expense of the public treasry. Mr. Evans, of Maryland, the other day, made some very sensible remarks in the House, on this | subject, in favor of a government printing office. Thero is no other plan by which the public printing (amounting in all, that is done at Washington, to some $300,000 a year, more or less,) can be prevented from becoming a mere party corruption fund, exeept by the plan of a national printing office. We have ‘various bureaus to do the immense masses of writing of the different departments—why not, then, have bureau, as every othercivilized country has, for the government printing !—a national printing office, with all the requisite types, presses, aud materials, for the whole of the government work required at Washington. It will be easy enough, with a practi- ¢al superintendent, so to fit up and classify the work of a government office, that all the bills, re- ports, and other documents, submitted to either house, may be laid upon the tables of both houses the next morning. In this way they would be le- gislating with their eyes open and the papers before them—azs it is, they are more than half the time le- gislating blindly, in the dark. Hence the increase of Galphinism may, to some extent, be accounted for, in every department of the public service. If this old, rotten system of giving the pub- lie printing to the party organs is to be ree stored, justice requires that all the party jour- nals at Washington shall have a share—the National Era, the ergan of the anti-slavery party; the Southern Press, the organ of the s0- cession party; the old National Intelligencer, the organ of the old whig antediluvians and old fogy- dom and flunkeydom ; and the little Telegraph, the organ of the Scott party, as well as the Republic and the Union. What right have these last two—mere partisan papers—over the other four, to be supported by the public treasury? On the other hand, as long as this contract system is continued, let the c8n- tractors be held to their bonds, and let the faithful execution of the work be rigidly superintended by honest and competent men, who have at least some smattering of common senee and business informa- tion. .A great many of the corruptions of Congress are the result of the ignorance, stupidity, and laziness of the members. Finally, both houses will be compelled to establish a national printing office, from the impossibility of a satisfactory execution of the public printing any other way. We perceive, from the remarks of Mr. Evans, and the plan of Mr. Doty and others, that the projeet is making some headway. To put a stop to this disgusting party wrangling for the plunder of the printing, the sooner a national office is established the better. It will stop the bung-hole of corruption, and save the public money from the stock-jobbers of the party press. LIFE or Gen. Scott, FoR THE CAMPAIGN.—We understand that a life of Gen. Scott isin preparation at the Tribune office, expressly for the electioncer- ing purposes of the campaign of 1852. This argues that the nomination of Scott ie a settled thing—a foregone conclusion—and that the New York Tvi- bunc office is to be his official headquarters during the canvase. The different branches of Gen. Scott's im, and will probably reach @ height unknown before iit : i history will probably be divided out among the philosophers of the establishment. The blood and carnage, the gunpowder, muskets, and bomb-shells, will perhaps be dressed up by Master Pike, with pictures to match. The civil services of the distin- guished soldier will doubtless be tuned over to the Seerctary of the Manhattan Quartz Mining Compa- ny. But there is another branch of Gen. Scoit’s official history which will require the most skilful treatment, being nothing more nor less than his services as a diplomatist. It will be a holiday task to compile the military achievements of the great warrior; but it will require the pen of a skilful and diplomatic scholar to do full justice to the negotia- | tions of Gen. Scott, especially those singular nego- tiationsin the valley of Mexico. Let us recite a case or two. We have it from re- | liable authority that, after the first series of battles in front of the Mexican capital, Santa Anna, in secret negotiation with Gen. Scott, proposed to yield up the city an easy conquest tothe Americans, on condition that Santa Anna should receive a million of dollars, more or less, for the part which he pro- | posed to play. We further understand, that Gen.Scott closed the bargain, and, as a guarantee of a bona fide eontract, paid over the sum of ten thousand dollars to Santa Anna, as the first instalment of the bargain and sale. We are further advised, that Santa Anna thus secured the armistice from the 24th of Angust to the 8th of September, with the understanding that, after a sham fight or #0, tosave | appearances, the city was to be turned over to the | American army. The subsequent most bloaly bat- | tles, however, show that Gen. Seott was egregiously that he was so disgusted with the perfidious Mexi- caus, that, on being subsequently offered a million and a quarter of dollars to turn traitor, and accept the dictatorship of Mexico, he rejected the offer with scorn and contempt. To substantiate the accuracy of theee negotiations, we understand that the cor- respondence upon the subject may be had from the files of the War Office at Washsngton. Now, who of tho Tribune philosophers will undertake this nice and delicate branch of General Scott’s career in Mexico? Can it be trusted to the dabbler in the fancies of the California gold mines, or to the epeculator in the copper stocks of Lake Superior, or te @ holder of the scrip of the New Jersey Zine Company? We doubt it; and yet a stock jobber might make a handsome thing of it, if he were poseessed of the requisite diplomatie skill and learning. This chapter, however, must not be omitted. With regard to the opinions of General Scott on the Fugitive Slave law, we presume Seward himself will do the work, and inastyle ealculated te show that General Scott is not now, and never has been, any more an abolitionist than heis now, or has been heretofore, a native-Ameriean in politics. The ar- gument ean also be made to prove that General Scott having pledged himself to Seward, in refor- ence to the Fugitive Slave law, it is not proper for him to make any farther Pledges Melo eubject. ‘The work will probably be closed with an appen- dix illustrative of the beauties of socialism, red republicanism the Rochester knockings and the spiritual manifestations, agrarianism, woman's rights, freefarme, free rents, philosophy. bran bread andturnips, abolition nullification, sedition, amal- gomation, and the “higherJaw.” This magnificent work will, no doubt, be ready for delivery at the Baltimore Whig Convention. Vur Javan Exrenition.—The Whalemen’s Ship- ping List cays that Commodore Perry. the eommander of the proposed expedition, visited New Bedford last week. for the purpose of obtaining information from our whaling captains. in relation to the coustof Japan, and rceuring their co-operation in the enterprise, Another object whieh he had in view, was to recominend that those ships which could make it convenient, rhould country | humbugged out of his money and his armistice, and | ‘ddo during the next reason, for supplies, there- ing the opening of commercial relatione with | Jertey Democratic Conveation, between the friends of Com. Stockton and Gen. Cass, in whieh the gal- | lant Commodore appears to have achicved a dry land victory, almost equal to any of his land battles in California. Tho Cass resolutions and instruction: were defeated, and a majority of the delegates to Baltimore are set down for Stockton, Bat for his late funny speech at Treuton, in glorification of Mr. Webster and a high tariff, he might have got the whole of New Jersey. The prospects of Cass are thus somewhat further diminished. Nearly the ' whole South, from Virginia down, is for Buchanan, in addition to Pennsylvania, Kentucky is for Buit- ler, and Illinois, and some of the now Statos west of that, will go for Douglas. New York is divided between Cass and Marcy ; so that even a elear ma- jority for Cass is doubtful upon the first ballot. But the nomination at Baltimore will require a yote of two-thirds of the convention. Will the Case men go over to Buchanan, or will the Buchanan mon go over to Cass, to secure to either a two-third vote ? Not tikely. Will the Cass and Buchanan men con- sent to unite upon either Houston, Douglas, Stock- ton, Marcy, or Butler? Not likely. Will they not be driven to some new candidate, such as King, or Dickinson, or Gen. Pierce, or Gen. Lane, or some- body else? Very likely. Cass, and all the stand- ing candidates, may experience the fate of Van Bu- yen and the old fogies of 1844, in being set aside for some new man, not now taken into their esti- | mates ofrthe chances. But we can’t yet see through the fog, for New Jersey throws very little light upon the subject. | ——- | | | | sensor sharp contest in the New | | Umirep Statzs Day Docx—New York Navy Yarp.—We extract the following statements from Mr. Charles B. Stuart’s works on the Naval Dry Docks of the United States:— ‘This great national work, commenced in August, 1841, was completed on the 30th August. 1851, The expendi- ture on'account ;of the dock and its appendages, have been, to the date of its completion, in round numbers, two millions of dollars. During the construction of the dock, there were used three steam engines, of 20, 12 and Ghorse power, respectively, The work was under the su- perintendence of five chief engincers, employed at different periods of time, ‘The construction of the largest and the first floating and turning gates, composed wholly of metil, and mostly of wrought iron, bas been accomplished by Gen. Henry R, Dunham, assisted by his brother, Mr. John Dunham. The dimensions of the coffer dam, as con- structed. were 470 feet long. and from 60 to 100 feet wide; the wings were 175 feet lowg, and from 15 to-30 feet wide, This valuable work also contains a description of the dry dock at Boston Navy Yard, and the dry dock at Norfolk Navy Yard, accompanied with ex- planatory and exquisitely prepared plates. | Theatrical and Musical. Miss Charlotte Cushman is now playing her last. eu- gagement, in Broadway theatre, where she draws good houses, She has played twice in Meg Merrilies—a cha- racter in which, for the energetic and painfully accurate style of her delineation, she is confessedly unequalled on the stage. She has alo played in Shakspeare’s comedies of “As You Like It” and “Much Ado about Nothing. "When she completes her present engagement, she is to proceed to England, where she takes her farewell of the stage. Sho has been practicing the profession since her youth, bas at. | tained the highest point of eminence in it, and it is almost a pity that she should now retire. The theatrical his- tory of Miss Cushman is one of the most interesting of any connected with the dramatic art, In her sex, she occupies the same position on the stage which Mr. For" rest does in his; but her history is much more interest- ing. Her style is also original and peculiar. It is full of energy, fire. and force; amd, by her passionate and almost too truthful acting in tragical scenes, she excites the sympathies of her audience to the acutest pitch;—ot the same time her reading is classically correct, and she “never o'ersteps the modesty of nature.” The vacancy which she Jeaves in the profession will not be soon filled, ‘The celebrated Alboni, who has had euch brilliant suc- cess in all the European capitals; is about to imitate Jenny Lind and Catherine Hayes, in undertaking an American tour. She was to embark at Liverpool, for this city, in the beginning of the present month. We under- stand that she is engaged by Beale, the great music pub- lisher in London, and one of the proprietore of Co- vent Garden Theatre. Beale, it will be recollected, had engaged Mies Hayes, and sent her to this country; but that engagement did not remain long in force, as Miss Hayes; under certain influences, broke through it, and gavec on- certs on her own account. Alboniis a great ertiste—proba, bly greater in opera than in concert. She is a splendid vocalist, with a contralto voice of great power, but not #0 much compass, and with very superior skill and taste. In her personal appearance she is a fine looking fat wo, man, almost as broad as she is long. Itis almost certain that she will make a tour of the United States, on the plan of Jenny Lind and Miss Hayes ; but whether she will succeed to the extent of the expectations of Mr. Beale, hereclf and her friends, will be determined by the cha- racter of those to whose hands she entsnsts the manage- ment of her affairs. In this country everything depends onmanogement. Jenny Lind had a good manager in Barnum ; Catherine Hayes unfortunately had a bad ma_ nager, which was the cause of her campaign being #0 un- suceesstul, Kossuth was a good manager for his own ex- hibitions. Fanny Elssler had a good manager in Cheva- lier Wikoff. Lola Montez manages protty well, by kicking to the devil all her managers at the end of every week, ‘The success of Alboni will, therefore, in a great measure depend upon her having a proper manager. Brooke, the tragedian, is to open the Astor IHouse theatre to-morrow evening, on his own account. Mr. Brooke is an excellent actor—almost a rival to Forrest, but of a different style. His acting is more classic and | chaste, but does not exhibit 20 much genlus qr impetu- | crity as Forrest's, He now makes the attempt to ma, | | nage a theatre for himself, and it will be interesting to watch the experiment. His chances of success will de- | pend very much on the talent of the company he gets to eupport him. Similar experiments have been often tried | here, with various succces, Mr. Burton started the the- atre in Chambers street on his own account,tnd has | been very successful. because ho isa good aetor himself | and knows how to estimate good acting in others. Mr. Brougham proceeded on the same line of management in the Lyceum theatre, but he fell through, beeause he was ‘Tux New Jenssy Dewoonare—Sroceron AND Another Calamity — Destructive Fire in Catharine Street. FIVE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH—OORONER'S IN- QUEST, AND THE VERDICT OF THE JURY. ! We are again called upon to record another of those, fearful calamities, which seem te be of periodical oecur- rence in this city, Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, a fire broke out im the building No. 102 Catharine street, near Cherry street, involving » melancholy Joss of life and considerable destruction of property. The> build. ing iteelf was of frame work, two stories high, with an attic, The first floor was oceupied by P. H. MeG@uire, as a boot and shoe store, while the eveond floor and attic were occupied as a dwelling, by P. Colgan, policeman of the Fourth ward, and his family, consisting of his wife | and five chiidren: ‘At the time the fire broke out, they were all in bed ex- cept Mr. Colgan, who was on @uty in another part of the | ward, Owing to the very combustible nature of the ma- teriale of the building, the fire spread with great rapidity, and before the slarm was given, and before the inmates became conscious of their perilous position, they were already surrounded by the flames, en all sides, The poor greatures were then seen near the windows, from | which the flames were already Sesuing, crying for help and running about in a frantic state. None of them would venture to poss through the flames, in order to reach the windows, whence they might have been saved by jumping into the street, But they retreat- ed into the back roome, until all egress was cutoff, in consequence of the rapid progress of the fire. The fire department were promptly on the spot, and wrought manfully, but did not succeed in reaching the unfortunate inmates until several were burned to death, Colgan lost his wife and three children, The flames com- municated to No, 104 Catharine street, occupied by John Walkcr as a hat store, and also to the rear of No, 112 Cherry street, occupied by Wheeler & Hart as = whole- sale drug store. The two buildings, Nos, 102 and 104, wereentirely destroyed. Lone of MeGuire, sbout $3500; insurance abeut $3,000, in the Eagle Insurance Company, ‘The loss of J. Walker is about $500, with no insurance, The drug store No, 112 Cherry street was considerably damaged, probably tothe amount of $7,000, which isfully covered by insurance, in the United States, Broadway, tnd the Union Mutual Insurance Companies. The following are the names of the persons burned to death:— Catharine Colgan, wife of Philip Colgan, aged forty-five ears, Sarah Jane Colgan, daughter, about twenty-y-one years of age. ‘Mary Elizabeth Colgan, daughter, ten years of age. peed K. Colgan, som, eee years eee. ran argaret . aged twenty years, who was emp! asa capmaker in the store No. 104.” ik Those who escaped were C. Colgan, eleven years of age, and P. Colgan, Jr., twenty years of age, sons of Philip Col- gan, Bridget Slaver, servant girl, and Michael Chambers. The son of Philip Colgan was considerably burned and scorched, and also Michael Chambers, who is perfectly blind, and whose escape is almost miraculous. Bridget, the servant girl, rushed though the flames to the front of house, and threw herself upon an awning, end was by this means raved. ‘The bodies of Mrs. Colgan and her two daughters, and of Margaret Logan, were completely burned to a crisp. They were all conveyed to the Fourth ward station house Captain Ditchett, of the Fourth. and Assistants Williston and Baird; Captain Leonard, of the Second; Brennan, of the Sixth; Bradford of the Tenth, and Assistant Merritt, of the Seventh, were early on the ground, and rendered valuable service in helping to subduo the flames. Coroner Ives was called to hold an inquest on the podies, and at 10 o'clock a jury of twelve was sworn to make the inquisition, Bx-Alderman Purser, ex-Alderman Fitzgerald, Assistant Alderman O’Brien, and other re- spectable citizens, constituted the jury. At one o'clock the jury were sworn, and: visited the ruins of the con- fiagration, and viewed the bodies. Mr. George H. Purser was chosen the foreman of the jury, and the following evidence was taken :— TESTIMONY. Bridget Slaven being sworn, says—I reside at No. 92 Catharine street; this morning, about 4 o'clock. I was up, but had not got down stairs; I slept in the open garret; the house is a two story attic building; I heard the ery of fire; I ran down stairs, upon the back stoop; I could not get out there—it was all on fire; I got out of the front window, upon the awning; some person took meoff; Mrs. Colgan was awake when I left the garret; she exclaimed, “ Heavenly Lord! we shall all be burnt up;”" T saw no more of Mrs. Colgan until I saw her here, dead; I did not see her follow me; I left her in the attie bed- room; I saw the oldest son on the back when I got down; we all slept in the attic; the rear of the house was on fire; the front of the house was also on fire; at the time I left the attic Mrs, Colgan. her two daughters, and two cons, were up there; one of the sons was got out alive afverwards; I recognise Mrs. Colgan. the youngest daughter, and the boy; the face of the eldest daughter is all gone, but the hair is like hers; my trunk was in the kitchen; I took it and threw it inte the street, and then got out myself; the kitchen was upon the second floor, Phillip Colgan being sworn, says—I resided at No. 102 Catharine etreet; I war awoke this cape | about 436 o'clock, by the ery of fire; I slept in the attic bedroom, fucing Catharine ‘street, with my brother Cullen; when the cry of fire was given he left’ before me; I took my youngest sister by the hand; she drow her hand back, und by that time the flames were coming into the second tory; I think my mother ran up stairs again; my oldest +ister wos down tothe second story; I then ran through the fire down into the alley; my brother then halloed to save my mother; I then attewpted two or.three times to run through the flames, but they were too strong for me; a butcher attempted to go through the flames, but they were too strong for him; I then went down the alley, got upon the awning upon our house, and from there the house next door; the people then called to me to come down; when I got down to the back statrs the blaze came up from the rear; the privy was not on fire at that time; the fire was more towards the druggist’s; the fire seemed to come from the rear of the houre next door be- low our house. towards Cherry street; I had no opportu. nity of judging where the body of the fire was; L have seen the bodies in the rear building, and identify them as those of my mother, brother, and two sisters Jonn Walker being sworn, says—I reside at No, 104 Ca- tharine street; Lanoved there about the first of March; myselfand family sleep upon the premises; I was, this morning, awoke by the alarm of fire, about 4 o'clock; when I first saw the flames, they were coming down to- “ | wards where L live; I was sleeping in the second story; the flames were coming from the shoe store; when I got up, the rear of my house was not on fire; L got up; I looked out of my rear window; the drugzist’s fence sepa- rating our yards, was not on fite; the fire seemed to come from ashed inthe rear of Mr. McGuire's house; there is fa tailor’s store between me and McGuire's; the rear of the tailor’s store, as far as I could sec, was not on fire; Ann Purdy and Margaret Logan slept in the attic of my house: they hired with me; Fealled to Ann Purdy;, the came down; Ann said that Margaret awoke her: Ihave had noconyersation with Mr, Rich or Mr, MeGuire upon the origin of the fire; Ann Purdy is at No. 33 Maine street, Brooklyn; Tam not insured, Henry-H. Howard being sworn, says—I reside at 111 Centre street; Lam assictant enginecr of the fire depart- ment; when I arrived at the scene of the fire in Catha- rine street, the fire was confined mostly to the rear of the house ot Mr. McGuire; the shed and fences in the rear not a manof business. Hamblin succeeded in the Bow. ery theatre, because he was both a good actor and man of | business ; and so with many others. Mr, Brooke now hasa | chance to show whether he can manage a theatre as wel | ashe can act. | Caroline Rousset and her sisters are dancing at Niblo’s theatre, alternating with Modamie Thillon, and ore draw- ing respectable houses, This is the most graceful and | talented troupe of ballet dancers that we Lave hat since | the days of Fanny Elssler, | Madame Anna Thillon has been very successful. in conjunction with Hudson and a good company, in at- | tracting large audiences xt Niblo’s beautiful ealoon, She | has been singing Auber's comic operas there, in her pecu- | liar, fascinating style, for the last fow months. with a short intercession, caused by illness, from which she is now per- fectly recovered. Miss Julia Bennett is playing with groat écla/ at the Lyceum thentre, She isa talented and highly esteomod actress, and succeeds in bringing full houses, Lola Montez, according to the latest and most authen- tie accounts, is carrying every#hing before her from Al- bany to the West. She danced three times in Albany to full and admiring houses, One of our telegraphie corres- pondente gave a different report in respect to some of her houses; but we understand he was entirely mistaken, ag Lola was perfectly triumphant. and was regarded os a great novelty. On her last night there she was recalled three times after the fall of the curtain, and was sore- naded. She has on every occasion put hor feet on the Jesuits, and prevented them from making any head in the jnterior of the country. They have great influence in the eities, but none at all in therurai districts. Loia, it seems, lives in the greatest quiet and retirement in the country towns, has got rid of all her princes, counts, barons, and other vagabonds displaying a prodigious quantity of hair, who constantly followed her, and is now recruiting herself, When she does not dance, she goos to the theatre, or some lecture or prayer meeting. or any Public place that is Open. If any of the princes persist in annoying her, she has engaged an immenre strapping and is herself armed with a formidable revolver, which she always carries with her, in her reticule, Lola's etyle of dancing is considered very inodest, and fur preferable to that of artivtes who kiek up their heelehigher, | | the third story, ab tho eves, which i discove Death or Mariew Sr. Cram Cianxw.—The | return; there was not much wind: the flames es ; | Washington Union, of the Tih instant, raye-—We an- sa shed in the yard. the flooring of which was nounce with regret thy death of this gentleman, who has been, for many yeats. well known inn us city and in | the politient cireles of the whole country, Me Clarke | the shed wos ten feot probably; we kept nothing im the | was, for reveral years, Clerk of the House of Representa. | thed but acids; there might have heon one or two ear tives. end subsequently filled other official tations with A Of spirits of nitre ; there might have been in alt about ability and dietinetion. In all the ecenes of rorial tife he | was highly esteemed, and bin memory wili be cherished , by a numerous circle of friewde, | sashes to the next house above the alley were also on fire; | my door; I | ran to the rear of the door of the house, pulled off t | flames wore spreading very rapidly; I could see the flames fellow in Albany, to liek them out of tho plece she is in, | of the Catharine street houses were all on fire, and the I brought outa female from the house over the shoo store; the flesh was all burnt off her face and head; her arms also were badly burned; there were no ladders there when I got there; L could not haye saved the per- sons had there been ladders there when I arrived; I found the deceased in the attic room fronting on Catharine street; T got upon a ladder. Israel A. Kich, being sworn, saya:—I roside at No, 94 Catharine street; Tama clothier; about four o'clock this morning, I saw a light; I thought it was a fire; L had been up about two minutes, when a policeman rapped at have a little brother who sleeps with me; I shutters from the windows. and saw the fire in the drug- gist’s yard, and the fence was taking fire; I did not disco- ver that McGuire's promises wore on fire at that time; the in the druggist’s yard; the flames reached high; there is a fence between my yard and that of MeGuire's; I cannot ray whether his premises were on fire or not; I did not look; [am not insured; I am of the opinion that the fire originated {n the druggist’s yard; there was but little fire in the rear of McGuire's store, if any. James Hopkins being sworn, says—I reside at No, 11 Oliver street; 1 was present at the fire; I am a fireman; 1 assisted in getting Dirs, Colgan out of the building over the clothing store ; the rear ot the houses on Catharine street were on fire ; ‘the body of the fire seemed to be in the rear of the drug store—the corner nearest Catharine strect. David Coxson being sworn, eays—I roside at No. 11034 Cherry street ; a few minutes past 4 o'clock, wras lying awake, and 1 heard something cracking ; I Jumped out of bed, and lifted the curtain to the window looking into my yard; I was in the second story, rear room ; the first thing [saw were flames iseuing from the druggist’s yard ; the druggist’s shed was on fire on the farthost side from Catharine street; it was just commencing to burn; T could not see the fence on the farthest side of the druggist’s yard; the drug store extends some tem feet farther back than my house; I think the fire origi- nated in that rhed, (the druggist's) ; L could not sce the rear of McGuire's house from my window ; when I went into the yard I did not look to see if Metiuiro's houte was on fire on Catharine street ; when Looked out of my win- dow. the cracking 1 heard resulted from the breaiting of bottles. Robert Mascon Deing sworn, says—T am aclork for Wheeler & Hart, No. 112 Cherry street; [ was aroused this morning by the alam of tire; I reeide at No, 78 Madison street; on looking out of tho rear window, facing | the south, beaw smoke in Untharino street. in the vieinity | of the store; Ldressed myself and went down; I entered the store, but on passing down Catharine street T obsor | ed the upper port of McGuire's house was ou fire; whou T | gotto my store, Lwent (o the safe facingon the yi a | and the double back do | building. on the first floor wore just beginning to creep through the window inside the here was no tir hon; might have b ; the roof was *ix or vight feet wides the side tharine street was not enclosed; the height of ven carboys; from the roof of our shed to Metuiro’# { against MeGuire's funee wo | phen I went inty tho yard, | feet kept boxes and old rubbir) I found the earboys all but the wooden Tata oneal eres teen tee oe Ms 's thst the fre must hate near matches against the fence; Mr, Brown was one of the ‘ous Who stated the above to me; he lives up an alley ing from Catharine street. ‘The Coroner briefly referred to the evidence, and that the duty of the jury was simply to ascertain the cause of death, and any further inquiry as to the inand cause of the fire would be investigated by the Chief of Police, under the recent law passed by the Legislature. The following was petty the jury, as their P venpier. “That the deceased, Mrs. Catharine Colgan, and her tbree childrev, also came to their denibe by being ralfocated. or ; wf Slice whieh No. 104 Catharine whe nses. Pee the scene of calamity, a large crowd of persons were collected during the day, and the pickpockets taking advantage of excitement. man to divest several ladies and gentlemen of their pocketbooks a ‘One lady, we heard, lost her wallet, containing 5 Marine Affairs. For Livenroor.—The steamship Franklin, Capt. Wat- ton, left port at noon, yesterday, for Havre, via South- ampton, with one hundred and fifty passengers, among whom is Chevalier Hulsemann, Austrian Minister to this country, on leave of absence. the afternoon, the Britieh iron screw steamship Sarah also took her departure for Liverpool. For Benmupa ann St, Toomas,—The British steamship Merlin, baving finished her repairs, left yesterday at her usual hour, for St. Thomas, via Bermuda. Annuvat or THE SouTHERNER.—This vessel reached her wharf yesterday, from Charleston, with Southern papers in advance of the mails. Launcues.—Will be launched from the yard of Samuel Sneeden, Eeq., at Green Point, on Monday, 10th inst.. at half-past two o'clock, a first class steamer, 165 feet long, 25 feet beam, 8 feet hold, for the Connecticut and Long Island Steamboat Com} the is to run between a) Hartford, New London, pool Point, and Sag Harbor. ‘Will be launched from the yard of Messrs. Perine, Patterson, and Stack, Williamsburg, to-morrow, at 1 o’clock P.M.. the steam ferry boat Martha, of 600 tons burthen, built for the trustees of St. Patrick Cathedral, to be employed on their ferry to the Mount Calvary Ce- metery. Martha is one of the largest and best built feds ts ever built in this Her engine is maki t_ the Novelty Worl per Bs ity Works, The steamer Forest City will be launched from Wm. Collyer’s yard, foot of East Nineteenth street, on Mon- day, at 1o'clock P.M. The Forest City is 225 feet long, 27 feet beam, and 10}¢ feet hold, and about 700 tons. Rewarp ror Rescuinc a Suir’s Crew.—Capt. Dieck- mann, of the Bremen sehooner Nanny and Emma, which arrived here some short time back from Bremen, with the assengers of the American ship Deucalion, whom Capt. . rescued from their vessel when in a sinking state, during violent gale, has beon prosented with a purse containing thirty le eagles, by Walter R. Jones. Esq., President Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company; Elwood Walter, mall President Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company, and T. B. Saterthwaite, President New York Mutual In- surance Company, inclosed in a commendatory letter, and directing that $200 should be retained by Capt. D.. ‘and the rem: $100 be distributed among the crew according to their ey, list. ‘The present was acknow- ledged by the worthy Captain in a becoming manner, apportioned in accordance with the wishes of the Lav: donors, uNcHED.—At Arrowsic, on the 4th inst., by Master Swett, afine brig ofabout 200 tons, owned by the builder, muel Tarbox, Exq., Mr. Joshun Linscott, and Capt, Andrew Tarbox, of Bath, wio is to command her, ‘Also, from the yard of Messrs. Geo, Greenman & Co., at Mystic, on the 2a ine. a fine elipper built schooner, of 00 tons bur- then, intended for the Eastern fishery; name Eliza Jane; tobe commanded by Capt, Fisher of Barnstable. At Richmond, Me., 20th alt. by 1. J. Southaed, Ys. afine ship of 528 tons; 3d inst., . Hi 3 0€ 450 tons, called the Tonquin.” 7 ne ae City Intelligence. Warne Liquor 18 Sov.—The Captains of the Police have lately made returns, showing, the number of dwal- gs. the number es licensed to sell Li number where liqueiseld:- tO — Number Dwellings. Lit Sold, Licensed. Unliy . 995 S04 or ts inticenet » 431 185 171 14 310 287 23 484 462 32 427 255 172 616 359 27 278 257 2] 208, 300 _ 245 223, 22 ms 209 39 453 300 a“ 93 92 1 221 107 54 346 247 co) 14a 148 — 671 480 191 aod 329 7 361 296 65 248 185 63 Total. .37,530 6.496 5,190 1,306 Natioxan Fexcraurs is the name of a new military eg ra in this Sy and commanded by Capt. A. H. Purdy, manager ef the National theatre, from which place ihe company takes its name. Their uniform consists of gray frock coats and pants, with military cap, and they are well drilles d it is said will compete with any of our rack corps of the city. Their first parade will take place in the course of the present month. Isaac T. Horrer, a widely-known citizen, died on Fri- day evening in this city, in the lst year of his ago. He was a great philanthropist, anda remarkably active man to within two months of his death, Escarrp Convict.—As the boat that conveys the pri- soners from the foot of Sixty-first street to Blackwell's Island left the dock with prisoners on board, on Frida} afternoon, by some mismanagement of the helmsman, it ran foul ofa sloop, ‘The prisoners immediately jumped on board the sloop, and being near to the shore at the time, one of them succeeded in making his escape. This man is one of the Short Boys, who had been convicted and sentenced to two months imprisonment that same day. Finse.—About haif-past twelve o'clock yesterday morn- ing, a broke out in the stable and feed store of Mr. | Rands, No, 505 Houston street, which was eqpletaly de- | stroyed. The loss, however. is fully covered by insur- ance in the Broadway Insurance Company. It is sup- ported to have been the work of an incendiary. On Friday evening a fire was discovered in the fourth story of house No. 61 Greenwich street, caused by the curtains catching fire from a lamp in the hands of a child. It was put out with trifling damage. About 5%; o'clock, Friday morning, a fire broke out in the sixth story of the Amorican Tract | House. at the corner of Naseau and Spruce streets. The fire appears to have originated from the flues. . Damage about $2,000, Captains Ditchett, Brennan and Leouard, were present at the fire, Stappixc.—About five o'clock on Friday afternoon, a man named Owen, McCound, was stabl by Sylvester Laprise. at the corner of Fifty-second street and Tenth avenue, where they were at work on a building in the course of erection, They were both taken to the Twen- tieth ward station house, by Captain Hannigan. Dr. Hardenbrook was sent for, who dressed the wounds of the man. Laprise was locked up to answer the charge. Accipents.—On —. afternoon, about four o'clock. aman named William Green, employed in loadi hij atthe foot of Kighteenth street, North River, his foot smashed by a log falling upon it. He was taken to the City Hospital, by officer Greig. About nine o'clock on Friday eveni oung man. named Joseph Kelley, was thrown from orse, at the corner of Carmine and Bleecker streets, and takenginto the drug store of Dr. ‘Warren. perfectly insensible. It was then found that he had received severe injuries on the head by the fall. His wounds were dressed, after which he waa conveyed to his residence, No. 22 Cottage place, by officer Lefferts. Axorner Accipert.—An accident occurred at Nor. 67 | and 60 Bowery, on Friday, from the culpable catelessness of workmen, int down the building on lot 67, The whole south guble end of 67, with beams projecting about sixteen feet. was precipitated across the lot, striking the first story of the new ing, now in course of erection. on No, #0, and carrying in about twenty feet of the wali of the new building, to the imminent peril of the work- men, and all in the vicinity; but fortunately, no ono was injured, Damage about $500. RowNRD.—The Coroner held, on Friday, on inquest at the foot of Warren strect, upon the body of au unknown man, about thirty yenrs of age, who was found in the water at that place. A verdict of death by drowning un- der elroumstances unknown to the jury, was rendered. The decensed bore the appenrance of having been im the water but a short th Surcroy,—On Friday, an unknown man, about thirty- five years of nge, was found hanging by the neck and dead, in the boat house of Mr. Sheppard Knapp, at the foot of 102d street, East river. Ho had thrown « rope across a beam, and by moans of it destroyed his life, Coroncr held-an inquest, and a verdict of death, inflicted by the hands of the deceased, was rendered by thejury. Rus Oven.—About four o’elock on Friday afternoon, a German, named Charles Sieber, residing in Fortieth | street, while passing along Eighth avenue, with » hand | cart, aa knocked down by stage No. 420, and received @ severe wound on the side of the head. ngs toe Peatane Peneeritan, Mist Cosmrax, Rexsreo a | Taser aoarssr 4 Raet Horay.—On the 28th alt,,a match | ‘wou made at the Mobile race course, hetween the eele- lated female pedestrian, Miss Cushman, ond the race horse Reindeer. The Mobile Advertiver reports the affair thus :—A crowd, ‘full of fan and frolic, met at the race | course yesterday afternoon, to eee the race between Mine Curbinan and the race horee Reindeer—she to run five hundred yards, while the horse was to make the distance of the course, As nows of the city, we give a summary in racing rtyle:— Reindeer... wl Police Intelligence, THE RECENT ELOPEMENT CASE—MONEy | REFUNDED BACK TO THE OWNER—THE YOUNG LaDy cone SENTS TO RETURN HOME TO BER P, ‘ We gave an account in Saturday's were of the elopement of Doctor Andrew Plummer. from Brighton England, with a young woman named Hmma Pattison’ ‘also bringing with him one thousand nine hundred pounds sterling. money claimed by Col. Thomas A, Howard, of the British army, the particulars of which we gave in our pre- vious account. Yesterday. it seems, the Doctor did not re- lish the county jail. and intimated that be would like tosee Emma; the messenger, however, returned and stated that Emma would not consent to an interview, unless he re- stored the money claimed by the Colonel. At first the Doctor returned an answer that he had mot got the Colo- nel’s money, and. therefore, could not comply with the re- juest. However. during the afternoon eputy Sheriff to take him down to ad, an affecti Preeence of Mr. Edwards, the ultimatel; ul; Sia wie his} iy. Ne 1g the: still. refuses. to cohabit It is said that the intimacy between Emma and the doctor has been going om for some time past, until she dircovered that, cre long. it would be impossible to dis- guise the ordinary course of nature, and consented te elope to America for an asylum. She pel it Fay oecaey erg of her Pgh cee Sarg a under the promise of forgivoness parents, who, u thy, she conciados return home wi children, ask their iveness, and settle down again like a man, under a solemn promise never to do 20 any more, We must say that considerable credit is due Mr. Police Officer for the very adroit manner adopted by him in this matter, whereby Col. Howard was once more laced in possession of the large sum of money so dis- jonestly taken from him, and no doubt the Colonel will award Mr. Bowyer a handsome and substantial com- pensation. Triat. FoR Arson.—William Boynton and Sha- drach Dickson are on trial in Dedham, Mass., charged with arson, in etting fire to dwelling houses in Roxbury, wi r. For Albany.—Fare 50 cents.—T! without landing —The RIP VAN WINKLE will leave for Albany, from the foot of Robinson street, this after: at 5 o'clock, connecting with the firet express train Wi English Mutton and English Tur! steamer Pacific, will be served ae this day, Pet gd two o'clock precisely, at KEEFE'S Restaurant, 504 Broad- ay. Astor Place Opera House.—Fhe of Mr. G. V. Brooke will commence on Monday even- ley 10, whe ill be represented Shakespeare's tragedy of LO. Othello. ... Mr. G.V. Brooke | Brabantio. Iago... ‘Mr. Lynne | Montano. ‘Mr.’ G. C. Jordan | Emilia. at 73¢ o'clock. p03 Bosedey, ‘dr. Brooke will perform HAMLE’ be now Open, w ere tickets, which secure 6 The Empire City Bank has commenced business at their Banking House, corner of Great Jones’ street and Broadway. The followin; P Board of Directors :—Elijah F. Purdy, Casper C. Childs, Bei min &. Hart, Isaac 0. Barkor, 3,8, Wickersham, Ulysses . French, Samuel Legge . Hone, D. Fe - Discouat daye—Tuesgaye snd Fridays, bee, Henry T. Krersrep, JAH F. PURDY, President. ashier. . Doctor Alexander B. Whiting has oveR his office to No. 57 Chambers street, edie the Parks a , tovmorrow, May 10, in addi- ock of spring and summer dry from auction. Parasols, 88., 10s., 12a inde, 2s. por yard; French Bar o0ds, the foilo ‘rench Toile ‘Tis: : es, . per yard, (fast d watered black silk Mantill B, frven Tok tench; plata an ibroidered crapo shawls; Hats, Ribbons, Lace Goods, &e., No. 277 Hudson street, opp Dominick Union Hous et, Economy points the way, and taste J2u,te follow it—Drest welf, and. dress cheaply. both, select Your garments at SMITH & RICE'S, 103 Pultom ubiic hemefactors, and thei: fable ay theif stock of goods te Cor hoe ge The truest eye may fall, the most prae> ticed hand may fail, under ordinary rules, to produce a fect fitz but by the mathematical system ofmeasurement sf tablishment, No. 1 treet. Wi : ve never geen 60 great butall alike§faitafally handsomely moaly cheope ie ‘Window Shades, from twenty cents to ten dollars; Lace Curtains, from two anasto twenty eelinee ‘urtains, A ; Muslin Curtains, from, seventy.f've ecnts £0 tive dollars; duetd prices. Dealer: ment in the city at ‘ 2:0}, Broadway, 54 Re Bedding, at very low prices, for a few 8. FOGGS', Nos. 233 and 4 Palton street, where'can be found the largest assortment of Mattresses and Bedsten and private hous¢s fore purchasin, for Curtains and Great ins in Carpetings.—Peterson. RHUMPHREY G7) Broadway, oomer of White ttreet, hay- ing purchased ly at the late large auction sale: Sete, tb; Tapesteion, des Brusselay Sas "Tikee ply, » 12a.5 j Brussels, 86.; Tngraine, dato Ge, sud all other goods equally Chenery Street t Lanehaertnct is the. \*. tt Hime. | If you wan 2 tering offifteen per gents four shillings’ per yard, ‘Tapes see! large and splendid - en Dy: Les gery tel the bestin @ market for sale, war lemo: ted at e 415 Broadway. This is ‘artic int! me New York shat has rev Jest three years of Also, Ballard's genuii Let them Leave the Field.—There 1s ne. longer an opening for other and inferior Hair Dyes, since Cristadoro's famous preparation was introduced. Very soon Cristadoro’s Liquid Hair Dye will be the only ono weed by ladies or gentlemen of judument. Nothing 1 asked for % Dut trial and comparison—a fair ficl Uled and. sold, whole ig and Scalp Establis chest American Int mioal Hair tute, New York. ro no favor. Ap- RISTADOKO'S ig Factory, No. 4 Wall the largest and bert assortment drone 5 Copy the Hair Dye.—Batchelor'’ Hnir Dye is the bost yet discovered for coloring the hair or- whiskers, the moment it is applied. The wonderful eave and gertainty with which this favorite and old established Hale yt Dye lorme itomishing. It is BATCHELOR’ iH jopy whe address. for sale, oF ap} Wig Factory, No. 4 Wall street, Gouraud’s Liquid Hair Dye, is, without ‘exeeption or reservation, the vory best ever invented; equal- ly celebrated is GOURAUD'S Modicuted Soap, for curing ples, freckles, eallowness, chaps, roughness, &¢. Poudre jubtile uproote hi pert of tho body, joss, at 67 Walker street, Never set a Loyonn on a rat, Or eal down thunder to destroy a gnat, Nor give to miee the homeopath’s pill, ‘That never enres, nud cannot kill. Such humbug in the ‘age we liv Stands condemned by men of sense Bat would ‘And drive si ‘Tal I Outr: powder caution to place He fort! eatore, longer, a thing deli rou to . z dor yn & Stetson, Actor Mouse, D, Howard, Irving House, say it is yn H. Hodges, Carl Ince cloared of r, and Dr. Hutchings’ Vegetable Dy: it~ es rely Jor Sripepons on eats es Ti I 0 the taste, Hed to make ts cood effects. signed R. B,, ONBY MARKET. SaTerpay, May 8—6 P.M. ‘The stock market opened dull and heavy this morning. Quotations for nearly all the leading fancies fell off « fraction, There appears to be no speculations in the street, and the market ix ovidently settling down steadily and quietly, At the first board, Harlem declined \{ per cent; Brie Railroad, !; ; Canton Co., 14 ; Norwich and Worcester, 1; ; New Jorsey Mining Co., \; Nicarag 44; Reading Railroad, \j ; Erie Convertible, 1902, 44 ; Frie Bouds, 1868, }; ; Delaware and Hudson, 1, Holders of stocks are evidently determined to sustain market prices, but there is a great scarcity of purchasers, Not- withstanding the abundonce of money, and the roduced rates of interest, outsiders will not touch the fincies at Mire Cushman. onything like current rater, Im this they ore wine