The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-02-24

event we know. Mechanics and Journeymen unite at
once and kick that concern back into Wall street,
where the rich afford 10 pay rents. Call meet
ngs-get ppetitions-agitate-agi tate-agitate. Not
a moment is to be lost.
DIsGRAcEFUL RIoT, AND ASSAULT UPON AN OFFICER.
On Monday the Stevedores struck for an advance of
wages and went around in large body compel those
at work to desis posse of constabes, headed by
the high constable proceeded the of action but
ere they arrived, the mob had dispersed. Yesterday,
notice given that still larger mob had collected,
and conducting in most rioious AID dsorderly
manner. Justices Bloedgood and Lownds, accompanied
by numerous escort of officers proceeded the foet
of Maiden lane to a vessel loading with slaves, where
the Stevedores had forced the work to leave off.
Every armed with stave and the officers
unable TO make them disperse for long time.
Officer Brinck who is foremost where danger was
TO be met got in among The crowd and while endeavour
ing que the riot going on, struck the head
with The blow cut through the hat, and frac-
tured the skull. He taken into neighborng
house, and Immediately bed by physician in attend
aRce. The who struck the biow.was arrested but
rescued by the mob. Justice Bloodgood rushed into
the thckest of the fray, and seized giant of Irish
the nape of the neck and brought him in custody
TO the Office. Mr. Brinck is lying in very dangerous
situation, and tits scarcely possible that ne survive
The following were arrested,-James Cunning
ham, john Gilmore, Peter Tick, James Edgar, Mathew
FaneI John Peet, said by officer Lyons to have been
the first of the rioters John Lyons, John Hogan and
Edwd. o Brian. They have all been committed.
PHYSIOLOGICAL LEcTUREs.-Dr. Sleigh delivered his
lecture at the New York University as usual on Satur-
day evening. The lecture was crowded to excess
with the fashionable world, ladies and genemen.-
The Doctor having laid down the foundation of his sub
ect viz: that the blood depends for its perfect
generation respiration, digestion, formation of bile
and various other functions proceeded prove that
in proportion this imperfectly accomplished
the seeds of disease sown-health impared-and
beauty dimnished-and to the latter, the Doc tor
observed, that with ladies' life, lives nothing
when compared with figure, but that figure did not
constitute beauty he would put figure in one scale and
various departments of beauty such fair skin, fine
skin. bright eyes, &C. &C., in the other scae and that
if he proved (which he would do that shape (unnaiu-
raj shape) could not be obtained by of light
lacing the corset, without destroying the other cha
racteriscs of beauty, he he would bring
vction home to the heart of every female of the de-
suctve aud perncious effects of the corset This he
fully did-and then went into professional nvestiga-
ton of the internal of consumption, the seat of
which he considered in cases out ofl0, not in the
lungs is generally supposed, but in the liver which
organ he pronounced to be powerful auxiliary the
lungs and attributed the great fatality of this disease
TO this view ofits In reference the
evil effects of tight acng, he quoted language from
little work published in this city BY DIR. ID. Reese
called Structures on HealIh," which, well as
on its author he passed the highest eDcomiums for
talent, deep research, and professional skill.
We understand that these lectures are postponed till
the weather improves.
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