Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-05-23

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/, II is well known that amongst the iustrloss
strangers who came over in the Sirius steam ship
was noble Newfoundland Dog called Sirius. now
whether this dog was named after the ship, or the
ship named after the dog, or both OF them ma
med after the dog STAR the dog star named ai'er
both er either Of them we are unable TO say; We
only know that the dog Sirius 10 remarkably nns
dog, about fourteen months old, weighs lib pounds
avoirdupois, and can whip his weight in any thing.
The figure head of the steam ship was carved after
him, and we have purchased him and made him our
fighting editor. As such things have happened be-
fore, we do not despair of making hum take part a.
a writing editor, and purpose placing the making up
of the provision markets entirely under MS conrel-
All who have seen him consider him quite capable
We should not have thrust this notice of the illus
trous stranger upon the attention Of the public had
it not been forced upon as by our brethren OF the
press in the following paragraphs:
The Doc srRus-Ths noble animal has just landed
shores the steamship Sirius aad has taken lodgings ahe
Astor House.-Ledger.
SIRIUS THE Dos-Nor TIE sTAR-The first dog that ever
crossed Atlantic by haju arrived in New Ysrk
Ga-ette.
THE BIG Doc-we saw the dog Sirius in the yeser.
day He the climate agrees with him. but he does not
eial from the Croton River to this city.-Sun
The STEAM DeGThe dog Sirius has arrived safely Our
without inspection For ss ACT Of courtesy said lbs veil
bioodsd noble dog called personally The coss
tor, and loudly barked out hi. thanks.-Day Whig.
SIRIUS SMASHING DoeThis has reached Anne
natural consequence beef took sudden rise yeser
day-EIPress.
slsrus!-A large dog of this name has been landed with
much aHculty from the steamship Hell shortly appear
the Park Thsatre.-Star.
stay in New York few days refresh himself and then
cpt make the of the Union, the of the Lakes
NEW TouRIsT-The dog Sirius arrived at New York
Tie quite PUPPY only IS moatns old He purposes pub
the United states" His work expesa to be as interesting
that Of foreign puppies who have written about this
The DoGs-A dog called Sirius has been brought
to New York and sold for $3.50 What will the sapient pur-
chaser take for piece of his tail -Cinsinnafi Post
SIRIus!-we this sobls stranger the this
ing and was so struck with his beauty that we our
sa%y ds Ky sa1 ne
repeal Of the dog law, during his stay in the cy-onrn3 Of
Commerce.
purporng 70 be from the dog srss who arrived IN The
hat ship depued by hi. quadruped and bped brstbres Of
Bond street and St partly 10 test the efficacy OF steam
hem adopt the novel conveyance and partly write
history Of his travels, ans TO give full and correct descp
people, 10. SC. He declares that his first npres
ions uniavorabe He wished to be here but
has been announced the iusrous srayer, and lam
,eoDed from Maine Georgia Not beng able find fault
n. on
s has been chopping into pecesi order make money
is bed brethren Of the puppy tribe in London b. cut
order to give each nsmeRto in case he should by
s lie hi: oo
be daily the clubs in London at the promen
des before menonea He says further, that his tail al
they have done, h. shall have all and soncludes
is srsory remarks by stating ,hai Joe Miller is be
this consr, appear witty, he shall lin up the curtain and
syta them Of their fair proportions though they
mig --Age
New all we have to say TO this series of ISLANDERS,
, that we are in peaeeable possession of the dog |
rus, and that he authorises to say that he is
,uch engaged in the study of our glorious constitu-
on to notice the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the press. In
eed, he is very seriously troubled about the anpa
ny we have here TO anal gama,ion, or an indiscrim-
rate mixture of black and white. He is himself
Wing, moving, breaking, and barking specimen of
His back and sides are JET black, |
nd so is his tail his feet nose and breast snow
white. With regard to his price, he says he is not
% bought for any money and adds that although
doubtless, as Burke said, every man has his price,
ret the assertion Of Burke was dogmatic to apply
o dogs indlscriminately.
A PrzzLSe PRocEEDIse.-We published brief
X etch yesterday of trial in the Court Of Common
'leas which took place between James Brooks and
fessrs. Hudsons defendants and Jesse Cady, PLAIN
fl, on demand for borrowed money. The jury |
fter having been out for some time, agreed upon
crdict for the plaintiff eleven Of the jurors signed
his verdict with view Of rendering sealed verdict
Ito court in the morning, when all at the twelfth
ror recolected that he had not been upon the
nv or course This infornaity was fatal to the
shole proceedings and the jury were discharged.
This gross negligence is attributable entirely 10 the
,at,en,ion to his duty Of the clerk, Joseph Hexle
whose duty was TO see the jury sworn and regular
: empanelled. The blunder is accounted for by
he Juror in this way. He was sworn by the clerk IN
elaton to his excuse for not wishing to serve, which
excuse not being received by the court he took his
seat as a Juror, without taking the usual cath.
III Joseph cannot manage the public business better
han this he had better stay in Maiden lane, or 90
sask do wn east where he belongs and resume his old
rade of retailing check shirts and monkey jackets.
Nothing exceeds the coarse, uncouth and cock-crcw
ng behavior of this contemplate upstart but his SUI
,erlative impudence, and pedagogus pucrility! The
whole affair presents very, very cuross aspect m
deed, and we cannot consistently account for 1t. II
does not seem possible that courts can be con-
verted into Juggling shops. The Express newspaper
defendant) in this case, has always supported Mr..
Hoxie and in return Mr.. Hoxie has used his utmost