The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-10-02
City Intelligence.

VAGRANTs-Upwards OF 5000 Migrants have been com.
mitted to the Pententary since Justices Matse Stevens
and Parker have been appointed police usces and during
the time about 300 have been discharged This is
the wonderful offence for which they to be tried be-
fore the County Court Tuesday The members Of the
Board Of Aldermen who compose that Court had better
busy themselves in endeavorng to reform the main police
system and not be wasting ttme in thus vomiting political
spleen upon the present magistrates. The public under
stand this matter thoroughly. It's all politics.
THE Boar RACE yesterday, between six of the crew
Of the North Carolina and the number Of the
steamship Fulton created considerable interest among
those fond Of such sport The Battery and the piers the
North river commanding view of the boats at the start
crowded to excess, and Castle Garden contained
large number ofladies and gentlemen attracted by the
excitement Of the The distance to be rowed was
about three miles, being from stake boat in front of
Castle Garden round placed the north side Of Glib
bet Island The day beautiful with strong breeze
from the southwark and food tide The river dotted
with boats of all Sizes shapes and descriptions, and the
whole combined was of an exceedingly exciting
and picturesque character.
At about four O'Clock the Fulons boat presented
SELF manned by six athletic seamen neatly dressed in sI.
ped shirts and caps with coxswan in the uniform.
Soon AFTER the North Carolina boys showed themselves
dressed in white shirts with blue collars and tarpaun
hats.
At precisely half past four they started the wind and
tide both strong the river. The North Cardinals boat
had the arboard sde and she took the start ard her
swain appearing better understand his helm kept her
in direct for the stake boat while the Futon
boat fell off to the leeward number of yards (which
with wind and tide to head in turning the stake boat
bad management on the part of her coxswain
The North Cardinals boat kept her vantage ground,
and on rounding the stake boat several lengths in ad
vance She held her own, adding little to it as she
came the "old ship" whose yards and rigging
covered with their companions and she approach
ed her coxswan raised the American flag at her STERN
when the whole OF the North Carolina up such
shout they send when occasion requires it, She
darted in and passed the starting boat in nineteen
and thirty seconds from the time she left it, the Fulton
distance OF some two hundred yards in the they
ing partly held up when the contest appeared to be
closed.
The North Carolina's boat was manned by Henry r.
Rose, Charles D. Burton, Henry Chichester John w.
Parses, Robert Roseman George Russell, and George
Bevans, coxswain all seamen Of the u ship North Ca
rolina.
The quickest time made at the Newburg Regatta was
by the crew of the New Jersey who the six cared
prize in rowing three miles and quarter in twenty mi
nutes and IS seconds The North Carolina boys have
done their three miles in nineteen minutes and thirty
conds in heavy gig boat and doubt not in boat OF
the class OF the New jersey would beat her all ho
low. They are noble boys.
The TuRr.-The races over the Union course, Long
Island commence on Tuesday. Boston and Fashion
will probably meet at Camden Saturday the 2sh OF
October as the proprietor has offered purse Of $4,000
four mile heats free for ALL Boston will enter TO take it.
sure, and II Fashion does meet him, then will come the
tug OF war; and the third contest between the north and
south.
PoLIcE.-But little doing for the past few days the
police Offices Yesterday officer stephens succeeded in
Dusenberry, who sbroke open and robbed the office
Of Walker and Centre Streets few nights SINCE
property of consderable value. He fully committed
apart othe stolen property having been seen in his posses
sion.