The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-15
City IntenIDepca

City intelligence.
NETTING OF CIrIzESs-A large mes,;,~
and sailors was held at Timothy Garrick,. uo,sI 49,.
evening in Frankfort street. to take ,roh -
would be calculated to expose the onono,;v;,..
Ter Oh the monopolizing boarding house. csllsd a..
sailors Home. Major Joseph Hopkins was called 70 N.
chair, John southwell and James Hagan sppoip,e, v;,.
presidents, and James G. Smith and Martin sbs, =.
lected as secretaries.
The meeting was addressed by Alderman Halsev .ns
Messrs. Hopkins, Taylor, Palmer, Jennings and sou.s.
wen, and resolutions were presented by Mr.. Taylor. exi
pressive Of the sense Of the meeting on this subject. We
shall have som ething to say in this matter to- morrow.
CHARGED WITH ARsos.-An elderly man named Pete-
Masen, who has recently occupied the upper part Of the
dwelling Ia Goerick str n, was arrested yesterday. and
committed at the Upper Police office, on a charge Of ar
son. On the 18Th instant it appears he assaulted a ser
want girl named Helen BACON, who was engaged in
cooking in one OF the rooms of tie upper part of thu
house occupied by his daughter, and after driving hep
down stars, set ere to the room in which he slept, and
attempted to rush out Of the house. The alarm Of are
having been given, he was stopped on the stairs BY
Messrs. Andrew and John Martin, the latter of whom /.
the owner Of the premises. Upon Sc rching the bed
room a number of rags and other combustibles were
found on ire, and every evidence was presented to So
usiy the Police justices that he had been guilty Of this
neinous crime. The lower palt Of the dwelling WAC
occupied by Mrs. Catherine Hoyt, who was confined 70
her bed from sickness, and who might have lost her lifa
ifths house had been consumed. She states tina. Mason
had threatenedto burn the dwelling at several different
times, and also to murder some one" on the premises
while in his paroxy SIN OF rage.
YANKEE CAUGHT BY A" PETER Furun-O,eo r ~.
cute yankee nation, oil the way from the land Of stsadv
habits, where it is supposed people have their eye teetk
cut, was strolling through Chatham street ve.te,dav
few doors below Roosevelt, when his ears were Attracted
by the sound OF" Going, going, going" from one ofthe
swindling auction stores OF that vicinity. He stepned in
to take a look, when a gentleman from the south, a
he called himself, but an old funar in disguise. iu,me-
diately advised him to make a purchase Of the articles
under the hammer, as they were going dog cheap, and
that he would buy them himself, but his money was
short. He would, however, take half of them at the
them in, and he was then politely invited into the iunk's
back office to settle up. The number of articles having
been counted, instead of the yankees share being "a ~
he was presented with a bill of $50 so. His purse con.
tanning but $27, he expostulated against such payment,
but the tanks persisted, and swore he should not leave
ing that he was in a difficulty, according TO his own
view Of the ease, he gave up the SGT and departed. On
who succeeded in recovering only $40 of the AMOUNT Of
which he received 81 for his trouble. He should not
sum, and we call upon one Of the justices to INQUIRE into
the treason why it was not all returned to the lawful
owner, or the :Soundrels who keep the place lodged in
justices made an example Of one Of these mock auction
GERS. The law is sufficiently strong, and should be
brought to bear upon them at once. They are springing
up all over the city.
How TO GET SEoARs AND MAKE A RAIsE-A young man
named J. Wilson Kellogg was deposited in the Tombs
yesterday, charged by A A. Saman0s, segar dealer, cor
nr Of Broadway and Reade street, with obtaining three
quarter boxes of segars from him valued at $l3y so, snder
false pretence'. Mr.. Samanos states that he represented
that Thomas Riley, of the Fifth Ward Hotel, wished to
purchase some Of his segars, having admired the flavor
Of one that he (Kellogg) had smoked at his house. He
therefore desired Samanos TO allow him to take three
quarter boxes to Riley . for that purpose. which W as &C.
coded to. Several days passed over and finally Samanos
sent his bill TO Riley for payment, when to his astonish.
ment he found that Kellogg had sold the segars on his
own hook, pocketed the money, and given a receipt in
in default OF bail.
MosE CouNrERrrIrs.-One of the Kogniackerc gang
named George Owens, alias McKirkin, was jagged yes
terday for attempting 10 pass a So counterfeit note on the
Atlas Bank of Boston, upon James Moorhead, grocer,of
a3l Grand street. When told that the note was bad, he
started to rs. away, but was overhsuled by the cry Of
stop thief and safely lodged in prison. Several other
charges of a similar kind are alleged against him.
DIED PREM THE EFpEcTs OF A GALE.-The Coroner
held an inquest yesterday on the body Of q man named
David Groves, q native of Wales, England. The de-
ceased was recently a hand on board the ship Siberia,
that arrived on the LIST instant from Liverpool During
the passage he was thrown upon the deck during a gale
andthree Of his ribs broken, which caused his deceese
on Tuesday last. Verdict accordingly.
DRowNKp II A CRLLAR.-A child named Nicholas
Strong, aged three years, who has been missing for seve-
raj days, was found drowned on Wednesday IN the eel.
lar Of the house adjoininy the corner of 9th Avenue and
35th street. There was about three feet OF water in tina
cellar.