The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-03

City IntellSgence.
/" The Toms" was honoTed with q visit iron
DICKENS yesterday morning. He entered alone and
proceeded through every department before It was
discovered by the prying eyes OF TIE police that Boz
was in the midst Of them. Either his presence, OF
The dull rainy weather. created almost an entire stag
nation of business, and Justices and officers Locked
as languid as they would in the season of the dog
days. During the morning David Roberts was
caught and Gagged for attempting TO steal tue OF
butter from Anderson Van VasseiIs wagon, in the
Bowery. William Mosher stole shawl, worth four
dollas, from James w. Baker, of II Carmne street.
and was caught and jagged. Tyler Jacocks, who
was concerned in stealing copper sugar pan from
Abner Mills, of avenue d, aud who escaped few
weeks since, was nsbbed and sent below. aaa
JoIsr BALLOT OF THE COMMON CouxcIL Last
evening being the regular night of meeting Of the
members of the Boards of Aldermen and Assistants
in Joint Ballot, Assistant Alderman Lee, in the abb
sence Of Alderman Purdy, who is unwell, took the
Chair, and calling the roll bu, nine members an
swered to their names. quorum not being pre-.
SENT the meeting then adjourned without the tram
saction Of any business. At the next meeting a
Police Justice is to be elected, in place of Justice
Taylcr, whose term expires in few weeks. The
prominent candidates in caucus, are Garrett Gilbert
of the Ninth Ward, and Paul Grout, present MEM
Der of the Legislature, the Seventeenth.
A CUPoLA AND BELL ON THE ToMBs.-It is con-
tempated to erect cupola on the Halls of Justice
in Centre street, forty feet in height, and place
therein bell, weighing from 100 to 200 pounds
and also TO divide the city into three Fire districts.
Should the former object be completed, hark from
the Tombs deleful sound !" will often be the ex.
clama,ion Of the quiet inhabitants Of the bloody
Sixth.
LATE FROM THE CoAsr OF ArRIcA-We have
received file of Africa's Laminary from Oct. Is TO
the l7h of December inclusive.
The Slave Trade is carried on as briskly as ever.
small sharp schooner ran into New Cess, esrly in
October, took on board 200 slaves and in six hours
was off
Matters and things at Cape Palmas were peacea-
bic and prosperous A letter speaks encouragingly
of the Wesleyan missions on the Gold Coast.
Continued efforts are made to introduce horses at
Liberia; three had been brought from SerraLeone,
and it was hoped they would not die as all those
previously imported had.
A cutter of Is tons was to be.launched at Monro-
via on the 10th of November.
The English barque Niger, Merritt, from Bristol,
on trading voyage along the coast, was wrecked
near the mouth Of Mesurado river, Oct. Is. The
first mate and two sailors were drowned. The car.
go had been got ashore, damaged.
The morus multicaulls has been successfully IN.
troduced at Monrovia also the alligator pear.
A Portuguese schooner had been taken by the ma
tives at Berrybee, some distance below Cape Pal
mas. Several of the crew were killed.
There had been dreadful mortality in the Niger
expedition.
The vessels succeeded in getting up the Niger,
and had just landed the model farm, when sickness
made Its appearance, and threw them into state
of dependency. Twenty six soon fell victims to
death and seventy were yet on the sick list, and In
a very Precarious situation.
The Wilberforce has gone o the islan1 Ascension.
The Sudan was at anchor of the river Nun, await
ing the arrival of the Albert, which was some dis
from want of hands, or not being abe TO stem the
current, which in this season up that river very
rapidly.
Ssh So la, fre m Norf TX, had arrived out When
three days from Norfolk, William Savage died of q
chronic complaint. Mr.. Savage was about twenty
six wears OF age. and formerly from near Savannah.
He immigrated to Liberia In 1910.
Dr. Wilson is dead. He died near Cape Pamas,
Nov. 10.
Intelligence has reached ms from Cane Pamas of
the existence OF epidemic Dysentry at that pl ace;
and also along the coast, north and south II has
ragged equally among colonsts and natives-carry-
ing of many Of both parties: At Cape p. it has
been general in its attack, although except IN few
casee the aged and inrm Of the colonists only have
died. II had gotten into all the missionary schools
and swept away native youths from the Methodist,
Presbyterian, and Episcopal establishments, and
had only partially absted when our informant left.
Indulgence in the too free Of new rice, is sup
posed to be the cause Of this fatal epidemic.
The crops promised favorably.
Txrrprer~c Trcrupr ro.N,cur -Rslnh Waldo