The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-06
City Intelligence.

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City Intelligence.
The WAY TO KEEP YovR SUNDAY MoRNINo's HER
ALD.-As complaints are made at nearly all our pub
lie houses that the Herald Of Sunday morning is sto.
len nearly as as laid upon the reading room ia
bic, we advise the clerks of such establishments
| to write upon it, faaatt8f 1lt
Stolen from -
And insert the name Of the hetel to which it is sent
| in the blank This will keep it SAFE sasa
QUESTION is now debating by the officers of
justice, who superintend the criminal jurisprudence
of our city, of the following character:-Whether
the ends of justice as well effected by the arrest
of persons about to commit crime, they would be
if no arrest should take place until after the crime
had been committed. a,laHq
ARREST roR PERJuRY-On the q. of September
last Messrs. David Scissor and John Gill, agents for
the transportation of passengers and merchandise,
rented the store No. l62 Maiden Lane, from Mr..
Patrick Cougar, master bulldog. OF Beekman
street. A lease was drawn up at the time, renting
5000 per annum, the conditions of which were that
Sl25 was to be paid signing the lease, $l25
| the first OF November, making the amount for the
first three months. and the remaining payments to
be made quarterly, as is customary. Nothing re-
latve to NE month OF January was inserted in the
lease, bat the amount due for that time necessarily
would have fallen due on the first of May, with the
SIPS each were paid as agreed upon, and
receipts given by Cougar, the last Of which. dated
November I'd, lS4l, was witnessed by Mr. Robert
Siffi,h On the 18th Of January, Messrs. Scissor and
| Gill made transfer of their stock and lease to
Samuel Fisher. Sem, and on the same day
| Cougar went before G. D. Wheeler, Esq Commits
sioner Of Deeds, and made affidavit that balance
one month, from the LIST of November to the LIST OF
December. He obtained a landlords warrant there
| on and levied upon, removed and sold upwards of
| $500 worth OF property to meet the demand. On
this charge he was arrested, ne had previously
ceived the rent for that month, and given his re.
ceipt therefor, certihedto by a witness He denied
the signature in the receipt shown, and thus placed
himself IN position to prevent all possibility Of his
| making plea OF error in date when he made the al
fidavit. He finally admitted to bail in the sum
of $1,000, which he procured.
| MORE AMALGAMArIoN.-OfI Stephens yester-
day made descent on the premises Of a notorious
house of prostitution and amalgamation, kept by a
colored bag named Charlotte Garter, at 100 Mott
| street. Two good looking white girls named Julia
| Day and Manda Ross, aged about 10 years, were
found upon the premises, who had been kept there
were sent TO Blackwes Island as vagrants, and the
keeper of the brothel committed prison in default
| of finding $1,000 bail
THE MAN who has been missing for several days
| left his home on Tuesday last. His name is Ger.
hart Graber and he resided at the corner of Hester
and Allen streets. .tt
Tar CouRr OF GENERAL SESSIONS meet on Mon
day morning, and the Board of Aldermen on
| Monday evening ~
FouNp DhowNEp An unknown man, about
thirty years of age was found drowned on Governors
Island yesterday afternoon. He was dressed in
sailors clothes, with black cloth vest and had been
| in the water for several weeks. The Coroner held
an inquest on the body, and finding no marks Of
violence, ordered it te be buried on the island.
THE WALKING FEAr-A man, by the name of
William Niles, undertook, on Thursday night at 7
O'clock to walk stand for forty-eight successive
Yesterday morning at n o'clock, when he fell
down, perfectly exhausted, and slept for several
hours before he could be awakened Up 10 the
time he stopped he walked 35t hours, without
and consequently may be considered game. We
understand that the feat has been attempted in En-
gland great number Of times, but never accom-
plshed except in one instance; and tor the purpose
Of showing the bottom Of American blood. Robert
L. Stevens, Esq. having made extensive wagers on
the result, has offered 10 give the sum OF $4,000 70
any man who will accomplish II. Niles says he will
attempt il again. but we understand that seme dozen
individuals start for the purse on Monday morning,
in various parts Of the city Therefore the earliest
one on the Start may be the surest to win.
DARING ROBBERY --On Friday evening, man,
named Henry Stokeley tn looking into the good and
the "Five Points," and after calling for some LIQUOR,
proceeded to settle the amount due by taking some
money from his pocket, when three rogues, who
were setting in the cellar, pounced upon him, with
|
and one SO, which they endeavored to extricate
from his grasp but failing by manual force Of
the scoundrels, named James Campbell, took a
knife and scored the back Of his hand until he deli
vered the funds. The three then attempted TO es-
, CAPE when Stokeley held on to Campbell and sue
ceeded in getting him to the wach-house, where he
! was locked up. The other two, named Peter Boyle
| and Henry Smith, escaped, but were caught last
evening by officer VIM. H. Stephens, the " old
| Hays' of the Sixth Ward Stokeley had q consi-
! derable amount of money in his pockets that es-
. capped the notice Of these desperate rogues, or
without doubt, they would not have hesltated to
murder him 10 obtain it Persons, who wish to be
robbed, can always fiRd customer on the Points
BREAKrre AN IRoN CHEST TO PrEcEs.-The
counting room OF Messrs. Jamison IL SANFORD, l5i
South street. was entered on Friday night and the
iron safe broken open and robbed Of $40 in bank
) | notes and specie. The foreman Of the establish.
meni, owing to the absence Of one OF the partners
had taken the valuable papers and the remainder Of
| the money frsm the safe the evening previous.
4 | Circumstances induced suspicion 10 settle upon
young man named Lycurgus Staples, who had been
in The employ Of the firm as cartman, and man
= named Henry Thomas, an imported thief, the bro
ther-in-law Of Staples Officers Reyea and Sweet
| Immediately went in search Of the rogues, and
| found Thomas at his house on the Sixth avenue,
and The money enclosed in canvass bag, buried In
: the woodhouse attached to the dwelling. They
soou alter arrested Staples and committed them both
| TO prison. Thomas arrived in this country a few
MOI tas since land succeeded in penuading the sste
OF Sta les to run away with him and get married
according TO the statement Of her brother induces
him 10 lock him up in the store on the night IN,