The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-05-05
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CltY Intelll0AncA

gift. OF the applicants there are few, very few WIN
have the requisite qualifications for this mportan
| station. We say important because the welfare O
the city, so far as relates to protection from rogues
thieves and midnight burglars, depends much upol
the strict performance of his duties, and at tn,
same time he is bound to grant all those privilege
| to accused persons that the law in its mercy ex
tends to them. 1t is therefore to be hoped that
novice will be selected for the place of Keeper o
the City Prison, but one who has some know
ledge Of the character of crime in this crowd
ed city; one who has a partial acquaintance
at least with the prominent characters who are il
daily commission of acts, that bring them sooner OF
later, within his keeping and one who has a ful
and general knowledge of the peculiarities of the
"legal' cormorants prison ostriches, who flock
about its precincts like hungry vultures round
feast of carrion. A person should be selected who
has some powers and comprehension of prison dis
cipne-one who is rigid, but humane, firm but moi
overbearing, kind but not credulous He should be
possessed OF the bump Of order, and if there is such
Q chronological development as cleanliness, thai
should form prominent point in his character
relative to the internal discipline OF the prison,
should be possessed of similar qualifications and a
female matron should be selected to preside the
female prison under the immediate controlling su-
perntendence of the first Deputy Keeper
To Col. Jones. who is about retire from the pc.
sltion OF Keeper, which he has hell for the past
year, much is due Tor his strict attention to the duties
of his office, and particularly Tor the clearly man
term of service To Mr. Honlan, his principal
deputy, he has been much indebted for assistance in
the police discipline of the prison, as the previous
experience OF that gentleman gave him opportunities
OF discernment unpOsseessd byC ZONES, whose mild
and kind disposition is such that it is fully evident
he was never made tor keeper OF a prison. He has
performed his duty in most able manner, and may
his predecessor give as general satisfaction on his
retirement from office.
FENCING UP A PUBLIC HoUsE-Passing down
Centre street, yesterday afternoon We perceived a
workman busily engaged on small space in front OF
Dunn's Sixth Ward Hotel, on Centre and Duane
street, in opening holes in the sidewalk Tor the pur
pose OF placing posts therein to erect board fence
to enclose the premises On inquiry, we ascertain
ed that such directions had been given by the Rev.
DR.. Janeway, who is the agent of the premises, and
whom we understand claimed rent for the use of
the lot, in accordance with previous agreement.
In this emergency, Captain Dunn made application
to the administrative of the estate OF the late Alder
man ONeil, from whom he rents his premises,
when Ianl arrangement was entered into, and the
rent paid the stakes taken down. the holes filled up,
and the entrance to the Sixth Ward Hotel lett as
usual Small potatoes
BURGLAR FROM NKw JERsEY.-A fellow, named
John McCollin, was arrested on suspicion in this
city yesterday, by citizen, TO whom he had offer
ed a number Of carpenters planes at six pence
piece. 1t was soon alterward ascertained that the
rogue had stolen them from church in Planfeld
N. J., where they had been left by the workmen,
and also that he had entered the store of Webster,
March 81 Co., of the same place, and stolen two
coats belonging to the establishment. He was sent
to New jersey for trial
In THE WRONG SHoP.-Some cool, calculating
burglar, who supposed that the enormous rents col
lected by the agents OF the corporation of the Tr
nifty Church, deposited at this period in the Of
fee of that building, attempted to enter it on We'd
nesday night, for the purpose of making raise
The imaginative, sacrilegious burglar, might have
saved himself The trouble, money is lett there
after the usual hours for closing the bank in which
the church makes its depOsites.
ANOTHER WARNING.-A white woman named
Elizabeth Keyser who had become SO debased as
to make common fellowship with blacks in house
in Shin Bone" Alley, rear of go Walker street,
died in drunken fit on Wednesday, and the Coro-
ner held an inquest on the body yesterday, and or
dered her buried IN Potter's Field.
ARRESTED ON A BENCH WARRANr.-Levi Heins,
indicted for perjury committed in case before the
Marine Court, IN which John Fishblaat was party,
was arrested yesterday on bench warrant, and
committed to prison. His trial has been postponed
until the next term, owing to the fact thatit i'm
possible to obtain an unbiased jury from the pre-
sent panel, since the Of Hallenstein was pre-.
sented to the Court, as Heine was witness in the
same cause, and swore to similar statements made
by Halenstein.