The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-14

CITY Intelligence.
| The Common CouKciL-Both Boards OF Aldermen meet
on Monday afternoon, at o'clock. but is not ancr
either branch Of our city legislature A pause viii be
probably the result and deberation con6ned to
Police Bill will first have to be decided before any active
measure will be taken by this august body Their time IL
| short, however, and they should be up and doing.
GENERAL SESSIONS will be a busy day in the
number of unforna,es to be tried for bur-
glary. grand larceny, Sc, &C. The daily calendar Is
very large.
Police Onice-sArunDAy, April ia BURGLARY
AND THE BURGLAR CAuoHT-On Friday night, or
early on Saturday morning, the store OF Mr. Joseph
Bennett No. t227 Canal street, entered by false
tanning three canary birds mantle clock &c. all worth
SlOO, stolen. The violin yesterday morning found
mack who ingenousy accounted for the possession of
the . Cremona," by stating he found it on the Eve
playing away and took s Whn. MIcSr
its home for the 9" Five Points - but it's hardly to be
doubted but that Mccormack abducted unawfully this
instrument from its legal abode in Canal street. and orc
bly, carried it into the neighborhood where it found.
Mccormack is fully committed for the burglary.
ASorHrn BgncLAsr- On Saturday nigh. the store Of
Mr. Clinton W. Riley, corner OF Pearl and William streets,
broken and coats and other valuable pro-
perry stolen The burglars escaped.
srABBED.-A man named Warren C. McMillen, on Fri.
day afternoon, with large knife inflicted bad wound on
the person OF John c. Tariffs No. 1875 Wooster street
They had alteration and McMillen drew the
weapon and inflicted dangerous wound with il in the
abdomen Tariffs who taken to the City Hospital,
and in the meantime McMllen committed to prison to
abide the result Of his nefarious attack The COM
menced about bread that Tariffs was delivering at
house in the neighb0rhood
Nothing further Of interest occurred at this Office.
Bowery Police.-saturday "A number of CON-
plants disorderly conduct and trifing offences.
Coroners Omce.-Aprl 10 The Coroner as busy
nothing new to cher aid as we have previously
all the Of casualties that have to knowledge
Common Pleas.
Arm IA Strong Bullock Reported in Fridays
Herald The jury rendered verdict in this case for the
defendant this (saturday) morning
Circuit Court.
APRIL l3Judge BErTs took his seat upon the Bench at
II o'clock, and alter dsposing of few motions, the
Court adjourned over to Monday.
From AFRrcA.-By letter from on board the U.
). ship Macedonian, dated at Porto Prayo, March
5th we have few items Of later than that already
received The colony Of Monrova represented to be in
highly fou,shng condition, and properly sustained
by the United States is believed that the ends proposed
by its founders will be than realized The most in
uental residents with the missionaries Of all denomina
with respect to the numbering Of the Of the Mary
Carver will have decidedly Beneficial effect in protect
they are now that outrages committed by them
will be Ut slowly) severely redressed Everything was
then quiet and the health Of the settlements good The
Macedonian was to sail in few days for the windward 10
recruit-a we'll The Saratoga had returned from the
wndward and sailed for the coast to relieve the Decatur
The brig Condor Capt Warrington from Boston, to
sail in few days for the Gambia, trading voyage
1H;- Mr. Clay received number of visitors at
the Hlbernian Hall yesterday. The ball at the
Charleston Hotel of with great spirit and harmony
under excellent management the scene envened with
an excellent band OF music There were upwards Of
1900 persons present The interior of tina hotel
bellished with variety Of appropriate emblems and de.
corations the principal dancing having the arms OF
the States tablets suspended from the pillars and es-
TONED by flowers and the pendants Of various countries
The piazza also similarly decorated and in front
hibited transparency containing portrait of Mr. Clay
lgtIrr ed nv n ha fnrput
States. Mr. Clay took excursion in the steamboat
Charleston Capt Barden, around the Harbor this
ing and will leave at three O'clock in the Wilmington
boat gratifed doubt with his very Aattering recep
tiOn-CkaTleston PATROL, .4piiL9
To SHAVE, OR Nor TO SHAVE? That IS THE CUES
TIoN "A correspondent of the Medical Journal is
out in favor Of wearing the beard. He says
The Bible and nature are certainly on the side obeads
is never seen in portrait with beariless chin Sc
Of history parcularzes his hair and his beard. i III
an an early Christian father, declares the shawn OF
| the beard to be 'blasphemy against the face"
The Pilgrim Fathers, represented standing upon Ply
mouth Rock, are bearded men Governor Winthrop is
bearded of his day; but before the opening of the
century boards appear have become nearly quite
nct portion of the astocracy of South Carolina
in the habit Of wearing Boards but for the last hun
bred and fifty years womanaced in this country and
in much of Europe have been in the ascendant In these
portions Of the world the bondage Of the beard to the die
atorship Of an eemnate fashion, has been completes but
the day will come when it will again come FORTH "re
deemed regenerated and dsenthrsled."
The correspondent gives, among others, the fol
lowing extract from "Walker on Beauty"
The habit OF wearing tho beard is manly and nobl,
one. Nature made 1t distinctive of the male and fe
male; and its Abandonment has commonly been accom-
panied not only by periods OF general eeminacy, hui
by the decline and fall of States They beard
| ed Romans who conquered the then beardess Greeks
they bearded Gohs who vanQushed the then beard
less Romans; and they are bearded Tartars who now
promise to inundate the regions occupied by
the shaver and etfemnae people of western Europe
Those, assuredy, bunder, who ridcule the wearing
the beard.
OPERA PosTPoNEMENT. new opera O
Anne Boleyn," was not performed at the Ches
nut last evening. although every preparation had beef
The OF the postponement was unfortunate acct
dent to Mrs Seguin who, while rehearsing in the
in great hurry when her foo. went through SINAI
opening used for conducting the gas pipes to the fues
Luckily in the fall her body inclined forwards had sh
either to the right LETT her leg would have bee
broken short of below the knee At the time il
apprehended serious but the leg where the wound
subsequently swelled than twice it's natural
and Mrs. s. experienced great pain and she proh
bted by her physician from attempting to visit tn
theatre haa. Chronicle, .apri, ~.
| Loss OF THE STEAMBOAT ARKANSAS "A lette
from the clerk of the Arkansas, dated at Bentley
Bar Arkansas river Marcn 90, states that the boat ha
sunk in OFT feet water She only patty loaded
having board 467 bales of cotton 665 bags OF corn,
hhds tobacco, some petries merchandise, SC. The &c
bacco peltries and merchandise would be total loss,
we'll $50 bales of cotton which slowed in the hole
The Lucy Walker was expected down soon, and it wa
hoped would take off the remainder of the cotton whic
was in a damaged state. The Arkansas was owned b.
Capt Pennywit and Mr. Beatty, former engineer. an
was not insured When the boat struck a deck hand
knocked overheard aud drowned-his name not given.
CANAL BoArs-The Canal Board have modife
the regulation on this subject published by us som
time since. AS modified il reads follows =" In orde
to protect other beats from injury scow or other bo
hereafter 10 be bull and registered shall be permitted
navigate any canal unless the bow OF said boat
! Of m or