The New York herald., 1845-10-19
City Intelligence.


Mosns d. GALE-A complaint made by VIM.
X Nc lister that Mr. Gale of Albion, Orleans county
the Clerk of McAiser and Moulthrop that place
and that he had ieonously embezzed the property of
the firm Mr.. Gale arrested and held in custody
amined byMr. Justice Osborne Upon such examination
appeared that Mr. Gale not only innocent of the
his own and if there was crime or fraud arising out
OF the ransacten it was designed by others that Mr..
and in consequence OF his declining to do and being
In possession OF the letters Of McAter this prosecu
some compromise-the consequence was, Mr.. Gale was
discharged, and Mr. McAlister has not since been
Tar GREAT BRITAIS.-The monster steamer was yes
terday raised the floating dock the foot Market
street. At about IL O'Clock she entered the dock in
very graceful style and in few minutes the powerful
machinery in operation which is used for the pur.
pose OF raising shipsVery slowly she rose, and about
o'clock she was raised high it intended for her
to be at the time She is nearly six feet in the
ter, and on Monday will be raised entirely out.
The workmen are now employed in apply ing two new
fans to her propeller 1t will be quite feather in the
to say that the great Great Britain was repaired in
New York Dock.
Fnn;nA fire occurred Friday night, at a stable,
No 40 Forsyth street, occupied by Benedict and Day.
ton and considerable damage done and horse badly
burned.
BEWARE o. Mock AUCTIONS p Notwithstanding this
caution which constantly kept before the eyes all
Broadway pedestrians gentleman was done out OF
him right-he ought to have known better
WORKINGS THE MILITIA SYsTEM-A scene came off
last Friday evening at hotel in the Fifth Ward at
a
duty ior the purpose OF choosing Captain which exhi
bits the workings Of the militia fine quite graphi-
cally. At this meeting there about two hundred
persons present. and among them three four field Off
GERS The citizens proceeded to organization and
pssed in the chair gentleman Of high stand
ing in society candidate proposed in the person
OF Stephen Bushel Of the Fifth Ward soon as this no.
mination was made ore of the field officers ediately
objected to the meeting on the ground that it was e
gally called II was then revealed that meeting for the
choice OF Captain should be called least three days
before the election whereas the warnings which had
tlx- Tho
chairman and his friends took exceptions this the
ground that as the notices dated days previous
the meeting was legal They accordingly proceeded to
vote and Stephen Bushel was unanimously chosen zap
tam The held officers protested and stated that pa
rade day they should not consider Captain Bushe pos
sessng any authority and should order the Company 10
De commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
stand by Capt Bushel through thick and through thin
through the peaceful and harmless scene Of militia
drill and If need be, to follow HIM through the dangers
. And pomp and circumstance OF glorious war"
Now the whole of this plain enough to one
who understands the workings of the militia system II
IS well known that the fines which collected for con.
tempt OF the militia law, FORM in many cases the sole
support Of set oflazy officers Theydo wish the ct
zens to obey the militia law They wish to collect fine
from them for dsregardng Captain Bushe is not one
o. 'ne1eld ofeer eique but is tak from the body OF
the people, and will not come into Ae plans of the field
omcers Ihey wish Lieutenant Colonel to take com
mand, and thereby keep the matter all in their own
hands They say that they will resist Captain Bushels
officer. The drill comes of on Monday nextsts NJ al
the corner Of church and Murray stswhen there will no
held officers and Capt Bushsl.
CAFE Con FARMs.-The Boston Pioueh,naa .says
that there are many fine farms on Cape Cod In
Truro that paper says farmer raises 1000 bushels Of
corn annually In Orleans, farmer sold last wear 100
pigs at ~ 90 each, the produce of sows The same
man purchased two years ago II of worn ont land
Tor 20 per acre and took IRON IL fall 400 bushels of
corn Ihe writer says he passed through the county
OF Barnstable Is towns and looked in vain for single
tenement that cheeress-or lie family that W as
poverty stricken-and adds where besides shall look
ior the town where there house. no poor
because there are In the town poor have travelled
extensively in the United States a country before all
others highly favored and yet have nowhere in the
United states met with population healthy and ro
Dus-ohdren so happy, SO well behaved, well dress
ed no where with more intelligent popuation-no
where with schoolhouses thckly located better
ned no where with greater hospitality, where with
| people more moral.
| RAILROAD ACCIDENT The locomotive drawing
a train OF cars the Philadelphia and Trenton rai6
road ran into wagon which was crossing the track
near Bristol yesterday afternoon breaking the wagon 10
atoms, and throwing an elderly lady and gentleman
who were driving the vehicle from a funeral with CON
siderable violence upon the road The lady received
severe wound on the back OF the head the gentleman
was put shgnuy injured and the horse escaped unhut
Inc engineer made an effort stop the engine es soon
as ne saw the wagon, but without success iadeL
pha Ledger, Saturday
a NEW FEATURE IN CATTLE Shows -Atthe recent
Agricultural FAIR in Burlington, Vt, Mr.. l.. Chase
presented Tor premium three pretty female children
ana hsi years Old, born at a birth The Committee
on Household Manufacture awarded him SI4-which was
voluntarily contributed by the old bachelors present
ho oa4I thAsy