The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-12-24
City Intelligence.


THE COMMON COUNCIL AND JUDGE EpMoSps.-Yester-
day morning. after the Court of Oyer and Termner
organized % m reay look place before ,se
cient number OF officers not being in attendance Judge
Edmonds turned round pontedly to Aldermen vantine
Brady who his colleagues, and said such is
the state of things and the admirable arrangements of
the Common Council, that cannot have a sufficient
number OF officers when we want them and
obliged to ask for them half dozen times least be-
fore they sent the consequence of all this is the
business oil the Court delayed and thrown into con-
son and the p,blc time improperly and unnecessarily
wasted"
PARK BAsrS-The ice was about an inch thick in the
basin yesterday morning.
STEALING DoGs.-A gentleman informs us that short
time since he lost valuable dog and by great exertons
succeeded in tracing him to the place where he had
beeo sold by the man who had stolen him. But tho
law does recognize dog property he had way
Of recovering him. There are men in this city who
make business of stealing dogs and keeping them until
a reward is offered, and then returning them We are
no particular friends of the canine race in general but
do not perceive why valuable dog is not as much pro
perty horse, and why penalty should not be at
tached to the theft OF one az well as the other.
Row-A little bit ola row occurred yesterday 1.-THE
Mays Head, in Barclay street, where the democratic
voters Of the Third ward had assembled to
mittees. The row commenced, as is usual amongst
hali-Aedged boys who gather around such places and
ensued. Captain Matsel Alderman Hart and the police
men Of the ard ward were promptly the spot, and
queed the riot by taking several OF the rngleaders TO
the station house.
RoBBERv- On Monday night the store of Messrs. Fox
Co.. in Pearl street. was robbed Of 90 dollars by some
rascas who had concealed in the store du
ring the afternoon. The watchmen saw q light in the
store and going to what was, the robbers fed
CAurror-A gentleman having had occasion to put
letter the office, few evenings since perceivedthe
aperture for dropping letters into the box obsucted
Upon close INSPECTION he discovered that loose paper
had been thrust intent distance that letters
thod has been successfully practiced and thus may
account many complaints OF missing letters at the
po. Office The Inv, was , sun more % IN
dvduals him. and enqured at that late hour IF
the Post Office was open y ana who apparently had no
ali persons VINO have letters to deposit In tho Office ut
night to look and that there is no distractions
WALL srwEEr.-Wsll street. at the Of Nassau,
is obstructed at present, by the digging OF sewer,
which to extend from III head of Wall street. through
Broad TO the river About these holiday times
there il psr ~ Of game for sale in Wall street
during the past hesge market for ell
Olive and dead stock from Durham bull down TO
self feeding canary brd.
DEMOCRATIC WAND ELECT Ioss-The ward elections
OF the de held yesterday purpose Of
choosing general and several ward committees for the
ensuing year
Conosyns OrrrcE, Dec. 23-The Coroner was called
TO hold an Inquest at the City Hospital the body Of
Elisha Crane born in New Jersey, AZ years OF age,
mason by trade. II will be remembered that several
men II from the scanclding Of new building erecting
IL Broad street, = few days sgo-ths nan, with some
otheswere taken to the City Hospital time where
PRs SS. by the AL Verde, accodnsy
The LANDING OF. THE PmeRIMs.--The
25 % ne ana an ~ o. s o
civilization in New England, was celebrated at Ply
mouth yesterday In the celebration OF this festival,
the descendants OF the Pilgrims who remain at home
were a,ed by their brethren from the colony Of
Massachusetts,, and from places en- te. The
morning was fortunately bright and the atmosphere
calm. Edward Everett Rufus Choate. &c, were pre-.
sent. The whole affair passed off very happily.
AN OLD SOLDIER GoNE.-Elisha Blackman, the
last survivorof the Wyoming massacre DULY g. I77sJ
died ut his residence 10 Hanover Wyoming Valley on
the ah inst in the seth year Of his age He was buried