New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-18
City IIems.


-: - The XyIth number Of the Penny -Naga-'"f
is published by RedfeId Clinton Hall TIE reissue o.
this comprehensive and invaluable work appears 10 o'
even more popular than the original edition IheFe s
literally 10 end to the sales; and The demand increases
in geornetrical ratio with each number
~ Concert for the benefit OF Mr. y. l.
Coonbs. an old and respectable Printer OF fhs Is
proposed and Committee of thrty-;wo gentlemen nave
the affair in process OF arrangement
tJopr's ExPREss.--We are pleased to learn that
MA D. Hope has established an Express from Ne"
yo-k m somervile j. and intermediate places, N
connection with his business as travelling agen; He is
.oo well known 10 require conmendation IRON US but
u, bspesk for him that support and patronage in his
,ev enterprise to which ne ia so well ertitled His
Office i. a, the Merchants Hotel Il Cortlaad.street.
~ A poor woman we understand from the
Ne,,s was run over the oil Broadway and Mur
ray.s,reet on Tuesday afternoon a5out2 o'clock, by
private carriage Strange as may seem. the driver
did not stop ascertain the extent Of the damage ne
had done. The poor woman was conveyed away oy
persons who witnessed the transaction, some OF whom
we are told contributed Of their substance to aid her
The owners OF the carriage known and the Injured
person may ascertain their By applying al the
Neus Office
~ A man BY the name OF Andrew ?. Frost
committed suicide at Flushing day or two ago Tic
was stranger and arrived there few days since lie
went TO the shore and after walking about Tor snort
time suddenly drew pistol from his pocket placed the
rnuzzle in his mouth and deliberately blew cut MS
brains In his pockets were found about Soo IN money
note for OU and an agreement TO sell farm for 81 AGO.
From papers found about his person it supposed that
he came from the state Of Maine, somewhere in the vi
ciniy of Portland.
~ The Andorfer Gallery of Paintings in the
Granite Building continues to attract and fix public ad
rnira,ion They are indeed very splendid
" The scafolding upon a building in process OF
erection a, the cornar of Broad.sreet and Exchange
place broke yesterday morning about 10 o'clock precip
,sting to the ground from the third story, three work
men-Levi Crane, Timothy Mahony and Owen McLane.
Cranes arms broken his scalp badly lacerated be-
side receiving very confusion Of the leg Nc
Lane had two ribs fractured, and Mahony a dreadful
laceraton of the scalp, and bruised body They were
taken to the City Hospital where they doing well
The Burnt Districts filing up the Hospital wards rapidly
Lawrence Maloy having been brought there yesterday
afternoon with his leg broken by pile Of brick falling
upon him while ut work in Ncw.strcet.
~ a bout half after , o'clock Tuesday night the
upper story of the building the Of
Gill and Fulton streets occupied by Messrs. Bohlcn
Parks as a book ,bndery destroyed. The lower
part OF the building was somewha, damaged BY the guam
tity of water thrown into it.
- An illustration of the beneficial effects of
Life Insurance can be seen on reference our 4dycr
tising columns.
E;5@ Persons interested in Bank Locks are re-
quested to read Messrs Day & Ncwes article upon the
Parautop,ic Lock
NlPPED IN The BUD.-Ycsterday morning, be
tween ] and l2 o'clock Thomas A. Mahan, very intel
gent lad 10 - years OF age residing al No. l2l For
syths,reet presented at the Chemical Bank check for
$3.50 drawn said Bank, purpOrted, by Richard
Christopher, well.known merchant of No 251 William
street but although the signature very good IS Mr.
Christopher generally numbered his checks the Paying
Teller suspected its Renuineness aud asked the boy
sent him thihcr, when he replied that yeung man met
him in FultoHsrcet just opposite ST. Paus Church gave
him the check and told him he would give him shilling
if he would cet cashed The Teller then told the boy
to 90 out and meet the young and the Discount
Clerk following him, arrested Spencer c. Preston in con-
vcrsation with the boy. In Prestons pocket there was
found slip OF paper upon which he had been practicng
Mr. Chrstophers signature also letter applying for
situation i'll to advertisement. He is young
man. only 2l years Of age and resides No 392 Grand
street. given IL NiCHdiu ~ Uut
he drops the c. in his signatures
CHEAP SroREs-Petcr Comfy, who keeps quite
large store at No 46 Catharne-street selling mostly
pedders, (and often his clerk es,es to the amount
of $500 per day. was charged with stealing divers
times within fortnight past ten boxes each containing
pound OF floss silk worth SIS from Joseph Connah OF
o. Lberiy.street. 1t his custom TO visit the store
early the morning with large box in his possession
leave the accused while ne go, the coal taking ad
vantage of whose absence he secreied the stolen box
The silk he gave to James Carroll pedder OF 2lo Riy
ing rcet dispose of ON commission who offer
ing il for sale in Brooklyn, arrested and charged
with the larceny but upon examination discharged As
only one box OF silk was taken at any one visit Comfy
could only be committed for petit larceny.
II \ Fair for the benefit OF the Colorcd Orphan
Asylum will be opened Monday, in the basement OF
the Broadway Tabernacle, entrance No l0l anthony
street and will continue open until January Sd.
~ The following resolution was adopted by the
Board of Directors OF the n Y. Typographical Society
Resolred That the thanks OF this Board due 10 Mr.
w Wallace, for the able aud elegant lecture delivered
before the Society Introductory the series proposed
by the Board OF Directors.
- We mentioned, few days since, the arrest
OF Cove the second OF the Francis and of Dean,
the second mate of the Ellen Elizabeth the charge OF
having stolen of silks and of gloves of the
value OF 81 200 $500 from board the Albany and
the recovery OF small part OF the stolen property the
esdencc of Cove in Sutolk-st. Since that $500
$500 worth OF the property have been recovered and
Tuesday night officers Beman and Wikehart arrested
Niles NJ. Malengveen, the keeper of sailors boarding
house at No. 81 Roosevesi charged with being a
cover of the stolen property to whose possession
$500 worth had been traced and principally recovered
lie also acknowledged that had gone board The Al
bany with Covcl and Dean, and had the goods stolen
conveyed TO his house.
WRoNG.-Jsmes and John Mitchell, street sweep
in the employ OF the Corporation, complained
OF yesterday by very respectable citizen who charged
them with being drunk and with dlsosdery conduc,
su!,ins the psssersby and throwing mud them They
required md bsi BY the examining Magistrate
when Capt. McGrath of the 9th District Police became
surety for their appearance, and they released
We question the policy, say the least OF Police Off
Ger becoming bail for prisoners.
- Between 10 and Il o'clock on Tuesday night.
Policeman Wright Case, while his pos, Lafayette
place heard some person crying murder most Justify