The New York herald., 1845-04-29
City Intelligence.

Officer Prince John Davis is not the person lately
person pay ~ ne @ escnpe Clhs a
fenced, belong ed to the night watch at the Tombs
MrsrEhIous.-A Bopy FousD.-Mr. John Leicester.
while passing through 2srd street. Sunday discovered
IN the bank at the side the road about four feet from
the surface the heel of boot shoe As the street has
been recently cut through there. his curiosity and
Ger at once excited to know how the shoe could have
come there and he went the bank and took hold of
the heel to pull out when to his great surprise, hu
man loot came out with il on digging little he
70 De portion OF Leg As he had desire to pursue
his further he replaced the bones aud
shoe and covered them over He afterwards mentioned
the circumsence to Mr. Porter who visited the place,
and on digging INTO the bank with stick found the knee
cayed and have probably been in the ground for years
Mt replaced the EARTH and gave notice the
Who knows but these the remains Of some poor
wretch, victim to mans thirst after money revenge
who was murdered ana buried in this open lo If so the
murderer has probably passed away and il would have
been better that hese bones should have been dis
than at this late period they should be dragged
IRON their quiet resting place. and jowled about to The
No hope OF rquiescat pace probably breathed
over MS grave, and would have been vain il it
were
Police Office -RxcElvINo STOLEN Goeps.-John
Coyie OF NO. II Bayard street, was TO day arrested
charged with having purchased silver watch and chain
worth about $20 knowing to have been stolen. The
watch and chain, which had been stolen from Thomas
Stout OF s47 Cherry street. short time since found
in Coye possession He that he bought IL for ST.
about fair valuation Tor old second hand silver Wel
ANOTHER Mock AUCTION CAsk.-Ano,her complaint
mas been made sgainst the mock auction shop kept n
Chatham street, person named Samuel Kingsbury,
OF New Burlin, Chenango County having been done out
o. 80 by aperson named Henry Swift who has the
nsgsmen of the Complaints sgainst the es,a-
bshment have been very frequent Of ae and an EXPO.
sure appears to do no sort Of good Afidavs regu
iry taken at the police and the party ally
the money The private loss is thus made up, but the
public Justice is not protected the majesty D of the
law When will the Legislature pass law that will
eecually punish the swndlng auctioneers and in
telligence office keepers7
RoGUIsH RoouE--"M Mr. Amos Mills attempted to rob
lodgers in the SO saith the return Of
OF the Captains this morning in his refined and delicate
manner OF expressing things By searching enquiry the
Reporter was enabled to ascertain that Mr. Mills
brought into the watchhouse in q that rendered
him perfectly incompetent to distinguish between light
and shade, as he throw himself into the Of
iored lady Immediately upon his arrival, exclain.
ing " Oh my pink and consequently he was lock-
ed up in a cell with several other gentlemen who
were in that excellent establishment lodgers as
the Captain would facetiously express it. Now it would
reasonably be supposed that being accommodated with
such comfortable quarters, he could have wished for
nothing more hut would have stretched himself upon his
bunk and partaken of little bamy Sleep Not so how
venes TO its utmost development endeavored relieve
the pockets Of his fellow lodgers and would have sue
ceeded but for little circumstance which was that
being all OF the same kidney, there nothing in them
Mills will be tried at the Special Sessions tomorrow
me rning and receive the punishment which he richly
merits tor 30 hgh.handed an offence.
CorOncr's Once, April 2S-DEArH FROM FIR
The Coroner held inquest this morning No. 500 6h
street. upon the body of Jane Eliza Luga years age
who died at o'clock yesterday afternoon in fit pro-
duced from previous severe attack OF Inflammation OF
the stomach