The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-07
City lntelliRenos


The WEArHER,-The weather yesterday was sxtrsm,
ly cool and the Thermometer stood at SO deg about
blew heavily during the day. up to o'clock when
1t nearly ceased.
New SIR CoLuMBus-This is the name of a vessel
launched the 10th of September last said to be the
largest carrying ship owned In the United States
surfing 1000 tons burthen. She IL owned by Messrs d.
and Kiugslsnd Co Of this city, who ntepd her
Liverpool trader The ship lisa hne specimen of naval
architecture much finer indeed than might be looked
for from New England The cabin accommodations
did figure head Of Columbus tired In his robes
the cabin is representation Of the great man landing
the shores Of the Western continent She s hourly
looked for Her commander Is Capt Robert Nice reiren
formerly Of the ship America
SwINpLING OpERATIoNs-We have frequently had
occasion to give expose OF the modus the
various classes Of swindsrs In city and have again
to call attention to band who have lately shifted their
location and put up in the vicinity OF Peck slip. These
pactsed lands go about for few days and order goods
to their store, which is generally empty where no one
pays up The day before yesterday one of them went to
the Messrs factory in Cherry street. and ordered
about $500 worth Of soap to be sent to his store In Peck
Slip but ascertaining the character Of the party,
succeeded, however in swindlipg another Mr. Fay, v
ing In Brooklyn The public in general cannot be too
who make it practice shift from place to psce
In order to deceive those whom they design to swndle
These operations, 1t would appear, are'upon large
sosle.
FrRE.-A fire occurred yesterday morning at No 80
Cherry street The roof Of the house was slghty da
mayed
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looking body Of men, headed by excellent band and
escorted by several private citizens passed Office
last evening about O'clock on their return from tar
get excursion.
WHAT Becomes OIL p Within the last few
weeks several OF our wards have been almost in total
corporation lamps, being visible We especially call at
tention to tho first, second aud sixth Thurs
day night last majority Of these lamps out before
y O'Clock, causing tho be as dark as pitch
We noticed Leonard street. In the sixth ward,
other streets equally The sams the lamps baVins
gone to rest as well az the inhabitants. However,
s%msF t %gss be seen to issue from
o. the Wsp seen through the inverted end Of a te-
escope The fact is our streets ought all to be lighted
with instead othe miserable system of bad oil end
negligent lamplighters The uptown streets almost
daily fitted up with gas from appropriations made by
oug to receive the first attention, shameful
y neglected through which may attribute murders,
mstay through badly lighted streets We do sincerely
hope that the authorities will direct the lamps to be
on them to see that the do their duty
FURIOUS DRIvING, Sc We observe that the omni-
buses are again on the move" that the drivers
their old practice of blocking the
and also driving more rapidly through streets than
the law auth rises We would again direct the attention
police to these worthless who have oft and again
been warned by the Of the iegslity Of their dan
gerous and annoying practices.
Boar UPSET, AND SUPPOSED Loss OF LrrE-A man re-
siding in the Eighth ward who follows the vocation Of
grappsr while standing one of the piers near the
foot Of Thirteenth street. discovered something floating
down the middle Of the river and proceeding to
ascertaned that 1t canal boat Of the first class
bottom upwards, with hole the bows made Ia
believed by being into by Of the North river
steamers The finder, with considerable difficulty, lay
succeeded In towing the boat to the foot Of Charlton
street where still lies keel upwards subject to the
ton Of the Coroner, before whom the vessel has been
been for salvage there being wreck masters In the
case Of the kind that has been brought up before
Coroner Of this city to dispose Of The boat supposed
to be laden with Western produce She was either
capsised in the blow Thursday night into and
upset by large craft steamer and 1t IL much to be
feared that the has been attended with osB
Of life which fact will probably be known putting
| the boat to rights to day.
SUFrscArEp Coroner Walters was yesterday called
to held inquests the bodies of William Thomas,
coored man about IS years DID, and Henry Arteaux,
native OF Guadaloupe W. L., sged II years the former
ward and tho at hand board the bark Lewis,
whose deaths occasoned by inhanS carbonio acid
and tho fumes Of sulphur while asleep board the
before named vesse In which fires of and brim
tone had been made the preceding day. for thu purpose
OF clearing the vessel from rats Verdict in
with the foregoing facts
FOUND THE Docx.-The Coroner was called to hold
inquest also at No 2s Cherry street. the body
Thomas Sheehy native Of Ireland aged 81 years. who
Saturday evening of last week. after taking his
and changing his attire went out, and not again
by his wife friends until yesterday, when his
body found In the dock at the foot Of arket street
Whether he accidentally Z in, pushed In, whe-
ther he jumped in with the intention Of committing
suicide, is Of matter Of uncertainty Verdict
| death by drowning