The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-28

tenn OF the city One Of the morning prints of NO cir
culation takes great umbage at the articles which ap
pear in paper, and threatens to make Rome hown
II there s any Of It, Now we would assert that
the present police system is the greatest humbug with
which our city is burdened. The totally unneoeessry
Office Of Chief Of Police is expense and for no an
parent purpose which the people should be rid Of In
that ONCE Is kept private book Of robberies and bur-
glaries, the commission Of which are only known to
those imme distey connected with that Office as also
private record kept In every station house. that the
vllany and crime which is daily pracsed NAV mt ha
made public but the city of order
and quiet Not four weeks since, Jewellers shop, in
one OF our was broken Open robbed and set on
fire, and the face WAS unknown to the police and n
known was kept from the public eye 1t might not
Could all tue roboeres and burglsrss which are psrpe
trsted In the city become public, the efficiency OF the
OF the OF the useless attaches who atted for
nooBn there any many branches which could be mate
sy changed to the benefit OF the city The system is
diective and all the efforts to sustain 1t win not avail
the people will be gulled no longer
II House Robbsd-Stool Pigeons--The Polics-
Inc management OF our city police Is vergng step by
STEP into the old corrupt system a. was carried on
some twelve or fifteen years ago. by certain few then
police officers who have made fortunes out of the stool
pigeon and compromise system only not ON 10 extensive
scale at present. but If allowed to 20 on with impuni
y 1t WILL without doubt far supsrssde the old police in
many good and truty attached to the department
and We should be sorry indeed such were not the case
Thsn, again, there are many who 70 in for all they
can make, irrespective Of their duty Is ocers and
honesty - moral citizens: For Instance 1t was
put snort time since that arrested
for breaking open several trunks and stealing there
from property valued at many hundred dollars. The
part Of the property therein and Identified
This property together with the prisoner all con-
veyed to of the police stations there the
oused was detained in custody over two days The
next thing plant lawyer was procured to operate;
wealthy and the accused himself belonging to one or
two public institutions and member of a church be-
sides, consequently this case clearly under the
new fystem OF compromise apparently adopted by
the present police Under these circumstances the
prisoner was allowed to run, by interested par
grand larceny was made out; and In order to hum
bug the magistrate, letter written by the COM
JUSTICE without particle of the stolen property all Of
which was kept back at the station house In this let
ter directed to the magistrate set forth that the
complainant felt satisfied the prisoner was innocent
although but two days before he had positively
to search warrant setting forth that the property
stolen and carried swsyrom his premises and prisoner
being strongly the directed to his
resdence where nearly all the stolen property found
with the marks Of the humber Of the articles
making the clear AS MONDAY All these facts it
appears were kept from the magistrate and state
nen's made as authorised the discharge of the pri-
soner and thus tho whole matter quietly hushed up
The motives OF such police transactions apparent
and perfectly understood But what system Of police
while matters Of gross a nature are permitted
to exist Men who dabbe in such outrsges Of
tue ofacer making the arrest to bring the accused
party, together with the property stolen, at once
before the magistrate situated in the district to
although it Is their duty thus to do so, un.
til the poor devil is pumped and skinned Of all his funds
by the police lawyer who eows this department fair
per centsse for such recommendation An this s wrong
very wrong and We are sorry to say the evils are
creeping In daily and will until some method is adopted
al Nhpd IN fha DANA AMI
be made to work together instead to cut
each others Threats for few dollars and cents We in
tend TO say more on this subject In few days Mean
time, the communications police, received from va
rious sources, shall be duly attendedto
Charge Of .arson.-Ofhcer McManus, Of the 9th ward
arrested yesterday man by the Of Patrick Clan
cey on suspicion Of setting FIRE to the premises No iii
Orange street He was detained Cor further hearing
by Justice Drnker.
Charge ofGrand Larceny Officers Foeny and Riley,
o, the 9th ward, arrested yesterday, man called Mi
chael Leary. on charge Of stealing nine sovsregns
Points, S37 Of the stolen money recovered by the
officers and Justice Drinker locked him up for trial
arrested yesterday on suspicion boy by the name OF
Thomas Kelly, alias Hubb," Of being oonosrned with
valued at $50 and over belonging to Johnson Bell
The accused was detained for further hearing
MEssRs WEBSTER AND VAN buren, AT THE
In the Suprem Court Mr.. Webster detained crowd
ed audience for three hours in great argument upon
the emigration or passenger act Of New York. In his
exordium he complimented Mr.. J Van Buren, upon the
talented and legal knowledge displayed in his argument
soon after took occasion to auds with
expression Of dsapprobaton to the extraordinary re-
mark addressed by Mr. Van Buren, yesterday to the
high and honorable court-who had the extreme bad
s popular Of tho upon t
Webster, may be compliment but 1t Is a compliment
which would not address to this court, nor to any
court for which entertained feeling of respect In
fact he set John Van Buren, up and then knocked him
down.
.hs<n-
man knows bet er than he to pay proper the
assembly he appesrs before. He compared advantage
ousy in this respect with the appearance of his young
opponent, who betn yesterday and to-day, presented
himself in an undress frock II the judges take
the trouble to put on their gowns see not why those
who appear in their presence should not exhibit cor
responding care in their dress.
Mr.. Webster had put on his most becoming dress He
wore blue coat buff with brass buttons Th.ss
were the old Fox color in England fifty years since
Inc followers Of Charles James Fox them, to dis
tinguisk themselves from the Pittites.
ME- webster has given this dress almost equal re-
Putation In this country He it, have understood
on the evermemorsbe day Of the reply to Hayne He
the prsmsdtated attack Of Calhoun; and again, in
angry paIle," he smote Ingersol and his cosdjutor
II will have historical Importance like the dress that
Cesar wore on his assassination by the Senatorial
sp'rators OF which Antony says, as reported by William
The first time ever Cesar put It on;
Twas on summers evening, in his tent;
That day he overcame the Nerv --n
don't known that Mr.. Webster ever adopted the
dress out OF compliment to the great English orator.
probably he wears it from its becomngness- 1t IL
rather singular coincidence that in his appearance he
some what resembles Fox-certaiply than any Of
tue Eog!lsn statesmar's great contemporaries. For
tnough Mr..Fox was short and corpulent which MIR.
Webster Is post In other respects he resembled him
his chest was oapscous, his shoulders broad his hair
dark and thick, hiseyebrows black and bushy and his
swarthy.
There certainly more resemblance in the personal
appearances OF these two eminent than there was In
rod aphyU sIa
Tribune Correspondent
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS IN MAssAcHU-
sETrs.-The whole number of births marriages
and deaths reported In the several towns of the State
fcom which returns received during the year was
- follows Births. 1917 marriages, $50; DEATHS
loo65. The population Of Massachusetts, according to
the census OF 1910, was GAL 9T. OF the births 4OS
occurred In January: l,Ai4 in February; l,507 In
Warren l4!3 In April l,i06 In May l2a9 in June
's.s IN July Lass In August; 4a6 in September;