New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-15
CITY ITEMS.

occupied by Geo. Washington and when taken BY Mr.
Bunker the residence Of the Edgsr family II 10
now the property Of Mr.. Edgar.
when II fret became hote Il was In the most issh.
onsbe quarter Of the town all the leading families
bad their residences 10 s vicinity Ths, Is all changed
however and mas been changed indeed several times
Whenever the fashion Of the City hs. established iise
In any particular quarter schools and boarding houses
have come In and driven II to some ether locality.
The Mansion House has always been esteemed
for quletness and comfort and amid al the improve.
menn Of the new hotels, has succeeded in holding is
own 1t has realized handsome fortune iJr iis keeper.
The CITY HoTEL.-Mr. Jennings will soon retire
from his popular establishment having realized large
fortune by its management
~ Il is said that Mr. CozzESs will soon leave
the American Hotel which he has conducted not far
from dozen years with great skill and success both to
himself and bis patrons. He takes with him we'll
earned competence.
t-T@ The Health Officer on visiting the ship
Liverpool yesterday found there children aged three,
five and years board not entered In the ia, of
passengers. Neither the Captain nor crew had any
knowledge of them and inquirOg !, was found tina,
they had been brought on board by their mother and
during the passage being supplied With food by fellow
psssenser Their mother remains behind but their
father l. In this City and this method was adopted OF
sending the children out 70 him They did not seem 10
have suffered much from their long confinement hs
was TO be expected
rJ' Mr. Crafts Of Boston who was offered the
post of treasurer the Opera House has returned
to Boston, having been unable to make satisfactory
arrangement
THE COURTs-In the case OF Madam Restel,
writ Of habess corpus has been sued out reurnsbe be-
fore the Oyer and Termner on Monday, the object Of
which we understand is to have her admitted TO bail
In the Common Pleas the Jury in the assault: and bat,
terry case of OBriea and rs KyH. returned sealed
verdict for plaintiff of s25 which carries like amount
Of coss-ln the U. 5 Commissioners Office, an exam
iustion is proceeding respecting charge made by pas
senger on board the ship Atns from Hamburger, against
another passenger for taking from him, rs alleged rs
10 gold In the Supreme Court 10 the case OF Meizger
claimed under the French Treaty. but discharged. and
appeal made the has been ordered on the calendar
for the January terra.
For TIE Army Three officers and "a recruits
embarked Yesterday the l2th inst from Fort Columbus
10 this hsrbor the transport shp Montreal for Vera
Cruz The officers are ID Lieut. Hays TN art com
manding "a Lieut. X II Rush I'd art and ~ Lieut. ID.
N Couch, ith art the men 90 for company l., ish
art 20 for company let art aud the Ike number Tor
company a. ID artillery. This detachment was ordered
By the Department TO embark by the 2Jtn inst but mas
been got ready earlier by Brew. Ms Rains the com
mauding officer q, the Fort upon whom the duty de-
volved 10 the absence Of Col Crane. who IL member
of the Court Martial now sitting At Washington In the
case of IL. Col. Fremont
Trouble AMONG THE POLIcE.-One Of the Old
standing and oitrepestsd charges urged with great per
tnacity against the Police OF this City IN oden times
WA that of stool pigeonng 40 this term may not be
familiar 20 readers. We Will briefly eXplsin 1t
stool pg.Oniug Ia Tor an officer TO arrest party OF
doubtful perhaps decidedly bad reputation on susp
con and making him or her give up money or vsuaoe'
10 obtain Liberty ~he0 ihe officer would set the party
free aud nothing wsud be heard by the public or any
ona of the anything else connected with H.
This practice IL ayerred, had been carried on 10 q
great extent uocer the old regime OF the Police and
recent occurrence would seem to show that II has not
vet oradcsied from the Police Department As the
following recital Of facts viii show
lc~ weeks ago sunday paper contained ieAllns
article referring circumstances OF the above cnArsc
ter which II alleged had recently occurred Inc
article being brought to the notice Of bis Honor the
Mayor ne caused Inquiries 10 be- made ~hicn resulted
Ia sn affidavit being made by the keeper OF boarding
house In GENITAL iOc alton that on certain day man
and woman representing themselves AS man ana vile
took board at her house. Two or three days strr ON
cers Burley aud WEIGH Of the Police presented them
selves at her house and stated that such man (de
scrbing HIM who living there was thiei ana de-
string 10 be shown 10 bis room This was done ana
after the officers left the house accompanied oy ne
map and carrying away with them csrpetosg when
hsd been brought by ths man when he TOOK board
Some time subsequently officer Burnley returned TO the
house. accompanied by the man, and represented tns
they had been entirely mistaken In the arrest &c &c
clearing up the suspicious which they themtVrs hsu
cast upon him. Burley then lett and soon siter"sfd
the took his departure and did not sgain nske us
APPEARANCE. That night the woman, who had accom-
panied the his wife represented TO the Keeper OF
the boarding house that they were not married. tns ne
was what the officers first represented him TO De- ana
that the officers had taken away from her silver "stch
plated with gold two gold chains, earrings, &c &C as
compensation for setting him at liberty, and that the
carpstbsg contained burglars tools
This state of facts being laid bare by the inquiries
o Mayor BRADY he conceived II warranted him 10 call
upon officers Burnley and Welch for their explanation
They were examined separately, when Welch stated
that he bad taken the watch from the table ana
n 10 hurley who put II into his pocket and that be had
no farther agency in the sar burley, on tue otner
hand denied the story Ia toto and persisted nst no'nns
had been taken whsieyer and that the parties hac maze
I'D the story sganst him tor The purpose OF uu'
these two stories by Burley and Welch could not
be recOpced and Welch In some degree had connrmeo
the hearsy of the boarding house keeper tne
Mayor conceived 10 be bis duty 10 remove burey rom
duty at the Tombs and put him on patrol duly-bnrley
all the while protesting that II he could only nnd 'ns
man end woman whom II was alleged ne haa mus
treated he could show by them that the story was not
correct
By.snd.by this man snd woman were found and we're
brought before the Mayor. when they confirmed the
soiy of the boarding house keeper In every
the and man both swearing inst ner "stcn w
eod chains gold ear. rings, gold pencilcase. 40 had
been taken security for the payment OF tOo oy inc
man upon payment Of which the articles were 10 oe re-
turned 10 her
The woman also stated In addition, that about week
sitter the occurrence she Burley In the PARK lnes
e when she s,ked him for her things and be tod nei
tbs, she should have the when her companion funed
hi, sgreeme while Burnley bad previously protested
that be had never the after seeing her Al
the boarding house referred 10.
At this state Of the case postponement was asked
for and obtained BY Burey and when they next appear
ed he was accompanied by two legal advisers "he
consnded that Burnley having been tried once Tor ns u
fence he could not be tried again for H. IL also ap
psred that the articles which had been taken hsd oerr
returned T. the man In the meanwhile through tn' fOs'
Office farther adjournmen, was then MADE ana 'pt
M.i3r having obtained the s5vice OF counsel WAS ioie
that he could proceed In the matter Notwithstanding h'
protests Of Bureys legal sdvisers but inamueh " me
nan who had been arrested proved 10 be convicted
thief and consequently could not give legal testimony
and 10 view of the Burnett had been ordered tc
patrol duty he concluded In consequence OF The impure
source of the testimony against the ocer not 70 tst'
| farther action thereon.
Thus ends = veriabs history of stoolPiseonins as
,re.sn, nrseticfd Courier Enquirer.
DRowSEp.--The Coroner held an inquest thu
morning =, the Fulton market sp upon the BODY OF a.
unknown man who found floating In the snP. Yer
| diet death by drowning