The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-22

THE WEArHER-The Thermometer stood as low a
aS degrees ys.tesd.y at o0iooh IN thi. city It
nels in the vicinity OF the sidewalks all frozen up
We had a keen and piercing wind blowing from the
north during the entire OF the day.
PRIMARY ELEcrIoNs-Ths wings, in nearly all the
wards Of the CITY, yesterday held primary elections for
ward and general committees for the coming year. The
voice in every ward seemed to be unanimous for Henry
Clay, and of his adhsrsuts were the committees
posed
Geo wilkins Kendall, of the New Orleans Picayune,
Is In town.
The FIRE DEpARrMEsr--We will give the advertise.
ment OF this department, in to-morrows Herald.
ODD FELLows HALL This splendid edifoe Is rapidly
Its completion already are four stories
~ tS sna inc Is superb Mhs portion
when that intosrabe nuisance, the gas house. is reno
ved and masonic hall erected its site which, we
learn will be the the appearance Of that section Of
the city will be entirely changed.
SERIOUS DIrFIcULrY.-A man named Patrick Lynch
who keeps porter house at the Of Downing and
morning. was seriously, If not fatally, wounded by stab
bling himself In the abdomen with knife
Course OF JUsTIcS-In the administration of justice
there are frequently which revolving to
mon sense and judgment The veriest thieves are
placed upon the stand to testify to the guilt of their
acco%Plishss and in many cases, doubtless swear to
evident In the Court Of Sessions, yesterday . boy
about seventeen cid well versed in all the grades
Of crime from that Of shedding the blood Of his fellow
down to the meanest offence placed upon the
to testify In where he pdrticps cyinis He
the Iact tnat ne lived 0y heft and named
over several of his most important burgsres rob-
beries and with emile Of complacency upon his
tenance stated that he had been twice in the penen
tary Who is safe while such vile wretches who had
rather lie than tell the TRUTH and who would not shrink
from punging the dagger to the heart of his fellow are
allowed In acourt of justice under the sanctity Of an
OATH to send to prison less guilty than himself p
Great reforms are needed and the high and honors-
Dloourse ofega procedure should not be thus linked
with the vile oseourings Of the earth as It's helpmate
An ALTERNATIVE Madame Restsll has been again
indicted for msdemeanor Of the sort for which
she a. convicted some weeks since The party max
ing tho complaint against her very interesting look
ing young woman, Of apparently about 30 years. from
Saratoga In this State She was in this city a few
weeks previous to the last trial Of Reste an was ar
rested Tor stealing goods from store in Grand street
her story that she had seduced from her
house, and had come to this city in company with a
young man from Mobile, arrangements were immed late
y made to send her to her friends by bapg her and
Albany, she communicated to the officer that she had
been to Restel the business as that of Ma
ria Bodne On the return Of the officer this fact was
to tho magistrate who took the complaint
have her brought to the city and presented the Grand
Jury that an indictment might be found. The udict-
meDt was found and learn she placed under the
Of officer Willis, from whom escaped and for
which he was locked from his detailed position. She
subsequently arrested and Is held to testify in the
trial against Restel Now do not believe in ensour-
aging crime In shape but 1t may very naturally be
supposed that these facts had out about Res
punished, while woman of like character but of less
respectable appearance would have had to suffer on
BlsckwelPs Island for six months. The proper course
to be pursued should suppose would have been to
send the papers to the Court Of Sessions where judy
ment had been suspended it would have been In legal
form, and not by assumption. We are informed that
she has either to convict Reste to to the penten
uary herself If this be fact We pity the justice Of such
alternatives,