The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-26
City Intelligence.


Tho snxiously expected anniversary has passed. bu@
was far from being what was hoped. When the morn
ing first dswned, the city envsloped in fog, the
density of which has not been siuslled. About the
hour of SUNRISE the rain began to descend which
tinued at intervals, during the whole day, and up to
late hour at night The sntiop pleasures Of the
day did not come with it, though around the family
HEARTH there doubtless hours Of plessurabe
versatien The little children usual received their
PRESENTS but the streets in such condition to
prevent their making their regular Christmas vista
tions The CITY, during the early part of the day pro-
sented unusually quiet appearance. Nearly all the
stores cos,d iffor general mourning and
the solemn peals Of the church bells sounded from the
lofty towers; but few persons nbed to
rate the occasion 1t was not like Christmas day. fo1
joy and pleasure not visible The un welcome mes.
senger. whose appearance begets sorrow and breaks
ssunder the tendrils Of affection which biod them.
selves around the heart did his work; and ever and
anon the solemn moving of the funeral train too
plainly told that ell were not happy. In that
circle where through long series of the day had
been commemorated in feastng, sorrow reigned The
aged SIRE whoee life had been spent the service of
last resting place. until God shall summon the nations
of the dead to the great final tribunal How sad tls
picture now. But short time since, health and happi
shone in every countenance; sorrow aud de-
epondency prevail The has been laid at tie root
and the tree has fallen. The branches bow their
whitening heads which nought raise but the pro-
mise of Him who holds the world in his hands "God
chasteneth whom he loveth;" decree filed with hope
and nspirsiGoni one wniSn tnousn rsnalng 20 the
for yhs night will bring him ioy with The 1orn;nsn
The day was suspicious to the soene-wrsppsd in
gloom, and foIebodng OF sorrow. But, aside from
tnat mourning Circle % tne aay ADVANCED, tnougo
the rain OF poured IN torrents, there wersthose
1no sgsmeo 70 enJoy .ne hssie PlessuIes OF tns
in considerable numbers for target practice, aud,
Is usual on such OCCASIONS appeared to good advsn
sass' eacm compsny aoooWpanieu oy oSno OF gooo
companies
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CHoLERA-The following Is the report OF yester.
day o
December rs, lSa8
To Hrs HoNoR THE MAYOR -
No new case Of cholera or death has occurred ct
the Marine Hospital since last report Respectfully
ALEX. B. WHITING. Health Officer
The resident physician reports that no case o;
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onoiera nsS OCCURRED "'nin INC OF tne oty since
his last report.
..Un.. n M NV ~, D;10 nor Ssea as
Church corner of Broad and EYfteentb asrast an
subject Intimately cted with the present aold
wsn;a and the mart vhich Tho Chr;.t;.p ou.hs 20
nursue In the nremises After reading dnrino tna AZ
ercises Of the evening the whole of the sixth ohauer
~ Msthav he ssisctsd a. hs tsrt the tv.Sth 81
the fourth chsn;er Of Hosea "a folovs -" Nv n.onIs
AJAX council at their stocks and their sta d.csrsth
unto them &C., SC. Consciousness is declared to DO
has become the same to sic 1fv wealth in modsrn
times In ancient times too old men leaned on their
stafs and in the nresent day men reIv on monsv AZ
their staff Both are therefore idols Alter dilatino
at length, the evils Of covetous ess and OF
pursuing the acquisition Of wealth. and making 1t an
idol MIR Beecher placed the Christian Of the present
day in the position occupied by Christian and Hope
full in Bunyans Pilgrims Progress He compared Cali
forna the little hill called Lucre in that wo tx and
which was represented to contain . silver mine, by
digging which, Hopeful and Christian might become
wealthy Those imaginary persons declined the invi-
tation extended to them by Demos TO turn in and
the mine, but followed on in their progress regardless
OF both the invitation and the prospect of wealth thus
lengthy remarks the necessity, the part Of the
christian Of the present day, to resist temptation In
christian may resist the temptation as Hopeful and
Christian did that to turn in and the hill Lucre,
with its silver mine
Tar UrNuv Srprrr Tp.orpv-Dr Waltars mr.
x.rn .e,;ant Co,onar v;s;taa ~. c;,n ho.;,I ou'
dsv and had an ,nt.ryisw with the q srmsn vam,n
Maria Kloster, who stabbed by Geger, while in the
bloody ARRAY with Marks Friday last the res dsnce
Of Marks corner of Walnut and Henry sits Sne hssso
far that being questioned by the Coroner
yesterday, as to how the ARRAY took place between
Geiger and Marks she gave the following account =
She said that Friday about O'Clock Oeiger came
into the room where she and Marks were sitting and
turned the key and said to her "Maria are you msr
ried to this mani" (mesang Marks She swered no,
but that they were going to be 10 a fe wdays G.ser
then handed Marks dirk aud said to him "defsnd
your womann Geiger then siezed Maria md stabbed
her twice; she fell on the floor Geiser and Marks
then began to cut at each other with the drks che
then tainted aud recollection anything that
took MACK after that and had no of their
being dead until to day DR. Thorn son, the skilfuI
house surgeon Of the hospital appears have great
homes of her recovery.
Mr,r nr,.,oxrx,,-Tb Cororsr bs,a an t.,
oua.t ,astsrdav az No io2 Cbambars straet on tna
BODY of Henry II. Seymour, a young medical student