The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-08
Cilv Intelllsence.


Busr or GENERAL TAvLos-Tbe celebrated statuaire
Mr. GABRIELLE well known in Now Orleans by his
witty and fine caricatures of the conspicuous men Of
the Crescent City has arrived in New York Our read
will remember that it said in of our letters
from Monterey, that M. GABRIELLE executed bust of
General Taylor, under his tent in the camp of Buena
Vista the noise Of his chisel being with
ina or cannoa and musketry The bust Of the Ameri:
can hero Is finished and MIR G. has brought the mould
with hm aud copies OF it will shortly appear in the win
COWS OF our principal stores OF New York we believe
the euoey written by the press of New Orleans on the
work Of this talented artist of General Taylor
Is chef d'enore, and will be admired BY all the cognos
cent? and friends of that grsstmAn. NJ. Gsrbele Is
pupil of the great sculptor Thorwarden and possesses
genius worthy OF being appreciated by our citizens We
understand that Gar6siile Is commissioned TO make
the city of New Orleans. We published an accurate
likeness Of Rough snd Ready which pleased the public
very much and doubt not that citizens will be
anxious 20 tho bust coming 1t does from the hands
of one OF the lrst sculptors now in the country.
THE Yesterday presented very much the
appearance of winter. The day was very cold, AID
cloudy the most Of the time with every appearance,
of an approaching Winter come at last and
in all probability, we shall now have plenty of cold
weather.
FIRE-A fire broks out about 10 o'clock on Thursday
night, in the basement of house in the No 81
Montgomery street occupied by two women, who were
In bed. TIE bed upon which they lying
fire. and OF them very seriously burned before
they could be removed. The damage to the property
was very trihlng.
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in the bdpg of No 81 Ludlow street, occupied by
widow named Eliza Wood, with two email children
the children in the house who there confined when
the fire broke out The door burst open, and the
children rescued before the FIRE sufficiently to do
any material damage
AND STILL ANornER-A fire broke out also on Thurs
day night, in the carriage establishment Of Richard
White, OF Bowery and Hester street, which
ertinsuisLed with little damage.
NATIONAL UrE-A national salute will be fred on
the Bat cry this day at IL NJ, by detachment of the
Riugyod Artillery in honor Of the anniversary of the
Battle Of New Orleans, which occurred on the sth Of
January, 1916.
THrNcs IN SPECIAL SE,s'oNs,-In the court Of Spe-
cal Sessions, OF city there often Of the
mrth and levi'y Yesterday morning there Dutch
qu7rrel to be settled before that tribunal and the ag
greved party called Up to testify against his OPP
ponsnt The charge alleged assault and battery
The Judge asked him to give his testimony, when he
commenced vsll he called pig pull tog to me: and
he caught me by de trost and bit init my handker
chief all do while staitn There were then several
women called ali of whom testified against the poor fell
low One of the worthy Aldermen then asked Some
questions in murdered Dutch and the decided
con'iRning the poor fellow TO the Tombs Another of
the same tribe then called up for trial. charged with
having struck woman who testified that the fellow
cane into her store and asked for pair of boots she
olid q" olt him dat If he in to morrow gives
mead nit his bst and sque zed neck and looks mad
all round" This sufficient the fellow had commit
Tad gross oil nee and therefore must be confined to
Blackweli's Island
THE ToMBs.-This magnificent superstructure Is fast
fairg to decay Already, though but few have
elapsed eipcs its erection it has settled upon it's piles
copsid raby and that part which the vestbule
Is In such condition that it leaks almost
badly If there roof upon 1t at all We do not
know whether is the fault Of those who built it.
that 1t covers such immense quantity of wretched
aud vice, that the Egyptian walls determined
no longer to he the guardians of 80 much misery and vii
lsny The two courts held in the building with their
hands Of mercy and justice held out etop
1t, Of RUM and In very few years another city
prison must be built and certainly upon more solid
foundation than frog pond Ii Was a wise conclusion
to build the temple this great metropolis up
miry swamp which wisdom Is long since forgotten,
instead Of having been handed down to posterty to
show the great foresighedness Of tho city fathers In
times past.
RuMpUs IN THE WrGwAM The locos last evening
held second meeting at Tsmmany Hall for the pur-
pose Of re.orcaniEng old TammaIy Society, which
suited rumpus elimination anu recriminaton
ofthe principal wire puers belonging to the party.
SuprosrED SUICIDE Coroner Walters WAS called,
ytserday, TO hold an Inquest on the body of
kno~n about 40 years old, supposed to be native
of Germsny, who was taken out Of the North river,
near pier No 10 From evidence Rdduced before the
that the had called at eating house In Car
Isle street. several times within few days past, and
received his meas erstuitously and stated that he
unable TO obtain employment, and had worked for
time for his meals only that on Thursday evening he
borrowed knife to cut the strap Of his pantaoons and
shortly afterwards observed to place his hat the
end If the pier aud plunge into the water whereupon
grapplsr went to work and brought up the body No
person could be tound to identify the body farrsh
rendered a verdict of death by drowning.