The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-13

The THERMOMETER We learnt curious fact yes-
terdsy In conversation with intelligent citizen of
New York warming ourselves at the
while waiting for that rlowes aud most tedious Of s
conveyances the Williamsburg ferry boat This gentle
man. appears has kept and noticed for sixteen year,
past several self regulating thermometers, and the
rous fact Of which he informed us Is this, viz that,
through ut the year. and 1t invariably the
the north side of New York, 1t is in winter de-
grees colder than on the east side, and in GUNNER
for instance that this difference has been observed
to prevail regularly at the foot Of l4th street.
and the foot of Pike ,treet down town At the latter
place in it Ia degrees cooler than 1t Ia
the former while the takes place in winter This
is a curious factthat in the CITY, in two different
places far from each other there should be regular
lv the enormous difference Of degrees in the
perature of the atmosphere. We almost, however,
afraid to M non the fact for fear the whose
cupidty is Unsuitable and their houses unfit go into
till the tenant makes hen, hsbable ut his exp.nse
should raise ther tenants rents in both places becans
Of the warmth in and the cooluese
in the other The fact, however, Is established BY
peated experience.
Ice ON THE PAvEMENr.-We would caution the in
habitants against the practice OF allowing water to be
split the pathways In of the streets the pave
ment is covered with ice to render passage
through them dangerous to life and limb We
were Quite amused the other morning in walking along
Spring street to observe young lady with two parcels
attempting pas, one OF these places No sooner had
she set foot the ice than 1t slipped and in saving her
self down tumbled of the Packages exposing
beautifully to view, the recruitents Of larder con
s.sting of eggs and number of other ct ceteras II
was rather serio-comic affair and borne By the
lady with tie utmost good humor. scenes are
means TO the sufferer.
national REFoRM.-A preliminary meeting Of the
leading friends Of this took place last evenu
at the house of Mr. NJ L. O'Connor No ~ Centre st
Mr. David Marsbie in the chair Mr. j McCiatchy
acted as Secretary series OF resolutions which will
be presented for adoption the meeting to b. held this
evening, at the Lyceum, Broadway, were unanimously
The object Of the meeting Is to take into considera-
ton the proprety Of adopting the Agrarisu laws
the same basis that upon which the Greek and Ro-
man republics had been established We fully sympa-
thiss with the working classes in their attempt to bet
ter their condition The meeting this evening pre- misses
to be a large one.
Fnr-A fire brok out on Tuesday night in the MILL
merry establishment OF Daniel Hoyt, No Lewis street.
and the entire stock worth $780, entirely destroyed.
BRiTIsH Protective EMrGRANr SocIErY's CONCERT.
We would again remind aders that this entertain
ment of toll evening at the Tabernacle -
We trust that the favor public will be extended
largely towards aiding the charitable funds Of this
ceent society.
PARDoSrp Patrick McQuade, wLo convicted
ago of receiving tolen goods. and sentenced
to five years imprisonment IN the State prison under.
stand has been pardoned by Governor Young
AccIDESr-A pair ofvalusbe horses attached to a
carriage OF the finest finish while passing through 2th
street ats Tuesday afternoon accidentally fell into
a hole cut for the purpose of connecting private
sewer. The carriage very much damaged, and the
horses had to be hoistsd out by derrick The driver
escaped unnjured The carriage and horses we learn
belonged to q gentleman living In New Jersey who was
then having them conveyed home.
SHIP FEVER This malignant disease prevails to a
great extent in the city, there being cases of it in
almost every quarter. There several of the
pocemeu OF the thrl ward, lying dangerously i'll with
it, and number Of the citizens attacked with 1t
The upper part Of the city particularly in the 10Th and
18Th wards is infected with the lire epidemic At the
pr sent time there only about fifty of the
disease at Bellevue Hospital but that be easily
counted for from the fact that most Of the emigrsnts
are detained ut the Marine Hospital where there ut
time upwards Of six hundred cases one of whom Is
Dr.. snowden, the physician to the hospital