The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-22
Correspondence of the Crescent.
BROOKLYN and New York Aldermen--Prisons,W Wa
ter, Health--Lecture to Colored People, Vessels
for California Extensive Rohbery--W Weather


| ter, Health--Lecture to Coored People, essels
for California--EXtensive Rohbery--W Gather.
! New YORK, January 9th, 1S49.
Eds Crescent Last night the city fathers of New FORK
and Brooklyn walked up after Rip Vanwinkle sleep of
three weeks The damage done to The city by these three
weeks sumber is ncalculabe-hat is be discov
cred after the dgent examination, and people be-
ginning believe if hey-he city fathers afoesaid-should
have taken into their heads to wake up the
cities would be all the better for it. Indeed such also
be the notion presenting itself to the instincts of the New
York Aldermen for other proceedings last evening
the passage of amendment to the city charter which
limits the number of sessions of Common Council three
per the affairs of the city being referred Executive
Bureaus the heads of which be elected by the people
If this should be carried through undy oyster shops
located in the vicinity OF the Park would find exped
en to further down town, and the price of Tea and
Turtles would fall d raction over considerable.
Among the reports handed in to the Common Council of
this city, from the Prison Inspectors giving among
other particulars, the statistics of the Halls of Justice,
Tomb," for the past year. The number of persons
mitted to that prison during the year is II 5S4
In the Brooklyn Board, the Water Committee reported
progress Alderman Fisk the Ch-rman of the Committee
the city be supplied with water from the Wala
bout at expense, including reservoir to contain eleven
millions of gallons, and hirtyx miles of pipe of eight
hundred and thirty thousand dollars 1t possible that
individual within hearing OF Alderman Fisk believed
his report ;" but not than
The city Board of Health also in their sem.annua
report of deaths and nements for the latter half of 1S4S
The mortuay list for the whole wear sums no thus: From
LIST January to Both June there were 1901 inermens from
LIST Juy to 31st December 1859 total 3O6O Brought from
New York and other places $685. Tota deaths in BROOKLYN
in S4S $685. about death to thirty EIGHT inhabitants
The deaths during the week ending the 9Th inst were 40
Boston with less than half as MANY more inhabitants had
durlng last week. oil deaths me CITY Oh ew YORK. with
five times the population, had ISL. nine times many
uea'hs'
An tie oae senate QUAY, WI leauwen introduced
pI plohohs any oncef of Judge IN e o'ae from aidng
n the arrest Oh iug'e slaves In Inc HOUSE request was
pen'eu o 'he oooeu peoPe vi Aioahs iof 'ne use OF
Inc Assembly Champef !o e ueey OF a|ecture on 4srt-
CmHVM C"emSTg' hite' iohg ueoate the request was
gfanteu ny 'o'e VI d h''e over t"o-tifos.
have cleared for San Francisco within the past twenty -four
hours. The Revenue Gutter " Ewing is bound the
road.
The clerk of house in liberty street. engaged in import
ing watches and ewey, suspected of having TAKEN
occasionally gold watch from his employers boxes and
the occasion of his absence seized to take into his
trunk Therein were found incredible number of
tickets many OF which were delivered to the brokers who
mad issued the in return for which they handed out
numbers OF gold watches etc Old Simpson alone had to
dsgorge splendid gold watches and nearly
pawnbroke IN the city had received share OF the spOi
IL Is SAID that The operations OF the clerk In this line amount
10 me Respectable sum oil tlr'ysX thousand dollars His
name Maurice lpnah ana ne was hgh In the confidence
o' MS employers