The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-11


sen, zen Teguarly detained for ten davis and not
sss,:e Tor his signature Is this legsiNis
- .-soi. VINO rs responsible for this sxtrsordi-
~ Lam t OF power Alderman oakly not
AT meme when the Dill passed but arriving next day
he saw IRON the newspapers that t had passed unani
monsy IL positively affirmed he wentto one Of the
aldermen ana induced him to instruct the Clerk of
the Common Council not TO send the bill To the Mavor
as it was too muck and vote must
ward openly oppose the bill when it was before the
board instead Of going in this guar manner TO
kill after il has passed both boards Whv was hs
not in his place the day it finally came before the
Board of Aldermen? This is about the most ANAL
proposing he ought $3.50 or $1,000 as a reward foS
the great services rendered and with which he muse
or at ought to have been intimately acquainted
he seeks to prevent the payment of the small sum of
even $500 But what is the motive Of the worthy
Alderman But surely the Board Of Aldermen viii
not they have the power do so outrageous act
to recall their unanimous vote after it has passed from
their hands.
The ExPLoaos IN CEpAR srRxEr.-A brother Of the
explosion at 40 Cedar street Tuesday has called -
inform us Of the exact origin Of the explosion He
states I'd the caps had been spread out to
dry for about two months the eock Ion and that
his brother was the act Of packing them up large
in that Pr I'D no
tnue very Ill.
The HAroR.-The Mayor leaves the city to-day, 10
recruit his health by change Of air after the fatguss
OF oRce in this hot weather. His Honor has Seen
most .ssduous and attentive to his duties Aldermen
horgais President Of the Board of Aldermen s to be-
tocum Terms till the Mayors return. = m :
The Law CouRrs-THE PREApESr's DEArH.-Ths,
Law Courtat present in session adjourned yesterday
morning. IN consequence Of the melancholy intelli-
gence OF the seath Of the President the Bar and the
bench In eschinstance expressed their regret ct the
disastrous even. Several of the public ofces Of ths
City Hall were aso closed In respect the memory Of
the deceased, andof his many public services and pri.
| vate virtues.
FuRIovs DRIVING On Tuesday evening betveer,
~ ana Seloeki most dangerous and disgrase:ul
race ana aereason S'curred between the drivers o.
way in which Of then PEELED the Other 70 run
his vehicle so close to the urb stone that 1t was i'm
thus caused great alarm to syers ladies on The foot
| path. Almost at the same mmsnt two others came
Corhy CITIZEN to make ~
We think that passengers shouS on all occasions,
Lodge compliant ns,a when their Divers .r. guilty OF
frequently occupied by trials of ssions either for
damages from accidents which render Sartiss srpples
for for deaths arising from earskse or rather
sulpabs driving. We shall lose no op,ort unisv 81
exposing every act of the kind that comes within
the public assist us, and ii the authorities fan 5
the offenders to justice, IL shall not Be for = -
knowledge Of the dangerous practice.
| CAMrnNr.-At l11k O'Clock on Tuesday night ..
camphene lamp exploded in No % Centre street and
set fire to the wood work Of the store The police Of
| the sixth ward extinguished the flames.
| ACCIDENTAL o'clock Tuesday evening Q httle
girl three years old daughter Of Mr. Fitzgerald residing
at the corner Of Twentieth street aud Third avenue
whilst crossing the Third avenue Twentieth IT.
was run ever by grocer's wagon belonging to Con-
rad Btegman corner of Nineteenth street and Third
avenue. Thes child, which was badly hurt picked
up by officer secor and brought to the kssidsnss Of
the parents.
/ Collins, rHE COMEDIAN RoBBEp.-Yesterday morning;
Mr.. John Collins, the Irish comedian proceeded IN .
carriage to the foot OF Liberty street for the
taking the train of for Philadelphia and af-
ter leaving the hack, he missed his purse containing
1884 in gold and bank bills. On recollection, MR COL
Inns believed that he must have left his purse the
Of the carriage from which place 1t had
! len. officer Wood of the Third ward police
gagged to ferret out the thief and in short time the
officer succeeded in catching John Flynn, Of the
baggage smashers who suspected Of having stolen
the money, which suspicion proved to be true a. on
searching an attic room occupied by Flynn the purso
containing the whole Of the stolen money was found
secreted under the bed The rogue was conveyed be-
fore Justice Lothrop, whs committed the accused to
| prison for trial.
UNHEARD OF CRuELrr-The following letter has been
! addressed to the Chief of Police
18th PoLIcE STATION, July 10, 1850
ToTHE CHrF PoLIcE The folio wing narrative ~
true exceeds in cruelty anything that can we'll be,
imagined A German boy about fourteen years of age,
was brought TO this station house last evening with
leg below the knee and the other foot
about the middle instep. He says that about q
year and half ago his father, who lived at Yorkvile
sent him TO live with man named solomon Merritt
In Salem New Jersey that Merritt used him very bad
~ and made him go barefooted in the middle Of win
ter into the fields to fodder cattle &c By which, hi,
feet were frozen and had to be amputated lie wac,
nnally turned out by Merritt in this crippled eoudi-
uos, and told to go back to New York lie made his.
70 the railroad and n. gss shsn e sis h%
on his hands and knees until the time he vas found
and brought here. only say the boys story 40
pears almost incredible and yet he appears very sim
sno aress ana his manner carries the impress OF
truth have provided for him tenn porarily, 70 make
rome inquiry In regard to his parents and ii cannot
ind them, shall then send him to the Aims House
Yours truly, p sQUIREs, Capt.
Marine Afrair..