The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-14
City Intelligence.

Err vALEsrisEs DAy--Tod day s the festival Of st.
Valentine the origin Of whiah many antlquarsns have
endeavoTd to unravel but their lsbors have hitherto
been IN vain. Whatever be the origin II 10 the day
when from time mmemoril al It has been the custom to
SEND smstory missives. when youthful lovers nave
most mysterious affection Tor hearts ana darts wings
and rings cupid, and altars, and end OF nameess
enbMs surroun ded with lace edged papers aud borders
Of flowers in all kinds Of unnatural colors which bang
tsmptpgly In the Windows and greatly bewildsr the
senees az both youth and maiden, while they gaze
These epstles Of love and alteration will be flying
about to day in every direction They are Of every
possible price from the small sum Of two and three
cepts up to q hundred dollars and more From
every this festival sacred to love aud virtue
will be celebrated this year with unusual activity.
CRY HALL CLocK-We observe that the City Hall
clio which has been UNDERGOING repairs for the last
week. again In operation The new dial plates
siply great improvement. the former dss and show
in the night lime to the gTeatst advantage The plates
consisting Of solid sheets Of glass about seven feet in
disme..r and from an inca to sn inch and 8 eaf In
thickness.
decided change in the state of tbs atmosphere The
slight touch Of spring hoh experienced in the begin
degree of aold while bitter piercing and boisterous
Wind, rom nothery direction, has been prevailing for
Iornng the cloudy sky gave every indication q an
preaching snow storm, which really commenced early
yesterday afternoon and continued, though NO: very
heavy up to about nine o'clock.
TssrL IN BROADWAY We are Informed from a relis-
bic that the number Of carriages and IS which
passed up and down Broadway on Thursday last from
amounted to seven Thousand one hundred and 5fty.
Dsp,cATroN.-Ths dedication Of the First Associate
Presbyterian church Of South First and Eighth
streets williamsburg win take place to-day when the
following ministers from New York will oficis:e REV
Dr. Krebs In the morning st hatpast ten; Rev Jamee
Thompson in the afternoon Mt three and Rev. a. II.
Blair in the evening, ut half past seven o'clock
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT THE HARLEM RIrlRoiD.-
The inquston relative to the of the death Of Ian
caster NJ. Odel who killed last Monday after.
noon the Harlem Railroad the horses attached TO the
which he was driving having taken fright in
quence Of stage running against them while crossing
the trsck immediately in front Of the car, whereby he
thrown from the platform and killed, tool place
terdsy before the Coroner and from the evidence &d
duced the jury rendered verdict Of accidental death
1t supposed previously to this inquison that the
accident caused the csrelessness OF the driver
the stage, and man named James Gallagher
rested, but rs could identify him, be dis
charged.
A Guild BURNED TO DEATH-An inquest held at
Ne i06 Cherry street. the body Of Henrietta Spsck
erpan, child two years Of age, who severely
bdrned Thursday afternoon, that it died yesterday
morning The child 1t appears, had been left alone in
room by it's mother and managed to get to the door
leading into adjoining ROOM whe there open
fire. and willis playing about the CRATE Its clothes
in contact with the Are and 1t enveloped in
hame It's screams brought mother to tbs spots but
unfortunately too late to render it any perm. .nent
ssteLce.