The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-02


Messrs Crosby, (Chairman) Woodford Carter, Antony
Beaufort, King and West.
After prayer had been offered up, the meeting sepa-
City Intelligence.
THE WEATHER was exceedingly fine yesterday. A por.
ton Of the day advanced spring The ther
mometer at the HERALD building rapged-At noon
with a slight fog.
NoTIcE.-The City Hall clock will be stopped this day
for the purpose Of being repaired and will not be in
operation until the Sth Of December.
MOVEMENTS OF THOMAS +. MEAGHER Last evening
Mr. T. +. Meagher invited to the Montgomery Guard
Ball. at Nblos Garden, which passed off with much eca
Sentiments were proposed ut the supper and Mr. Mea
CHER having called out eloquent speech On
the previous evening he invited to ball at the Odeon
in Williamsburg, where the Mayor presided and mum
Der Of toasts given in response to of which Mr.
Mesgher delivered beautiful speech This morning he
leaves for Albany where he Gestures this evening He IT,
also invited to lecture in several other cities In short
time he will publish his lecture Australia with notes
and stststics-it will make very valuable pamphlet.
His speeches will be out in volume in the Of few
days, with original notes and an introduction.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY AssociArIos.-The members OF
this body met at their Tuesday evening" in order
to elect committee to nominate officers the ensuing
year The following gentlemen duly elected Thomas
A Painter, with Emo, Mahonsy Co George D. W.
Clinton, with Ed Corning Co.; William A., Woodruff
Dash; William L. Seaman, with Thomas Hunt e. Co ;
William s. Collins, with P D. Collins; NJ " b Martin
with --. The meeting then separated Mr. Jo
seph Black Recording Secretary to the Association acted
as secretary on the occasion.
TARGET ExcuRsoN-The era Word Guard Capt. Fair
weather went to Harlem, Monday last and had de-
ghtful time. This company has recently been establish
ed in honor Of James Crawford who is the Assistant Al
derman Of the Eighteenth Ward, known to be an
excellent This fine military corps numbers fifty
musketf, many Of which ridded the target almost to
or nahy q day There were fourteen elegant prizes
which distributed by Alderman Crawford in the fol-
o ana %
ected according to the excellence Of their ATM ap
proach table on which lay the prizes and requested to
I'm ahniaa Thor asv
their prizes until the fourteenth prize TAKEN when
nine laundering cheers given by the whole compa
This mode OF distributing prizes is excellent and should
be generally adopted Success say we to the Crawford
Guard, and to him In whose name 1t was founded.
CAPTAIN LEONARD AND HIS CHARM-On Tuesday even.
ing Capt Leonard of the Second ward police arrested
dsordeIiy in the Park and in conveying into
the Office Of the Chief Of POLICE, the man seized Mr.
Leonard by his watch chain and severed from the link
his paws pearl " The sJeu being present from de
same returned to him by the person who possibly picked
it up rom the ground where 1t had fallen during the
to pay the cost of the charm to the person who re-
turns It.
INQuEsT UPON CHARLES BRowN.-Coroner Ives brought
his investigation relative to the Of the death OF
McCarty Blair, and Farley, were in attendance The
testimony Of three policemen of the Fourth ward officers
Neil Dufiey. Thomas Flanly, and - Murphy,
taken considerable length They were on duty at
various points in James and Chatham streets at half
November; heard the noise of ct No 81 James
street went there and found the young men, McCarty
and Blair coming out Of the hall door and Farley sitting
in The room Ellen Brown, wife OF deceased deposed
the same chain of circumstances detailed in
paper at the time of the accident; and that she
about to candle and the door to let the young
men in, when her husband said they coming to
rob him. and getting out Of bed he through the
back window, and sustained the injuries of which he
died. Ellen Cole who resides the fourth story Of the
house No 81 James street testiied-thst upon the
Saturday previous to his death, Mr.. Brown very
nm inf YcafA nnrh IN ha aIu tn
walk mp stairs witness the doors which
said to be broken open did not hear Of it until
acquaintance with Farley and Mcoarty; the cir
cumstances OF their meeting upon the morning in
female acquaintance whose he could not remem-
ber they knocked at Mr. Browns room door, and Mrs.
Brown replied, Wait until get light" witness
from the window snd assisted to pick him pp
Surgeon suckly dpesed to the admission Of the
lower extemties and bladder with symptoms of frac
ture Of the spine his mind distracted it from hard
drirking 1t was bordering upon delrium tremens; he
died from the injuries; post mortrm examination showed
that several Of the lumbar erebra bioken deceased
was In condition to be frightened from small AZ
ter lucid summing by the Coroner the jury return
ed the following verdict "The deceased Charles Brown
died from the effect Of injuries received by jumping from
street the morning Of the 2st u being carried away
by fear occaioned by attempt Of three young men,
open door to his room the said Charles Brown being
predsposed to fear and excitement by excessive drink
ng This verdict being duly recorded Coroner Ives dis
charged the young men.
FmK--A fire discovered at half pas. four O'Clock
this ming In the cellar which Is situate under the
store Of Mr. Thomas Martin, No "a Orange street It
extinguished, with trifng damage by officer Nit.
chell, Of the Sixth ward, and some citizens.
FRE.-A fire broke out last night at half past nine
o'clock in the clothing store Of Mr. Degraw No AZ Gold
street Its true origin could not be ascertaned The
remen were Immediately the spot and succeeded in
extinguishinR The chief damage was caused BY
the water and serious The Chief of Police with Cap
tains Brennan Dchett Leonard and Hopkins attended
with officers.
ANOTHER MAD Ok careered through some Of the prin-
cpal streets yesterday knocking down and seriously In
juripg several persons. One boy named John Quinn,
whose parents reside at No. 38 vandam street, was
knocked down at the corner Of Varck and Vandam
streets and seriously hurt He sustained some three
four bad scalp wounds and terrible bruises report
prevalent that the animal had killed child In Thir
tackled any who attempted interrupt his course He
was ultimately shot, after many discharges In Varck
street.
INQUEST AT the inquest upon the body Of the woman
found dead in the sewer Of avenue 9, At thirteenth
street, reported in paper yesterday morning, the
jury returned verdict Of drowning under
unknown.
In the case Of Mr. schermerhorn. Custom house Off.
GERS killed by falling into shps hatch also reported
by us yesterday the jury brought In verdict in ac
cordsnce with the facts
rouSp DnowrEp.-At about O'Clock this morn
ing the body Of q yet unknown, taken from
that he fell in during the night and swept
far that his struggles not observed until he
drowned The body lies at the Fifth ward station
hou,e TO svait the CoroDerG investigation