Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-09
THINGS I'm NEW YORK,
New York, Nouember 8.


The Franklin Fire Engine Company, from
Washington, arrived here at an early hour
yesterday morning, and have been paradine
about the streets ever since, seeing the sights
- lionizinS,' &c. At four O'Clock, they went
up to the Crys al Palace, escorted by Manhat.
tan Company, and in the e ening they paid a
visit to the various places of public amused
ment
The negroes of this city, who possess the
necessary property qualification emitting to
vote, held a meeting last night in one of tn cir
churches to determine upon their course at the
election to day. The meeting was an amusin g
affair. One of the speakers introduced a res.
olution declaring the Wing and Democratic
parties both to be pro-slavcry, and showering
upon them any quantity of contempt An
other speaker g did not see the good in men
tioning the Wing and Democratic PARTIES
| They were both broken up, and why should
the meeting kick at dead lion?"
| The news of the failure of the Patchin Bank.
| at Buffalo, occasions some talk in Wall street.
| Fears are expressed that other banks will soon
| follow suit.
| Bourcicault's new play, entitled " Love and
Money, or School for Scheming'' was
| brought out at WallackE theatre, last even.
| ing, for the first time.
The next news from Europe is looked for
with good deal of xiety. 1t ought to reach
us by the Franklin from Havre, via South
ampton. She was to leave the latter port on
| the eth nit.
Yesterday Mr.. Samuel Appleton, a cloth
ing merchant, residing and doing buriness at
No. l54 Fourth street, committed suicide by
blowing out his brains with the contents of a
pistol. 1t appears that Mr.. Appleton some
time since, joined the Sons of Temperance,
but snce that time had turned back to his old
habits. This morning, while under an attack
of deirium, he entered his bedroom in the
second story OF the house, where he held the
muzzle OF the pistol against the right temple
and discharged it, blowing off the upper half
OF his skull and scattering the brains over the
ceiling and walls of the room
We have quite an exciting time of it to day
The impression is that the Hards will beat the
softs even in this city at the election that
comes off to-day.
The number of persons nominated is very
large. We have regular Democratic, the ir-
regular Democratic, the Wing, the city re-
torn, the temperance alliance, and the ind e
pendent candidates for Aldermen and Coun-
cilmen. There are in all 81 candidates for
Aldermen and 40 for Councilmen. Of this
large number, however, only twenty-five AL
dermen, and sixty Councimen are to be chos-
en- by the voters.
1t is said that there are twenty four Catho.
lie churches in tie city Of New York and it's
vicinity. and nine converts At eighteen of
these churches the English language is
preached. five the German, and one the
French. The Sunday Freemau's Journal
says g His Excellency Archbishop Bedini,
will celebrate mass on Wednesday next. ut
st. Peters church, at o'clock. The Roman
Catholics of that part of the city will thus be
afforded an opportunity of seeing the Nuncio
and receiving his blessing
In addition to the single breasted blue coat
adopted by the Commissioners of Police as a
there will be q cap of tho same color, also of
military style, with two brass buttons, and
- Police" in silver plated letters in 'front.'
This uniform is ordered to 60 into effect on
the 18th inst, Many of them will refuse to
wear it, and fund Of $500 or 5000 has been
raised among them to fee counsel to test the
right ana authority of the Commissioners to
compel them TO wear uniform.