New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-29
CITY ITEMS.

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solvent, which threatens to eDgulf and chemically
anaIyze whoever chance. to fall therein. 1t was
n.iserably uncomfortable day; wet within and with
OUT ahydropathi, monstrosity uneqnaled since the
days OF Noah. The moisture penetrated every where
except to the throats Of the poor opers who prayed
to Be brought TO The bar and would not be comored
These unfortunates, tbouth dripping if they had
already many drop too much, and looking like half
drowned rat, It'll most insanely insisted that they
were dreaofully dry and nexpress bly, down in the
mouth. In consequence Of the pleniude of water and
fe scarcity of rum, the streets pretty mu ID de-
serted and the Sabbath was by far the busiest seen
for years. Physically it WIS a wretcbed day; but
morally it presents very different aspect, as the pc.
lice returns Of this morning will testify. 1t vas too
stormy and uncomfortable to be very outrageously
wicked-especially without rum.
"It's queer" ssid Mrs. harrington, carefully fold.
ing the paper she had been reading, and raising her
spectacts off her nose, 1t g strange" said She re-
feniDg 10 the stGtsment that locomotive had been
driven off the track by one of the switches. Who
would thought" she mused "that one Of them
"bg iron locofocos would have minded such a little
" thing as a switch y
"Bu aunt" interposed Ike who was trimming
limb Of bis Christmastree with the bright jack knife
that he found suspended thereto, you know the loco
" motive has q tender behind
"To be cure, Isasc," responded the venerable
dame; bu, you need Mt talk about it, my son.
And she drew down her spectaces and resumed her
reading while Ike went to switch the cat out of the
buttcry.
VINO THEY ARE.--The terrific onslaught by the
last Grand Jury upon gamblers and keepers Of houses
Ct illfame, has been trumpe.ed a. wonderful per-
Torrance; but, glance at the papers in the Dis
tIict-Attoneys Office the affair dsndles down to
very ordinary in fact, almost small potato perform
ance. Here is the astounding list of persons In
oiottd for the offences named:
KEEPIYG GAMBLISG-HoUsEs.
BERRY FpwAnD or Edmouds of Mercer and How
sIdsts and baied 10 $50 By Aaron Vanderbilt
ALFRED HALL, sFringr near Broadway Arrested aud
PATpcK HEAHsE Broadway, between Prince aud Houston
SAMUEL SUDAN W uen.s.. Not yet arrested
KEEPING HOUSES or ILL-FAMG.
ANN THOMAS M,rcer't Bsiled by Levi cls'k ia $500
ELzIBErH cAPsoS @eieerst 8siled on her Osn reeos-
Ert,s BAsRfIT, Mercer St BaIed by William B. Van
Files DAVIS Msrcer't. saied on her own bond =.
hAsTaa WILSON heIeerst bsiied by her" an MaiAs N
This is a very poor show for Mercer st, where
there are palaces known throughout the world az the
most notorious establishments of vice in the City
How il ii that oil Grand Juries ignore these high
priced institutions ard pitch upon the cheap wresches
who Keep less conspicuous and less dangerous houses
BY what arrangement" do the big fish constantly
esospe the legal net while the minnows are caught
II looks very much as if Justice had been clipping
the bandage from her eyes, or at least peeping
overi it.
HE'LL IN NEw-YoRK CITY On Saturday evening
one of the macy babarous baitings which are almost
daily taking place, to the disgrace Of New-York, ws
enacted in Pandemoniln kept by one Mclaughlin
at No l55 Firstav. Three hui 6red beings, human
only in shape, were crowded together in close, moi
some cellar only about twenty feet square, and
prest part Of that taken up by what is most fifty
termed the pit, to goat over the agonies and dab
be bemelves in the blood Of animals who cannot by
any possibility be brutal as themselves. The cru
elites Of Saturday evening were less savage than
usual; no bets pending; the animals were tor
tu cd merely for the amusement of the spectators so
We the barbara in its mildest form. The pro-
ersums as publshsd-snd here we must be permit
ted TO admire the Ha,chalness OF the Poce-the pro-
grsmme as advertised three days bforehand an
bounced that the sports Of the evening would CON-
"mepce with besrbaiting, badger and coon draw
chg, wolfhunng and rstkilling." The bea was
bated by five dogs until he caught them in his paws
ana crunohed them half death, amid the yells and
cheers Of the assembled fancy. TIE badger was at
tempted to be drawn by more than a dozen,
some OF whom were with great difficulty choked
cif having set their teeth deep in his throst
An amateur nat h was then made between two large
dogs who fous ht with such fury tia. in five minutes
tler painting could be heard above the shouts OF their
mas,ers; Al whom they stopped for moment in one
lIsce they marked it by pool Of blood. Toe dogs
sank several times quite exhausted, but were reani-
mated by flaming and cheering until the fight hal
lasted twenty minutes; they were then quite hs!ples
The fendish shouts of derision and applause with
Which the whole fight was filed, must be heard and
felt to be understood. Three fights of the same
character followed one of them lasting nearly half an
hour. When the last matched dogs had been carried
out dripping with blood bag Of rats was emptied in
tie pit and rnen and dogs jumped H. kicking up gen.
eral melee When the rats wire killed, and the slippery
arena cleared again, dog and rsccoon were pitted
against each other. The rscooon dexterously caught
TIE occ by the nose and he'd him till the blood
r,reaEed. This was a particularly delicious rnorse
for the fancy and was loudly appreciated. humber
Of equslly sapguinary dog-6ghts followed, aud the
exercises were closed early Sunday morning by a
rsfhe for dog still bleeding from the fight.
This same Mclaughlin. in q fight on the nth, at
Marriott's, No. ~ Madison g., where he handled his
own dog, was 90 exssperated because shs was beaten
he ,aix Al har .had harh yat