The New York Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1854, Page 3

py BANK INVESTIGATION. of William B. MoGackin, ate Paying Teller. jefore Judge Beebe, ; 42 the case of Wm. B. McG@uckin, of the Ocean Bank, charged with de- out of about $75,000, was continued Beebe’s chambers. James T. Brady cused, while Mr. Whiting was coun Bank. , beieg duly sworn, deposed through one of the directors of the Ocean nday morning following the day of Mr. ‘the bank, I was notified tbat there im the bank;I went over immediately, bank about 4 o’clock, and learned in had sent the key ef the bank to Mr. bt see him at that time; it was agreed t that evening and examine into the j we did so; the President, the cashier, Everett, I think Mr. Burnham too, and present; we counted the bills and the nnot swear to, as the final amount hen I left; 1 counted # portion of the and marked what I had counted, correctly; we were very par- ting everything; | saw Mr. Me- ednesday following; I first saw him in morning of his arrest I saw him at the Barclay street; there were some two or carpet bags there, which had been ythe officers from Jersey City, and be- chin, or, as he said, to his brother; I carpet bags, and took out a small bag James L. Wise upon it, written with ise is @ dealer in the bank; I took out Js, one @ roll of bills marked $1,000, yuckskin bag which contained gold; thi y presence, and amounte ! to $1,300 in money in the wallet I did not count; bag; from this bag we examined all gbeyapers and :_ I was not pre- ke spoken of by Mr. Martin were by counsel for the accused —Q. Of the tion house, which part of it did Mc- dito bim? “A. One trunk anda carpet Ee thedgs 4 belonged? A. Ni ta whom the money . No onversation had with him as te the by me, or m my presence. ‘amount of the figures you had count- en you left the back room on Moaday jon’t think I could remember the result; kage I counted, but Ido nut remember ION OF MR. MARTIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE OCEAN BANK. dQ. At what hour on Monday, 16th of whom was the frst examination made at irtain the nature and extent of the defal- m 332 o’clock until midnight, and by n, Silas K. Everitt, J. W. Brown, James Burnham, L. D.’ Coman and myself, paying teller, Mr. Platt. anaer in which you made out the order lon in seference to the defulcation, and Hid you call upon to find ont the result? ff the cash and the cash assets of the ctors’ room, and there counted every Ind the reault of that I stated on my fon; we compared this cash and asset cash called for from the general ledger, he result in that way. ment of the defalcation you have in- the words, “ fraudulent certified checks $3%100;” what does that item mean? pks certified October 14, by McGuckin, bank on the léth, except one check for he $2,500 check paid? A, A few days cks were they? A, All of them were Loomis. pect were they fraudulent? A. Because poney in the bank to pay them. they paid? A. Because the bank was n from th vice we had. known to the bank on the 16th of Octo- shecks were paid, that the drawer had bank to met them? A. Yes, ement before referred to is an item— by Freeman Loomis,"amonnting in all lat checks are referred to in that item? t an error I have made in the statement ating they were all Freeman Loomis’; ve stated that $24,200 was Freeman t $12,900 were Mr. Dunning’s. drawn were drawn when the drawers ‘the bank, and were paid, as you have not? A. No; both parties had money the checka came in through the Ex- Pay the checks? A. Not one-thirty- it. nk advised by counsel, before any of paid, that the bank’ was liable for to pay them, because McGuckin had ify checks, and if he abused that oss was to fallon the bank? A.J think he check for $2,600 not paid on the 16th Because it was not presented. presented, did the bank, through any fy Mr. Loomis and the Messrs. Dun them, of the payments made on Mon- 8, improperly certified? A. Mr. Loomis we koew it ourselves. cer or agent of the bank, between Mon- 7, and the time when the check for make any claim on Loomis or tne de for the reimbursement of what the on Ses im the payment o/ occurred in that respect. A. Mr. Loomis k of his own accord, and at my re- ‘god brought in Mr. James Dunning. that? A. On the morning of the 16th of A. Mr. Lommel shared Mr. James Dun- fg a large amount of this money, which fl, and stated where some $1,300 of it had hat he had suits now pending for the re- far as each of them had the rag + tem ire to make up the amount; the nce ended in talk; nothing was done until Loomis charged that the Dunnings had bunt of the money, what money was he did he name any’amount? A. He was money that bad been paid dn the certified hamed $20, ,000. pgs proportion? A. Yes, sir, at that money obtained in a per centof that of Octobert A. I understood him as in- id Om that *” ‘a of the 14th of October been paid at conversation, except the $2,560 one? A. d the next Ro arad ber Loomis, ys, or either of them? A. Nothing with general conversation; but Mesars. Dan- o claims, amounting to about $13,000, , wha, they said, owed it to them out ney they had had. ever it any way liquidated, adjusted, secure his inde! jneas to the bank Irdrafts on certification by McGuckin, or ert, Ar T think bout 816 000. it A. ink about $16, 1 Aicertained what amount isdue from srs. Dunning on overdrafts obtained in’s certifications? A. No, sir. this time estimated to be about the om each of said parties? A. I can only their own admiscions; I canarrive at pt from the checks tiemselves. the checks amounting to $39,000? d checks found among the papers in ets? A. You. they? A. They were checks of 8. &J. ies as vanive oish he Nal te mis arran, 1 any wa: for $2,506 already mentioned “A. He By leaving the money there. tween the 16th and 20th of October; the ot state. nitce you have been President of the mn aware before the 16th of October omis or the Dunnings had overdrawa the bank? A. Never but once. hat? A. Some time in 1853. bat was? A. it was a check of Freeman fled, arid if so, by whom’ A. I think certified. th o: January, 1864, were you ia any t checks to the amount ¢f about six or jollgrs drawn on the bank bad been cer- not good? A. No: I never was. of any instance in which there was a m the Qcean Bank and the Co ference ton check or checks of Loomis nw? A. 1 never heard of any such in- 4 n personally estimate to be the amount nines to the Ocean Bank on over m Do way of ascertaining, except from ves. © a written memorandam of the con- In Mr. Loomis and yourself, which oe- ink on the 16th of October? A. Only made, and where is it? I think ; Ido not know where it is. iesgroyed? A. It is mislaid, as I could neat ceal of examination tinarily charged with the daty of keep- ae vanit in which the cash asseteol the kept? A. The three tellers pore than one key to the vault? iuplicates, but on part of the time you ba has any examination ever been m: whether its cash aseets on hand A. A have been (except the examination Yes, J think exawinations have been luarterly Hcourse of such examination. A. By cash and cash items, and comparing examination, or at any time, was any except that which ie now charged 80, when, and about wat was the eo that Lever knew or heard of n Cortlandt etreet, on e? A. No Lia two broth Loomis tion you had with MeGuckiw at here, or either of 1 § think Q. Did they leave him, that be might have converse with you? A. I don’t know what the object of 1¢ was; we w up Cortlandt street alone. Did on that occasion, had no troer friend than you, or anything te that effect? A. I " Dia ‘also that a tear ia Board o or intended natinfied fom what they appropriated any of the believed him to be ‘riminal intent whatever— that Loomis had and that they wanted him jw them how it ir. Dunning had se of the same pr if so, state what itwas. A. that the Board of Direetors the statement made by Loomis was true, nothing criminal in it, and I was desirous ooneae mien pte Cieny and show us how it was, as far as he co: . You stated im your examination on that occasion you wished him to goto the bank and tell how the money bad been taken, Did you use the work ‘ taken,” or did you inquire by whom it had been taken. A’ I did ase the word taken, and Mr. MeGucken remarked it was mostly taken by Messrs. Loomis and Dunuing. Q. Did you mention any amount? A, I mentioned the amount that we had then discovered. Q. What was that sum? A. i think I mentioned the round suin of $100,000. Q. Did MeSucken enter upon any explanation as to the amonnt or extent of the deficiency, or ask to be ex- cused from doing so, and did you suggest that as he appeared feeble and in want of rest, he had better go home and see his family, and aay. 0 get some sleep, and you_would meet him at the bank in the morning? A. He did not enter into any explanation of the amount, and seeing that he was feeble and remarking that he neither ate or sien since Saturday, 1 did make the sug- gestion you asked me. Q. When MeGuckin met you at the bank on Wednes- day, 18th of October, about 4 ¥. M., and remained until 11 P.M., you say that he was ina situation to, give no kind of information or assistance, except, you state, that a large part ofthe money had been liad by Mr. Loomis and the Messrs. Dunning, and be promised 10 bring you next morning a fnll detailed statement of the amount each had had; explain what you mean by the word situation as used in that statement. A. I incan solely to state that Mr. McGucken was very much ex- cited and nervous, and was unable, from his excited condition, to give the information we wanted. Q. In what way wan he occupied at the bank during those seven hours? A. Nearly one hour was spent in getting b uppers the balance of the time was spent with Mr, Platt in kokirg over the accounts. Q. To what point or purpose was the looking over of the accounts directed? A, To find out the amount of the deficiency and to get what information we could from him concerning the same. Q. Was a statement or calculation of the cashier, Mr. Gibbons, used or referred to in that examination? A. I think it was. Q. Have you got it? A. T have. Q. Was any error discovered in that by Mr. MoGuckin? A. None that he pointed ont at that time ; on the con trary, he said that the statement in reference to the credit and caah items he had at that time was all right. Q. Was an error of about Lg ge or forty-eight hun- dred dollars discovered in Mr. Platt’s transactions, oc- curring between the 16th and 18th of October?—if so, what was it? A. There was no error of that kind that I heard of, nor any other error in Mr. Platt’s transactions. Q. Did McGuckin ever tell you what was the whole amount which Loomis or Messrs. Dunning had over- drawn from the bank on his certification of their checks? A. He never did. Q. Did MeGuckin make any written statement, cal- culation or exhibit, in words or figares, of hs estimate aa to the deficiency? A. None whatever. Q. Did he not exhibit’ such Paper in your presence at the bank, at any time? A. He did not. Q. Did he never compare with your statement of the estimate of the deficiency any estimate which he had made, in writing or otherwise? A. never tomy know- ledge. ¢ ia he tell you what the checks were, or when he had certified them, which he said he had destroyed in Dunning’s office on Monday? A. He told me they were certified checks; did not say what the amount was, but that he had certified them in Dunning’s office on Satur- day morning. 3% When did you first see the money found in Mc- Guekin’s possession after the 14th of October? A. At the station house on the morning of his arrest—the 7th of December, Q. You stated in your direet examination that on the 18th of October you told McGuckin his coin was vome $20,000 short, and that he must, on lea’ the bank on Saturda, night have taken some of it with him Wuo heard that besides you and McGuckin? A. No other person that I know of. Q. About what time of the night was that? A, A few minutes before 11 o'clock. Q. Had you any knowledge sr evidence that MeGucken had taken anyth: ing whutever from the bank, except, the keys in bis charge? A. Only from the admission of Loo- mis & Dunning, as to the amounts they had, and his own inability to account for the balance. Q. Did you, for the reason stated, believe, when aeked him the question above mentioned, that he taken any money from the bank on Saturday night, the 14th of ber? A. I had every reason to believe so, and did believe so. Q. What reason had you, other than you have stated ? A. I stated to Mr. McGucken in the bank that night what Loomis and Dunning had admitted, which he ad- mitted was nearer the truth than anythivg he had heard, and,as there remained still a v deticiency, and from the manner in which he left the bank avd. his ac- counts, I could come to no other conclusion than that he had taken a large amount. @. But did Jou, specify Saturday ax the time you thought he had taken ity A. I did. Q. When you said to him, as stated in your direct ex- pene ma has Ad as you er better, and sooner you divu! rour acts beginning to eae we shall feel relieved,” i se what you in 10 Ba} Cr cyrege in that exact lan, ? A. I think it was, if for word. ee Q. Did you ever make a memorandum of that conver- sation? A. I did. Q. When? A. At the time, or about that time. Q. Where is it? A. It is a part of the statement I have already testified to. Q. Did you say to McGuckin anything to the effect that if he had divulged ail his acts it would be better for him? A. 1 did not. Q. The inducement which you held ont to him as the reason why he should divulge was, then, merely that, first, he would feel better; and, secondly, the officers of the bank would feel relieved? is that so? A. We should have all felt relieved. Q. What word or words did he speak in answer to that suggestion of yours? A. He answered that be would be there early in the morning, and would give me all the information I asked. Q. Was statement ee by any officer of the bank en the 19th or 20th of October that the deficiency in McGuckin's funds as iy ing teller could not, at the outside, amount to $75, orto more than $75,000? (Objected to.) A. I did not see the statement until I raw it in the paper; have not seen it since, and do not know the purport of it. Q. You say that a bag was found in the possession of McGuckin containing gold. Had you ever seen that bag before you saw it at the station house? A. I de not re- collect that I ever did. Q@ When did James L. Wise cease to be a dealer with the Ocean Bank? A. He never has ceased to be. Q What kind of bag was that—for what purpose used? A. A canvass bag, such as are used to carry coin? Q. How do such bags become the property of the bank? A. By the deale: heghlee them there. Q. What was usually done in the bank with such bags when empty? A. They went into possession of the first teller; after the coin is taken out they are threws under the counter, usually lie there, that they may be used when we require them ever after. Q. Are such bags preserved in the bank as ite pro- perty, or are they disposed of variously by rejecting ‘them from dealers if worn out, or kept if good by the bank to keep money of the bank in them? A. If the dealer that deposits money in them cails for them we return them; ff not, however, we call them the preperty of the bank. Q. Is any account kept, or any means adopted t) find out what becomes of them? A. That is a species of pro- pet that always comes into the hands of the first Mer. Q. Bas he full power to dispose of such bags as be thinks proper? A. Yee. Direct examination resumed—Q. Where in Mesors. Dunning’s office? A. Under the Merchants’ Exchange Bank, in Greenwich street, near Dey. @ Where is Mr. Loomis’ office A,-In West street, near Murray. Q. Were their offices at those places while Mr. Guekin was teller in your bank? A. Mr. Loomis wa: all tbe time, and Messrs, Dunning in part of tie time. Q. How leng before Mr. McGuckin leit te bank, had . Danning kept their office under the Merchants’ Exchange Bauk? A. I think two or three years Q. You bave been asked, on the cross-examination, whether you paid these certified checks under the ad- vice of counsel —please state what the advice was your counsel gave you as to the liability of the bank to pay those checke* A. We were told the bank was liabie the checks were found in the bands of bona Jide owners, Q. Before you took them, did you ascertain whether they were so held, and did you pay any of those chek» which you had every reason to believe were pot ao held? ‘A. We did take such meang, and found they all belonged to bona fide owners. . By whom was the $2,500 check held for which | Loomis furnished the money to meet? A. By a bank in | Connecticut. Q. How many keys are there to the vault? how many hays ta there to aset? A. Four, I think. ou 8 must be used to get into the vault? ts; the first one contajus the books, ana in the second, leading from the first, is kept all the cashand cash items of th bank; the porter keeps the keys of the hook vault, and the tellers the keys of the bet ag Ae and money safe. Q. Which of the tellers keeps the keys? A. That isa matter they arrange with themselves. Q. Who keeps the duplicate keys? A. They are sealed up and kep* in the vault of a neighboring bank Q. Since the defaleation, have you looked at the dupli- 8? A. We have. cate key Q. Were they found sealed up as they were left? They were. Q During any of the interview you had with Mr, Me Guekin, did be allege or pretend that any other person but himself bad teen in fault, or was to blame for the A A. deficiency that appeared in his cash account? Q. Did’he at any time say that any person other than Loomis or the Dunuings were connected with him in the deficiency? A. No. ‘The case was here adjourned until five o'clock P.M. EVENING SESSION. The investigation was continued at half. last evening, when the present paying te was examined, as follows: — ast 5 o'clock of the bazk Sbenexer Pint being next sworn, deposed as fol- lows —Q. What ur occupation? A. f am paying teller of the Ocean bank, Q. How long have you been the paying teller of said bank? A. Sires the 17th of October, 1864. Q What was your employment before that time? A. Recejving teller | Q. How long:had yon been the receiving teller of the Ocran Pans} A, Slave the £255 of Novem per, Loc2, 1 @ Are you acquainted with William B. Mc@uekin? A Yes, How have Anown him? A. Since the lst ordonemmersian employment during that time? What dal a Se ee of the Ocean Bank up to the evening of bE a paying teller on his re- tirin, rea the situation? A. He left on theevening of the 14th; I received the eppointment on the morning of 19th; l acted in the capacity of teller on the 16th inst. funda ot bank ta hy ea Bho Lat came our was calied unexpectedly on ‘that morning to take the place of the first teller, 1 cannot state what amount came into my hands. @. During the business of thet day, and in making up your cash at night, was there any error or discre- pancy in your accounts? A. I did not know that there was. Q. Were the funds that were left in the bank by Mr. McGuckin, on the Saturday when he left, and so far as they came toyour hands, fully accounted for by you? . Yes. Q. Were you present during the afternoon on Wednes- day, after the business of the bank had closed at the bavk, while the examination wee ge on at the bank, in order to ascertain the amount Mr. MeGuckins de- ficiency ¢ +. I was present part of the rectors’ room; I was in the bank, how alternoon, except for a few minutes when, I went to get my dinner Q. Was there any abstraction of any of the funds or cash items from the time they came into your possession until the bank officers bad made up the amount of Mr. McGuckin’s deficiency ?_A. Not to my knowledge, Q During the time Mr. McGuckin was in the bank, perfornnng the duties of first teller, did you know that he was in the habit of certifying checks of Mr. Loomis avd Messrs. Dunning’ A. 1 did not know that he tified their checks when they had no money in the ban! those persons were dealers in the bank, and I suppose their check: ova rpaloigy ry he EA oe ting out Q. What part, if an; you take in ferretting ou the amount of Mr. MeGuekin's defalcation’ A. I was present when the directors examined the seeele and cash items, and took @ part in helping them to 5 Q. Did you arsist in making the deduction or state- ment arising from the deductions of the cash and cash itews actually on hand, from the amounts which the books of the bank showed should have been in posses- sion of Mr, McGackin? A. J didnot. Q. Have you personally, at aoy time, gone over the books, and the cash and cash item accounts, in order to ascertain yourself what was the amount of Mr. Mc- Guchin’s defaleavon’ A. J have, sir. Q When did you do thaty A, I can’t state what day. rf Was that a separate and independent examination of the one made by the President aud the officers of the bank? A. No; L ascertained trom a statement made by the cashier that there was a deficiency of between $90,000 to $100,000, Q. Can you rtate who unlocked the trunks contain- ing caxh items kept by Mr. MeGuckin, and which came into your possession or control on the morning of the 16th of October? A. 1 unlocked them. Q. Why did you not give them a full examination, and make a memorandum of them before the business of the day commenced’ A. I was called on very unexpecteddy to take charge of the desk for tnat day. e cashier i formed me, # few minutes after ten o'clock, that I must attend to the business for that day. In a few moments afterwards he informed me that] would find some fraud- ulent checks in the exchanges, and that I would also find that there were not as many bank notes in the trunks as Mr, McGuckin’s statement on Saturday evening called tor. I saw then it was impossible for me to make @ tho- rough examination of the cash on hand from the then present ciremmstances. People came then at the couater waiting to get their cheeks casbed. Owing to the al sence of the assistant teller, who was away that i and Mr. McGuckin, two men had to do the work that four persons usually pertormed. There was no time to do the work. Q. Was there anything that occurred during the ness of that day wi) lin any wa asi enced one way he balance of ca chargeable to account of the sa preceding? Cross-exan John R. Brady—Q.—Did your exchanges on the morning of the léth October? A. Ithinkno y' eneral cash prove on the afternoon of Oct. 16th? A. | did not take a general proof of the cash. Q, Did you try to prove your cash on that afternoon? A. Idid not; the trupk was taken into the directors’ room after bank hours, and there examined by the Pre- sident, Cashier and some of the directors, together with the specie. Q. Did your exchange prove ou the morning of the lith Oct.’ A. I do not recollect whether I attempted to prove the exchanges on that day or not. Q. Did your eae prove on the afternoon of the i7th of Oct.’ A. It did not, Here a conversation sprung up a8 to the meaning to be attached to the words, ‘your cash,” in the queszion abov Mr. Brady said be meant by it the cash trai actions in which the witness was involved, irrespective of the transactions ot McGuckin. Witness continued—there was a large deficiency and we had not yet ascertained the amount. Q. Did you know how much cash there was on hand at the bank on the afternoon or evening of the 1éth of Oct.?_ A. No, I did not. @. Did you know the amount of cash and cash items on hand on the morning of the 17th Oct. A. The cashier made out # statement on the evening of the l6th of the cush on hand, which I was not able to examine minutely af that time, vut knew it to be inthe main correcs. Q. What bad you done to ascertain the correctaess of that statement? A. The billsof the bank were counted up by the directors om the evening of the 16th. I did not, in the mornin; all the packages of bills iny- self; 1 had only time to exemine the amounts marked on vach package apd compare them with the statement made by the cashier, Q. Do you know where that statement is? A. J think it is in the possession of one of the ofticers of the bank. Can you give or mention his name’ A. J think the President of ti latement. Q. Was that statement shown to Mr. MeGuckin? A. Yes. Q. When? A. On the morning of Wednesday the 18th of Uctober. Q. Was it shown to him on the evening of that day, and, if so, where and by whom? A. It was shown to him on the evening of that day, in the presence of my- self and Mr. Martin, President of the bank. Q Did not Mr, Guckin discover and point out an error in that statement? A. He thought he had discovered ancrror in the amount of loans on hand, which was, however, pointed out and explained to him. Q. Please state the amount of that supposed error, and the explanation thereof? A. I do not remember the amount now; I can’t recollect distinctly the explana- tion ma’ Q. Was it not a sum of forty-five or forty-eight hun- dred dollars, which was not mentioned in the statement of loans? A. I think it was—an error which he supposed was not in the statement. Q. Was it im the staterent? A. J do not recollect dis- tinetly about that new; all that s remember now is that he appeared to be satisiigd with the president’s explana- tion. Q. Did not Mr. Martin state on that occasion that Mr. MeGucki tatement of loans on the Saturday prece- aing was correct? A. I think he admitted to Mr. Mc- Guckin that his statement of loans on Saturday was correct, and explained how the loan was correct. Q. Can you state what amount of loans Mr McGuek- in’s statement of Saturday called for? A. $173,983 13. Q. Can you state the amount of loans which appeared in the statement of Mr. Gibbons? A. I cannot; I cannot recollect it. Q Did Mr. McGuckin, on that evening, (Wednesday,) make any estimate of the deficiency? A. Not to my inowledge. Q. Did he not show to you @ paper showing in Ggnres what was the apparest deficiency? A. Ido not recollect that he did. Q. Did you bear any conversation between Mr. Mc- Guckin and Mr. Martin, in relation to any such paper or estimate? A. I did not. Q. Can you state Fontrely that you were not shown oe @ paper by Mr. McGuckin’ A. Yes, and do so ate. Q. Did Mr. McGuckin look over or examine the books of the bank on that evening] A. He did. Q. For what purp-se? A. I do rot know. Q. Did you ree him make any memorandum while examining the books on thatevening? A. I think he made some figures on the book on that evening. @ Did Mr. MeGuckim on that evening discover any error in et ‘transactions for that day up of the 18th of October? A. I think he discovered a dif- ference, which was afterwards tound. Q. What was the amount? A. 1 casnot state the amount, but it ‘a package of bank notes that I Ra sept by express to the Merchant’ Hank of Syracuse, and in the hurry of business I had omitted to charge it. Q. When was the deficit discovered, and wnat was the amount’ A. It was founda few days afterwards; the amount was about $3, 2 The investigation was then adjourned until the 28th instant, at 10 o'clock, when the cefence will be com- menced. Attack on Liquor Shops by Women. The Kalatoazoo (Mich.) Yelegraph turuisnes the par- ticulars of a descent made op the groggerins of Otsego, Allegbana county, by the womer ot that place. It appears that, some time since, a lady resiciog in that town, who Las a husband addicted to the habits of frequent intoxi- cation, called upon several of the ramsellers in the vil- Jage. and besonght them not te sell himany more liquor. and it is related that while on-ber knees ftnploring one of thone persons to spare her and her family of this misery, 80 far at lea her husband was concerned, he brutally told her to “go to bil! be should seli bis li- quor to any man that would pay him,” her in tears from his shop, Herentreaties had no efiect, a8 ulso those of several ladies who bad made similar re quests. On Thursday afternoon of last week the ladies of the village: to the number of thirty eight, armed with axes and hatchets, formed « procession and vpon the destroyers of their demestic peace. Proceed ing to the hotel, they commenced a general demolition of decanters, jugs, tumblers and barrels, when the pro- prietor, beseeching them to desist, came to terms, and gave bonde not to sell any more liquor for six monthe, after which they auietly withdrew, They them searched # crocery thoroughiy, hat finding no enemy, proceeded to anotlier grocery, which was notoridbusly the worst rom-hole in thé place. Here they commenced active operations upon the refusal of the proprietor to give the required Londs, and persisted in the ork of destruction till the fellow came to terms. They thea proceeded to another liqor dealing concern, and the proprietor refas- o sign the bonds offer in the instance of the 1. they poured out stock of Kquors, amidst the greatest ¢xcitement. Darin prietor rudely grasped one of th 7 back, whereupon he was seived and érenched in his own liquor. He rece severe injuries in the me Atter having this, te women quietly « Dre, 26, tain of the ehyp ger in that ship last May, on her passage f New York; he took on heard of the sInp a chest witu clothing, and other articles in it, which the defendand refused to, or did wot, deliver to him on bis arrival at this port. Judgment for plaintif’ for $160, the valu of she chert ane ite captenr, to afternoon | thus drove | rehed | Sixth Anthflavery Lecture. Caserus M. Cray, of Kentucky, delivered the sixth lecture of the course before the Wew York Anti-Slavery Society, at the Tabernacle, om Tuesday evening. Mr. Clay drew the largest house of the season. He commenced by drawing & picture of the condition of the negro popula- tion in thie country, amd passed from that point to say that the question was not now as to the sufferings of the Africans, but the matter had taken a wider and a deeper course. It was now to be seen whether the whites were to be slaves or freemen. He would prove that the slave power exercised a political despotiam over the country. There was no intention, he said, on the part of the South to give up the power which the hold- ing of slaves gives them, The settlers of the colo- nies were divided into two classes—the first in the North, headed by the Puritan Itaders; and the second in the South, led by such men as Lord Baltimore and Sir Wal- ter Raleigh. These two classes sprung from different sources in England, and the aristocrats at the South set up, and have ever since maintained, the same distinc- tion of caste which exists abroad. in South Carolina a mn cannot sit in the aaeeare unless he owns slaves, or their equivalentin ; and in most of the Southern States a property qualification is necesaary for the exer- cise of the right ot suffrage. The ataveheliens are thus enabled to ey ed & political oligarchy, and have thus far rucceeded in turning the democratic party to ucvount in sustaining them, To prove that non-slaveholiers have Fe in the government of the States, Mr. Clay cited the case of the Kentucky Convention, when not one non-slaveholding delegate was returned, In the Mexican war, also, class stood in the | front rank and bore the brunt of the bat- | tle, but not one commission of honor or profit was issued to any member of it im the State of Kentucky. | And when the people prayed that the manner of voting might be changed from viva voce to a ballot, so that they might not be overawed by the wealthy slaveholders, it was refused, because, as they said, it would intertere with the influence of the landlord over the tenant. No, They might vote for who they pleased, but if they voted for any of the agitators they must pull up their stakes. And this is the sort of proscription that bas driven more than 4 milion of the dest men of Kentucky to seek refuge in free States. The press is also under the con- trolot the slavebolders. If it has occasional; little spark of epirit, it is at once crushed out, Tor the press depends upon the of the country for its support. The pulpit i equally in the dark, and the preachers, if they pray at all on the subject, must pray hat the cheips shall grow stronger upon the limbs of he suffering millions. The lecturer could not suffi ciently admire those elergymen who were true to the eaure of freedom, and he could sympathize with those who knew the right and had not courage to doit; but he had no word of condemnation for those priests who assisted in the unholy work ef assisting in the enslaving of both black and white men. (Applause.) For in- stance, thut priest in South Caroliva who would rather Jone his seu! in hell than touch the subjpat of slavery, Ifever a soul deserved to be Jost in bell, it waa his. Applause.) One of these clergymen (Rev. Nehemiah some dams) says that bills to aboiish slavery in Southern legislatures bad Leen defeated by Southern agitators. is not true, and the lecturer would challenge tne reverend gentleman to prove it, He believed that there was a better feeling at | the South on the subject of slavery; and in passing through the great cotton growing Staten, you will see that the owners now consult the comfort of their slaves more than ever they did before ‘To be sure, the out- | side pressure bas caused the slave holders to make restrictive laws, but they have not been executed, and the condition of the slave is improving every day, and | all this is in consequence of the agitation which’ has been kept up at the South. Mr. Clay went on to say that the non-slaveholding population of the Soutia bad | lost even the rights which they had before the Revolu- | tion. Whereis the right of liberty of speech in the Slave States? Gone! Where is the liberty of the presa? | Gone! Where the right to be sacred in your person | against searches? Gone! Where the trial by jury? | Gone, or very much restricted! Where the right of | equal representation? Gone! Equality of right before | the law is gone, and equality of privilege to hold office is | gone, and the despotism of the slave power is intinitely | worse than that of Louis Napoleon or Victoria; and the speaker, as faras the sentiment goes, would prefer to be a subject of the Czar of Russia than a yo-called slave- ocratic, republican. (Applause.) And have you, the citizens of New York, any more freedom at the South than we? Notawhit. And even in the halls of Con- grees Southern bowie knives and pistole reign supreme. hey preach ty you obedience to the constitution; but when it interferes with their interest—and what oli- garch ever considered any interest but its own/—they trample it under foot. How ix it with your foreign Policy? In Fensacola they violated a treaty of peace with Spain, and in Mexico they made war without even the semblance of a deciarayion. Had they any re- gard for the constitution? And now, said the speaker, shail I speak of that infamous Fugitive Slave law? (Ap- plause.) A law which | have denounced in sixty-five counties in Kentucky. He would not, he said, argue as to its constitutionality, but Daniel Webster had declared that it was unconstitutional—that it was a matter which belonged to the States. (Applause). In the m ter of compromises he said he would compromise any- thing but a great frinciple. (Applause.) Well, in the old compromises the South got the ’s share; and when they found that there might be a spot where free- dom could breathe, they trampled the constitution and the compr 8 under foot, and they are now in armed possereion. They have humbugged you for years with their idea of popular sovereignty, and they have now overridden them all, They have gone over from Mis- souri, bowie knife in hand, and planted slavery in terri- tories which you had been assured should be always Sree. And this oligerchy has always been governe: by wen of foreign Lirth: and when the South American re- public asked us to join an alliance, in order to preserve republicanism on this continent from European intrigue, the United States refused, because the distinction of color Was ignored. And when Spain was threatening them, you refused to allow them to raise the ataudard of revolution in Cuba, because it might prejudice the Hlavcowner atthe South. Andagain, the oligarcliy of the South refused to allow us to acknowledge the French re- public, decause its constitution gave freedom to all men, lack anc white. ‘The republic of Liberia was not recog” nized for like reason. And this oligarchy is ready to e slave white inen to-morrow ax well as biack men to-da; When Texas was made independent the United States re: fused to allow her to exis, because the establishmect of 4 free republic on our Southern border might endanger the slave power. And in the case of Hungary, she was consigned to death because America would not say one word in her favor. You were silent; the slave power required it, and you acquiesced, And even in the pre- sent struggle of civilization against barbarism, the sym- pathy of the oligarchy of the South is with Russla, be. cause they say that those who sympathize with white freedom wiilsoen turn their attentton to black men.*And the speaker called en all republican Irishmen, Germans and Poles, tonotice that the Southern sentiment was op- posed to freedom. The siaveholders haye declared that they will always hold power over the free States. And though your Douglases and other Northern serviles may talk to you about equatier sovereignty, yet they have resolved that wherever the United States flag goes there slavery shall go; and Senator Toombs has declared that they will’ yet call the roll of their ruled differently if such facts bad existed in that case. They said that the contract was not by any | one authorized by Greeley; these acts would prodadly | si slaves at the base of Bunker Hill. What will you dor The Garrisonian party cay dissolve the Union— one patty bas une thing to effer, and another yet another project. Bat still the South goes on—un- checked and unrebuked. You have to say by your own acts, whether you will be slaves or freemen. You muy ray that there are but four hundred thousand men, and we are eighteen millions, but the Crar of Russi is but one man, and eighty millions bow before him. You youst take & firm stand on the constitution as it is; you niust say to the South, we will not interfere with ‘the internal regulations ot any State—if you love slavery, have it; but our constitution is a liberal instrument, and wherever our territory is extended, there liberty must be extended (applause) ; if you love the the Urion, and are afraid of dissolving it, remember tiat the best way to preserve it is to stand up armly for the consti- tution as it is, and for the eternal principles of liberty, in which this republic is founded. The speeker did not hate slavery #0 much for the injury it had caused him, orfor the it bad done to its victims, as for the agency it had had in preventing the United States from progressing towaris the destiny marked out for it, of making the whole world free and independent. ‘He closed by recommending Srmness and decision to the men of the North, and urging them to go into te battle with the good old deviee. * May God defend the right,” inscribed on their shields. Breaking of the Ice Bridge at Albany. PERILOUS SITUATION ADD NARROW ESCAPE. [From the Albany Arcus, Dee. 27.) Gne of the Hudson river passenger sleighs broke the ice yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, whilat crossing the river from East Albany to this city. The accident occurred just this side the cannel of the river, between the two piers which forms the ferry slip. The sicigh contained between fifteen and twenty passengers, all of whom were neary submerged, but it is believed rone were drowned. Mr. Frederick Staabe, a German, who was oae of the passengers, gives the following account of the occur- TEN e “Twas a passenger on the sleigh from East Albany which broke through—occupied a seat about midway mu the driver and the end, As we entered the ferry , the rear end of the-sleigh er ed sinking, and immediately the ice gave way, the sleigh continuing to sink. The horses also broke throagh the ice, J should think there were about twenty persons in the sleigh ut | the time, Several passengers jumped out on the ice. A young man who sat near me reached the solid ico, and I took hold of his coat and was helped oat. Twas in the | water nearly up to my neck. When I reached the solid ice the heads of the horses were all that could be seen above water. I assisted two ladies out, One was | almost entirely under water. I took bold of her clothing near her neck, and as [ raised her up she grabhed my arm, and was thus drawn upon the | jee. The second lady then in the water was near the | Lorses. I got hold of her arm and pi her out. The | ree near the sleigh sunk down, and the water covered it | jor some distance, While assisting the ladies out, I was in the water up tomy knees. I think all were rescued. | Several men from the ferry boats came to our assistance, | and helped a oumber of passengers out of the sleigh and | | ] | | | | | water. ‘Three of the Iadies who were in the sleigh at the time of the a ident were at the Stanwix Hail last evening, ‘Their ver are Mra, J, Reynolds and neice, of Hadeon, and Mre. E, W. Wilson, of York. The three were aturated with water, and very much chilled; but, hav- « been provided with dry clothing by Mrs. Britton, of the Stanwix, and with attentive aid, they were rapidly recovering from their (right. Mr. 8. wa also furiished with dry clothing. The whole party in the sleigh wore ina drenching condition as they were pulled from the sleigh or throagh the wa er on the fee. ‘Tbe horses and sleigh were got out soon alter the passengers were resened | Mr. Gilbert ©. Fowler, of this city, was a passenger in | the sleigh, but, as Le others, fortuuately escaped | with a complete drenching. | The place where the accident occurred was yesterday encireled by a rope atiached to posts at c nient dis- | forces, and a line war thrown across the entrance to the | eut lee ‘The crossing i to prevent further venturing in that quarter on the | etl kept np at the feat of e street, | he A ae aa tiny is hie 108, , Court—General Term. Before Mitchell, P. J., Roosevelt and Clerke, J. J. OPINION— PARTNEASEIP—LIABILITY OF DORMANT PARTNER. Dec. 26.—Harrison vs. Benners.—One of the questions discussed in this case, and the one upon which the opin- fon of the Court is given, was whether one could be Hable as a dormant partner, who had agreed with another that such other should buy such lands as they pleased in his own naine and on bis Own responsibility, and thatthe first shall not be responsible for any lia- bilities or acts of the other, except that so far as the capital should be placed in the hands of the otber, that capital should be subject to its proportion of the losses. ‘The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mironet., J.—In 4 Mass. 424, Pitts vs. Waugh and Greeley, a note bad been given by Waugh in his own name, for land bought im his own name, and it was hela that even if it were found that there was a ‘tuership between Waugh and fireeley to buy lands, Greeley would not be liable. The reasons assigned were, that the as to dormant riners, was confined to trade and commerce, and did not extend to the purchase and sale of lands, and that the allezed dormant part- ner could have uo title to the land. It is true, he would have no title at law tothe iand; but (in this State, however it may have then been in Massachusetts, ) he would have a title in equity and could enforce is to the land. The Court also said that there was ‘‘no evi- dence offered that Greeley knew of the purchase, or did or could desire any benefit from it,” although they adopted the broad grounds above stated, as they said, to prevent mistake. Here the dormant partuer knew of the purchases, and then received the benefit of them, The Mastachusetts court would probably have have been considered oy them evidence of authority to sigh, and of ratification of the signature. In Patterson vs. Brewster, Havens and others, (4 Rdwd, 362,) a bili was filed to compel persons who had associated ‘for the purpose of purchasing lands, and having the title in the pvame of trustees, to pay the deficiencies on bonda and mortgages executed by the trustees to the seller of the lande-—the trustees baving become insolvent. The Vice Chancellor infersed that the sale was on the personal responsibility of the trastees, and on the security of the wortguges, and held that if the associates would have heen liable, the taking of the bond of the trustees (a higher security) discharged them from this lability, and that a court of equity should not interfere, aa the compluinant, if he had auy remedy, could enforce it at law. ‘The learned Vice Chancellor had, however, pre- viously said in that case that ‘it appeared to hii that, considering the object of this association, it was not to be deemed @ partnership in the mercantile sense of the term, with the rights, powers, duties and responaibili- ties of partners belonging to the associates under the law merchant;” that * for the sake of convenience and the +asier management of all partnership concerns, whe- ther it be in the trade of buying and selling merchan- dise, cr manufacturing, or in the business of working lands, either for agricultural or mining pursuits, one partner has the power to bind all by any contracts he may make which are within the scope of their partner- ship busipess; but this carvot be the law in the mere business of buying and selling lands.”’ These re- marks were not essential to the decision of the case, | and the cause was carried to the Court of Appeals; and while it was pending there, Justice Strong, in delivering tho opinion—in the result of which the majority of the Court concurred—diasented from the Vice-Chancellor in the last part ‘of his opinion, and d that this opinion of the Vice-Chancellor was ex pressed as a doubt and partial denial only. 2 Comst, 430, Sage vs. Sherman. Justice Strong argued strongly in that case that there ma; partnership im buying and selling lands, with all the liabilities of the partners, and he quoted the cases of Terrill ys, Richards, 1 Nott & McCord 20, Sigourney vs. Mann, 7 Conn. 11,’ Robinson, vs. McCrowder, 4 McCord 519, Dudley vs. Littlefield, 8 Shepley 44, Brady vs. Kalkam, 1 Penn. R. 147, Kramer vs, Atthur, 7 Barrs Penn. R. 145, as sustaining his views. Where there is such diversity of opinion, and no decision binding in thi State, it is in expedient to+xpress an opi- nionfunneceasarily in the case before us, It may be that when four or more persons agree to buy lands ay tenants in common, and to pay cash for them on the delivery of the deed, neither buyers nor sellers would consider either buyer liable to pay more than his aliquot share; yet if al'did not pay in full it is very clear that the seller would not be bound to convey to any. And if the sale was to be partly on credit, it ix equally clear that ac- cording to the established usages the buyers would be | expected to give their joint and several bonds and mort- gages on the whole property, for the whole amount left unpaid. So it may fairly be discussed whether where parties agree to buy and sell lands, and to share the pio- fits, a purchase made by one of them without the appro- bation of the others, and without their receiving any be- nefit from it, would bind them, (as they would be bound, if the agreement had related to merchandise,) on the ground that the purchase was within the scope of the general terms of this partnership. But in this case the plaintiff presents himself in a very different charnc- ter. He wasacl rk employed through the active asso. ciates to keep the books of the concern containing the accounts of sales and purchases, and attending to other matters necessary for the transaction of the business into which the associates had entered. ‘Their case can be no better (as against him) than if they had caused the lands to beconveyed to them, and so had become tenants in common of the lands, As tenants in common neither could bind the other by any contract whiek he alone should make; but if tenants 1m common have one cnt whose business it is to collect their rents, and pay t expenses for repairs, taxes, assesaments, clerk hire 4 ofice rent, und the whole affair should turn out « Joss, his right to recover for tit loss and for bis ser: vices would be against all jointly, and not against separatery, for bis proportionate share only. Ia this it in like lands held by purtoers for mining purposes, For y matter connected with thore purposes, one partner y bind the other, and all are joiatly bound, although it might be questionable whether they would be bound jointly for the purchase money of other. lands bought Jor the sume purpose, without proof of their assent. to the new purchase, So, although the part owners of a rhip are tenants in common, and not partners, yet they are jointly liable for repairs #nd supplies to the vessel and for the wages of the master and crew; and they may be liable ax partners by arrangements amoog themselves, so that one shall have a lien on the share of any other art owner on funds in his hands for any balance due to him. See 20 J. R,, 611, Mumford vs. Nicoll. This claim is not for purchase money of lands bought without the concurrence of the associates, but for mercantile ser- vices necessary for all, and rendered for the benefit of all the associates in purchases and sales made for their Joint benefit. The judgment im favor of the plaintilf is affirmed, with costs . Before Hon. Judges Roosevelt, Morris and Clerke. THE CASE OF DR. GRAMAM, Dxc. 27,.—In the matter of Robert M. Graham, convict- ed of the manslaughter of Col, Loring at the St. Nicho- las Hotel, and on which a stay of proceedings had been granted, the District Attorney moved that the stay of proceedings be vacated, because the prisoner’s coun. sel bad not served him with @ copy of the bill of excep- tions. The Court adjourned the matter until Wednesday next, In consequence of the absence of the counsel of «Dr. Grabam. Sapreme Court—Gencral Term, Before all the Judges. DECISIONS. Dre. 27.—Graham, Blatchford, ée., vs. Leavitt, Re- ceiver of the North American Trust and Banking Com- pany.—Motion on a bill and cross bill of first million and half million trust fund case. An appeal does not stay the taxation of cost, nor the insertion of them in the judg- ment roll, When an action was commenced in Chancery before the Code took effect, and judgment was rendered in 1858, the costs to Ist July, 1851, are to be taxed ac- cording to the old chancery fee bill, and after that time according to the Code. Petteee Mann vs. Price & Gray. —Judgment affirmed, wigh costa. lows ve. Partridge & Fessenden.—Judgment afiirm- ed, with costs. Morgan vs. the Mechanics’ Banking Association.—Juig- ment affirmed, with costs. The People, at the relation of Sidney H. Stuart and others, Potice Justices, vs. F. W. Edmonds.—Order af- firmed, with costs. Fither &: Dennis vs. Norwich and New London Transit Company .--Order afirmed. Everson vs, Gehrman.—Order appealed from reversed, with coxts. ‘The People ex. rel. Jenkins & Condish vs. the Parker Vein Coal Company.—Mandamus is not the proper re- medy to compel a company, whether solvent or insol- vent, to transfer stock to a purchaser of stock. C.'8. Dennis, de, vs. J. Kennedy and another. —Judg- ment affirmed, with costs Vogel vs. Babcock.—Judgment reversed, with costs, with leave to the defendant to answer op payment of costs of epecial term, and with leave to defendant to move to strike out part of the complaint as irrelevant Gallagher vs. Gallagher.—Order at special terta modi fied, so that the cause be tried befcre a jury, and the report of referee set aside, without costs. Canal Bonk vs. Harris —Order at special term modi- fied so that the motion to set aside the executions be heard in the Fourth judicial d strict. No costs allowed on appeal. Hudson os, Conant. Brower vs. Lewis. the event. United States Trust Company of New York,—Order as to mode and time of making annual report. Wyman vs. Hart.—New trial denied, with costa, Judge Roosevelt dissenting. Judgment affirmed with cost ‘ew trial granted, costs to ab le Tne Warton Bovse Bu About eleven o'clock yesterday morning, the Walton House, on the east side of Thied street, between Olive nd Locust, cavght fire from a stove pipe in the back building, which was burned completely out. must have been ia progress for an half hour or mor fore it was din , as when the alarm was first gi it had extended along under ¢ oof and partitios watls. Louis, the Missouri, and Orntrale engine companies their hose up stairs through the front entrance, and Gvally, by brewking holes through tho ep IN St. Lovts.— The fire be walls, succes mr on the fire The necessity hook anit ladder company was never more apparent than on this occasion; by ite atd acreat | amount of preperty might have been saved. The pro: gress of the fire towards the front building was so slow that all the property in it might have been saved, were it not that the street was blocked u o much by the ea. gines that goods could not be carried away without gre A great deal of tho n erthereas, " ty all that property of many of his boarders was de ipjurrd, and on that ther tun House is a ER Cn ee n old « 92, 3900 1,106 Sees Broome Hed & c+ Ost, Herscbe) V. Johnson Nov., 3,000 pe Ae wniehi. San? 1600 1300 . Jone) A. j.. Jan. y 3 : Dee.; 1856 1,000 2}500 6,008 1,500 3,600 Henry J. Gardner, . 3,500 King’y 8, Bingham. Ji 1,600 Join J. Mees... Jan.. 1856 3,000 Sterling Price...... Dec., 1856 2,000 Nathaniel 8. Baker. June, 1855 1,000 Rodman M. Price... Jan., 1866 1/800 verses Myron H. Clark, 4,000 North Carolina. Thomes Prage. 2,000 Ohio... William Medill. 1/800 Pennsylvania... James Pollock...... Jan., 1857 3,000 Rhode Island .. William M. Hoppin. May, 1856 "400 South Carolina. J. H. Adams... « Dec., 1855 3,500 | Andrew Johnson... Oct., 1855 2/000 . E. M, Pease... Dec., 1855 2,000 | Stephen Royse... % 150 Joseph Johnson, J 3,000 William A. Barstow Dec., 1855 1,250 William L. Curry. 3,000 Willis A. Gorma: 2,500 ; 2,500 2,500 0 2,500 Legislatures of the States, TIMES OF MEETING. By the following table it will be seen that the Legis- latures of twelve of the States commence their sessions in January :— Times of Meeting. Capitals. . Second Monday in . Montgomery. . First Mouday in Nor Little Roek. California...) Firet Monday in Jan....., Sacramento. Connecticut*. First Wednesday in May., Hartford, Delaware® ,,. First Tuesday in Ja: Dover. Florida* ....) Firet Monday in Nov ...., Tallahassee. Georgia® . First Monday in Nov... Millodgeville. IHlinois*. cond Monday in Jan Springtield. Second Thursday in Jan.. Indianapolis. Iowa City. Frank ‘ort, Baton Rouge. ‘Augusta. ‘Annapolia, Boston, Lansing. Jackson. Jefferson. Concord. Treaton. + Second W First We . First Wednesday in Jan . First Monday in Jan. | First Monday in Jan. : Last Monday in Dec... N. Han pshire First Wednesday in June . Second Tuesday iu Jan, | First Tuesday in Jan,.... Albany. ‘Third Monday in Nov..... Raleigh. . First Monday in Nov. Columbus. Pennsylvania. First Tuesday in Jan,.... Harrisburg. Rhode Island. May and October... Providence. 8. Carolina... Fourth Monday in Nov... Columbia. Tennessee*... First Monday in Oct i Texast. + December .....++4.+ Austin, Vermont..... Second Thursday In Oct... Montpelier. | Virginia®..\\. First Monday in Dec. Richmond. Wisconsin... First Monday in Jan. Madiyon. “In the States marked with an asterisk the Legisla- tures meet biennially. Police Intelligence. CHARGE OF PASSING COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Yesterday, officer West, of the Eighth ward police, arrested a man named Michael Lolan, charged, on the complaint of Roland R. West, of Clinton Market, with having passed a counterfeit five dollar bill on the New York and Erie Bank of Dunkirk, on him, in the purchase of some meat and provisions from the latter. Mr. West states that he, believing the bill to be good, took it from Tolan and gave him good money in change; that he, (Went,) still believing the bill to be good and genuine, subsequently passed it himself to s person in the nelgh- borhood, but, finding out the next day that the bill wae | & counterfeit, he proceeded to the store of this persom ‘and took the bill back, refunding the good money he had obtained from him the night previous. Mr. Weat gave a satisfactory account of the manner in which the bill came into his possession, the magistrate decided to to have Lolan arrested on the complaint of Mr. West, which was accordingly effected yesterday afternoon. On being taken before Justice Clark, at the Jeflerson market police court, he war committed for examiuation on the complaint preferred against him by Mr. West. The counterfeit is anew one, upom very poor paper, and very badly engraved—altogether a very poor representations of the genuine bill. Annexed is « fac simile of thig counterteit:— eccoceocoscoscocoesoe os eocoeooD ° ° ° °° b ° Goddess © of Libert: eocec3@coe ° eoececocecccocs © Register stamp o coat of arms. o22ee o Scate or Sew York. o Woman ina sit- o © ting posture with o 0 a basket of fruit o 5 o in her hand. ecco05500 NEW YORK AND ERIE BANK ° 200002905 will pay Five Dontars to the ? Female with o bearer ou demand. outstretetedo Dunkirk, Jan. 1st, 1854. 9 arm. o 20309000 R, T. B. Eldridge, Cash’r, C. Tucker, Pres. § {Figure of an eagle.) ° eoocetccosceced 900000000 VIOLENT ASSAULT AND MaYHEM. Yesterday a complaint was made before Justice Bogart, at the Lower Police Court, by John Moore, against a man named George Haley, for assault and battery and mayhem. It appears from the statement of the com. plainant, that on Tuosday evening he started on a tour round the city with the accused, keeping their pere- grivations up to a late hour at night, and Analy both got quiteintoxicated. Haley, it is al , then became very quarrelsome and insisted on having a fight with Moore, or anybody else that would accept the challange. Haley, it's said, then attacked Moore, and getting him on the ground bit off a piece of his nose and upper lip, maiming him for life. He then escaped, leaving Ele com: pion in an insensible state. The police finding Moore in this condition conveyed him to his house in Walker street, where he vo far recovered from his injuries as to be able to appear before the magistrate yesterday. Haley was arrested some weeks ago for haying stabbed Capt. Carpenter, of the Fifth ward police, with a large knife while he was endeavoring to .cject him froma house of protitution in Leonard street, where he and others were amusing themselves by breaking up all the furniture and assaulting the inmates of the house, CUARGE OF BURGLARY. Three young men named Wm. Briggs, Wm. Allen and Theodore Mudson, were arrested by the Eleventh ward police yesterday, charged with having broxen into the office of Solomon Roosevelt, No. 85 non street, and stealing therefrom about two thousand pounds weight of copper, valueé at $700. They were committed for ex amination by Justice Welsh. ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY. A man named James Lewis was arrested yesterday by the Ninth ward police, charged with having made an at- tempt to burglariously enter the store of Francis H Jackson, No. 120 Cherry street. It is alleged on the part ot the complainant that the door and some of the shut« ters had been forced open by the accnsed, who, before ha could obtain an entrance to the building, was arrested. The accused was taken before Justice Welsh, who com- mitted him for examination. CHARGE OF FALSE PRETENCES. A young man named Meallison M. Lefler was arrested yesterday, by officer Brown, of the Third district polio court, charged with having obtained a gold watch fron his cousin, Benjamin Lefler, valued at by be ona tences and fraudulent representations. He was fou examination by Ju ‘elsh. WHOLESALE ARREST OF ALLEGED PICKPOCKETS. Officers McManus and others of the Sixth ward police, arrested yesterday eight youths, from twelve to sixteen years of age, charged as being vagrants and pickpockets, ‘Ihe officer states that these young fellows are in the habit of frequenting the corners of those streets running across Broacway, contiguous to the Broadway theatre, and that here they have for some tims passed their whole time in pilfering and stealing whatever they could lay their havds upon. They were taken before Justice Bogart yesterday afternoon, who committed them for examination. IN THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE VS. G. HEERBRANDTZ Jn this case, where the defendant was charged with having obtained $54 from Franz Lienk under false pre- tences and fraudulent representations, the complainan hee withdrawn the charges against the aceused, bein satisfied that the intentions of Mr. Heerbramgts were per- fectly honorable and upright. Coroners’ Inquests. Svicipr.—-Coroner Gamble held an inquest yesterday atthe house 25 Greenwich street, upon the body of @ seafaring man named James Crosstand, who came to hit death by cutting his throat while laboring under a fit of mental aberration. The deceased, it appeared, had for the Inst few days been in very low spirits, and was wudg denly missed from the premises. On making search for hin he was found in the water closet with his throat mmeartoear, Verdict accordingly. Deceased waa © of England and abont 42 years of age, DrowxeD ny FaLume raxoven A Howe ia tae Doce at William at the foot of Laight street. { appeare from the evidence adduced t twas play- ing on the dock foot of this street, and accidentally fail- ing through t had been carelessly ‘elt un- cover Hefore the necessary assistance ] cou The jury ring a verdic elated the owner or owners 0 k to be ulpable neglig v allowing the dock to a condition sed was a native of New York. l hiiche. after being on on eno muted A t wae coms ‘al years at ad comaniied feg t the government 4 be ng by diva 6 had received fur *t was taken tox he recovered on tho