The New York Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1855, Page 2

283 PEUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, — | tet of thors in seventh avenue, near Hightoonth ~~ —— =a Twenty-second street, between Sixth and PROGRESS OF THE MUNICIPAL REVOLU- | Syttiheventee. sont of Twenty-third street TION. {YHE LIQUOR DEALERS AND THE SUNDAY LAW—VIOLA- ‘TIONS OF THE LAW ON SUNDAY LAST—NEW STREET lay Mwasd Hoppes—To be paid $144 for services as SWEEPING MACHINES—REPORTS OF THE PHOPLE ON ° ‘SUBJECTS. To street Of an—To be paid $86 40 for services as Wm. Deneker and J. B. lidur—For the exclu- butchers’ at ‘own expense, for the term of <G pune pastor and clerk of the First Baptist Mariners’ ‘VaRious 5 ‘A few of the liquor dealers still continue to act in de- tance of the orders of the Mayor, by keeping their stores open on Sunday. Some have had their licenses revoked; but if the Board of Excise of each ward refuse to concur Churchs-Yo be relieved from assessment on said church. with him in enforcing the penalty, it will be impossible Of residents—To have Madison square improved. RESOLUTIONS. to enforce the law throughout As de = sg or. Tuat it he referred. to Committee on Whar, Piers from the following table, showing number w! opt | an ps 4 int re) . open on Sunday, thatthe Mayor was unable to revokethe | eney of extending and repa ing ra fag ato Bh Licenses in the Fourth and Sixth wards, in consequence pio ae extension anil ae se a ef the refusal of the Aldermen and Councilmen, who, To take up railroad iver with the Mayor, constitute the Board of Excise of each Cosipeey, Seeneeates street 0 Lets ar hac ward, to co-operate with him :— pany have not ala oo rails, pursuant to law. tae ‘To bave Catherine street paved with iron or with the 3 vement. 3 Deer the Street Commissioner notify the Catherine street Ferry Company to remove piles in the shp be- tween piers Nos. 34 and 35, ferred. To have pier No. 34, at the foot of Hammond street, red. ferred, ‘o remoye incumbrances from pier No. 30 East river. ferred. That receiving basins and eulverts be built at the E. and 8, E. corners of Beach, Vestry and (oe streets, on ‘West street, bs i eee of the Croton Aqueduct mnt. ferred, st the committee on celebrating Washington’s birth sy be requested not to furnish -any spirituous liquoce for that occasion. Laid on table, Calling for information from the Comptroller in rela- tion to contract in Kighty-third street, Adopted. For grooving. the Russ pavement where not already grooved, ferred, To refer to the Committee on Lands aniPlaces tit they may enquire and report whether any further action ix necessary on the part of the Common Council to se- cure the opening, &e., of the ground between ‘Third and Fourth avenues and Sixth and Seventh streets, ad and A NEW STREET SWEEPER. New street cleaning machines have been shipped Ap e Philadelphia, and will shortly arrive, They w Tbiei a ncen as the sists of the Sih will permit, it Deing £0 hard at present, in consequence of frost, ‘hat it would be impossible to operate with the new in vention. The machines will first be put in operation im the Second ward ; and if found to be serviceable the whole city will receive the benefit to be derived from them. WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. ‘That the ash carts have failed to remove the ashes in font of 25 Fulton street, for a public square. Referred. That the eg the corner of Grove and Bedford Directing the Counsel of the Corporation to draft a law street is a cag aed as the handle projects over the qeee if ay to raise a loan for building the new sidew: hi i a cum- .. Adopted. ek ee ee to purchase the Crystal Palace for market purposes. Referred. ‘Appropriating $00, and directing the Chief Engineer to make ap exhibition of the steam fire engine. Adopted. That it be referred te Committee on Ordinances to re- port upon the propriety of adopting aa ordinance to prevent the driving of cattle and swine through the streets south of Vorty second street. Referred. To prevent the siaugitering of animals below Fit- teenth atreet. Referred, ‘Brance, ‘That the stables on the vacant lots fronting St. Mark’s are @ great nuisance, and that the neigkbore su!- much annoyance from the steach and noise thereof. That the sidewalk in front of 142 Cedar street is con- stantly obstructed with goods, to the great incoave mionce of pedestrians. That the street and sidewalk in front of 218 Bowery, is constantly blocked np with old casks, boxes, wagons ‘and all sorts of imaginable trash, to the great inconve- amience of travel. | ‘That the coal hole infront of 193 East Twanty-second | wtreet has no covering on it, and that it is yery dan- | OU. srhat the lot on the northwest corner of Twenty- wecond street and Seventh avenue is not fenced in, and | ‘that all manner of nuisances are there committed. | ‘That Catherino street, f-om Oak to South streets, is in | condition, and that the stages are conti ing damaged in consequence of the ice and dirt which bas not been rewoyed trom it. ‘That the New York and Harlem Railroad Company are im the practice of shovelling all the snow and ice be- tween Elizabeth street and the Bowery, in Broome street, aendering it impassible; and also that the said company have, by raising Broome street, be:ween Contre and Klizabeth, above the original grade, made it not only dangerous to horses, but to the lives of psrson: going through it. Jennings & Co. have had five of the'r stages broken in consequence of its condition. Jennings also eowplains that said company bave not complied with the erders of the Common Council in laying a grooved ra!! *brough Broome street, as directed by that body. ge liquor store, corner of Sixth avenue and Twen- tieth etreet, was kept open on Sualay the 4th inst:, and that several persons came out of ihe store with liquer | durivg the day. That the sidewalk is raised go high in Sixth avenne, from the corner of Sixth avenne to Fourth steat, that water overflows property in that avenue. Mrs. Ann Maher complains that her husband treats her brutally, threatesing to tura ber and her infant eluddzen int) the ntreet. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ‘The Roard held the tirst meoting of the Febrnary w ston last evening, Isaac O. Barker, Esq., President, the chair. The minutes were read and approved. PeVIMONS REFERRED. ‘Tho petitions of ceveral parti:s to have the new City Mall built in Madison synare; of J, ©. Harimyer, to be appointed clerk and interpreter of the Fourth district Police court; of Rogine Company 33, te have the engine RRPORTS, Of Committee on Finance—On memorial of working men, submitting the following resolutions : That this Board deeply and feclingly sympathizes with the sufferings and distress of those industrious mecha- nics and workingmen now out of empley, and taut it re- grets its inability to meet the call upon it for permanent, and enduring reli That the Committee on Fiuance he, and they are hereby, dissharged"from the further coa- sideration of the prtitions aud memorial annexed, as tha measures required to be adopted by then are uuconsti. | tutional, inexpedient, unwise, and unjust. Referred to the Committee of the Whole, and ordered to be printed in pamphlet form, Nanerows other reports were presented, an’ referre} to the Committee o! the Whole. COMMUNICATIONS, Communications were received from the Com of Streets and Lamps—one on the contracts for cleaning streets, avd the other submitting for the action of the Common Council that the report of the Comalesionera for opening 122d street, from Third to Fourth avenue, had beon duly confirmed by the Common Council. Re* ferred. From the Bureau of Asseasmon's, with accompauyiug assessment lists, asking that the same may be contirmed and a collestor appointed therefor, Referrad. From the Comptrolier—in reply to resolution of faquity relating to paving Bowery, &c, Laid en the table, and ordered to be priate), ‘Toe Board then adjcu ned te Weinaed sy afternoon, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. —His Honor Mayor Wood in (he chair. of the last meeting were read and approved. BILLS PAID, ‘The following bills were ordered to be paid:— ‘To the Bloomingdale Asylum, for boarding BR, Smith for one year... To Dennis Flyan end others oftice of the County Cierk To Jobn 8, Molloy, tor copyia, Jo John Adley, Jun., f Yo Jobn Paynter, f The Iately used by Engine Company 18 assigned to thom; the | To Sunday newspapers, Petitions of veveral pasties to be relieved from erroneous Be A ae oe DOORS taxation; ths petition of Joha Tryon, for leave toex- | ToS, B Tish, f Mbit the great Celifornia tree ta the Pah, Several petitions f ITATION, id referred, An invitation from W. B. Moffatt, for the Committee on | “"rne Board adjourned to Thursday next at 4 o'clock, Building to visit the Moffatt buildings, Hroalway, was r+- | Micaela: ceived and ascepied. y “ " “ S008 FAARY AdcoMMOD.NO nm xoNoPoLY “Gouruny. 4 baipnas Peano pa gt arse Midiran ¥or offe Broapway ‘THRarRY.—The grand spectacle opera of egkeeoterd, That the Ferry Company be ins! “Cinderclla,”? which hay bad a great run, jy angonnced y this a to. Fun & Boat From the fersy egain for this evening. Pyae ix one of the great- Sc eT ee mae eae. 2 oc st favorites that evor appeared in New York, Tie Gibax A. i. Vondensa to toe Comcotttec om Fert farce of ‘As Like ag Two Peas” will conctude the anter- tainmenis o. the evening—Davidge, Whiting, ani the Misses Gougenheim in the leading parte. Rowsgry Trvarre.—The entertainwer Alderman Baran offered the follox hesvlved, That the Union Ferry Company be directed te run ther boats on the Hamilton avenue ferry every quarter of an hour after 9 o clock P. M. up tol o’cloc at night, and that they commonce running at 4 o'ch A.M. Referred to Committee on Ferrie which are an | please the Bowery folke. Tho drama of “ ireland As It 4,” the amusing pleee calted The Irish Lio: ad 4 HXOW NOTHING MOVEMENT —ov Witom Ale THR POUCH | tke comic drama of the “ Happy Man,”—Mr, and Mra Aerman Buccs, Thirteenth ward, offered the fotlow- | (bat tor hata: repel or mee tug Tesolution, and, in doing so, he’ said hs thought it | : ] a i was high time that they should know to whom the care | ReRroN’s Taxatkn.—This establishment continues in of our lives and property were cntrusyed:— | & prosperous career, the performanres giving ‘he utmost Resolved, That George W. Matyell, Chief of Folica, re- | pleagure to the visivers, To-night port as soon as possible to this bedy how many Amori- ans, Irishmen, Scotchmen, English nen, and of all other good selection. author, entiled Hurton, Jordan, mations, there are in the Police Departmen: of this city; | Mevaxtl, he lead " also, how many of the present policemen have been in fayosife plove of" Fashion® cmeleden are Pate The ‘the prisous of the United States and of other countries; |“ y Sissi wih how many of tbe present policemen have beea na: | WATKACK'S Trratnn—Blake's bepelit coma off this Sarslized, and h3w many have been in this coymtry lens an acio: than five years; also, by whom all the members of the vrevent Police iypariment of this eitr were nppointed, erman Howakp movea that the resolution layon Mrs Mowatt’ ned: Maahion.?? end vl he table, On which motion there appearec allirmatives | plese of =: The Last Sire — a hone. eens eaecting 9—Brown, First ward; Williamson, Secon ward: Baird, | Pharacter of Geotirey Dale. Fourth ward; Hoflmire, Fifth ward; H Howard, Sixt | cay Mean evening, a ver deserved public support | Mr, &. is entitled to AG we believe there is nota b: comedian in the country. Tne pieces anaoun ward; Jas. Steers, Eleventh ward; John Kely, Four- a, aie oe teenth: ward; Herrick Nincteeath ward; Varian, Ewenty- OF # Sea Side Story,” is announced for che afternoon, first ward. Nays, 12—Mower, Thint ward; Fox, Seventh | 204 in the evening, the tragedy of +‘Ugolino,”’ with J. R Scott as Ugol “Black-Fye Miss Mestayer san, Mrrnoronray Crnevs.—Signovina Charini appears to night ina scene of Terpsichorian equitatian, and Miss Emma Nathansin bold and dashing feats of horsemansh p, Thore will also be various feats offvaniting, tumbling, and the equestrian burletta of Mons, and Mme Deauie, | Woops Mixsri.cs.—A bill of great variety is offered for thie evening—negro melodies, instrumental per- formances, ¢ burlesque of “Black Blun‘erae’? Brexiry's —The burlenque of “Luey of Tawmermoor,”’ which has been produced at this favorite resort, is announcedas in eaquisite style—th: throughout. domestic melodrama of with J. R. Scott as William and ward: Wm. Tucker, Eighth ward: Voorhis, Ninth ward; Trowbridge, Twelfth ward; #, Toirteenth war. dent, Fifteenth ward; Ghristie, Sixteenth wari Seventeenth ward; Lord Bighteenth ward; C. H. ucker, Twontieth ward. Ab- sent—Drake, Twenty-second wart. ‘The maim ues being put for the resolution, it was adopied by a Affirmatiye—Williamnson, Moser, Vox, Wm. Tucier, Veorhis, Trowbridge, Wakeman, Briggs, the President, Christy, Ely, Lord, ©. H. Tucker. | Negative—Bro wn, Baird, Hoffmire, Howard, Steers, Kelly, Herrick, Va sian, PAPERS CONCURRED IN, The report of the Committee on Ordinances —In fa ver of concurring with the Board of Coane Imen in an erdinance providing for tho lisensing express wagons; ‘of Committee on Sewers—In fevor of concarring with Dowarpson’s Oran s Te the Councilmen in rescinding ordinance for asewer in and ther negro delive Nth strect, between Mhird and Fourth avenues; of , pieces and dencing are 1 same—In relation to sewer in Forty-clghth rtreet, be- The Grisi and Mario ‘tween Eleventh avenue and Hudson street; report ofthe — to# very smal Committee of the Fire Department—Concurring with the | evening last. Board of Councilmen to build a new carriage for Hose | Company 25; Report of Committee on Polise—Concurrin to pay Dr. Lodge for medical attendance at Seventh dimiriet police station; report of the Committee on Fire | Department—Aiverre to the petition of Geo. W. Wuite- head, to be reinrtated in the Fire Department; qenchrring with the Councilmen to Fagine Company No. 4; of the Board of Coune! instramental ght outlast aight. * Booth was 4 passeager for Cali Taw, yerterday. tuetory Broken Up. [From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jan. 23. With @ praiseworthy determination to unioose the same—non concurring with | en to purchase ten additional | tightness o: the times by making money plentier, several feet of ground for Engine Compsny No, 20, and in g008 looking young men, and at least one goo: kin, of purchasing a fall lot; of same 1 themselves‘together witho ying with the Councilmen to ouild ar aot a Legislative charter, mad Twenty-fifth street, between Sevond and Toird aven ole expense a large amount of the report of tho Committee on Sewers—in favor of con! pay, daly signed and counter. sores with the Councilmea to constructasower in | signed, which ruthlessly Lave been wrested from them Heeond street, from the westerly side of Firstavenue to | by Sherif’ Spangler and ceputics, and even they arrested the Bower, and pul in ‘ durance vile.’ Adjourned to Thursday next, Jala: ‘The officers have ween some time on ths trail of this | wang, and yesterday. by moaas of « Yost Ofice trap, the BOARD OF COUNCILM | residence ofthe chlet counterfelter was found to he ta | this city, at No. 28 Scoville street. His name ie E. J | Somers, alas J. D. Mémer. Tie Sheriil and his party weat noiselessly to kis rostdence last night. A gentls tap by Fi, 5.—The Board met for the first time this month. D, D. Conover, Esq. Presi in the Chair, The mia- ates of the last mocting wore read and approved. entero tothe door, who sail Air. Miner was not in Ie the eee meantime Mr. 3, was making his exit out the back way, Of P, Coyle—To be paid the amount due on his con and was arrested by one ot the Jeputies, tract for cleaning the streets of the Recond, Fourth ani | , The besieging party them “pitched in’? to the house, but foand the imner m, cootaiaing Mrs M nor anda Mr. Roseeranty altas cked and admittance re- fused. Theorder was given to burst opem the door, when it was quickly oponed by the laly Im the stove | was found a rosring fire, all ef new bank bills Just pat in. Rosecrants and the indy were seized, the room | searched, and about twenty thousand dollars of prectily printed bank bill, all on Fastern banks, wore found | ready for ciroulation, and a whole trank full ready to | be filed out. On Miner was found a letter from one of the gaag, or dering a a large amount to be remitted to him, he was goiog Fast via I’hilsdelphia and Baltimore, could pat it off like hot cakes. A lisi of retail deal eustomers from abroad, who were patronizing this | wholesale house in Cleveland, was also found, ion _ are 4 5 ou by aid of pe telegraph, no ubt other arrests in other parts of the eoual re feaphethe y aatry are 6 This is # crand haul, an Sheriff Spangter is entitled to ywuch credit for the eelerity end ueatness with which he | has depatched this job. rd and Fourth | “9 ® Aixth wards. Of@ired Lagran and others—To add one hundred foe - at the foot of Harrison stroet. Of divers persons—Praying an investigation of ti matter of curbing, guttering, &o., Eghty third street Of divers pereons—To have New City Hall in Medison Synare, (Several petitions To remove dumping boa: Nerth river. For remuneration for bricks taken from Beckman street by Geo. (. Glazier, in disregard of permit prov ously odtalned ty petitioner from Commissionse of is from foot of Vosey street, To lay Croton water pipe in Ri¢hty-fourth street. For dock at the foet of Forty-sevept atrect, East river. To build a market in the vielaity of Gansevoort or Pourteonth «treet, North river. # } To have sunken lots flled between Twelfth and Thir teenth streets, North river. For & fire bell at the junction of the Tat avennes, in the city of New York. Asking tat the foupkins lise of stages may ve com- pelied to run the whole length of thor routs, st dd change in lightiag the strects, (Se- vera ttfeas) | Ax Barrnquake 1s Vinersta,—An earthquake was felt io Virginio, on Friday last. At Clarksville, a | Title before tee s'cloct A. ., there was a rambling, rattling ovum), which rejembled somewhat the noise made by a four horse coach in rapid mot of a wag in Of Hose Co. No, 9—For_» now hose. | with an empty body, running rapidly down a rough wae Of Eegine jo, 33—To have their house alteret. Crockery standing on the tabie was visibly shaken, At For a sewer in Mott street. Wylies arg, the houses were shaken, and oae genti¢inin To appropriate @ slip for the exclusive use of the was waked up by the severe jar ant nol alarasd by lots of this port. bling—To be paid $5 ‘Of trnetece of Presbyterian chureh in Filth w eerner of Nineteenth <treet-Jor two street Jampr the cracking roun! of his house, he 7 cowsiderably frighten), aad ran’ oat if the house at the top, in Prince Rivard, we lear a, ett greater, Tn Halites,it'was eullic'ent J sleep, ou’ of ved bis # nounced for this evening are such a5 canuot fatto | re, | | -The drama of “Ambrose Gwinett, | , this evening, is produced | musie'of the opeva'is preserved | ng at Hope Chapel, | | ono of the party bronghi a very polite nize little womaa | LEGAL INTELLIGENCE, “~ : ary at manned the Mtigate questions which had ‘The Alleged Slave Tadic tn 1852+ nd by te court inthe. casa ot ‘the THE UNITED STATES V8 CAPT. J. PILLETT! ALIAS | Way ' a eet ofthe Logiol oa ‘be Before Geo. W. Morton, Esq. ofl in ‘thts contended that it had Fu. 6.—Eli A. F. Lavellette, examined [by the District the reqi to make it a valid act. Attorney, deposed that he was the the tree tee had 18 received proper Matin squadron on the Coast of Africa im 1852; j tion ‘Sp muta ster o 188, whice reed a case of the schooner Advance; our squadron a Heels Put up for saleat auction, sad the Port au Preys im October, 1869; I found the schooner Pg ner anes satan) etre. arenes vert Se Advance there on our arrival; the schooner drifted upon | Powctruction of ‘pramte of individuals as every intond. a point near her anchorage and the boats in the com: | ment must be construed in favor of the sovereign mand of Lieut. Rogers; I think Mr. Walker went to her fe a pe ncaa apap poe ag assistance; it was necessary to take some portion gf her tat, St lok dal We Sern a 7 ae raititadl cargo out in order to get her off; she was released from | in « city should be constructed without the consent of her perilous position, and, being much damaged, car- m nl — ce ee ee penters were sent from our squadron to repair her; a thesia be male we oa een ee few days after this Capt. Kraft came on board the gine security and carry passengers at the lowest fare; United States vessel Germantown and expressed his ac- the third section was but a proviso, ing the knowledgments for the assistance given him; I then con- | SPRIC# phys DeNTIPan een Ho TSS oes psi versed with him for more than haf an hour, and learned ose tart to say that it is an original grant of from him that he had been an old trader on the Coast; ht to struct @ rail where no Laeked him several questions as to the currents, winds, &e,, and he gave very clear answers; I received from the Collector of Customs, on the'2d November, 1852, a letter at Port au Praya, to which I replied. Tuis is the reply. (Objected to.) Admitted. ‘the letter is as follow: Frac Suir GraMantows, } Porr av Prava, Nov. 3, 1852. Sim—I have received your official communication of the 2d inst., informing me that the American schooner Avance, now in this port, has landed, under suspicious circumstances, a boiler and fourteen casks dons up in bundles, at your Custom House, and that you sup- pose, from these circumstances, she is intended for the sinve trade; also, that you have notified the American Consul to that elfect. I thank you for the information, and will have the neceseary steps takea to investigate the matter immedi- tely. T have the honor to ba, &c. ae 4 Y "h A F, LAVALLETTE. Witness continued—A joint comminsion of officers was appointed by the authorities of that place, and myself, to examine tke Advance. On the report of that commis- tion I sent the Advance home for trial; I sent the mate of the Advance, and one or two of the crew, home in her; the eaptain of the vessel and the mayecraree had, in the meantime, ,¢eserted her; Cuptain Kraft told me that they had sent a vessel in advance of the schooner Ad- vance, to the coast of Africa; a day or two after this the person called the supercargo of the Ad- vanze came on board the Germantown, ani said that he understood the Germantown wa) going down the coast, and asked me to go with us to Cabindo. The Captain of the Advance expressed his fears on shore that I would seize him at the first opportunity, and [ should have done so. There was an English vessel then in the harbor which, carried off the Captain of the ‘Advance; I don’t remember the time when sie sailed; it must have been in November; the Advance proczedel to the United States, and [ understood that Capt. Kraft went to St, Vincent, one of the Cape de Verde islands, and frgm thenee to Fingland. The susp:cious cireusastan- ces against the Advasce were that she was abandoned and surrendered to me by tie authorities of Port ou Piya my letter of instructions to the odicer (Jo2n T. Walker), in whos charge I placed the Advance, was dated November 1352. Q. Do you recognise the Captain of the Advance here? A. In uy conversation with the Captain of the Ad- yance, of more than halfan hour, [ sat op osi'e to him,as Ido now, and I asked him a variety of questions; his height was about that of this gentleman (ihe accused); he was thinner and paler; [ de not remember to have no- ticed the Joss of a tooth, which I see now, 1 dil not dis- cover any ble-aish im his eye which I see now. Q, Do you resognise any person present as the captain of the Advance, ‘A. Impressions are sometimes mide by circamstino I this gontienwan (Filletti) had been placed among t ven ty or thirty men, ina room in th's house, aud | was asked if any one of thom bore a resem lance to the cap- ir the Advance, i should say this gentleman (Ful- etti), ‘The witness was cross-examined particularly as to the identity of the accused. Could not particalariz bis dress, but thiaks it was of a lighter ma;erial than it is now. Raymond Knowles, one of the carpenters of the United States sloop.of-war Germantown, deposed that he saw the Advance on the coast of Africa, from the la part of October to the 22d or 2éth of Noy.; i know the Ballea; I saw her first at Greenpo'nt. (Objected to.) Q. Whatis the build of the Sallea? A. She is an hermaprhodite brig or a brigantine; I do know her tonnnge; | can’t stato her length or breaith. {Here one of the part owners of the Palles admitted thar the vesse) was 104 tone.) Witness continued—Her build is very sharp, ani she in well calculated to sail: after she was faanched, | saw her between Jackson and Gouverneur streets; she weat trom there to Rrooklyn, remained there about a weok and took in coals in hogshoad:; frem Brooklyn she went to Jersey City, where she took in lumber; raw har after- at pier 7 North river. ou fee the captain of the Advance oa thé coast sir, id you see him? A. | saw him on board the vance, then lying at Port au Praya, Q. Have you seen him since, and io, where? A. have; J saw Lim at Greenpoint. Q When? A. In the month of July. @. Do yon recognize any person in this room ae the fam) person. A. I recognise tbe prisoner as the Captain | of the Advance. | “"@. State the ciroumstances under whieh you saw him | at Greenpoint io July last. A. L was at wook on tue vark North Sea, and raw this man on the frame of the brig Ralien; be looked to me ike a man that T had seen; he was sowe distance from mo; ono day, while passing the brig, he gave mo a look like the way the Capten did ‘on the schoorer Advance; | saw him every day while I | worked there, for five or six weeks; L saw him after that at the foot of Jackson street; after that 1 saw him ata cea} yard in Brooklyn; I next esw him in Jersey ory, same brig was lying there; T next saw him ja Front streot, East river, after that IT saw bm on board the Ballea in the Nortia river. | Counsel! for the acets9d—You seem to have hal noth- | ing, else to do but watch him. | district Attormey—I want to sow whe slavers that they are tracked at every movement, and that [shall ure every effort in i aged to detect them. { Cross-éxamined by Mr. Eatea—I am 23 years o' whs born in the State of Maive; | was cooper oa the Germantown, | -Q. Do you think offiver’#. A. Lthink it is as :) think my jw good as any of thst, wos like that he has on now. ‘The crose examination as to identity was continued, and the case was further adjourned. ;The Ninth Avenue Railroad. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Before Hon, Judge Clerke. Pen 3 Apollos R. Wetmore and others agt. Miner ©. your judgment is as good as your good as one halt of them; (aug Igount. in, identifying, a man is as | Story and others.—A motion came on in this case for vetting up as an | additional defence the passage last April of the “Act | leave to file a supplemental aneer relative to the construction of railroads in cities,” toge- | ther with the fact that the construction of this railroad had been commenced prior to this law, Mr. A. J. Willard, in opening, stated that he had entire | | | confidence in the defence contaized in the present an- swer: yet it was desired that a supplement o allowed, bring them within the third section of this act, | to vir. Sec. 8. This act shall not be heli to prevent the com straction, extension, or use of any railroads in any of the cities of this State which have already been con- structed in part, but the respective parties aad comps nies by whom such roads have beeu in part conatractei, and their assigns, are hereby authorivel to coustruct, complete, extend and use such roads fn and throught the streets and avenuns designated in the respective ants, licenses, resolutions, or contracts under which | the same hove been so in part constracted; and to that | end the grants, licenses and resolutions aforedaid are | hereby confirme:, | It appeared from @ certified copy of this lew prolaced, | that it passed the Assem'ly Marsh 20; on April 31 it | passed the Senate, and on the 4th «as approve by the | OS EET, fittton, for the ptainti ir, on, for the plaintitts, read in opposition af- | fidavits showing that groand was frst teeken im the Ninth avenue, at Fifty (rst strect, preparatory {0 laying | ‘this railroad, onthe Stst of March Test, when a. trea was dng, about 200 fort in length, sleepera wero Yul. ua it, and iron rails placed on them. Thut on fe a‘tsenoon of April dd this trench had not been filled, that this was | the only part of the railroal constructed prior to the faw in question, and that no description of cars have ever been yaed upon thes» rails, Ex-Chief Justice Beardsley followed, argning that when this-law was paseod no resolution or grant liad ever been made by the Corporation authorizing tals rai roed., That Rag under which efendants claian yee Gat pastod by the Assistant Aldermsn, Desembor Aldermen went out of office ania wew board came in. veto, and om December 28th, another of'Assistant AMcriaen conckrre), this way clalurod ad contrary to the city charver, which wad jailer in respect to the maaner of lagislati | under it to the constitution of this State and the United States. That it wae wobcard of for a bill the Assembly, and the next year after the members of that body had gone ont of otlice, for itto be taken up and passed by the Senate. Surely no one would question such @ poperetieg being entirely void, Further, that the resolution passed in 1852, anit yotoed, waa entirely different from the one passet in Decem ver, 1853, because the Grst required the construction of the road to bs com- meneed prior 10 May 1, 1855, and the last require] It to | be commenced ed to May 1, 1854. That thas it was an catirely void act of the two boards, which had never ‘been subpritted to the Mayor for bis approval. Io any aspect, this law could not help the defense, and they should not Le allowed to set it up, inasm 4 their proceedings to bring themselves within tt was a fraad upon the Jaw. It was absurd to say that digging a diten 200 feet long, and throwing Into it soms timbers with rails upon them, was ‘a railroad in part com tracted’? There coald witbin the meaning of this third section ve no ground for pretence that this ast @ say to thow companies who bad gu | tion of their road umler a vali! ge go on and complete their w bung | abject to the provisic t b tro tae. tions of this law, requir! og the consent of the owner: of ee iree te. the | think his drese at Portau Praya that.ou January Ist following, these Ava stant | previous valid and legal right existed. The constitution itself prohibited such a construction of it, as that required such things to be done by general laws. Mr. Charles O’Conor replied for the defei its, Bay- ing that ona motion for leave to filea supplemental avswer, he did not come prepared to argut whole questions of law involved in this cause, as he supposed it to be the duty of the court, in all cases, t> permit such an answer where it was sworn to, and appears to set up new matter. It was not necessary for the court to see more than that the question presented was a fair one for litigation; and he denied any obhgation to go into an extended answer to the numerous objections of the opposing counsel, He stated that the Common Coun- cil frequent! seed resolutions in the same manner as this one, an saw no evlin it—that the charter did not prohibit it; that it was not a grant of a franchise, but was a valid exercise of a Lg! sessed by the cor- tion over the stroets of this city; that to call its inchise would be to say that haces hack driver and cartoan in the city ased a franchise; that although the construction of this road was commencad after this law had passed the Assembly, and before it passed the Fev pe ere was nothing at all improper in 50 do- » He answered the 0; arguments at some ieee and claimed, as a matter 19 right, that this mo- tion shonld be granted. 4 Decision reserved. Court of General Scastons. JUDER STUART'S CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY. Fes, 5.—At the opening of the court this morning, the following geatlemen were sworn in as grand jurors :— James Ha-por, Foreman, Alexander Annin, Freemaa Derby, ‘Thomas M. Adriatce, Charles Fovwler, Jamer Alexander, James Hunter, Louis Anrich, Benjamin F. Lee, Theodore Beack, Wiihaa P. Miller, Jobn C, Chamberlain, James Marsh, Mack Cornell, Faward Neloon, Edmund M. Young. Judge Stusrt then proceeded to charge the Grand Jury.~He said :—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—The oath just administered by the Clerk of thia Court, while ib qualifies you for the discharge of high and important publictrusts, also declares in simple but exact terms the duties you have sworn to perform. No ebarge by any Court can be more instructive, complete, or comprehen sive of your general powers as grand jurors, aud of the common duties incumbent upon you, than is exproszed and prescribed by she direct and forcible language that composes your oath of office and of duty, Your aetion, gentlemen, touchicg those of whom crime may be im- puted, will be of the most important and solemn coacern tothe public. The exseutioa of the laws for the preser- vation of pablic erder, the protection of property and person, and the security of human life, depeais, in a great degree, upon the faithful manner and fearles; ia- togrity with which you eball present offenders, An escape of tho guilty is an fejury to the ionovent not only, but, if at the bends of those having the power and proof neceasary to his indictwent or conviction, 18 ax offence against the State. It will be your care, gen- tlemen, to investigate thoroughly each and ever complaint that comes before you, to find out, ead juror for himself, under the law and upon. the proof in ‘the cane, the guilt or innocenc» of every person who may be charged or suspected of crime at your bar. Bat of th’s, gentlemen, J ask yoar spee'al observance : do no: indict or prorent any oxe, citiaen or strauger—win of geod reputation or ill—anless his galt, upon the ! parte testmony before you, is so man‘fest aa that, if pon atrial jury, you would, upon the samo evicenca, without relief or counter proof, convict bim of the of fence charged. This, howover at vaciance weth instruc- tions usually given to graad juries by Judges of crimiaal | courte, is, | confidently submis, mot only a soawl | and correct. rule for general practicw, bat wiss and important to ends of public justice, snee ik wiil | greatly eouduce to a firm, certain, and uniform | ractice in the administration ¢f the aw; and, more than all, it is «a. ag it is protective of his’ rights, cha The adm.nistiation of the duties of your offies, gen’ men, thogh of the Inghest possible concer «J of deepen? interest to chose whose ctot your investigation, is, wit! in eer an¢lemeat in an inst'tutio {ties meve im comsonaneco with and government in which it with the sentiment ai either the public, 1 e made, nor the accused mination of wore guilt or innossnce you is permitted to bear or sve aught you say or do. Not only are'you guarded in secreay by the »ii cers of law and the recesees of your chamber, made in- accessible by closed door, bat yourselves are swocn to | silence in respect to the transactions of your bol; ceedings that lie at the very base of the publ of the country on one hand, and affect tke proper and liberty of your fellow-cit‘zens on the other; al'th's xot only; but, acting within the pale of your office, you are not accountable for the wroog you way commit to- | wards the people nor the injury you may inflict upon tie citizen, to any buman law or earthly tribunal. The onth you have taken relates your scvountability for a wise and just discharge of your duties alone to your God, By this, gentlemen, you will soe that all ov the part of public justice is enirustad to your fealty to pub ic good, aud all on the part of the individual citizen arged with crime to your # tae citizen’s rights: nocent, to the protection of necence, and, if guilty, stil! to the lawful accusation of the offance com- plaine! of. Your office, gentlemen, is one of great res- ponsibility and equal delicacy, You are licensed to in- quire fully into every caso that comes ty you for consideration, to examine thoroughly every witness, es- pecially the one movirg the complaint, and lvarn not | only what be would willingly disclose, but all he knows relative to the matter of wh there is any personal ieterest @: pri motive or odjec: othar than the ends of public justice to de effected or attained by the procurement of #2 indict ment ; and if so, let your caution be equal with his purpose, lest by possibility the fair fame sn! well- earned feputation of a just man be blasted by a Wreath, and his character for after life unjastly wound ed by an indictment without remedy or relief. I kave said this much, gentlemen, ,with referens for criminal prosesution upon ex parte testimony alone with the gran] jury, with no previous inquiry in the presence of the accuse, before any 0° the crimival ma- istrates of the city. A large amount of your l.bor, owever, will be confined to the crimiaal accusations given to your charge by the district attornay from the several pol'ce courts. ‘These casos, as s general thins, will evince an investigation by the police just ces sutti- ciently thorough, in some instances, to catablish aso lute guil:; and in others, n bel‘ef of probabl guilt. You may presume upon the judgment of these magistrates as agains’ the innocence of the accu but in no care to the extent that will preclude the necessity of en exami | a Yap the same witnesses alread, 4 i of at the police courts. ching malfoasance in not only, but yous daty, into any alleged misboha vior of thoxe in public trust. Mig places and importan: positions of honor and powar in ofice tanst be no bar ty as fearless and faithful an isquiry inta the malprac of the office as though the cowplaint was agalus lowes’ and most unimportant puolic servant in th» ety; and while it is your duty to prosent all ollences o¢ cow mirsion perpetrated, anil all offences of omission yp: | ticed in public office, without foar, tavor or par‘iallty, & is equally certain tha’ you ought not, at the conetuston of your fern: of service, make a general and aweaping | | presentment of misbehavior in the administration of the | duties of rome particular depirtment of the city gov- | ernment, eriminative alike of the raitful and wafaith- ; fab cag ge me no particular one with a specitis | | offence, nor excepting any from implied accusation. | | Buch @ course impairs the ccntidenoe of the public in all | those in public place, and deeply wrongs ray among those in office who are as bone: f equal integrity our wie fe sow citizens is to present par offences in thelr truo characters aud. prt- offenders by their trae nam that the wrong may be remedied and the wrong It is of public report, gentlonen, that t late been a ber of eruninal oflences, mostly of the character of emberzlementa, perpetrated upon seve: of the corporate and monetary jastitutions of t) by their offivers and agents, of which, if true, but | comparatively «mall number have heen brought within the cogvizance of the If the cause of this bas heen | & desire to conceal or, pound these offences, condition. | ed upon the return of the stolen propery. LT witl, for your | information and the advice of parties to such transac. tions, read a statute of criminal law touching tlie suy- ject, to the end that presidents agd directors of suca ia stitutions as negotiate the crimes of their ageats, ser- vants and clerks, in exchange for the funds they ‘have stolen, may hereafter govern themselves accordinzly “Every person having a knowledge of the actual com. mission of any offen nishable by imprisonment ua State prison for any otber term than for life, who i take any money or property of ani , Of any gratuity or reward, or any engagement or promise therefor, upon Ay Agreement or Ne ppny express or impled, to compornd or conceal any such crime, or to abstain frow it t* your priv jo institue an examined No, geatlem: tient y prosecation therefor, or to withhold ag: | thereof, sha!l, upon conviction, be pagished pris | opment in a State prison not exesediag theee year exceeding six months,’ 7) who have ovsorved the cour. | of erieinai tis ety, must have seen swiftly the low born sod ill-bred offenter—reared with | owt moral eultare to early cr'me—ia brought to the bar of (ils coast, ond " r | the action end judginent of ne would testify; see if | te malice, or any | mostly to such matters aud cases as have their origin | “| care | struction, when he are indeed sels.’ which substantia. ' for their conduct. By Ree of not lea than ten te an intent no less only from the ee one the sheanen of courage, by some studied arta! device, de- pret ph property of 08 pon it, gen- one class of who are as interest of the and the rights of the citizen or, is not in Eke manner and with the same eertsinty made Mable to punishment, a day come when those who have most concern for will be made to jous indeed. Tf you ask how it is that this difference exists preju- a to the character and dignity of even and exact jus and so calculated to impair pect and les. wort to be! auilent for A nee Bar: sufficient anewer that the evil insuficionsy of ¢ eriminal statute Many of thom, especially of those relati: this city, were saetieve FN compelled 4 im yond the purposes o: ‘inal creation, while the more important gene- tatutes of the State, although revised an act of 1830 for that purpose, are ne’ as most loose and unstudied in their composition, unwise in their classification of crime, and unjust in ‘the penalties affixed; but, above all, they are greatly deficient of pro- visions against wrongs and gross iniquities so offensive tothe moral justice of our ‘pecple, and so detrimental to the policy of the State, as to demand immediate atten- tion for the common good. These, with the numerous ill-cigested acts from year to year since that time passed —tome of which might very well have been prepared by the very offenders whore crimes the public suppose them sufticient to punish—com; the body of orien sta- tute law of this State, which, asa whole, is so conflict- ing, insufficient, uncertain and incomplete, for the sure and efficient redress of all public offences, as to make it important that the present ‘egislature should create a commission ef qualified criminal jurists, thoroughly to revise the entire statutes of the State a and prepare a code of criminal procedure clearly certain, and amply sufficient for all the ends of public justice, It is with this view I solicit your attention to the sub- ject, and hope you will make ita matter of coneidera- ion, ‘Ttis my duty specially to charge you to inyuire into all violations of the law against the rale of | lottery tickets; also into all violations of the laws in | respect to elections. You will present al! infrastions of | the set relating to interest on the forbearance of money; aleo all persons in public office who shall demand or re- ceive fees to which they arenotentitled. Isubmit to you the propricty, geatlemen, of confining such action in ras- pectto crime as originates with yourselves (with tll seed vious complaint before an examining magistrate) solely to those offences that more immediately affect an en- tire community, rather than a single iniividual—such (without particularizivg) as offend public morais, preju- lice public health, impair public virtue, endanger public order, or in any other way outrage public propriety. You will find, gentlemen, that the great amount of business initiated before the criminal magistrates of the city, and “arabe for your consideration, will preclude the possibility of your giving much attention to aay other class of offences than those I have described. sides, gentlemen, it is wy conviction—and Iam free to exprers it—that in cases of alleged individual wrony doing, such as charges for larceny, forgery, false pre- tences, and all stber (except capital) felonies, with every kind of misdemeanor, where ihe accused may bearrested upon a warrant by aay of the criminal magistrates of the city, the compla‘nant should not originate his pro- coeding before a grand guy but be required papereue the course the statute has in such case provided. Let him go first before one of the police justices of our city— a of public oficers with extraordinary powers specially created for this very service, and who, it is to be presumed, are of intelligence, integrity, and judgment equal to the importance of their place and duty. If sut- ficient cause ex'sts the accused may appreheaded— | and it is only when a-rested in this way that the jofend- ant is aSorded an opportunity to exercise tho right, so 1 to the innocent and due to all, of examiniog the covplainant and his witnesses, and of projuciag evi. | dence in his own behalf. If it appaars to the magistrato from all the testimony in the case that an offence hay been committed, and that tho accused is probably the oticnder, the prisoner is bonnd to appear at this court, ard the accusation with all the accompanying papers and proofs certified te you; and it is here, gentlemen, that your powers and functions obtain and interpose, not to originate criminal prosecutions, ut to review P oud out of, your superior wisdom to porty charged oug>t in trath and in justice to be ursuan: to st crime, ty, or perhaps th erilot his lve, Itis this high pre- | ui rogative and neportant powec that renders your 1 tlon of so much Interest and coacern to the publi importont for good when composed of good mon; so fearful for evil when otherwise constituted. By any | other general course of proceoding than this a grand jury recmes what you and I, genfemen, know to be mos: repgnant to te American peopls—a secret inyjnisito conelavo of eriov'nal acousers, touching ihe lives an! Ii berties of others, who nething know of their silent and hidden prozecdings until placed in the felon’s dock of & criminel eonrt for trial, with no means of knowing 0! what they are accused, exeopt that, amoag the La‘in and Jegal phrases employed in the useless sabile- oi nn indictment, may be ionnd soma peculiar tech nical formula expressing the legal Jedaition of an of- fenve, with no certainty ob time when the crime sharged is alleged to have heen committed, except that it was a | day (any day) within three years next preceding; nor any information as 10 where it was done, save that it was perpetrated in the same county in which the ind ment wad found. No, gentlemen, the spirit of the tine and public #*ntiment, not moze thau a fair and impar- tal administration of’ justice betwen man and his fel- Tow, imperiously demands that you shall be aud remain pure and powerful umpire for trath and the right as between accuser and accused, in all caser, for the aimin- intration of the eriminal law that may be presente] to you by the responsible public authorities of All indictments found by you inust ba endorsed by e | of Brogan bu, placed at the bar of a criminal court to the hazard of hia liber- | dis doors, aud moved away. the city. | uery. pot Belt age, Newton & —Silver ware cannot be recovered (raat Tt appeuss shat tus assiguar-ef's olan ‘I a at the ass! for Ita nail sams of money, wii she neti turned to him as « loan, ut the unders * Marine Court. . Before Hon, Judge McCarthy- IMPORTANT TO BUTCRERS AND DROVES. Fun. 5.—George A, Toffey vz. John Brogan, Robert’ Ackles and Daniel Roberts.—This action was brought ta recover the sum of $290, the value of four head of cat. tle sold to defendants, under the name and style of Ackles, Roberts & Co., in December last. The deféod- nts resist the payment of the claim, and deny thit apy partwership existed between defendants, at least: that the purchase of the cattle, for which this euit is brought, was an individual transaction of the defendant Brogan. It appeared ip evidence that tne defendant Brogan was in the habit of purchasing cattle at. the Bull’s Head, Washi ngton drove yard and other paces, and paying for the same with checks of Ackles, Roberts & Co., drawn by Brogan. On the part of the defence it was alleged that the firm of ‘Ackles, Ro 5 although consisting of the three defendants, were en. gaged only in sel beef on commission in Vashington Market. That ‘“‘Arkles and Koberts”’ were also engaged in the poultry and fruit businéss, on their own a:- count, and that tho defendant Brogan was on 2 his own account in buying and slaughtering ca! fae seliing the same at a shop of his own, the other twode- fendauta having no interest therein. Tue Court held that the fact of the three defendants composing the firm of Ackle, Roberts & Co , and being engaged in gell- ing meat at Washington Maret, and the further fact ving cattle and payiug for the same with the firm cheeks, it was sufficient to hoid them to the pubiic, who deait with them, whatever their private | aoe might be. Judgment for plaintiff agains ¢ a defendants, for $290 and co: Superior Court—Spectal Term. Before Hon. Judge Hoffman. ~ Fee, 5.—Gubbs v. Gibbs. —Tais was an appeal from a yerdict in a divorce suit, rendered last term, The Judge sustained the verdict of the jury in granting the divorce. The Female Liquor Riot tn Chie. {Erom the Cinsinnati Gazotte, Feb. 2. A day or tao since we gave the particulars of @ liquor riot ia the town of Mount Pleasant, Springileld ton- ship, in this county, and yesterday we statu] that the parties had been arrested by Deputy Marshal Gray, We ave before given the origin of the riot as far as it came to our knowledge, but have since received the following fiom a correspondent, who minutely and graphically, gives a dexcription of the whole history of the difficulty, in narrative style, as follow ‘The monotony of our usually quiet little town was dis- turbed cn Monday morning by an incident which | had many precedents withio a few'years It seems that a Mr. Patterson, of Covington, recently rented the pre- mises in this place, and the house was notorious as one of the lowest sinks of drunkenness and dissipation. Fathers aud brothers, too, with saddened hearts, sought amovg the rictoas bachanals of this house for loved kindred who had been seouced by the voice of the syren, whose beardless yet bloated faces told how young io years, yet old in sin, Remonstrance, as before observed, heving faile |, the people determined the nuisance should be abated —peaceavly ic they could, forcibly if:hey must. A public meeting ‘was called, and most nameronsly attended. But one feeling way manivest—* Dowo with the trafic in alcohol; this town shall be purged 6! the eurse.”? Through a committee, epesially appoint- ed for the purpose, an earnest appeal to dasixt from the further prosecution of the nefarious traffic was treated with scorn and defiance. Several prosesutiona. were then commenced, an’ the work waa soon complete; not ‘a drop of liquor coul! be openiy obtained tn the towa, and tho propristor of the house before aliudat to closed His son taen vndertook it, ‘wut short work was made of him, and ho, Seo, SP, up In despair. Ibe people now began to congratulate them- es that the work was fioished, the «nemy #lain, aad i Old soakers ¢igned the pledge, made tem- perauce specehes, and othe.8 began to grow thin and whiten out. But the work was not yet accomplishe’ yoliant man fore statoi, hired the premises for a term of years, and with # full buowledge of all that had tranepwed—of the state of public opinion on the subject —of the determination o' almost the entire peopls that the traffic should never be resumed in this vdlage, and 480 in open defiance of repeated remonstranee, and with a {ull kaowledge of the late decision of the eupreme tri- bunal of the State, on Saturday last seat to town a wagon Joad of liquid poison, labelled gin, rum, brandy, whiskey, ke Anhe had net yot moved into the house be intena: ed to oceupy, for better security the liquer was, deported in a Uarver's shop, and put under lock and key. | Rut where ts the lock strong enough to stand between an enraged people and their deadly foe? On Momlay | morning, certain suspicious movemements were d'scov- | ered among the women, and soon @ small but dater- | mined band of the most respectable ladies of the villace were seen marching silently, but firmly, in the direction j of the aforesaid barber shop. Acaretul observer might ; have seen in the hand of ove an axe, ia apother « | hatchet, and a third a hammer, &e. The shop wan | reached and at the word ‘open sessame,”’ the door flew open; & keg was seized by a strong pair of feminine arms and hurled into the str a few well-directed cr your Foremen as true bills, end by him in your presence prosented in open court, by which they become public records forever. it is the instruction of the court that nesses examined by you, upon the indictment, in the case of every dill you find to the end that the accused whose life or liberty 1s involved may inimediately know | upom whose testimony it is tha’ he Is to be placed at the | fellow who stood by enjoying 88 0 crfmipal consign him to a felon’s prieon. perhaps a fel Lknow this is not ths present pr that the contrary to this instruction has been mot care- fuliy observed in this eity, as well in the Oyer and Ter- miner upon indictments for eapital offences, as in the Ceneral Sessions in all other cases. It is, however, as well the opinion of the present learned District Attorney, (1 am allowed to say,) as itis the sense of th's cour, that the ends of bite justice do not require that the men and means by which a party {8 to be prosecute? for Tr, and upon whose evidence it is proposed to "s death, S from the defendant untit the hour of his trial, and then | suddenly spring upon him to his utter confusion and overthrow, with no time or opportunity to contradict | perjured testimony or impeach the character of false watnerees, nor to diapel or explain eriminating or myste- rious circumstances. Next in importance to thé pri- | Soner knowing what the charge is, comes the importance £ knowing who makes it. Of 0 much Justice to the d fendant 1# this beld to be in land, that upon crimes of the greatest possible importance, it is within the dis. cretion of the court t nesses upon the stand, who bed bea examine oy tue | oie ury, uBlese 462% games were endorsed upon the in i ictment. This rnte is so fair and just to those icted for criminal oflences that it ought to obtain in wert; @ comour- sixteen persons constitute a grand ing ing of & Dill of rence of twelve is necessary to the findi indictment, ‘The foreman of your boly is authorized to administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses appoarin before you, Kither of your nambermay act as clerk... 1 will boa rixiemennor, gentiemcn, to disctove the fnuing of on indictinent against any person not in confinement or unter bail. It is your right to require the presence anil counse! of the District Attorney, but not more than it is his privilege to appear and advise yo1 in respest to ali matters that may come for your ac‘ion during this present service, You will now, Zeatlemen, bo coud to the Grand Jury chainber by Your officers. The following ix the calendes of prison cases for the resext term:— URC eee eves 3 Assnult, with inten Robbery soe. ee Avsaule, with intem Assault) with intent Kurglary Forgery wc... Fratezsiement - Grand lareen, Seduction,..... oy Keeping disorderly house. Total 66.0000 st of Common Pleas=General Tern. Before a full Bench. | DECISIONS— IMPORTANT TO TENANTS. Raster vs, Woodhoure—Woonntyr, J—In an action on the care against the owner of a house and lot for in. | inry to the adjoining hoase, where it appeared that the | iujury coffpiained of resulted from the want of proper | repairs to the leader and gutter upon the defendant's | pation ot the defondi t proof slone the rule ‘s tenants, held that upon this presum ively applied that tenant is bound to a Fghercfore the defendant i Che landlord) is not liable for an injury to the adjoin. ing premises arising from the neglect of the tenant to | male such repairs, ONSTROCTING THE Hronway, | Clark ve. Kirvan —Woovnerr, J —Whent adefendan', | who ia examined by the | sau fn an action far ob: | struc’ ¥ it. explleitiy that tl 0 malteriate bad te ‘delivered Cre | and that they were ‘by the person from whom he | purebased them in the very place wh, $34) directed the vender to place them, by the contract of purchase the ve pene fedmaer nil sei is irrelevant “ | its re) mn fa es DO ground fora reversal of the {idgment, Although av obstruction le wrongfully placed | in highway, yet one who or by ny | pratence, see and avoid it, cannot resover for | an injury sustained by him on encountering such ob- jantarily, or throngh the want of such eare, drives agai it, or places himself in needleas peril, Hot passers im the night season, or at dark, can- Bot be deemed to have tbe sa: means of discovering | he (the defend. | » evidence that ndor was to deliver and immaterial, and you will endorse the names and residences of all wit- | tice in this State, and | a criminal offence thould, after indictment, be concealed | How the Crown to place wit- this court. Not more than iweaty-three nor less than | sled | | criminal court, caused a vocaam which th premf-es, snd also that those promives aréin the ocon- | . About half nt o'clock, W, Housteam and ® « ‘ o ky, We or four other : rit ane?) ted. Ho okie into the roem a Title! ig. blows from the sams arms, and ‘mother ear!b at one | awcop drank the burning coutents. More hamls were busy within, and a dark purp ish stream was seen es caping from the building, running over aod staining | the purity of the snow, One lady bad toiled zway upon | the staves of a keg until her strength was well nigh ex- | bausted, without making much impressiop, until a little the fun, understanding better where the weakne: the monster lay, ran up and turned iton end, when a few blows on the heal Jaid it low. and the cask gave forth “an ae sound.” A few of the friends of the destroyer stood by, and at | one time essayed resixtence, but many stood wround, | determi to ree fair play) and kept the riog clear of all vegatious intruders. “The work of destruction ac- complished, and the avengers, encouraged by three | cheers from the crowd, quvetty retired. | Mr. Laboytaux, the person having in charge the liquor, | Made a complaint in the Volice Court, chargiag Patrick Kilon, Barney Hole, B. I’. Donn, Oliver MeCay, A. A | Baird, Penjamin Little, Petee Laboytaux, and A C, Gor- man, with riot, by ass mbling together to do au unlaw- ful act, and a warrant was issued for their arrest, with subs 4 for the Indy participants in the riot, and'many | of the citizens of she village who were spectatoraof the scene. The arrest was accomplished on Wednewlay eve- ning, and t bela to dail for their ance on, ‘Thursday morning, riy yesterday ‘the citi- | zens of Mount Pleasant, almost en Jogeee, taal and fe- | male, were ig the citv lone betoo, tng toenleg 9 the court, and were assigned rooms in the éity building? 1 Batil their case was called, which would be after the dis- | Porition of the watchhouse casos, At10 o'clock the case | was called, and in a few minutes every available position | was crowded to ite utmost capacity. All the defendants except Mr: Laboytaux responded to their names, Mr. L, being unable to attend, om account of the serious illness ef his wife. The females present, were intelligent and good looking in appearance, as i! | they were the wives of eu sstantial burghers. A. J. | Draden, +, appeared for the defendants, and Thomas ba. Togdn, (prosecuting attormey, for the State, After | the call of the wit about sixty in mumber, Mir. | Pfuden mode a motion that the defendaniy be dis charged for want of jurisdiction, as the m'sdomeanor ssid to have been committed was not wfihin the city its of Cincinnati, or ope mile, &:,, ae laid down io = | Section sixteen of the city charter, pnt ia & old township, He cla'med that the court had no. fo | With the case than if it had oceurred in the State of Ko! if the Police Court has no jurisdic, what can the parties be recoguized to? Ng} the Gourt mon Pleas, for they have no jurisdict oa in these cases—nor the Probate Curt, for they canno, cog: nivance of crimina! cases in this county, He asked (ur their dirchat | the Court otated that the trouble was s confiet of | criminal jorisdistion. Although the police court bas full power to examine into the case as an examining court, yet the Legitlature bad, by the act abolishing the reat mer at Coluwbus had negiected to fill, They, va thelr anx cty to hit somebody, firet at the polige courty and failing, haa hit Judge Yiaun (be being probabiy a larger body), and im so doing bad forgotton to provide u witute, Sean ae offences Outside the jurisdiction of the probate and common pleas courts could be tried First, the police court is clothed with the sme 7 1 ty—~it sits ay am ex. ing conrt, and har final jurisdiction omly within the city limits. The criminal courts fo this county are fo organized that this cannot be brought to final tial Under this state of ailatry Toghes can rua at large through the county, and honest men, like the’ present defendants, engaged in au -ualawfal act, proceed with impunity. Yhey cannot be to rial urtil there fs some ameadwent to our erimnal . ‘The court then read the law defining the duties of Pah ten on =~ they eee bad no jarietiction iminal offences.” u je are : or Lad the cowmton pleas he defendants were discharjed. Vere the friends of tho de’en tants, tale and femal ve them s hearty shave by the band, tate rf One female was Wesel pay 4 " Rleea tLem on the result “if they ‘bring any more lijnor to Our towe, me will manner,’? ' verve them and it ina enna sy A Snoorma Case av Pocanepupsre.—4 serious! and. neurly fa rod last Friday wea rly fatal aliray occurred last Fi et ikeepsie, It tertainment yea at the iy a on ‘Vriday ro Mr. Winslow, the Ci lor the purpose of e’ecting him froin tram cajled bim names, ed strack him, him backwards to the well. Loustram the, hand fo strike Winslow, when the Intter dev from his peoket, and levelled it at Houstra: fired. Ibe ball juss grazed his cheek, a when @ woman, who was stand) orbance UP te him d followed raised his * 8 pistol and ow wot Winsi