New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-11

" We have received several communications
during the progress OF tho iual OF Monroe td"aFd'
from persons who have been refused Ambulance
into the court room. and. a, they alledsc. were
rudc, and insnlenly treated hy the officers having
charge of the dror.. Similar complaints were
made during the trial OF Colt some months SINCE.
LAWYERS. ,tho are sworn officers Of the court, and
students. are particularly indignant ut the rule by
which they are placed On the same footing "ith
ether citizens. We do not know in what way the
evil complained OF can b. rcmedlcd nor have any
Of our corr, .ponicn,s vino have uttered the" com
pain,. suggested method by which greater iaci'l-
ties can be- granted the public IN witnessing The
ipr.rtan, trials which take place from time to
time in our civ livery one knows that no room
in the Civ Hall or in any other building Is large
enough to contain all who pre'en, themselves t''
,Ir,ittance The officers, We presume act uhd'i
instruction. from the Sheriff. and the latter u pro-
b,hly governed in some measure oy the WISHES oi
IN. court. We ,rc not able to make Any susces-
,;.n bv which onr friends The members Of The bar
or their student. can BE- better accommodated;
,h, onlv manner in which We have known persons
10 succeed i. by claiming parficni1r repentance
rim the officers. We are not advised that this l.
under rule OF the court We thlsA. however
tina, if any officer has been guilty OF the violent
and abusive conduct a>cribed 10 one 81 them by
correspondent last evening, he ought TO be COM
p,ained of to the Sheriff, who, We doubt not. world
promptly discharge him.
While on this subject we will take occasion To
.av. that the accommodations for members OF the
bar in all our CITY courts, We except the supreme
and United Sta - Courts, are di>sracofu to the
court, themselves, and d-rcputabc to the city
Nothing like adequate counsel tables seats ARE
provided and as To a lawyer not actually engaged
in the trial on hand, finding place to write or To
look over his brief while waiting for his own cause
to be called on, 1t i, quite out ct the question:
Even where he tnkes the prccouiion To carry hi'
own pens and ink in BIZ pocket and finds bis own
naper. he will not BE- accommodated with n place
to use them. The fact is the lawyer. submit to
almost every thing from the Judges, Clerks and
other officers. and their tame Submission To the
official nsolence Of the Bench would perhaps be
the more cxcu.able were they not also made the
mere tools of these Judges and officers in collect
ing for them their fee. ard pcrqu,itc-.
oT The Buffalo Advertiser of the 3Ih announces
the death of WILLIAM RUXroS, one of the most
estimuble bushes. men OF TINT city. As n token
of respect for his memory, the flags ut the ShlPpin.
in port we're hoistcd at hnlf-nasi
OREGON Convento of co,ored persons from
Ohio, Indiana and Unoi. has been held at Tere
IIaute, for the purpose Of appointing delegates to
National Convention at Phil,d-phia. having in
view the Moderation of the co.Ored race by settle
mcnt in the Oregon Territory aud the adoption Of
some measures to secure from Congress grant of
land in this new country.
WHISKY MOB.-A temperance meeting held
On the 2ith ult in Miami county, Ohio, was broken
up By the lawe.s violence OF a mob; Of whom
two were captured and committed to prison.
large force however was organized for the purpose
OF demanding their release, and in case of refusal,
to tear dows the Jail which it became nsccs sary
to have guarded Tor several days. until peace aud
order were restored
SCHOONER BUksr.-On Tuesday night last the
schooner George Washington, Of Oxford. Captain
Seward, laden with pine wsod for Baltimore, was
harmed inside Grccnbcrry Point, near Annapolis.
Srkyrs.-There was quite excitement among
tha colored population of Harrisburg. Pa, on the
9th inst. in Consequence of the arrest Of several
.elt.ack nowledgei fugitive slaves. They were
taken before a magistrate. but discharged for
want Of jurisdiction.
" The report published in the Iowa papers.
some time since of the murder OF Mr. Babbeu
and Others, by the Sioux Indians, prove. to bc un-
true. Mr.. Babbett la. iu,t returned with hi. par
~ from hurting expedition, and IA. published
card in the Burlington fiawk-Eye.
F.rAL AccDESr-Iienry, aged II years, .on
of Mr.. Era.,us Bebcc, Of Buffalo met a dreadful
death on the eth inst in Heminways Stables, on
Mechanic-,,rcct. Iii, body was found, horribly
mutla,ed, under the Of a sleigh, which had
fallen on him.
RossERY On Wednesday cyenin. last, thief
entered the ball Of the Rev. DR.. Cutler in Sands
street, and carried Of tws oyercoats; TIE ore be-
longing to DE-. Cutler the other to the Rev. Mr. |
jackson, who was then delivering u discourse in
~. Ann NhaIrl. Brooklyn Star, lDtd.
DEPLoRABLE CASE OF POVERTY On Mon
day afternoon man ct decent appearance applied
for work. but without success IN "A shos-.tnre in
Csllowh 81. and on leaving tn store he stole a
pair OF shoes He pursued and arrested in a
cellar in Bu,tonwood above Fifth It. Some gen.
tlemen who presen, took an interest IN hi.
welfare. and with him to the store from which
he had stolen the shoes, and became security for
him for some leather. &c. to give him employment,
though the gentleman who kept the store had no
occasion for more help. It appear. that he had
heen q memLe pr u a church CIR Ten years All LID