New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-08-19
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
U,rrp STATES MAasHAt's orr1cE.-oFEslse


I,,e partner Charles R. Brown with having surrePs'ous
,at,n three letters from the PosOce, directed TO Ness
Issac Vincent Richmond Wood and j. g. \" Pope We"
Bedford opening and reading them and aieIwasa Pu'H
them into his poke, and retaining them.
T. tina, Bsardsey advanced Brown money on the
latter r.sienins all claim certain sums due by the parties
in New Bedford He them stating the fact and eau
tioniug them pay person bu himself: o.o"a
b cl.rka Young man named Bsr.aud applied tor ana "
cv.d IN. letters from the Posofce after the clerk hao pun
them in The penalty for thus ebtaning AID opening
letter no, containing any thing of value IS hne oil s7oo u
n,risonmeu, not exceeding twelve months :. "A "a1'an'
was issued and Nh Brown last evening arrested ana COM
uitted TO prison.
"A complaint was also made by John Jones, OF Staten
Island charging Joseph Sykes II Pearl street with opening
letter containing draft and paving himself si- ioE p1
The complaint, however, was dismissed
Po11cE OrF1cE-D1sGRACEFuL outrage
This morning little before the magistrates had taken ue
seats on the bench Emanuel Joseph Constable oil Inc ou''
Ward and John A Spencer, City Marshal neither u
,b connected with the Police Once in the vestiouie
Of the Halls OF Justice where the former nduged In some
the expense of The latter This led to Tie
interchange of oalhs aud abuse ordinations and recrmns
tons between them wh-n Joseph having applied some DIS
graceful ep,het to Spencer the latter drew from his pocket
loaded ba or loaded with lead al each end, anc
struck Joseph terrible blow The upper part OF the head
eating through his ha making deep and CHASTITY "ouhu
in his head staggering him back and stunning HIM
As soon able, Joseph with the blood gushing from MS
head ran into the oil the officers oil foce anu
seized powerful weapon with which to drmoiIsh MS ea
acou but prevented By the Police Officers who sep
ar,ted the combatants when Joseph went 10 get his head
dressed and Spencer left the Mayors Office In the III
,erim complaint preferred before the magistrate
against both of the parties By dn,eested person. as
threats future violence had been uttered Officer Barber
then arrested Joseph and Spencer and they were each held
20 bail in $500 TO keep the peace for six months
This whole transaction is most dsgraceul one, and
ought receive the unqualified condemnation Of the com
munity we'll the vsitations OF the outraged
law And had the blow that given fallen little lower
on the head wounded party the entrance to one OF the
Temples the Law would have been converted into the
ire Of blood and death by those who deputed TO be It's
ministers.
TEE SUPPOSED RoBsER OF THE Lone lsLASp BASK
PoR1ER-Ofcers Relyea and Kenger, having procnreda
reeuiston from the Governor, proceeded TO Philadelphia
Herewith and to-day arrived hhe having in custody vii.
liam Rushwor,h charged with the aforesaid robbery The
Grand Jury having last week indicted him for the felony HI
comm tied 10 prison for trial.
Melinda Hoag who yesterday sentenced by the
Police Justice Penenary for months pfosti
,ue and yagan placed the Corporation coach to
her destination. When she reached street hoy"
ever the carriage stopped by officer with writ oi
habeas corpus sued before Judge Vandepoo and she
was broug back and replaced prison TO be taken before
the Judge Monday touching her right to be discharged
-. Edgar Brown, coored in the employ of D. Moo.
man, street. committed for stealing So 10
from the money drawer of his employer.
On the 2sth Of May youth named John Lake, aged
To- an apprentice 10 Norman Cook Sc! Broadway robbed
his Of S6j and fled He to-day arrested and
committed TO prison.
UPPER Police OFFIcE-AFFRAY AND SrABB1NG.
James Ganashan. carman, driving this morning along
Thrty.hfth with hi. horse and cart toward his hme
in that street. between Ninth ard Tenth avenues when he
approached By Italian, named George Leon mah
emaca instrument maker who the cart and seized
the shovel Ganaghan also laid hold Of it, and requested
Leon release his hold which he refused 10 do and drew
jackkne from his pocket Ganaghan then asked Leon'
If he intended stab him. and the latter replied that he did
Ganaghan then struck Leon the ARM and Leon plunged
the knife into the left side Of Ganaghan ncting woun
in the left umblca region threee ghhs Of inch Wild
and one inch deep. Dr. T. W. Hosefeld called in and
examined the injury. He found from appearances that th
utes;ses were not injured there probable
danger of the loss of lir Ganaghau conveyed tn
Bellevue Hospital and Leoni arrested and FULLY com
mitted TO
This morning, named John Hughes drove NJ
The door Of the grocery Of Andrew OByan. corner
Of Eighth and Eighysiyh street, and offered 10 sell
the horse and harness for Sl0 though was rea,
worth $780, Believing the propertyto have been stolen
Mr. OByan caused Hughes be arrested aud taken TO thu
office and committed TO prison. The horse is gh, by
10 hands high switch TAIL and covered with leather
hynet. The wagon was of dark color was covered viii
a oi!-coth, and contained basket and hy-net
CoRoNER's OFFIcE.-The Coroner held an in.
quest 73S Water the body Of unknown
aged about 80 years who found in the East Rive
early this morning at the foot Of Grand street The deceased
appeared have been but icw days the His hai
dark and - habted in the usual dress BY the
prisoners Backwes Island. Around his neck
ANAL rope about four feet long, whicha
,ached Notwhst nng these appearance Of death BY hi.
own hand the verdict was-Fonad drowned
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From FLoRIDA-A letter dated jacksonville E.
F., llth Aug. l843, and addressed to the sayan.
nah Republican, observes
",Our business news is dull, and our little city
presents the same aspect. Our merchants and
citizens have nearly all cone to the North on bu.
sness or recreation, and VIC are as solitary ana
dull as we could wish.
''Some little remark has been made incident t.
the late removal Of Mr.. Burlington, the Wing
Postmaster at Whtcsvllle; he has been succeed
ed by Mr.. Cop, the reverse Of his predecessor in
politics. The majority of the people think very
small potatoes to carry political matters in so
tritiing business, and in "a Territory too.
's am very much afraid that the accounts you
have received of so great an influx of foreign pop
ulation in our Territory, under the occupation
act, is erroneous. grant that the number of per-
mits which have issued from the different land Of.
fees, as reported in our Florida papers, are correct
But let the Editors of those prints who have made
the statements note but the appearing sparccness
of the community in which they reside, and the
absence of many familiar faces, and he will see at
once who are the new settlers of Florida count
ed this evening one hundred persons Of Duval
county who had received permits and settled
down South, &c. This 10 but g robblng Peter
to nav Paul - and [ do not hesitate to hazard the