New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-22
CIT Y IN NTELLIGE NCR.
WEDNESDAY

NEDNESDAE.
BIRTH IN PRIsoS.-The prison for the detention
OF criminals in Centre made Lyngn Asylum or
lue3caJ night Mrs Ragge, the wife o: NJ Rage, who
confined for and convicted of ogery the Banks went INTO
the cell of the prison spend The night with her husband and
was there about midnight delivered OF healthy female infant
and mother and daughter doing well in the Tombs'
Tins IS the second birth IL this prison within ye,r
U. $: COMMISSIONERS OFFICE. Before S. RA7E1lE,
Esq, Commissioner.
CASE OF CAPT ASDREWs.-Ths case was con-
t'nued TO yesterday, wnen the Commissioner gave his dec
slon He did consider t Captain 70 have been nfiuen
TO be dismissed.
The WATCH RoBBERV.-A boy named Horace
Carpenter examined charge OF being concerned
stealing gold watch from Chinese board the ship st
Petersburgh from Liverpool Nothing being shown calcala
ted TO mpca'e the lad, the complaint dismissed
COURT OF COMMON PLEAs..... Before Iudyes l-1-
sIroEFFER.
Fosdick s. Brooks rs. R. N. w. and John Thorne
The plaintiffs placed quantity of merchandise in ha-s
OF defendants collateral security for losu. The a..
charged q per commission on the goods and refused 20
deliver them tl paid conending that they
authorized 10 SELL c.Paintis epevine and this action
the edng-Verdct for defendants valung the
property at $40.
Rermon Rullhausen cS. Henry Van Staden and
Henry Tras-The plaintiff superintendent for M NJ,
Taylor In the house of Pike slip and Cherys
and placed quantity of and moaSses TIE hands of
defendants, German grocers, Brosdsreet. Re
recover s65 The defendants contend that rlsintf lacedi
their hands with securing himself that
Mr. Taylor is owner, if any one-Vedic for defendants.
COURT OF SESSIONS. =. Before the RECORDER and
AID. WArERMAs and BRIaGs JoyAs 3 PHiLLlrs ESQ
-Acug District Attorney.
Engine Runners, &C.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY.-Aaron Howes Viii
liam Mudoct Isaac Jarvis William Doyle Edward Lanry
James Cohen Ceo5e Ssmpler John Law. George Seaman
Edward Usher alias Jones William So Isaac Primrose and
William Gallagher tried for Riot and Assault and 81.
ery Samuel Allison the OF GGand and Columbia
about2 O'Clock The morning OF the Isl of January
1t appeared that tie accused were volunteers of engine Co
No 33 and assembled Porte. House. in the south
west side Of Grand between Sher and Columbia s
wheH band of persons came along Grand with
medley Of unmGssl such kettles
making hdecus noise The above young then las
they said app.hending that they about he attacked
By corps oi antagonist volunteers OF another engine,
(Which however they did p'ore hastily assembled 70 the
oof the Porter and hurled brick bats and
the street dispensing The serensdng party, who fed away
gun also fired from the roof OF the Porter House loaded
with buck shot; one which hit aud wounded the head
Allison, who house the of
Grand and Columbia street. hurting HIM considerably Cap
Snyder of the Watch Department (who had Of his
here) struck the head with brckbat
ana knocked down and hut although the Captain person
ally told the above youths that they afraid of being
attacked that ne and his wsuld defend them. The
cused, with Captain and watch they could
protect themselves and hurled the missiles amoug the watch
men. knocking OF them down. Alderman Nash ordered
the w4tcen clear the Ioo of the house. and of the
young men, all except four found the roof and
brought down with gun, sword and other weapons The
whole Of the abovs who inund il the house. taken
and carried the Watch House, and complained Of the
Police and bed There appearance OF the seena
ing party attacking the at the Porter House, they
passed along the middle the and merely hurrah
without hating After the Alderman had got his watchmen
on the roof ard it known the Alderman there the
violence the accused ceased and the party surrendered
There had been ettack the house Christmas when
the windows broken The Alderman said there had
demonstration of attack the house the night
Of the riot; and Alderman Nash tod the popuetors Law
Mcintyre that he would send large corps OF watchmen
protect the house which he did the night of the not
Aessrs Shaer and Graham, who defended each number
OF he accused opened for defence Mr.. Graham said tha;
his clients Hawes and Murdock belonged Epgine
Company had been Church that evening aud merely
went into the house their way home se=ar and
soon as they the rrenadns party appeared the door
was closed and they compelled remain, and were
forced TO 20 h roof escape the appehended dagger
That they the of respectable men, aud had
uection with the Others previously there.
Mr. MsIntgrs one Of the s pToPetor OF the roerhqase
large body M aT'aed muskets Christmas afternoon;
and about SO worth of property was destroyed by tem
dress protection and obtained satisfaction and that he
appehended another attack; that the nigh question
PASSED before and missed and groaned, &c those
the house closed the door an ATTACK and that
from the roof o the house; that he wachmen there;
that he had HoweS and Mudock there before &c
said hat Alderman Nash had omis-
send watemen 70 protect te house; that
there as he said, m afterwards that the fred from
rhe top Of the house, but could by whom that pow
der and buck shot purchased New Years day that
Law bought the powder bn he coHd not tell who bought the
buckshot.
had been attacked Christmas and that attack had been
slrefnded on New Years I've and morning, ard ample
corps wachmen was stationed there to prevent tu that
lerce Ths, there had been large nnmoeI OF small boys as
Another witness depoSed that Edward anr one of the
accused hit the head BY stone when he the
ESrard JTinney-DeposeJ that he the uppsr part
of the aud when the party with music approached he
heard the CRY Of they sonDgwhen stones hurled
from The reof and he down and the backway
the runners Nos and Is the who
ed 70 attack the house that night as they had attacked the
house Christmas Bay
Here the tssmany closed.
The case was summed up by Mr.. S,aer for accused The
Recorder charged the Jury who retired and after consdeIa
Bile absence came into Court and declaring their inability
agree discharged
AT tne instance of the Dsric, Attorney ,oAc prosequt
vas then entered il the Of Howes and Murdoch and they
were discharged.
FoRrElruRE.-Garret g. Shueldt, indicted for
False Pre,ence did appear and his reeognizance
cordingly forfeited
NOBLE PRosEQUI-Char!es w. Lloyd, indicted
for Grand Larceny discharged noe proequi having
been entered
The Court adjourned.
POLICE OFFICE.
Mary Louisa Ward, colored, this morning pur-
chased Sour Yards of musn from Mr. VIM Bari-s 1873
Walker ST. and gave $40 counterfeit BILL parporG@ 10 be OF
the Northern Bank Of kentucky Lexington in pay for the
i he bill being pronounce oac 'e "oidu " ds su
mitsd 70 answer
A man named Michael Donahoe was committed
on charge having last night passed counterfeit o cent
niece TO Jacob McCall driver ol one OF Lsn siers
Na,